Chapter 125: The Little One

Barry's loud cries filled the room again after three days of us being able to seize the house.

"Be patient, little one." Kat put cloth diapers on the baby. The girl had just cleaned the tiny human.

"How is he?" Seb, who had just fed Manu, asked. "Is he still having diarrhea?"

Kat nodded. "And now he's so pale."

"Surely what we give him is not suitable for his body." Seb sighed, looking at the closed window that was twitching a bit from the stormy wind outside. "But we also don't know what to replace it with and where to find it."

Kat just closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Seb turned to his son, who was huddled in a corner with dark bags under his eyes. Seb's stewed jerky soup beside him was completely untouched.

"You have to eat, Eric." Seb said with a slight smile. "Or do you want me to make something else?"

Eric averted his eyes.

It seems that normalcy is not going to return any time soon.

The sound of the storm outside grew louder. The windows that were closed also moved harder. Surprisingly, even with those terrible voices, Barry was calm.

Just as Kat was about to touch Barry's nose lightly, the tiny human accidentally grabbed the girl's index finger.

"You want to play with me, little one?" Kat smiled faintly. "What do you want to play?"

Perhaps, Barry also helped Kat, who was grieving the loss of Rox.

"You'll make a good mother, Kat."

Everyone, except for Eric, turned to Leva, who was still lying down with a blanket. The woman finally woke up.

"Just from the way you carry him, it's obvious. You're a natural." Leva continued his speech.

Seb went straight to the red-haired woman. "How are you, Leva?"

"Terrible." Leva's voice was still weak, and her face was pale. "But, even though I still feel pain everywhere, I can feel that my body is starting to recover." Leva then turned to Kat. "So, is it the son of one of the inhabitants of this tribe?"

Kat nodded, then walked over to Leva, showing the baby. Leva waved lightly at the tiny human.

"You know what? I used to really hate Anne when she was born. She stole the attention of both my parents." Leva widened her smile. "Until one day, she laughed when she saw me, I don't know why.... Usually, I just looked away from her, but that time she really caught my attention.... Well, after a while I thought she wasn't bad, even though she can only cry, drink milk, pee, and poop. She is very cute, especially when she laughs when I comfort her."

"Yeah, a little human like this is a miracle." Seb also smiled at the baby. "Even though he can't do anything, but people's attention is on him."

I agree.

"He shouldn't be suffering like this. He doesn't know anything." Manu, who was sitting leaning against the wall, gulped. He shivered even though he was close to the fireplace. "All this because I was careless and killed his mother."

Leva narrowed her eyes at Manu. "What happened to you, Manu? You're like.... Did you consumed those devil's tears?"

I hastily whispered to Kat to tell Leva what had really happened. I prefer Kat over Seb because she knows best what's going on at that time.

"Things were really bad for us back then. You and Eric were unconscious. I couldn't function due to the shock of Rox's death. Meanwhile, there are still a lot of enemies." Kat said in a rapid tone.

"Rox? What happened to him...." Leva widened her eyes slightly but immediately closed them. "If that's the case, I won't say anything."

Manu shook his head with a stiff motion. "But still, I've done something that..."

"No one blames you." Eric cut off the conversation. "You also killed my girlfriend, but I don't blame you.... At least, I try not to blame you. No one wants all of this to happen."

"But ...."

"Forget it, Manu. Maybe you want to complain, but now isn't the time." I spoke to Manu before he continued his words. "Others have their own burdens. If you talk about how you feel now, it could trigger conflict."

Manu winces and starts clutching his chest. "I'm sorry.... Can you guys tie me up again, this heat and pain seems to be coming back."

"A moment." Seb hurried over to Manu and took the usual cloth for tying.

"Let me help." Eric chimed in.

Seb added, "You stay there, Kat. Poor Barry if you put him down now. Looks like he's almost asleep."

Kat, who was about to get up, sat down again. Manu starts letting out a muffled scream.

However, the screams did not affect the baby, who instead yawned and blinked his eyes.

"Are you getting sleepy, little one?" Kat smiled faintly at the tiny human. "You don't want to play anymore, huh?"

"Seriously, you're so natural, Kat. I didn't expect you to have this talent." Leva, who was still lying down, laughed a little. "So, don't you want to have something like that, but from yourself, from your own body?"

What a way to convey something, Leva.

Kat was silent, looking at the baby who had closed his eyes. "Preferably not in this world."

"It's okay if you want to have children now." Leva laughed again. "In my tribe many children were born and they are now big and healthy. One of them is me."

Manu was finally tied up and gagged, preventing him from squirming too wildly. Meanwhile, Kat continued to cradle the tiny human in her arms.

Too bad I hit the fast forward button now. I can't get enough of this view of motherly Kat. As Leva said, it was a surprise that Kat had such a skill.

But suddenly, Kat stopped cradling the baby. Her eyes and mouth began to open.

"What is it?" Leva raised an eyebrow.

Kat rubbed Barry's head and gasped. With an unusually stiff movement, the girl turned to the others. "H-he's not breathing."