Binding System

273  Happy and Sad

After celebrating their victory, one by one, the citizens looked at Ace.

'Ace…'

As they stared at him, they suddenly felt like they were seeing their king.

'Is he a king?'

That was the question that suddenly appeared in their minds because the king's aura emitted from his body when he sat on the divine throne.

Ace slowly rose to his feet.

As he walked down the stairs, a beautiful pair of wings formed on his back.

The magnificent golden throne slowly shattered into pieces as he left the throne. Not only that, but the golden knights also slowly disappeared.

Ace had won the war, so he no longer needed the divine throne.

"Ace…"

"Ace…"

"Ace…"

The citizens called his name when they saw him descending from the sky.

If they previously saw him as a king, now they saw him as an angel. Of course, all this was because of his good looks.

Ace had a handsome face and a perfect body, so he looked like a special human when he descended from the sky.

"Ace…" the citizens immediately surrounded him because he was the reason why they could win the war.

"What kind of magic was that?"

"Ace, are you a king?"

"Ace, you were so cool earlier."

"Ace, we are lucky to have you."

The citizens praised him continuously.

Scarlett's face blossomed into a smile when the citizens praised him.

'Thank you, Ace.'

She was glad that Nightshire City had someone like him, someone who was strong and loyal.

As the citizens were surrounding Ace, Aron and Ace's underlings dragged Henry and his subordinates before Scarlett.

"City mistress, we caught the traitor." After saying that, Aron made Henry kneel in front of Scarlett.

The citizens instantly stopped praising Ace and looked at Henry.

Henry was the reason why the barrier was gone, so it could be said he was the main reason why they lost their families.

"City mistress, please let me kill him."

"City mistress, I want to kill him too."

"City mistress, I want to avenge my family."

One by one, the citizens voiced out their desire to kill him.

Henry and his subordinates trembled in fear when they saw the citizens' faces. From their expressions alone, they knew the citizens wanted to torture them so badly.

And judging by the hatred in their eyes, they knew the citizens would torture them cruelly.

"City mistress, I did not kill Henry and his subordinates because Ace's clone had a good idea." Aron uttered.

"What is his idea?" Scarlett could not ask Ace's clone directly because all of his clones melted into water after they won the war.

"He suggested that we hang them in the city square and let the citizens torture them as they please." After saying that, Aron shifted his gaze from Scarlett to Henry. "I agree with his idea because we should not let a traitor get an easy death."

"I agree with this idea."

"Me too."

"City mistress, that's a good idea."

"That's right."

"We should torture him first before killing him."

"Yes. We should let him know what hell is."

The citizens agreed instantly because, with this, they could torture Henry and his subordinates as they pleased.

Scarlett turned her head to look at Colonel Louie. "Colonel Louie, hang them on the city square now."

"Understood." Colonel Louie responded instantly.

"Captain Noah, Captain Lia." Scarlett uttered.

Captain Noah and Captain Lia immediately stepped forward.

"Take all the beast cores now." there were many beast cores on the battlefield, so Scarlett ordered them to take it.

These beast cores could help them get stronger or earn money, so she did not want to waste it.

"Understood." Captain Noah and Captain Lia responded in unison.

Scarlett then returned her attention to her people again. "Let's meet our families in the underground hideout now."

They headed to the underground hideout to meet their families.

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"Father…"

"Mother…"

"Brother…"

"Sister…"

The people, who hid in the underground hideout, hugged their families after seeing them.

"Auntie Lexie…" Alena rushed toward Lexie when she saw her aunt.

Lexie immediately squatted down and hugged her niece. "It's already over. We have killed all the magical beasts."

Ace, who was standing not far from them, smiled softly.

When Alena caught sight of Ace, she stopped the hug and stood before him. "Thank you for protecting auntie Lexie."

Ace smiled softly before finally rubbing her hair gently. "You are welcome."

"As a promise, I will give you a reward for protecting her. Auntie Lexie is yours now." Alena said a shocking thing without thinking twice.

Lexie and Ace were shocked.

Not only them, but Scarlett and the people who heard it were also surprised.

And as if Alena wanted to keep surprising him, she said another shocking thing shortly after that. "Big brother, I will also marry you when I grow up."

Ace almost coughed up blood.

'Alena, who taught you this?'

He did not expect her to say something like that.

Lexie knew Ace had a difficult situation because it was written on his face. "Alena, who taught you that? And do you know what marriage is?"

"Marriage is living together with someone forever, right?" Alena heard this when she was in the entertainment house. "Auntie Lexie, don't you want to be with big brother forever?"

"Tha-" before Lexie had finished her words, the voices of many children searching for their families echoed throughout the area.

"Where is my father?"

"Mother…Mother…"

"Big brother, where are you?"

"Elder sister…elder sister…"

"Do you see my father?"

"Do you see my mother?"

"Where is my grandson?"

"My daughter, where are you?"

Many old people and children could not find their families.

Scarlett and the others instantly felt sad, especially when they saw the children looking for their families while crying.

They could not find their families because their families died on the battlefield.

Scarlett, who saw them, immediately tried to calm them down.

She told the children that their families had gone to heaven and would watch over them from heaven.

Like Scarlett, other residents tried to calm the people who were grieving too.

Even though they were not blood-related, they lived in the same city, so they considered them as family too.

After they calmed down, they buried all those who fell on the battlefield together.

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Xaleft District, Burial Ground.

"Waaa…"

"Sob…Sob…"

"Waaah…"

The cemetery was filled with the sound of weeping.

People who lost their families could not hold back their tears and cried again.

They joked, laughed, and chatted together last night, but now they could not do that anymore because they had died.

All that remained were only their memories together.

As Ace was looking at the grave, a notification popped up.

[Host, the system will be in sleep mode in one minute.]

'Is there any way to make you wake up faster?'

He asked in his mind.

[I don't have the answer, Host. Only my creator knows the answer.]

'Who is your creator?'

[My creator forbids me from telling you about her, Host.]

Ace immediately looked at the sky.

He wanted to ask about the creator of his system, but he believed no one would answer his question.

[Host, time is up. I hope you have a happy life in my absence, Host.]

His system immediately went into sleep mode.