I Became The Hero's Mother (ChatGPT Translated)

I became the mother of the male lead - Episode 113

Episode 113.

"Hyung, Itzy. . . How are Ballet, Cassius, and Jael doing?"

"Oh, they're doing well. Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."

Talio couldn't ignore the suspicion and hostility towards himself, even though he was young. He left the house where Athaeus' parents, who no longer treated him kindly after Sinya's death, lived.

With nowhere else to go, Talio stayed at Genus' house and didn't try to interact with the children. Occasionally, he would meet Athaeus in a place where the villagers couldn't see them and have a conversation.

"You know. Hm. . ."

"Why are you crying, you fool?"

"Uncle Asan said I'm a demon. It's not true, really, it's not, but I couldn't say that. Strange things started happening in this village after I came. . ."

"Are you kidding? Where do you have that kind of power? It's just nonsense that foolish Uncle Asan said. Don't worry, you idiot."

"Really? It's not really because of me, right, hyung? You don't think that way? You'll keep staying by my side?"

"Of course. What the hell. . . Oops!"

At that moment, Athaeus met Talio's surprised eyes.

He choked back the urge to vomit and covered his mouth, only to see a thick clot of blood on his palm.

Athaeus thought it was a disaster for him to vomit blood in front of Talio.

He himself was getting weaker and his body was drying up like other children, but he thought it would be different. . .

The bloody vomit was an undeniable sign of impending death.

"Hyung. . ."

Talio's eyes, blurred without focus from the shock, came into view. Athaeus pretended not to notice the pain that engulfed his whole body and forced a smile.

"No, it's not that. Just. . ."

Talio's vacant gaze was directed not at Athaeus, but beyond his shoulder. Startled, Athaeus felt something strange and turned around.

There were his mother and father there. Seeing his bloody and pale face, his weak mother staggered and collapsed on the spot.

Unable to escape from the grief of losing his younger sister, his father glared at Talio with contemptuous eyes. He soon rushed forward, grabbing Talio's arm and heading somewhere.

"Let go of this! You can't lose everything! Let go of it!"

Ateus couldn't defeat his father. He pushed Ateus aside and forcefully grabbed Talio's arm, leaving the spot.

"Ah. . . Talio."

Ateus ran frantically. He searched the village tirelessly until he found his father who took Talio away. Strangely, all the houses were empty, except for a foreboding feeling.

And when he finally found Talio, who had been surrounded by the villagers, Ateus despaired. They were no longer the kind and gentle people of the village that greeted the sunrise. Ateus realized for the first time that they could have such a contemptuous expression towards someone.

"What crime has this child committed!"

Approaching them slowly, Ateus was surprised. Around Talio, there was fresh blood and a small knife stuck in his chest. It had pierced his heart precisely, so Talio must have died.

Someone had killed him. But who? Could it be his own father?

Ateus trembled with fear at that moment.

The reason was purely because he was worried that Janus would see him with contemptuous eyes like the people in that village.

He couldn't keep his promise to protect Talio, and even the one who made him die might have been his own father.

Even at the moment of Talio's death, he was more concerned about how he would appear to Janus than grieving for his death.

Talio, who might have caused the death of his newborn sister Sinya, and might have made all the innocent children in the village die.

Wasn't the reason he defended him until the end simply because he felt sorry for him?

As a brother who promised to become family, wasn't it because he genuinely cared for him?

Yes, perhaps Ateus unconsciously acknowledged that Talio was the one who brought disaster to this peaceful village.

However, the reason he tried to protect him until the end was because of the promise he made with Janus.

That's why Ateus felt like he was in hell at this moment. Just imagining Janus blaming himself for not being able to protect Talio made his body tremble and his blood boil.

"Don't you still understand? That child made the village children die. He prevented the sun from rising and summoned monsters!"

Ateus' mother shouted while embracing her husband with tears streaming down her face.

Janus couldn't respond. He just held Talio's body tightly and shed tears. The villagers pitied Janus, but that was all.

They murmured with expressions filled with fear and contempt.

"Demon."

"That child is a demon. It has already been confirmed."

"Give him to us. We have to do something. That child has to die for us to live. The demon has to die!"

"Please. . . don't do this."

Ateus couldn't understand why they kept saying that Talio had to die, even though they had already stabbed a knife into his heart. He was at a loss for words at his mother's following words.

"I wanted to believe too! That the child wasn't a demon! But now I can only be certain! He didn't die! Even though his heart was pierced and his throat was slit, he didn't die!"

He didn't die? Even though his heart was pierced and his throat was slit?

Even though he couldn't understand the words, Janus hugged the child tightly and shed tears for a long time.

"Burn it, even if it's in fire. However you do it, you have to kill. . ."

"Please, I beg you. Don't do that. Don't make this child suffer. Anyway, no matter what you do. . . he won't die. This child won't."

Seeing Janus murmuring in pain, the villagers were startled and held their breath.

". . ."

"My child. . . my poor, poor child. . ."

Watching the mother of Ateus collapse with a blank expression, Janus trembled his lips silently, gazing at her as she pounded her face on the ground.

"Do you think only that child is pitiful? My daughter, too, my daughter also called you mother and followed you. Can't you see that my daughter is dying? Do you only see that child, who doesn't die, bleeding?"

Janus's eyes slowly encompassed the villagers surrounding him.

"I. . ." Janus hesitated. Her face, bearing the unbearable anguish that no one could understand, looked extremely painful.

In an instant, Ateus locked eyes with his mother, who was crying and hitting her head. She bit her lip, held up her hand, and pointed at Ateus, suppressing her sadness.

"Please. If you can do something, please. . . Save my son."

Junus slowly turned his head towards where her finger was pointing. Finally, Junus spotted Ateus standing far away. Her eyes filled with surprise.

Ateus momentarily bit his lip. The bloodstains on his lips had not completely dried, but they were still vivid.

Junus stared at Ateus, who was frantically wiping his mouth with empty eyes.

She slowly stood up, holding the lifeless Talio. Everyone in the village watched her silently.

". . . I'm sorry."

Note: Unrevised