《Rise of the Empress of Stars》


 Beginning of the end

    Stellar Dimension


    Aeon Galaxy


    Arpin Star


    Year - ADI 67540k


    ''Stars fill the night sky twinkling as a guide to the souls of the soldiers who died defending their home, yet some are slowly losing their luster. It''s only a matter of time for this beautiful piece of the night sky to become completely dark like a black hole.''


    ''Sensing the rapidly approaching footsteps, I can tell that it''s my secretary/best friend Aluma without turning back. This might be the last time we can meet, probably she knows it too, as I can sense her mood is low and she must have just cried before coming to face me.''


    "Your majesty, the 6th Interception squad has discovered the location of the break in the dimensional barrier. We lost contact before getting more information, but it''s confirmed that the break is guarded by existence with a similar evolutionary level as your highness." Says Aluma looking at my back solemnly.


    "Can you please call me Astrella whenever there is no one else Aluma. You know you used to be very lively before the invasion or to say before I rebelled and took over as Empress. I really miss those days."I replied in a low voice as I keep on gazing into the distant void.


    Alumas'' eyes welled up with tears as she remembered the past "we can''t go back to the past, your highness."


    "This might be my last battle Aluma, and I also hope to go back to the same way as in the past but I still will do the same as before without regrets. This war has been going on for far too long, we have already exhausted more than a quarter of the resource stars known in our Dimension. If we keep prolonging it, even if the final victor is ours, we will be driven to a dead-end without resources."Says Astrella turning to face aluma who is now watching stars as if to remember the past.


    "You know all I can remember since I was a kid was either xxxxstar has been invaded/defended or xxxxEvoltionary sacrificed in battle. I didn''t take it to heart until it was my turn to face it. I don''t want the next generation to face the same situation as us if possible. After the war has ended, promise me that you take of yourself and have a happy life for both of us."I quickly walk up to her and give her a tight hug.


    Feeling the wetness on the shoulders, I was also emotional, but I still have to do this. Enjoying a rare moment of peace before going to the front line, we just sat there watching the stars. After a few minutes, Aluma let go and said "be safe, try to come back as much as possible."


    I just smiled without saying anything. We both know that I can''t return alive if I wanted to close the break in the dimensional barrier.


    Taking one last deep look at her I turned and took a step into the sky, watching the bustling of the nightlife of Arpin star where no one knows that a terrible battle is taking place in the calm night sky above them and the consequences of losing.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!


    ''It''s better for them to be ignorant I think so that at least they can have a happy life a little longer if we lose. I can still see Aluma crying silent tears on the cliff. I have to go now so that I can quickly make them hear my name while repairing the barrier.''


    I wave my hands to quickly converging the space around me with my soul-source and constructing a space gap to the coordinates reported by the 6th Interception squadron. As the gap is torn I can vaguely feel hear the sounds of crushed metal and the sounds of dying Aetherians as well as my troops.


    As I enter the battlefield through the space gap, I quickly let go of my Empyrion suppression making the entire void still, except for the green-eyed blue-haired man who was leisurely sitting in the backlines till I entered.


    "We meet again Astrella, and your strength seems to have improved again. You know as long as you surrender the war will be over and I can promise you that I will not treat the people harshly." Says Drenovik keeping an expression on his face as if to say ''I am doing this for your own good''.


    "You think I one of those old donkeys in the counsel, or the previous king who is afraid of death and keeps on shrinking into a tortoiseshell. I already know the situation on the planets that you have invaded Drenovik, such as using them as experiments for your so-called Immortal army for the invasion of dimensions."I say watching him as if looking like an idiot.


    "So you already know then we have nothing to talk about, let''s start I am also tired of this assignment if has already been nearly a thousand years. I still can''t figure out how you became an Emperion within 700 years. I have never heard of anyone like you back in Aether Dimension but it''s a pity you are going to fall here."Drenovik says as his whole body starts to light up in flames and he became the flame itself and quickly surged towards me.


    "You can''t escape even if you become an Emperion Astrella, it''s is useless to fight against me." he says while surrounding me in his domain, "I will let you see what kind of power a true Emperor of a Dimension must process. This world made up of flames, a place where what say is the rule, such as if I say air exits the void filled with air." He says as I can instantly feel myself breathing in the void but I just simply raise my eyebrows without an expression.


    "So that''s it?"I replied trying to piss off his ego, which worked wonders as I can instantly see his face turn dark and the rushing of flames that can distort space towards me from all directions.


    ''As they near me, I can feel the high temperature of the flame and they just pass through my body and collide with each other setting off a huge shock wave and pillar flame to the sky visible up to thousands of lightyears away.''


    As the aftermath clears up and my translucent body unscathed, Drenovik is dumbfounded but still recovered quickly "so you learned the rules of space, but still you are a long way off to defeat me. If given a few thousand years there might be a chance."He says with a mocking smile.


    "Dranovik, you will die without knowing how just because of your arrogance," Astrella says with a smile as she quickly confined Dranovik in space and threw him back into the break in the dimension at the cost of burning up the vitality of the body.


    "A S T R E L L A!!!, hahaha well done, you never thought of fighting with me. You quietly constructed a space domain and created an illusion as if we are at the same place while moving me close to the break. Is it worth it, giving up your millions of years of life and power? Just for those ants!!!" Yelled Dranovik as his figure is gradually turning illusionary.


    ''I didn''t answer him, as it is useless to explain to someone who conflicts with my views of life. That was an epic anti-climatic battle though, haha.''

 Start of a new Ear

    "As the Empress of Stellar Dimension, the leader of Aether Dimension has been sent back to Aether Dimension and all the Aetherians if you have 5 days before the break completely closes. Those who are unable to retreat will be executed on sight."  Astrella''s declaration spread throughout the dimension spanning millions of light-years at the cost of her vitality.


    Looking at the huge scar across the horizon, which seems to swallow everything also known as the break of the dimensional barrier. I know that the time has come for me to pay the price to repair it.


    ''As I try to repair it up using the space rules I have learned, I can feel the loss of my vitality. This is like making up for not understanding enough rules.''


    ''It has been nearly 4 days, I have verified that the previous myths are correct! The time has come to record the message and the start of a new Ear''


    I take to my LightBrain and start recording my final message.


    "I can feel the loss of vitality in my body as I overlook the vast sea of stars that once brought me happiness, anger, loss, love, betrayal, bloodthirstiness, and regret.


    This is the last thing I can do for you and hope that everyone can be safe after I patch up the dimensional barrier. They say that we can become immortal at the highest level of evolution, but from what I can see, they are wrong because I have reached the level they call Empyrion.


    Still, I feel that although I can live up to 1000 million years it''s not an eternal existence, nor am I able to survive if I wanted to patch this damn dimensional barrier. In the ancient myths of the empire, it''s said that the people used to study the laws of the universe and integrate them into the body after they reach the power of Void Master. We might have gone the wrong way of evolution after those old empires perished during the Aether Dimension''s last invasion hundreds of a million years ago. I can feel that those myths are true as I can have a sense of space and time as I integrate myself into the dimensional barrier but it is not too late for those of you who are watching this and I know that many nerds among you can understand it better than me as its the only way to completely overwhelm the Aether Dimension and make them fear to invade.


    I can feel that many starfields are on the verge of death due to overexploitation. The plants, the rocks, the minerals, etc., and the planets, the starfields, and the Stellar dimension everything can have consciousness. If we can interact better with them, we can better results than plundering for resources all over the place.


    This must be the longest time I am facing the camera and stupidly talking with myself as I slowly watch the transformation of beauty to a grandmother. But I can feel that the soul source is integrating the rules of time and space into itself and growing stronger which further validates those old myths and I guess we won''t be calling them myths anymore.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    It seems that the barrier is about to be repaired and is my body coming to an end. Finally you old donkeys in the counsel, ahh it feels so good to call you old donkeys in front of everyone, you better make my findings public after you see this I didn''t have enough time to say everything now.


    Ahh, now that it is done, I can have ice cream before going to my long sleep, wait, shit I didn''t turn off the recor...."


    ''It has been 573 years since my death, or you can say my physical death. As I have noticed that after soul strength reached a certain level, I can live in the universe as a soul-body and I have finally comprehended the integrated rules of space-time. But I can feel new energy is constantly being integrated into my soul source a few years since my death and it has increased over time.''


    ''I have just taken a look around the capital star, it seems that my last words were quite popular, and screw those old badgers, they deliberately edited the last part of me having an ice cream while my physical body is aging into a grandmother into a meme.''


    ''Anyway, this new energy can be called Power of Faith or Power of Will. Since it''s the will of the people who admire, worship, or like a person, etc., can contribute a little of this power but when added from the entire Stellar Dimension it''s a considerably huge amount of energy.''


    ''Year 6895 since my death, they have finally been able to integrate rules in a physical body and turn the person into an elemental body. The life span of these elemental beings is nearly 40 times that of normal beings in the same evolution level. Recently I could feel that my energy has been quite low, as I have tried to use the rules of time to turn back home star to what it was like before the invasion. Finally, my wish is fulfilled but I always feel lonely as I am the only one on the planet.''


    ''It has been a long time since my body was destroyed, I don''t remember the time anymore. I guess time becomes superfluous if you can live up to millions of years. Recently I have spotted a gap in space-time I don''t know what''s on the other side nor do I know whats is going to happen to my soul source.''


    ''I can feel the blood boiling in my body, wait I mean I can feel the attraction to my soul source from this space-time, and recently for a few years, I can feel that someone is watching my every move though I don''t feel maliciousness from the sight it creeps the heck out me sometimes.''


    ''I guess it should be the consciousness of Stellar Dimension has awakened after a period of recuperation. I tried to communicate with it, but it just sent me to this space-time disturbance and send it''s time for me to go.''


    ''Anyway, it''s boring to float in the void alone might as well see the other side and add some excitement to the boring life of rule comprehension.''


    ''As I walk into, ahem, float into the gap I can see the formation of a star, a planet to the formation of life, etc. scrap that whom am I kidding its not a freaking movie or comic to be able to see those I am already freaking overwhelmed to protect my soul source from being destroyed in the turbulence of these energies. I can feel the rapid loss of strength, and my consciousness is dizzy and finally after a long period of time or not, I cannot tell as I feel my senses go dark and fall into a coma.''


    In the dark void of Stellar Dimension, you can hear an old voice containing vicissitudes of time saying "Hope you can have a good life over there kid."

 Birth of Zera lynx

    ''As I regained consciousness, I realized something was wrong with my eyes as I couldn''t open them at all, so I can only feel around with my hands. It feels as if I am in a vat filled with warm liquid and sometimes it feels as if it''s moving around but I quickly became tired and fell asleep.''


    ''As I woke up, this time I tried to touch my own body and realized that I have become a freaking baby again, and the thing I considered a vat was my mother. It was my mother moving around when I considered someone was moving my vat.''


    ''Anyway, I am happy as soon as I don''t have to freaking float in the void again for thousands of years alone, but soon I fell asleep as my soul source was quite exhausted during the space-time transit.''


    ''This time I quickly tried to sense any kind of aura in the environment to supplement my soul source and the body as it''s the best time to absorb the aura since the body is free of impurities at this time. The aura here is quite lacking when compared to capital star but still, the aura is quite pure and is comparable to the Tier-9 planet.''


    Days go by practicing and occasionally teasing mother with some punches and kicks whenever I feel hands on the vat. It seems like this planet is still in the process of undergoing a change from a primitive planet to a Tier-9 planet but still, the aura is quite abundant considering this.


    It has been 7 months since I woke up as a baby and for the first time I got to see my mother today and I have to say she is quite the beauty around 6 feet tall with platinum blond hair and sea blue eyes. The thing that puzzles me is that all the people around my mom are humans who have never practiced any kind of energy arts or physical arts although some of the security guards in the dark are considered quite strong among humans without energy or physical arts they are too weak. The state of technology also seems to be hundreds of thousands of years backward and I panicked for some time but soon my doubts are solved as my mom was watching the news the animals in the jungle seem to have mutated and have got a bit stronger.


    The people on this planet haven''t reached the stage to discover the aura, or they haven''t yet figured out how to use it. As I was wondering how to this to my full advantage, I soon fell asleep.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    As I woke up, I sensed another person in the room. At a height of 188 cms black hair, bronze skin tone, and a well-built body with a chiseled face, hey it seems my dad is also quite handsome, dad is a perfect example of a hen-pecked husband as whatever my mom says is like the order of the Empress at home. Sylvia Bladestorm and Zale Lynx are the names of my parents, and my new name is Zera Lynx. I quite like the new name compared to the old one, though.


    Dad is a retired mercenary currently working as a middleman for a few of his friends and does mountaineering while my mom has a Ph.D. in Microbiology and is currently on a leave for few years because of me. We are currently staying near mountainous areas as the weather here quite fresh compared to cities where it''s highly polluted according to mom.


    I can feel the aura here contains more water, ice, and wood elements near our house. As I continue to absorb and circulate the whole body with the aura to strengthen the body and make it more sensitive to the aura.


    Another two months go by, and it seems that the due date is coming in the coming days. As I woke to noises in the room, I realize that my mom seems to be undergoing some pains so tried to send some aura to my mom to alleviate a little, but soon I understood that I am an idiot, and its because I refused to come out as I have been asleep for a few hours so now my mom is in pain. I tried to push myself out and I popped out quite quickly and was caught by the doctor who turned me over and slapped me on the ass.


    I am quite puzzled to see them slapping on my ass ashamed and angry as to why they are doing it for the past two to three minutes, finally, I couldn''t stop getting angry and when the doctor lifted me to his face I quickly peed on him as if to get revenge for slapping the empresses ass. Seeing doctors horrified and everyone else''s dumb-founded gaze I was quite satisfied with the result and quickly fell asleep after getting into my mothers'' arms.


    There seems to be something poking on my face disturbing my sleep and waking me up just to see the magnified face of my father so close that I quickly wailed my lungs out the next second just to wake up mom, who made dad sit near the bed forbid him coming near me. I faced my dad and stuck my tongue out as if to say ''I won and who made you wake me up,'' which dad seems to understand and said"look at the little bastard she is making faces at me just look at her once Sylvia please!".


    I quickly squeezed fake tears while facing mom and dad got another round of scolding for trying to frame his newborn daughter. I feel like my IQ has gone down since I was born as I have never acted like this before or maybe I have and too much time has passed away.


    Listening to the bickering couple while absorbing the aura I quickly fell asleep as if listening to a lullaby and went into a deep sleep.

 Nightmare

    Bang bang bang," wake up Astrella, we have to leave quickly. The planetary defense has collapsed, they will reach here soon. We need to quickly reach the evacuation point." Shouted my mom from across the door causing me to jump off my bed in seconds.


    I quickly went through the walkthrough list for evacuation in my head and sent the emergency first-aid kits, flashlights, spacesuits, nutrient solutions, star charts for navigation, light weapons such as knives, pistols, and a sword into my space earring. I hurry up and change into a light combat uniform as I can hear my mom urging me to hurry up from downstairs.


    As I reach the garage, the light silver-colored light armored car with blue arcs of aura flashing through its outer shell stopped right in front of me, as I saw my mom in a combat uniform carrying an assault rifle capable of killing a high-level Earth Evolutionary in a couple of hits to fatal points. Jumping into the co-pilot seat banged the door shut as we set off to the preplanned evacuation point.


    ''At home whatever my mom says goes, though my dad is a Tier-9 Sky Evolutionary, while my mom is a combat medic and a Tier-7 Earth Evolutionary. Myself being Tier-5 Human Evolutionary which considered being not bad for my age of 7 years old. Those happy days of playing with my dad''s mech or running around the house after ruining the kitchen might not happen again. I can see fires and smoke in the cities skylines. Aetherians of various races are quickly descending from the sky in various places. I just hope dad can arrive safely before we reach the evacuation point.''


    ''We are about 7-9 km away from the destination and I think we are being chased by a couple of Earth Evolutionaries as I can hear the screams along with explosions.''


    "Mom, an Aetherian, is quickly coming toward us and is about 400 meters away" Astrella shouted as soon as she saw the white-haired person flying in the sky wearing a black combat suit.


    ''He seems to treat us like playing a game of cat and mouse, as he would let extend the distance between us but catches up after some time and won''t catch us.''


    "He seems to be wanting to let us lead to the evacuation point mom. We have to get rid of him or else everyone will die when we reach it" solemnly I said to my mom.


    "You know that your mom is a combat medic right, I can still understand that much little girl. Put away the expression of a little adult it doesn''t suit you," mum says with a smile, patting my head."You remember how I taught you to lock on to target and fire the automated defense cannon at the back right. Do it now while I lead us to the wrong path."Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    I quickly get into the back seat and start fiddling with the touchpad that popped out the side door and locks on to the Aetherian and boom goes the cannon.


    ''He seems to hit by several shells, as I can see that his outer armor was destroyed and he seems to be pissed off. I can see the aura raging around him visible to the naked eye.''


    "Mum, it seems like I have sent him into a rage and he is launching aura attacks," Astrealla says with anxiety as she watches the attacks nearly land the vehicle several times.


    "Little girl, promise mom that no matter what happens from now on you won''t rush to the front and never remove this pendant from your neck. It can make you bypass the detection instruments so that you can hide while I am fighting with the bad guy. Don''t cry and wait for mum to finish off the bad guy and we will go and find dad."Mum says with red eyes as if confessing the last word, while I just nod my head heavily resisting the urge to cry.


    ''I know that mom is going to fight a high-level Sky Evolutionary but the chances of mom winning the fight are nearly zero. The only I can help mom is to quickly hide before he can notice me. I can see mom is trying to anger him so that I can have a chance to hide but I can''t stop my tears from running down while quickly squeezing into a recycling container around the corner.''


    ''Just as turn back to see how mum is doing, I ran into the scene of my mom crashing in the ground making a pit nearly a meter deep with dust and rocks flying into the sky. Covering my mouth with my palm to resist screaming and piercing my fingernails into my palms to stay calm, so as not to run out and be a burden.''


    ''The Aetherian slowly walked towards my mom and kicked her into the building next door, making the wall come crashing down. I close my eyes and pray so that my dad might hear me and come back quickly to same us. Mum, please don''t die.''


    ''As the Aetherian was about to kick my mum again, a thick wall of ice shielded her and a dark shadow scoped in and rescued mom. I can see mom also tears in her eyes as she watches the man in combat uniform protecting her, as am I.''


    ''I can see dad quickly freezing him the moment he was caught off guard and trying to break him into pieces but the Aetherian escaped using a self-damaging method. I shiver as the atmosphere quickly falls below freezing point as they continue to fight and I was almost killed by the aftermath of some attacks. After nearly 13 minutes of fighting, the Aetherian fell heavily on the ground vomiting blood non-stop. As I see dad kicking him a couple of times, I thought the fight was gonna end. I got out of my hiding place and as I was about turn around i heard the shouts of mum and dad to quickly hide and them blocking the Aetherian under them in a layer of aura barriers.''


    ''While I still am trying to figure out what was going on, a shockwave knocked me off the ground and the last thing I remember is the picture of mum and dad being completely submerged in bright light before I passed out hearing a delayed BOOM!!!''

 A new beginning

    ''Watching the soft moonlight shining falling through the window, feeling the warm embrace of my mother the despair eased a bit as I wake up from the painful memory of my last life. Feeling the wetness of my eyes, I know that I must have cried silently for a while now.''


    ''The happy days with mum and dad must have unlocked those painful memories that I have desperately tried to run away from. Those years after the death of my parents, life was like a rat crossing a street, constantly running away from Aetherians and mutant beasts, rummaging through piles of garbage for a piece of bread or an unfinished nutrient solution. It seems like I must face them now. After making up my mind I just snuggle closer to mum and fell asleep inhaling the comforting fragrance of Lavender.''


    "Little girl, what''s the matter with your eyes? They are quite swollen, why did you cry! Come on tell mom if your dad disturbed your sleep again and I will let you beat him up while he can''t runway." ''I woke up hearing this from my mum and looking her face livid anger when saying about the part of beating up father but eyes filled with concern. My eyes turned red and tears are threatening to fall again, which I resisted showing to mum by burying my head in her embrace.''


    "Why do you sound so excited when you talk about hitting me! I didn''t do anything to provoke you today my dear wife, little girl come on I know it must have been you, little witch proving your mum again." Dad exaggeratedly shouted while pointing at me and quickly kneeling to admit his mistake when he saw mum looking at him with a cold face for scolding me.


    ''I couldn''t help laughing seeing the performance of my parents, as I realized more thoroughly realized that I am reborn and I still have a pair of silly parents. The thought of spending my childhood happily with my parents once again made me understand that I should let go of the past.''


    Seeing that their little girl is no longer in a low mood, both of them secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Taking me to the front yard mom introduces the place where we are living, and the location was quite beautiful according to mom.


    ''Watching the rows of fruit trees on the slope below the railing, the passing of clouds on a few hilltops nearby, the distant snow-capped mountains spanning across the horizon, it was indeed quite pleasing to see. But after seeing the beautiful nebula and some more natural wonders in my last life I give a much better review, though.''Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    In the coming days, I got more and more attached to my parents. I couldn''t help but think if my IQ has fallen of terribly as I once a majestic empress and here I am now trying to piss off my dad at every given opportunity by either peeing on him or cry whenever I see mom coming while I am alone with dad.


    ''I have decided, this time I am going to get enough strength to protect the people dear to me and lead them into the wider sky under the stars.''


    Seeing the firm expression from the start to the later pure smile that reaches my eyes since I was born, Sylvia and Zale locked at each other as if to confirm their findings.


    ''I bought sight of mum and dad giving each other a look, I sighed as it looks like my cover as a normal ignorant baby is going to be blown in a couple of days. Well anyway, that can make it easier for me to learn more about this planet and the current level of technology for my plans to lead the family to the sea of stars.''


    ''counting today I am 7 months old, I can already talk but I am afraid as it might be too much for my parents as I have mistakenly made an imprint of my ass on steel plates when I accidentally fell back on my buttocks while trying to stand. This is going in my dark history since I am pretty sure dad is never going to forget as he was recording at that time.''


    ''Based on the technology level of this planet, the humans here can be regarded as ancestors we were in Stellar Dimension. There are a lot of business prospects even if I use 0.1% of what we learned in my last life. I still couldn''t get access to more detailed information though as my mom or my dad will always keep an eye on me since that incident a few days after my birth. Hey, has anyone ever told you how hard it is to laugh watching a cat chase a mouse every day when the kid has a soul aged in the thousands.''


    ''Today I have finally entered the ranks of Evolutionary as I am now a Tier-1 Human Evolutionary. It seems I have an affinity for water, space, and time. Though I still can''t control the water elements or space and time, it''s still gratifying to finally have a little bit of strength. I can finally stand up now without the previous embarrassment officially at the age of nearly 7 months old. I have made up my mind to talk to parents as it''s quite annoying to keep my mouth shut most of the time.''


    ''Entering the house, I can hear that parents are having an important discussion about leaving me with the caretaker for the night. I am quite dumbfounded to hear this as they always like to stick to me for quite a while now. But to be honest I am secretly happy as I get to access the internet to get more information.''


    "When are you going to leave mum?" I asked as I am quite excited to be alone.


    "Tonight little girl," mum says nonchalantly while still discussing with dad.


    As I watch both mum and slowly turn their heads realizing that I just spoke fluently unlike a baby, I realized I am in deep shit as I quickly cover my mouth and run out of the house.

 Accident

    Dumbfoundedly watching the little figure running like a gust of wind they were unable to react for a while again as that speed is not something a child of her age can have and by the time they reacted, they didn''t even see the corner of her clothes in the house.


    Sylvia and Zale rushed in an instant but were still unable to find the figure of the little Zara. Unable to find the little girl even after turning the whole place upside down, Zale who has figured out that the little girl always tries to get a hold of the tablet he simply pulled his wife into the hose and threatened fiercely," You little witch you better come out of your hiding place by yourself or don''t bother to find a tablet till you''re 3 years old."


    "DON''T DAD, I am coming!"Zera''s voice came from above, when they look up, they were scared again by Zera who is now hanging on top of their heads.


    ''I really didn''t mean to scare them. It''s just, I am truly anxious to learn about the outside world and don''t want to lose my only route of collecting information after waiting for so long.''


    Seeing Zera jumping down before they can be prepared, the hearts that were raised just now were about to collapse due to excessive excitement provided by their baby daughter today.


    ''Landing safely on the sofa, as I was about to face them, I was violently lifted into the air by my dad who is searching everywhere if have any injuries. I was stunned for a while, feeling warm in my heart as I was just about to comfort him, I was laid on his lap and while I was puzzled about what''s is happening. I was spanked till my butt became red like apples.''


    "Little witch, can''t you wait for your dad to help you down if you are hanging like a spider and what the hell are you doing up there, how did you get up? And since when did you start speaking?" Zale fired questions one after another without giving time to answer.


    ''As I was thinking about how to answer my parents without them thinking of me as a monster.''


    "Come on who cares about that as long as the little girl is fine. Zara, come on say mommy and you can get the tablet for the whole day tomorrow." Sylvia says with a light flashing through her eyes as she glanced vaguely at Zale who is still trying to figure out how the little witch got up there.


    ''Seeing the sly look that mom was giving dad, I am pretty sure that something was going on between them involving me. Then again remembering the proud look of my mom who always fools dad into doing things that he doesn''t like after losing countless bets but still goes on betting, I decided in an instant.''Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    "Mom" Zara called making her face as sweet as possible while tilting her head seemingly innocent.


    "Hahaha, I won and I get to dress her up as I want for the next 3 months." Sylvia laughs unscrupulously.


    ''Seeing my dad''s face turning back as the bottom of a pot and his hand reaching for the tablet as if it is going to be broken if I don''t calm down my dad.''


    "Dad, you''re the most handsome and I didn''t call you first just because you are always in my heart so I thought you can hear my words," I said looking at him pitifully making my eyes red and become misty.


    ''Sure enough, this trick works the most against dad but looking at my mom who is watching dad as an idiot after being coaxed away by in a sentence and then seeing me with scrutiny again I am sure that my innocent child cover is blown away by now in front of my mom.''


    "I learned to speak about a few weeks ago but there was no need to as I can get whatever I want by just pointing fingers. And about my strength, I will tell you after you come back as I want to talk about more important things." I said making my tender little face full of baby fat as majestic as possible.


    As laughter filled the room for quite a while and watching me slowly turn gloomy Sylvia and Zale glanced at each other as if making a decision.


    "Okay little girl, but you have to promise mom that you will tell us what you are up to because we don''t want anything to happen to you. We can help you with anything you have difficulty dealing with, okay?"Sylvia says rubbing my head while giving me a strong hug.


    "Sure mom," I promised while deciding to confess about my previous life after they return tomorrow.


    "But mom where are you going at this time and what about my food!"


    "We are going to the town about 50 Km''s to get supplies and to help dad''s old friends identifying a newly appeared creature in the nearby mountains. Don''t be afraid we will be back by tomorrow evening. You just need to sleep with aunt Jen who lives next door for the night okay and don''t run around and make trouble tomorrow." Sylvia started nagging mode and a little girl kept nodding like a chicken pecking rice.


    ''My neck is stiff from all the nodding I just did while mom was nagging but I am quite happy to have such cute parents in this life. Well, I slipped the tablet under the blanket under aunt Jen''s eyes and now I can finally browse the internet without any scruples. The only problem is that the network is quite slow even though dad got a satellite receiver at home.''


    ''Browsing through the basic textbooks for sciences to the books for graduates while looking just at the contents to get a basic understanding of today''s technological level I quickly finished it in a few hours.''


    ''Just as I am about to close my eyes to welcome sweet dreams, I rolled off the bed due to violent shaking. As I get up from the ground disoriented, hearing the voice of aunt Jen yelling at me to lie down again, I got a little confused and with a bang at the back of my head my eyes went dark and I fainted again.''

 Aftermath

    As the dawn approaches and the sun starts climbing over the horizon illuminating the old monastery at the top of the hill in the warm orange glow, the little girl wrapped up in old woolen quits like a dumpling stirred awake slowly.


    Waking up to the chirping of birds with the warm glow of the sun, shine through the window, Zera''s eyelashes quiver for a while before slowly opening her eyes and observing the surroundings a little confused.


    ''Waking up to find that the room in which I slept has changed and I am wrapped up like a dumpling, I am sure that it wasn''t a dream last night about me getting knocked out again. Thinking of the last scene before fainting, It looks like there was an earthquake, hope that aunt Jen, mum, and dad are fine.''


    ''As I walk out of the room, I was nearly blinded by the shining heads of a group of kids wearing saffron color clothes and doing morning chores along with a few kinds looking old men with the same blinding head. Is it just me or this is a popular hairstyle on this planet? I shuddered thinking about how dazzling it would be if a million troops march on the battlefield on a hot day with bald heads. We can simply win by blinding the enemy without any weapons.''


    Amused at seeing Zera looking at the kids with her eyes wide open, an old man who was sitting under a tree near her beckoned her to come close.


    "little girl, your aunt Jen just went out to get the undamaged food supplies from your house." Seeing me not panicking and seriously nodding my head as if I understood, he went to explain "There was an earthquake last night and most of the houses on the hillside were damaged, so your aunt and the few families living near have come to the monastery last night as it wasn''t much affected."


    "Grandpa why are everyone bald is it a popular hairstyle nowadays?" I asked quite confused about their choice and all I got was laughter from everyone.


    ''Seeing that everyone was laughing and looking at the dark face of the old man I knew I must have asked a very dumb thing. Anyway, I am a little kid and I still got some advantages of simply pretending to be innocent after messing up and looking at the old man with a clear gauge waiting for an answer seriously.''


    ''After hearing the explanation of the old man, I got to know about the monks and monasteries. What can I say, the previous life didn''t have any religions like here only worshipping the strong was popular. But it''s kind of novel though, how a Tier-9 planet has myths about becoming gods and eternal life after listening to the old man telling myths to the kids while waiting for the adult''s comeback till noon.''Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Watching aunt Jen climbing up the stair of the monastery Zera quickly sprinted towards her," aunt Jen have you got the tablet from your house which was on the bed last night?" Zera asked.


    "Oh my god! Stop running like that on the stair Zera, what would I do if an accident happens again, you already got a bump on your head and you would want any more do you? What about that tablet you are talking about, I remember asking you to put it in your bag before you sleep. Don''t tell me you are watching cartoons after I slept, little girl." Aunt Jen said seriously with some rebuke and concern in her tone while checking me if I am alright.


    "I just slept with it under the pillow aunt, really I promise. I just wanted to call my parents to see if they are safe with the tablet." I answered with a little guilt conscience but with a straight face.


    "But we lost the network last night and the road leading the town is also blocked by a land slide. It''s going to take a few weeks to a few months to get the road repaired and the network fixed." Said aunt Jen with worry all over her face.


    "Aunt dad has got a satellite receiver at home, let''s check if it still works now and try to contact mom and dad," I said.


    By the time we returned from our little hunt to find the satellite receiver and the tablet it was evening. After deciding to try it after dinner, we to have a meal of a simple bowl of porridge with a group of little bald heads and the local families.


    After confirming that the receiver is still working, aunt Jen tried the internet. Seeing that it was connected, aunt Jen quickly called my parents after seeing the missed calls. As soon as it got connected, the first thing that came into view is my mom''s haggard face.


    " How are you and Zera Jen? You aren''t injured right!" Mom quickly fired off at aunt Jen.


    " We are all I good health Sylvia, why don''t you talk to your daughter. She is the one who reminded us of the satellite receiver." aunt Jen handed me the tablet after that.


    "Mom I am fine, I just bumped my head last night. Except for that, it''s all fine. Oh, I almost forgot, dad''s collection of alcohol at home is all smashed as the cellar collapsed." I said innocently as I watched my dads wore down figure appeared in view.


    "You tell the truth, little witch, I don''t believe in your evil if you say that it was not your fault the cellar collapsed. I am pretty sure that those bottles were in crates with wooden boards as a cover." Dad almost roared through the tablet as soon as he heard that his precious alcohol got wasted.


    "That, it really wasn''t because of me that they are wasted," I said with my eyes wandering everywhere and my little finger twitching.


    "You lied, I can see pinky twitching," dad said pointing at me pinky through the screen with a dark face.


    Seeing that I was seen through I just said innocently" Seriously dad it wasn''t my fault, you remember casing me yesterday. I might have climbed into the crate to hide in hurry and later forgot about the lid."


    "So you are saying that it''s my fault that it got smashed," Dad said dumbfounded.


    "I didn''t say that, you just said it yourself," I replied as sweetly as possible.


    Watching the pair of father and daughter still in the mood to quarrel after an earthquake Sylvia let go of her worries as a smile appeared on her face again.

 Training begins

    "Okay you two, that''s enough," said Sylvia while taking over the tablet from the man who is arguing with his 7 months old daughter.


    "Zera, I know you are more mature than others and you can understand what I am saying. The road connecting to the town is damaged yesterday and it might take a month or two to get there if we wait for it to be repaired but we will try to get back as soon as possible. Don''t be sad we will call you daily and you can also call us wherever you want and don''t make trouble for aunt Jen. Enjoy your time on the internet without restrictions till we get back little girl." Said Silvia, which made Zera roll her eyes.


    "Come on mom, when did I ever make trouble, I just run around, climb a few trees or a roof, that''s tough," Zera said with an innocent expression while pouting.


    "That''s what I am talking about! Don''t injure yourself girl and don''t try to make the other kids at the monastery try to do those things with you!" Sylvia said solemnly and she watched her daughter''s smiling face turn stiff after hearing the second sentence, confirming her guess, that she planned to toss those poor kids.


    "Okay okay mom, can you please stop nagging. Do I look like the kind of person who might make little kids cry, after all, I am only 7 months old right now." Zera said with a dark face.


    "Yes you are my dear, don''t forget we are going to have a SERIOUS TALK as soon as we get back. Oh, don''t frighten aunt Jen if you can and take care darling, we will miss you, and good night!" Sylvia said kissing Zera across the screen.


    "I will and you too mum, good night!"Zera said sending a flying kiss while turning off the call.


    "Looks like you are done Zera, can you lend it to the others so that they can also contact their families outside."Said aunt Jen, as she came into the room with a couple of blankets for the cold night.


    "Yeah of course aunt," Zera said passing the tablet to her after she made the bed for the night.


    ''I have to make training plans for our family of three and grandparents if there are any as I haven''t seen both mum and dad mention them. I just there won''t be any dog blood drama of domineering 2nd generation princess runs away from or a beloved son runs off to pursue his dreams of becoming a mercenary instead of inheriting the family business.'' I thought while starting to make a detailed plan for myself first to advance from Human Evolutionary to Earth Evolutionary in the next 7 years.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    ''The aura here is still increasing and I can locate the places with a higher concentration of aura in advance it''s going to be a massive advantage. As the newly evolved planets have multiple places of aura concentration comparable to a planet at least 2 levels higher.''


    ''Anyway that''s all to be done after discussing with my mum and dad, lets get some sleep though I gotta start to train from tomorrow!''


    In a few minutes, a light snoring sound was heard from the room as the little girl on the bed went to sleep with her lips upturned slightly who seems to dream of something that gives others a headache as we can tell from her conversation with her mom.


    As the sun slowly creeps over the horizon painting the mountain tops in the distance with a beautiful shade of orange, we can see a little figure running on the wall of the monastery with little bags filled with sand tied to her legs while panting.


    "Z E R A!!! What the hell are you doing running on top of the wall? Get down quickly, what if you fall and get injured!" Shouted aunt Jen anxiously, while sprinting towards me in a hurry.


    ''Crap, that was a close call as I almost fell as that shout scared the shit out of me. Though I wanted to say I won''t fall if you don''t shout like that aunt but I dare not as I remembered mom''s instructions from last night''s conversation.


    "okay aunt, I was just watching the sunrise, not running just wanted to see if the walls are stable enough so that they won''t fall on my head if sleep near them in the noon" Zera sid quickly climbing off the wall trying to hide the sandbags in the bushes.


    "I already spoke with your mum little girl, don''t think I don''t know what you are up to. I am your neighbor remember and I can constantly hear your dad''s roars almost every day because of you." Said aunt Jen with a smile while twisting my ears.


    "You can do whatever you want as long as you promise me not to climb heights and not get yourself injured okay?" asked Jen squatting in front of me while watching me seriously in the eyes.


    "Okay I promise, can I get the tablet back and what if I want to try punching wooden blocks or tree trunks," I asked to avoid conflicts if found out in the feature.


    "Sure if you want to but no injuries you have to remember," said Jen just thinking how can a 7-month-old punch wooden blocks or some tree trunks like those martial artists, which was quickly overturned shortly in the future by the little girl she underestimated today.


    ''Let''s see, now that I got official permission I can do the training without scruples. It''s quite boring to the exercises alone and I am missing those days alongside Aluma and those fighting lunatics in the academy. Hmm, I can try to fool those little carrot heads and bald heads into training with me for company. I can also get a group of little brothers calling me Boss like a gangster leader which I always wanted to be called but couldn''t in my past life.''


    Zera thought as she took a quick nap after breakfast while falling into a sweet dream where all the little guys along with little monks lining up wearing suits and calling boss to a little girl who is 7 months old.

 New Friends and Little brothers

    The cold winds start to blow as the sun gradually sets over the horizon, but we can still see that the small figure engrossed in training in the back mountain of the monastery is sweating and the amount of training is quite a lot for a girl under a year old.


    71,72,73,74,75,76¡­..82, phew that''s 13 more since the time i started to exercise in the afternoon. This amount of training is enough for the first day and slowly increases overtime.Hmm I should think of a way to subjugate those little guys in the monastery.Ouch what was that! Zera looks at her feet just to find an apple rolling across and the shouts of a chubby girl searching for her apple.


    Hehehe I think that¡¯s an easy way to conquer these kids, but first let''s get this little girl, Zera turns around with the apple,¡± hey I got the apple here.¡±


    ¡°Huff huff Th ah thank you, my name is Inora¡±, she said while taking the apple and wiping it on her skirt. Zera lips twitched a little watching the  apple being cleaned by using the already a bit soiled skirt.


    ¡°Hello, I am Zera,¡± I said, while still looking at the apple in the girl''s hand.¡±Hmm do you want it, you can have it if you like but you have to play with me afterwards!¡± Inora said while quickly stuffing the apple in my hand as if I am going to say no.


    Wait what! When did I ever say I want your apple little girl. You know what looking at how cute you look with your serious look I won¡¯t say anything. ¡°Thanks, but how did the apple get thrown here and are you getting bullied?¡± Zera asked, looking at the sorrowful state of the dress and small pinch marks on her cheeks.


    Inora¡¯s expression became sad at the mention of bullying but she quickly denied it while waving her arms in front ¡±no no they just thought I was cute and wanted to pinch my cheeks, though a few of them pinched quite hard it was fine.¡± Inora explained quickly as if I am going to misunderstand.


    Zera understood this poor girl. She didn¡¯t even know they were bullying her and she is still explaining to them. ¡±Okay, can you take me to meet them? I also have a new game to play with them.¡± Zera asked as she imagined welcoming her first group of little brothers calling her boss from now on.


    As we near the clearing in the backyard of the monastery I can see two guys bullying a little monk for his bald head.


    ¡°Hey Ren and Lancer, meet my new friend Zera and don¡¯t you guys pinch her she¡¯s less than a year old. She also has a new game for us to play with!¡± Inora said while holding my shoulders in protective posture while the two guys shifted their attention from the poor monk to us.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    ¡°Hello¡± Zera waved her hand as both Ren and Lancer looked at her up and down. These guys seem to be around 3 to 4 years old, around the same age as Inora. They look pretty good if they don''t have their noses up high, well anyway here come the first batch of little brothers.


    ¡°Little girl, what''s the game that you can play with your big brothers? I must warn you though you can''t go to your mommy crying after you lost okay! If you do then the next time I see you I will pinch you until your cheeks become red and take your snacks away!¡± Ren said while trying to imitate a ferocious expression on his face and pinching his hands in the air.


    What¡¯s up with stealing snacks and pinching cheeks, that look at the end shit  I got to bite my tongue to stop laughing out loud. Need to teach these guys how to be a bully after taking them down, otherwise they are gonna ruin the name of bullies. ¡°Okay, but I want to have a bet with you guys. If I win you have to call me boss and do whatever I say from now on, If I lose you can have my snacks from now on.¡± Zera said trying hard to stop the laughter from spilling out after seeing their pretentious I am a bully face.


    ¡°Come on, are you guys seriously afraid that you can''t even beat a little girl over 7 months old!¡± Zera said provocatively while raising an eyebrow.


    ¡°Who is gonna lose to you! Come on Lancer let¡¯s show this little girl who¡¯s the boss here¡± Ren said furiously while pulling Lancer towards with a dark face.


    ¡°The game is simple, you just have to break the apple in half with only your hands!¡± Zera said while showing as innocent of an expression as she can make with a sly smile in her eyes that she can''t hide that her father would have instantly recognised, as the smile she always has before setting him up to get scolded by his wife.


    ¡°And you can throw it on anything, only with your hands, guys.¡± Zera added again with a smile as she watched Ren take the apple from her palm. Seeing Inora¡¯s worried expression ¡°Don¡¯t worry they won''t win and we can also get two attendants from now on.¡± Zera added.


    ¡° Hmm what! No, I am just worried that they will spoil the apple and we won''t be able to have it.¡± Inora said while still looking at the apple nervously and in a position to catch it if it falls again.


    Girl, though we just made friends, are you sure you are concentrating on the right thing!!! Looks like you might even sell me for a delicious piece of cake.


    Zera took Inora to the side and sat down while munching on the apple god knows where Inora took out of and watching Ren and Lancer struggling to break the apple.


    ¡°We can¡¯t do this alone Lancer, come on let¡¯s try together. I will hold on this side and you sit opposite me. Pull when on the count of three okay.¡± Ren said, as Lancer nodded his head and sat down in his position ready to pull.


    ¡°One¡­


    Two¡­..


    THREE!!!¡±

 New Friends and Little brothers - 2

    "One¡­


    Two¡­..


    THREE!!!"


    Ren and Lancer start to pull with full strength and the apple flies up into the air and draws a parabola landing in front of Zera and Inora.


    "Aww...Aww..." "oww¡­.ow¡­..", Ren and Lancer start screaming as they were sent tumbling backward due to inertia.


    "Hahahaha¡­.look at them Zera Haha.." Inora starts laughing out loud till she got tears in her eyes while excitedly pulling Zera beside her, who is also has a smile on her face.


    Ren and Lancer slowly got up from the ground with red eyes as if about to cry, facing the apple resentfully which made them lose face in front of the little girls they quickly picked it up again without saying a word and started another round of apple flying into the air and two kids rolling back, falling, sometimes one of them let go first as the other fell. Which caused both Zera and Inora to laugh till they got the stomach.


    "Okay, enough guys. You have been at it for more than an hour now, we can see that you got no hope in breaking it in half. Admit that you lost and call me Boss from now on!" Zera said, with a smile on her face as she watched the beggar-looking kids still trying to come up with ideas to break the apple.


    "Hey, I don''t accept it! We didn''t lose and you can''t break the apple anyway as we couldn''t. We are much stronger than you and are much older but still, we couldn''t. I don''t believe you can break it in half with your bare hands!" Ren said with an indignant face while Lancer also nodded like chicken pecking rice supporting Ren.


    "If I do it you have to call me boss and you can''t go telling your parents afterward about whatever I told you to do. Okay?" Zera said smiling slyly.


    "Yeah, sure but if first you have to break it and the goes for you too little girl won''t forget," Ren said trying to suppress the smile forming on his face as he imagined the unending supply of snacks coming from now on.


    "Sure, watch carefully now and don''t say I cheated afterward," Zera said while taking the apple given by Inora and placing it in the center of her palm while facing Ren and Lancer.


    "Go on start," Said Ren, paying close attention to the apple as if it is about to run away.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    Zera held the apple in both hands, placing both index fingers at the stem and the thumbs at the bottom, and started to apply force on those fingers to get a tight grip and pull it apart with the index fingers and the support of the palm.


    "See, come on little brothers say, Boss!" Zera said taking a bite out of one half of the apple while playing around with the other.


    "No way, it''s just a little trick. We can do that too if we agave another chance! I am not going to call you boss for a little trick, who are you trying to fool," said Ren with an indignant expression.


    "Well how about this, I will do something with an apple and if you can do it the bet is off but if you cant I am your BOSS! Okay?" Said Zera looking pretty serious for a 7-month-old which made Ren, Lancer and Inora try their best to hide their laughs.


    "Sure go on" Said Ren.


    Taking the half apple she has been playing with, Zera placed it in her palm in front of them and she squished it like a sponge ball turning it into apple mash in an instant as she slowly opened her palm to the shock of her new friends.


    Watching the idiotic-looking face of her new friends Zera let out a laugh and said with a raised eyebrow " So now am your Boss or do I need to squeeze your palms next time! Hmm!"


    Regaining their senses after being shocked by the strength of the little girl in front of them the three little kids looked at their newfound friend with twinkling eyes filled with awe with their mouth forming a bit O.


    Seeing that they are still watching her dumbfoundedly with awe in their eyes, Zera added" If you become my little brothers I can tell you how to get as strong as I am."


    "Boss, give your little brothers a few minutes to bring our snacks as our first offering! Let''s go, Lancer," said Ren motioning Lancer to hurry up.


    "Yes Boss, I recently got a new remote-controlled car. I will get that as an offering!" said Lancer as he turned around to leave quickly.


    Zera stood still watching them leave as a gust of wind and disappear around the corner unable to get her head around what just happened till Inora said " Hmm, Zera, Can I call you Boss as well. I also want to be as strong as you so that my parents can''t snatch away my chocolates next time!"


    "What? Snatch chocolates!"Zara said, regaining her senses while facing the chubby friend with her eyes twitching a little.


    "Call me Zera, I am your friend, and sure, call me Boss if you feel like it but I will tell you the truck right now it''s going to be quite hard to gain strength. You can''t give up once you get started with training and you also have an added benefit that is, you can eat more food without getting chubby!"Zera explained seriously to her new friend.


    "Are you sure I won''t get chubby even if I eat 10 chocolates along with a tub of Ice Cream every day?" Inora asked seriously as if making a life and death decision.


    "Hmm¡­that much quantity... I am pretty sure you can but it will take some time till you reach that level though. After a few years you can even eat 50 chocolates per day without a doubt if you follow the training, this I am sure." replied Zera.


    ''Girl is food the only thing you can think about all the time''


    As Zera and Inora go discussing how much snacks they can eat every day while training, the sun sets over the horizon slowly marking the end of the day for Zera and her newfound little brothers.

 Reunion

    As the first rays of light fall over the calm monastery on top of the mountain, we can see the four figures sitting cross-legged doing meditation. Zzz...zzz...Well not all of them.


    ''Hmm...who is snoring so early in the morning!''


    Zera''s eyes opened and she took a look at her little friends who are trying t to sense aura for the first time, just to see Inora''s head leaning on Lancer''s shoulder snoring out loud while salivating on him who is also sleeping.


    ''At Least not all of them were asleep. Looks like Ren might be the first one to sense aura.''


    "Inora! Wake Up you need to meditate not sleep!" Zera said while rubbing the soft and chubby cheeks of Inora. Seeing that Inora still didn''t wake up she took out a chocolate from her pocket, removed the cover, and placed it under Inora''s nose.


    "Hmm¡­" Inora slowly woke up with a confused face and then started to look around to find the chocolate that woke her up without paying attention to anyone else.


    Lancer also woke up due to the movement around him just to find his shoulder was drenched in unknown liquid and was confused for a while.


    "Hey Ren, that''s enough for today, get up, let''s go. It''s time for breakfast."Zera said while amusedly watching Inora searching her pockets, around her, and also Lancer''s pockets to find her lost chocolate.


    "Hmm¡­So fast. I thought we just sat for a few minutes and time passed so quickly!" said Ren with a skeptical expression.


    "Don''t tell me you fell asleep too, Ren!" Zera said in disbelief.


    "Boss, that...that, the weather was just nice and it was so calm. I might have taken a tiny nap while I am meditating." Ren whispered the last few words like a mosquito with a guilty conscience not daring to look into Zera''s eyes.


    What else is there for Zera not to understand from his guilty expression and the tone of his voice.


    ''Here I thought at least one of them is serious, anyway let it go for now. If they still fall asleep in a few days then I will just confiscate all their snacks and toys till they can sit for at least an hour without falling asleep.''


    Turning her eyes back to Lancer and Inora who are quarreling about the lost chocolate and the wet shoulder Zera said "Hey you two, I got your chocolate Inora and Lancer you too fell asleep with your head leaning on Inora''s while salivating! Since none of you managed to meditate without sleeping, you will go for an extra two laps around the perimeter with me and then we will go for breakfast."


    Seeing that none of them have any objections Zera turned around and started to jog along the perimeter wall with them following behind.


    Smelling the tantalizing aroma coming from the front yard, they quickly finished the run and went for breakfast.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    "Zera! Don''t run around from morning to night, you are still a little kid and your body can''t bear over-exercise." Aunt Jen said, serving me piping hot porridge with a glass of chocolate milk along with a plate of fruit salad.


    "I know aunt, don''t worry. I just ran once and I also made new friends yesterday. We just played in the backyard near the forest clearing." Said Zera with an innocent expression as if she was not the one who just ran around for training just now.


    Seeing that Aunt Jen isn''t believing in her explanation," You can ask anyone from Inora, Ren, or Lancer to prove that I said the truth." Said Zera without changing her expression with a straight face while looking straight into aunt Jen''s eyes.


    "Okay, I believe you, and don''t get hurt while playing." Said aunt Jen,  helping with placing the breakfast on the table so that I can reach it.


    The day ends quickly as we run around chasing the rabbits, collecting fruits, and another round of training in the evening.


    "Come on Inora you can do it! Last 100 meters and you can eat chocolate from my snacks," shouted Lancer as Inora was about to give in the last lap.


    "Who are you kidding Lancer, I know all your snacks belong to Zera. I can just ask her and I am sure she will just give them to me." Retorted Inora loudly while walking slowly.


    "Looks like you got some extra energy for another round Inora, maybe you might as well for one more!" Said Zera with an evil smile on her face.


    Watching the evil smile on his boss''s face, Ren''s lips twitched, knowing that someone is going to be unlucky now.


    "No, no more laps I am coming Zeraaa!" shouted Inora as she sprinted the last few meters collapsing in the grass beside Lancer, and stretched out her hand for the promised chocolate.


    Buzz...Buzzzz¡­.


    "Did you hear that sound?" Zera asked as she is sure that is the sound of a helicopter.


    "Yes, Boss. It''s just like the sound of a helicopter in the movie." Said Ren with excitement visible on his face as she jumped off the ground and started looking around in the evening sky.


    As the sound got clearer by the second we ran to the front yard just in time to see the helicopter landing near outside the monastery in the clearing on the mountain.


    Seeing the 1.9-meter man wearing a camouflage uniform stepping out of the helicopter stretching out his hand to help a 1.8-meter tall lady out, I just ran over excitedly shouting "Mom and Dad".


    Seeing his little daughter running towards him excitedly Zale was first stunned and excited as this was the first time she ever came for a hug by herself since she was sensible. Zale stretched out his arms wide and knelt down preparing for a hug just to see his daughter run past him without even stopping for a moment and jumped into her mother''s embrace making him dumbfounded and unable to react for quite a while.


    After hugging her daughter for quite some time, Sylvia checked her up, down, and around to make sure she is fine while nagging how her dad took so much time to arrange a helicopter.


    "You got no conscience little witch! Your dad ran around all day just to get here as fast as possible and you just jumped into your mom''s arms without a word to me!" Shouted Zale accusingly pointing at Zera with a dark face.


    "Stop it, Zale, Zera is just frightened and she has never been alone without us around her!" Said Sylvia giving dad a white eye.


    "Come on Zera, tell mom about your new friends you said yesterday," Sylvia asked as they made their way into the monastery.


    ''Why do I feel that something is about to happen tonight! Hmm, everything is normal around here and there don''t seem to be any evolved beasts at this stage on this planet.''


    As we make our way to the room allocated to us after having dinner I still have that nagging feeling.


    Bang!


    Zale closed the door and locked it up, while Sylvia kneeled down and sat in front of Zera with a serious expression on her face.


    ''I think I know what that nagging feeling was about!''


    " We need to have that serious conversation dear!" Said Sylvia.

 Confession

    Looking at her parents'' serious look, Zera let out a sigh, as she is sure that she can''t get out of this without an explanation.


    ''I might as well confess about my rebirth, though I think it''s better to hold on to some details to not make them look at me with different eyes. But, where should I start!''


    Watching Zera''s face looking like considering an important secret for a few minutes already, Sylvia couldn''t help but hug her and said "Zera you have to remember you got your mom and dad, and you don''t always have to carry it alone. You will always be our beloved daughter! Okay?"


    Zera was a little stunned by the sudden hug at first but later her eyes got red and her nose got itchy at the mention of support from her parents.


    ''Yeah this is new life, I still have parents here along with new friends who are a bit dumb. Let''s just get this over with and make plans for becoming the Boss. Why am I such a crybaby nowadays! I was an Empress for god''s sake! My IQ seems to have downgraded with my rebirth, should get it restored or my image is gonna collapse in the hearts of my future little brothers''


    "Okay mom, but promise me you will stay calm throughout because the things I am going to say now can literally be considered a fantasy!" Zera said, leaving Sylvia''s embrace while looking into her eyes.


    Sylvia takes a look at Zale and motions for Zera to continue.


    "Well, it''s not that complicated to say but not a simple thing to happen. Aww¡­ anyway here goes...


    I am reborn with memories of my past life" Said Zera with a nervous look while trying to gauge any changes in Sylvia''s and Zale''s expressions.


    Seeing that Sylvia just raised her eyebrows a little and didn''t say anything, she continued "The world of my previous life is known as Stellar Dimension and the humans there have already entered the vast sea of stars. The sentient species in that universe have long found a way for evolution and the life span of strong ones is as high as a million years.


    Yes, humans have also evolved along with other alien species and the society is heterogeneous.


    Based on evolution, everyone can manipulate various elements or some special energy forms, though some can''t which is quite rare.


    There were billions of planets available to habitat, mine resources or just farming planets, etc."


    Zera takes a stop, to give them a breather as the amount of information they have to take in is quite huge.


    Seeing that they were still quite stable and just motioning for her to continue, she goes on "You might have realized that I have said Stellar Dimension instead of the name of the empire or alliance or a plated, that''s because the world in which we live in is divided into three levels of Dimensions as far as I know of, consisting, Primitive, Intermediary, High-Level Dimensions.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    Each Dimension will have different kinds of species and different ways of evolution. Such as The Study of the Origin or known as magicians, Body strengthening, Soul Evolutions, Technological Evolution, etc.


    My Dimension was a mix of Body Evolution combined with Technology.


    When we reach a certain level of strength it''s possible to open a passage between different dimensions for travel or to launch a war for resources.


    Unfortunately, the latter happened to my dimension which lasted for nearly a thousand years before coming to an end at the cost of nearly a quarter of the Dimension''s resources.


    I also lost my life to end that war."


    Zera''s expression was a little heavy at the end as she remembered he lost comrades and the absence of her friends.


    Sylvia pulled Zera into a strong hug in which Zale also went in and said "that''s all in the past now dear and now you have your parents." and just stayed silent patting her back as she trembled a little.


    ''Yeah, what am I sad about? This is a new life with parents, friends, and knowledge of previous life, I am pretty sure it''s going to a lot of fun than fighting a war.''


    "I am fine now mom and dad, can you give me space to breathe. I am gonna be suffocated by you if you keep on hugging me so strongly." Zera said, rolling her eyes at Zale.


    "Okay, okay, come on now you two. You go on my dear, what is going on with Body Evolution you were talking about." Sylvia said, separating the ready to quarrel father-daughter duo.


    "Uhm, that''s quite simple actually. The world is born out of aura and it is present everywhere with some exceptions. Body Evolution is the method of strengthening the body using aura."


    "According to low-level citizen division of Stellar Dimension they are


    Human Evolutionary


    Earth Evolutionary


    Sky Evolutionary


    Each of these three stages are further divided into 10 levels.


    For accessing the combat power, if you take an elite special division soldier or mercenary they will be equivalent to level 2-3 Human Evolutionary i.e a few years old kids in Stellar Dimension.


    I have just entered Human Evolutionary level - 1 the day before you guys went out." Zera explained and took an apple from the bedside table and squeezed it into mush.


    "At the peak of the Human Evolutionary stage the body will be evolved to the limit with the assistance of aura and to evolve into Earth Evolutionary stage the cells have to continuously be destroyed and reborn again to integrate aura and store aura within.


    From the Earth Evolutionary stage, we can urge the elements that are compatible with us in the environment with the assistance of aura using Soul Core instinctively.


    The body also undergoes a massive change and is at least 10times stronger than before or more according to the tempering and integration of aura into the cells during the breakthrough phase.


    To breakthrough into a Sky Evolutionary one must be able to convert the stored aura in the body into the elements or the energies they are compatible with and also the tempering of cells with the same elements or energies.


    Once the breakthrough is successful, the body is going to be strengthened again according to the tempering of the body.


    At this stage, unless you are at the blast center of a nuclear bomb nothing can kill them and even with the nuclear bomb they will only be injured for a few days to weeks according to their Evolutionary level.


    It is also possible to fly in the air if the aura manipulation is sensitive and high enough at this stage.


    The life span also increases according to the Evolutionary level. The average lifespan of Level-10 Human Evolutionary is 250-350 years, Level-10 Earth Evolutionary is 1200-2500 years and Level-10 Sky Evolutionary is 15000-30000 years.


    There''s also a backdrop due to evolution, high lifespan, and strengthened genes i.e, fertility will decrease. The stronger the person the harder it will be to have children.


    I think in a sense it balances out the population, otherwise, with everyone living for hundreds or thousands of years we won''t have any place to live in a few centuries."


    Explained Zera and drank a glass of water while waiting for Sylvia and Zale to process everything.

 Future Plans

    Looking at Sylvia and Zale who are already in a daze smirking and giggling to themselves like fools, ''Uhm...looks like they are already imagining themselves in a weird fantasy universe.''


    "Ahem...Mum! Dad! Hellooo¡­," shouted Zera, trying to get their minds back to earth.


    Sylvia and Zale woke up from their riverine bewildered from the sudden noise and their faces turned red from embarrassment when they watched their daughter''s little face looking at them like idiots.


    "Cough...cough¡­dear then are there mythical creatures like phoenix, dragons, or elves in your dimension?"Sylvia asked, looking at Zera with great expectations in her eyes.


    "There used to be but they sacrificed along with most of the Top Evolutionaries of the Dimension, to end invasion millions of years before my birth. I only saw them in the ancient relics and archives found in ruins." Said Zera, as Sylvia''s face immediately brightened with her conformation of dragons.


    "Little witch, is it possible to fly on broomsticks?" Asked Zale, pushing his face into Zera aggressively.


    "What? Broomsticks? Dad, why do you want to fly on them when you can do it by yourself after you reach the Sky stage in evolution?" Zera puzzled at the weird mention of broomsticks.


    "I thought I could finally play quidditch in real life and ¡­. Never mind you don''t know that book and I will tell you sometime later," replied Zale with a disheartened expression.


    Zera was quite dumbfounded to find that her parents once again went into a daze without knowing what they were imagining.


    "Oye! I think we need to get back on track again. I also got some important news to say." Zera said, and both Sylvia and Zale recovered their serious expressions.


    "The planets are also divided into 10 Tiers with 10th being the lowest. As we are talking, our planet Earth is transforming Tier-10 to Tier-9 which will take around another 25-35 years to complete." Said Zera.


    "Hmm...okay but is there any danger in this process and according to what you said there is aura everywhere, but why haven''t we discovered it yet?" Asked Sylvia with a solemn expression.


    "A Tier-10 planet does not contain aura and is also known as mortal stars, but from Tier-9 onwards the planet contains aura. The planet also expands in size as it transforms.


    As for the dangers, the native plants, animals, pests, etc., anything that absorbs a certain amount of aura and evolves, can gain sentience. You can imagine what kind of devastation can happen once a large scale of High Human-Level animals or pests attacks cities, villages, or towns.


    What awaits the people there is a massacre if they don''t evolve as the number of hot weapons is limited and even they will become useless as time goes on." Said Zera solemnly.


    There is a moment of silence in the room with only the sound of the wind chimes being blown by the gusts of cold wind outside.


    Sylia and Zale are quite shocked by the consequences the transformation can have on society and they look at each other as if finally understanding something.


    "Dear if what you are going to happen I think it''s better to prepare early and start training from now on. We might also need to inform the government at some point in time to take precautions about this." Said Sylvia looking at Zale who is seriously searching for something on the internet.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    "I know mum, but not now. We need to be strong enough or else they might not even believe it and once it becomes true we will get into trouble because of unnecessary speculations from those higher-ups in the government."Zera with a face full of disgust when she mentioned government officials.


    "Looks like you had quite a bad time dealing with them...Huh!" Said Sylvia with a laugh as she is amused by the blatant expression of disgust on her daughter''s face.


    Zera rolled her eyes at her mum, "Yeah, for a few hundred years and it sucks! I never want to do it again."


    "Mom I will train you guys along with me from tomorrow onwards. Also is there anyone else in our family mum? I have never heard you talk about grandparents or any siblings and even dad also never mentioned." Zera asked, quite puzzled looking at both Zale and Sylvia who are now both looking embarrassed at each other.


    ¡®Why do both of them have an expression of guilt while looking at each other. Don¡¯t tell me that they both ran away from home and used fake identities to escape marriage.¡¯


    ¡°That¡­¡±


    ¡°Zale..¡±


    ¡°Let me say first Sylvia, but you must not beat me up after hearing what I said!¡± Said Zale with his eyes on her and his body tight and ready to run away at the first sight of her anger.


    ¡°What do you mean by beating you up Zale?¡± Sylvia was annoyed and took a deep breath to calm down.¡±Okay, I won¡¯t get angry. Say, what have you been hiding till now?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not that big of an issue actually. I might not be a retired mercenary. I might not be an orphan but the mysterious runaway heir of Xeno Group.¡± Said Zale ready to run away at a moment''s notice.


    Sylvia let out a sigh of relief as soon as she heard what he said.¡±Come here¡± She said, motioning Zale to come close.


    ¡°Dear, I only did that because I heard that you don¡¯t like rich guys.¡± Replied Zale with a gulp, walking towards Sylvia who has a hand on her hip and a hand outstretched towards Zale with a sweet smile on her face.


    ¡®Oops...There is that smile on mom¡¯s face, looks like dad is in serious trouble this time!¡¯ Thought Zera looking extremely happy at the thought of her dad being punished.


    ¡°Really?¡± Said Sylvia, as she caught Zale¡¯s ear and twisted it till it got red and got him howling.


    ¡°Dear, can you at least not do this in front of Zera. What am I going to do if I lose my prestige in front of her in the future due to this? Wait, you were also about to say something just now, what was that?¡± Said Zale as he watched Zera rolling on the bed with laughter watching his embarrassment.


    Sylvia¡¯s face changed at the mention of this which was caught by Zale at the corner of his eye.


    ¡°Come on I already confessed, it¡¯s your turn now! Don¡¯t think about saying it was nothing, I just saw the look on your face dear.¡± Zale said laughing heartily as he caught his wife guilty for the first time.


    Seeing that there is no way to escape today Sylvia confessed,¡± Hmm...That¡­ I am the runaway bride of SKS Healthcare,¡± as her face turned red due to embarrassment.


    Zale and Zera are dumbfounded by the confession of their wife and mum.


    ¡°Hahaha¡­. One of you ran away from the position of CEO and the other ran away from a wedding! Sh*t this is just like out of a novel, never thought it¡¯s gonna happen to me. So now that makes me a rich second-generation overlord right.¡± Zera said imagining the number of little brothers calling her Boss increasing exponentially by the second.


    Sylvia and Zale gave each other a look and laughed along with their daughter at the thought of how they both lied about being orphans and getting married.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s enough for now. So what do you think we should do now, Zale. Do we go back to see our parents and tell them about the things Zera said?¡± Asked Sylvia back with a serious expression.


    ¡°Hmm...I think it¡¯s better to wait for a couple of years and increase our strength along with Zera and also by then we can collect more evidence. The new types of vegetation you have found and coupled with our strength they will have to believe it even if they don¡¯t want to. Also, remember not to let anyone know about Zera¡¯s second life!¡± Zale said solemnly after thinking about it for a while.


    ¡°Dad, how about we train here for the next three years and then go and surprise my grandparents. I bet they will be quite shocked by the fact that you got married and made them grandparents in your absence.¡± Suggested Zera as she made herself comfortable while climbing onto Sylvia¡¯s lap.


    ¡°That sounds good. Dear is it okay if I bring my mercenary teammates? They are all trustworthy and it will be better if we get more people on our side,¡± said Zale.


    ¡°Sure dad, If you say so,¡± Zera said, rubbing her eyes yawning.


    ¡°Then that settles it then. Go to sleep, we have long days ahead of us from now on dear.¡± Sylvia says, rubbing the furry head of Zera and giving a kiss on her cheek, after laying her down on the bead while covering with a quilt.

 Training with Mom and Dad - 1

    As the golden light slowly illuminates the rolling mountains and their valleys, we can see a group of kids along with two adults running around a monastery bearing the low temperature of the early mornings.


    "You can rest for now Inora, you did better than before. Renn, Lancer both of you will have to do more laps till you are as exhausted as Inora. The same goes for me and my parents as well. So let''s go on, you can rest after this is over." Said Zera as she watched Inora nearly fainting as they finished a lap around the monastery.


    "Oka¡­.okay, whaa¡­.whatever you say boss!" replied Ren, panting and supporting himself with his palms on his knees while bending.


    "Then what are you waiting for, Let''s start!" Said Zera as she continued to run.


    Time goes by as Lancer faints first followed by Ren and then Zera. They watch in awe as both Zale and Sylvia are still doing their laps and start to bet who is going to faint first using their snacks as collateral.


    "Hahaha¡­.I win! See I told you uncle Zale is going to win, now where are my snacks Ren," shouted Lancer excitedly as he started jumping around when Sylvia got tired and quit first.


    "Looks like you still have energy for another lap Lancer, do you wanna do it?" Said Zera, who is a little grumpy at the loss of her snacks as she also bet on her mom to win.


    Lancer wilted at the mention of exercise and immediately laid back on the ground and confessed," No, no, Boss, where do I have extra energy. I just jumped up as I got poked by some thorns just now."


    "Hmm...By the way, you guys didn''t give me your snacks yesterday! So you can collect my share from Ren. "Said Zera, rolling her eyes at Lancer and getting up to send a bottle of water to Sylvia.


    After adjusting their breath for a few minutes Zera clapped her hands to get their attention and continued," Okay guys I will now send some aura into your body one at a time and try to remember the feeling. Let go of your thoughts and try to feel the environment you are in and at a point you will get to feel the aura."


    Zale raised his hand looking like a student asking doubts to a teacher.


    "What''s wrong dad?" Asked Zera.


    "We can''t communicate with elements till we are in the Earth Evolutionary stage according to what you said yesterday, right Zera? But how can you send aura into our bodies right now?" Asked Zale looking curious.


    "Wait! What is the Earth Evolutionary Boss and those elements?" Asked Ren, unable to make heads and tails of what they were talking about.


    Looking at the complete idiotic look of Ren along with Lancer and Inora, Zera quickly realized and explained in simple terms "Opps...I forgot to tell you about them yesterday. It''s like this, I told you that it''s easier to get stronger after you are completely exhausted and breathe in the aura. There are also power levels according to how strong you are, namely Human, Earth, and Sky Evolutionaries. There are more above them but I will explain it after you reach the Sky stage. Hmm¡­ Control of elements is like magicians in movies and in comics which is possible when you reach the Earth stage."


    "Wow...So can I fly in the air if I can control wind elements, Boss?" Asked Ren with excitement visible in the eyes..


    "Yes, You can. Now calm down and let''s get started. I will start with you mom." Said Zera.


    Placing her hand on Sylvia''s back Zera explained," I can control aura because my Mental Power is strong enough though most of it along with soul power is currently sealed as my body won''t be able to bear them."Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    "Metal power is like the invisible 6th sense of our body which can be used in various ways if it is strong enough. These I will explain to you later when we start mental power training."


    "Mom, now calm down and let go of any distracting thoughts and try to feel the aura I am sending into your body. Then try to sense it in the surroundings. Don''t panic if you can''t, it will take a while. For some people, it can be done in minutes, while for others, in a few months to few years or never." Said Zera while constantly sending a stream of aura in Sylvia.


    As time goes by, sweat starts to trickle down Zera''s forehead as her body is unable to bear her huge mental power. She quickly stopped the aura supply and sat down beside Sylvia and started to regulate her body and breath with aura.


    As Zera opens her eyes, she encounters the magnified face of her father who is looking at her with full concern."I am fine, dad. My body needs a break every few minutes to bear the mental power."


    "You don''t need to send any aura into my body. I will sense it without support, otherwise, how can I be your father." Said Zale awkwardly, quickly hiding his concern.


    Looking at her father who is trying to reduce her burden, Zera''s heart warmed and she said," I am fine dad, look I can still jump around. Let''s get started. Don''t worry about mom, she seems to be immersed in herself cutting off her senses. This is good as usually people who enter that state are highly sensitive to the aura. So you have to work hard dad or mom might be able to defeat you by the time you sense it."


    Realizing that his wife is highly sensitive to aura, Zale no longer delayed and sat down in a meditative posture closing his eyes as Zera went behind him and repeated the actions from before.


    Repeating the same for her little friends Zera also sat alongside them strengthening her body with aura without wasting time.


    As the time for breakfast approaches Inora, Ren and Lancer wake up from meditation as their stomachs grumble from hunger. Watching that her parents are still not waking up, Zera gets up.


    "Haha...Let''s go for breakfast. Don''t get disheartened, I am sure you will be able to sense it in due time." Zera comforted them as she noticed their dejected faces.


    "Yeah, let''s go have food first. I am famished." Said Inora completely oblivious that her two friends are sad while rubbing her stomach.


    "Hahaha...Let''s go, you''re right." Chuckled Ren and started following behind them.


    Time goes by playing for a few hours as Zera suddenly discovers a surge in aura where her parents are practicing and quickly runs there completely ignoring the delivered expression of Ren who is currently playing with her.


    Sensing the constant absorption of aura into Sylvia''s body Zera let out a sigh of relief and sat down vigilantly to stop anyone from disturbing her, as more aura is absorbed into the body it''s more beneficial later on to reach the Earth stage.


    Time slowly tickles by as Zera and her little brothers also start practicing sitting close by Sylvia. Nearly 40minutes later sensing that the crazy absorption of aura slowing down Zera opened her eyes as she watched Sylvia peacefully meditating in front of her.


    Feeling the comfortable breath flowing in her whole body, Sylvia slowly opened her eyes. Looking at her daughter who is watching her with a face full of smiles, she took her in her arms and gave her a kiss on her cheek.


    "Congratulations mom, you have now officially entered Level-1 Human Evolutionary stage and now you can easily defeat dad." Said Zera, chuckling and happy that her mom is better than dad, which can be one more thing that can be used to taunt him later.


    "Thanks, dear. It''s all because you sent the aura so that I was able to sense it qui...what is that?" Sylvia said, noticing the surge of aura around Zale.


    "Haha...Looks like dad is also able to do it, mom. Don''t worry, the more he is able to absorb now the more beneficial it will be to later breakthrough into Earth stage." Explained Zera patting on the back of Sylvia''s hand which is used to hug her.


    An hour later, suddenly laughter boomed in the backyard of a certain monastery in Tibet, scaring a lot of sleeping children and disturbing monks in their rituals.


    "Hahaha¡­.I have succeeded little witch, now you can''t escape from me, Zera." Exclaimed Zale, opening his eyes and clenching his fists, feeling the increase in strength and the warm breath flowing through his body.


    "Uhm...Dad you might want to take a look at your wife first." Said Zera with an amused face as she imagined the tragic appearance of her dad after a lesson from his wife.


    "What do you mea¡­," Zale said, before staring dumbfoundedly at his wife as she quickly let down Zera and twisted his ears in the blink of an eye.


    "Ouch, ouch, ouch ¡­.Let go dear¡­.Aww¡­ I am wrong, I shouldn''t threaten our daughter, I will recognize her as an ancestor okay! Please let go dear!" Pleaded Zale with his wife looking at her angry appearance.


    "Hahaha¡­."


    Laughter spread throughout the backyard as the kids looked at the bickering adults in front of them

 Training with Mom and Dad - 2

    ¡°Let¡¯s go and have lunch now, I am starving.¡± Said Zale as his stomach made a growling noise as if proving his word.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go now kids, you look tired as well. Continue whatever you are doing after lunch. Zera, you come with us after lunch, we need to discuss something.¡± Chuckling at her husband Sylvia led the kids back to the front yard tidying up her dress of the grass stuck from sitting on hours end.


    The aunt who is distributing today is quite shocked at the amount of food on our plates, as I had an adult portion while my parents got three persons worth of food at a time.


    ¡°That, don¡¯t worry miss, the food won¡¯t be wasted. We have been training since morning and are famished.¡± Explained dad awkwardly.


    Sending her friends back for a nap, Zera went back to her room just to find Sylvia and Zale writing down some names and striking off some on a piece of paper.


    ¡°What are these names for mom?¡± Asked Zera curiously.


    ¡°We are selecting out whom we can trust now darling so that they can join us here with our training.¡± Said Sylvia without looking up from the list.


    ¡°Oh. Mom, do you know Inora, Ren, and Lancer''s parents? They aren¡¯t in the monastery and a caretaker is looking after them right now.¡± Asked Zera.


    ¡°About that, I almost forgot to tell them. Their parents are in the mercenary group that your father leads and they are going to reach here in the evening along with more relief food on the helicopter. Might as well not tell them and give them a surprise I guess.¡± Said Sylvia, patting the back of her head in annoyance for forgetting such a thing.


    ¡°I have already added their parents to the list as they are all trustworthy and are you guys sure about not informing back home about the marriage, Zera, or this information?¡± Zale explained and asked, looking at both Zera and Sylvia.


    ¡°Yes, dad. I am pretty sure your old man is already quite pissed off by you becoming a mercenary, while my mother¡¯s parents¡­.¡± Zera trailed off without completely looking at the awkward face of the runaway bride.


    ¡°Well, they are gonna be furious as hell and might come here the next day to beat you up for making their daughter run away from a grand wedding.¡± Said Zera looking quite smug imagining that happening.


    ¡°Hahaha¡­..That might really happen, dear. Are you sure you wanna face that now instead of trying to fly in the air to play your quidditch with the mercenaries?¡± Said Sylvia, kidding Zeras'' cheek and smiling at Zale.Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.


    ¡°Okay, okay, whatever you say.¡± Said Zale waving them off and continued to write in the paper.


    ¡°Most of your father''s mercenary members will be joining us from tomorrow Zera. We need a more detailed training plan. Do you know how many years it can take to reach the Earth Evolutionary stage?¡± asked Sylvia.


    ¡°Hmm¡­.It depends on the intensity of training, aura density, and the potential of the body. It is more beneficial to evolve the cells as much as possible before integrating them with aura in the Earth stage. So most people spend around 13-20 years before evolving to the Earth stage. Some people will reach the peak of Human stage and keep on reconstructing their cells for a few months to a year continuously to make their foundations more solid.¡± Explained Zera.


    ¡°During the Human stage, it is more beneficial to combine training with medicated baths which will help tremendously with the evolution of cells and also with their mental power as they are going to be quite painful.¡±


    ¡°You must have already discovered new types of plants mom. The herbs required for these medicated baths, I will paint them for you along with their natural environment and you can try to find them.¡±


    ¡°I can help with that, I will send those back to the head of my research laboratory and they will find them for us.¡± Said Sylvia making a note on her mobile.


    ¡°Since we are going to face Evolved beasts in the future, I will also train both of you in close combat and firearms from now on.¡± Added Zale from the side watching that their conversation has finished.


    ¡°Dad, we need a stable base for our future activities and also need our own satellite as the planet''s magnetic field will undergo tremendous changes during its transformation and the satellites that are currently available will become useless by then.¡±Said Zera.


    ¡°The satellite can also help with locating a place with abundant aura and safety during the transformation process as natural disasters will increase quite significantly as the planet expands on a whole adding new continents and some extreme environments.¡±


    ¡°Hmm...If what you said happens, the loss of human life will be quite significant. We will have to inform the government about this when the time is right without affecting ourselves.¡± Said Zale as went into some serious thought.


    ¡°Dear, do you remember any technological principles or manufacturing methods from your past?¡± Asked Zale after a few minutes, looking at Zera.


    ¡°I do remember all the textbooks but I don''t understand most of it except for some hacking and mechanical stuff about vehicle repairs. I wasn¡¯t quite that interested in that as I was busy strengthening myself at that time. I can type those textbooks out according to the division of classes later but most of them must be in conflict with current known theories, so they will need to be proven again ¡± Said Zera, shrugging her shoulders.


    ¡°That¡¯s not that big of an issue, if you can get that information to those research madmen they will take care of it as long as it is something new.¡± Said Zale chuckling.


    ¡°What is so funny dear? Do please let me know so that I can also join you.¡± Said Sylvia, with a sweet voice that caused goosebumps.


    Rubbing the goosebumps on his arm, Zale looked at his wife¡¯s sweet smile and immediately regretted calling research madmen remembering she is also one of them.


    Slapping himself on the cheek,¡± Nothing dear, I was just joking. Uhm...can you please try not to leave any marks on my face that will last till tomorrow, please dear.¡± Surrendered Zale, realizing his reality as Zera laughed.

 3 Years Later

    As the sun sets over the horizon, we can see a group of shads flashing at speeds beyond the reach of humans near a forest at the foot of the mountain in Tibet.


    ''Time flew by in the blink of an eye and I am nearly 4 years old in a week. In the past couple of years, I have stayed along with my parents and their trusted subordinates at the village with the monastery. The training went as planned and the results were quite satisfactory.''


    Looking at the rapidly approaching shadows from the forest, Zera got a few towels along with a couple of bottles of water.


    Zale came to a stop near Zera raising a cloud of dust at his feet. Looking behind him," It feels great after reaching Level-4 Human Evolutionary. I can easily leave others at Level-3 by more than dozens of seconds. The reaction, senses, strength, and everything has reached a new high as I can easily beat down a couple of Level-3 together which wasn''t quite possible before." Zale said, not specifically talking to anyone.


    Sylvia, who is sitting beside Zera and classifying the recently discovered variety of plants, took a look at Zale and rolled her eyes," What till I reach Level-4 in a few weeks and see if you still keep up your proud look." Said Sylvia, irritated by Zale''s repeated provocation as he overtook her in Evolution.


    Zera has a smile in her eyes as she watches her parents bickering and turned back to look at the others who are approaching quickly from the forest.


    ''Hm...Uncle Fred seems to be the one leading ahead, followed by Uncle Hendrick, Aunt Triana, Uncle Jander, Aunt Irene who are all in Level-3 Human Evolutionary stage, and the rest who are at level-2 peak Human Evolutionary stage ready to break through at any time.''


    ''I am still at level-1 as I was 3 years ago as it is not recommended to start the evolution above level-1 before the age of 4 while Inora, Ren, and Lancer have already started training and went to Level-2 a while ago.''


    ''The herbs needed for body strengthening were finally found about 2 months ago and they will be delivered to my grandparent''s house in a few days as we are going to return after I have celebrated my birthday in a week.''


    ''Mom has already collected various reports about the munitions of vegetation on earth along with mutations in some humans and animals which are still quite subtle to notice at this stage. Dad seems to have collected the report last night, on the expansion of the planet from his friend who has access to government satellites pulling in some favors. Should take a look at that later, It will be easy to estimate the time remaining for the final transformation of the planet.''Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    Looking at her daughter who seems to have been caught in a daze again, Sylvia shook her head amusedly and tapped her head, and said," What are you cooking up again in that little head of yours, Zera? It better not be another torturous training I hope, look at the way they are looking at you. Like an evil officer in a concentration camp."


    Zera woke up from the daze and covered her head with her hands as her eyes teared up. Turning to look at her mom and said," Mom can you please not tap me anymore before you can control your strength! You are already a Level-3 who is about to reach the Level-4 Human Evolutionary stage soon. I going to become stupid and be stunted if this goes on. Also, it hurts really bad."


    Sylvia took her hand back with a guilty conscience and said,¡± That...Hmm...Sorry dear, it won¡¯t happen again.¡± Then she rubbed her head and made her hair into a veritable bird''s nest as Zera was trying to get her paws off her.


    ¡°Where are your little brothers Zera? I didn''t see them the whole day yesterday and even in the morning.¡± Sylvia was quite puzzled as they always followed behind her daughter like little tails.


    At the mention of them, Zera¡¯s lips twitched a little and said,¡± They said as this is the last week before we return they want to enjoy the natural environment here and took a professional leave. Saying that I didn¡¯t follow the Law as they didn¡¯t get any holiday in the training for the last three years.¡±


    Sylvia started laughing after being stunned for a  while,¡± You know what let us also take a break and enjoy a little before we go back and get back. We will have a lot of things to do after returning home.¡±


    ¡°I just need to be a lazy second-generation ancestor while eating, playing, and training. No one can stop me from being lazy.¡± Zera declared her ambitions after the return.


    ¡°We will see then, Dear!¡± Sylvia said amusedly as she watched Zera puffing her cheeks, raising her hand high to take her future plans.


    ¡®Ren, Lancer, and Inora are also going to their home for two weeks before we meet again at my grandparent''s house in Askvoll, Netherlands. It is a quiet seaside town with mountains behind it.¡¯


    ¡®Dad has already fooled his family to come there saying that he will leave the mercenaries and return if they come there for a vacation. I am pretty sure grandpa is going to be livid when he knows he is taken as a fool.¡¯


    Conforming that everyone has rested enough Sylvia declared the end of training for now and invited to the birthday party in a week while sharing where to reach after the vocation at a later date.


    Time went by quickly as the day of departure arrived, we boarded the helicopter back to the airport. Looking at the rolling hills and their valleys disappearing over the horizon, where she has spent the past 4 years since birth, Zera is excited looking forward to her new life on a new planet and the start of her glory in a new dimension.

 Return

    The fog is quite heavy in the early morning with the temperature nearing freezing point, we can see people rushing to catch their early morning flights everywhere.


    Zera tightened the scarf around her neck and snuggled in her mother''s embrace as she recalled the information about the family members she is going to meet today.


    Mom has an older brother Skylar Bladestorm, 32 years old, current CEO of SKS Healthcare, and married to Rinnte Allum, 31 years old with a 2-year-old kid Avory. Father Ardron Blade Storm, 55 years old, current chairman of SKS Healthcare, and mother Kate Baiss 53 years old.


    Dad has a younger brother Tyrin Lynx, 25 years, current CEO of Xeon Group, Father Xander Lynx 60 years old, and the current chairman of Xeon Group. Mother Adley Bankes, 56 years old.


    ''From the information on the internet and what mom has said uncle Skylar is the legendary iceberg face with a soft heart for cute things while dad''s brother, hmm, well I can''t explain it in words. I feel like we can get along really well though.''


    ''Though I know that they are all healthy without blood pressure or heart problems, I just hope they won''t get over-excited when they find the three of us walking out of the airport.''


    "Hey mom, are you sure grandpa and them won''t faint when you give them a shock like this. They are getting quite old now." Said Zera, as they waited to collect baggage from the carousel.


    "Hmm, looking at your smile I know that you got a new idea. Spill it out and let us know." Said Sylvia reaching out to pick steady the trolley while Zale arranged the baggage.


    "How about we book a private room at a restaurant and I will go alone first. Later both of you can bring the families separately. Don''t you always say I look a lot like you mom, guess what  happens when I call grandpa as soon as they enter."Zera said exited at the thought of scaring the sh*t out her grandparents with a grin on her face.


    Bump¡­


    "MOM!!! Don''t do that! You still can''t control your strength." Exclaimed Zera, rubbing the already numb head from the unknown number of hits she received during the past few weeks.


    "Hehe...Sorry I was just too excited dear, you can''t blame me. Okay, let''s do that.. Let me check for a restaurant and order a cab for you. Don''t cause trouble when you reach there and inform me upon arrival, okay?" Said Sylvia, while confirming a private room at Sea View Pavilion which is quite a popular and long-standing family business in town.


    "Yeah, yeah ...whatever," Muttered Zera, taking out her mini backpack and slinging it on her shoulder, and quickly running to the exit with Sylvia''s mobile phone.


    "Are you sure it is okay to send her alone to a new city?" Asked Zale, worried that his daughter might be kidnapped, lost, or bullied.This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    "You know her and do you think if someone kidnaps her for ransom, with her strength and IQ I am pretty sure that she will subdue them in her little brothers instead of them harming her. Let''s leave separately and meet again at the hotel and good luck with your father" Replied Sylvia, pushing her baggage towards the exit.


    "Yeah I guess you are right, It would be their luck not to get bullied by her if that ever happened."Said Zale running to catch up with Sylvia after checking that nothing is left behind.


    Listening to the crashing of waves against the rocks beside the road and watching the seagulls fighting for a fish on the rocks, Zera stretched her body after the long flight and relaxed herself watching the flashing by the scenery as most of the things in this era are still quite new to her; although she has seen them on the internet, it''s the first time experiencing they in real life.


    The middle-aged driver dressed in casual clothes turned up the temperature a little as he noticed that the little girl is still wearing the scarf after entering the cab to make her comfortable and slowed down the speed as he observed that Zera is interested in the surroundings.


    "First time here, little girl?" Asked the driver looking at Zera through the mirror.


    "Yes, uncle. It is beautiful here." Said Zera, looking at the kind eyes of the driver.


    "Good that you like it here and do you want me to introduce you to the places we are traveling from. Don''t worry, it''s free of charge for cute little girls."


    "Haha..If you say so"


    "Look to your right, that''s the ¡­."


    The flies as quickly and an old cab pulled over near the Sea View Pavilion and a 4-year-old girl got out of the car and waved to the driver slinging her backpack over her shoulder.


    "Hmm...Little girl, did you get lost? Where are your parents?" Asked the beautiful teenage receptionist as I climbed over and stood on the chair to see over the desk.


    ''Who in the right freaking mind make receptionist desks over a meter tall, I can''t even see the receptionist standing in front of it.


    "Um...No, I am not lost. My mom just reserved a private room around an hour ago in the name of Sylvia for 12 people. I am quite hungry so I arrived first and they will arrive in another 30 minutes."Explained Zera, pulling out the confirmation message from the mobile and showing it to the beautiful girl.


    "Yeah, that checks out. Hey Richard, send the little girl to room no-3. Follow him, little girl, he will show the way." Said the receptionist with a smile.


    ''The view is nice from here, the name is quite appropriate for this view. Let''s see, most of the menu is fresh seafood. These species of fish are to me, I don''t know what to order. Hmmm¡­.screw that just one of everything on the specials along with a portion of every appetizer and let those adults deal with if any remains'' Though Zera quite irritated as she doesn''t recognize any of the dishes on the menu and there it aside.


    Watching the waiter''s astonished face as I kept on adding dishes to the order is quite amusing.


    "Uhm...Shall I serve them now or when the rest of the guests arrive, Miss?"Asked the manager who arrived after I ordered to repeatedly confirm it as the order was quite huge and me being a four year old can''t help much. So I just took out my mom''s card from the backpack and gave it to him before he left.


    Crunch...Crack..


    ''Uhmm...these lobsters are quite delicious, and so are the french fries. Don''t know what it''s made of. Need to ask mom to make them from now on.''


    Creek...


    An old man with slightly gray hair at the front and wearing a casual dress with a dark brown overcoat on top took a step into the private room and stopped dumbfounded as he stared at the little girl at the head of table full of dishes eating french fries with one hand and sucking a lobster claw with the other while smearing the sauce all over her face and hands.


    As the door opens with a sound, Zera looked up with her lobster claw still in her mouth as she watched an old man enter and stare dumbfoundedly at her.


    Recognizing mother''s father, Zera took out the lobster from her mouth, waved it excitedly, and shouted," Hello Grandpa!!!"

 Grandparents

    Looking at the cute little girl with food smeared on her face looking seven parts similar to his daughter and calling grandpa, the old chairman Ardon Bladestorm who experienced countless waves in his life couldn''t stop him from getting stunned for a while.


    Zera continues to wave her hand as time passes from seconds to minutes and as her hand starts to ache a little but the old man is stunned silly, She couldn''t help but say, "Ahem... Uhm¡­ Grandpa, I am your runaway daughter''s daughter! Can you say something, I can''t hold my hand any longer."


    Hearing what the little girl said with a tone of grievance, the old man finally returned to normal and sat pulling a chair right beside Zera. Leaning forward towards her face and poking a few times, feeling the soft and chubby cheeks he couldn''t help but squeeze them a little.


    "Hey, grandpa! I am real and can you stop squeezing my cheeks. I can''t eat my lobster if you keep on doing that." Said Zera, patting away the greedy paws on her cheek with the lobster claw.


    Hiding the rising excitement about getting a granddaughter, Ardon asked" What''s your name dear, and how old are you?" while rubbing Zera''s head and taking over the remaining lobster, and helping her out with the shells.


    "My name is Zera Lynx and I am now 4 years old." Said Zera, blinking her eyes, appearing as cute as possible.


    "Zera Lynx, good name. Girl what about your dad, why are you sitting alone and he isn''t with you while your mom went to us?" Asked Ardon, already forming a dislike for this son-in-law who hasn''t met yet.


    Realizing that her grandpa misunderstood and had a hard time, later on, Zera was excited thinking about it and didn''t explain the misunderstanding but said," Oh, Dad? I was hungry when we landed here, so I came here alone first, so I don''t know where he is. Shall I call him?" Zera took out her mom''s mobile, ready to make a call.


    ''What the ...letting a little girl roam around a city alone. What kind of father is he and looks like Sylvia is also getting irresponsible now. Hmh, I will raise my granddaughter from now on, since they like each other being together and leaving a baby alone.''


    Looking at her newly recognized grandpa who nearly has imaginary smoke rising over his head in Zera''s eyes, she silently let the eat the peeled lobster giving him space.


    Just then the door opened and a middle-aged lady come in followed by Silvia while talking to each other and she got her eyes on Zera who is getting fed by her husband she froze for a moment and then turned to her daughter, then back again to Zera and went on for a few time before taking a seat on the other side by Zera.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Realizing an additional line of sight on her, Zera turned around to face the middle-aged lady and said," Hey grandma" waving her hands.


    Time goes by as mom quickly explains to her parents about our life but keeps dad''s identity a secret saying he will also come to meet in a few minutes.


    As we are talking about my daily life, the door opened again and an energetic Xander Lynx walked in just to see the chairman of SKS Healthcare having brunch with his family.


    "Sorry, looks like I went to the wrong room." Xander apologized and was about to leave just to hear a shout from behind.


    "Grandpa!!! You came to the correct room, no need to leave and I am your granddaughter." Shouted Zera, as she recognized from the photos she had seen in dad''s album that he was about to leave.


    "What did you just call me?" Asked Xander suspiciously as he entered the room and eyeing Zera while Zale entered from behind following Mrs.Lynx.


    "Grandpa and hello there grandma." Greeted Zera when she saw another middle aged lady enter the room.


    "What the h*ll is going on. Someone asked for funding for the mercenary corps. But now I have a granddaughter all of a sudden. You better have an explanation for this after we go back home Zale, otherwise I am going to cancel your mercenary groups funding from now on!" Xander scolds Zale as he misunderstood while Zale is stunned how things turned into his fault.


    Recognizing the newly entered family Ardon also realized who made his baby daughter elope from marriage and his face turned black.


    "What a good son you got there, you old thief Lynx. You taught your son to kidnap my baby daughter and you still have to act in front of me. I thought you were only a thief in the Game we play daily but it looks like you are one in real life too." Ardon started to say fiercely at Xander.


    "Who is a thief in real life? Says the old guy pretending to be a little white face in the game to pass missions." Shouted back Xander pointed his finger at grandpa with his face turning dark at the mention of the game.


    "It''s you, you¡­."


    Zale along with his mom quietly came and sat down ignoring the two old men who were arguing with each other as if they lost their wife and families got murdered by the other.


    Looking at the calm appearance of everyone at the table,Zera couldn''t help but get confused and started looking at the quarrelling old men and the quiet grandmas'' who were chatting with each other.


    Looking at her granddaughter''s confused appearance looking cute, Kater pinched her cheeks and explained," Don''t worry about them, they always get along like that."


    Watching the old men not stopping even after they have finished their food Zera asked," Shouldn''t we make them stop now and dad you also need to show that."


    Getting the hint from his daughter, Zale shouted" Dad, father-in-law, you might want to look at this. This is very important for all of us."


    "What?"


    "What are you ¡­."


    Watching how their son and son in law effortlessly broke the wooden handle of the chair and then squeezed it with one hand turning it into small splinters and blowing them off from the palm both of their mouths opened wide as if the chin was about to fall off.

 Family Meeting - 1

    Watching the wooden splinters slip through Zale''s fingers and fall on the ground the old men were first puzzled and then Xander said" BOY, are you taunting us that we have become old and are weak chickens?" while glaring at Zale.


    "Yeah, boy. You dare to taunt The Devil Alchemist you got some guys kid."Added Ardon from the side with a raised eyebrow.


    "Sh*t! That''s in the game idiot. You wouldn''t be really imagining yourself as such in real life are you?"Said Xander, taking a dumbfounded look at his friend who is confusing his game identity with real life.


    "Who are you saying is an idiot? I remember someone once died because of starvation!" Retorted Ardon slamming his palm on the table glaring at Xander.


    Zera''s lips twitched as she watched the two old men go on with their bickering again, forgetting the topic. Pulling the sleeve of her father Zera said," Hmm, dad how about you let mom do it. That would be more impactful or else we might have to watch them bicker for who knows how long."


    Zale raised his eyebrows at his daughter''s suggestion and took a look at the old men, then nodded to Sylvia.


    "Hey, grandpas, mom got something to show you," shouted Zera clapping her hands to get their attention.


    As they turned their heads back to Sylvia, she just broke away the corner of the 5-inch thick wooden table making it look like breaking a thin piece of ice, and then crushed it in her palm.


    As the wooden splinters fall only gasps followed by heavy breathing can be heard in the room as the family of three just looked at the dumbfounded parents and grandparents with smiles on their faces as this is the reaction they have been waiting for.


    "Wait! Sylvia, you didn''t do experimentation on yourselves during the time you guys were out of reach, did you? Can you imagine what kind of side effects these strength-enhancing drugs can have!" Bellowed Ardon, as he got up and took a look at his daughter''s hand and confirmed that she was not injured in the slightest, not even a scratch.


    "Yes dear, tell dad if you do and we can remedy this if you took them recently."Added Kate, with concern from the side.


    ''I wonder how they would react if I squished the spoon into a ball. Let''s do it and hope they won''t get a heart attack.''


    "Hey, grandpa! Look here I got something to show you." Shouted Zera, disrupting the scolding Sylvia is receiving while waving a spoon in her hand at Ardon.


    As Ardon looked at his granddaughter shouting from the side, his pupils almost shrank into slits as he watched his cute little Zera easily squish the metallic spoon into a ball effortlessly.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    "You B*ASTARD! You even gave your daughter those inexplicable drugs. Are you going to ruin her? Come here and see if I don''t beat you up." Bellowed Ardon as he ran Sylvia waving his fists as if he isn''t going to stop until he beat her.


    "Wait, Ardon. Give her a chance to explain¡­.."


    "Wait, husband! I am sure she has a rea¡­.."


    All of them fell silent as they watched Sylvia, who is about to be smashed by a fist is now standing at the other side of the table in the blink of an eye and they couldn''t even see her shadow during the whole process leaving them speechless.


    All of them fell silent as they watched Sylvia, who is about to be smashed by a fist is now standing at the other side of the table in the blink of an eye and they couldn''t even see her shadow during the whole process leaving them speechless.


    Calming down after being shocked at how inhumanely fast his daughter is Ardon also regained his demeanor of the chairman of an international multi-billion door group and asked Sylvia with a serious expression taking a look at his newfound son in law who is now feeding his granddaughter peeled oranges without a change in expression during the whole time." What''s going on with your strength and speed? And also Zera, is it a gene mutation?"


    Taking a look at her husband and daughter, who just pushed the whole explaining process to her, Sylvia depressedly looked back at her parents and inlaws who are all now looking at her with a serious expression and said," The things I am about to tell now are much more than that and you can say it''s evolution instead of mutation. Dad didn''t you keep wondering why there are a bunch of new plants and mutations discovered every other week. The answer is simple: our planet is going through the transformation process and is evolving into a planet containing aura and due to this aura there are new mutations in plants, animals, and all beings, whether animate or inanimate."


    "Just like plants we can also absorb and use this aura to evolve our body just like me or Zera just now. There''s more to this dad and I think it''s safer to talk somewhere else." Sylvia ended while taking a look at the surroundings and the window.


    As everyone in the room is experienced people who are in a high position for quite a long time they immediately realized the importance of the matter and with tacit understanding, they didn''t ask any more questions as they finished the food, paid the bill, and calmly let for Bladestorms family''s house which is located on cliff few miles away from the city.


    Zera watched the surroundings curiously as they near the house where she will be staying for the next couple of months.


    Gradually a beautiful European manor with gardens full of flowers stretching till the small forest to the side and a fountain before the gate with the ocean as a background making the whole thing quite beautiful.


    Entering the house Zera was immediately attracted by the complete suits of armor placed in the hall and quickly ran to them and started examining as she had never seen this kind of primitive armor before.


    Watching his little granddaughter looking at the armor with enthusiasm, Ardon rubbed her head standing behind her and said," Does it look good? These were worn by my grandfather when he was young and went to war but now they are just getting rust being on display. Anyway, do you want to go and play or join us in the study?"


    ''I might as well stroll around, it''s going to take quite a while for mom to explain and answer their questions anyway.''


    "I will look around grandpa. You guys can discuss your adult matters." Said Zera with a smile as she waved her hands and ran out of the house.


    "Haha..kids." Chuckled Ardon and shook his head quite happy with his newfound granddaughter.


    "Dad, let''s wait till my brother and Zale''s brother reach here so that I can explain to everyone at a time." Said Sylvia, putting down the mobile confirming that her brother is on the way.

 Family Meeting - 2

    Confirming that everyone entered the study except for the missing Zera Ardon confirmed once again," Are you sure to leave Zera alone? It might take a long while to explain by looking at your expression back at the hotel."


    "You don''t need to worry about her dad, instead you better pray that she doesn''t find the beloved antiques that you have been in the warehouse."Answered Sylvia with a chuckle and a mixture of gloat and playfulness in her tone as she has already imagined the scene of her father getting blown up when those things get taken apart by Zera who always has been interested in those old things.


    "Hmm."


    Grunting at his daughter and not taking her words seriously Ardon activated the electronic and security defenses while locking the door, making the room unable to snoop through.


    "Okay, let''s continue about it now. I have already raised the security measures and no one can snoop into this room now."


    Nodding at her dad Sylvia the already prepared iron rod and squeezed it from both ends turning it into a metal ball in a matter of seconds making the newcomers in the room gasp in shock as they couldn''t believe what they saw just now.


    Playing with the heavy metal ball like a sponge ball, Sylvia explained," As you can see this is what I said by improving strength along with senses while using aura for the evolution of the human body. As we are speaking right now our planet is transforming into a Grade-9 planet which supports the generation of aura in the atmosphere to evolve its inhabitants whether animate or inanimate.


    I know you might think I am talking nonsense but currently, even if I jump from a four-story building I can land on my feet without much difficulty and run at a speed of nearly 30 miles an hour for around 45 minutes before getting completely exhausted and so is the same with Zale. No, in fact, he is much better as he is at a level higher than me in evolution.


    Another thing that you need to know is that the radius of the earth is increasing exponentially in the past two years every month and it won''t be long before the government notices it. This is also due to the evolution of the planet.


    The other things such as the discoveries of new plants and minerals frequently and you might have also noticed if you observe the pollution indexes in the recent months. The weather is gradually getting pure and the seasons are also more easily distinguishable. These are also caused by the introduction of aura on the planet.


    Anyone got any questions to ask?"


    Tyrin raised his hand and asked as Sylvia nodded her head while taking a sip of water to moisten her throat.


    "Sister in law you mentioned levels when talking about evolution, you mean that it''s possible to gain more strength using aura."


    "Yeah, actually evolution is more than the improvement of strength and senses. It also increases life span along with the ability to control or create elements or energies and sometimes both."This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Several gasps are heard in the room as everyone is shocked at what they heard just now.


    "You mean we can really become a magician just like in the movies?" Said Tyrin excited at the possibility of razing down a mountain with a wave of his hand.


    "Yes, completely possible."


    "What about the source of this information, Sylvia? Are they trustworthy? This is a very important piece of information to give out casually." Asked Xander with a solemn tone after calming down his heart as if the excitement just now was a piece of their imagination.


    Sylvia and Zale gave each other a look and smiled.


    "I will talk about this at the end, dad." Said Zale from the side.


    Xander gave a nod and got back into drinking his coffee, leaning back into a comfortable position.


    "Currently there are three known stages with ten levels each; Human Evolutionary, Earth Evolutionary, Sky Evolutionary.


    Once you reach the Earth Evolutionary stage you can control your element or energy, sometimes even in the Human Stage if they have sufficient mental strength and are talented enough to control the aura in the surroundings.


    For a strong person at Sky Evolutionary level, even if you drop a nuke beside him he will come at it with minor injuries at best and unscathed at most times as it is nearly impossible to evade their perception unless they trust you.


    The average lifespan of Level-10 Human Evolutionary is 250-350 years, Level-10 Earth Evolutionary is 1200-2500 years and Level-10 Sky Evolutionary is 15000-30000 years."


    Zale and Sylvia give each other a knowing smile as they watch everyone being gobsmacked by the increase in strength and lifespan.


    Sylvia continued with a playful tone,*clap, clap,clap*" Okay, back to attention guys. That life span and everything is great but can anyone tell about the disadvantages of what''s going to happen to Earth once the transformation is complete and the effects of evolution are known to ambitious people?"


    The atmosphere in the room became solemn as they all thought about the disturbances the sudden improvement in power might cause.


    "Disruption of social order leading to chaos if an Evolutionary wants to go on  a rampage." Said Ardon.


    "Yeah, Dad. Instead of this, there is one more thing that is more dangerous, guess what it might be." Said Sylvia with a smile and raised eyebrows.


    As everyone is confused and thinking seriously about other dangerous phenomena that can happen, Tyrin''s voice once again rang in the silent room," Ah!!! I got it! Animals, it''s wild animals on the planet that are dangerous once they evolve and we aren''t prepared."


    Taking a look at Tyrin, Silvia nodded and said" Yes, that''s right. Imagine what can happen if a group of rats evolve and attack a city. They are small, fast, and have a high reproduction rate which is quite dangerous. So are the pests everywhere.


    We can''t really kill all those things with hot weapons now can we?"


    Everyone has a fear stained in their faces as they imagined the scene of getting attacked by a group of evolved beasts.


    Xander and Ardon looked at each other and immediately understood what the other wanted to say and nodded.


    "Here is more detailed information on the Evolution of humans and some plants and animals that we encountered.


    One more important thing is that communications will fail as the transformation of the earth reaches the final stage due to the changes in earth''s magnetic field leaving the whole of mankind practically blind to information around the world.


    We need a new way of communication for which plans are already made and we need to send it for research now." Said Zale as he distributed the prepared copies of information to everyone.


    Creak¡­.


    The door opened slowly making a screeching sound, making everyone turn their heads towards it just to see a fluffy head cautiously poking into the gap and looking inside.


    ''Opps, looks like I got caught as soon as I entered. But I am sure I hacked it without getting discovered and setting off an alarm. Well let''s just act innocent for now, anyway they won''t believe I can hack the military grade invasion protection.''


    "Hello, uhm, did I disturb anything?" Said Zera, waving her hand as everyone stared at her.

 Family Meeting - 3

    "You came at the right time, dear, come in and have a seat."Said Zale patting his hand on the desk behind him.


    Closing the door as she went in, Zera trotted up and climbed up on the desk, and sat comfortably for a few seconds before hearing a roar of disbelief.


    "HOW DID YOU OPEN THE DOOR? I am sure I locked it and it has the highest level of anti-theft security that I can get." Bellowed Ardon pointing his finger at Zera with his eyes wide open in disbelief.


    Blinking her eyes looking pure and innocent Zera said," Uhm, you might want to change the lock grandpa if that is the highest protection you can get. You know it only took less than a minute to open it without activating the alarm."


    ''Well, should we prepare them a little bit before revealing the ultimate secret otherwise will grandparents'' hearts be able to bear it.''


    *Ahem*Zale made cough to get them out of their daze as they tried to digest the fact that the little girl just hacked a military-grade firewall in less than a minute and is smiling at them innocently without knowing what kind of storms it will rage and how may programmers might be scolded and lose their jobs if the matter goes out.


    "Okay, don''t look at her with a wolf gaze dad. I can guarantee that she will destroy your laboratory if you force her to do research for new tech." Said Zale, blocking his father''s predatory gaze on his daughter as Zera poked her head out from behind and blinked her eyes at Ardon.


    "Hahaha, when did I say I will take her to do research. Don''t joke around Zale." Glared Xander at Zale as his own son ruining his dreams of new technologies being invented and pushing the group to a higher level.


    "Hmm, you better be or I might not be able to save you from my wife''s fists. You have seen her speed." Declared Zale raising his hands up high.


    "As for why Zera can unlock a high-security door and where we got this information about evolution, we got that person here in the room with us." Said Sylvia turning her gaze to Zera, as she got permission from her daughter to reveal her past lives'' memories.


    Zera who is engrossed in fiddling with the antique sextant raised her head feeling the gauges of everyone on her.


    "Uhm, What? I didn''t break it, I was just viewing from one side just now." Said Zera, raising the sextant which fell apart in a few seconds making her turn her head to Zale with a pleading expression.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    "Ahem, that''s not a problem little girl. I want to ask you how you know about evolution and other stuff? Don''t worry, whatever you say won''t leave the room." Said Ardon, to which everyone nodded in acquaintance.


    Taking a look at her dad and mom and getting their gaze of approval to continue, Zera said, "Hmm, how should I start. Does anyone believe in a past life because I do as I have some memories from my past life in which I was from a highly developed civilization that can easily destroy our planet easily by sending an officer out of the military academy."


    But most of the memories are blurred as my soul power and mental strength are mostly sealed away due to the inability of my body to bear their strength. It might be possible to remember more as my  strength increases."


    ''Better say memory loss so that they won''t treat me like an old monster in a child''s skin and I think it will be better to confess early for getting more freedom than being guarded by everyone.''


    Gasps rang out of the room as everyone became silent as they slowly digested the fact that there is an afterlife and the little girl has past life memories.


    Slowly getting out of the daze due to the shocking fact just revealed, Ardon gulped and asked," Zera, so will there be more people who have memories of their past life like you out there little girl?"


    Taking a bit of time to think, Zera shook her head as she said, "Uhm, I don''t so grandpa. It is only possible if you reach a very high level like my past life and it is extremely difficult."


    Taking a sigh of relief, Ardon continued, "by high level do you mean above Sky Evolutionary?"


    "Nope, much more than that. When I say high level I mean super high, according to my instincts I remember that at the peak of my strength I was able to destroy entire galaxies if I really wanted to. So the chance of having another with  memories is so incredibly small."


    Seeing that everyone is dumbfounded again Zera gave a tusk in her heart and went back to fiddling with the sexton.


    Sighing as he watched his daughter went back to playing without realizing that she scared the sh*t out of her family when she revealed the strength achievable through evolution Zale shook his head as he coughed to get back their attention.


    "Okay, now that you know these things you better not reveal a word outside as it will bring a disaster to Zera and our families," Zale said, getting a frantic nod from everyone in the room.


    "Good. We have around 25 years give or take a couple of years before the final stage of transformation and we need to have our own base camp along with trusted subordinate revolutionaries if we don''t want to get bullied afterward. For that, we need a lot of funds which can be gained by the new communication device provided by Zera if we plan properly.


    We also need to select a suitable location with the highest density of aura and stability during the transformation period for our base as it is helpful for evolution. To achieve this we need to have our own modified satellite capable of sensing aura and be able to operate after the transformation of the planet.


    Every one of us also has to undergo combat training along with evolutionary training from now on as it is necessary to have the ability to protect ourselves.


    Our goal is to at least reach the Earth Evolutionary stage by the time of transformation."

 Laboratory - 1

    Xeno Group


    Secret Laboratory - XZ


    As the elevator descends hundreds of meters underground a huge natural cavern, a large pool with a private submarine parked in it along the dock with workers unloading materials and taking them through secured corridors to the warehouse, along with an advanced high-security door built into the cavern on one side with blue lines pulsing through the silvery surface looking futuristic unlike the current technology comes into Zera''s view.


    ''Looks like they succeeded in using Caeyton as a power source, but from the glow emanating from the surface they are wasting quite a bit of aura which can be further used effectively after being optimized.''


    ''I still got to hand it to dad for building a nearly 30000sqm laboratory underground within a year and got it working.''


    "How does it look dear? I tried to make it according to your instructions as much as possible. They even succeeded in using the coal after mutation as an energy source." Said Zale, with a proud look and making a face literally saying ''praise me'' on it pulling Zera out of her thoughts.


    Looking at her dad''s expression of asking for praise, Zera swallowed the missing things that she was about to say into her stomach and said, forcing a stiff smile," It''s all good, dad. Let''s go and check out the satellite along with the smartwatch."


    "Hehe...let''s go then."


    A holographic screen appeared as they approached the door and the security system automatically scanned and verified the visitors unlocking the door while greeting them.


    "Welcome back Mr.Zale and Welcome to the XZ Laboratory Boss." Greeted the AI named Eni with the avatar of a spirit the size of a finger with small wings on her back while twirling in front Zera with an excited expression on her face.


    Looking at the excited little spirit a smile formed on Zera''s face as she stretched out her hand for her to sit and started teasing Eni as they made their way into the laboratory.


    "Do you like the new place Eni? That old laptop was not enough to play with and now you should be happy playing your games while trolling newbies online, eh." Said Zera. Eni was the AI she made, that gained self-consciousness after three years, proving the records she saw in the past saying that the planetary evolution has a beneficiary effect on promoting self-consciousness.


    "Yeah, it''s a lot of fun. By the way, both of your grandfathers suck at playing games don''t believe in their nonsense about the best alchemist and best thief." Said Eni as she chuckled remembering how easy it was to beat them when she first played against them after learning they play games online from Zera.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    "Hehe...that was as I expected. Anyway, what is the progress of the satellite and the smartwatch?" Asked Zera, looking around the researchers working in various rooms through the glass panels walking down towards the inner area containing important projects.


    "The smartwatch is in the testing phase and there were a few incidents of them not being able to connect to the existing network or connect with some disturbance. I think Dr.Quren and his team will need another week to solve it if they can spare time from the satellite project." Answered Eni, displaying the reports regarding the smartwatch failures as an interactable hologram in front of Zera.


    "I didn''t expect them to master hologram technology first, instead of researching the new energy source." Said Zera with a chuckle as she bruised through the reports.


    "It''s not that they want to, dear. It''s due to your grandfathers who forced them to research it first so that they can play hologram games after they exercise daily and they said it is their gift from you as an encouragement to work hard at an old age." Said Zale, as he laughed remembering the cheeky faces of his father and father-in-law when they made the researchers switch their priorities using Zera''s name.


    "What!!! Well, no wonder Dr.Quren has a weird expression when I asked why there was a delay on the progress of the satellite." Said Zera, first surprised at the cheeky behavior of her grandpas and then showed a look of enlightenment for Dr.Quren''s expression.


    Walking through the sliding door as they automatically verify the visitor and watching the team of researchers led by Dr.Quren looking at different logs, tinkering with some parts, and some assembling the satellite which is 4 cubic meters in size with smooth edges and constant pulsing of various grades of blue in lines along the surface.


    Watching that they are not noticed even after a couple of minutes pass by since their entry, Eni dimmed the lights once to get their attention.


    ''Uhm, Why are there power fluctuations in the lab? There isn''t any problem with the power source right.''


    Dr.Quren''s heart jumped at the thought of exploding the laboratory due to power source problems. She quickly turned to run towards the power room just to notice the newcomers in the room.


    "Hello, Dr.Quren we meet at last, and don''t worry about the power problems, it''s just Eni playing around to get your attention." Said Zera with a chuckle waving her hand at the surprised Dr.Quren.


    "Off, Thank god. I was scared the sh*t out due to that you know Eni and please don''t do that next time dear otherwise I might get a heart attack."Said Dr.Quren patting her chest in relief.


    "Oh, hello little girl. Uhm, do I know you?" Asked Dr.Quren with a puzzled expression looking at Zera, who now has Eni settled on her shoulder swinging her legs in the air.


    *Ahem*


    Faking a cough in embarrassment for not getting recognized, Zera took a look at Eni as if to let her explain.


    "She is my MOM!" Explained Eni to the confused researcher.


    "Ohh¡­ okay.WAIT! WHAT! Do you mean that a 4-year-old girl made you? The only sentient AI I know was brought out by a little girl who is going to kindergarten!" Exclaimed Dr.Quren attracting the attention of all the researchers in the room while pointing at Eni and Zera.


    "Uhm, well I am the one though."Said Zera looking around the room with a slight smile on her face as she looked at the look of ''who are you deceiving'' on the faces of most of the researchers.

 Laboratory - 2

    Silence pervades the laboratory as gasps of disbelief can be heard among the scientists. Giving them enough time to digest the fact that their boss is a little girl, Zera went around the Satellite observing the progress and checking the reports provided by Eni while making adjustments needed along with specifying the changes further required.


    Dr.Quren and her group of researchers stood behind Zera in silence as they observed her tinkering around the satellite making adjustments while proving why they are required and also specifying additional things that need to be added afterward, making even the most stubborn disbeliever among them convince that their boss really is a 4-year-old making them want to rethink about their kids who are still having a teary face with the snotty nose at that age.


    "Well, that''s all for now. I hope the project can be completed in the next two weeks as the smartwatch is also nearly completed and we need the satellite to test the network. After these are finished we can also push the hologram tech into the market, it''s cheaper and also high in demand for all kinds of industries." Finished Zera, as she dismissed the holograms after finalizing the plan for the next couple of months and taking the juice delivered by a small service robot which looks like a sphere rolling around with all kinds of snacks stored in its shell and capable of making various drinks, ice creams and desserts as long as the recipe is provided.


    Coming to their senses after a couple of seconds of silence and realizing that they had just subconsciously followed the instructions of the girl in front of them who is now seated snugly in a comfy bean bag drinking fresh Orange juice with a contended look, they recognized her as the boss as she has just proved that she has the strength for the position and she is not a simple little girl as she shows on the outside.


    "Okay,uhm¡­"


    "Zera. You can call me Zera if calling me boss is difficult for you."


    "Okay, Zera. I won''t go into how you have this knowledge but I and my team are grateful that we got this opportunity and will do our best to finish the projects as soon as possible."Said Dr.Quren with a grateful expression and giving a bow to Zera.


    "Hey hey hey, stop that. You guys are research madmen that is why dad and grandpa chose you. If you want to be thankful it''s them you should thank, not me." Said Zera, Waving her hands to stop them from bowing.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "Oh..okay." Replied Dr.Quren pushing her sliding glass back to her eyes as she stood back up with a serious expression.


    "By the way, the lab looks great and I will be here till the projects are finished dad. I shall also teach them about the Evolutionaries and tell them about the changes that are going to happen. They might as well know now that the thing has reached this point." Said Zera with an inquiring look towards her father who is now playing around with the service robot ordering weird-looking concoctions made out of a bunch of juices along with alcohol and looking a bit drunk with a blush on his cheeks.


    "Yeah, yeah, whatever¡­.... you... say.*Hiccup*" Said Zale taking another sip of the weird-looking concoction of his.


    Zera facepalmed looking at her drunk father, took a deep breath constantly telling herself that he is your father and you can''t throw him out to calm down.


    Calming down after a while, Zera faced the curiously waiting researchers in front of her and explained," As some of you might have guessed by now, our planet is undergoing a huge transformation that will drastically change our lives. It can threaten the existence of humans if we respond incorrectly and it also is the way of evolution if we walk along the right way.


    Basically, as you have already come into contact with aura, you can use this aura to evolve ourselves and gain longevity, strength, etc., and for how to do this I have already sent the folder with detailed information to everyone here and passed it onto the others in the laboratory.


    You might think it only increases strength and life span what''s the use for us who stay in the laboratory but think about being able to conduct experiments continuously for days on end without being tired and needing food.


    So I hope you guys can also start the training once the training hall is finished, which will be in a couple of days."


    Observing that everyone is currently engrossed in the information about evolutionary and not paying any more attention to her, Zera chuckled as she shook her head at them and walked towards her dad.


    Poking the forehead of her drunk father," Hey dad, wake up we can leave now. Most of the work is finished."Said Zera as Zale is taking a nap holding a spherical service robot.


    "Dad...


    Father...."


    "Dad mom said she is going to be here in a minute and she needs you to test something in her lab."Said Zera, stressing ''mom'' there while leaning in Zale''s ear.


    "Wha¡­.what? Who... is... coming?" Asked Zale as eyes gradually returned to clarity waking up at the mention of his wife.


    "MOM!!! In a minute, you only have 34 seconds now." Said Zera counting down the time while pushing the surveillance hologram in front of Zale showing her mom now walking right down the hallway leading to their room.


    Zale jolted up as waking up from his sleep in seconds at the mention of his wife and quickly cleaned up his look as if he never slept and stood by Zera giving the appearance of bodyguard to anyone who saw him first.


    Zera shook her head at the look of her father amusedly as she once again realized how much the imposing leader of a leading mercenary team is once again.

 Press Release

    *Ring* *Ring*


    Trying to slam away the alarm but only hitting air, Zera wakes up irritable only to find Eni laughing at her.


    "You should look at yourself right now and you will find out how cute you are with your dazed expression along with frizzy hair. Hahaha..." Laughed Eni, recording a video of Zera and sending it to Sylvia silently without Zera''s knowledge.


    Rubbing the messy head irritable and giving a white-eye to Eni Zera got down from the bed wearing pair of fluffy pink bunny slippers and asked Eni walking towards the bathroom," *Yawn*¡­.What''s the time now?" while taking a yawn.


    "Few minutes before the start of the press release."


    "Hmm...how is the availability of Caeyton?"


    "It''s still too small if you want to supply a Smartwatch considering the entire population. The large amount of Caryton they found in the mine we bought from last time can be considered a mutation as we are not able to find such large quantities till now from any other sources."


    "Uhm...Fine then. Send a message to dad and ask him to showcase only the high-end Smartwatch. Tell him that we are going to cooperate with the government later on for the basic model; they provide the materials and we do the manufacturing along with programming, we get a percentage of profit later on."


    "Uhm...Done"


    Whipping off the water dripping along her cheeks and throwing the towel on the bed, wearing a training suit Zera walked towards the exclusive training room for herself in the laboratory.


    Time passes quickly as Zera exercised till she can''t even keep her eyes open and laid down on the floor calming he breath and started to absorb aura to prime the evolution of cells.


    Waking up after a couple of hours due to the growling of her stomach, Zera opened her eyes and took a look at the time and confirmed that the press release should be over by now, and asked Eni to show her the response.


    Eni projected the latest news as Zera ate an apple, taking a sip of juice from time to time.


    "The latest Smartwatch released by the recently registered Aeon Group is reported to be out of stock within half an hour after it''s opened for preorder.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    It''s also confirmed by reputed AI developers and scientists from various fields that the technology used in making the device is advanced by several levels.


    The basic version is confirmed to have biometric verification including Iris scanning. The device is also capable of monitoring the vital signs of the wearer and can notify the emergency departments in case of an accident.


    The high-end device is capable of projecting holograms and it comes equipped with DNA identification giving high protection for privacy. They are also able to connect with the Aeon group''s own network which is said to cover every place on the planet and the signal cannot be lost even with signal jammers currently available.


    According to an insider it is said that there are plans to make the basic version of Smartwatch available to every citizen at a low price in collaboration with the governments and they will be used to replace identification at a later stage.


    Blablabla......."


    ''Hmm, looks like we need to increase production even more. Anyway, dad will take care of it. Let''s see if the satellite has finished analyzing the data for the location of aura springs. Uhm, 99.7%. Well a couple more hours and it will be done. Let''s see dad is going to a meeting with the agent representing the government, let''s call grandpas to select the location.''


    "Hey Eni, give both of my grandpas a call."


    Eni made a call while monitoring the satellite data without lifting her head.


    After a few seconds, a hologram popped up showing the tired faces of two middle-aged men in training suits.


    "Well well, look who it is. Dear did you forget your grandpa once you went into the research institute or have those research madmen lock you up and you escaped just now to make a call for rescue. Don''t worry your grandpa is coming there right now and will take you out." Said Ardon, rolling up his sleeves and about to run out immediately towards the laboratory.


    Xander and Zera both face palmed looking at the antiques of his friend and her grandpa.


    "*Sigh*. Grandpa, you calm down first. There is no such thing as getting locked up and I am fine, look I even gained some weight after a couple of weeks." Said Zera squeezing her slightly chubby arms in front of the hologram.


    "Ah, you are fine! *Sigh* Well then what''s the matter, little girl?" Asked Ardon, with some disappointment in his tone.


    ''Why do I think you look disappointed at your granddaughter not being locked up as a research object grandpa?''


    "The data processing regarding the location of aura springs will be finished in a couple of hours, grandpa. We can choose the location for our base and start planning when you come to the research institute. You can also try some new hologram games that Eni just made a few days ago."


    Giving each other a look they both agreed to be there in a couple of hours as the location from their home to the institute is quite far.


    ''Uhm, it nearly took four months to get the satellite to collect all the data and start processing it in search of aura springs. It''s not possible to make any high-end weapons with the current technology and I don''t think it''s a good idea anyway to let them get their hands on those things now.


    Introduce new tech - check


    Build a base - in progress


    Find spiritual plants for limit breaking - in progress


    Adopting kids - need to do this after the base is built


    Well, still a lot of things to do (for dad). Hmm, let''s have brunch and take another nap, I don''t anything to do today anyway.''

 Island

    Breaking the calm on the island surrounded by sky blue fog a helicopter broke through and landed on the beach making the sand fly everywhere.


    A petite figure jumped out of the helicopter followed by a couple and two middle-aged men. Zera stretched her body and took a deep breath of the aura which is so concentrated that it is visible to the naked eye feeling extremely comfortable as the pure aura filled every inch of her body with warmth.


    "Grandpa, if you feel discomfort, tell me immediately as your body can''t adjust to such a high concentration of aura in a short period of time. It would be better to meditate and adjust for a period of time before we further explore the island." Said Zerawhen she noticed the unbearable look on her grandparent''s faces which they both tried to hide from her in order not to lose their majesty in front of her.


    Taking a look at each other and shaking their heads with a bitter smile on their face Xander said," We can''t hide anything from you can we? *Sigh* You heard her old man let''s go find a good spot and adjust for a while."


    "*Sigh* go lets go, It''s a good thing we didn''t get a pilot and made Zale drive otherwise that guy will faint as soon as we reach the skies above the island."Said Ardon shaking his head and walking along with Xander taking a look at the surroundings.


    "This place is really picturesque, dear. The blue fog along with silver flowers with a faint blue glow along the vines in the plant. The sparkling crystal blue lake at the center of the island, is that the aura spring you were talking about? I wonder how it feels to take a dip in it." Said Sylvia admiring the natural beauty of the island while taking in the smell of the silver color flowers just pucked off with drops of dew on them.


    "Uhm, I wouldn''t do it if I were you mom. That is not water containing aura but pure aura has concentrated so much that it turned into liquid overtime. We can only take a few drops in Human Stage otherwise our will collapse and we will die due to excess aura. We can only enter after we can freely control our mental power and stop the excess aura from infiltrating our body but that too we can''t do for too long, only a couple of minutes even at Sky Stage. So it''s better to dilute it and mix it with medicated baths and food for now." Explained Zera walking to a place deeper than her parents and completely disappearing from their sight, where aura is more concentrated.


    Sweat dripped down her chin as Sylvia tried to follow Zera into the fog when Zale hugged her from behind stopping her and said," Trust in our daughter, dear. Nothing will happen to her. We can''t go deeper anymore, for now we need to adjust our body quickly so that we can join our daughter. Didn''t she explain before, she is going to advance to Level-2 Human Stage after reaching the island and we can meet her beside the lake after we adjust for a couple of hours."


    Calming down her restless heart after listening to her husband''s words Sylvia also sat down along with Zale and started to circulate the excess aura infiltrating through her body.


    ''Uhm, according to the distance from the beach to the lake the island should be about 5000sqm and it is rapidly surfacing around 200-450 sqm per day and when the island underneath rises up it will be around 2million square kilometers, which is larger in area than many countries. It will have it''s own mountain ranges and jungles according to the prediction provided by Eni. I think we shall smuggle in all kinds of animals and make them evolve by feeding the diluted aura spring liquid later on. But first let''s breakthrough level-2. I have been level-1 long enough not to disrupt natural development till now.''Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    Sitting down in a comfortable position Zera adjusted her breath and slowly lost herself of the surroundings, observing the aura penetrating her body and circulating throughout squeezing the cells and making them evolve by constantly breaking down and getting healing by the aura.


    Time passes by quickly and dusk arrives with golden light reflecting over the calm waves of the ocean when the two old men along with their children walk towards the center of the island after adjusting their body several times stopping every hundred meters.


    Looking at the crystal blue lake with mist floating around surrounded by silver colored flowers with blue pusles in their vines and golden light peeking through the fog making the scene picturesque.


    Taking in the beauty of the scene in front of them and calming down after a long time they found Zera taking a nap in the sea of flowers with saliva dripping down her chin looking cute and making people want to pinch her cheeks.


    Looking at her sleeping daughter lovingly, Silvia woke her up gently by placing her head on her lap while calling her softly.


    "Uhm,....what?"


    Waking up in a daze looking so lovable that had brought smiles on everyone''s face, Zera slowly came back to her senses. Looking at the smiles on their faces and felling the wetness on her chin Zera knew she must have looked quite stupid just now.


    "Okay okay, we don''t laugh anymore. So this is the Aura Spring eh?


    Said Xander, hiding his smiles behind his palm and looking around to avoid Zera''s sight.


    "Yeah, the area where pure aura condenses into liquid is known as Aura Springs. This will help us decrease the required time for evolution tremendously and gain massive advantage over everyone else when used on a large scale."


    "DON''T TOUCH IT GRANDPA!!!" shouted Zera as she made a dash towards Ardon and pulled him back just as he was about to reach into the lake.


    Looking at his granddaughter''s angry little face and eyes full of concern, Ardon lowered his head in guilty conscience, realizing he really angered her this time.


    "Mom, tell grandma not give permission for any games to grandpa for the next 3 months." Said Zera in a calm voice unable to perceive any anger from it making Ardon even more sure of his upcoming hard days while Xander gave him a pitying look from the side.


    Both the grandfathers have already deeply realized the consequences of angering their little ancestor when they started training with her but slept a couple of weeks in a row when she first taught them how to sense aura by being lazy.


    Sighing at his misfortune, Ardon sat there sadly listening to his granddaughter frightening him with the consequences of touching the liquid just now.


    "And grandpa now that we have decided on this island I have another thing that I forgot to mention before. That is once the island under the ocean surfaces it''s the size of a country with its own mountains and forests forming an ecosystem after a few years of development under abaudent aura.


    Eni has already deleted the recording of this land from the satellites of all the countries and marked the area as a danger zone due to constant storms. Now no one will know this place unless they were ashore." Said Zera, while lazily sitting in Sylvia''s lap as she played with her silver blond hair.


    "Are you kidding me? That''s nearly the size of Mexico." Said Xander in a sharp tone as his voice pitched by several levels, unable to believe the information just revealed by his granddaughter.


    "You mean we will occupy a country? Then are we like the royal family on this Island? You can literally be a princess in a few years once we establish a base and populate the place. Blablabla...." Ardon went on without paying any attention as he immersed himself in the beautiful country he is building in his imagination.

 Day in the life of a 6-year old

    Golden rays of light slip through the gaps in the delicate handmade curtains swaying to the gentle breeze and fall on the floor which looks like wood with slender beams of blue flashing dimly illuminating the room.


    The petite figure sitting on a mat surrounded by a mist making it difficult to see through exhaled a long breath with eyelashes fluttering slowly, showing signs of waking up. Opening her eyes causing the mist of aura to disperse, Zera got up from the floor and stretched her waist as she finished morning practice and went to the bathroom to freshen up.


    Filling up the tub with hot water and brushing her teeth while waiting to fill up, Zera projected the news as holograms around her as she bruised through them leisurely. Turning off the water as the bathtub fills up Zera slowly immersed herself till her chin as she leaned her head against it and closed her eyes as her muscles relaxed all over her body after her morning exercise and the fatigue gradually decreases as they absorb the aura from the water which is mixed a drop of water from the Aura Springs next door.


    ''Haa¡­..This feels so good. I can just lay down for a nap right now if only mom went along with dad to the company instead of pestering me daily to wake up early in the morning to start training.''


    Taking a look around the room and looking at the wooden floor with dull pulses of blue lines on it Zera''s face blossomed with a smile as she remembered how much effort it took her to make this material that looks like wood but is sturdier than any of the known materials on the planet.


    ''It looks and feels like wood but who knows that even if you drop a couple of tons of TNT next to it it will remain undamaged, haha. It would be great if that happens sometime in the future and tsk tsk their faces at that moment will be wonderful after they find out the house is not even scratched after the dust settles down.''


    ''But this material is not something I can afford more at the moment though. I still feel phantom pain on my buttocks whenever I remember the time when dad found out all the mutated metal dad got after smuggling it from countless countries and spent months shipping it too was fed to a plant by me to make my small 250sqm cozy house right next to Aura Spiring.


    Anyway, we won''t need that material right now to build the outer walls as there are no dangerous animals on the island.''


    ''I have to thank mom for finding that wonderful Assimilation Tree while it was still in the stage of a sapling when she went around the Island in search of any mutated plants last year.''


    Getting out of the bathtub as the water-cooled down and drying herself with the soft towel Zera walked out and wore a pair of jeans along with an oversized t-shirt and walked out of the house heading towards the place where Sylvia lives which is about a hundred meters upfront for breakfast as the door closes behind automatically.


    Stroking and watering the Assimilation Tree with diluted Aura Spring liquid Zera continued on the way thinking about using the tree to make clothes later on.


    ''Featherweight clothes which are highly defended and also look great with aura pulsing through them, must look awesome, but I might have to go behind my dad''s back and find grandpa to smuggle the materials under dad''s nose. Once the clothes are finished I will just push the pot on grandpa saying that he wanted to experiment if it is possible to make clothes using Assimilation Tree''s leaf''s fibers.''The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.


    ''It''s amazing that this plant can freaking decompose anything into individual cells slowly and absorb them into its own body without any backlashes at the same time. It''s just the amount of wastage of materials when the plant is still at a lower stage of evolution is too high making it quite uneconomical. My small wooden hut required nearly 50 freaking tons of metal! The books never mentioned this when they described the properties of the plant.''


    Looking at the buildings in the distance with familial figures training in the surroundings early in the morning making her way to have her breakfast with Sylvia, Zera was satisfied with the development of the base in the past two years.


    Zera pushed the door wide open gulping when she sniffed the smell of cheeseburger and fries from the kitchen along with pizza baking in the oven.


    "Good morning, mom." Zera greeted Sylvia with a kiss on her cheek as she took a deep breath of the scent of the pizza as it got taken out of the oven just now.


    "Good morning, dear."Greeted Sylvia, carrying the dishes from the kitchen and placing them in front of Zera who is now seated and trying to eat her pizza which is steaming hot without burning her tongue.


    "You know, even though you can use aura to maintain a healthy physique it''s still required to sustain a balanced and nutritious diet during the Human Stage. This is written in the material that YOU provided Zera and now it''s YOU who is not following it by having pizza and burgers three times a day over the past week. I won''t make them anymore for the  upcoming three months, you can only have them once every three days as a snack after that, okay?" Said Sylvia with a serious expression while sitting in front of Zera who now made a bitter melon face.


    "Did you hear that mom?" Asked Zera looking sad.


    "What? I didn''t hear anything." Said Sylvia looking around puzzled.


    "The sound of my heart shattering when you said no more pizza and burger!" Answered Zera leaving Sylvia looking at her daughter dumbfoundedly as she savored her last meal of them to remember the taste for the upcoming three-month ban.


    Finishing her breakfast with a glass of juice Zera called Zale to inquire about the batch of people or you can say deceived people coming to the Island in a few days.


    "Hey, dad. Good morning" Said Zera waving at the handsome man who is wiping his sweat looking like just came out of training.


    "Good morning dear. What made you call me so early in the morning? Don''t give me sh*t about missing me, I won''t believe it anymore." Said Zale, as he watched his daughter plan to coax him using lies as always and laugh at him later on teaming with Sylvia at how easy it is to fool him.


    "Hehehe¡­.Nothing dad. It''s about the newcomers on the way to the Island. Are there any tigers and wild animals onboard instead of only domesticated ones like last time?" Asked Zera as she got excited at the mention of wild animals.


    Looking at his daughter''s excitement Zale couldn''t help but want to pour cold water on her to wake her up saying," Nope, none in this batch as there are plenty of people on board, and the ship is thoroughly checked midway making it difficult to hide them. If anyone reports by accident, it won''t be worth the trouble."


    "Aww...okay." Sighed Zera with disappointment as she was waiting to raise a few tigers as pet cats near her house.


    "We just told them according to the story we made up earlier as we needed around thousands of people from all sorts of professions this time to build the base in an all-round way from researchers to carpenters covering most of the industries." Said Zale taking a sip of water from the bottle to rehydrate after intense exercise.


    "Yeah, okay. Then I will ask mom to explain the real purpose after they reach here and if anyone is unwilling I will just detain them for the next 20 years which they originally signed to." Said Zera checking if the construction of their accommodations is completed.


    "Okay, as you find appropriate. I just got information that the government has noticed that the planet''s radius and mass has increased by .1% in the past couple of years and they just dismissed it as nothing significant. They found the change rather early than predicted but still missed the signs just as you said. Anyway say hello to your mom for me, I got to go. Take care, I will be back next month."


    "You too dad, Bye."

 Causing Waves Around the World

    In the moonlight slipping through the canopies of the century-old trees, a well camouflaged tree house can be seen with two guards with a sniper rifle and an assault rifle playing cards as another one kept observing the surroundings while having a smoke to keep the cold out.


    "Hahaha¡­.That''s a flush, Fred. Your booze is mine for the next two days. Another game?"Said Eddy with a smug grin, shuffling up the cards once again ready to play another round.


    "Sigh, never mind Eddy. My luck has been line sh*t since morning. First, a bird pooped on my face as I just looked up at the sky when they dropped the supplies in the afternoon, then got a message from home saying my brother got into gambling trouble again getting himself locked up unable to pay the debt and not even cards aren''t favoring anymore man."Said Fred with a hand rubbing his face in a low mood when he heard a sigh and a whisper in his ear from behind his back.


    *Sigh*"Indeed your luck is really bad man. Don''t worry I will end it for you so that you won''t have to suffer anymore, forever." Whispered Lancer while slitting the throat of the unlucky nightwatch in front of him before he could comprehend what''s happening and threw the flying knives towards the other two ending their lives in the blink of an eye and proceeded further into the forest swiftly using the branches and melted into the darkness.


    Similar killings happened throughout the forest taking out the outposts at the same time as dozens of dark shadows can be made out in the moonlight flickering through the forest at inhumane speeds as they continued their slaughter throughout the night. This slaughter-fest not only happened in the forest but across various locations around the globe including public places, nightclubs, highly secured residential areas, classified military districts, human research institutes, etc. All this while the whole world slept throughout the night peacefully without knowing the earth-shaking news they will discover when they wake up.


    As sunrises and a new day begins, many high-level members of different countries wake up to find a sealed file placed by their bedside without their knowledge which most people ignored thinking of checking it later as they went on with their day just to receive reports of mass murder of various officials in different departments, local mafia, known traffickers, international criminals, etc.


    Location: White House


    Listening to the reports of his subordinates about the killing that happened last night around the globe removing various cancers in the society, Lathen kept a cold face, unable to let the staff guess his thinking.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Taking a look at the still sealed folder he had a guess in his heart as he said," Okay, enough of that. Have you checked with the security department, Hanna? Noone entered my room after I slept last night, correct?"


    Wondering why he would ask such a weird thing, Hanna kept her opinion to herself as she replied," Yes, sir. They have confirmed that you were alone in the room the whole night. Even the recording confirmed the same, so did the dark guards arranged next to you."


    ¡®If what I guess is correct there should be an explanation in this regarding the deaths.¡¯


    Lathen calmly tore the seal giving a nod to Hanna. Pouring out the contents onto the desk, a circular hologram projector which looks much more advanced than the one on the market along with a USB rolled out.


    ''Hmm, advanced hologram projector along with USB. What mystery are you playing man! Tsk.'' Throwing the USB to the assistant standing aside motioning him to show the contents Lathen leaned against the chair with interest apparent in his eyes, which isn''t present for a long time.


    Connecting the USB to a laptop disconnected from all networks to isolate any virus or infiltrations and confirming that everything is safe the assistant projected the information using the hologram projector received along with it according to the instructions when he opened the USB.


    Hundreds of images of people of various ages, identities, and ethnicity are projected in the middle of the room as multiple tree diagrams with some information above the top of the head of every individual.


    Gasps can be heard across the room as everyone guessed that these are most likely the people who died last night.


    Standing up from the chair Lathen crossed the desk and stood in front of the photo that he recognized as the most wanted international trafficker who is also involved in the sale of slaves, drugs, illegal training camps, and various industries banned around the world. As he touched the photo immersed in reading the information projected beside causing the photo to be highlighted as everything else disappeared and the known and unknown information regarding him along with his forged identities, contacts, base camps, safe houses, etc. are displayed with images and recordings making the interest in Lathen''s eyes become much heavier.


    "Everyone, check out the information of some people at random and verify if it is correct ASAP. Mobilize every resource available near the provided hideouts, safe houses, everything in the folder. If the information provided in this turns out to be true¡­.¡± Lathen kept silent as he stopped from finishing the sentence as he kept looking at the hologram projector in a daze as the others immediately started making calls and scrambled to verify.


    As time passes by, the sun also rises above the top nearing noon as a sudden shout in the office, ¡°President!¡± Interrupted the assistant, bringing back Lathen¡¯s attention from his daze which he has been in for a couple of hours.


    ¡°Huh?¡±Lathen looked over with an inquiring look.


    ¡°There is another file in the USB, Sir. It appeared after nearly 25% of the information was read through.¡± Answered the assistant showing the progress bar on the screen currently showing 75.6%.


    ¡®Hmm, a file for only those who read through. What are you up to....¡¯


    ¡°Open it.¡±

 Message

    The lights dimmed plunging the room into darkness and the assistant opened the file projecting the image in the middle of the room.


    A six-foot-tall silver hair ending with sky blue and sea blue eyes wearing a black trench coat covered in patterns of cyan glow with a pair of white tee along with jeans and a pair of silver-colored gloves and boots while having her face hidden behind a silvery mask with intricate patterns glowing cyan with her piercing blue eyes and crimson lips visible, leaving her beautiful visage to the imagination.


    Looking at the hologram of the woman with piercing blue eyes and futuristic clothes, covering her hair with a mask against a crystal blue lake with cyan mist looming over the lake and the sea of silver flowers beside it, Lathen leaned forward as his expression turned serious from his previous lazy posture with interest brewing heavier in his eyes as his lips upturned a little.


    "I am Aeon, the person behind Aeon Group. Which you probably have guessed when you saw the hologram projector." Said Zera in the hologram in a silvery voice with a slight smile apparent on her lips.


    "I was the one who ordered those killings last night. For what, you ask. Uhm, you can say to remove cancer from society. Naa, just kidding, I am not a holy angel to do such thankless things.


    For the better survival of mankind in the upcoming period of turbulence that''s going to happen in another 12 years. What turbulence do you ask?


    Well didn''t the scientists notify you that the mass and the radius of the earth are increasing in the past decade? New types of mutant plants and animals with strength shouldn''t be possible to exert, new minerals, and the environment getting better suddenly.


    You should know these things by now and if you still think that it isn''t much of an issue, tsk I can light a candle for your citizens.


    Some of you have already found the cause of this, yeah that new energy you found in the atmosphere. That''s known as Aura. Use it correctly, it promotes evolution and can also cause destruction in some hands.


    The main point is Earth is going through the process of transforming from a Tier-10 planet to a Tier-9 planet which leads to the availability of aura promoting the evolution of beings on it let it be sapient non-sapient.


    Yeah, that''s right. Like those superhero novels, you gain strength and others through evolution explained in the attached document.


    Here comes the important point i.e, Uhm, never mind there will be a live broadcast sometime in the next week...Hmm, whenever they attack I guess. Anyway, you guys can see the video to know the strength of evolutionary beasts and humans and decide for yourselves what to do afterward, fight among different countries or unite for once.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    Anyway, you might have already noticed the unstable magnetic fields of the planet, shortly your satellites will be down while only our group''s satellite will be working so consider this first and connect to the meeting at 20:00 on the day of the broadcast."


    The hologram ended plunging the room into darkness as the lights gradually brightened.


    Lathen returned to his lazy posture with his eyes closed as if taking a nap as the assistant in the room was still in a daze unable to recover from the sudden information dump received just now.


    ¡®So now the world has turned into a fantasy. I guess we will see real witches and ghosts on Halloween who scare the shit of the ones unwilling to donate chocolates or some precious herbs for evolution, as it¡¯s a fantasy world now.


    At Least the future is going to be thrilling instead of sitting behind the desk going through those never-ending reports, having to wear a hypocritical smile on my face and slowly becoming the one that I hate the most just to sit here.¡¯


    Lathen walked towards the balcony pulling aside the curtains overseeing the busy city in the afternoon and took a look at the clear blue sky taking a deep breath of fresh air. Opening after closing his eyes for a few moments, Lathen¡¯s eyes shined bright in the afternoon glow with long-lost hope for the future unlike the dead eyes till now as if nothing matters anymore.


    ¡°Sen, open that document and let me take a look,¡± Said Lathen as he walked back into the office with brisk footsteps bringing his assistant Sen from his daze.


    ¡®Here I come, fantasy world, I wonder if it¡¯s possible to make oaths. It would be great if it is. No need to deal with those hypocrites in word games lasting hours on end without reaching a conclusion.¡¯


    At the same time in various parts of the world different watching the image of Zera confessing about the murder and the things about the evolution, later on, everyone had different opinions. Some clamored to list her as an international wanted criminal, danger to human society, a sociopath and the list goes on. While some just said a job well done when they read the crimes of the ones that were killed. All this has no impact on Zera as she no longer cared about the consequences after she issued the order for slaughter and she won¡¯t even care even if she knows some people might use it to damage her reputation later on.


    ¡­¡­¡­


    In the wood-looking house of Zera beside the Auraspring laughter could be heard as Zera and her little brothers celebrated after coming back from a night of hunting.


    Looking at the faces of Ren, Lancer, Inora, and Avory who have now grown up into handsome men and women. Zera had a smile on her lips as she took a sip of orange juice while they feasted on a freshly hunted mutant rabbit along with mutant chicken and a variety of mutant vegetable all from the pasture beside the base where a variety of crops are farmed using diluted Spring liquid and all kinds of domesticated livestock making the base self-sufficient, even leaving with tons of excess grain in the past couple of years.


    As the sun sets over the horizon all the people in the house fall asleep Ren lying on Inora¡¯s lap while Lancer and Avory sleep leaning against the beanbags with a mess all over the floor.


    Shaking her head at the mess, Zera passed by them and went outside taking a look at the moon visible in the sky.


    ¡®The weather looks nice, a good time to break through to Level-5 Human Exceed tonight then.¡¯

 Breakthrough

    Walking along the edge of the AuraSpring while enjoying the beautiful scenery reflected by moonlight, Zera collected the AuraSpring liquid into a bowl and went towards her private training room built underground in her house.


    Locking the room after entering Zera filled the bathtub used for medicated baths in the bathroom with water and added the AuraSpring liquid to it.


    ¡®If I can breakthrough to Level-5 Human Exceed, then I can tell for sure if the extra energy and affinity with my control over water is due to bloodline activation. Recently, even Ren, Lancer, Inora, and her parents all show slight hair and eye color changes. If what I think is correct then, well, add another mystery to solve after the transformation period.¡¯


    ¡®To breakthrough every level of Exceed we first need to find a place with a high concentration of aura and then absorb them into the body making the cells in the body nearly reaching the breaking point before expelling the excess aura and repeating the process till the cells cannot improve anymore under the stimulation.¡¯


    ¡®This can activate any bloodlines present in the body leftover from the ancestor''s blood. But from the information gathered till now, this is obviously a backward planet without even a spacecraft capable of interplanetary transportation in large numbers or terms of safety. They haven¡¯t even come into contact with Aura before the transformation. Aww, it¡¯s useless to think about it now I guess. I wonder if grandpa also activates a bloodline that turns his hair pink, will he still be the same cool handsome Xander Lynx with a cold face to outsiders that he always pretends to be, hehe.¡¯


    ¡®Uhm, let¡¯s get started now.¡¯


    Removing her clothes Zera stepped into the diluted AuraSpring liquid and took over the sealed bottle from the shelf on the side, containing the essence extracted from the Tempering Flower cultivated near the AuraSpring after they were transplanted from the rainforests a couple of years ago turning the solution in the bathtub into cyan color.


    Taking a deep breath Zera started to absorb the aura along with the essence in the water into her body. The water around her lost its cyan color and turned transparent within a few moments as Zera absorbed everything present in it.


    The aura which is peaceful by nature turned aggressive and started to run rampant all over the body under the influence of tempering grass causing drops of sweat to form on Zera¡¯s forehead within a matter of minutes as the amount of mental power needed to make the aggressive aura to comply to her command to make the cells all over her body to reach a breaking point before calming down is a huge burden even to Zera as most of her mental power is still in a sealed state.


    Under the influence of the aggressive aura controlled by her mental power, Zera''s teeth started chattering. Her lips began to bleed as she bit into her lip to stop herself from screaming as she trembled in pain as the pressure over her cells gradually increased.


    ¡®Aww¡­....sh*t sh*t ...Aww¡­....It freaking hurts. Can¡¯t bear it anymore. Why did I ever think that it¡¯s going to be easy since I have done in my past life, screw that author who said the protagonist won¡¯t even hum when bearing soul tearing pain!¡¯


    Aww¡­.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    So in the middle of the night, a sharp scream spread throughout the central area around the AuraSpring waking up most of the members from their beautiful dreams after a day of hard work including the drunk friends and family members of Zera, who rushed towards her training room after realizing her voice thinking that something went wrong while training.


    Reaching the training room of her daughter a few moments after waking up, just as Sylvia was about to open the door anxiously, Eni appeared before her from the control panel and said,¡± Aunt Sylvia don¡¯t worry. Sister Zera is fine. It¡¯s just she is trying to break through Level-5 Human Exceed which should have a chance of activating any hidden bloodline, making it painful. So she is in a lot of pain right now and it¡¯s best for us not to disturb her at the critical movement.¡±


    ¡°Are you sure she is alright Eni? Don¡¯t try to lie to me, you know what I will do after I find out right?¡± Threatened Sylvia, quite unbelieving in Eni as she has been fooled by this sister duo quite a lot over the past few years where Zera slipped out of the Island multiple times under the cover of Eni to escape Sylvia¡¯s claws which will be itchy once in a while to dress up Zera looking all cute in various dresses making her look like a doll.


    ¡°She¡¯s fine aunt, I swear!¡± Replied Eni, swearing with a hand on top of her head.


    Sylvia looked at Eni for few seconds before she slowly retracted her hand and she threatened once again,¡± I believe this time, but if there¡¯s a problem with Zera, you better be prepared to lose your memory and once again start from scratch without consciousness i.e ignorant little AI Eni as when Zera was a kid.¡±


    ¡°Okay okay, as long as you don¡¯t rush indoors and disturb sis it¡¯s all good. She will break through tonight for sure, aunt.¡± Coaxed Eni with a smile but only she knows how aggrieved she is as Zera used the same threat to help her cover her to run away from home.


    ¡®Hmm, as a little bird once said, If there is a mom there is a daughter. They even use the same threats. Even the look in the eyes is the same when they are angry. Why do I have such a plastic sisterhood!.¡¯


    All this took place in a few moments which are enough for a lot of people to gather outside the training room under the moonlight which has nothing to do with Zera, who is now reaching the stage where the cells have reached their maximum potential without absorbing aura into them and nearing the limit of Level-5 Human Exceed.


    ¡®Fu*k, Eni, you little twit. The calculations went wrong somewhere! The potency of the Tempering Flowers raised using AuraSpring is higher than the estimation and now due to this, the aggressive aura is starting the destruction and rejuvenation of cells with its aid starting the process of reaching the Earth Stage. Hmm, I think it¡¯s better to complete a round of rejuvenation of cells making use of this opportunity by adding another tempering potion, maybe the bloodline will activate completely. Uhm, though stupid to make myself more painful, let¡¯s try it.¡¯


    Opening her eyes with difficulty and making sure that there is another vial of the essence of Tempering Flowers to make sure that there is enough to complete a complete round of rejuvenation as not to waste the opportunity Zera heaved a sigh of relief and once again resumed shouting due to more intense pain.


    The sun gradually rose over the horizon as golden rays of light shine through the aura mist surrounding the training area illuminating the haggard faces of Zera¡¯s parents and friends.


    ¡°Are sure she is alright Eni? There have been no screams for the past hour or so.¡± Questioned Sylvia once again as Eni still prevented her from opening the door.


    ¡°She¡¯s quite well, aunt. It¡¯s you who is haggard. Sis will be out soon, tru...¡±


    Gasps rang out everyone as they all looked at the person coming out the training room in disbelief with their eyes wide open and jaws agape.


    Bewildered by the silence around her and the weird looks of everyone while looking at the door, Eni turned around just to see a woman looking in her twenties with platinum hair turning crystal blue reaching its end with sea-blue eyes wearing a casual tee and jeans with a hand in her pocket and a lollipop in her mouth leaning against the opened door looking quite pleased with everyone''s look nodding her head with a slight smile on her lips.

 Breakthrough - 2

    "Am I beautiful enough?" Asked Zera with a grin looking at the dazed people in front of her with amusement.


    Looking at her laughing daughter Sylvia subconsciously nodded her head in agreement as she said," looks beautiful" before realizing that she followed along with her daughter''s words subconsciously and she quickly took a step forward and twisted Zera''s ear, and started scolding her.


    "What do you mean beautiful enough? Can''t you at least inform someone before you attempt a breakthrough? Do you know how frightened we were waking up to your screams in the middle of the night? You just.."


    "Oww...aww...mom it''s just .."


    "Don''t give me those ridiculous excuse of ''that I have sent a message but you are out of network coverage'' Sh*t, at least make up a lie properly if you are freaking looking for an excuse. What are you going to do later on if you can''t even lie properly and get cheated on if you went to trade with the governments or others? Do you...blablabla¡­"


    "Oww...okay. Aww mom I know, that''s not the ...."


    At the same time, everyone surrounding the training room looked at the pair of mother and daughter, one scolding and another promising and shook their heads thinking about how many days or weeks their boss(daughter) can live up to her words this time and slowly dispersed back to their home to take a quick nap before the day starts leaving only her three little brothers and dad.


    *Ahem*Ahem*


    Interjecting in their one-sided nagging with fake coughs Zale said," Okay, that''s enough Sylvia. She gave her word that she won''t do it again, right Zera?"


    "Yes, yes yes, I swear!" Exclaimed Zera at the first opportunity to end her mother''s endless nagging while nodding her head and running behind Zale as if chased by a wolf.


    "YOU!!!..." Sylvia trembled with anger as she pointed at her daughter watching her antics.


    "Okay, calm down dear. You can''t beat her up anymore since she turned 17 years old and overtook everyone in Evolutionary Level remember." Said Zale, which instantly made Sylvia stiffen in place as was about to chase after Zera who is now standing far away from her, looking at her with a smile.


    Holding his wife''s shoulders which dropped in disappointment at the thought of not being able to beat her up Zale comforted his wife for a few minutes and asked Zera the doubts he had since he heard she was trying to breakthrough from Eni last night," Little witch, didn''t you say that you are already at Level-10 Human Stage long ago and it will take few years to reach Earth Stage, now what''s this about Exceed level-5 that Eni is shouting about? Is it related to spiritual power?"Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Zera had an awkward smile on her face at the mention of Exceed as she said," Uhm, that I forgot to mention this when introducing the different Stages as mostly the families with rich heritage and the people in power know about this and It requires a flower in addition to high requirements for the Evolutionary to reach this level.


    As you already know there are ten levels in every stage, there is an addition of five levels of Exceed till Sky Stage which require the evolutionary to be under tremendous pressure of aura to succeed at every level of Exceed at the same time pushing the body to the limits while stimulating any hidden bloodlines in the body to activate gaining additional benefits. For example, as you can see my hair and eye color have changed drastically after breaking through Level-5 Exceed and I have activated my bloodline making me able to feel and control water elements within 100 meters around me without using mental power or aura and more like an extension of my body which will be highly beneficial in the later stages and during battle."


    ''But the problem is there is no Celestial Stage Evolutionary who is capable of passing his bloodline integrated with rules on Earth! Uhm, let''s leave this for now, better not over-excite mom today.''


    "Ohh...Is that why you increased the training for mental power for everyone in the past few months?"


    "Yeah dad, the problem is that even though you can feel your mental power, you still can''t control your aura using it and it''s even more impossible to suppress and use aggressive aura." Explained Zera.


    "Boss, does that mean you can materialize water out of thin air right now?" Asked Ron from the side with an excited expression.


    Zera smiled slyly at Ren as she waved her arm and snapped her fingers, mist condensed and turned into a water ball floating over Ren¡¯s exited head and dropped with a plop making him drenched and nearly choking him as large amounts of water went directly into his throat when the water ball fell on his face.


    ¡°Hahaha....¡±


    Laughter spread around the training room as an embarrassed Ren whose colorful superhero underwear is visible ran towards his room leaving afterimages to change clothes.


    ¡°Can you convert water to ice, dear?¡± Asked Sylvia with a curing expression.


    ¡°Yeah, I can, mom.¡± Said Zera as she condensed a bead of water which quickly transformed into a crystal clear ice bead with a single snowflake in it.


    ¡°Though I can convert it into Ice, the requirement for aura is not something I can bear to use in battle though, but if I reach Earth Stage, which requires another year or two if I have sufficient access to Tempering Flowers, I can freely use basic Ice manipulation in combat.¡± Added Zera after pondering about it a bit.


    ¡°Boss! What do you think my element will be?¡± Asked Red who just came back after changing with a chicken coop head.


    ¡°Uhm, you said that sometimes you won¡¯t feel the heat even when standing next to the fire or furnace right. I guess it might be something related to fire as you are already sensitive to it and your body also might be a bit special. We will know when you also reach Exceed Level-5 or Earth Stage what¡¯s the hurry.¡± Said Zera with a gloating chuckle at the mention of reaching Level-5 Exceed stage.


    ¡°Uhm, Why is your hair silver and gradually turning blue, didn¡¯t you say that before¡­.¡±


    ¡°I am going to try my new abilities! See you after I come back.¡± Said Zera as she disappeared in front of them with only her afterimage fading from their sight as her voice floated over.


    Running over to the densely covered forest which grew in the past decade Zera¡¯s eyes glistened with excitement as she ran into the depths to test her abilities with her old friend.

 Update

    Sorry for not being able to update guys.


    I am currently in the process of changing my job and relocating. So I don''t have enough time to spend on the story and I will update again next month.


    Thanks for the support till now!


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    Stellar Dimension


    Aeon Galaxy


    Arpin Star


    Year - ADI 67540k


    ''Stars fill the night sky twinkling as a guide to the souls of the soldiers who died defending their home, yet some are slowly losing their luster. It''s only a matter of time for this beautiful piece of the night sky to become completely dark like a black hole.''


    ''Sensing the rapidly approaching footsteps, I can tell that it''s my secretary/best friend Aluma without turning back. This might be the last time we can meet, probably she knows it too, as I can sense her mood is low and she must have just cried before coming to face me.''Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Your majesty, the 6th Interception squad has discovered the location of the break in the dimensional barrier. We lost contact before getting more information, but it''s confirmed that the break is guarded by existence with a similar evolutionary level as your highness." Says Aluma looking at my back solemnly.


    "Can you please call me Astrella whenever there is no one else Aluma. You know you used to be very lively before the invasion or to say before I rebelled and took over as Empress. I really miss those days."I replied in a low voice as I keep on gazing into the distant void.


    Alumas'' eyes welled up with tears as she remembered the past "we can''t go back to the past, your highness."


    "This might be my last battle Aluma, and I also hope to go back to the same way as in the past but I still will do the same as before without regrets. This war has been going on for far too long, we have already exhausted more than a quarter of the resource stars known in our Dimension. If we keep prolonging it, even if the final victor is ours, we will be driven to a dead-end without resources."Says Astrella turning to face aluma who is now watching stars as if to remember the past.


    "You know all I can remember since I was a kid was either xxxxstar has been invaded/defended or xxxxEvoltionary sacrificed in battle. I didn''t take it to heart until it was my turn to face it. I don''t want the next generation to face the same situation as us if possible. After the war has ended, promise me that you take of yourself and have a happy life for both of us."I quickly walk up to her and give her a tight hug.


    Feeling the wetness on the shoulders, I was also emotional, but I still have to do this. Enjoying a rare moment of peace before going to the front line, we just sat there watching the stars. After a few minutes, Aluma let go and said "be safe, try to come back as much as possible."