Power Built In Sorrow (Male Reader Insert)

Chapter 1

- A young boy was walking out of a merchant shop holding a bag of fertilizer, sporting a smile, he passes through town greeting everyone he passes by, the mayor greets him, he is a big man with antlers sporting a brown-colored hair and beard -

<Y/N POV>

"Good morning Mr. Gregory!" You greet the man with a smile

"Good morning to you too <Y/N>." He calmly greets you back

- You start to head back to your family's farm, but before you could the mayor calls you back, you approach him to see a worried look in his face -

"Be careful out there son, we have been hearing about bandit attacks happening in the nearby towns, your family's farm is far, so I suggest being a little bit more careful." He informs still having a worried look

"Will sure do! Thanks for the reminder." You said trying to look happy, but fear starts to linger in the back of your mind

- You start to walk back again but was interrupted by your friend Aiz, her blonde hair, fair skin, beautiful golden eyes, and her cheerful tone always brightens your day -

"Hey <Y/N>! You going home already?" She says in her original cheerful and energized tone

"Y-yeah m-my mom says dad needs help today." You nervously say. You had a crush on her for a very long time, you would always be nervous whenever talking to her which she teases you with

"Awww. I thought we could spend time together today, the festival will be starting in 5 minutes, you sure you can't stay for a bit?" She sadly asks before using the same cute pout she always uses

"Yeah, I r-really need t-to go home, but I'll m-make sure we sp-pend time tomorrow." You say to her, cheering her up

"Promise?" She says, still pouting

"Promise." You reply as you let out a chuckle at her childish behavior

- She leaves, skipping happily, you start walking to the farm also happy. After walking for a couple minutes, you hear screams from the town you start to remember about the bandit attacks but dismiss it because you thought it was just the festival, as you were nearing the farm you start to get nervous again but lose it once you see your father sitting in the porch, he stands up and runs to you but what caught your attention is that he looks worried and in fear, you had no time to react as you felt something hard hit you in the back of the head, you stumble to the ground, you see your father pulling out a pitchfork and fighting a bandit before passing out -

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- You wake up with a headache, but it quickly disappears as you see your father's lifeless body in the ground, you run to him crying while hugging his lifeless corpse -

"Dad! Dad! Please! No!" You cried but immediately collected yourself as you remember your mother and your little sister is inside the house

- You run to the house praying to the Gods that they live, but as you enter you see a horrid sight of your little sister with multiple stab wounds, you had no time to mourn as you go up the stairs, you see your mother also dead with her clothes torn apart and her throat slit. You fell to your knees as you cry again, the feeling of hopelessness and fear ate you slowly, but it was cut short as you hear neighs outside, you walk out and see a group of ten bandits but what surprised you is you see a knight with an Ares insignia painted into his chest plate -

"Looks like you missed one, Henry." The bandit said to his teammate while laughing

"Hey! How much do you think he'll sell to Lady Benevolence as a slave?" The other piped in still laughing

"Three thousand valis give or take." To your surprise, the knight joined in

- The knight nods signaling the bandits to capture you, as they run to you you felt a surge of bloodlust, and to your surprise, the bandits start to get clamped to the ground by bear traps, you see the all of them fall down to the ground shaking with their mouths bubbling as if they were poisoned before stopping, dead -

'I didn't know father used poisoned bear traps.' You thought to yourself

"Dumb bandits, Lord Ares just wasted money on them." The knight says irritated as he got off his horse

"T-turn back! B-before Y-y-you f-fall into t-the same f-fate!" You tried to intimidate him but failing ultimately

"*laughs* I'm level 2 what would a flimsy kid like you do to defeat someone like me!" He proudly states going into a fighting stance

"Weapon channeling, Fire!" He says as his sword goes up in flames, he looks to you before running towards you

- You start to lose hope again hearing that the knight is level 2, you saw him nearing you with his flaming sword, you close your eyes and accept death, but it never came, you open your eyes and see the knight headless, you suddenly feel a cold hand grab your shoulder, you turn around to see a man with dark grey skin, multiple wounds in his body, and a bone-like mask that had a hideous grin torn across it -

"AAAAGH!" You scream backing away from the monstrous creature

- The creature stands there looking at you before turning to smoke, once it disappears you see a black pendant on the ground, you pick it up and see that is is the mask of the creature you saw, you hold it in your hand and see it start to emit black smoke, you put it in your pocket, you grab the shovel and dig graves for your family and give them a proper burial -

<Timeskip>

- You sat there looking at the graves of your family, still shocked and sad at what had just transpired. It was already night when you decide to run to town to see how they're doing, once you reach it, you saw that it is in ruins, bodies littered the ground, stalls are broken and stolen from, you run to the nearest blacksmith to see if your friend is alive, you walk there and see her family dead in the floor, but you can't find her, you then hear a faint sound of gallops in the distance, you follow it and see a carriage with the Loki insignia -

"Huh? What are they doing here?" You ask confused

- You see your friend hop into the carriage with the Goddess Loki herself followed by an elf and a pallum, it starts to move and, you try to chase it, but it's too fast for you, once it disappears from your sight, you kneel down in sorrow -

"Aiz." You said before falling down unconscious from lack of energy

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Welp This is chapter 1, bye.