Seb's screams, Manu's shrieks of pain, and the baby's loud cries still filled the room. Kat immediately left Leva to shake Seb's body.

"Seb, wake up." The girl sounded very desperate.

However, Seb was still screeching hysterically. His eyes, which were already shedding tears, seemed unfocused.

Please, don't be broken too, Seb.

"I need you, Seb!!!" Finally, Kat screamed back. Gone was the blank expression she used to display. Her tears spilled like crazy. The amber-eyed girl continued to rock Seb's body, though now her movements were fragile. "I can't take care of all this by myself, Seb.... Look around you.... If you're broken too, I... I.... So please wake up...."

Kat couldn't take it anymore. She snuggled into Seb's lap and kept crying. Seb had stopped crying and just stared at the girl with his mouth agape. Manu had also stopped wagging and screaming. The bearded man just lay on the ground, shivering, breaking out in a cold sweat, looking at Seb and Kat.

The moment lasted for a while. Finally, Seb closed his eyes and sighed.

[Soul-stirring words buff - This buff allows Seb to be active again, despite experiencing a mental breakdown.]

"Forgive me." Although his hands were shaking violently, Seb lifted Kat's head to face him. The girl's face was red from crying. "Okay, let's do this together, Kat. You're still with me, right?"

Kat wiped her tears, then nodded.

Again, I'm sorry.

[New house acquired]

[New colonist acquired]

***

I hovered near the house. It was late afternoon, but the bodies that lay there had not been taken care of. Only the mother and Emma were covered with cloth, and even then, they were only left at the side of the house.

Seb and Kat were too busy taking care of things.

Sighing, I reentered the house, looking around the now quiet room. Leva lay in one corner of the room with her body covered in bandages. Her four bullets had been removed, the joints in her shoulders were fixed, and her broken leg had been tied to some pieces of wood. A miracle she didn't die and was just unconscious. Maybe it's because of her special power.

Meanwhile, Manu was squirming in the corner of the other room, though not as wild as before. His body was wrapped in a cloth sheet like a mummy, making his hands and feet not free. His mouth was also gagged with a cloth so as not to scream. It was all his own request. He didn't want his friends to bother holding him back if he went crazy again. There are other things to take care of.

So, this is the price to pay for devil's tears? Just one-time use and Manu is now addicted.

Eric sat at a location a bit far from the others. His puffy eyes looked up blankly, his mouth slightly opened, his legs stretched out, and his hands were drooping.

I don't know if he can still function well.

And Kat was sitting by the burning fire, holding the baby who had finally fallen asleep.

A few hours ago, it was the mother who was cradling the baby. Now, everything changed.

I sat up and wiped my tears that kept falling. Any justification is useless. Everything is clear. I just did something unforgivable. Again.

Seb came out of the kitchen with two boiled potatoes and a slightly steaming bowl. historical

"Here, eat it." Seb handed the one potato to Eric, who only glanced at the food for a moment. So, Seb put the potato on his son's lap. "Eat, you must be hungry after everything that happened, right?"

Eric still didn't respond.

Sighing, Seb turned to Kat. "This is for you, Kat."

"Thank you." Kat accepted the potato as she continued to hold the baby.

"I made this." Seb showed him the bowl he was carrying. It contained a brownish white liquid. "There's definitely no formula milk here. There aren't any grains that can be made into milk either. So I try to make it from mashed potato juice. He must be starving."

The baby started to squirm and opened his mouth, looking like he was going to cry again.

"Sshhh.... Don't cry little one. You must be really hungry, right? Here." Kat said softly, took the bowl from Seb, then began to feed the baby. Several times the tiny human choked and cried. Seb helped Kat by wiping the baby's mouth, occasionally comforting the little human.

"His name is Barry." Suddenly Eric hissed. "He was born a few days before our expedition."

I brought up the baby's profile card.

[Barry Nelson, 0 years old (Colonist)]

"Hi, Barry." Though her eyes were teary, Kat smiled faintly in the baby's face, then lightly touched the little human's nose. Barry looked back at the girl as his hands moved slowly.

Seeing that scene, I wanted to cry again. It looks beautiful, but why should it happen after this tragedy?

Eric got up from the floor, then grabbed a shovel from the storeroom.

"Where are you going, Eric?" Seb asked his son, who was lighting a torch in the fireplace.

"I'll take care of my friends." Eric answered in a low voice. "Poor them."

Seb got up too. "Let me help...."

"No need." Eric cut off his father's words. "You must be very tired, Dad."

"That's right, Seb. You'd better get some rest. You've been treating Leva for hours and doing all sorts of other things." I added.

When he was about to open the door of the house, Eric stopped. "No matter what happens, I'm still grateful you're alive, Dad."

"Ah...." Seb was at a loss for words.

Eric came out of the house and stuck the shovel in his back, then approached the two female corpses beside the house. He tied ropes to the two bodies and began to pull them. The man started crying again.

"So, you're the owner of the colonists who attacked my colony, huh?"

I turned my head to the side, saw a man-shaped figure with a gray body. This figure seems more transparent than Red, H, and me.

"Ah...." I immediately realized that he was Congraylham's guardian spirit. "Forgive me."

"Even though I let your people live...." The figure seemed more and more transparent. "Ah, maybe I'm the stupid one...."

And finally, the figure disappeared completely.. Maybe this means that the Congraylham colony is really vanished.