I Parry Everything: Volume 4 [Complete] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub

“More of them have gone missing. It was Alon’s kids this time. They both vanished into thin air.”

“Have you...done a thorough search?”

“Yes! Of course! But like every abduction before this, they’re nowhere to be found. Eventually...it’ll be our child...”

First, the Crimson Gems had disappeared, stolen from the private shrines in the Lepifolk’s homes. A reprieve had then followed...before the settlement’s children started disappearing too. No matter how many days passed or where the adults searched, none of the lost were ever found.

The obvious conclusion was that an outsider—or several—had snuck in to cause these atrocities.

“This is your fault. It’s because you broke our people’s code and invited that outsider into our home!”

“Yes, it is... I’m sorry. But I will make it right again. I need to.”

“You will...? Do you swear?”

“I do. No matter what happens, I’ll protect everyone.”

Yet as time passed, Roy’s vow went unfulfilled. Over several months, the Lepifolk population more than halved.

After the children, the women started disappearing. Then, the young men. It had also become common to find members of the elderly dead in out-of-the-way areas. But despite all this, the Lepifolk refused to fight back. They were a gentle people from a home that had enjoyed a long era of peace, which meant they had no means of enacting violence.

None they were willing to use, at least.

The Lepifolk had an innate ability to communicate with other living creatures. It was a power that, if put to the proper uses, would quickly secure them the strength to fight. But the act of using their natural talent for violence was strictly forbidden by their code. It was the greatest taboo in their culture.

“Thou must not harm others with the power bestowed upon thee by the heavens.”

In the past, breaking that commandment had almost led to their extinction. That was why the Lepifolk obeyed their ancestors’ teachings and their elder’s instructions, refusing to fight no matter what they were put through. Even as their women and children had vanished and their men had died around them, they hadn’t questioned their code. They had simply endured, showing not even the slightest sign of resistance.

Their population diminished, and their homes fell into disrepair, but all the Lepifolk did was pray for their tragedy to end. Not even Roy had opposed the elder’s policy. Beyond setting traps, tracking their foe, and acting as a sentry for his allies, he had remained passive. Like the others, he had waited for the storm to pass.

But then, while they were working the fields, Roy’s seven-year-old son disappeared. Roy turned the entire settlement upside down in a frantic search, but no matter where he looked, his precious boy was nowhere to be found.

It was on the third day of searching that Roy realized the truth: his people’s belief was nothing more than a forlorn hope.

“So it was all pointless in the end...” his wife lamented. “Our people are powerless. What good could ever have come of dealing with the outside world...?”

Roy’s wife was grief-stricken. Even drinking

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