Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 258 (Part 2):

“Elaga.”

[Have you finally decided to get up?]

Elaga raised its head proudly, as if it knew this would happen. A cold voice flowed from Helmut.

“Don’t you think I might harm them?”

Elaga snorted derisively.

[Don’t be ridiculous, you weakling. As long as I’m watching with both eyes wide open, you can’t do that.]

It was Elaga who was being ridiculous. No matter how easily it subdued his rampages, Elaga couldn’t prevent him from breaking the neck of a woman right in front of him.

‘Does Elaga think I won’t do that?’

Elaga couldn’t guess how much Helmut might have changed in the human world.

Was that confidence born from a beast’s instinct? The one who knew best that Elaga’s confidence was right was Helmut himself.

No matter how broken he was, no matter how immersed in emptiness and despair, Helmut was still Helmut.

Helmut doesn’t do such things.

Absolutely not.

They say humans have a rock bottom, but Helmut’s rock bottom didn’t reach the point of harming the weak out of frustration.

It was his nature. An unadulterated essence that couldn’t be twisted or degenerated.

Helmut realized that he hadn’t shattered.

Like an unbroken bead among fallen fragments.

He just needed time now. He didn’t know how much he needed, but.

Elaga casually threw a question.

[What do you think? Those two women.]

“What do I think?”

Helmut asked coldly. One might be considered a woman, but the other was too young to be called a woman.

[Which one do you like more?]

Helmut doubted his ears for a moment. The nuance of the question sounded strange.

“Which one do I like more?”

[Yeah, I’ve been thinking. It might be a bit early, but you’re almost of age in human years. It’s time for you to find a mate. That might make you feel better.]

Elaga thought that the wound from his mother could be healed by creating a new family.

Its intention in bringing Susan and Sarah wasn’t simply for them to befriend Helmut.

Elaga was presenting them to Helmut. it didn’t consider their wishes. After all, Helmut was a cute and strong human male.

It didn’t think of them as livestock, but unlike the independent Helmut, the two women were completely dependent on Elaga. They were as good as Elaga’s possessions.

Elaga threw out, as if doing him a favor.

[Choose whichever one you like. The younger one will need some time to grow, but there’d be less of an age gap than with Susan.]

Helmut unknowingly shouted fiercely.

“Elaga, are you out of your mind?”

Curses and condemnations filled his throat.

[Watch your language. I’m saying this all for your sake. What’s the problem?]

“You don’t know what the problem is?”

His chest felt tight. Right, Elaga, being a beast, might not understand.

But really, bringing a mother and daughter and telling him to choose one of them. It was unacceptable from the perspective of human common sense and ethics.

Even for Helmut, who was dull to such things, hearing Elaga’s words made him feel not just frustrated, but angry.

It was stimulating Helmut in some way.

[Having a mate, bonding, having children, it’ll make your life here more bearable. That’s what humans say.]

“You’re wrong. That’s not me. And not them.”

Helmut cut off decisively. He had never been this resolute in his life.

Elaga tilted its head, genuinely curious.

[Why not? Have you met women outside?]

“I have.”

[Was she pretty?]

It seemed that even a monster’s eyes could discern human beauty.

Helmut frowned. A memory he didn’t want to remember, one he had forcibly buried within himself, faintly surfaced.

A girl with silver hair and purple eyes.

“She was beautiful.”

Elaga spoke with a pitiful tone.

[But you’re in the Forest of Roots now, and you can’t meet her anymore, right? That woman might stab you in the back like your mother, too.]

“I know.”

Helmut spat out coldly. At this point, it was questionable whether Elaga was deliberately digging into his wounds.

Was it telling him to despair even more, since he was already in despair?

[Was she really that beautiful? Is that why these don’t catch your eye?]

“Yes. So why don’t you find a mate, Elaga?”

Whether it was a leopard or some other beast, as long as it was its kind. Why not choose one among beasts instead of treating them like livestock?

Was it trying to build a farm without even eating humans? Telling him to mate with any woman and have offspring, was truly a beast’s sentiment.

In any case, Helmut had no intention of complying. His family had betrayed him, and his heart had been trampled.

Even Darien’s sword had been taken from him, and all that remained was himself. Helmut was sick of both humans and emotions.

‘Feeling this way, I guess I’ve become quite human-like.’

Helmut suddenly realized how much he had changed in the human world.

[If you really don’t want to, then don’t. But since you’re all humans, try to get along.]

Elaga turned its back after speaking as it pleased, inwardly grumbling about how picky he was.

Only after he was alone again did his surging emotions subside.

He thought there was no heat left in him, but strangely, those stimuli from Elaga broke through Helmut’s lethargy.

It shook the core of his sunken self.

That shaking, faster than expected, made Helmut stand up.

About two months after returning to the Forest of Roots and spending time meaninglessly, Helmut picked up his sword again.

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