Chapter 2

According to word of mouth from the neighbors…

 Since ancient times, people have lived in this land, no one knows exactly when, all we know is that when God created this world, humans were also created and given life by people.

 Then more than a thousand years ago, but those who were not, not humans, they did not receive the blessing of god.  Those who are not born of light, they hate humans.  On every full moon night, they transform into werewolves with sharp claws, bright teeth, beasts that have slaughtered billions of people, overthrowing civilizations built by humans for thousands of years.

 They worship another werewolf to become king, with the hope that humans will no longer be on this earth.  If before they only caught and killed us immediately, now they are skinning us, torturing our fingers and toes, and burning our hair.

 Humans gradually retreated to the dark, hiding behind protective films, day, and night fearing that the werewolves would find out. We were divided into many small groups living in different places to protect everyone.  Maybe.  The common point here is that each area will have a mage who creates a protective film.

 I don't know what the world will be like when this protective film is destroyed, I think it will be awful.  Moreover, my life now is very, very happy. I have loving parents, kind neighbors, lovely friends, that's all.

 “Lowa, I'll tell you! That Otis kid isn't right for you. I noticed that the boy confessed to you.”

 I swallowed the chicken, turned to answer my father: “No dad, he's nice, but I won't accept him as my boyfriend. Furthermore, I'm still young.”

 Thereafter, I ate another piece of bread, my father always told me to be careful with the opposite sex, this is used to me, when I was six, a child in twenty households here, the boy named Dai, a cute blonde boy.  Not really a confession, but he said something that surprised me: “In the future, when you are sixteen years old, I will marry you.”

 I just laughed at that time, when I got home I told everything to my father and mother.  My mother laughed loudly and my father that night, I saw him sitting next to my bed.  He is crying, I do not understand.

 “Oh, my Lowa, I don't want you to leave me at all. I still want you to be our own little girl. I know, every child will grow up but… Be as long as possible.  Can.”

 I love my dad, I know he doesn't want me to get married even though it can happen any time when I'm an adult.  I want to avoid leaving my parents either, so dad!  Furthermore, I won't go anywhere, even if I get married, I will be near you two.

 “Hey, Iowa, if the werewolves attack us now, what do you think will happen to us?” Dai asked me, I can tell this is a serious question, a kid.  Like you, it's not good to keep thinking negative thoughts like that.  Thinking about it for a few minutes, I replied, “Hey, I don't like negative thoughts, I know one day we won't be at peace. Instead of having that thought, we should give it our full attention.  For reality, to love more, for example.”

 The boy pouted, leaning on his hips to look at me, extremely annoyed.  Come on, don't make such an expression.

 “You and I really don't get along! I take back my word that I'll marry you when you're sixteen.”

 Oh my gosh, do you think I like pilots!  More than that, I'm just worried about your child's young soul, can't blame you for the current situation… It's so stressful.

 “Hey, I'm just worried about you, it's not good to think negative thoughts at such a young age. Do you know the law of universal gravitation? That, if you think about negative things, you'll only come to you, okay?  !”

 “Who would believe it, you disgusting thing.”

 I could only make an angry face, but that was Dai's own thoughts, so my anger was somewhat unreasonable.  And when I think about it, I realize this, fortunately he wasn't angry.  I also apologized.

 Winter has come, but in the protective film, I feel more like a glass cage.  In here you won't feel the heat or the cold, not even a speck of snow can get in.  That's great!  I sat in the yard with my father. Actually, I wanted to help him chop wood, but he wouldn't let me do it. I sat on a chair far away from him.

 I looked up, looked at the giant glass cage, I kept looking.  MMM!  There's a crack, I'm not certain, but it's cracking.  Is it because I stare for a long time that the illusion is created, or is this protective film actually cracking?

 I think I should talk to my father about this.

 “Father! The crack, I see the crack.”

 “What's the crack, where is it, daughter?” he asked me while cutting the log in half with the ax.

 “Up there, that's the protective membrane,, but I'm not certain,” I said and pointed up.

 He also looked up, his right hand holding the ax quickly dropped it in the blink of an eye, I've never seen this panicked expression before, is there something serious.  He rapidly took me in his arms and ran into the house, he gave me to my mother who was standing in the kitchen.

 His breathing gradually became heavy.

 “Mary, something's going on! The barrier is cracking, I'll go to the mage and tell everyone. You and Iowa should hide in the basement, for now.”

 My mother's voice panicked: “Oh my god, no way, how did those demons find us? Oh, honey, come back safe.”

 The two of them hug each other goodbye and give each other a kiss. I think it has to do with werewolves. If so, what will we do?  I don't want to lose the people I love.  God!  Please protect my father and these poor people.

 Father!  Come back to me quickly.

 I hugged my mother with tears that could not stop flowing, so did my mother.  Dad has been gone for three hours, but he still hasn't come back. I'm starting to think bad things.  But I'm not allowed to show my insecurities, I don't want her to be too insecure.

 “Mom, dad will be back soon! So, we'll pray for his safe return.”

 As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the sound of footsteps above, my father seemed to have returned, I did not wait for my mother to accompany me and rushed towards the floor door.

 Soon my mother caught my wrist and pulled me into the darkest corner of this cellar.

 “Darling. That's not my husband.”

 Although I don't understand anything, I completely believe in my mother.  Although I hope it is father.

 The rumbling is getting closer and closer, someone is coming down this basement, I don't know whether it's vegetarian or not, but my mother is panicking, she hugs me from behind, then pulls me back to Grandma.

 Immediately after that action, someone kicked the door, luckily my mother locked it.  Unfortunately for us, the metal shoes kicked the door open, once again his impact smashed the door into pieces.  He stepped down, approached my mother and me, and flashed a devilish smile.

 I hugged my mother's wrist tightly, scared and cried.  My mother's hand, strangely, is growing so much hair, it's multiplying every second by hundreds of hairs.  But I wasn't scared, even though it was the first time I saw my mother like this.

 “A wolf that's not pureblood but also protects humans?”

 He said.

 My mother seems furious, her voice is extremely loud, she also transforms into a thoroughly different person.  More hairy, longer fingernails and more wolf-like, what's going on.

 Is my mother a werewolf?  But, the full moon hasn't changed at all, I've never even had this look.