Yuriel jumped up from the bed and grabs Kim hand forcefully, not giving him a chance to react. She looks around for a exit, Yuriel saw a door, she opens it and dragged both her and Kim out the house.
"Yuriel! Calm down!"
Kim shouted, trying to calm her down. Yuriel falls to her knees, her wounds was starting to reopen due to the sudden movements. Placing her hand over one of her wounds, she groans in pain.
"Kim! Why are we with a cultist?"
Kim looked ahead of him to see Mary on the porch, looking shocked and concerned. Now that Kim had thought about it, the hoodie did seem familiar, like the ones that had trapped him and his friends here.
"But— this… this must be a coincidence, yea that's it! She save you so please calm down."
Kim said trying to reassure Yuriel, he hugged her tightly trying to limit her from moving so that she don't opens her wound.
In the presence of Kim arms, Yuriel felt a slight warmth. The pain is going away. Mary cover her mouth in shocked, somewhat flustered by what she see.
Yuriel told Kim to let go of her, Kim refuses at first but once he saw that Yuriel is herself again, he freely let loose of his arms.
Yuriel stared at Mary with intense gaze, inspecting her. With a more relaxed and calm mind, Yuriel checks to see if Mary could be a problem. She took two deep breath before standing up.
"You're finally cool headed now, your're lucky your wounds didn't open up. But you really need to keep your composure, if you keep on crashing out, it will cause problems for both you and random stranger."
Kim told her, Yuriel acting apologetic repeatedly says "sorry". She then looks over to Mary,
"You! Why do you have that hoodie or cloak whatever? Because I don't think it's a mere coincidence,"
Yuriel points at her, Mary looks away in guilt.
"Don't tell me you used to be in the cult!"
Kim tried to intervene, his shaking voice could be hear stuttering.
"Y-Yuriel maybe it's-"
Before he could finish what he was going to say, Mary looks at them, calling for their attention.
"No Kim. She's right, I was once in that cult…"
Keeping her heads down.
"But if you give me a chance to explain! I know I wont be forgiving for lying to you but please, hear me out."
She said raising her head, her eyes look determined and truthful. Yuriel couldn't even say nothing, all she could do was stare and think to herself.
"I—should I listen to her but last time I listen to the cultist, 13 people died… will I make that same mistake again? I don't know whether I could trust her or not…"
Kim could see that Yuriel was fidgeting, she stomp her left foot lightly and repeatedly, trying to think about what should she do next.
Kim extend his hand to tap on Yuriel shoulder but stop halfway.
"I-I… can I have a say in this? Should I trust an ex-cult member or trust someone that did save me?"
He stared at the ground for 15 seconds. Mary looks uncomfortable, pleading for them to listen to her story first but both Kim and Yuriel was focused on their thoughts.
After the 15 seconds was up, Kim come to a conclusion.
He reaches out for Yuriel shoulder and tap on it three time, catching Yuriel attention. She lifted her head lightly, locking eyes with Kim.
"Yuriel, I know you don't like this but I think we should hear her out, or at least listen to her story. She saved your life when no one else wanted to…"
Kim said with a soft expression, a bit of confusion yet comforting behind his words.
"B-but she is one of the member of the cult who probably kill many peoples, I couldn't forgive myself if she kills anymore loved knowing that I could've stop her from doing so."
"Then let me bear that weight!" Kim said enthusiastically with a saddened tone.
"If it were to happen then let me carry it, I don't like to say this but… if she do kill anyone or still is the member of that cult. Then I'll offer my life, so that when I died, I can tell the victims that it was my fault…"
Yuriel shooks her heads.
"Kim don't say that… I'm just confused that's all. I've kept on crashing out but I'll have to control that. So Kim please, don't ever say that again, don't swear an oath on your life. I'll listen to her story."
Kim didn't expect Yuriel to say that. He give a faint smile before looking at Mary, she steps aside from the door with a face thats carrying many secrets. Kim extends out a reaching hand toward Yuriel, reluctant at first, Yuriel slowly grabs it and the two walks inside the house as Mary followed along. Once inside, Mary begins to tell her story.
…
Mary told them that as a kid she has been brainwashed by her parents to join the cult with them.
She spent her whole life among the cultists, killing and raiding innocent people. One day her parents was used as sacrificed for a gift to the demon lord, at first young Mary didn't mind, it was for a great cause but once she's start growing, she snaps out of the brainwashed by sheer luck and realizes the bad things they were doing but it was too late, she was chosen for a sacrifice but this time, to be sent to the 'Sub-hell' there she wander around for a long time not knowing why she was chosen until a demon a tried to kill her, she ran and ran but she couldn't escape, eventually she wear herself out and trips on some deceased bone.
She screams out for help but nobody came, the place was filled with darkness. The demon slowly walked up to her and he raised his hand ready to strike at her until another demon, her husband comes and save her. The two demon fight as Mary slowly drag herself a small distance from them. While slowly escaping, she heard a voice calling for her, a demon slowly walks up to her, she know that she have no chance in escaping so she just accepted her fate.
"So this is where I die.. I think it's for the better, my life was and always terrible, my parents force me to join that cult then when they died, I didn't feel sad, I felt nothing… so I think it's better if I die."
The demon lifted Mary ups and carry's her on his shoulder, Mary was frightened but knew what's the outcome will be. The demon took her to his place, which is the house today but continuing on, the demon at first was scary but after some time passed Mary comes to trust him and thus how they get together…
"And after Daima was born, he didn't know how to take care of a hybrid so he would often treat him like how he was treated as a kid, though demons parent beat their kids to make them stronger so my husband was like that, he wanted to tough up his kid but just in a wrong way…"
Mary voice gradually became quiet, her eyes start to become bloodshot. She covered her eyes with her arm while smile at Yuriel and Kim before standing up.
"Sorry for telling you guys my story but that's basically it. You guys hungry? I'll cooked us up something."
She heads toward the kitchen, she grabs something out of the cabinets before putting it on the cutting board. She had taken out a couple of vegetables—carrots, cabbages, celery and onions.
She cuts them with swiftness and precision, she then put it in a bowl to wash them.
Kim turned to Yuriel.
"So, do you trust her now?"
He asked. Yuriel glance over at Mary as she wipes away her tears, she look back at Kim.
"It's more so I feel sorry then trust,"
She sighed, looking down at the table. Her body fidgeting, she awkwardly stared at Kim.
"I got to apologize to her."