Hearing the cold voice, the three of them start to shiver. Turning around, they look at Onyx. Pure discontent is plastered onto his face. 

Onyx was pissed off at the three of them for agreeing to the bet without his consent. 

"But, big brother! They were making fun of you!"

"And that makes it right for you to accept the bet without thinking about the consequences?" When he heard the harsh tone in Onyx's voice, Wyatt didn't say anything anymore. 

He scampers behind Irene, using her as a protective shield. 

"Why can't I accept the bet? I'm in this situation too." Irene puffs her chest out, protecting Wyatt. She continues, "And you don't need to worry about it. I know you're going to win easily against him." Seeing the confident expression Irene had, Onyx couldn't believe it.

"How could you guys have so much blind confidence in me?" It felt like he was being treated like the god of victory or something. He just couldn't understand that.

"Simple. Because I can." Whenever anything happened to her, Onyx was always there to help her solve it. 

Onyx didn't know whether he should laugh or cry at her words. 

"You know if I lose, then I will have to stay away from you from now on, right?" That's the reason why he didn't want to take a bet based on luck. 

"You can always go back on your word like him? You never accepted the bet anyways." With how much Finn has been doing that to them, why couldn't Onyx do that as well?

Onyx shook his head, "I don't want to be such a person. You accepted the bet in my place. If I don't uphold my end of the deal, what kind of person would I be?" Unlike Finn, Onyx didn't like going back on bets or challenges. He would honor it through till the end. 

Irene sighs, "With that personality of yours, it will get you into big trouble sooner or later." But then she smiles, "But that's what I like about you."

Unlike Onyx's stubborn personality, Irene won't play by Finn's rules.

I can do whatever I want! Screw that brat!

 "...." Can you not attack me so suddenly like that?! Onyx blushes as he can't believe she would say something like that in this situation.

Sighing, Onyx says, 

"Let's just go and walk around now. We should also eat these treats we have while we wait."

Irene nods her head, and Wyatts looks super excited, all hungry. However, before they go, Onyx looks back at Lily, unmoving. 

The child was biting her lip, looking down in sadness. 

"Hmmm? What's wrong, Lily? Aren't you excited?" Seeing her standing there made Irene confused.

On the other hand, Onyx makes a strained smile, understanding why she's sad. Crouching down in front of her, "It's not your fault now. You don't need to think about it so hard."

"But I cause big brother and big sister so much trouble." Hearing what Onyx said before, she felt guilty for causing so much trouble for Onyx and Irene. 

But Onyx rubs her head,

"Don't worry about it now. I was just a little angry. A little bit."

"But-"

"No buts. Your big brother just has to win the bet." Onyx picks her up and then asks, "Do you think your big brother will  lose this bet?" 

Lily quickly shook her head, "No! Big brother is the best! You will definitely win against that bad man!" 

Out of everybody in the family, Lily idolized Onyx the most. He has always been there for Wyatt and her. Onyx is the perfect big brother in her eyes. She knows he's going to destroy Finn!

When Onyx hears that, he smiles brightly, "Then let's go and have fun then!"  Putting her over his shoulders, the four of them set into the village again. 

Unlike yesterday, more stands are opened due to the priests from the holy land coming over. The four of them were eating their snacks and having fun.

The four of them lasted there all the way till noon. 

"What the?" Irene and Onyx look down at the slip of paper they got. It was shining a bright azure blue color. 

When the four return to the church, there's still a large crowd there. However, there's something different about the scene. 

A lot of people surround Finn. And the smug look on his face looks like it'll pop off in a few seconds. 

When he spots Irene, Finn quickly walks up to her, 

"Irene! I told you! Get ready to become my wife! Look at these skills I got!" He shows the skill card right into their face,

When they look at it, the skills Finn got are, 

Fire Magic Mastery- Elementary Rank

Axe mastery - High Rank

Woodworking - Intermediate Rank 

Onyx makes a disturbed expression. These skills are good. Just getting an intermediate rank is enough to make him a star of the village. Ergo, the many people that were around him. 

But Finn actually has one rank higher, a high-rank one. Getting a high-ranking skill in the village was really rare. 

Only a few handfuls of people in the village actually have a high-ranking level. 

Lily and Wyatt don't understand the rankings as Lily shouts, "My big brother will get better skills than yours!" Wyatt nods his head as well.

"Really?" Finn looks at the crowd, "Hear that, you guys! Don't you guys also want to see what kind of skills Onyx will get!"

With the skills he has, Finn isn't going to let this chance go. He was going to drive it in.

"Yeah! I want to see what kind of skills Onyx will get!" 

"Onyx will definitely get something interesting today!" 

Everybody knew each other. Of course, the crowd is interested in what Onyx would get. 

While everybody's curious as to what the two of them will get, Onyx looks at Irene,

"You should go and get your skills checked first." The goading of the crowd wasn't needed. 

Irene nods her head and gives the slip of paper back to the priest. Before going into the church, Irene turns around back to Onyx and makes a pumped fist. Messaging to Onyx that she'll do her best.

Once Irene walks into the church, Finn continues to goad him, "Hmpf, this will be the last time you will be able to talk to her, Onyx. We'll know today who's actually the loser and the winner.

Irene is going to be mine and mine alone!" He could already imagine taking Irene away from Onyx's clutches and kissing her right in front of his face.

"Shut up." Before Finn could continue to say anything else to him, Onyx was already annoyed. With Irene not here, he didn't need to hold his anger back.

"Oh? Is somebody angry because they're about to lose the bet? It's not my fault that the gods favor me more." 

Onyx laughs at him, "Why would I care about whoever Irene chooses? Irene is her own person. She gets to choose whoever she loves." A sneer took the place of his laugh as he continued,

"But you make her into an object which is so annoying and repulsive." 

There was always a gripe Onyx has with Finn. Even after all those times he had beat Finn, he would always tell him that Irene wasn't an object that could be given away like that.

Every single time, the man wouldn't listen. Ignoring it, he continued with his antics. 

"So what?! You're just angry that you're going to lose. Irene is going to be mine. You can just sit there and watch like a loser." 

When the crowd heard that, they made an ugly expression at him. Irene was the poster girl of the village. Hearing how she's being treated like an object, the Irene fans are getting ready to fight Finn.

But compared to the disgusted expression the crowd was making, it was nothing compared to the ugly look Onyx's making. 

This bastard! Onyx was ready to punch him in the face. But before he could do anything to him, Irene rushes out of the church and tackle hugs him!

"ughhhhh!" Onyx felt the side of his ribs almost cracked! If he didn't have fast reactions, Irene would definitely break all of his ribs. 

Plus a spine too. 

"Are you trying to kill me?!" However, his surprise didn't last long as he held onto her. Irene looked different. She has been silent, not like her cheerful and bright personality from before. 

"What's wrong?" Onyx got worried that something might have happened to her skills.

Did she get some horrible skills?

"....I got it." Irene looks up at him. Tears were all over her face.

What? Onyx goes wide-eyed. Before the crowd could wonder what skills Irene got, the head priest came running out of the church!

"Irene! Don't forget your skill card!" When Irene heard him, she took the skill card from him. And she holds it really tight in her embrace, like a new baby. 

"Sorry and thank you, gramps." The head priest has always been kind to all of them. And the head priest has a large smile,

"You don't need to apologize. Today our village has given birth to a new hero!" The moment he says this, the whole area turns silent.