Haig
There is nothing I can do now, but to wait for Cain to go back here. I am hoping that he can find the next person that I need to kill here, so that we won't need to go to the other places to search again. If I can only use the power of my hearing, maybe the second person that I need to kill has already died this time. I don't know if this power won't tell me anything about the people that are destined to fight me. The curse does not totally set me free, because though I can kill people with my own hand, I cannot choose who I want to kill. Maybe Cain was right that it is destiny that decides everything, but I will do my best not to be guided by destiny, especially if it is going to a bad destination.
Sitting on the ground while waiting for Cain to come back and say something about the second person we need to kill. I don't know why we need to search for that person here, though there are too many places in the world where there is no danger. Maybe he was thinking that the people who are destined to fight with me are living in dangerous places. It's not my mistake if I cannot assist him in his search for that person, because he chose to come here, not me.
Eventually, after a few moments of waiting, Cain suddenly appeared in front of me. I know that it is not his mistake if I wait too long here. It was my mistake that I did not help myself when searching for the second person that was destined to fight with me. I admitted that I am a bit lazy, but there's no use talking about it. Maybe Cain was right that I was destined to have a curse and to fight with a hundred people to make me realize that laziness could not help me solve my problem. I don't know why I was born a bit lazy, though we are just poor and I need to work hard to exist in this world.
"Good news, I saw the second person that you needed to kill," Cain said.
"Then bring me to that person now, so that this will be done."
I stood up and let Cain perform some magic, bringing us to the place where the second person that I needed to kill was. Cain instantaneously transported us to the place where the evergreen grass is growing. I was amazed by what I saw. It was a waterfall that had pristine-clear water. There are many birds flying in the air, huge trees with ripe fruits, plants that swing when the wind blows, and many others. I never expected that there would be a kind of place here.
"Where is the person that I need to kill?" I asked.
"Did you see that river ahead? There, is the second person that you need to kill. She was bathing there. Let's go, to see if she is still there," Cain replied.
"Do you mean that the second person that I need to kill is a woman?"
"She is definitely a woman, but not an ordinary woman because I witnessed the thing that she can do."
"Wait, tell me first what that woman can do before we go there and attack her. I just want to be sure that we won't fail in our intention."
"Don't worry too much. Trust me, you can kill her easily, especially now that I am going to help you so that we can proceed to the next person that was destined to fight you."
"Stop thinking about the third person who was destined to fight me, because we have not even killed the second person yet. Why won't you just tell me about the thing that she did?"
"She has the power of bamboo trees. I saw her catching fish in the river by just using her hands, hands that could change into pointed bamboo shoots."
"Wow—what! That is what I am talking about. You need to tell me the things that she can do before we can attack her, because my life might be in danger if she pricks me with her pointed bamboo hands."
"Have you forgotten that it was because of you? You did not help me in searching for her, and now you are going to ask me about her?"
"Oh–sorry, but there is no use talking about that now. You are so inconsiderate that you will just let me risk my life for your own dark interest."
"Can you stop making it opposite? You are so brave to answer me in your rude way, but you cannot even fight a woman without my help."
"So you are underestimating me now?" I sat down on the grass. "You better go away and never bother me again."
"Just because of what I said you are now squealing? Despite the fact that you did not assist me in my search for the woman who was destined to fight you, I was not squealing. Have you forgotten that we cannot get rid of the curses that you will just sit down there?" Cain reprimanded.
"Can you just stop talking? Don't you know that I am thinking about how I can kill that woman who has hands made of bamboo?"
"I have told you that she is just a woman. We can kill her easily because I am going to help you too. Can you trust me even just for a second?"
"Don't you ever think that I want to kill that woman without your help? You told me that I am so lazy, so you should not help me kill her, because I could become stronger if I kill her without your help. I just want to make you stop from underestimating my capability."
"Are you sure that you don't need my help?" Cain sat down beside me.
"You told me that she is just a woman that can be dropped with just one punch. Why are you asking me that I cannot kill her alone? I was right—you are really underestimating me."
Cain told me that nobody could make me feel inferior without my consent. However, he also said that making myself inferior was also a way of being humble. Cain said that being humble can build a good partnership.
That is what he was always telling me, that being patient and submissive could help us have a strong partnership. Whereas, unexpected events can cause us to lose our patience and become non-submissive in defending ourselves against someone who is treating us as inferior and underestimating our capability in one situation.
Those things are making me think deeply. Maybe my characteristics have changed a lot. I became snobbish and disrespectful. Unlike before, I respect everyone, even if I don't know them. I know that being disrespectful can remove others' dignity, for nurturing someone's dignity starts with respect. There is just one thing that I can say about it. It is not me who changed myself, but my experience. My manner also depends on someone's treat.
It does not matter in this kind of situation. Being snobbish and disrespectful can help me do things that are unlawful, but it should be done for the sake of freedom.
"If that is what you really want to do, I won't contradict it, but make sure that you won't fail in killing the woman." Cain stood up from the grasses.
"You said once that you trust me. Why don't you also trust and believe me that I can kill that bamboo woman with just a punch?" I asked.
"I want to tell you something about her."
"If you want, then tell me, what is it?"
"She has an attractive appearance. You should fight against your lust if you want to kill her."
"Only that? Don't worry, that is just a little thing. We are not the same, because I am not as lusty as you."
"You! Let's see what happens if you see her." Cain started walking.
"Hey, where are you going?" I asked.
"I will search for the third person that you need to kill while you are doing your task here, so that we don't need to waste our time in searching for the third person, and we don't need to fight anymore just because of it!"
"Then take care!" I half-shouted.
"They will take care of me, because I am untouchable—"
I don't care if he will not help me. Maybe it is the right time to do something for my own sake. It is time to stop depending on Cain, because the time will come when he cannot help me. Therefore, I stood up and walked towards the river where the woman was bathing, as Cain had told me to.
While going towards the river, I realized that Cain was telling the truth when he says that there is a woman there that I need to kill. There are no other sounds that I can hear except the loud sounds of continuous flowing water in the snake-like river and the soft chirps of singing birds.
The woman is bathing in the cool water. She looked beautiful, and very different from the people in their tribe. She seemed to be a fairy in her long, curly and blonde hair. Her milky white skin was so dazing. She was wearing porous, thin, brown clothes. Her body was diaphanous to me. A lovely form with high, rounded, firm young breasts, a small waist, trim, curving hips, and shapely legs. But there is nothing weird about the bamboo hand that I saw on her; she is just a beautiful and young woman.
There is one more thing that surprised me. The woman is doing something, something that needs a little privacy. However, she seemed to want to show it to me. I don't know if she noticed that there is someone here, who is watching her. Maybe she does not know it, because she is not looking at me. She removed her shirt, which made me see her boobs. The electricity of lust is crawling around my body through my veins. I need to fight lust for the sake of freedom. There is no one who can help me. It also came to my mind that she was an innocent and beautiful woman just to die. I walked back and forth, thinking about the best thing to do.
Eventually, I decided what to do, and that was to kill this woman without hesitation, but when I looked back to the spot where she was bathing, I realized that I had lost the opportunity to kill her, because she was gone. I started searching for her, but I saw nothing except of the bubbles in the water of the river.
The power of my hearing is telling me something. It tells me that the woman is now walking towards their tribe. I know that it will become difficult to kill her if she is in their tribe because her colleagues may help her. Hence, I transported myself towards the woman so that I could go to her quickly.
I suddenly appeared in front of the woman. She was surprised to see me in front of her. Now, I can see her face clearly. Dark, thick eyelashes shaded her greenish eyes, eyes that had yellow-green flecks that were shining somewhere deep within them. A high pointed nose, a kissable pinkish lips, and thick black eyebrows. Her long, curly and blonde hairs are still wet. I can see her perfect-shaped body because of her wet clothes. She is carrying a basket that is full of clothes.
The woman said something, but I could not understand what she was talking about. Maybe she was asking me a question, because it sounded like she was asking me. I am not a translator, so I did not say anything and I don't let her pass by. A minute elapsed, then she said something again, and this time it sounded angry. Maybe she is irritated because of what I am doing. That I am blocking her and won't let her take the path towards their tribe. Again, she said something and it sounded like she was imploring me to let her pass by. But her words does not have any effect on me, especially since I could not understand what she was talking. She tried to run, but she could not pass me, because I was following her every move in front of her, blocking her in every way she could. Until her eyes turned red of madness.
She put the basket that is full of clothes on the lumber. The power of hearing told me to prepare so that I could avoid any attacks she might make, because they could end my life prematurely. I witnessed with my own eyes how her two hands, mauve nails, and white skin on her arms turned into bamboo shoots with a pointed edge that she pointed at me. Her long, curly, blonde hair had turned into the yellow-green leaves of a bamboo plant. I never knew that there was a woman that could turn herself into a bamboo shoot when she became angry. Maybe she does not have parents and family and she just came out from the crack on the shoot of a bamboo tree.