《AMARANTHINE: BEYOND THE EVERLASTING》 Chapter 1: Answer
AMARANTHINE BEYOND THE EVERLASTING N I E Chapter 1 Answer . ¡°what was missed from you will never mean for you and what was meant for you will never miss you¡± . The sun shines brightly. The sounds of footsteps descending the stairs, the sound of birds chirping and a slight fragrant of brewed coffee can be felt that morning. Followed by the sound of frying and the bell ringing outside the door, indicating the newspaper-boy had arrived. An old man and a young man¡¯s greetings and morning conversation can be heard too. All, that morning, a woman sat in front of her laptop. Her hand was busy typing something. Shortly after that, she glanced at the clock and drank a sip of her coffee. ¡°Well, I have to get ready now.¡± After that, she tidied up several books and papers on the table. ¡°Dear, San, it¡¯s already six. Don¡¯t you have a class this morning?¡± the voice of an old woman called her from behind the door. San: ¡°Yes Mom. I¡¯m getting ready.¡± Her mother seems to go downstairs after reminding San to take a breakfast and called out the other siblings. San embraced her medium black bag and leave her room. San swiftly takes the nearest chair to sit and began chewing an egg sandwich. The old man came to the table and sat in front of her. he opened a sheet of newspaper that had just arrived. Eyes still glued to the newspaper, the old man asked, ¡°you have morning class?¡± After swallowing her second bite, San: ¡°as usual Dad¡±. Her Dad nodded and began to drink a glass of water. ¡°It¡¯s better if you keep an umbrella or raincoat because we had entered the rainy season.¡± San only gives a nod in return and chopping down the remaining of her sandwich. After a while, San¡¯s eldest sister and younger brother began to appear in the dining room. they began to take their breakfast while being asked the same question by the old man. San Roel. She is our Protagonist. A plain-looking girl with long darkish-brown hair all the way touching her shoulder and dark brown eyes. The old man sitting in front of her was her Dad, Jade Roel. Her father was a professor of engineering at the University of Magla. The same campus with San and her older sister, Cia Roel, were studying. San majored in Nutrition and Sciences while her sister majored in dentistry. Her younger brother, Pim Roel, is still a student in high school. Two older women approached the dining table from the kitchen. The first approached is her mother, Nepha Roel. And the latter is her grandmother, Sanne Roel. San¡¯s name was taken from her grandmother. This began when her mother gave birth to herself and had to take intensive care as her critical condition risen while her father was still out of town, so the first golden day¡¯s (one-thousand-days) San was taken cared of by her grandmother. San took two sandwiches and wrapped them with a paper, then put it in a brown-lunch box. San quickly stood up after putting the box into her bag. She waves her hand while claiming her departure. San walking along the street. Not seen many people. Since Magla City, the city was she live, has a relatively small population compared to other cities. But that¡¯s what makes it nice, San prefer an environment like this than crowded. With a small population, it doesn¡¯t stop the development of the city. There are some travelers or tourists who make a good income in the city. Magla city has several tourist destinations, they are located near Mt Magla. After the Mt Magla passes through the underground passageway while riding the train, there will be a vast-wide blue ocean, Magla Shore. Thus, make this quiet city has a nice travel tour. Magla City. Located far in the southern part of the earth. Around 500 residents and an estimated 100 to 200 travelers a day. A city that has both mountains and beaches. It has enough buildings to maintain the city, one university, one city library, government area, residential area, two fields, two hospitals, around seven schools, travel destinations, and any other area such as industries, farm, ranch, etc. even with only one campus, it is enough to accommodate students, most teenagers nowadays prefer bustled and exciting city than a city almost regarded as the city of elderly. She stopped right in front of the campus gates. There is a large round-globe statue with two rings rotating it and the name ¡®Magla University¡¯ stitches to the bottom, the statue stood in the middle of the pond. Yes, this world, the earth. Only have one country, The Regnum, that become the federation of all the city. There are four big cities, Magla is the one, the other is Uddsey in the north, Jaego in the southeast, and Mime in the west. Uddsey is the biggest city among those four, the city popular as the midnight and bustled city with their crowded population. Jaego takes the second places of population range after Uddsey, it has a wide green plain and mounts so there is so many farm and ranch around. Mime has a dense forest and mountain, it becomes the places to mining and military purpose. Although there is only one country to govern, there is still bandit, thief or rogue, rebellion forces that have no purpose, they tend to raid some region for fun, even mass-murdering that becomes a tragedy around twenty years ago. Of course, the country didn¡¯t stay still, they search thoroughly the force¡¯s camp to be annihilated. Among the map, there are countless deep forest and caves in the upper east and both around Mime City that predicted as the basecamp of rebellion forces by the country. That¡¯s why the military set up most at the Mime City,Jaego City also close with the upper east, but until now there are no cases about the raid or any mass disruption in the city. Magla, of course, the safest, quiet and peaceful city. Very humble, recommended for meditation-seeker. Uddsey city, cannot say is the safest places too, it¡¯s very crowded (yeah, we already wrote this term for the third times, so it¡¯s really-seriously crowded), there is so many skyscrapers, the shops, and any services places always open fully 24 hours, a very busy schedule for public transportation, all the media, and entertainment places also located in this city, making more lively. Why it¡¯s not safe? Well, who would not guess there are mafias building among the skyscrapers? They are very known for their cruelty way and cunning. But they never make any commotion that harmed the country. there are untold works and jobs that even the country doesn¡¯t know as they don¡¯t like being sniffed or followed around by media or pers. It¡¯s like a classic villain¡¯s quotes in a film ¡®you have seen too much¡¯ and then the villain mass murdering the entire people. Of course, it¡¯s all based on rumor. San arrived at the destination. She greeted some employees with smiles and nods her head. It has become the rules and culture in the faculty. eight states that essential to become a professional health worker; smiles, greet, heed, considerate and polite, no smoking, no drugs, and a balanced lifestyle. San paused and shift her gaze. There is a bulletin board full of the poster and other public papers. Most of them were concerts and entertainment shows in the Uddsey City, well no wonder. But a glimpse word caught by her. Oh, this is it. She took off her mobile phone, her index finger dancing on the screen and she adapted the angle. CRIK. San captures the poster that caught her attention. A science competition. Wow, finally. It¡¯s hard to find such science events nowadays. She checked her captured photo, feeling it¡¯s quite readable she takes off again toward the class. Along the way, San taking a slow step and minding her plans for today. Muttered to herself, San: ¡°Alright, after class is over, I will send this report to the laboratories. And then quickly head home.¡± Ordinary activities, ordinary-living, ordinary-looking. San was a superb common. She had a few friends with a safe distance. have a very intrapersonal, very individualism and do not want to overstep any boundaries et vice versa. She only talked when inquired, answered when questioned, and argued when needed. Hang out, spending time at caf¨¦ or popular places, and chatting over today¡¯s trend is not her liking at all. She prefers spending her most of the time at home (her rooms for exact), doing homework and other activities related to academics, or designing any idea in front of her laptop. Her most frequent activities are reading or drawing. There is also a science competition that quite interests her, but it¡¯s quite difficult to find one nowadays. San sitting in the center spot, paying such attention to the class. She takes a chance to write or notes some important lessons today. The clock is ticking and the lecturer¡¯s lesson had come to an end. After closing, most of the students stood up from their chair and start their chit-chat or approaching another student. San was sitting alone while putting her books into the bag. getting ready to stand up, a student approached her. She asked, ¡°what are you doing after this?¡± San glanced her from below and start standing up. San: ¡°heading to the lab. How about you Zephy?¡± Zephy: ¡°great, accompany me to grab some brunch, please? I will accompany you to the lab of course.¡± the brown-haired lady stared at the clock and nodded. It¡¯s still 10.30. ¡°Sure, but we might have to wait another thirty minutes since the lab still in-use. Let¡¯s grab brunch first then¡± Zephy brought her bag and they start to exit the class together. They headed toward canteen, Zephy marked the table and start to buy some snack as her brunch. San takes the seat facing the window outside. She took out her lunch box. While waiting for Zephy, she scrolled down her phone to kill times. San takes full attention toward her screen as she glanced outside. Outside, two-three groups of people were passing by. it¡¯s quite reasonable because time has shown to rush-lunch hours. Just a moment ago the canteen seems dead, it started to get crowded with students. Some of them were eating, some were waiting for their friends, some take this opportunity to advertise. San enjoyed her time. She retweeted some post or double click to like them. Two junior students approached her, offering some souvenirs and food that could be bought. ¡°it¡¯s only five coins each, senior.¡± They started showing their stuff. San decline since she already brought enough food. ¡°but if you buy two, we will make it only seven coins. How about it?¡± San smiles faintly and declines again. ¡°how about some souvenirs?¡± the latter showing some keychains and paper envelopes with unique patterns. ¡°it¡¯s only ten coins for each souvenir. If you buy two, we will make it fifteen coins only, Senior won¡¯t meet anything like this in the regular shop though hehe¡± They tried hard, she thought. San finally agrees. She takes her purse and gives the exact amount of money to the juniors. San picks one crescent-shaped keychain and white daisy flower paper one. after thanking the senior, the junior quickly retreated and offering another student. She stared at the souvenirs she just bought. The crescent-shaped has a mixture between navy blue silver color from graphite and Dresden blue that matched each other. While the envelope she bought has white petals and yellow spots in the center, forming an elegant daisy flower that attached to the envelope. Feeling satisfied, she played the keychains. Until around the corner of her eyes, she caught a black figure among the passerby. that figure, standing, with somewhat eerie aura around. San¡¯s vision was blurry therefore she could not take a detailed appearance. Those feeling comes back. Suddenly San feels her thumping chest. Shivering ran along her skin. Belief it or not, San could feel the atmosphere around the canteen suddenly become dimmed and eerie too. She gripped her keychain tightly. The surrounding environment becomes cold, San can feel her mouth and teeth quivering. She felt anxious for unknown reasons. She hesitantly turned her head to the side, looking for help to the people around her, at least she thought to talk to the person next to her might lift the eerie feeling. Right now, there were lots of people around, but a word won¡¯t come out. like someone or something pressing her vocal cords. She could see people talking to each other but their voices sounded like drowning. San felt the anxiety more than before. She shifted her gaze back to the outside; she knows that figure slowly approached her. Walk? No way, that figure wearing a somewhat long-black robe until the feet were hidden, that figure like flying low, slow but certainly coming toward her. in her heart, she panics. She didn¡¯t know what is that, what happen nor what''s going to happen. it¡¯s like her destiny has hooked. More like, she doesn¡¯t know either she still conscious or not. She could not move, talking nor hearing clearly. She flinched when suddenly a hand pokes her shoulder. ¡°What happened outside? You look stiffened while staring outside.¡± Zephy looked around outside the window. The brown-haired lady snapped from that feeling and glanced at the yellow-haired girl that sitting beside her. Zephy gaze back to her, Zephy: ¡°hey, what a cute envelope and keychain you have there sis. But if you gripped them too hard, they will be crushed¡± the yellow-haired sitting right next to San, her hands placing the tray filled with a plate of rice, the side dish and a glass of lemon tea. ¡°sorry I took too long; I got this limited side dish okay. Let¡¯s eat, shall we?¡± she added since she does not find any particular thing outside. Long, huh? San hesitantly nodded. ¡°Ye-yeah¡­¡± she glanced at the window and found no black with eerie figure outside, only some passerby. The things that happened a short time ago, she wishes that is only her imagination. After finished their meal, they headed to the lab. Zephy wanted to wait outside since she doesn¡¯t like being around the lab as her reason. That makes San step inside. She opened the door. San: ¡°Excuse me, Doc¡± she approached a man wearing a white suit and a grey turtleneck. ¡°I came to hand out my report about last week''s rehearsal.¡± The man who busy with his paper smile faintly. ¡°Great, good timing, please lend me a hand will you? I have an urgent document to do while it collided with my assignment in the hospital¡± the man quickly piling the books beside him and count them one by one. San could not find any reason to decline so she agreed. San: ¡°Pardon me, I will tell my friend to excuse first.¡± After given an agreement with Zephy outside, they parted since Zephy headed home first. San put down her bag and walked over the pile of documents. ¡°what can I help, Dr. Dairis?¡± the white suit man put more documents, ¡°please assembly the five documents and split these pages, collect these pages and divide between the history one and the result one. Once you are done, just put it in my table over there.¡± He pointed a long dark brown table behind the counter. ¡°You are a great help San. Now, I have to go.¡± And then he quickly took his leave. San started her task. ten document and the pages Dr. Dairis mentioned were over ten randomly each document. She spending almost two hours to finish the task and the clock shows in one afternoon. Finally, she could put the task in Dr. Dairis¡¯s table. She checked her belongings and left. Dude, today is something. San massages her shoulder lightly. Dr. Dairis always like that. And if she thinks about it, it¡¯s always when she shows up. Zephy has never been to lab except for practice lesson, she always boarded her report to the other students, and no student had talked once about this, the forced-task Dr. Dairies. Her classmates have a complain issue, a little stimulation that disrupts their godly time and there you go, it rapidly becomes a subject of conversation for two weeks, if it was severe, then three months would be. just three days ago she showed up again for rescheduling the practice skill for next week, She had to do his collide-task. She paused in the center of the road. There weren¡¯t many pedestrians pass by. The intersection still lit a green light. San stepped before the zebra cross, waiting for the next red light. Although the traffic was not very busy, and if she crosses the road while running, she might get to the opposite road right now. But she still remembers how dangerous the calm water is. Well, not that she complains about. Just coincidence wasn¡¯t enough right? San sighed after some ridiculous thought crossed her mind. Just then she realized there were around six people around her who also waiting to cross the road. They busy on their own, some playing their mobile phone screen, some looked up at the traffic light, and some stared at their watch. San stared at the traffic light and found about 10 seconds before changing to red light. The closer to changes, most drivers will speed up faster, especially when approaching the red light. San could hear the sound of a vehicle speeding up from her right-hand road, ready to crosses the intersection at full speed. It was a truck. The speed makes people tend to think it will successfully cross the traffic before the red light appear. Oh well, she still has time. San still had her head looked up to the traffic light. As usual¡ª Just then, someone hand pushed her from the back. Huh? She was shocked, even though the impulse seems weak, but San¡¯s body bounced forward strongly. the crescent-shaped keychain that had just been bought this afternoon was thrown right in front of her eyes. wide-eyed. She was pushed forward together with the truck that would pass the zebra cross. With only half of the cubic distance until the truck hit her body. San could only surrender as she realized she will hit by a speeding truck. She closed her eyes and could only hear the sirens from the truck and loud shouts from people around her. So helpless. The ends of her life, that¡¯s what she thinks. until the feeling starts happening again. The eerie, thumping sound from her chest and drowning atmosphere. As if the time has stopped. San opened her eyes abruptly. This is the second time in a day, she could swear how people were, no, all around her immediately stopped. No movement, muted voices. The front of the truck is right next to her and ready to touch her arm, stopped. What¡ª It was greatly shocked her for the second time. The next second, wide-eyed. her eyes pupil still shrank and found herself sitting across the street. Look bewildered. She could see the people on the other side, the six people who a moment ago were around her and looked shocked or panicked, they still busy with their own. Not long after, a vehicle come across the road. Caught by her eyes, she followed the truck, that a moment ago should almost hit her. Her gaze followed the truck until it passes the traffic. Huh? Does it successfully pass? And since when she already crosses the traffic? It¡¯s like nothing happened but only one person thinks contrary. She looks to herself, who still in a sitting position, wearing her usual grey blouse and black skirt. Her bag still attached to the back. But something seems fishy though. Wait, right, the keychain! She checked her pocket, both in her skirt and bag, but she found nothing crescent-shaped one. she turned right and left around. As she was bewildered with her confusion. The traffic light started showing the green one. The people across the street take their pace to crosses. Some of them just passing by while looking at her with a strange look. An elderly approached San and asking her, ¡°Lass, what are you doing?¡± San snapped out of it and start looking at the older women in front of her. Still looked bewildered, ¡°hu..huh? o-oh..¡± San stood up, she feels trembling all over her body. ¡°Sorry, I just ... slipped,¡± she added. After thanking her, the elderly gave a nod and goes off. San looked at the zebra cross with a strange look. A stupid one might become Zephy¡¯s comment if she was there and saw her look. San quickly notices a small spark from the road. she takes a closer look and scrutinized her eyes. Wait... no way... A crescent-shaped keychain lying on the greyish asphalt of zebra cross. Did that happen? Could it be happening? Is she still dreaming? How can this be? In instant, she filled with a lot of things in mind. She started to look sweating. San could not believe it, what happening right now was really out of her mind, nor makes sense. She really wanted someone poke her shoulder and say ¡®Hey, you are today¡¯s joke, congrats¡¯ or ¡®look there is hidden camera, you are now on TV, wow¡¯ and something like that, it¡¯s better if someone makes a prank on her, anything that could lift this uneasy feeling and non-sense incident. She prayed for that silently. Fortunately, half were answered. A hand patted her shoulder from behind. enthusiastically, she looked back. It¡¯s okay if this is for entertainment, San felt tired already with any unpleasant feeling and nonsense event today. Just finish this quickly, or so she retorted silently. ¡°San, what are you doing?¡± White suit, grey blouse. None other than him. Dr. Dairis. San wanted to cry so badly but she could only show a mixture expression. she wondered why most of the prayers were answered in half.Because this is not making any good feeling either. And she was jabbing this person up to a moment before. She felt guilty, dismay and sad all of sudden. Long-life him... San: ¡°uh... I just... passing by, Dr. Dairis.¡± She shifted her gaze to avoid the unpleasant in her eyes. Dr. Dairis grasped something into the pocket behind his white suit and pulled out something. The mixture of navy blue, greyish and Dresden blue catch the brown-haired lady''s attention fully. Dr. Dairis: ¡°I suppose, this is yours, right?¡± San becomes stupefied. Thank god, her prayers were answered best. The moment Dr. Dairis handed the keychain to her, she felt like all the burden and uneasy feeling has gone. She knows it, just a dream, thankfully this is also not a prank. San: ¡°Th-Thank you, Dr. Dairis. But where were you found this?¡± Dr. Dairis: ¡°not long after I came back from the hospital, I found this among the chair in the laboratories. I thought you left this, and when I¡¯m going to head back I met you here.¡± San smiled so happy and thanking him for the second time. ¡°No problem, I was on my way too. That crescent-shaped is unique. You have a fine taste if I may say.¡± He added. San¡¯s regretting, she complained about him a moment ago, now she fully respected and adored her professor as her savior today. Dr. Dairis: ¡°well then, I have to go. Thank you for helping me this afternoon, see you at practice.¡± Then he takes his leave and crosses the zebra cross. San gazed him until he blended among the people across the road. She shifted her gaze to the road, the keychain still lying there. She just wanted to make sure that anything that happens today was truly didn¡¯t happen. Just her imagination or she just tired. That statement has to recite in her mind for the umpteenth times already. She put her palm on her forehead, making sure she is still normal. She pinched her cheeks, making sure she is not dreaming. After that, she put the keychain in her pocket and started walking again. Arrived at home, she closed the gate and approached the door. ¡°I¡¯m home.¡± She opened the door and found her grandma was knitting on the sofa, the TV turned on and perform entertainment. Laugh and music could be heard from the front door where San standing at. ¡°Oh, San, dearie. Welcome home. How was your class?¡± her grandma put down the fabric. She shrugged, San: ¡°it was fine, grandma. I will be heading upstairs.¡± she drank a glass of water from the dispenser to avoid bad-things that almost crosses her mind. Then she takes the stairs toward her room. San put her bag on the table. She grabbed the envelope she just bought and the keychain. She put the envelope into a blue map that filled with the unique paper, she likes to collect some paper, most of them were origamis, papercuts with unique patterns, and envelopes. San takes the keychain and put it in the shelf beside her table. She left the keychain hanging with the other keychains that attached to at white hanger inside the shelf. Feeling satisfied around her collection she decided to take a nap. She makes a quick movement from putting off her shoes and shifted from wearing the blouse to a white t-shirt. Then she lay on her bed, closing her eyes and driven to her slumber. San put her bag on the table. She grabbed the envelope she just bought and the keychain. She put the envelope into a blue map that filled with other unique papers, she likes to collect some paper, most of them were origamis, papercuts with unique patterns, and envelopes. San takes the keychain and puts it on the shelf beside her table. She left the keychain hanging with the other keychains that attached to at white hanger inside the shelf. Feeling satisfied around her collection she decided to take a nap. She makes a quick movement from putting off her shoes and shifted from wearing the blouse to a white t-shirt. Then she lay on her bed, closing her eyes and driven to her slumber.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. A faint sound. ¡°¡­ up... Awake already¡± San instantly opened her eyes. stared at the blue wide sky then she blinked a few times before getting up. She was gazing at her surroundings. She found herself were awake in an unknown place. Far she sees, only nothing to see, just a glass-like terrain and wide blue sky. She looked down and saw her reflection on the glass-like terrain the wide blue sky makes a nice wide grey reflection with them. then, there are faint waves onto the glass-like-terrain and she can feel the breeze that winding slowly. San: ¡°a dream... but feel so real... huh...¡± ¡°almost, but not close enough.¡± San tensed up, she could feel an eerie feeling again with thumping sound but this time, either the place already drowned enough, instead she feels so calm. The voice belongs to a figure right behind her. She could not acknowledge the figure from the sound only. is it a woman or a man? The sound, older or younger? But more importantly, is the figure behind is a human? San could not take any move nor the urge to looked behind. She felt scared, but no sweating. Only the eerie, thumping and cold sensation around her. ¡°Stay still. We are afraid you will pass out again if you try the urge. It¡¯s better this way.¡± The voice, even with the eerie-package, you could say this figure trying to make a nice conversation with San. Or that¡¯s what San thinks, and then the brown-haired lady obeyed. It¡¯s quiet for a while. ¡°There is something we need to tell you, child. But this place wasn¡¯t safe. Let¡¯s conduct a pledge.¡± San doesn¡¯t know how to start. Either she confused or blank inside. She just cannot think anything clearly from this afternoon up to this moment. Just what happens exactly? Wait, could this figure introduce him or her or who is this figure all about? And where is she now? If this is a dream, she should just awake since the thumping was loud enough to startle her, but she can¡¯t. And she chose the latter. the safest question as she was too scared to face another slapping-statement. San swearing, if this is continued, her mental consciousness might damage severely. San: ¡°Um... excuse me. But before that, where am I now?¡± she could feel her throat become hoarse all of sudden. Not only her throat, but she could also feel her acral becomes numb and cold. ¡°a realm. Somewhere between your world, and Aelux.¡± ... ¡®I must be dead already¡¯, That¡¯s what she thought. She realized she still not ready to inquire the question, in fact, she just wanted to go back to her usual lives so badly. Aelux is the realm of all immortal beings, that we believe, called Guador who served The Almighty, the only and one god who created the world and all of the life-beings. Guador is the guardian, keeper, and overseer of earth dwellers and its essences. Many fantasies or fiction stories also called them as an angel or seraphim. ¡°Not dead yet.¡± The figure behind denied her thought. ¡°We infused the inter-realm through your mind, which mankind, called a dream. This is a realm outside your dimensions and times. Staying here longer is not good, so let¡¯s pledge and you will promptly awake.¡± Great, this figure, had figured her inner-thought. She believes this figure would not do any harm. From the first time they began the conversation, this figure warned and answered her, even if she doesn¡¯t know if it the truth or not, but she chose to believe this figure. Since she lacks any sense right now, best follow than shallow, she thought. San wanted to take a peek behind, but her inner-feeling just say a big NO to her. San: ¡°... well, I¡¯m awake already. What¡¯s so bad about this place?¡± ¡°awake at your realm, child. There are no such bad things. like we say, this realm out of your power and any rational sense. If you stay longer, you might never come back to your realm and ...¡± ¡°dead?¡± She retorted fast. What is the meaning of ¡®not good¡¯ if it wasn¡¯t ¡®bad¡¯? ¡°lost. Why human always thought like that?¡± the voice asked her, this figure¡¯s tone like curiousness. now, what is the difference between death and lost? ¡°well... I''m almost hit by a truck, I wished it¡¯s just my imagination. And I... I¡ª¡± she what? she decided to NOT thinking that again. that''s not a mere wish, it''s a real thing. but, what if right now, this situation, will explain it all? she had died. She didn¡¯t prepare for this.She is not ready if this is true. then again, She not bid farewell to her family yet. The early days she born, her grandma is the first person she was greeted, should today ended after greeted her grandma just a moment ago too? What are her last words to her grandma this afternoon? ¡®I will be heading upstairs¡¯ San almost choked and puked a weird sentence silently, as she hates using dirty words. why? Of all heading upstairs, she clearly remembers there are seven step-stairs at her home, that doesn¡¯t make she should be heading to seven-cloud already. No fair. She is too innocent. She needs more justified about her death and makes it more rational. Pushed by an unknown person and hit by a truck, as if she was living in fiction stories, is this what reincarnated protagonist all about? Or she is being reincarnated? Both of them pointed the same fact, a second life. No Sugar Honey Iced Tea. She is reading too much fiction stories, and now San¡¯s thinking how to survived if she gets a second life, if she was a villain or just cannon fodder. San notice, this figure, has figured what she is thinking right now. So, she regained back her deadpan and tight-lipped. Silence filled the entire realm. The wind was also stopped. It was like the figure being somewhat baffled as listening to her turmoil. ¡®I¡¯m so shameless¡¯ or so she thought. The figure starts explaining slowly. ¡°first, any life-being would sooner or later meet their end. Thought about when or did death happen should¡¯ve been altered, it will come and they will be realized it. Don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°Also, once a soul we ripped, there is no way it will go back. Second life, reincarnated? That is just another term of ego and revenge. Even a lost-souls who split from their embodiment before the end of their time was scattered and become a strain of obsessiveness, loss their purposed and haunted for eternity, nothing good comes out of it. Since when Earth-dweller dreaming an eternal life if they still bounded with the ¡®Earth¡¯ as their middle names. The sun rises from the east only to set in the west. Life-being born and life only to pass away. Everything that has the beginning, will meet their end. And that is how the wheel of life rolling.¡± ¡°¡­¡± What a nice lecture. This figure even added ¡®don¡¯t worry¡¯ to her, San acknowledge something. This figure, despite being an unknown and carrying eerie feeling, didn¡¯t have any good or bad intentions toward her. This figure stated the truthfulness, very-obvious, matter of facts, and neutral one. San has been slapped over than tenth time already. She noticed how baffled this figure must be when she thought about her plan to survive... in a second life as she innocently thought about this. ¡°We are baffled.¡± Hearing this, San almost choked and can¡¯t say she was crying, smiling or both. ¡°second, that matter... We will explain that matter. We can¡¯t say much right now, be patient. Both of these, about the end of life and that matter, you will meet your answer soon.¡± San sweat-dropped. ¡®thank you for answering. Really, but this figure should not mention about death.¡¯ Just what is this figure? This figure, different than normal being that will be hospitality nor courtesy, this figure simply stated un-answered statement. But, again, San, despite being inner-slapped, feeling quite calm and relaxed when this figure said meet-your-answer-soon part. It''s like a promised. Those statements weren¡¯t sugar-coated. It¡¯s like truth, it stings but also a matter of fact. San preferred this kind of treatment more than anything else if she already pushed at her limit. ¡°let¡¯s get head-on, to the pledge.¡± San snapped. San: ¡°what¡¯s pledge? Should I make a vow?¡± ¡°You really should change how your minds work. We mean date, time and place so we can meet again.¡± San quickly resigned her perception. A promise is non-abstract, which means, concrete dimensional pledges, while vow is an abstract-complex pledge with penalty issues. Note that. San: ¡°Ri-right... date and time huh... how about ¡ª¡± ¡°this evening. At your campus.¡± Jaw-dropped. This figure said a pledge, it should have been decided together not one-sided. This is called an instruction then. It has nothing to do with pledges, promised nor vow. ¡°pledge it¡¯s formally declared something that will be the case or matter. it was an honor to achieve such a one. you might never meet this again, child.¡± Now San wanted to facepalm. San retorted, ¡°but, wait, why must today? I hardly find my way to break out from the house, it¡¯s hard to get out once you already step inside.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Should she have not retorted back in the first place, or she stepped on a landmine just now? ¡°We run out of time. More than this, it will affect your body. Remember the pledges. We don¡¯t force you and vice versa, should you notice the marker, you will be acted along with the pledge.¡± The breeze blew hard as soon as the figure finished the sentences. It was like San¡¯s face was slapped. And she opened her eyes widely. it slapped her, She thinks. She touches her cheeks and can feel the same coldness with the dream that just happens. She blinked a few times and tried to get up. She found herself lying in her bed. The times is ticking and pointed right at two o¡¯clock, afternoon. She feels like didn¡¯t sleep or fresh after taking a short nap. She was about to stand up but her feet gave up. She fell to the floor, her hands gripped the bed, so the impact after falling was light. Oh wow, that figure stated the truth, it affects my body. She makes a careful move to sit and waited until her feet could be felt and used again. She is staring outside the window. She could see the sky looked dark; she thinks it will be rain again. She put her mobile phone and start browsing. The beginning. She still remembered a lesson when she is still at elementary school. For three years of the first grade, all the students in Magla elementary school learned about morals and attitudes. One of the lessons is about the insight of the beginning. It tells us Who created us, how we born, what is the reason we here. most of them with accepted theories. We, the figure called us Earth-dwellers, believe there is The Almighty. The Only One who created and ruled the whole-universe. The Almighty created three beings; the first one is Guador that formed from the light. Guador, remarkably as Angel or Seraphim in most fiction stories, is an existence that preserved the Earth and its essence. The second one is Daelos that formed from the darkness. Daelos, remarkably as Demon, Devil, Satan, or Djinn in most fiction stories, is an existence that was banished from Aelux and swore to ruin the third-being, the Earth-dwellers especially humans. Why banished, some theories stated that Daelos disregards The Almighty¡¯s order thus they are banished and make a swore, an oath, that they will be ruin and incite the human-being for lifetimes. Some theories stated that Daelos treat the human-being crudely, one of the most famous stories is about how Daelos lured the first human being to break the taboo from The Almighty. The third-being is obvious, the Earth-dwellers that formed from the soil. Many theories stated that third-being is the most sublimed creature. The Almighty gave something that contrary to another being. they managed to think, assuming, feeling, determining, foreseeing and grasped something high, they inhabited the Earth and have the ability to survive, they are ceasing or having life-span, unlike Guador and Daelos. If Guador always obeyed The Almighty and Daelos have a swore to do, the Earth-dwellers have thousands of choices and paths. They declined, agreed or bargained were something which neither can do. Aelux, San remembered. Which is the realm of The Almighty and Guador resides, formerly with Daelos that have been banished. The Guador were divided as ten Guador: 1. Gevee. Known as the Sender of Divine Revelation. The Guador who responsible for conveyed divine judgment. 2. Maevus. Known as the Overseer of Mundane Necessities. The Guador who responsible to keep track of all the earth-necessity from the smallest things, like rains, up to things which cannot be seen with the five senses, like inner-feeling. 3. Arie. Known as the End and Rebirth Whistler. The Guador who responsible for bearing the Trumpet and its divine obligation. Theories stated and belief, the trumpet will be used as the sign of the world¡¯s End. The first honk was destruction and the second was rebirth again. 4. Zeeloreis. Known as Angel of Death. The Guador is responsible for gathering the souls of all living beings. Zeeloreis were feared and the most occupied Guador. Zeeloreis has a tremendous amount of aide than any other Guador. Being feared the most, many fiction stories developed a skull and reaper image about Zeeloreis, increasing the fear-euphoria. Even San elementary school¡¯s book painted Zeeloreis as the hooded-grim-skull bringing the big-black-scythe. 5. Gemenna. Known as Keeper of Hellfire. The Guador who responsible to keep the Hell¡¯s Gate of divine torments. Gemenna didn¡¯t become most feared, instead become the most unwelcoming sight. 6. Rimmes. Known as Keeper of Pearly Gates. The Guador who responsible to keep the Heaven¡¯s Gate of divine amenities. Rimmes was exactly the opposite of Gemenna. 7. Lorein. Known as one of the Honorable Querier. The Guador who responsible to attempt ordeal and divine inquiry of all the living soul. Lorein works together with Lenore. 8. Lenore. Also known as one of the Honorable Querier. The Guador who responsible for attempt ordeal and divine inquiry all the living souls. Lenore works together with Lorein. They make a final screening before the souls brought to the Judgement day 9. Reimer. Known as one of the Honorable Scribes. The Guador who responsible for recorded the benevolence of all living beings. 10. Liruii. Also known as one of the Honorable Scribes. The Guador who responsible for recorded the malevolence of all living beings. Together with Reimer, the scribes of each being will make real evidence for Judgement Day. As for Daelos. There were not many theories described them. Until now, there is only folk¡¯s tale, myths or delusion. Although around fifty years ago, many people admitted themselves as shamans around the world. They could perform many miracles, which people often called them magic. They said they are using a power called ¡®Mana¡¯, a magical force. Since then, the theories developed a new insight. It¡¯s about the blessings from The Almighty. the first one called ¡®Mana¡¯ and the second one called ¡®Faltea¡¯. Both had different sources and utilization. Unfortunately, theories are a validity without practice. San closed her mobile screen. she sighed. Browsing about this won¡¯t be any help. If she wanted the answer, she will be acted along with the pledges. But if she doesn¡¯t want to and chooses to remain ignorant. She would not act along with the pledge right? Besides, right now the rain is raining. Huh, wait, it¡¯s raining...? San stared outside the window. Heavy rain. Is this what the figure said ¡®notice the marker¡¯? Well yeah, who would want to go outside if it heavily rains outside? San chuckled, she knew it, everything just her delusional. She must be tired from yesterday taking all night-shift to work out her assignment. Her feet returned to normal. She stood up and goes downstairs. Suddenly feeling nostalgic and wanted to spend her time with her grandma in the living room. not because of that dream, though. Or that¡¯s what she declined the reason. Around two hours she accompanied her grandma, helping her knitting the fabric. Which San doesn¡¯t know what¡¯s for? But she enjoyed them. And then, her sister has returned home. Followed by her mother and her brother. San must admit, she found it quite rare to gathered with her family. She spent most of her time in her room. maybe that quotes were right, losing something valuable does change people. Not like she has been dead and got a chance to fix it. No no no, she almost loses her keychain. San recited that ¡®this is normal¡¯ or ¡®people could change, so I could change too¡¯ repeatedly. The topic changes from how were their school goes to what¡¯s for dinner, where they will spend the weekend next time and something like that. San feeling dramatic suddenly, to spending time with her family, was a joyful first-time-ever moment. Huh? San: ¡°Where is dad?¡± Her mother put a plate filled with cookies in the table, ¡°oh, you are right, he must be stuck on campus.¡± Her mother gazed outside the windows, still raining. ¡°did he forgot to bring an umbrella with him?¡± Now you mention it. San glanced at the clock, 6 pm, It¡¯s already evening. ¡°mom, do you forget already? Father didn¡¯t bring his umbrella because it was broken. I believe you broke his umbrella to catch a mouse.¡± Her sister mocked her brother and they start a quarrel. facepalming. Her father, the one who always warned us to be careful, yet he... (added sigh here). If she knew this, she should have not brought her umbrella. Since she goes home faster. Yeah, if she knew this... she just realized how dense she must be. she should have paid more attention to her family, who always there for her. Feeling guilty, she rose. Mother: ¡°San, where were you going?¡± San put on the yellow boots and yellow raincoat. ¡°campus¡± Her mother almost choked her cookies. Mother: ¡°what? No, stay here. What for? It¡¯s already dark outside, and it rains heavily. You will get sick.¡± San: ¡°I will pick up father. And as long as I stayed fit, I won¡¯t get sick easily.¡± She brings a blue umbrella; it was her sister¡¯s. ¡°I will borrow your umbrella sis¡± her sister echoed since she still quarrels with her brother. ¡°I have to go. Better faster before dark happen.¡± Thus, San makes her way to the outside. Her raincoat already drenched among heavy rain. She walked fast, not running. Because she didn¡¯t dare to. Her vision was more like a vision of a thousand vertical-strain in retro tv with cloudy filter. She needs brightness-adjustment or bokeh-effect right now. she successfully arrived on her campus. The big-brown globe¡¯s statue still rolling. There were not many pedestrians, but you could see how fast transportation passes. San takes a shortcut. She jumps through the thicker bushes. Only to damped into a pond. It was not very deep, only reached around her thigh. Nice. It¡¯s damp-cold And that cold struck her internally. Did she just come to her campus? This time? What? She quickly going up, fortunately, there is no one saw what happened just now or she would be losing some face. She double-checked. Truly dead. A moment ago, there were some vehicles, which is like today was a national holiday (well, who wanted to go to campus on holiday). She takes a quick-paced, a quick turned, and twice times jump through some bushes along the way. This is greenery universities anyway. Finally, she arrived at her destination. There is a little life, feeling grateful. She approached. There are three people, who looked like a student, waiting for the rain to stop. She decided to wait for her father. She was on campus... what has been hit her? She is the those-people-who-breached-and-make-their way-through the heavy rain. She just thought about the pledges ¡®no matter, you will be acted accordingly¡¯ and ¡®we didn¡¯t force you and you didn¡¯t force yourself¡¯ part. She must admit something; she should have been clearer headed. Right, now what? this is already near the late evening. She should finish what she purposed here. She entered her father¡¯s faculty, Engineering. She remembered her father¡¯s office located on the fourth floor. So, she tapped the lift button, entered the lift and goes up. Arrived on the fourth floor, San turned left and make her way to the corner part. She reached the door and greeted. Surely, she could hear her father¡¯s voices. Indicating her to enter. ¡°Dad.¡± Dad: ¡°did you come all by yourself? Or mom ordered you?¡± San shakes her head. ¡°I come... by myself.¡± Yes, she admitted that pledges. She coming to the pledges accordingly. No one forced her, and she didn¡¯t force herself either. Her father seems faintly gaped. Dad: ¡°did something hit you on your way?¡± Yes, Dad. Today she swears she almost dead, hit by a truck on her way home. And then met a figure that she could not explain further who that is, and then make a pledge. Thus, you found me here was what the pledges said accordingly, somehow, she still didn¡¯t see that figure again, but still prayed for that didn¡¯t happen. San wanted to tell him everything so badly. Even the way she wanted to answered him was like a long title of the most fiction novel and comic about the reincarnated protagonist. But she didn¡¯t want to make her dad worries. It hit her greatly... San concluded. She sighed and said, San: ¡°sort of. I fell into a pond just now.¡± well she did not lie. You could see a darker zone in her skirts. Her dad only gives a chuckled. He offered a towel and tell her to sit. Dad: ¡°it won¡¯t take too long¡± than the old man quickly mesmerized with his pile of works. San sitting for a while. Then she stood up. It was not comfortable enough to sit while your lower part was drenched wet. San asked her father if she can roam freely and her father gives a nod. given an agreement, she exits the office. She takes some pace and stopped in a window. Certainly, it was almost dark. The evening will pass. Then again, what about the pledges. Is she remembered them wrong? Or the other parties didn¡¯t do the pledges accordingly? Well, she prays that didn¡¯t real. It wasn¡¯t real. Yes. Was not¡ª San was aware of the silenced around her. It¡¯s silence. Too silence if you asked. The downpour rain didn¡¯t stop but their sound muted. The sky looked cloudy, added with the evening, it makes the atmosphere somewhat darker-red. She blinked a few times. Those feeling, eerie, thumping sound and a drowned sound always accompanied her. It will begin... the pledges... it happens. San checked her surroundings once again. What did she expect? Come on, move your feet! She could feel how trembling her body. She wanted to go back to her father, hugging him, since she is too scared right now. the corridor, she glanced, seems the lights have been turned off without her noticing. It feels like any clip from horror movies. Surely something or someone will pop out from behind her. She quickly turns around only to find a wide white wall. That¡¯s right after the heroine turn around and found nothing, something or someone will pop out behind her again, and¡ª San stopped how she could remember those common clips from horror movies. God, I wanted to go home (T.T) ¡°evening¡± She jumped and stumbled backward. Shocked greatly when something halted her sudden move. She didn¡¯t know what holding her, but she was very sure, that was not a hand. It was cold, way too cold. ¡°Woah, no need to be excited. As we said, the pledges are declaring something that will be the case, right?¡± San balanced herself to standing normally. ¡°uh. ¡°she didn¡¯t know what to do or talked about, she wanted to retort the ¡®to be excited¡¯ part since she was feeling quite the opposite. But didn¡¯t dare to. That figure right behind her. ¡°We think you have so many questions. Let¡¯s hear them out.¡± Silence filled the corridor. ¡°what¡¯s wrong?¡± Words won¡¯t come out. It stuck in her freezing throat. ¡°Ah. We asking too much aren¡¯t we. We can¡¯t do much about that. It was natural for all living-being feeling scared or fear toward us. Including you, you are a living being. Let¡¯s take a step by step explanations.¡± That figure begins the sermon¡¯s part. First, we already know about you, then let us introduced ourselves properly, We are one of the Guador. I supposed you already knew this, no? you, Earth-dweller, often called us The Angel of Death. ¡°¡­.¡± San could only stare down with bewildered expression. that figure, just now, introducing ¡®their¡¯ self as to what? Did she hear clearly? Because she has hearing issues since this afternoon. No wait... she has mental issues. You hear them clearly. Yes, we are Zeeloreis. Ah, those spikey-coated statements. How nostalgic. San wished she should have stayed with her father instead. Maybe she would not do accordingly with the pledges and this would never happen. It will happen. No matter what, a destiny, that meant for you would never miss you. Ah, those truthfulness statements. San closed her eyes slowly. She takes a deep breath. Just a word, a sentence, please. She begged herself repeatedly. She wanted to talk so badly. No wait... she wanted to screams. ¡°wh... why choose...?¡± the last sentences won¡¯t come out, but it formed only with her mouth. Zeeloreis catches the phrase. As expected, There are so many ¡®why¡¯. We understand, First, if you wondering about the places, I expected you already know about Faltea, no? that will skip the explanation. This place has a high level of Faltea. Well, this entire aisle, that somehow your kind called ¡®Magla Isle¡¯, has a whole high Faltea. And your universities were a learning place filled with useful activities, thus the level is higher. Second, if you wondering about why we chose you... The figure becomes silent. San couldn¡¯t help but curious about the answer. Not really special, we just choose randomly. ¡°¡­¡± San was jaw-dropped. How could they, she means that Zeeloreis, choose something crucial randomly. She was almost ground and being crazy because of what happened today. Does this figure know how she felt right now? she almost died. She wrongly pushed. And... and... You are not dead... yet. what was missed from you will never mean for you and what was meant for you will never miss you. Ah, those obvious-statement. Never sweet nor betrayal could be felt. ¡°Fa...Faltea... Co-Could you explain this f-further...?¡± heaven, how did her voice become stammered. She was too long instated of fear. Oh, and added with coldness. Wait, Zeeloreis could answer what was on her mind, she should just ask what¡¯s on her mind than embarrassed herself with a stuttered voice. Faltea. The supreme power of faith, a blessing from the Almighty to us. born of trust and faith of each living-being as a level of power. Faltea also which we called ¡®Blessing between the Light¡¯, truthfully, only we, Guador could utilize and manage the Faltea directly. Earth-Dwellers also had the Faltea, but the utilization was different than us. The utilization was indirect which you called a blessing. Except for those Earth-Dwellers that we chose, they could utilize and managed the Faltea directly. Now San was curious, what was the difference between directly and indirectly? Directly means you could use them as your power and guidance as your willful. Indirectly means they will use at the right time and places, automatically. San was swallowing the essential information. If only Guador and the earth-dwellers could use them, direct or indirect. What about the second-creation? Oh, the Daelos you mean? They don¡¯t use the Faltea, in which their good merits have been altered. They used a magic power which we called Mana. The Mana, ¡®Blessing between the Darkness¡¯, was a form of supreme power that balanced between the user¡¯s ability and the strength. Its concept was more like this, what is expected to be then there must be the price to do, either the user¡¯s physical, mental, spirit, the surrounding area or deceit even the souls could be the price. Depending on the user¡¯s desires. Now San was thinking about it. Surely, every RPG-games or novel wrote how the heroine and friends have magical power also have a mana point (MP). It could deplete and you can¡¯t use the magic nor skill, some of them also ruined your health point (HP). Anyway, it means the ¡®price¡¯ right? Your way of thinking, that was a not-bad example. Why thank you. San also curious, but the game mentioned how supreme the Mana is, it could heal and become a shield, but also attack and brings destruction. She remembered there was called white mana and dark mana. Huh, is it different? No, they are the same. Anything comes from the Mana, was still ¡®Blessing between the Darkness¡¯ no matter what. Healing, forming a shield, or attacking was a mere of a user¡¯s desires. They still need to do the price. And those will be damaged, even body and heart. All the mana users, Daelos and its underlings, would be blinded with the magical power. They wanted more and more, thus sacrificing and use another method. From this, I will begin why such happened to you. San gulped and calmed down. She will meet her answered. It begins when Daelos already banished from Aelux. They swore to taunt all the Earth-Dwellers. They will use anything to make the most perfect creation fall to their knees. They promoted how strong and supreme Mana is, making all the earth-dwellers tempted. Once an Earth-Dwellers used Mana, they will get blinded with how strong the power is. Some of them, maybe you already know, a creature like a demon, Satan, witch, and the newest underlings, Shaman. They are merely a human that fell to Daelos¡¯s lured. Hungry with the magical power, they multiplied. It¡¯s taken almost my aide and another Guador¡¯s aide to wiped them out. But it will become worsened. Daelos won¡¯t stop trying. They would use another method. Which were you already experienced. Huh, the almost hit by a truck. That? Yes, that. Your dead should not be that soon yet. The one who pushed you wanted you as their sacrificed and obtained greater Mana, the Daelos underlings. unfortunately, maybe you didn¡¯t realize them. But they already have their eyes on you since you were sitting at the canteen. They won¡¯t stop. they will disrupt the whole system of life. The things that must keep hidden will appeared. The blessing that should not be meant for them well scattered. Everything would be out of balanced. Thus, it will affect Aelux more so. If we failed, then we can only depend on The Almighty¡¯s order and decisions. Either way, He knows what¡¯s best for ye. Oh. Now, San almost forgot. The figure that standing outside the window, blended with the passerby... at the canteen. That was my aide. I ordered them to watch what was eyed-on-you behind your back. And yes, you catch my aide figure. Anyway, my aide successfully stopped them before they gained what they desired but what will happen tomorrow might not be the same. We are busy. Then why they wanted her? She thinks she just a plain-looking and ordinary student. The fewer someone ties with another, the merrier to cut them. It¡¯s like herding a whole sheep pack and being watched by a group of wolves. Of course, the wolves will only be seeking opportunities when a sheep split from its group. Thus, easy to have preyed. Such an example. San suddenly feeling uncomfortable when Zeeloreis mentioned ¡®ties-¡¯. Does that mean, she is such an individualism creature? Or worse, NEET? She hardly thinking just now, she realized how dense she was to not looking after her own family. San was blaming herself for not as worthy as social-beings. She could expect why Zeeloreis choose her randomly. Just what Zeeloreis said; she is too easy to be preyed at. She was regretting that she just realized how something was important for her. Can you see them? San raised her head and glanced around her side. She found nothing. The faltea. You just regretting something, didn¡¯t you? How can regretting something become the power of faith? There is so much knowledge that missed by her. That¡¯s not how Faltea¡¯s works, child. Remember this well, the stronger Faltea depends on living beings'' intentions, aims, purposes, objectives, motives even goals. Look at another perspective, what do you regret? It¡¯s good or bad? Everything that meant for you was called as a Blessing. Since you will use them directly from now on, you must remember this. Everything based on your faith. As clear as a day, tears flowing from her eyes. as she can see a slight glow around her. She thought it was a pack of fireflies. But she could feel how warm that small glow. Is this what Faltea? It looks faint, the glows look flicker around her. You will realize the answer when you got used to Faltea. But for now, good, you already see them. That is one step forward. First, I need you to meet your tutor. He is also a human being that I sent to watch you. He will be explained further things with you, and you may get access to the Aelux open-hall realm. There you will meet another like you and will have your train started. Wait the plot is asking too much. Just now she felt overly dramatic but then she driven into a real business here, give her a break. Also, she wanted to ask so many questions. Like, this figure, is Zeeloreis right? What is feel to be Angel of Death? Oh, should she ask when she is going to die? Nope, bad idea, Zeeloreis would certainly answer the most obvious one, what was that? You-will-meet-the-answer-soon yeah, something like that. Does every Guador bear such whole eerie-aura like Zeeloreis? Because even Zeeloreis¡¯s aide was something like that. San wanted to take a little peek behind her, she also wanted to know how is Zeeloreis¡¯s original forms, does it different than most of her elementary books? How to rip a soul? One step forward, that is not meaning there is still a whole step to do right? Tutor, a human at that? Aelux open-hall realm, wow, sounds like the first quest to her. The name was also similar to ¡®lobby¡¯ or ¡®main hall of HQ¡¯ in most of RPG-games and novels. But Zeeloreis doesn¡¯t take attention to her mind and continued the order. The train started and it won¡¯t become a hassle in your daily life, we assure you. We will train you on our own. So be prepared. We must act fast if we must face and stop them soon. On your way, you might find a slight of Mana users around your surroundings. Don¡¯t act without thinking. Keep aware and stay still on your own. Until you get stronger, don¡¯t do anything reckless. We think that¡¯s enough for now. San: ¡°Wa-wait... w-who is the person Is-should met?¡± Damn stutter. She doesn¡¯t find any tendency to this situation as she doesn¡¯t want to in the first place. I thought you already met him. San wondering the person Zeeloreis referring to. Zephy? No way. Honestly, San aware that she doesn¡¯t have a lot of friends. You may count with only a hand for her friends she comfortable with, even not close yet. Is Zeeloreis meant her family? More like a whole no-way. Dairis Magne. Heaven calamities. ¡°¡­.¡± . To be continued . SIDE INFORMATION: 1.First Golden-days (One-Thousand-Days): the first day babies born, they will need intensive care like mother¡¯s lactation, until six months. This is a remarkable as important and essential life as it would affect their grown-up development. 2.Jaw-dropped: mouth gaped open. 3.NEET: is a person who is "Not in Education, Employment, or Training". Basically, they isolated themselves from the outer world. 4.Seven-cloud: truthfully there were so many articles that stated it was until nine-cloud. It¡¯s a place where the Angel resides in most articles, something like the afterlife and immortal realm. 5.Reincarnated: being given a second life. 6.RPG: sort from ¡®role-playing games¡¯ where you could switch or choose a player or job. 7.HQ: sort from ¡®Headquarter¡¯ 8.MP: sort from ¡®Mana Point¡¯ is often shown as a blue color. Used to manage skill or magic. Some of RPG-games and novels may write them as Magic Point instead. 9.HP: sort from ¡®Health Points¡¯ is often shown as red color. Indicated the player''s health to keep up the progress or journey. AUTHOR¡¯S NOTE: Chapter 2: Is It True? AMARANTHINE BEYOND THE EVERLASTING BY NIE . Chapter 2 Is it true? . ¡°There is nothing good or bad, but by thinking makes it so¡± . ¡°Is it true?¡± A man halted his move, looking bewildered. ¡°Ye-yeah? What is it, San?¡± San takes a step forward as she is pressing the poor man. ¡°Dr. Dairis, is it true?¡± Dr. Dairis is sweating. ¡°Pardon me, but could you explain this further?¡± San: ¡°Is it true? They are real? No, everything is real?¡± Dr. Dairis: ¡°Wha? They? Who? Real?¡± San: ¡°they. Zeeloreis. Guador. Faltea. Daelos. Please, Dr. Dairis, is connected already? I mentioned almost all the keywords. Oh, and truck.¡± Dr. Dairis make an O-shaped mouth, indicating he finally got the clues. San also followed him by making an almost O-shaped mouth but still looks like she was quite happy when the poor man gets the clues. ¡°Let¡¯s sit for a while. Tea or coffee?¡± ¡°¡­¡± It wasn¡¯t heroic for the first quest. Really. At the table, there is a pile of books and a small area enough for two cans of coffee. If we had play RPG games, the setting was more epic. Like, caves or small hut. Laboratorium? Come on, it reeks medicinal a lot. And the first NPC to be our sage or tutor or mystical creature looking for help, usually said more like this; ¡®I have been waiting for you, Lass/Lad¡¯, ¡®the prophecy has come, you have come¡¯, ¡®you must begin your journey¡¯, and blabla blah. And then, the NPC will give us something like a journal book, or anything to guide us. But, Dr. Dairis said; ¡°Sorry, I never thought that our tea has expired. I hope you can drink coffee.¡± And San replied, ¡°Oh, no problem.¡± Heaven. San slapped herself, internally. ¡°Please, let¡¯s get to the point Doc.¡± Dr. Dairis sat across her. Breathing slowly and begin to explain. ¡°What do you think?¡± San could not help but making a weird expression. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Now you are here. What do you think?¡± This is wrong. Do the first epic quest like this? This is frustrating. ¡°It felt like, am dreaming,¡± San answered as it is. She was right, she felt everything is not real. Meet with Zeeloreis, that Angel of Death, who form never known by her because she was already scared just hanging beside that figure. And then, Daelos? Mana? Faltea? Everything was wreaking havoc inside. But once again, she still believed that she is still alive, despite the time a truck almost hit her. Dr. Dairis pick his coffee. After taking a sip while letting the lassie in front of her was thinking deeply, he leisurely said: ¡°Well, it¡¯s true. Zeeloreis already informed your arrival to me. As usual, it will never become our habit when we met Zeeloreis. That fear, sudden cold, an uneasy feeling, will always accompany us.¡± That pricked the brown-haired lady. She snapped from her thinking and stared at the man before. ¡°Pardon me, You too?¡± Dr. Dairis nodded and replied, ¡°Of course, we all meet the Guador who responsible to take the soul after all. The Death itself. There is no way a living being would never be scared.¡± San Oh-ed. She recalled the first time she met Zeeloreis and said ¡®It was natural for all living-being feeling scared or fear toward us¡¯ part. Silence filled the room once again, only a sipping sound could be heard from the man. ¡°Don¡¯t you have a lot to talked about?¡± San still feeling uneasy, ¡°I¡­ Pardon me, I don¡¯t even know where to begin at¡­ it¡¯s just, this is too much. I don¡¯t think I can bear this anymore, there should be something wrong. Aren¡¯t Daelos already doing the swore since a long time ago, why right now? what happens to humans if we failed? No, what¡¯s in me? Why I¡¯m also taking the part?¡± Dr. Dairis put the coffee. He thinking deeply for a while. ¡°Indeed, Zeeloreis is busy, very busy. Thus, it was reasonable if you have a lot of questions since the explanation was less coherent. San Roel, we don¡¯t force you. If you find this quite nonsense, you may quit. You have the choice to do so. I cannot say what exactly in you or why did you also take the part, but I believe, what happens to you is equivalent to how far you are capable of.¡± Oh. There. San could see glowing bubble-like things. Flickering around the laboratory. She glanced at every corner of the room. she could feel something warm lurking around her chest, makes her feel calm. She adjusted how she behaved just now, she acted like a person who already lost her consciousness. Haha, she smiled faintly. Yeah, she already lost them. Why thinks too much? she takes a deep breath. ¡°Calm already? Faltea around here finally get your consciousness back, huh¡­ ¡°, Dr. Dairis took a sip again. ¡°Doc, my first question.¡± ¡°I was going to explain to them when you are ready.¡± San takes her second-deep breath. ¡°Pardon me, I think I¡¯m ready¡± ¡°(Sigh) Zeeloreis sure are¡­ making me explain the complicated part. Daelos and their oath. Yes, they do and will always tantalize us; human-being, earth-dwellers, the most sublimed creature or any other term of us, the third-being. Formerly, Guador won¡¯t and prohibited from interfering with this matter. But lately, Daelos and their underling activities have been outrageous. Seems Guador¡¯s responsibilities begin to be disrupted and if prolonged, it may be agitated the World Balance. As a matter of fact, death and life, something that should keep hidden, direct or indirect blessing, everything will mess up. For example, you. Yesterday, almost died. I suppose Zeeloreis already told you, yesterday its not the time of your death, yet. But Daelos and their underling break those and harmed you, indirectly. The person who pushed you was a mere human, that fell to the lure. Being greedy and all, he hunted for the likes as the next scapegoat. The purposed is simply, to gain greater Mana. Oh, that¡¯s right, in elementary school, you should already know this before; about Mana, Faltea, those blessings.¡± San put away the information up until now. she nodded and added, ¡°I only know the common picture of them. If I am not mistaken, there is a different about direct and indirect blessing. Zeeloreis only taught me about Faltea, how about Mana?¡± ¡°Mana. As supreme and magical power, they don¡¯t do the indirect thing. They are all direct. Precisely because they are the form of one desire, thus they born as the bundle of blessing between the darkness. But, from this, you should differ them as Passive and Active Mana. The Passive, they formed from the mediator, it can be an accessories, talisman, amulet or charms, anything. Even a living-person could be the mediator to attach the passive Mana. They influenced the user¡¯s Mana.¡± San: ¡°Oh, like buff-skill or boost items huh?¡± ¡°What?¡± San: ¡°Nothing. Please continue¡­¡± ¡°The passive one, they mostly boosting the user ability. Thus, a person with Mana if they also have a passive one, truly difficult to deal with. To attach them, you need sacrifice, the more the better, the higher the position of sacrificial like a human, the greater you get the effect. The sacrifice is the price.¡± San understands something, the person who pushed her, wanted to attain greater passive mana then. If thinking like this, she is quite sad, her dead become someone only-booster and a passive one at that. What a hassle. Just for that, there she is now. no fair. San affirms her wish, if she met the person who pushed her, she will make a reckoning with him. ¡°Pardon me, Doc. May I inquire a question?¡± Dr. Dairis: ¡°Go ahead.¡± ¡°What happened to the person who pushed me? I suppose he wanted me to become his sacrifice, am I right?¡± ¡°Oh, you already connected. Experience is the best teacher. Well, Zeeloreis said that matter was finished. Perhaps, has been rout? There is no way I would like to know how grim reaper''s method of finishing the job.¡± What And here, she wanted to give him a pay-back. Again, no fair. It should be her. ¡°You can ask Zeeloreis later about that. Now, get to the active Mana. They don¡¯t use a mediator. Simply empty-handed. As the desired begin, thus within the right price, they will form active mana. You could expect healing, shield, or maybe assault kind of result, depending on the desire.¡± San understood them quickly since it happened on most of the RPG-games or novel. San: ¡°do active mana also perform like controlling elemental matter?¡± ¡°Of course, human¡¯s desired was beyond the limit. Fire, water, air, earth or another elemental that I could not sort them. Even rain, thunder or maybe if the sacrifice was tremendous, for example, a crowd of humans, maybe they could perform a tsunami.¡± Woah, feeling supreme already. San understood again, no wonder we are easily tempted. Just by hearing this, she imagined what will she do when she got bored. Oh, did she mention bored? Haha How frightening. ¡°Ho-how to defeat them, Doc? I think it¡¯s impossible to defeat them. Since they have something like that. That reminds me, what does exactly Faltea do?¡± ¡°one by one, Lass. As for Faltea. It¡¯s troublesome if you don¡¯t experience them on your own. But I will give you an example. A moment ago, you lost your selves, aren¡¯t you? You still think that this is nonsense or why it should be me instead. Thus, you feel lost. And then, you see those glowing bubble things. What do you feel at that time?¡± San recalled the memory. ¡°well, something is lurking warm inside my chest. And then, I feel calm all of sudden.¡± ¡°Good, that¡¯s enough. The calmness, what do you think?¡± San cannot recognize what was the question meant, and making a weird face. ¡°I will give you a hint. Every human being has something called ¡®Heart¡¯. Each of them responsible for managing one person feeling. The calmness you felt was something that could influence your heart. The calmer your heart is, the better you are. Thus, you can think more clearly or do something that won¡¯t weigh you down. But that different when your heart won¡¯t calm down. You become easily being bothered, upset, confused, or disordered. Imagine your heart is like a room, and imagine the space of your room indicated how far you tranquilize. When your heart becomes more composed, thus space will spacious. Then, you added some problems inside, added ten to twenty problems you just made yesterday. Since its spacious, you won¡¯t mind no matter how much problem there is. However, when your heart was less composed. Space will become cramped. Just added two problems and poof, there is no space left for you. Thus, you will easily be agitated.¡± San finally understood how calmness influences the heart. Yet, she concludes. Did Faltea is more like the power of nothing then? Is just changing a feeling, what so special? Even taking a break could change them. She is imagined if she must face a tornado born from Mana with that. ¡°I know you are thinking about how useless Faltea is¡± Gulping. San took a sip of her coffee and shifting her gaze since it hit directly to her mind right now. ¡°Haha, no need to act. It is normal if you think like that. As I said, this is just an example of many examples and miracles that could happen with Faltea. You should begin your train to learn more of your Faltea, Lass.¡± San: ¡°that¡¯s right, what train? Like military lessons? Zeeloreis also said ¡®Aelux Open-Hall Realm¡¯, what¡¯s that?¡± Dr. Dairid sighed and muttering ¡®one by one, please¡¯. ¡°I was going to send you there. Well, whenever you are ready. Training, hmm¡­ should I make a spoiler here?¡± he chuckled and finished his coffee. ¡°as for training, ask Zeeloreis again since the one and ¡®only¡¯ one who trains you will be the grim-reaper itself. I suppose every Guador will train their students each differently.¡± Huh, each student? Every Guador? Wait, too much. Too much information bleaching. ¡°you are making a lot of funny faces. Alright, I know you already run out of patience. To the Aelux, your times in this world will be stopped, thus how long you were there you will come back at an exact time when you departed.¡± ¡°Huh? Wa¡ª ¡° ¡°See you soon.¡± A wind suddenly slapped her face as she closed her eyes tightly. She didn¡¯t know how light could blind her. Up until a moment ago she was sitting, but the wind could launch her body as she was flying, forcefully at first and when the wind calmed down, she felt her body flying slowly. and then, her feet already touching a land. San opened her eyes gradually. Inside her viewing. She could see wide blue skies and white puffy clouds. Not really below but more like in the same height, she saw flying landscapes forming a flying island ties each other with bridges and stairs. In the center of the islands, she could saw an enormous building that looks eye-catching even from afar. Tree and greeneries, bushes and flowery, ornamented sky pillars, the bridges, long white stairs, and radiant gateways. Just by looking at the places, she felt dazzling. She could feel the warmness all over her inside and soft coldness behind her back. Once again, tranquilize taken over her. ¡°Is¡­ is this heaven?¡± she muttered to herself. She wanted to pinch her nose. ¡°No. this is Aelux Open-Hall Realm.¡± Said a person next to her. She quickly turned to the side and saw a person with fair skin and short-cutting black hair wearing a white blouse and long black pants, she covered her blouse with long sleeves black tuxedo. Seemingly elegant. San thought she is an office worker. ¡°U-uh¡­ ¡° as always, San confused either to-agreed with her or wanted to know the woman beside her first. The woman gazed her and added, ¡°which means, we are in the Aelux realm. But not that far to heaven. A realm beyond space and time in our world.¡± Wow, such information. She must be well informed before. Then, San thinks how can she stuck with the busiest Guador, she meant that Zeeloreis, and the clumsier lecturer, she meant that Dairis. They are not even giving her detailed information like these. San smiled at her, ¡°Th-Thanks for the information¡­ umm¡­ ¡° ¡°Vera, Vera Smith.¡± The woman presented her hands, indicating to shaking hands. ¡°I am San, San Roel. Nice to meet you, Vera.¡± San grasped her hand and shakes gently. ¡°San¡­ Roel. You are, do tell me that¡ª¡± Her voice cut off from a sound behind them. ¡°WHOAAA, LOOKS FLYING ISLANDS!!¡± San and Vera being startled and looked behind together. ¡°Qai, calm yourself will you!?¡± spotted a man that halted the screaming one. ¡°ow, come on, don¡¯t be stimulate-blocker, Alais. I know we just met but we should explore this place together!¡± Two people approached where San and Vera standing. They both male, the left one with greyish black hair and wearing a dark-purple blouse with long sunny color trousers. While the right one, the screaming one just now, has brown hair and wearing short sleeves white t-shirt with a huge image a tiger face printed and long black trousers. They fixed their stares at the two ladies in front of them. ¡°oh, another one. hello hello!¡± the brown hair one waving his hands as reaching toward the two ladies. San waving back and smiled faintly, while Vera doesn¡¯t respond anything and continued stared the males with solid expression. ¡°My name is Qaile Sav and here is¡­ ¡° ¡°Alais Blythe. Just Alais, it¡¯s fine.¡± The others quickly talked. Followed by their introducing, Vera the first person who talked with only, ¡°Vera¡± Seems like Vera doesn¡¯t like talking as she was wearing stoic expression, or so she thinks. ¡°And my name is San Roel. Nice to meet you, Qaile and Alais.¡± Qaile looking at her with a bewildered expression, Alais only have a slight O-shaped mouth and almost wide-eyed at her while Vera looking at her also with the same impassiveness but slightly you could feel a piqued at her eyes. ¡°THAT¡­ THAT SAN ROEL???¡± Oh, here we go. The screaming one. Qaile¡¯s voice was loud enough to be called as screaming. Or maybe the places were too calm and serenity that makes his voice somewhere higher. ¡°lower your voice, Qai.¡± Alais tapped Qaile¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Sorry, sorry. It just¡­ ¡° Alais: ¡°Yeah, we know.¡± Alais back to his composure, ¡°nice to meet you too, Vera and San.¡± San wondering why they look bewildered at her name. she is not doing anything wrong or something outrageous. Yeah, not yet. But, is there something happen with her? Vera: ¡°Let¡¯s move. the meeting will begin soon.¡± Both Qaile and Alais nodding while San still dumb-founded after hearing the latter part. Heaven. What again, what meeting? Why she is like a lost puppy that her owner doesn¡¯t even give her enough care and loves? She hesitatingly wanted to ask them but she thinks it would be wise to sit and watch first. No, more like, if she asked she will lose some face. What kind of Guador and tutor that doesn¡¯t give her well information? Hence, she tagged along too. They walked at a steady pace, although Qaile said they should take a slow pace since he wanted to sigh-seeing first. But Vera and Alais denied him quickly. They take a long-white-stairs that connected where they landed to the center island, straight toward the enormous building. While walking along the staircase, San could see there is another flying terrain below. She could see a wide green lake that it surfaces reflected the skies above. As she could see the lake formed from a waterfall located on the west island. As they near the end of the stairs, they could hear the sound of the waterfall. They arrived and before they were a huge golden gateway. San stared inside and could see there are a hundred, no, almost a thousand people. They are standing and forming a big cycle layer by layer. Alais: ¡°Oh, looks like it¡¯s not begun yet. Let¡¯s take place quickly.¡± From outside, sure it looks crowded. But as soon as they step inside, it¡¯s like the never-ending wide hall and the gap was more than enough. They took the outer layer one and standing side by side. There is a total of five layers that forming a cycle. As soon as they reserved their place. A bell ringing, it''s sound enough to catch the crowd attention. A figure comes forward from the center podium. Wearing a white hooded-robe and embroidered with yellow and black patterns. The figure has a hood that making a shadow area, prevent others to see its face or upper part. ¡°Whoa, that must be a Legius.¡± Qai, out of nowhere, his voice caught by San. What? Who? Legius? How did he know? San doesn¡¯t know anything about another creature or being and what¡¯s it looks like, as she never dared to peek at Zeeloreis. One thing for sure, she is less-informed. ¡°Ho-how did you know, Qai?¡± San bravely asked him. Qai: ¡°Well, Arie, the Guador who choose me, told me so. Arie said; ¡®after the whole attention comes to the center, a Legius will comes forward and explain something¡¯. And Arie added, Legius is a soul that ripped before the end of their time, they lost because they have been mistreated. I asked what mistreated meant and Arie said; being a sacrificed, getting cursed to death, or anything that involved mischievous matter, hence, indirectly makes them lose their soul.¡± Thank you. Really. Your Guador was kind enough to give you such good information, even answering your question exactly as you wanted hahaha. San: ¡°wait, it¡¯s like they don¡¯t do anything bad but wrongly dead before the time because another person wanted them as sacrificial?¡± Qai: ¡°Yep. Poor souls, Arie added and I think so too.¡± San Oh-ed. She agreed. But stopped when it hit her. She almost becomes one of them though, she almost being hit by a truck yesterday, hahaha. Not bad when Zeeloreis already keeping an eye to her. Not bad. She should be grateful for that. The figure, Legius, standing at the center of the podium. A slight movement between the middle part of the robe and gleaming blue crystals appeared beside the figure. ¡°We, thank you for bracing the pledge, instead of all Guador. Welcome, to the Aelux, Open-Hall Realm.¡± The voice echoes as silence filled the room afterward. The gleaming crystals getting bigger and bigger. It filled the entire vault at the center of the hall. With a quick pace, the crystals forming a landscape. With such attention, the onlookers could take a hint, it was a map of Aelux Open-Hall Realm. ¡°In front of you, was the map or Aelux Open-Hall Realm. there is a total of 8 isles. The first island you came by, the south one, is the station between the Earth and this realm. which we called them Ferma Plains. Heading to the stairway, you will arrive at the second island, which is where you are right now. we called this place as Casala Hall. Going outside and straight to the north you will meet a bridge that connected to the innermost island, Sentra. Sentra will be our command post as well as our main office. Sentra has three pathways. To the west, you will meet a bridge that connected to a library, Lebera. you can read the books freely but you cannot bring them to your world. To the north, you will meet a stairway that connected to the training grounds. You will start your training there accompanied by each of Guador who responsible for you. To the east, you will meet a bridge that connected to the Gallery of Reflection. A place to meditate as well as resting, here you will find a lodge, small plaza, sauna, health facility, and garden. The Gallery also connected with a stairway to the southeast island. Downright, you will arrive at Gaffany Lake. It¡¯s also a place purposed for meditating and rest. The waterfall that filling the lake was from the upper land on the middlemost west island. Unfortunately, the only administrator could get to access them.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. If you lost you may find a map attached in a stone tablet available on each island. If you need further information related to your job or training you may come to the reception at Sentra. The library and the Gallery always enabled to be accessed every time you visit. We think that¡¯s enough for introducing Aelux Open-Hall Realm. if you have any questions about the places and so on, you may inquire at Sentra after this meeting ended. Let¡¯s get to the training session.¡± The crystals changing the form at a quick pace. It forming a letter ¡®TRAINING¡¯. A bell ringing for the second time and a blue crystal appeared in each of the audience. They emit and fade as well as release a scroll. All the audience hold the scroll spontaneously as they opened it. ¡°that paper described when and what is your training session begins, each has different things. You may group with other students under the same Guador and you may not. After you arrive at the training grounds, you will find seven bases. Each base symbolized each Guador you are under to. To enter the training session, you must stand above the base and use the password. Each guador has a different password. This is intended for safety and privacy reason. The password you may get them when you stand at the base for the first time.¡± As the Legius ended the explanation. The scroll in each audience started appeared a black ink and forming a letter, then a sentence, then become a whole schedule and table list. The hall once again becomes noisy. The bell-ringing again and the hall suddenly muted. ¡°that¡¯s all for today meeting. Please, for all the students, directly headed to the training grounds as you will start your first-training, here and now.¡± The Legius turned around and slowly faded. Afterward, the hall becomes rowdy. Some of them started stood up and headed outside, exactly to the north. It looks like everyone heading to the training grounds. San was there. Standing while looking at her scroll. She does understand what the Legius said, but she doesn¡¯t understand one thing. She folded the scroll and opened them, and then folded them back, opened them and keep doing so. Why her scroll doesn¡¯t emit any letter, sentence, nor schedule and table list? It is empty. Wow. She suddenly feeling overly-dramatic. Why did such a thing happen to her? It was like, she is an outcast. A mixture of feeling like an outsider and everything is wrong, she wasn¡¯t chosen. It¡¯s not her. She is feeling she hasn''t received enough love. (T.T) Someone tapped her shoulder. She turned her head to the side. ¡°shall we get going to the training ground, San?¡± Vera asked her. She noticed the brown-haired lady beside her has become quiet and wearing a sad expression. ¡°what¡¯s wrong, San?¡± San wanted to show her scroll. But stopped when somebody, suddenly, burst into the conversation. ¡°SAN?? As if, that, SAN ROEL??¡± San and Vera stared at the two-person that standing not too far from them. They looked very young, and not too tall, like a sibling. Since they looked alike. San wanted to answer but got suddenly stopped again. Someone with familiar screaming answered them in her place. Qai: ¡°YEAH, THAT¡¯S RIGHT. THE REAL LIVING-PERSON.¡± ¡°OH MY GOD. IT¡¯S REAL, LEVI, IT¡¯S REAL!!¡± the enthusiastic one, a blonde two-side tail haired girl grasping the person beside her. ¡°Yeah, I know, I can see her, Big sis. Please lower your voice, and stop jumping already.¡± Alais step into the conversation. ¡°Pardon us, but who might you be?¡± ¡°Aiyah, sorry. Me, Leis Ius and he is my twin brother, Levi Ius. Nice to meet ya!¡± Leis smiled brightly. Her twin brother, Levi, nodded and smiled toward the four older-people. Alais: ¡°I¡¯m Alais Blythe. This is Qaile Sav, the center one is San and beside her is Vera.¡± Thank you for the short introduction. San cannot help the urge to ask. San: ¡°I¡¯m sorry to ask something like this. But why you all look so shocked when hearing my name? I¡­ I didn¡¯t do anything wrong right?¡± ¡°No.¡± Vera quickly answered her. ¡°WHAT, NO NO NO.¡± both Qaile and Leis answered together. Alais adjusting his eyeglasses and added, ¡°San, did you know, you are quite popular among us.¡± San jaw dropped. ¡°What. Did. I. do?¡± she is pressing the question. Leis wanted to reply but stopped by Levi as she was too noisy. Qaile on the other one got jabbed by Alais as he knew Qaile would make a misconceived looking by his habit, although they just met. It left with Vera. Vera: ¡°San, every Guador choose students. Do you know how many students they are?¡± San: ¡°Umm, could not say I know. How much for each Guador?¡± Vera: ¡°around hundreds and more.¡± San: ¡°Woah, no wonder there is so many people inside before. So that¡¯s meant there are around 600 students.¡± Vera: ¡°not quite. San, do you know you are the one and only student from Zeeloreis¡¯s branch?¡± San: ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Silence filled with them. ¡°WHAT¡± she could not help but shocked. Zeeloreis and Dr. Dairis didn¡¯t say anything to her. This is so cruel. She is too innocent. Leis get to released from her brother and enthusiastically said; ¡°WHAT A LEGEND, and you are still alive! Despite being the only student from Zeeloreis.¡± Qaile holds the pain and added; ¡°Heaven yeah, I know. Psst, we are talking the Zeeloreis here, the Angel of Death. How is it San? Become the only student, I meant.¡± Alais: ¡°Guys, can we proceed to the grounds? The hall almost empty.¡± Levi: ¡°Alais big bro was right. Stop annoyed her, Big Sis.¡± Levi pulling his sister''s arms and dragged her. They all followed them as they headed to the training grounds together. San still could not believe it. She is walking sluggishly. As the other chatting along the way, Qai: ¡°you guys still at first high schoolers? Oh wow, younger than me.¡± Leis: ¡°Yep. We both twin siblings and attended the same school in Magla city.¡± Qai: ¡°Wait, I¡¯m also from there! I¡¯m Magla university¡¯s student. I¡¯m majoring in Machine Engineering.¡± Levi: ¡°Really? We are in the same city then. Who else? Vera big sis? Alais big bro? San big sis?¡± Alais: ¡°no, I lived at Jaego. I¡¯m working as Secretary at Knoa Institute.¡± Vera: ¡°I¡¯m mostly spending at Uddsey City. Since the main office where I¡¯m working was located there.¡± San didn¡¯t want they noticed how unhappy she was. San: ¡°well, I¡¯m also lived at Magla. I¡¯m Magla university¡¯s student and majoring in Nutrition and Health Science.¡± Qaile and Leis both expressing such a hype. As they were chatting and hyping earnestly, they arrived at training grounds. As always, it looks crowded outside. But once step into the grounds, it seemed like the place was wide enough and never feeling cramped. Not far at each corner of the ground there is a grand staircase and lies beyond them was the seven altars. Its gleaming green lights and sparks, indicating the person who used them got transmigrated and faded. Looks like each altar was still pre-occupied. There were still many students waiting for their turn. Sometimes they didn¡¯t mind to let the other use the altar first. Yes, all the base except one, San quickly recognized a dimmed greyish gleaming base. That Zeeloreis¡¯s branch. Should she go? She doesn¡¯t feel to do so and it¡¯s will better if all the students already enter their bases. Yes, San will wait until she is the last one. Or so she hopes. Leis: ¡°San Big Sis, look at your base! You should go quickly!¡± Here we go again. Qaile: ¡°Woah, even the base looks dead to me. It¡¯s really alright to enter yours?¡± Levi: ¡°San Big Sis, it¡¯s fine. Don¡¯t take what Qai Big Bro said!¡± Alais: ¡°It doesn¡¯t die, it just waiting for the student to enter. You should notice every student who enters and then the base will turn to green lights. San, go quickly. I also want to see that.¡± Gulping. She glanced around. There were still so many students (T.T). Vera patted her back; ¡°It¡¯s okay, we cheering you on.¡± Your words didn¡¯t help at all (T.T). San sighed and take a slow pace. Approaching the base. She took the grand staircase. She grumbling inside, why the base she should enter was located EXACTLY at the center. the fourth one since there are seven altars for seven Guador. Now she is standing before the altar. One more step and she will enter the boundary of Zeeloreis¡¯s base. Silence and whispering filled the entire room. San swore she could hear anything almost clearly from the upper side. ¡°is that San Roel?¡± ¡°its Zeeloreis right?¡± ¡°hope that she is still alive until the training ended¡± ¡°Hey, don¡¯t say anything like that!¡± Woah, being Zeeloreis chosen one would become popular like this. San thinks; one death will be remembered than thousands birthday. As she felt them so. Leis: ¡°GO, FIGHT, SAN BIG SIS!!¡± Heaven. Please. Qaile: ¡°I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!¡± Leis: ¡°YEAH, LET¡¯S EAT TOGETHER AFTER YOUR TRAINING ENDED!!¡± Seriously, they just met and they feel like the bond tied quickly. San chuckled a bit and bracing herself. She takes the last step. The moment she entered the base. All the voices and sound outside become muted. She could see the color of the gleaming turned into a green one. she can¡¯t see the audience¡¯s response below since she is back facing them. Then a sound comes right to her ear. ¡°San Roel.¡± San as being silent as it is, still thinking for a moment. She thought some kind of system called her for confirming it was her. But afterward, there is nothing come out. ¡°¡­¡± What? Don¡¯t tell me that is the password? ¡°WAS MY NAME?¡± Where is the safety and privacy reason for this? It¡¯s not safe and private, her name already popular enough among all the students. Good grief, of all kind of password. Make it more epic, for example, a question or morses code. A suddenly-I-become-famous name, and it is HER NAME? She wanted to make feedback and justification for this. No, it will be better if she is permitted to access the setting and jabbed the modify-your-password. After this, she must go to Sentra. This is too much. She knew she is taking too long inside the base. She turned to the side only to find all the remaining bases become dimmed greyish, as there is no one step inside. She turned again and find all the students fix their gaze straight to her. Ugh, she is not feeling well. Since all the sounds muted, she cannot hear what happen outside. But the conversation exactly goes like this: ¡°why she is not entered yet?¡± ¡°What happens? She looks shocked or panicked inside.¡± ¡°maybe the password was too much for her.¡± ¡°you meant, too long.¡± ¡°poor her, being the only student of Zeeloreis. The safety must be higher than us.¡± ¡°¡­¡± While san thinking; ¡°they think, I must be crazy.¡± San deep sighed. She closed her eyes and mumble the password. ¡°San. Roel.¡± A flashing green comes straight to her view. As she was being absorbed inside. When she felt nothing comes again, she slowly opened her eyes. and she meets a huge hall without the roof surrounded by green plains and clear blue skies. She was standing at the stone floor, the hall filled with pillars side by side, there is nothing roof above as she can see the sky. Around the hall, filled with greeneries plains. This is her training grounds. A moment ago, once she comes, she is feeling normal. But then, she can feel the familiar feeling around her. She knew Zeeloreis was there. ¡°Welcome. To your training session.¡± There. That voice enough to shaking her mentally. Dr. Dairis was true, no living-being can bear this as their habit. No matter how often they met. San was looking around, as she found nothing anew. She didn¡¯t know the original figure of Zeeloreis. Does that mean, Guador doesn¡¯t have a physical form? ¡°yes, Guador doesn¡¯t have a physical form.¡± How she missed the slip-slapping conversation with Zeeloreis. San standing and facing the sky. Really. It looks awkward, she doesn¡¯t know where to face Zeeloreis since the voice filled the entire ground. ¡°let¡¯s get starting with a warm-up.¡± San: ¡°Wait, wait. May I inquire a question?¡± ¡°Sure. Go ahead.¡± San: ¡°why my scroll is empty? There are no schedules nor letters here.¡± ¡°Oh, our training different than the other. Our session will begin every hour in your world.¡± ¡°¡­¡± GOOD GRIEF. San: ¡°Pardon me, every one hour?¡± ¡°Yes. Hence, you will surpass faster. I recommended you to visit the library and train your Faltea here. If you find yourself tired, you can visit the Gallery area for a bit rest. Then come back to your world and the next hour you will continue your training.¡± Everything was wreaking havoc. Surely it is convenient when we enter the Aelux Open-Hall Realm while our time in our world is stopped. Should we back we will find the exact-seconds we departed, not decreased nor increased. San: ¡°one more. How come the password for me was my name? ¡° ¡°because it¡¯s simple and clear.¡± San: ¡°uh, I was expecting more safety and privacy reason for this.¡± ¡°you already acquired them, without you noticed.¡± San sighed, ¡°lastly, why you don¡¯t say that I¡¯m the only student from your branch?¡± ¡°that is not important, child. Now, this training is going nowhere. Let¡¯s get going.¡± San deeply-sighed, she knew she would never retort back. Guador is strict with rules. ¡°First, for our early session: Warm-up. I will list the sequences for warm-up.¡± From under the soil, a tablet stone rises. It¡¯s huge. From the surface, a letter formed by blue radiant ink. Thus, they formed letter by letter. The stone around the upper-middle corner forming a cycle. It forming a huge clock as there is the digital one under. The table stone goes like this: Warm-up I session
  1. Heel raises counted for thirty minutes each one
  2. Side lunges counted for thirty minutes each one
  3. Arm rotations counted for thirty minutes each one
  4. Jumping jacks counted for thirty minutes each one
  5. jogging around the hall, thirty times every training session.
San was shocked. This is not warm-up. This is tormenting. Wait, did she recall this is ONLY a warm-up? How will her training go? ¡°As you can see the tablet stone can change the list, each list will vanish as you finished them. The clock and the digital below will help you to count the time. After the warm-up session finish, we will head to the inner part-session. Of course, We will accompany you during the training.¡± It¡¯s not that she is weak. She is only ordinary. She is not too excelling at academics nor sport. She is doing fine. Therefore, recalling the list for warm-up; she could only say, I¡¯m just human being. Ok, she is weak. She admitted that. San could not retort back. Is she doing the chores semi-obediently. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ San staring at the sky. She was lying on the floor since she just took a small rest. Now, she is already in the middle of her training. Still not finished though. She raised her right hand to the sky as she was deeply thinking. Warm-up. Basic learning of sword practice, archery practice, galloping horse practice. Basic meditating practice. Basic self-defense practice. Basic life-skill practice. And at last, evaluation. She counted one by one. she sighed when she realized something, she is still at sword practice. There are still six practices to do. ¡°done with your rest?¡± My, she positioned herself to sit. San: ¡°I don¡¯t understand. I know we will face them, soon. But we are lived in the modern era, 21st century. Pardon me for my rudeness, I fear if the opponent using guns and bomb we will be obliterated quickly. Sword, even bow is not enough to confront them.¡± ¡°your way of thinking is beyond help. They are effective as it is. Everything, there is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Keep trained and managed them, those essential to strengthening both physical and mental. Child, the important lesson you should remember when you face opponent using mass destructive methods; don¡¯t respond them with mass destructive methods, focus on yourself and the opponent, you may avoid or defend, but when you choose to attack, instead of the mass method you should go with the combined method. Therefore, you would not be obliterated quickly. That¡¯s way, learning the basics is essential to develop how far you can attain. The basic is the foundation for Faltea after all.¡± San thinking more deeply. Zeeloreis is right. In conclusion, the stronger your body, your mind will follow. As for mass method, Zeeloreis must be meant, an AOE skill won¡¯t do any good to AOE user. Since you will damage your surroundings further. it would be great if you defend or avoid when AOE has been release and attack at the cooldown period before the opponent attacking again with another mass method, that called combined method. Honestly, she has one more advantage; she is fairly experienced related to RPG games and combat systems. She has upper handed when it is related to RPG¡¯s theory. Yes, she is too weak. San gets up and starts to handle the wooden sword. ¡­ ¡­ ¡°Again. Your posture is too stiff.¡± ¡°redo it.¡± ¡°follow your airways while breathing. Closed your eyes and eventually, your pupils will follow the breath too.¡± ¡°Keep your composure. Hold your horse.¡± ¡°what this? It¡¯s too salty, you never cook before, aren¡¯t you? ¡°don¡¯t complain. Life-skill is essential for living-being. you should learn how to survive.¡± ¡°Alright, we have finished the whole training for now. as for your evaluation, everything except meditating is not even near to our goals. Eventually, intensive and routine training will make up for this. You may leave the training ground. When you get back to your world, see you at the next hour.¡± ¡­ ¡­ San was sitting lifeless at the bench near the Plaza. She could not believe it she counted the training was almost taking the whole day to finish them. She wanted to take some rest and eating at the Lodge, oh and sauna for replenishing her energy. But her body already ran out of energy and she finds herself sitting at the plaza. There were not many students around, only four to five people here, maybe they still doing the training. San gazing around. She should have taken a bath first, her sweat making her body more uncomfortable. She stood and begin to walk slowly to the sauna. ¡­ ¡°Ah, so refreshing.¡± San drying her hair. She just comes out of the sauna. It¡¯s great, once she comes, all her tiresome gone. Now she only needs something to fill her stomach. And something crosses her mind. Huh? Eat? Can she eat here and when she comes back to her world, she still feeling full? Nice question. When she trained here, does it affect when she comes back? The times have stopped, right? Can this be true? ¡°want some refreshment?¡± San turned to the side and find a familiar figure. ¡°Vera,¡± ¡°I suppose you already finished today¡¯s training, right? Here, I brought some sweet.¡± Vera offers her a plate of cookies and muffins. San: ¡°Thanks. I guess I will take a cookie. I wanted to eat some rice thought.¡± San grabs a cookie and started chomp. Vera: ¡°I will accompany you.¡± They started heading to the lodge and order some food and beverages. San: ¡°It¡¯s free, wow, how convenient this realm. I should visit this place often.¡± San played her food for a while she takes an omelet and warm lemon tea. Vera took a chair across her. ¡°Well, I don¡¯t have any objective. This place builds for rest after all.¡± San: ¡°Just now, I was wondering, do everything we do here will take effect when we go back?¡± Vera: ¡°Yes. If you eat here then you will be full even when you go back.¡± Vera took the first bite of her sandwich. San wondering if she should not go back and play her games or read her comics and novels here instead. ¡°But you cannot come back here if you are not in training or invitation periods.¡± Yeah, San cannot say either she should be feeling grateful or sad. Her training schedules are every one hour in her world. Vera: ¡°normally, we can go and back as we pleased if that is because of training or invitation. But if not, then you cannot.¡± Vera is a nice woman, she might have a stoic expression and less talking to people, but she talked a lot with San. San: ¡°that reminds me, how is your training Vera?¡± After taking a sip of water, ¡°Not bad. I supposed tomorrow will be different. Today I just have to recite and make a review about basic Faltea and meditating course.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Heaven calamities mentally. San: ¡°that¡¯s all?¡± Vera nodded. ¡°I just been into the library, they sure have so many books then I come to the lodges to take some sweet. After that, I met you.¡± San: ¡°Pardon me, today¡¯s training? When is your training schedule, Vera?¡± Vera opened her scroll and showed them to San as she was explaining, ¡°my session began once a day. The hours it¡¯s random though. How about your training San?¡± San could see a detailed-schedules even the list of practice for training. If she made a comparison, she wanted to say, that she is being bullied. But San slowly showed her scroll. The empty. Vera: ¡°Why is it empty? Does that mean you are not taking any training?¡± San: ¡°No, quite the opposite. My session began every hour.¡± Vera calmly took a sip of her drink. She coughed and said; ¡°Must be hard. Your training more intensive than us. May I ask the reason?¡± San: ¡°I¡¯m hopeless in every aspect and practice.¡± She is not lied, that the conclusion when Zeeloreis announced her first evaluation. Vera Oh-ed and drank her water again. ¡°training every hour huh¡­ May I accompany you? when you already finished your training I mean. We can spend some time in the library, take a bath, have some refreshment and explore somewhere. If you wanted, we could do some spar.¡± San sighed. ¡°please, stop with training, I¡¯m being bullied here. But I¡¯m fine if you wanted to.¡± Vera finished her meal. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Zeeloreis doesn¡¯t torment you. If I seek what the background, Zeeloreis wanted you to be strong and more independence.¡± San: ¡°everyone will say something like that to console me.¡± Vera: ¡°No. I heard this from Gevee, the Guador who trained me. Gevee said Zeeloreis is different. Despite being the most-feared, Zeeloreis more understand what is life and regrets. Surely being the Guador who responsible for lacerated living souls, Zeeloreis is the closest with all living beings. hence, no wonder Zeeloreis wanted you to surpass them. If I may say; Zeeloreis cared your being.¡± San choked her meal. Vera patted her back and calming the brown-haired woman. The latter part sounds sweet (UwU). Despite everything that happens to her. ¡°You know, I will tell you how I was before this happened.¡± Thus, San started her tale. ¡­ ¡°You have it hard.¡± Vera drank her water for the second time. San is nodding. San: ¡°I know, what would you do if you are in my place?¡± Vera: ¡°I cannot imagine that, but if you say so; I will surely faint.¡± San: ¡°Huh, why?¡± Vera: ¡°It¡¯s over my capabilities. Gevee said all living beings will be scared and fear when they met Zeeloreis. Thus, I will add; something happened to you, it¡¯s meant for you. Even if another trying to reach them, if it meant for you, no one can then.¡± The latter was familiar when she heard this. Why is it people around her was more enlightened? She wanted to grow up faster and be enlightened too. She drank her warm drink. She is lucky to meet Vera. Indeed, the students who were chosen weren¡¯t a bad person. They may be talked a lot, but that is natural for living-being. San understands, Vera wanted to motivate her. San stood up and said, ¡°please accompany me to the library. I¡­ wanted to learn more.¡± Vera smiled and nodded. ¡­ ¡­ As they were spending time at the library. San recognizes that Vera was a pharmacist at Public Health. She was working in Non-Governmental-Organization. Since her project takes around the world, she doesn¡¯t have a stable residence. But she mentioned that she spent mostly in Uddsey city since her main office located there. Since she is wanderer, she made a house in each city for a convenient reason. She has been an orphan since she was a child. Her parents died from a tragedy in Mime city. She only mentioned that a group of delinquents suddenly rampaging an office where both her parents work at. San stated her condolence and apologized for making her recalled unpleasant memories. They spent reading some book and discussing to comprehend more. Meditation is the easiest practice but mostly forgotten. All you do was practice to recollect your inner compassion and clearing indecent thought by breathing. Just breathing slowly then deeply. You may try this;
  1. Try breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth.
  2. Inhale and hold your breath in for two seconds. Focus the part where you change from inhaling to exhaling and vice versa. Try not too fast.
  3. Focus on your muscle reaction when you are breathing. Inhales, and feel the diaphragm, throat muscles, and shoulder shift as you will exhale. If you need, you may place your hand on that part so you can feel the muscles.
  4. For slower meditation; inhales for four seconds, hold your breath for seven seconds then exhales over the eight seconds.
Tips for meditation provided you to try this at quiet places, have a comfortable position and remove any distractions. It would be great if you practice this every day and in no-time, you will do this more naturally. San closed the book. she is feeling dissatisfied, she realized she only excel one thing. Meditation. While the book clearly said that is the easiest practice. She cannot be proud yet, she should start her training again and prevailing the other practices. She stood up and start heading to the combat bookrack. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡°San big Sis, what you are reading?¡± ¡°Woah, nice. As expected from the Zeeloreis¡¯s only student. You must be ambitious. The book about mastering archery faster, huh?¡± ¡°stop that Qai. I¡¯m not ambitious, I just lacking in every aspect.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been trained with archery when I still in high school, I can teach you some tips.¡± ¡°That would be great, I appreciate that, Alais.¡± ¡°Let me in, let me join!¡± ¡°Leis, calm down, this is the library.¡± ¡°San, look at this book. ¡®Life-Skill #1: Medication and Fitness¡¯ I¡¯ve read some and I think it¡¯s enough understandable. Here.¡± ¡°Thanks a lot, Vera.¡± They helping San a lot. As time passed, they decided to give a short trip to the Gallery, finding some rest and go back to the world. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ A day has passed. The next morning, San wakes up from her slumber. Her face looks fairly paled, she blinked and get up. Her room was as tidy as ever. Before this occurred, she would found herself awake at her chair. Right in front of her laptop. Also, her room always in a messed state. By the time she arrived home from campus, her room mostly tidied up by her grandma. Since yesterday. Since her training sessions began. No, exactly every 18 hours left. She spent most of her time for training, go back to her world, reading quick-notes she makes when she read the books at Lebera (The library where take place at Aelux Open-Hall Realm), take a quick-nap, and began her training again. Except when she asleep, Zeeloreis told her training no matter how long, when she goes back she will awake exactly at four o¡¯clock in the morning. She glanced at her clock. It¡¯s exactly pointing at 4. Being an early-bird, she opened her window. Usually, she would be slapped with the brightness of the sun. yet, she found only darkness and dark purple sky. Indicating, the sun is hidden yet. Her stomach growling. Yeah, since the last training yesterday she only takes a bath and quickly goes back in the Aelux realm. ¡°Oh, wow. I¡¯m hungry.¡± Thus, she exited her room and head downstairs. She walked straight to the corridor, quietly. Since she doesn¡¯t want to disturb her family slumber. She saw the light in the kitchen is turned on as she saw her grandma stirring something warm. ¡°Grandma¡­ ¡°. San greeted her. Her grandma turned around and smiled at her. ¡°My dear, it¡¯s rare to see you awake around this hour.¡± San shrugged, ¡°Yeah, I just happen to awake and hungry at the same time.¡± Her grandma poured the black and warm liquid, with ease she poured them in another cup. ¡°Here, I make a warm coffee.¡± San accept and put the warm cup. ¡°bad dream?¡± San shakes her head while blowing the steam. ¡°what happened? If I recall the past, when you still a child; you only awake early when something bothered you. Mostly nightmare.¡± Silenced filled the room as her grandma took her sip leisurely. As expected, her grandma knew her too well. San: ¡°Well, it¡¯s just¡­ this past two days, a lot had to happen.¡± Her grandma humming. San continued, ¡°I don¡¯t know. I should quit, then at the same time, I think; if it¡¯s not me, then who else? I know I cannot do much, I¡¯m lacking and full of mistakes. I¡¯m far from perfect, independence and reliable person. I¡¯m not that heroine.¡± Yes. Reality speaks loudly than mere fantasy. she is reading too much fiction novels and comics. She makes a comparison to herself: She is not that overpowered heroine in the beginning. Cultivated or meditated for a short period then suddenly you can make thousand sacred-divine-wow-magnificent-refinement pills or something like that, could boosting your power and more. Summon sacred creature or beast? Keep dreaming. She didn¡¯t know well about her Faltea too. Unlike the heroines, they can dive into the fountain of their power and control their power inside. Hence the authors would mention something like a terrific aura, greater potentiality and so on. After all the training, she only learned how to composing her heart. The combat practice also essential to her, but when she sparred with an animated-grey figure in the training grounds; she quickly defeated. In conclusion, she is powerless. Unlike the heroines, mostly before being transmigrated or reincarnated; they have a past lived which is also their advantage. For example, the heroine is an assassin, mafia, a general, captain, marshal, commander or already learned a martial art before. Something felt off; life-skill practice. She learned how to prepared cooking, medication and common first-aid, tailor and other needlecraft, common scout, Track and field and additional soft skills (communication, decision making, critical thinking, self-awareness, assertiveness, resilience, and other social skills). She doesn¡¯t know why she should have learned this, but she still trained them as it will benefit her future profession. But none of that matters, what matters is; she is frustrated. San feeling depressed even more. She just said the aching part; hurting herself, she makes a cringe mentally. With yesterday sequence-training, her last evaluation only said ¡®getting better, that¡¯s the same with going nowhere (T.T) ¡°Dear¡­¡± San looked at her grandma solemnly. ¡°you are you, why you compared yourself with a hand-made being? San ah¡­ maybe you less knew this. the first time you were born, you are easy getting infected and fever. Your health was worsened on your second week after that. Your parent and I hurriedly go to Uddsey City to receive well and high treatment. Yet, the result was not satisfying either. You already on your death door during the third week, and all the professional health workers had give-up, we almost give up. All of us were waiting for your last breath at your side-bed. But you don¡¯t give up, dear. You, with difficulty and limply, raised your hand at that time. You spoke your first word. We are shaken that time, the doctor and other health workers hurriedly doing their job since you already gained some consciousness. Thus, here you are. Healthy as ever. You are not simply the heroine. You are unpredictable. That¡¯s the way we never restrict you. Because we understand you are more than what you think.¡± Oh. Glowing bubble things show up again. This time, it¡¯s filled the entire house and bigger than before. San was mesmerized within the warmth and soothing feeling. Her anxiousness, depressive and other bad feeling has lifted. Faltea resonating between her grandma as she smiled brightly to San. Much to her surprise, crystals formed between her and her grandma. Glowing soft red and peach color as they gathered each other crystals. San reminds some of the books whom she read. Its advanced book called Faltea Arte. It¡¯s clearly stated that to use Faltea directly other than the basic practice you will learn the advanced one. by using Faltea born from your environment. They are called Faltea Arte. Formed from Faltea rate in an environment. The highest rate, thus they formed crystals and can be activated as permanent utilization. But if the rate is low, then it won¡¯t form any crystals but you can use them for the time being. Faltea from the environment meant; it is the blessing outside your internal Faltea. If you may say, it is ¡®Intercession¡¯. Another term of aid, good deed, support, assistance, and loyalty. Therefore, if it becomes crystals, once activated, it will become your aide or assistants permanently. They will stay at your side, in the deepest mind and subconsciousness. You may freely talk or having interaction with them, you also can call-forth them if you want to see their form or order them. Their physical form, as well as their ability, depends on where you found them. Some literature also mentioned them as spirits or anima of essential nature. Whatever that, they have emotion and they have two things similar; loyal and adoration toward their owner. San suddenly gets up and raises her hand toward the glowing crystals. ¡°WHAT!?¡± Her grandma shocked and stared at her. ¡°Dear, did something happened?¡± She could not believe it. Her grandma, just now, give her AN INTERCESSION. WAHOO (\T-T/) ¡°Grandma¡­¡± she looks at her grandma gratefully. She walked around the table and hug her grandma tightly. ¡°Thank you, thank you! I love you, grandma!¡± her grandma hugged her back and patted her head as she was accepted them. She smiled as she is one step forward again. ¡­ But the situation will also move forward. Meanwhile, inside her room, her smartphone vibrating. Indicating there is a message coming. [From Dr. Dairis] [Hi, I hope you do well yesterday training. We just wanted to inform you; the Trial will begin the next three days. Terms and requirements will be explained shortly before the Trial starts. Come to your training ground at noon afternoon, Tuesday. please don''t be late, this is Trial specifically from your Guador.] ¡­ To Be Continued . SIDE INFORMATION
  1. AOE: sort from Area of Effect. Used for abilities that deal damage or effect to all opponents or targets in certain areas.
  2. NPC: sort from non-player character. Any figure a gamer or player encounters while roaming that they cannot control them.
  3. Stimulate-blocker. Just a slang for a salty person. (salty; grumpy, bad-tempered, cranky, irritable person).
  4. If there is a foreign or unknown statement, please feel free to ask; then I will edit them later.
Chapter 3: Is it true? (2) AMARANTHINE BEYOND THE EVERLASTING NIE Chapter 3 Is It True? (2) . ¡°Dying in mal-order is not funny¡± . [¡°Is it TRUE?¡±] Recently, previous chapter also begin with this statement. San grumbled inside. She might have and might not have patience left. Wait, patience? More like, she cannot say for sure if she have the right mind to think rationally. [¡°Yes.¡±] the other side of the phone replied. Right now, San was taken aback. She counted how many bad things happened to her:
  1. She met Zeeloreis. Wait, she remembered she should be grateful due to other matter related to this. Sorry.
  2. Dr Dairis didn¡¯t explain all the related information adequately. Surely, she is under-information and knowledges. Although with all the book she already read, sometimes hanging with her newly friend in Aelux realm more boosting her knowledges.
  3. Empty scrolls. Hello? A package just arrived, and it¡¯s for you. When you opened them, they said; ¡®Sorry, you are not lucky enough¡¯ or ¡®try again¡¯. How is your feeling? No No No, what if all your friends have letters dictated for them, but you don¡¯t. (T.T)
  4. Her training schedules. Should she lamented around this matter? Only by mentioned training she shuddered with the sequences of practice, it thick and very addictive like layer by layer cakes. But the sweetness makes fed-up. Really, fed up.
  5. Sudden message. Enough for pumping heart and adrenaline. If you wanted to increasing your weight, do this, anaerobic sport is enough to gain weight easily, many athletes do this to increase their muscle mass. wait, this is not the right time to explain them.
San quietly wanted to jabbed the other person who replied from the middle-phone. [¡°you should immediately go to your training.¡±] Ugh. What time is it? San swapped her hand and get to see her black-device, she scrolled the screen. 04.59 am. [¡°nice, thank you.] Thus, she hung-up her phone and closed her eyes as she was prepared to enter the realm. ¡­ ¡°About that matter, We just received the permission and forward the message as soon as possible. It quite hard to proposed this matter, as it nice to know, We have to inquired and discussed the matter with all the Guador. If it fit or agreeable enough, We launched the matter to get the permission from The Almighty, and should you¡ª¡± ¡°Wait, okay, I get it.¡± San snapped. She took a breath and ask again, ¡°Tell me about Trial.¡± The sky looks greyish as the cloud seems fading. ¡°Trial is essential to trained your being. it¡¯s a real different world where you will be placed. We called them Trial as in to your benefit. But, it¡¯s a real world with real people and inhabitants. Another creation from The Almighty. Each student will have different world, depend on their capabilities. It¡¯s also a good place to acquired advanced Faltea.¡± ¡°Faltea Arte.¡± San showed the blushes red crystals in her hand. ¡°Yes, We see you also have gained one.¡± Yeah, one step each. ¡°Since you must have read about advance Fartea. Let¡¯s begin to activate them.¡± San nodded. The crystals soared above her. ¡°Um¡­ what will the crystals become?¡± ¡°Depend on where and how you acquired them. You received the intercession from your relative. How is them? What and why the crystal appeared before you and your relative?¡± San Oh-ed. She recalled her grandma told her to become her own, that she is overestimated and a little story when she is still a baby. She knew her grandma was a wise person. Does that mean the crystals will turned into a sage or guru?? The crystals gleaming for the last second and getting bigger. It formed a being and as soon as the light faded, a figure come to sight. San was jaw dropped as she tilted her head. ¡°This is not what I was expecting¡­ ¡° ¡°Well, who knows.¡± What stand before her was a tall figure, taller than her maybe similar to mostly basketball players. That figure wear black and full steel armor, there is slight blush red pattern in each border of the armor. The black figure wore a black-full helmet and there is red eyes in the center of the hole. Both of the arms holding a huge reddish sword that touch the ground. The figure more like a knight in black armor than a sage. What San thinking when the figure come to the sight was incredible heroic, very epic, very rpg and very fantasy. very beautiful in epic way. Well, now this is not what San imagined about her grandma, not in any macho nor heroic. ¡°Go on, introduce yourself.¡± San lightly coughed. ¡°Hi¡­ I¡¯m San Roel¡­¡± she is fidgeting since the knight figure looking at her thoroughly. The red light that San indicated as the figure¡¯s eyes somehow dimmed and showed again, looks like the figure is blinking. The somewhat-like-knight nodded and said, ¡°I¡¯m a Gazer. Pleased to meet you, Miss Roel.¡± Oh, A Gazer? As in like observer or watcher? Now San understood something. The figure, that tall like a knight and clad in black armor, is really like her grandma. Watching over her since she was a baby. No wonder the intercession become a gazer. ¡°Zeeloreis, pardon me, but how do I use this¡­ Gazer?¡± ¡°Gazer. They have unlimited eyes, ears, and could give you depth-information. If you wish, you can ask them what is people thinking and they will tell you. They can observe as well as spying what your order. Simply put¡ª¡± ¡°ULTIMATE-STALKING-MACHINE¡± San snapped loudly. Well, the ground was quiet enough so her voice somehow reached the highest. Zeeloreis being silence while San could think just what will she get if she used a gazer. To her demised Zeeloreis denied her thought. ¡°Don¡¯t do any reckless and useless stuff like that. A gazer is your Arte, you are being rude in the name of loyalty if you use for stalking-term.¡± Tell her what should she do and don¡¯t then ( =.=¡¯ ), San continued to grumbling inside. ¡°But this is also a step forward. We would never though a human who never socialize before happen to get intercession. Normally, any social being who have closest friends or relatives already have intercession, around two or more. But you just get one, just now.¡± Ugh, its slapping her internally. It¡¯s true though, she never had close friend nor hanging around with her family. Wait, does that mean she still can achieve more arte? ¡°Zeeloreis, pardon me, how can I get more arte?¡± She wished there is more way than communicating with human, she sucked at that. ¡°any other way than socialize with human, you can get arte from the plant and animal. That, if you are nature friendly. But both are taking too long. With your ability right now, We afraid we will not making in time.¡± Ugh, another slapping internally. ¡°that¡¯s way we got some arte prepared for you.¡± (UwU) San mouth slightly open and almost twisting. Really? That was nice Zeeloreis, that is kind of you. Preparing arte for her. My, San were never have been so lucky. Of all things that happened until now, this is the best. She does not need to interact with human being as she was worst at that. Since talking with her grandma is really helpful, is like every bad thing already lifted up from her. She got one intercession yesterday and today is her second big day ¡°Gemenna, the keeper of Hell, already prepared them for you.¡± ¡°¡­¡± HEAVEN. San gasped. Her body freeze suddenly as her wide eyed looked up and she take a step-back unintentionally. Seriously? San take back all her lucky and big day. Surely Zeeloreis wanted her to vanished soon hm? She made an umpteenth mistake, this is Zeeloreis, the Angel of Death we are talking about. There is no way a paradise-blissful-pocket from Zeeloreis. What lies at the end of Death? Only cold and piercing truth! Gemenna. Oh my god, her elementary book said meeting that guador was an awful sight. Well, who wanted to see the gate to the depth of abyss, the purgatory of agony, the everlasting misery?? NO ONE!! Now San was talking inside like a mad-poet. Zeeloreis, being all silenced and figured what she thought replied her, ¡°Gemenna ordered legius instead to give them for you, right now at the corner of the ground. You won¡¯t get to see the abyss¡¯s gate we assured you.¡± Afterward, at the corner of the ground, the should-be greyish turned to be red colored, like the sun going to set at evening. She though, that place where Gemenna¡¯s legius waiting. Thus, she walked in slow paced as she gazing at the entire two different setting, one is greyish where she just been talked with Zeeloreis and the other side is red where the meeting with Gemenna will take place. Her gazer, that stalking machine. following her right behind. Come to think of it, she didn¡¯t name her stalk¡ª gazer properly. San turned around and face that tall black armor figure. They stared at each other for a while. ¡°Saga.¡± San break the silence among them. ¡°Yes, Saga will be your name. Sa for Star and Ga for Gazer. In short from Star-Gazer.¡± The other side doesn¡¯t give any response, thus San added, ¡°I was going to call you Sassy you know... Sa for starry and the second for sky, in short of starry sky. My first time playing otome game. But, you with that gung-ho and masculine figure won¡¯t fit with that name, meh.¡± Finally, that gung-ho figure nodded as if understand and acknowledge the name given by San. She think that is enough and continue to walk. She arrived at the corner. What lies ahead before was a dead end, in short there is cliff where she standing right now and only red sky filling the entire corner. What to do? Should she greet first? Like ¡®greeting your majesty, ruler of hell, keeper of the everlasting flame¡¯. Haha, as if she had enough bravery and lives to do so. ¡­ One minute, five minutes, and ten minutes already passed. When will the meeting begin? San already attempted coughed a bit, waved her hand while jump, and shouted ¡®eiyoo¡¯. Trying to catch attention, but failed. There is none, only breeze that come through and the waving weed. Did she is being played at? Is this fun, bullied the outcast? ¡°is that how you greet new people? Because that¡¯s inhumane.¡± A voice, somewhere. San turned left and right as she found nothing new. ¡°Miss Roel, above you.¡± Saga pointed above her and San looking up. Surely there is a person wearing red robes that soaring above her. A legius approached her. Once arrived, even with close gap between them San still could not distinguished the face part as the shadow diligently covered the entire area. ¡°¡­ Hi.¡± Yeah, she sucked with introduction. The legius replied, ¡°no wonder Gemenna prepared them for you. The guador must know how hopeless you are.¡± Stingy mouth! The legius soon swayed the robes and crystals forming a huge glassy-mirror between them. ¡°I was ordered to give them for you. But actually, there is more than that. Gemenna asked me to give you five question. Should you answer them right, you will get what is prepared for you. But if wrong, then none taken. Are you ready?¡± Adapting with environment, she knew this would never been easy as breathing. She gulped and stared at the glass mirror. If she failed, she would have to get another way. But if she got them right, all five arte will be hers. She nodded. If it related common sense question, she might able to. There is a chance. ¡°Alright. Here we go, Number one: if you face a three-head-wolf, a monstrous octopus, and a flaming huge bird. which one will defeat you faster?¡± ¡°¡­¡± GOOD GRIEF. EVERY ONE OF THEM. San wanted to ranted and jabbed this person, she meant this legius formerly was a human right? Facing them? Even before that, those creatures will attack her surprisingly. Not giving any chance for her to facing them. Furthermore, what with this question? It did not contain any common sense nor mathematics. This is sickening. Well, whatever it is the¡ª wait, she should think clearly right now. this might be a trap. First, three headed wolf? Cerberus right? They are likely to attack in group. Second, an octopus, must be Kraken then. Last, a bird which flaming, does that mean a phoenix? Among them which one will defeat her faster. Surely, all above them will. But if San check thoroughly, those three represent each nature. First is mainland, second is sea, and the last is sky. next, defeated in the mainland was a commonly found. Defeated in the sea, well died because lack of oxygen furthermore your body will be depleted since it eaten by sea creatures, worst stated of death huh. Defeated in the sky, this is like ¡®dream higher and you will fall between the stars¡¯, not bad. Defeated mentally speak loudly than physical. Thus, San replied, ¡°a flaming bird will do.¡± The mirror wrote her answer. ¡°Question number two: A gigantic tsunami was about to come and you are in the shore that time. You have a choice to run fast to the mainland, climb a huge building and ride a submarine. Which one will sink you faster?¡± ¡°¡­¡± GOOD GRIEF. Not again, not faster again. This legius, this stingy hooded figure is extremely disliked her. She is making sure the questions will be all about her being downer and hopeless. Alright, keep composed. San pinched her nose and tilted her head slightly. Like Conan do, but since she doesn¡¯t wear eye glasses, her nose will do. Hang on, this is will be easy when there is fourth option: stay at the place as if facing the tsunami. Surely, she will sink faster right? All the three option is like a useless attempt to survive (T.T) Run fast, well she is not very athletic so this one is a dominant choice right now. climb a building, there is a probability to sink if the building wasn¡¯t strong enough. Ride a submarine, this is the safest choice and she might surviv¡ª Wow, wait a minute. San sensed a trap here. Surely, if she wanted to sink faster, the submarine will do. Aren¡¯t submarine naturally will sink? She meant, submarine work under the water right? San grinned. Good question, well answer. ¡°ride a submarine will do.¡± The mirror added her second answer. ¡°Question number three also conclude the remaining question. I won¡¯t repeat the main part and only ask the question for the remaining. keep in mind the main part. Main part for number three, four and five: You meet with a Guador. The Guador will give you power. But you can only choose one. Question number three: what power you desire?¡± This¡­ it seemed like the real trial, so the first two question was only to pissed her off? San scrutinized her eyes as she thinking hard. There is no option, that¡¯s meant she can answer her desired-power freely right? This is difficult. Honestly, she never taken an interest with any power and if she recalled back when she read mostly manga and anime; the heroine always has unique power and miracle but they never think power is everything for them. That¡¯s what she likes about them anyway. And now San at their position. If she can get a power, which one would be? Alright, lets get to the basic need. What is she need right now? surely, she hopeless in every aspect. But there must be something that could minimalize that hopelessness. First, she can choose the power to be time controller. Duh, she can redo any mistakes. But, if she keep re-doing when will she mastered them? Second, she can choose the power to enhanced her physical skill or self-power. this is pretty good, really nice cheating as it hurt her pride. Third, she can choose teleportation or time travel. Haha honestly, she chose this as entertainment. Who wish to travel the world instantly? Everyone wishes. Fourth, she can choose levitation or ability to flight. Again, this is for entertainment. Fifth, she can choose illusion control. Well, if mistakes should happen, then illusion can cover them. Sixth, she can choose shapeshifting. If she cannot be¡ª ¡°Just claim one. come one.¡± the Legius interrupted and San snapped back. ¡°It¡¯s difficult to choose when there is no opti¡ª¡± San almost finished her statement when it get to her. Yes, it is. Human. A sublime creation, different from the other being. they can choose whatever and whenever they wanted. Choose, yes. There will be options, multi or only, important or not, related or not, and so on. If it break the boundary, it will result inhumanness such as savagery, cruelty or greedy. Strayed from one purpose or object. Just like this question happened. There is no option and she almost strayed from her purpose. Desire is unlimited. Maybe this is the answer, but San doubt it. It¡¯s an obvious one. Alright, this is just a sequence of question, there is two left if this is failed. Here we go, ¡°a power to selection, preferences or option from among choices. That will do.¡± Silenced filled among them. San gulped and a sweat break through her back. Why the legius didn¡¯t comment them. ¡°that¡¯s dumb.¡± Yeeha, San feeling grateful over stupidity. ¡°not my business. Onto next question. Question number four: with that power, how will you breaking through number one and two?¡± ¡°¡­¡± WHAT. You meant, with this power how will she defeat the flaming bird and survive a tsunami while ride a submarine??? (T.T) If she knew this would happen, she would choose teleportation to avoid both that bird and tsunami. Or enhanced her self-power so she could stand facing them. Or regeneration if worst come to be. Of all power, she chose the useless one, an obvious, added with dumbness like the Legius said. Give her a break (T.T) But what she could do? Rice has become a porridge or you cannot stop the stone that you just throw. She should find a way with herself. To defeat the bird and survive a tsunami. San pursed her lips and clasped her hand behind her back. This is it, now or never. ¡°first, to defeat a flaming bird with my ability right now, I can choose to fight if I wanted to. I might not be able to win and defeated always exists. but I can''t choose to quit. if I quit, the result is only failure. I can avoid them and fight in another chances. I can run away from them and trained myself so I can fight again. No matter, there should be a progress. Be it my defeated or the bird, if I lose, I still win. Second, to survive the tsunami while ride a submarine. I know there is less probability to be survived after a huge disaster coming. Even with big and pricey assurance, if it meant to sinking along the tsunami and buried within, so be it. At least, I had tried to survived. This may be a useless power. But, to felt the gamble, that feeling when you can choose, disappointed after you choose along with hidden satisfied. In the end, I choose to make it so.¡± Thus, the mirror writes, exactly, every phrase she said. ¡°Next. Question number five: why do you wanted that power?¡± TRAP-SENSED. This is also difficult. She just said, internally, that she regretted choose that power. If she agreed does that meant she get nothing? If she declined does that meant she will get another power? What if she declined and that is showed how greedy she was. This question testing patience, determine and integrity at the same time. Agree or object? Whatever happen, once she chose, the result will appear. Oh yeah, of course. Isn¡¯t obvious, human being have the ability to do so, hahah. AS IF! This is what she sowed and she should reap them. ¡°Pardon me, but I cannot relate that. Be it something I wanted or not, it just happened as we exist. It¡¯s natural if human searching their choices, I think.¡± The mirror wrote them. ¡°Is that all your reason?¡± ¡°Sorry, in the end, I just wanted to get better.¡± There it is. She finally said the most obvious between the obviousness. ¡°Alright, you had answered all the five question and the result is¡­¡± San rubbed her hands and leaned forward, what is her result? How many arte will she gained? One, two? Or five!? ¡°Gemenna said you can have two arte.¡± HEAVEN, THANK YOU. ¡°Thank you very much, that¡¯s meant of all five question, I got two of them right?¡± ¡°don¡¯t know, don¡¯t care. Now, here.¡± San pressed her lips together when the legius replied with such answer. Two gleaming crystals, one is green and the other is yellow. They headed and approached right in front of San. ¡°My job here is done. I will leave first.¡± Thus, the legius faded along with the strong breeze making San¡¯s brown hair fluttering. The red sky around her become greyish again. Oh well, what done is done. At least, it¡¯s not an empty result right? ¡°Zeeloreis, look at this!¡± San smiled widely as she brimming those crystals. ¡°I could tell. You do great. Let¡¯s activate them.¡± Thus, the crystal soaring above her, ready turned to a figure. San was wondering, what kind of arte will she get? Right, she should ask about the questions. Which one is right? Does that it will influence the arte she had been given? The green one turned to a figure which not too tall, around her shoulder. Wearing a simple white tunic covered with green robes. The green one forming an old man with long white hair and beard. The old man holding a twig decorated with white flowers and green leaves. The yellow one turned to a figure which almost tall like Saga. Wearing a yellow blouse covered with knee-length black coat. The yellow one forming a lady with long curly yellow hair. The lady also wearing a black belt which pattern turned to be all kind of weapons. San actually could take a hint to the green one, it¡¯s a sage or guru. While the yellow one, she could only say; it¡¯s a lady. They are staring at each other at first. ¡°Good day, young Lass. I¡¯m a Guru. Let¡¯s do our best from now.¡± this is the green one, the old man who introduced first. San smiled and nodded at him. A guru, wow, she got the jackpot, a wise person is hard to get lately. The second followed, ¡°I¡¯m a Warrior, War and battle is an art of beauty~¡± the lady somehow make a quite posture which we called as narcist. ¡°I¡¯m San Roel. Nice to meet you all.¡± ¡°My, you look plain!¡± said the lady. Thank you very much, San appreciated she met a straightforward person. San was about to name them when suddenly the lady spoke again, ¡°Call me Hera, Sweetie~¡± Oh, that¡¯s convenient. San nodded at Hera and turned to the old man, ¡°wise person, what to name? Alexis? No, it meant helper or defender in Greek¡­ something dessert, something free¡­ Al¡­ Alvey¡­ will do?¡± ¡°As you wish, it meant ¡®All wise¡¯ from Alviss in Old Norse, I think?¡± San nodded. Therefore, the arte already placed and named. San looked up, what will she do? More training? ¡°Let¡¯s begin the training, now we will teach you how to use your arte.¡± Yep. Zeeloreis even added more training list for her. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ three day had passed. It really fast, she though she can train more with her arte, strengthening the bond. Or spar with her friends, learn better. Unfortunately, day passed like that and today is the day. Well, it¡¯s still one hour left before the trial begin. Her ONLY trial. San was sitting at the terrace after tended her garden. Lately, well not lately, since she began her training at Aelux realm, she always doing chores like tending garden, cooking, cleaning the house, morning and evening exercise, and many more. Activities that she rarely did before. Of course, each first time she did her family was bewildered. Even asking her if she have fever or hit her head somewhere. Well, it did and the truth is every mystery for herself. It only happened two days ago, when she almost got hit by a truck, met Zeeloreis, goes to Aelux realm, met her friends from other Guador¡¯s branch, training, training, and have her arte. Surely having arte is really helped her. Saga the Gazer, Hera the Warrior, and Alvey the Guru. Those three is similar like trifle cake, there is fruits, creamy fillings and cake or cookies layers. Somehow San was feeling grateful to meet them, true they are loyal but they also have unique personalities. Saga was more stolid and reserved, very very calm and quiet, but also rude. What rude? Sometimes if she didn¡¯t stop Saga, it might be bad. The first time is when she attended a class yesterday, surely Saga can hear what is people thinking and it¡¯s hurt when you know what inside their heart. Human¡¯s heart and mind was never meant to be played at anyway. Thus, San always warned Saga to not overlook human¡¯s heart and mind when it¡¯s not ordered to. There are times when something is better unknown. Especially when you know they despised you.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. Next, Hera. We did mention how narcist she was. Actually, we are being rude toward Hera, she just admired herself and other aesthetic things. When situation is normal, sometimes she is being playful, like to socialize, have a sense of humor. When situation is serious, she is very considerate, cooperative and very charismatic. She is the mood maker inside the group. San find this arte is very attractive. Hera is strong, she can produce million type weapons to San. But of course, to use them meaning San must practice hard to mastered them. Last, Alvey. The wise one in the group. The old man always looked calm, although his mouth covered with long white beard, San knew the old man somehow smile calmly inside. The air around him is very clement, very comfortable. Alvey rarely talk, but when he did, he only said short statement or warning toward San. Until now, never heard Alvey talk loudly. When combat or training begin, he always said precise things and very earnest toward San. That¡¯s way the other two arte and San herself paid high-respect to him. San was thinking deep, she also wanted to know the reason why Gemenna give her those arte. Surely the reason about how hopeless she was, cannot be really that right? ¡°Oi, what are you being silenced about?¡± A voice somewhere. It¡¯s quite echoed but believe her, no one except her can hear them. it¡¯s Hera¡¯s voice. Talking with arte is different, no matter how loud they were or San was, no one will know. It¡¯s like whispering, no wait, is like speak inwardly. Or maybe when they have conversation, they have wall around them, limiting the outer senses to approach them. ¡°Sorry, I just wondering something.¡± San replied and stood up, she already watered the plants, next she wanted to take a bath and have something to chew at before she goes to Aelux realm to begin her trial. ¡°O-oh~ I know, you. Are. Nervous! Aren¡¯t you?¡± San quickly walking upstairs. ¡°No way, I¡¯m not.¡± She denied. ¡°Just being honest, sweetie. You already trained enough, if I might say, you can conquer this house for yourself!¡± San chuckle, she didn¡¯t feel offended. Hera just trying to lift her burden inside. No matter, trial cannot be taken lightly. You will be sent to another realm, another world where you cannot meet with your family nor friends. You must survive and beat the quest to exit the trial. Of course, you will be accompanied with your arte but, for a teen like her, who never socialize or step to the real world, it¡¯s difficult in every aspect. Surely, she already trained. If San must say, she can do life-skill like cooking and sewing, she also learned battle or combat arts. Thanks to Hera¡¯s aid, she also learned how to combined weapon and use them at particular condition. She also had number one stalking¡ª observer, a spy to be truth. Added with a guru who will keep in touch with her if she lost. Right, there is need to be scared. Yep, just taking this trial as leisure walk in another world. Yep. Everything is going to be alright. ¡­ San was standing alone at training ground. Ready to depart. Well, almost. ¡°We¡¯ve explained the trial yesterday, now we will explain things you should know: Do not kill those who don¡¯t fight, especially children, woman and elderly. Do not kill animal or innocent being, except for food. Do not torment enemies, use instant-kill and be sure to minimalize pain for enemies. Do not fight for revenge. Do not steal when fighting. Do not use poison as you are tormenting your enemies. Do not make decision when you are in high-emotion, especially too happy or angry. Make a decision with clear mind. Do not engage in battle, just apologize or succumb if it wasn¡¯t worth to avoid unnecessary suffering, if forced, less killing. Understand?¡± What the¡ª Alright, San nodded. ¡°Yes, Understood.¡± ¡°Last, hear this: your journey might take several years even thousands. Nonetheless, you will come back. be it fail or not, an arrive at your world in the same time you departed. The quest is not clear as you will search the answer yourself. What disrupt the world you enter? What lies beneath those? Thus, your decision, effort and strategy will affect the result. Your trial will come to end in two conditions: first, you died whatever the reason is. Second, you get the answer. Any question?¡± ¡°Well, this trial, what for? Why I¡¯m taking them first while my other colleges don¡¯t?¡± ¡°trial is necessary to measure your capabilities. How will you defeat Daelos being who life far more than million years before earth-dwellers? You have to be prepared. Our training is different than another disciples.¡± Ah, right. She should get used to this. ¡°I know this is out of topic, but why Gemenna prepared arte for me?¡± Please, not hopeless reason. ¡°we cannot say the reason for detail, since it¡¯s wasting time. But for sure, it¡¯s already get the permission from the Almighty, thus we trust the arte for you.¡± Yeah, haha, it¡¯s still THAT unknown and obvious reason. Oh well, sometimes something is better to be unknown right? ¡°We supposed there is no further question. May security and guidance within your journey.¡± A flash light and strong breeze coming, it makes her body flying. San closed her eyes tighly as the light very sparky. As the light coming to fade and only darkness brimming within her closed eyes, San open her eyes gradually. She doesn¡¯t hear nor see anything at first, then slowly she could see shadow forming many figure and faint sound. ¡°¡­or¡­der¡­¡± That faint sound gradually become clearer as the shadow forming many people in front of her. some looked at her with scowled and flushed face, some were whispering at each other and there is five persons right in front of her who looked at her with disgust and cold. ¡°Miss, they are angry at you.¡± Saga said and made it clear. Right now, San was kneeling at the floor of somewhere grand hall. There were people circling her and their attention is straight toward her. She still cannot get the what situation right now as she was looked in front of her. The five people right in the center attention other than San consist of four males and one female. The males looked at her with clenching hand and cold expression while the female look trembled and hugged by one of them. Oh, my, San have a bad feeling. Don¡¯t tell me, this is THAT famous-line-scene-of-anti-climax-villain??? What was her crimes in this world? What is the destruction flag for her? exiled? Social discrimination? Mental abused? Honestly, that kinda penalty is not cruel nor rising destruction at all, in fact, San was overjoyed to be exiled or damage her socially as she was anti-social, plain and all before. San was about to predict what will they say when the center male among them who hugged the trembled girl suddenly point his finger toward San. ¡°In the name of Banec, the Deity who watch over our Regnum. Toward San Roel of Banec Regnum. As your crimes and treacherous. I, Kean Murray, the first Crown Prince of Banec Regnum, command you to beheaded tomorrow!¡± ¡°¡­¡± !!?? GOOD GRIEF. Beheaded?? Now, aren¡¯t this is too fast? The plot is too much. Too unbearable. What was her crimes? What was she did? And that Kean Murray is just a crown prince, you are still not age nor position enough to justify a villain! He said it loudly and clearly, so much that San herself could only panicked inside and stiffed outside. Dude, that guy must be high. Too high. ¡°Yes, miss, Kean Murray said it clearly; you will be decapitated tomorrow.¡± Thank you, Saga. How lovely. ¡°WHAT?!¡± Hera shocked. ¡°THIS IS¡­ AMAZING!¡± huh? San sweat-dropped and smiled dryly inside. ¡°Sweetie, let¡¯s do our best to claim the Right! You and me, we will turn this hall into beautiful red dyed in bloo¡ª¡± ¡°Stop it. I¡¯m afraid we are being send into un-timid setting. Lass, the execution will be arranged tomorrow, I suggest we should wait. Also, there is something I need to tell you. When the situation is already clearer, we will begin our plan to escape.¡± Alvey denied them. Alright, San agreed with Alvey. There is so many things she didn¡¯t know, what crimes? And her name is still her original name, wow! Also, where exactly this place, except the name of Banec Regnum thought. San take a deep breath. Inner peace, yes, she began to composing her heart right now. she can hear the hall full of whisper and shocked too. ¡°Beheaded? I can¡¯t believe it¡­¡± ¡°it¡¯s worth as her action lately. I agreed.¡± ¡°Poor, she must be desperate, she was an odd lady and anti-social before.¡± Ugh, No No¡­ inner-peace. San take a sequence of deep breath. Two people come from between the crowd, they are most likely the soldiers here. They clad full with armor and spears. They come approached San and take her with them. San lowered her head and eyes since she doesn¡¯t want to see nor hear the surrounding anymore. ¡°Miss, they talked how bad you are.¡± Saga, please. You are not helping at all (T.T) your miss is trying to find her inner peace. Suddenly a push coming toward her, she only jumbled slightly and saw an elderly grabbed her shoulder. ¡°No! You cannot take my grand-daughter!¡± Although San cannot see the face, she can feel how familiar the elderly who stand before her. This voice, this unlimited kindness. Yes, none other than¡ª ¡°If you wanted to take her, face my corpse first!¡± HEAVEN. How can her sweet and kind grandma turn into GRANDPA in this realm!? her image about her grandma inside almost shattered, but that is not important right now. her grandm¡ªpa was in dangerous stated to protect her! ¡°Gr-Grandpa¡­ please stop! I¡¯m fine¡­¡± ¡°Keep quiet! You, ran and escape while¡ª¡± San¡¯s pupil shrank when she sees something fast was about to hit her grandpa. With one leg, she easily swayed them and San¡¯s body goes around, jump and hit that thing before it reached her grandpa. That thing is a wooden rod, although if getting hit by them wasn¡¯t very dangerous but to throw that straight to an elderly was enough to call ambulance if there is one in this world thought. How dare they. San was about to angry when Alvey reminded her, ¡°stay still, lass. This might be worsened if you let out even a word.¡± ¡°Jeez, what a surprise!¡± Hera looked very disappointed and could not stop urging San to start the so-called Right, Hera must meant justification. One of the five person right at the center threw them. his looked very disgusted, he clenched his fist and come approached where San and her grandpa standing. San lower her eyebrows. ¡°Be careful, Miss. He planned to kick your grandpa.¡± Thank you, Saga! Thus, swiftly they both, San and that man, act at the same time. The man quickly jousted his leg toward them, straight to hit her grandpa. But he found a hand grabbed his jousting leg, San successfully swooped her grandpa and achieve the attack instead. This is better. Well, better for her grandpa and his old-bones. As for San, she was straightly thrown back. Her hands placed right at his leg which make the impact of being kicked wasn¡¯t very hurts. But, it¡¯s hurt morally and mentally. ¡°Good, Lass. You save the day.¡± Alvey, please, the situation is not good neither the setting is already night outside. What could happen? ¡°Hey, this is not finish. Yanked him, Sweetie!¡± Hera followed. ¡°Miss, your back side and right palm was wounded. It¡¯s better to see a physician or get some treatment.¡± Yeah, that is also lovely Saga. San wished she could get away from this situation and go to the physician to tend her wound. The man who just kicked her, stood before her. His yellow eyes brimming with coldness and disgust. ¡°Get up. This is not over. A creepy creature like you should have been perished.¡± Said the man. That was hurt really, but over than hurt, San is confused, just what exactly she did till make him so disgusted to her?? San coughed, the impact after being kicked somehow make the way to her stomach and its ache. Her grandpa was being held with the soldiers beside her as he looked very worried to her. ¡°Pardon me¡­¡± San tried to get up when suddenly Saga reminded her again about that man planned to kick her instead (¡­) She was on a stated to get up, she might be failed to avoid as her stomach and back side began to ache. She could see one of the man¡¯s leg started to lift, ready to kick her forward. San is ready to achieve the impact. (T.T) But the impact was not coming, instead a hand hold that man and pushed him. ¡°That¡¯s enough. Zoran, you are being too much.¡± A man stood before her wearing a huge golden armor. ¡°Soldier, take her to the dungeon!¡± he ordered and the soldiers released her grandpa and bring her. San thought he was the general here. ¡­ Here she was, at the dungeon and both of her hand tied to rusty chain. She was sitting a moment after being sent here. The cell where she being held was very old and dirty. Not to mention the chain to held her was all old and rusty. One force and she can be released. ¡°Alright, now what?¡± ¡°Miss, there is two soldiers behind the cell and five soldiers wandering outside.¡± ¡°so, we are going to escape?¡± ¡°Sweetie, it¡¯s okay. You are doing great job, saving an old gramp!¡± ¡°Thanks, Hera. But we should focus what we must do right now.¡± ¡°No, no, no. I meant, after that, someone at the hall wanted to help you!¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Lass, there is something I need to tell you. Once we arrived at this world, some information coming to introduced this world. Is not much. But we should use whatever the resources is. According to this¡­¡± Some crystals gleaming right in front of her, forming a blue screen. it said: San Roel. a citizen of Banec Regnum. Her parents already gone due to accident when sailing. She lived with her only grandfather. Since she only lived with her grandpa, they decided to take children who lost their parent. Thus, they manage to build an orphanage inside Banec Regnum. San Roel is a teen who never goes outside nor hanging around with people around her age. She usually helping her grandpa tending the farms and raising the children. This is her primary reason to attended royal School of Banec Regnum, since her grandpa was an old man who work as farmer, she should find an appropriate work. Thus, she registered as candidate of royal scholarship. She joined the medical division, there she rose and become candidates of the prime minister of Health. And the remaining page from the crystals is about her personality, height, weight, short form curriculum vitae. It¡¯s same and matched well with her in the original world. San was wondering, do this ¡®San Roel¡¯ in this world is really desperate? So much that the incident just now was accusing her like this? She meant, did ¡®San Roel¡¯ here is a bad person? Alvey broke the silence, ¡°Lass, go get some rest. We will awake you if it already morning.¡± come on, how can she rest when tomorrow is her execution. Her trial will come to an end in less than ten hours! This should not happen. Is she playing as the villain? What stated right now? who is she right now? where her grandpa right now? who they are, those scu¡ª people who shouted and throw at her? So many things yet so little informant here. Unconsciously, she fell asleep. ¡­ The sun shines brightly. The commotion was standing circling the arena. They are going to see the spectacle of guillotine. San was being dragged from long stone corridor, she could see, above the podium was a huge guillotine and a basket. Ready to catch her head and blood. Weird, San doesn¡¯t feel any scared or trembled. She just dragged with usual expression, stoic and firm movement. She was standing and before her was the wooden to put her head through. She looked up and could see a high podium where usually the important position sat. Include those five people who looked down at her. A huge and golden chair in the middle was empty thought, the King doesn¡¯t attend the execution? What happened? Do this execution have legal license? Dying in mal-order is not funny. Someone began speaking at the corner podium. Seem like the MC for today event. ¡°Here you are, all citizen of Banec Regnum. In the center of arena, right now, stand a citizen who committed heavy crimes. San Roel. She tried to burned a mansion, stole noble¡¯s belonging, seduced a royal citizen, even attempt to poison an innocent person. To atone her sin, an execution will be held shortly after the speech.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Seriously, San Roel in this world tried to do what!? Didn¡¯t she is an odd and anti-social creature?? What is the motive? Have they tried to investigate this further?? She need justification! All the commotion boo-ing her and throw some tantrum. ¡°Death you creepy!¡± yeah, Death already met her around two days ago, in another world. What good come when she died here? Her trial will come to an end! ¡°because of you, my children must see this tragedy!¡± not like she wanted to, and don¡¯t bring you children to see the execution! Bad teaching. ¡°May your soul dying under Banec Deity!¡± she didn¡¯t understand that part, the ¡®dying¡¯ part, when she must do the twenty-one hours/times to practices in Aelux realm, which she will said the fact: the fact is, if she count the time each of her session, around seventy-two hours each session, which meant if she multiplied with twenty-one times, that¡¯s meant¡ª¡­ okay, not important. She grateful all her intensive-training will come to hand. She is not scared right now. San lowered her eyebrow, she standing firmly. She looked at them with piercing eyes. right now, Alvey doesn¡¯t reminded her, that¡¯s meant she can act as she wanted right? The sky turned cloudy as the situation somehow gloomy and cold breeze ringing around her body. Her hands were chained behind her back, with one pull the chain suddenly teared. Thus, the spectators become loud again as the soldiers standing around her, ready to take her down if ordered to. The five people including that Kane Murray somehow jaw dropped. ¡°Halt! What are you doing!?¡± the man with golden armor said loudly. San still glanced at each of them and being silent. ¡°How can a weak girl break the chain?? Even a lowly being like her!¡± ¡°Ka-Kane¡­ I¡¯m sacred¡­¡± ¡°someone, hold her tight! Bring her down!¡± ¡°how creepy. Enough with chit chatting, I will cut her by myself.¡± What a loud mouth, she just pierced the chain, and they should know the chain already old and rusty before. The young man, who once kicked her yesterday, jump from the highest podium, he landed and approached her. She could hear the golden armor-man trying to stop him by shouted at him. The young man seem doesn¡¯t care and take out his sword. Ready to attack her. ¡°Miss, be careful, he really wanted to kill you.¡± Thanks Saga. As always you could see what that ruthless man is thinking. ¡°Avoid offense, just defense until aid is coming.¡± Pardon her Alvey, but how long she must hold them? and what aid will come when she already at the tip of dire? ¡°yeehaa, come on Sweetie. Show your chummy fang!¡± Haha, San decide to only show him slicky and trickery movement as she agreed with Alvey, right now she didn¡¯t want to engage a battle. Defenses is more likely her choices. Hence, the man started the fight first as he jousted the sword straight to aimed at her neck. San easily dodged the attack. Herda urging her to attack him but Alvey denied and reminded her about the things she should know before transmigrated to this world: don¡¯t engage in battle. Saga as always said what is the ruthless man thinking to kill her. They battle just like that, one attacking and the other only guard herself. Even with self-defense, right now the battle is at her side. Thanks to the help of her arte, if she chose to attack, she will have a great opportunity to win, but that would be worsened her condition. She is only the prisoner ordered to death while the people around here are despised her. what good will do when you are bearing one voice facing thousand voices? You will only get beaten, no matter even when you are the rightful side. Around five minutes already passed when suddenly a big tremor could be felt followed by the sound of explosion. The spectators suddenly become panic and chaos as they were heading outside, running for their lives, screaming and so on. The soldiers also scattered, trying to calming the crowd. The battle stopped as they both looked up the sky, there is black and huge smoke from outside. The general quickly arranged his soldiers and goes outside. Not caring either the execution is still going or not. Kane shouted at him but the general doesn¡¯t paid response, seem like this nation is more important than teenager¡¯s affairs huh? Or seem like this whole event already breaking the ultimate-scene-ani-climax-villain? ¡°Wh-what?¡± the man before him was somehow shocked. He looked very cold, ruthless and merciless just now. but he turned like a chick left by his mother. Saga started his observation, ¡°Miss, there is a raid in this nation. Around five huge flying ship coming toward the palace, there is around ten medium size ship and over than ten small ship. They marched together. They also bombarding and destroying the states.¡± Oh, so this is the ¡®aid¡¯ that Alvey mentioned huh. ¡°Lass, don¡¯t waste this opportunity.¡± San nodded she was planning to escape but it hit her, where. Is. Her. Grandpa!? ¡°my old man!¡± she shouted. San turned around the spectator chairs, but she doesn¡¯t saw the figure she missed. She thought her grandpa would be around to spectate¡­ wait, what kind of a family would wanted to attend his grand-daughter execution? ¡°Miss, your grand-father located at one of that big airship.¡± ¡°¡­¡± What the¡ª don¡¯t tell us that her grandpa is the leader to cause this raid?? A huge shadow covered the execution place. San looked up again and saw a huge, very gigantic, colossal, tremendous airship flying right above the execution place. She jaw-dropped. The ship is really huge, maybe if the ship landed where she stood right now it will be buried the place, buried them flat on the ground. The ship is colored with red and black, there is a golden pattern in each tip and a huge sail with symbol craved. San thought it was the symbol of the group who raid this nation. A symbol of red crescent moon and five flower petals inside. San blinked a second when there is a familiar person waving hands to her from above. It¡¯s her old man! San feeling grateful and smiled faintly to him. ¡°Oh, so the creepy creature here is a traitor to this nation huh?¡± Crap, she forgot about that ruthless man behind her. San was about to confront him again when suddenly there is a fast-black shadow fell right and crushed that ruthless man. The shadow, a figure appeared before her sight, the black robe flutter slowly as the hand covered with black coated glove and there is a light steel armor covered half of the figure¡¯s chest. The figure turned around and face San straightly. ¡°San Roel. Is that your name?¡± That figure was a man, he is wearing red blouse with long black suit. There is armor that covered half of his shoulder and chest. He has long black hair and complete bright red eyes. they look like a bloodthirsty. He smiled at her with modesty, but San knew from the started her eyes met him. He is very dangerous. ¡°Yes.¡± San replied. The man looked down at the person beneath him. With one swoop, he sent the ruthless-now-poor man thrown and crushed the wall that located far from them. at the same time, two figures coming down from the airship and landed beside her. not long, the subordinates coming down from the airship and each stand around the arena, guarding and observing outside. ¡°Pardon me for taking too long. I see your wound still not healed properly. Therefore, I invite you to my humble place to get treatment.¡± Afterward the huge airship lowered, she could see her grandpa above still waving his hand. San still not replied when suddenly the man approached her in a flash, excusing himself and carried her with bridal style. She wide eyes at first but understood quickly when the arena where she stood just now was collapsed. The subordinates followed him, some of them still holding the higher place as they are ordered to secured the place. They arrived at the dock of the ship, surely there is her grandpa and some people who might be his subordinates. ¡°San~ah!!¡± her grandpa hugged her tightly and not stopping his gratefulness. She could only chuckle and hugged him back. Two maid and a butler approached them as they take them inside with humble and politeness. ¡­ Inside. San could wash her body and changed into appropriate clothes. A green blouse and long black skirt. The maid also gave her a black coat since it¡¯s cold today. Right now, San could have tasted some bread, creamy soup and warm tea. Despite the situation right now, the nation are at raid, a war and they are eating leisurely. ¡°Lass, eat more. You haven¡¯t eaten since yesterday.¡± Alvey said, and it meant right now she can rest. ¡°Hey, can we join the war? Sweetie, you will look hot and hooked by males if you dressed like the man before~¡± Hera, as always trying to lift this bad feeling over the war situation. ¡°Miss, right now the raid is nicely done. We won, Miss. The nation has fell to our hands. Congratulation, Miss.¡± San cannot make a comment right now. especially when Saga said nicely part, and what is ¡®our¡¯?? he is talking as if she is really did the raid when she didn¡¯t know anything. She is innocent here. Just a prisoner who saved by a raid group. Her grandpa stuffed her with lots of bread again. ¡°Dear, you should eat more. I know it¡¯s terrible yesterday, but rest assured, Lord Reviel will freed us.¡± Lord who?? ¡°Grandpa, who is this person? And what with this raid? Tell me more¡­¡± Her grandpa covered her again with his coat. ¡°it began right after they bring you to the dungeon. I was threwn out from the palace and had nowhere to go. I was in confused and panicked when a carriage approached me. There I met with Lord Reviel, who was the Lord of Syrr, a huge nation and kingdom far in the north covered with ice and snow. They are known like to conquer and savageness. He offered to help me, and tell me the truth: yesterday, at the banquet before that incident happened, Lord Reviel planned to raid the nation at night, but decide to hold back when he saw your struggling. Since then, he wanted to at least help us.¡± Oh wow, clich¨¦. What is the reason? Surely, that is not the real motive right? Her grandpa is too innocent! There must be something more! This is suspicious, why would a stranger who ruled another nation help some lowly citizen of another nation? This is not right. The door opened. The man before coming and all the servants lowered their head. San and her grandpa sitting at the chair, they also stood up. The man, which not too long ago appeared before her at the arena, crushed the ruthless-now-poor man and carried her, approached them with humble smiled in his face. His red eyes lock on to them. Even the way he smiled and gaze them is not right. It¡¯s like, possession? Obsession? Alvey suddenly barked in, ¡°Oh, there is another data coming.¡± A crystals-screen appear again. Rest assured, no one can see the screen except San herself. The screen goes like this: Name: Reviel de Alta Au¡¯ress Fete Van Renata The last remnant of Renata lineage, the family who raised Syrr Regnum. The crown king of Syrr Regnum and now planning to secure all the regnum around the world to become another Syrr¡¯s branches. Around fifteen of twenty five regnum was under his territory. He has some twisted personality with twisted rational. He is twenty-one years old. Still single. The last part didn¡¯t help at all. The remaining page also mention his weight, height and short form of his CV. There is also his image. Long black hair, coated in black, red blouse, a half chest-plate and two sword scabbard each in his side. There is also revolver behind the coat. Anyway, San could not help but didn¡¯t give this man any trust. Simply because he is twisted, he may help her grandpa, but his motive is unclear. All sugar is silent killer. ¡°Psst, aren¡¯t he handsome, sweetie?¡± stop it, Hera. She doesn¡¯t know who and what is this all about. ¡°Miss, he wanted to introduce himself and said that the ship already landed in safest place and we will exit this ship.¡± Yeah, haha, keep monitoring him Saga. Reminded her if he suddenly back stabbed them. The man sat across them as he ordered them to do so pleasantly. He doesn¡¯t take his eyes off from them. he is eyeing the two persons. Her grandpa still looked respect to him, but San was grim inside and stiff outside. ¡°Pardon me for late introducing, my name is Reviel de Alta Au¡¯ress Fete Van Renata, Ruler of Syrr Regnum in the northest region. Reviel is enough. It¡¯s nice to make acquintance.¡± Yeah, she already knew. San honestly like how the sound from ¡®Fete Van Renata¡¯ only part, you know is similar to said; te-ra-ta-ta-ta! (Note: sound from machine gun being shoot). ¡°My Lord, this lowly citizen was very grateful to your aid, many thanks to Lord Reviel.¡± Said her grandpa, bowing to him. ¡°I just get along with my plan. This is just a coincidence. Right now, the Banec Regnum already fall apart. We already secured the king, his royals and the citizens. Some estates have been crushed within the grounds so we wanted to rebuild them as soon as they are precious to the future Banec State, another branches of Syrr Regnum. The raid is over successfully, you may alight from the ship.¡± Her grandpa and Lord Reviel shake hand before her eyes met with those red eyes. ¡°Miss, he is observing you closely. He expected you to make conversation with him.¡± Nah, no. better lowkey than involved with him and his twisted ambition. ¡°Jeez, up you go Sweetie. Looked how he look at you expectantly¡± ¡°Lass, I give you some option: Choose your answer wisely.¡± What. Does they played her right now? is this some joke or game?? What is ¡®wisely¡¯ when there is wise person, Alvey, in her inner-group right now?? ¡°Lass, this option it¡¯s safest choice.¡± Alvey added. Oh. Ok.
  1. what safest!
Ugh, thank him would be common. If she acted it might pique his interest even more. Being all silent would be frustrating, this man even carried her with bridal style, if she is being silent and lowered her head that is meant how unappreciated she was! Then, NO. Option 2 is more likely. Just smiled at him, yes, smile is also a form of sincerity and grateful. San curved her lips and his red eyes blinked, somehow catch her lips movement. Sadly, she FORCEfully to smiled as she rarely smiled before. She could feet her muscle face twitch as they rarely used to smiled. Her smiled turned to awkward curve of lips, accompanied with being upside down her eyebrows since is like her first time to smile. Oh God, why is she always failed?? She wished to buried herself somewhere. She hear a faint chuckle. She looked and saw that red eyed man holding his small laugh. Oh, he can laugh. Wow. It¡¯s¡ª ¡°sweet, right?¡± stop it Hera, San wanted to said; unbelievable, internally. Even the servants at dining room also kind of bewildered. ¡°You¡­ doesn¡¯t have to force a smile for me. But I appreciated the effort.¡± He is feeling satisfied as he accompanied them exit the ship. ¡­ If he said some estates, don¡¯t believe them at all. It¡¯s not some again, it¡¯s almost entirely all the estates come to ruined. Just what is he? What kind of mass-weapon could alter almost-entirely-all nation to ruined? And why it takes only thirty minutes to conquer a nation? No, what¡¯s right it only takes her to washed, changed and eat durations to conquer them?? How powerful. San sigh-seeing the environment. She is standing at the high bridge inside the palace as she can see the entire Banec Regnum, well former regnum. From above, she could see a camp was being held to bear the former citizens. There is over than hundred tents and the Syrr¡¯s subordinates still distributing food portions as the citizens queuing. She hear her name being called loudly, it was her grandpa. He is coming toward her. ¡°Dear, let¡¯s go to our tent. You must be missed your family!¡± Thus, they exit the palace together. ¡­ San expected to meet a pack of children. They hug her as they were close. San was chit chatting with them. some data coming and said their name, favorite food, usual activities, age, et cetera. Alvey said this data or information will come so her original knowledge at least meet with ¡®San Roel¡¯ in this world. San was about to ask her grandpa what ¡®San Roel¡¯ doing in this world, her recently activities that become terrible in the eyes of Banec? Of course, her grandpa hesitated to tell her and the children somehow didn¡¯t like the royals, they told her that they are the evil one, they told her that their ¡®San Roel¡¯ is the hero, and so on. This is going nowhere. The children fell asleep and San try asking her grandpa again. ¡°You see, San, you always been that kind person. You know, the silent type person. I know you are hardworking. You strive to be the best as well helping the others. You never told us how tired or complaint to us. You just there, bearing everything. You never socialize or hanging around with people around your age I guess that is my fault. I was concerned to our family until forgot that you are also grown up. This is all my fault, it never yours.¡± San sighed. Grandpa please. Don¡¯t give short answer. But if too detail, aren¡¯t her grandpa will suspicious?? How come the main former prisoner doesn¡¯t know their crime? Saga, help! San trigger some sentence, ¡°bearing? Silent type?¡± ¡°Yes, you know they are using you as stepping stone, therefore when you had been throw they will make a new system where low citizen like us cannot register to Royal School anymore. This is their plan to make us living under their feet! They knew you have tremendous potential that sooner or later will make the royals lose: a low citizen who overpower than the royal? They scared just imagine their position will never save, thus they planned to wronged you. But they failed.¡± ¡°Miss, the detail is here: you are one of candidate to become Prime Minister of Health. There is two in total, other than you, the second in rank is a royal; Kathie Evans. Kathie is a hidden bastard among the royals dog¡ª¡± ¡°Stop Saga, where do you learn the following word?¡± ¡°Pardon me, this data acquired from your grandfather, allow me to filter them first: Okay. Kathie Evans is the first daughter of Prime Minister. She is currently your rival. With her skill, she successfully attained many people trust, including all your subordinates and colleges in the same division. She also gained some relationship with the royal prince, the son of the General, both son of the Earl, which they are attended at the banquet yesterday with you. She is kind-hearted outside, including to you, but inside she is a rotten dog eating rotten tomato¡ª¡± ¡°Ok, I get it about Kathie. In summary, it was her doing right?¡± ¡°Almost, Miss. She was jealous with your skill but cannot do anything since she was a noble lady. But the other royals using her jealousness, they will help her to rise as well as crushing you down. They successfully blamed all the misery to you. burned a mansion originally Kathie was training inside to make a medicine but failed, stole noble¡¯s belonging originally there is rare ingredients which they give them to Kathie to increase her research but failed, seduced a royal originally Kathie trying to make one of the royal to try her potion but the result is failed and to cover them you are the soft-meat here, even attempt to poison an innocent person also Kathie¡¯s doing, continuation from before.¡± San deep sighed. She is face palmed. She doesn¡¯t know either pitied Kathie or hate her. ¡°Is this information valid?¡± ¡°I have been searching, and its 100% information from the royal itself. your grandfather tried to intrude the palace as a gardener, and he overheard this himself.¡± San feeling bad for her grandpa, to this this extent, only for her grand-daughter¡­ ¡°Grandpa¡­¡± Her grandpa was humming the sleeping children so they can rest in comfortable, turned to her. ¡°yes, dear?¡± Words won¡¯t come as she hugged her grandpa tightly. Wide eyed, her grandpa also hugged her back. ¡°I¡¯m home¡­¡± she talked with hoarse voice. Honestly, she didn¡¯t want to say this, but thinking how dense she was both in the original world and ¡®San Roel¡¯ in this world, she will say it. ¡°San Roel, you owe me one.¡± she muttering to herself. Home, huh. They are currently inside a cloth tent. Which the space wasn¡¯t enough if they both lay. There is nothing as the resident area have been ruined. There is five children sleeping while squeezing. And the remaining space is enough to both older being to sat. it cannot be called ¡®home¡¯ or place with roof again, in fact, one strong breeze can blow the tent. Leaving nothing. Yet her grandpa replied, ¡°Welcome back¡± not objecting either this is home or not. Thus, tears dripping from her eyes, her brown pupil getting bigger and her mouth quivering. She lowered her head to hide her sniff and water nose. ¡®San Roel¡¯ in this world really owed her many things. ¡­ The Syrr Regnum have made decision. All the citizen will send to the capital, including the prisoners. There will be huge construction in Banec Estate, as the branches of Syrr¡¯s Regnum. Gigantic airships assembled in wide terrain and all the citizen line up to ride the airship. This time, the gigantic airships have dominant brown than black, there is still red dyed and golden. The interiors is also different than the gigantic airships where San and her grandpa ride with that red eyed man. The interiors is filled with small rooms and lounge. One room consist of four bed stacked and a bathroom. Most likely this airship is purposed to public transportation for far place. The journey will take around two days straight without stopping. With the speed of the airship, it might less than that. Arriving at the capital terminal. Yes, the place where all the airships landed. It sure big to contain hundred multi size airships. The passengers soon come out and being guided outside. Some carriage already lining, ready to grab the passengers. They soon carried to the palace grounds. It¡¯s still morning, the sun didn¡¯t hot than before. Some Syrr¡¯s subordinates distributing the food portion as always. There is not very crowded as they began munching the bread. Three whole days straight they only given jammed bread, water and milk. The situation after a war was somehow gloomy when they hear news about the current head-general already died, the royals were taken inside the dungeon, the former king was ill before the raid and now fallen severely, some people also missing. Among the citizen, there is no mortality but since they already lost their home, is neither good. The orphans munched their bread, still happy as ever. San glad the situation didn¡¯t impact to her family. Her grandfather as usual, chatting his plans today and tomorrow. She knew they try to lift the mood. Their sister, San Roel, was almost beheaded around two days ago and they shocked that time. But now, they trying their best to bright the day. San tried to give them explanation that she is fine, she isn¡¯t angry nor sad, she is¡ª Huh? San heart thumping loudly. She felt something fishy around. She quickly turned around. The refugees still eating calmly, but something seem fishy. ¡°Lass, keep your guard.¡± Alvey finally reminded her again, this past two days after alighted from the airship, Alvey stopped talking. ¡°Miss, be careful. Mana accumulation from the center.¡± with that warning from Saga, she looked to the center. surely there is some people circling at the center. there is some colorful aura emitting around them. ¡°That is Mana. They are most likely will do something with Mana.¡± ¡°Sweetie, there is a big wall.¡± With Hera navigate, there is a wall standing not too far. ¡°do protect your family.¡± San stood up and urged her family to move aside. ¡°Why dear?¡± ¡°The sun is too hot. I think I¡¯m going to faint.¡± She lied, but that¡¯s for the best. The sun is not very hot as usual since it¡¯s cold today. But they more worried her condition than climate thus, they obey to move. They sat behind the wall there is also some people who leaned on the wall. San sat almost behind the wall, she still eyeing the people at the center. what will they do? What is going to happen? Should she alert the other people? The mana. The colorful strain resonating, they getting bigger and bigger. San could not help but concerned with the surrounding. There is elder, children and woman. No, there is innocent people around. If they planning to¡ª ¡°Saga!¡± ¡°Miss, they are planning to make clamor by using tornado and explosion.¡± ¡°!!¡± San hurriedly stood up and dash to the center. her family shocked and shouted at her. There is still time. She should smack the people at center, the Mana will stop and that clamor won¡¯t happen. It¡¯s fine if she must bear the pain, it¡¯s fine if she must pay for hurting them, it¡¯s fine if she called crazy and all, it¡¯s fine if she will be prisoned again, it¡¯s all fine if everything befallen to her, instead those innocent people! The colorful Mana getting bigger and it¡¯s almost reach it peak of power. Ready to be unleashed. ¡°Miss, they will do it.¡± ¡°Hera!¡± ¡°As your command, Sweet~heart~¡± thus, blue crystals forming quickly gleaming and twinkling as she grabbed them. with one pull something come out. A silver bowgun powdered with ammo. All the weapon using ammo can be filled either elemental or buffer. San ran and stop suddenly near the center people, she stance her posture and her hands. Aiming the sky, one push and here we go. At the same time, the people at the center began to stood up. They suddenly leaped both their hand and muttering together. the sky turned to dark cloudy as a spiral and some black powder forming from the sky ready to touch the grounds and dancing to havoc. The refugees still eating calmly as they gazed the sky, including some Syrr¡¯s subordinates who just finished distributing the food. They all bewildered seeing the terrific tornado and huge black ball from the sky. San cannot waste time anymore. She cannot smack them as they already casting the magic. This AOE skill, either she guard herself or the opposite¡­ DEFENSE THE MANA. She pulled the silver string and the faltea began to filled the ammo which launched to the sky, right beyond the spiral wind and black ball which can explode when touched the grounds. The ammo burst and red crystals circling both the spiral wind and the black bomb. Thus, it trapped them inside and¡ª KABOOM The flame hurling spirally as following the tornado route, but the impact didn¡¯t touch the ground, hitting all people nor expanses the whole sky. It trapped right inside the crystals. Forming a huge round shape with reddish flame, the surrounding become somewhat painted in red and black as the shadow from the explosion reflected right to their eyes. All stunned and shocked for a moment, Including the culprits. Still wide eyed, now their attention was among the sky. San was about to alter the silver gun, this weapon should not exist since it will created more chaos than this. why would a refugee, moreover a merely citizen, holding a weapon? And based San¡¯s observing; this type of weapon is used only for pirate and thug class. If someone eyed catch this weapon, even a glimpse. This will bad. The weapon glimmering gradually as it was piercing the body and fade into thin ai¡ª San body froze as a hand suddenly grabbed her hand that just now holding the weapon. Her whole senses stopped as soon as she figured the person who grabbed her. She did mention that this will bad. Especially not him. ¡°What¡­¡± Not that shimmering red eyes again, ¡°Are you¡­¡± San lost the light of her eyes as the shadow that person backing the source of explosion, instead red that painted reflectively at all surrounding, this is black painted only to San whole body. ¡°¡­My Lord¡­¡± ¡­ ¡­ . To be Continued . . Chapter 4: From Prisoner to Royal AMARANTHINE BEYOND THE EVERLASTING BY NIE Chapter 4 From Prisoner to Royal . ¡°Sorry, She IS cheating¡± . The statues stand firmly as they holding a sword where the tip is pointing down. The statues although its only contain empty steel full armor and helmet, they are like alive as San observing them thoroughly. The sword they holding also a real huge steel sword. As expected, this is the typical Syrr¡¯s interior style. San was sitting right before the throne, there stood a man whom she familiar. Since San brought here, he just walked around the throne for quite along. None of them tried to start the conversation, especially the brown-haired girl. Although San looked like normal, deep inside she already knew something about that man. Based on Saga¡¯s information: this man, the ruler, the king. That long-haired emperor also kind has some blessing. He can feel the Faltea. Yes, but not see them. this is a rare case, except Guador, not any being can use nor feel the Faltea directly. As for San and her colleges in the Aelux realm was the special case indeed. But this man still not knowing what was that feeling. San doesn¡¯t know what to do. He doesn¡¯t talk, nor she. They are just like that for one hour and that¡¯s the end of this chapter, the next will continue¡ª ¡°QUIT BEING A STICK! YOU ARE A WOMEN, SLAP HIM!¡± Hera finally lost her temper. San sweat-dropped. If she slapped him, she will end beheaded right now. ¡°Hera, please, I cannot do that and don¡¯t know what to say¡­ this is a rare case. Is he the same as us?¡± ¡°Lass, he is not. I¡¯m afraid this is related to ¡®intercession¡¯. He was bestowed with Faltea, indirectly. But the result is something we never find up until this moment. He is doubting you, either you can be trusted or not.¡± ¡°Miss, he planned to jail you for a while and ask later¡ª¡± ¡°No way! Okay, I will talk, I will talk. Hera, come help me.¡± San takes a deep breath and stood. ¡°My lord¡­¡± she showed her hands thus, draw his attention completely. He is expecting. Blue crystals started evolving around soaring and gleaming right above her hands. His facial expression, cannot say bewildered, but the spark of his bloody-eyed enough to wave the flag. ¡°this¡­ you can feel them?¡± she asked with a low tone. Almost whispering, afraid the statues are alive and overheard this question. Instead of answering her question or shaking his head, the long black-haired man closed his eyes and something appeared beside him. Red crystals, glimmering and filling the entire throne room. ¡°Miss, as we expected. That is rare indeed, this is long-lasting Faltea. It is heritage, this Faltea handed down from the first generation, to second, third and so on. Those red crystals, that¡¯s why we feel the Faltea rate around the throne room is higher, if this male human wanted to, those statues could obey his order and move. Since this Faltea, those red crystals, only present for him and his later generation.¡± Now Saga makes this situation clear. The information is also mentioned that this man is the last remnant of the Renata lineage. Everything tied slowly. this Renata family somehow bestowed their Faltea to their blood, until him now. ¡°Oi, how long you only show him the feeling? Do aggressive! Pull the crystals!¡± Hera as losing her temper quickly, San know behind her words. ¡°he will show that surprise face! Come on, this IS more likely a rare chance!¡± San quickly denied, ¡°No, I won¡¯t show him any of your monstrous super wonderful surprise weapon to show off. This is enough, we cannot let outsiders know about our arte too well.¡± She felt funny when she mentioned outsider, she didn¡¯t mean it though. ¡°You can use them?¡± now he asked. ¡°Say no and you will be beheaded, miss.¡± Saga reminded her, San quickly nodded lightly. ¡°How come? I never met someone like you.¡± ¡°say nonsense and you will be beheaded, miss.¡± Saga reminded her again. San is searching a reason as Alvey comes to help her. ¡°Choose around this option: Choose wisely.¡± ¡°No way, Alvey. Only two? Two safest choices?? Well NO, more like two fastest way to be beheaded.¡± San sighed. She tired. She just eaten not even half of her bread, she is thirsty. ¡°Well, why do you wanted to know?¡± She is entering the gamble. He is doubting her and she cannot trust this man, they both have their reason. she chose to say this because this is a question if she answered even with slightest lies she will be beheaded. ¡°Lass, good choice.¡± Even Alvey praise her. She must play some pull and push game. Not in ambiguous, just to see who fallen in first. The man silence and looked at a huge colorful glass painting above the throne. There is three painting in total. It portrayed each people gathering. The left one pointing a crowd with dark-blue background and they are raised their hand to the light above. The right one pointing a crowd with light-blue background and they don¡¯t raise their hand to the light above instead, they hold each other hand-in-hand. The middle one pointing a crowd with a grey background crouching down and there is no light inside. ¡°ever since my late-father have befallen ill. I can feel them. but I don¡¯t know what was it and sometimes in particular places, I can feel a higher presence of them.¡± He turned to her after observing those three glasses portrait. ¡°yes, one of the particular places is when I met you at Banec¡¯s banquet. My bet is right, you can use them. so what is ¡®them¡¯?¡± ¡°Miss, he is telling the truth.¡± San sighed. Alvey doesn¡¯t tell nor reminded her anymore, so she decided to tell him the truth. ¡°My lord, all I can answer for you is, I called them ¡®Faltea¡¯. They are a blessing that always resides within us. But, we can¡¯t use them directly. They are different from Mana.¡± The man mumbled her word, ¡°Faltea¡­ that sound¡­ familiar¡­¡± He looked around and approached her, San was enough to jaw-dropped when the king holds her hand and pull her somewhere. They are walked around the throne and enter a door behind the throne chair, which is located quite hidden from the frontline. There is a huge room inside, a throne chamber. And the three huge portraits seemed much bigger and brighter than in the throne room. There is no one inside and their pace seemed echoed filled the chamber. ¡°This is a throne chamber where no one except me can intrude. No one can listen to our conversation here.¡± He released her hand. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for dragging you here. I can¡¯t let outsiders listen to our conversation, eyes and ears are everywhere except this chamber.¡± San nodded while looking around. Surely this another huge room filled with Faltea, those red crystals somehow much higher than before. She gazed as the man before she approached the huge portraits. ¡°See this painting? It¡¯s already been crafted since my first lineage. Which my late-father always told me the story behind. There are three stories represent each painting. Some people acquired a blessing which they can achieve by sacrifice something. Some people doesn¡¯t but the blessing still above them. and last, some people lost between them. Mana is a magical power which this world already widely known. They represent the left one painting. They are tremendous power in which our nation tried to control them. we have currently released a regulation to maintained the harmonic between normal-being and being who used them. but the magic development is far against this basic regulation. But, what I felt is different than Mana. I was thinking they represent one of the paintings, but which one will be? The middle one or the right one?¡± San understood him quickly. There is little known about Faltea as they are a blessing which never happened directly to the creation-being. she just happened at his position when introduced with this power. More than her elementary¡¯s book. San pointed the right one. ¡°there.¡± The man looked at the right painting. ¡°Faltea normally could not use nor felt directly by us human. I don¡¯t know why, but they are work similar to merit. They affect our daily lives indirectly. But, to the human who can felt them is a rare case.¡± ¡°now you mentioned it, I recalled when my late-father told me the tales about blessing which unseen and unfelt but they existed within the human. They have faint existence, except the only archangel can use them. so they called Faltea¡­ what do you know about them?¡± ¡°my knowledge is below average. I¡¯m afraid I don''t know much then you, Your Highness.¡± The man chuckled, ¡°don¡¯t be modest now, call me Reviel. Although our age might different, I don¡¯t mind. there is a limited source of literature that mentions this blessing, Faltea. But, your explanation has surpassed them. what kind person of this former candidate prime minister of Health at Banec?¡± Ugh, San shifted her eyes to the other view, not wanting this person found too much about her. ¡°Are you an angel then?¡± San burst to laughed. Which the other party found this cute¡ª rare, ahem, anyway those were unbelievable responses from a stoic, anti-social woman. ¡°He thinks you are cute, miss.¡± San shushed him. Not going to accept the truth. She takes a deep breath and gazed straight to his eyes. ¡°No, Reviel. I¡¯m not an angel. I¡¯m also a normal person which coincidentally can use them, and not frequent, it just happens when I was in danger.¡± The man fixed his eyes to her, to him, this is the first time after so long there is a person call him by name. so far only his late father and mother died before he even reaches the proper age to become the king. This nostalgic feeling reminded him when he still playing around his mother embrace and sparred with his late-father for fun. The red crystals suddenly stop moving and resonating with each other. Which both of them quickly move closening the gap between, something happens between the crystals. Their back bumped as they turned to each other. ¡°Now what? I felt something radiate. Is that also Faltea?¡± ¡°¡­ Yes¡­ but¡ª¡± ¡°Lass, I think this is responding to him. The man must be recalled his memories, for long, never be disturbed until now. they are resonating and come to produce an intercession.¡± Another one?? that was quick! San felt overjoyed as she is ready to¡ª ¡°not for you, Lass, that for him.¡± Ugh. ¡°Miss, above you.¡± Saga pointed and San looked up, surely there is a huge red crystal-forming something. That is intercession, the same feeling when she acquired them for the first time from her grandmother. The huge resonating crystals come down and approached her. ¡°well well, these crystals coming toward me, must be meant for me then.¡± ¡°Lass, the crystals wanted you to activate them. you can use Faltea directly which meant you can activate them.¡± Ugh. With her hand, she touches the gleaming crystals and grabbed something beneath. Something hard, and small. The crystals gathered and spark for the last time then faded. A thing comes to the sight. A red crystal inside a silver ring. ¡°what was that? It appeared out of nowhere.¡± San looking at the ring as a piece of information coming after the ring appeared. Renata Ring. Long-lasting lineage heritage which only can be used by Renata remnant. Their power is still mysterious. First crafted and created by the first generation, which after a huge war they lost to age. now appeared to the 100th generation. San burst, 100 what!? ¡°You looked stiff, what happened?¡± ¡°Here.¡± ¡°the ring, for me?¡± ¡°This is yours. They are¡­ Renata ring. Which only you and your generation can use them.¡± The man accepts the ring, he looked at the ring, ¡°Yes, I do.¡± ¡°do what?¡± ¡°you know, is our tradition to replied when someone proposed a marriage.¡± They both laughed but San quickly swapped to wrinkled her cheek. ¡°I leave.¡± She turned around and walked away when he approached her. ¡°Wait, haha, pardon me, I never met someone daring like you. A woman usually shy and quiet, but you are straight and quiet. You also didn¡¯t hesitate to call me by name. normally people would never dare to.¡± He blocks the way while holding laughed. San stopped at her track. ¡°is there anything more?¡± ¡°Nope, but I don¡¯t want you to leave yet. Want to grab something to eat? I will accompany you strolling around the palace.¡± San denied him, ¡°no, my family were waiting for me.¡± ¡°I have taken care that they are resting at the guest room right now.¡± ¡°then I wanted to meet them and I have to make sure they are fine.¡± ¡°is that your way to accept my offer then?¡± ¡°yes.¡± Thus, they headed toward the guest room. they chatting along the walk. Well, mostly him. He is her guide tour for today. He introduces his family, he also tells her some development which magic can do nowadays, then he chatters along with technologies in this world. Apparently, despite this world seemed medieval with knights and magic, there have been advanced technologies like flying airship. There is the main engine for them called fusion. Which the main fuel of stars, this is a nuclear process related to hydrogen thus resulting in heat energy. As for regulation, there IS a school of magic where people learn about magic and mana. They will learn what is mana and how to use them. thus their graduates which will be divided according to the classes;
  1. The Songster where the user using the song or instrument to utilize the magic. They mostly are dancers or singers which giving more advantages to this type of magic.
  2. The Swordsinger where the user uses athame and wand. The athame is a short sword which commonly found during rituals. Thus, similar to the magic sword. Increasing their magic ability as well as physical skills than the other class.
  3. The Healer where the user specializes in healing and booster. Sometimes they also called as the Priest or White Mage. This class is every party-support-system, the must-have-item in every battle, war, or invasion. But, if they alone, they are easily defeated because of a lack of damage.
  4. The Wizard where the user specializes in illusion and trickery. This class is difficult to distinguish. Since they can perform any illusion or trickery, they can show magic similar to the remaining class. Mostly they worked as an officer of the government.
  5. The Mage where the user specializes in curses or charm. They excel on curses or hex either knowledge or practice. They can do curse to buff, a curse to enslave, etc. there is also forbidden curse which people called them as a dark mage and the association prohibited to practice them but enough as a lesson.
  6. The Sorcerer where the user specializes with elemental. they can utilize fire, water, air, earth, electricity, and any other elemental. sometimes for the attack, defend, or any uses.
  7. The Necromancer where the user specializes in transformation and potion. They can transform anything into anything, mostly animal though. They also excellence in the potion, mostly poison or any powder since it¡¯s easy to make and less dangerous during making-session than liquid.
Of course, outside of these classes, there is a rare group where sometimes they can do what Mage does, then changed into Wizard, Songster and so on. They can utilize mana as their power and perform anything, which is rare. But, higher magic can do meant higher sacrifices to do. Therefore association decides that this group is either illegally students or working under crimes syndicate. The regulations or laws are issued to limit the use of magic and mana, especially discuss the expenditure. the Association agreed that the act of using humans as a basis for expenditure is strictly prohibited. To sustained and balanced this power, the Association formulating mediator than can substitute into expenditure mana, called Mana Charger or Mager for short. They are extraction of sacrificed from the animals, plants, beast, and other creatures being. which is legal and widely known. The Mager came out for the first time in the form of liquid that must be drunk to fill the Mana. Along with the development of science and technology, Mager began to develop into stone, this stone can be used or attached both as to body accessories, as well as materials for weapons, armor, helmets, even all clothing that is usually worn every day. Improving the efficiency and ease of access. Reviel resumed, ¡°currently, our nation is developing the Mager as a protective-barrier construction project that can spread and cover all the Syrr Regnum and the branches. We are focusing on improving national defense.¡± ¡°hey, is this safe, suddenly telling your big-bang project to the former outsider like me?¡± Reviel grinned, ¡°I don¡¯t see why,¡± Oh, right. San is only a peasant girl. She can¡¯t do anything even if she spread this project to enemies, no one will take heed to a lowly peasant. There is a limit to mocking her, she is pissed right now. when she has a higher position, she swears she will punch down that barrier and show that to him. Revied added, ¡°because we are an acquaintance in arms now. I felt better if you knew this, I don¡¯t want to hide anything from you as well as improving your trust toward me.¡±The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. Damn, you are cheating. Now, San can¡¯t reply anything as this is the first time someone straightforwardly says this. trust is not something easy to deal with. ¡°Sweetie just replied; you are hot when being honest. All men weakness is praise. ¡± Hera you only put oil over a flame. Also, calling them hot is neither good. San chooses to reply, ¡°what a beast. I swear you planned to behead me if I say nonsensed or lied when we were at the throne room. then you are trying to befriend me? Don¡¯t put me as a joke.¡± She has pride! If he wanted her to trust him, then she will urge the opposite. This push and pull game shall not be ended easily! Reviel stopped his track suddenly, making the brown-haired lady turned to him as they are facing each other. The man wears an undescribed face, ¡°I am sorry, San.¡± This is the second time he called her by name. he resumed, ¡°I¡¯m at loss that time. Showing one feeling is nothing but a weakness for me. I¡¯m still don¡¯t know what was that feeling before, and meeting you was my most-joyful moment after so long. You answer me.¡± He slowly approached her, One step, ¡°your action that night makes me realized something,¡± he must be meant that banquet. The second step, ¡°realizing you also possessed the blessing,¡± The third step, ¡°realizing that time, I¡¯m grateful to meet you.¡± The distance between them was only half a cubit, he slowly raised his hand and Saga reminded her; he wanted to caress her cheeks. San warned and takes a step back. Making the man stopped again, his face is looked normal, still faintly smiled with fixed eyes on her, but if you observe him, he looked sad. He resumed, ¡°please don¡¯t leave me.¡± ¡­ They have arrived in the guest room. Opened the door and greeted with lots of hugs by the children and the old man. Repeatedly saying their big sis/grand-daughter is innocent. The king also assured them that none penalty or punishment would befall their big sis/grand-daughter as long they here. He also swears in front of them to protect her from any harm and treat her well. For San, that awkward. She may give him the right like proposing, but she never imagined the most fearful-scariest-wide-known-and-dominating emperor like him would make a vow right in front of her. he turned around to her afterward, smiling full of triumph. So this is his game huh? ¡°No, Miss, he is being sincere from the beginning.¡± Shut up, Saga. San accepts his challenge, she must win this push-pull game and this decision making all her arte sweat-dropped. They admit they have a half stubborn and half strong-willed master. After some short-conversation, they headed to the backyard, which makes the girl confused. ¡°Why we here?¡± Reviel wriggling the bushes, behind the bushes were an enormous wall and it looks like there is a hidden door behind the bushes. ¡°duh, we are going to sneak outside.¡± ¡°You said you are going to take me a stroll. This seems illegal.¡± ¡°well, with a most-wanted person like me, the danger is everywhere. Also, my subordinates won¡¯t allow it, they will arrange troops and guards to accompany me and that is troublesome.¡± Reviel moved to the side and grabbed something inside the tree hollow, there is a secret compartment inside filled with fabrics. Swiftly, he put down his crown-attire and put it inside the compartment. His bare chest comes into view. Suddenly changing clothes, San swears if any girl were in her position right now they might have a heart-attack or racing heart, especially her friend, Zephy, she more like to scream right now. San observes his body. It looks muscular, the muscle trained and used properly as they are bulking at each arm and chest. The strong and well-developed muscle. Why it looks muscular? Although he looked hench as his body shape still attractive. San observes while walking around him, she found there are so many scars on his back. She slightly was taken aback, what happened? Is this because of his training? San unconsciously touches his back. Making the figure stopped when trying to wear peasant attire. He didn¡¯t respond as the innocent girl running her fingers touching each of the scars. ¡°you are not afraid?¡± San only replied with ¡°Hnn¡­ I wonder¡­¡± Reviel, with bare upper body and hands, still gripped the clothes, he let the girl touch his scars. As if, he still chewed her answer. San resumed, ¡°I wonder who can do this to you, I¡¯m jealous. They must be strong.¡± The man burst to laugh again. He grinned and put the clothes while San takes back her fingers from him. ¡°then, shall we?¡± San nodded and they enter the hidden door which leads to the city. They walked along a forest and arrived at the footpath on the edge of the city. Although it¡¯s not the main city where all the brand shops or restaurants opened, this side of the city wasn¡¯t bad. There is a small restaurant on the left road and the environment seemed peaceful. Not bustling as the main city. ¡°I always take chances to sneak outside when I was a child.¡± He chatted his childhood memories where he met with some people at the Guild Bar. San thinks they headed toward the place he told about, the Guild Bar. Her prediction is right, they enter the wooden door and head inside. There is a downstairs greet them. after taking the stairs, a sight comes into view. A cozy place filled with tables and chairs, there is a long counter where the owner usually served the customer. At the bar, around six people are consisting of four males and two females hanging around. The first notice their presence is the one behind the counter, he looked young with short red hair. ¡°Oh, our captain is here at last!¡± thus, making the others turned around. ¡°and brought a girl!¡± two of them frowned. San already has a bad feeling when the attention gathered around her. ¡°Miss, the ladies are jealous.¡± Thanks, Saga. ¡°Lord Reviel~ why you never play with me again~?¡± the woman with long-wavy red hair approached him. She looked releasing all her attraction with her bare cleave looked opened, showing two bumpy mountain. A woman not so far behind her also approached him, but with more mannerism-attire. ¡°Lord Reviel, how do you do¡± she smiled gracefully. ¡°what took you so long?¡± this time a man with green hair sitting at the counter chair. ¡°who is this plain girl?¡± said a man with dark blue hair and a node at the side of his left eye, his hand still gripped the drink. ¡°¡­ don¡¯t be noisy, it just a girl.¡± A man with grey hair and a dark spot around his eyes at the corner, he looked disturbed with the commotion. Reviel steps up, ¡°stay patience, everyone. Here I brought my acquaintance, former citizen of Banec Regnum. Treat her nicely.¡± Reviel pointed her to introduce herself. San coughed slightly, ¡°My name is San Roel. just call me San, nice to meet you, everyone.¡± ¡°Hello San, I¡¯m¡ª¡± the red-haired man interrupted with Reviel resuming his statement. ¡°Alright, San. I will introduce you, my people, here; That chatterbox with red-hair is Kyle Blight. He is the bartender at this bar.¡± A data coming right afterward: Kyle Blight. The Field General of Imperial Military Syrr Regnum. He is one of Reviel¡¯s childhood friends. Excellence at ground terrain strategy, battle as well as dueling. Not fond of using magic, but fond of the gun. And the later continues with Kyle¡¯s CV. ¡°the red-haired woman over here is his sister. Katherine Blight. The current owner of this bar, since her brother, aren¡¯t good tending administrative and so so.¡± Making the red man snapped right at him, but Reviel still resumed. A second data coming: Katherine Blight. one of the headmasters in the Ministry of Magic Academy. She is the strongest magic user as she excels both as Mage and Songster. In love with Reviel, one-sided. HA, the last part makes San almost choke. Data is no joke. ¡°the woman behind her is Sarah Casanova.¡± A third data coming: Sarah Casanova Tandeu. One of the headmasters in the Ministry of Magic Academy. she also granted as the unbeatable Nova, since she excels both as Healer, Sorcerer and now she currently learning as Swordsinger in secret. She has the potential to excel in all the classes. She has a gentle and kind attitude but her jealousy is somewhat higher. Also in love with Reviel, one-sided. Secret? What San going to do if she already knows her secretly practicing to be Swordsinger. Data is a spoiler. Also, both of these women are all-in-love with this twisted man beside her. ugh, San wished she didn¡¯t being dragged down to this teenager affairs in the future. ¡°the green one is Damien O''Hara. The blue one is Louis Eklan. The grey one is Adolf Vladislav.¡± More continuous data followed: Damien O''Hara. The Air Chief Marshal of Imperial Air Forces Syrr Regnum. Louis Eklan. The Admiral of Imperial Navy Syrr Regnum. Adolf Vladislav. The vice General of Imperial Military Syrr Regnum the youngest one. Woah, okay, wait. In summary, this people is NO ordinary people. They ARE important people who held important positions. Who knows they like to gather around this secluded bar?? ¡°Nice to meet you, San~ here, come sit here, I will make you some foods. Anything you like!¡± Kyle pointing a chair and so the girl obeyed and sat. all eyes still glued to her. ¡°Miss, want to know what¡¯s on their mind?¡± it¡¯s quite rare if Saga offered something to her. but, it¡¯s meant there is good news and bad news inside. Then, No. it will only make her nervous and felt awkward. ¡°keep monitoring, tell me only when something to do with me.¡± ¡°well, both ladies want you to scram, the red man thinks you are cute, the blue one thinks you are¡ª¡± San quickly stopped Saga. Ok, thanks. San could not stop lowered her gaze. Although there are two women here, hearing this will only make her felt bad. Then, No. she felt uncomfortable. Kyle serves her a cup of warm cocoa topped with melted marshmallow and two toast with melted butter. ¡°here, my home dish specialty. Perfect with this cold climate.¡± San thanking him, Kyle wanted to chat with her but get interrupted again by Reviel. ¡°Lord Reviel, you meanie¡ª!¡± ¡°after this, is there any particular place you wanted to go to?¡± San was munched down the toast, it was delicious. Since she is only taking two bites of her breakfast today, they all looked mouth-watered to her. Kyle continued to bring her a bowl filled with fruit salad and warm water. San swallowed the last bite, ¡°it¡¯s there any place or office for any mainland news lately ?¡± exactly more like, is newspaper exist in this world? She needs global news for tracking her quest. What states right now? what is the problem? Who are her enemies? ¡°There is. May I ask why?¡± ¡°There is something I need to know.¡± ¡°the most precise one or a common one, which one you seek?¡± ¡°The first one.¡± ¡°Alright, I¡¯m your guy here. What do you want to know?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°he is more aggressive than you, sweetie.¡± San agreed with Hera. How could she forget, he IS the ruler here, nothing information and news better than from him. Even top secret news he knew them all. He has many eyes and ears in the entire territory. No wonder he did invasion or raid at a short period. He is the database. ¡°Lass, use this person at your benefit. He has whole information to dig in. just trigger him, and let Saga do the rest.¡± Good, this team is perfect! ¡°is there any news lately? I¡¯m looking for some particular cases or problems.¡± ¡°Let see¡­ First, right now there is only ten regnum active. Although we are not very close, there is something happened similar to each nation. Currently, there is a mysterious group who secretly¡ª¡± ¡°Lord Reviel!¡± Damien suddenly barked in, making the conversation cut-off. Both she and Reviel turned around to him. ¡°¡­ what are you saying¡­¡± ¡°Lord Reviel, that is top secret information. You can¡¯t just tell a peasant like this.¡± Katherine expression turned to grim. Oh, is it? Well, let¡¯s use the trump card. ¡°Pardon me, I¡¯m only a peasant girl. Please, I do not mean harm. I¡¯m just curious, I¡¯m sheltered and less knowledge about the outside world. Even if I know about the information, who would believe a lowly people like us?¡± San stood up and bow to Reviel, ¡°Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness.¡± Then she turned to other people. ¡°I¡¯m aware my question just now has broken the boundary and rude, forgive me Chief Marshal Damien, Headmaster Katherine and everyone here.¡± silence. ¡°He-hey¡­ it¡¯s okay, just let her be¡­¡± Kyle being all awkward, he is a kind person who didn¡¯t want any bloodshed here. The grey one finally makes his statement, ¡°You¡­ knew us?¡± Yes, it¡¯s quite rare to know who is these people. Syrr Regnum is but a wondrous nation which rare to meet these people. They are always working at the front line, even outside if they are not the rulers or the generals will never know these people. They are important but secluded people. San nodded lightly. All eyes glued on her. ¡°Then you are a spy?¡± San shakes her head. ¡°No, Lord Damien. I¡¯m just common people.¡± ¡°commoner has no right to know us even our face.¡± Sarah finally intrudes, looks like still gentle but her tone is firm. Yeah, she also didn¡¯t know but read the databases. Sorry, she IS cheating. The awkward broke when Reviel finally shut them. ¡°Silence, watch your mouth. She is special, not commoner. We will take our leave then,¡± Reviel held her hand and bring her exit the bar, not caring the attention or Kyle¡¯s whined to get them back here. They walked with fast-paced after exiting the bar, the street looked desolate although it is still noon. After some steps, the man who held her hand slowed his pace and gradually they stopped. ¡°Miss, he felt bad for bringing you there.¡± San nodded to Saga. The man still backs facing here, maybe still re-arranging some statements. ¡°Hey, where are we going?¡± ¡°¡­ is there any particular place you wanted to go? Except for the last one,¡± ¡°Mhm, well, your throne chamber.¡± The man turned around to her. ¡°pardon me?¡± ¡°your throne chamber. That place is filled with Faltea, thus I thought you are at most comfortable being at that place. Also, there is something I wanted to ask you.¡± He smiled, ¡°Sure.¡± After arriving at the throne chamber, they began to sit side by side at the red puffy sofa. ¡°I¡¯m sorry on behalf of my acquaintances at the bar. They are but kind people.¡± ¡°no worries, I know. They are just trying to protect you and their beloved regnum. Besides, here something I wanted to ask.¡± All Reviel attention goes toward her as he is listening to her earnestly, To acquire the most secret information, San realizes being an outsider and commoner won¡¯t help her. she must have a firm position, which also permits her to access the information, but don¡¯t be well-known. She still set her mind to be a low-key person. ¡°Is there any open registration to work here? I¡¯m not very capable of holding weapon or magic, but I¡¯m formerly a candidate to be prime minister of Health at former Banec Regnum that time.¡± Reviel thinks and after some good decision, he said, ¡°Yes, I know. I have figured your reports and achievement at that time. But, unfortunately, this Syrr Prime Minister of Health does not need additional assistants nor aid.¡± The latter part makes her lowered her gaze, she thinks this is too much. They just meet and suddenly she asked something to him. ¡°But, I do.¡± Huh? She looked at the man beside her. ¡°I know to access the crucial information, you need a higher position than you are right now. I can give them to you. However, there are certain circumstances according to our deal.¡± As she predicted, nothing easy to get. ¡°what is it?¡± ¡°First, tell me your hidden objective. I know you need this information, but I think curiousness doesn¡¯t match well with this ¡®information¡¯ you wanted about. There should be more,¡± Yeah, more top-secret than she expected, she didn¡¯t even know what is her enemies, what is her answer to get back to her world, more importantly; she should avoid death or ended her trials in vain. ¡°Second, everything you do, you should report them and ask for my permission. As I¡¯m the only responsible for your action.¡± Ugh, another troublesome thing, reports, and permission. ¡°Third, tell me more about your discovery about Faltea.¡± Fine! Hence, she replied ¡°No prob.¡± ¡°Sweetie, your speaks, please¡± Hera warned her as she finds this habit of her quite not-girly and this is different from her original modern world with a modern attitude. This is almost like the medieval but with advanced technology, and the person who she talked to asked her with such politeness. San analyzed the man, and true, Reviel had a slight wide-eyed and slightly jaw dropped. Ugh, she did wish to bury herself someday at the certain airship, right? ¡°Miss, the man is bewildered,¡± Saga added a pinch of salt on the wound. Ugh, her stomach now ached again. She doesn¡¯t feel good. ¡°Haha, you are different.¡± Lord Reviel broke the short-silenced. He looks amused. He smiled at her and handed her some documents. San could recognize the documents at once, it was her report and some achievement overall her study as a medical scholar. ¡°I found them at this regnum¡¯s database room. it would be a waste to ruin them, so I decide to offer your rightful position, but who know you the person itself ask for it.¡± Quite straight forward. San held the documents and reports as she only did some screening. ¡°The human resources from Banec Regnum is quite famous and flourished. Therefore, it¡¯s quite a catch if I may say.¡± San looked at him Lord Reviel smiled at her with a coy smile. You know, the smile appeared by figures who already know everything and being powerful. Honestly, San does not want to lose like that. She replied, ¡°when can I start to work?¡± HA! How about that. In her original world, the person who interview the other will ask things like; you may start your work on¡­ Indicating the other party gets accepted to work. Well, this is medieval times, surely no one would be very bravery as a reserve as this. Lord Reviel chuckle again and said, ¡°you may work at any time. You should check your office though. My subordinates will send you the official attire as my Personal Medic.¡± HA! Say what!? ¡°My Lord, aren¡¯t there is quite numbers of physician or healer?¡± ¡°Yes, but not personal. These are our advantages. As a personal medic, you have the right to access the same information as me.¡± San hummed inside. This person catches her interest. It¡¯s good to have him as a close slave¡ªfriend. They both walked along the corridor to reach her new office. San quite enjoyed how they are conversing with the interactions. Lord Reviel urged her to call him by name only since he still young and all. He also tried his subordinates to do so but failed. San learned that Lord Reviel is a very modest-mixed-mysterious person, he is very earnest, calm and collected. His red eyes were very intimidating but he honestly (thanks to Saga) said that it was hereditary in his lineage family. Sometimes he cracked a joke, a crunchy one that makes San¡¯s face more stoic than before, yes, he only cracked a joke to make himself laughed again. They walk while chatting along the way toward her new office. It¡¯s located¡ª ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Aren¡¯t this is your room, my Lord?¡± ¡°Not anymore, from now on I granted you the authority.¡± Yep, her office is the king¡¯s chamber, a.k.a Lord Reviel¡¯s chamber right now. it¡¯s a huge room consist of huge bed and golden interiors. San looked bewildered at the huge space before her. This entire room was her office?? San coughed and Reviel laughed again. ¡°If this is another crunchy joke, please stop.¡± ¡°Pardon me, but I¡¯m serious. Your response is a bit over-handed, so I laughed. I meant your office is wherever I am and I give you the authority to help your responsible as my Personal Medic.¡± Damn, she is being played at. She cannot lose, She replied, ¡°Well, I¡¯m dead-serious when related to my work.¡± She wanted to add, and her trial, but lost within her tight-lipped mouth. Thus, Reviel laughed again. As his order, some subordinates come to give her the attire. San wears them, sure it looked elegant, simple but catchy. She wears a long black blouse and covered them with a green satin coat. There is a badge attached at her right upper hand, forming the same symbols when she looked at the ship¡¯s sail, a huge red crescent moon and five flower petals were forming a half-cycle inside. The Royal sign of Syrr Regnum. There is also another dark green brooch, it formed the same one with the royal badge but only differ in color. San supposed it was the sign of her division, royal Prime Minister of Health in Syrr Regnum. She attached them at the left side of her chest part, any badge or royal sign must be placed right where the heart is. Satisfied with how she looked, she turned around in front of the big mirror. ¡°that suits you.¡± She realized she is not alone in this huge goldy-goldy room. She coughed and take her desk, ¡°Th-thanks.¡± ¡­ Her first to-do list was accompanied by her lord. That long black-haired man only working behind his throne or desk, scribbling something inside his office. She simply doesn¡¯t do anything as she felt bored. There is no incident, what a waste. Sorry. Alvey got mad at her when she unconsciously wanted something bad happens to her lordship. She could count, every four hours a maid or butler come inside to deliver some refreshment and more document, the refreshment was also delivered for her, but no documents. Thus, San started the conversation. Starting conversation is very rare for an anti-social like her. ¡°Excuse me, Reviel.¡± And she already brave enough to call her lordship without ¡®Lord¡¯. Of course, it only when they are the only one inside a room. outside, San will call him added with ¡®Lord or Your Highness¡¯. Reviel looked at her and replied, ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Are there any medical records? Surely, you have, right? I need them to check your daily and current condition¡± Reviel takes a sip of his drink. ¡°There is, please wait. Because of privacy matters, they will arrive soon.¡± ¡°Thank you for your trouble, Reviel.¡± Saga explained his condition; ¡°Miss, his current condition is normal. At the end of the day, there is slight fatigue due to his current works. He has anemia due to a low level of iron, also I detected another cause; vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. this anemia sign and symptoms occurred mostly when he overworks himself.¡± San nodded, she prescribes with the help from Saga. Even without medical records, she still can diagnose him. But, she still needs them as they might have something different than Saga based observation. Reviel was immersed in his pile of works, San could not help but observing him since she was bored with eating and drinking. His right-hand was busy writing while the other seemed to hold his long hair. San could take a hint and she searching around her desk and find a rubber band. ¡°Reviel, hang on.¡± She approached him. Reviel was immersed in his work and slightly tensed when San¡¯s hand touched his hair from behind the neck. Reviel doesn¡¯t blink nor move, he stayed still like thinking deeply. While San collected those long hair and tied them with the band. She made Reviel¡¯s hair become horsetail style. ¡°Done, you may continue.¡± Thus, San walked back at her place. As she turned her back, Reviel glanced at her and muttering something. ¡°Miss, this man thinking that he always lived in a dangerous situation, therefore when you touch him, he was thinking he should grab your hand and act all vigilant toward you. But, his body won¡¯t move and quietly waiting for you. He just said, unbelievable.¡± O-Oh¡­ many thanks to Saga. She forgot that this is world different than her original world, where danger around and mysteries lies behind. Her act just now can be counted as rude and there are chances to attack him. She should adapt to this situation, sometimes she wonders how the heroines could adapt quickly with their new world. San sits again and her eyes met the red eyes. Reviel smiled coyly toward her. ¡°Wh-What?¡± she stuttered. ¡°How do I look?¡± he smiled playfully. ¡°Tell him you looked hot, Sweetie~¡± ¡°Hot.¡± She replied to him straightforwardly with a stoic face as Reviel wide-eyed at her and burst to laugh. Herda also somehow laughed in a high octave (note: those hohoho things) ¡­ It¡¯s already evening. Right now, there is a meeting at the hall and San decides to take some breathes outside, she has the permission and sitting at the balcony. Today she can visit her family as they granted a residence at the Castle District and managed to explained that she has a job as royal ¡®personal¡¯ Medic. Then the remaining day was sitting and accompanied her lordship at his desk, chamber, throne, and this meeting. But, she bored and decided to take a breather outside. San takes a deep breath. Her stomach growling and she opened her supposed-to-be-lunch box from the time she visits her family. She denied eating her lunch since she takes much sweet till lunch. Thus, she will eat them right now. She munches the bread, again, she bored with loaf things. She wanted to cook something like croquettes, cream soup, and chicken fillets. If she finished with today, she will run her legs toward the markets to buy some groceries or eating at the restaurant, she still didn¡¯t know any dish in this world. Maybe there is something different than her original world. ¡°booriing, there is no battle!¡± ¡°Lass, you should aware to eat nutritious foods.¡± San silently nodded at them. she silently agreed with Hera, there is no battle. She wished she can get her main quest or answer and get back to her world with peace, without involving in any bloodshed war. ¡°Miss, someone is approaching.¡± San nodded again and said out of nowhere with enough volume, ¡°Hey, you. Come sit here, today night sky is also a catch if I may say.¡± She knew who is the person that approached her silently. ¡°then, I will bother you for a while.¡± That red-eyes man sat beside her. San eyes were lightly closed as she was munched her food, Saga already reminded her; that man, although he looked like observing the sky, truthfully, he is observing the brown-haired lady beside him. She cannot take the gaze any longer but she also doesn¡¯t want directly hit his nail. She has enough giving the hints. After gulping the food she said, ¡°Forgive me, my Lord, this servant is being rude and only notice since you glanced here too long, here some refreshment my family makes them for me. Hope it will fit my Lord taste.¡± Reviel lift his eyebrows and said, ¡°Oh, you notice? Alright, I will take them.¡± therefore, he took a piece of bread and have a bite. Good reasoning followed by good trickery, huh. San admitted they both play along quite well. They were eating together and no conversation continue again. San wanted to ask his reason helping her grandpa, the real reason. And ask what will he do to the former king and royals (the citizens had been released). But she just feeling tired, she didn¡¯t do anything and bored and now she is tired. She sighed slightly. But, her movement always catchy in those red eyes. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You look tired, I don¡¯t force you to anything right?¡± Good grief, please do not engage conversation over her even-slightest movement. She just wanted a day to rest from all of this. ¡°Mhm¡­ No, Reviel. You didn¡¯t.¡± San closed her eyes gradually, She leaned back at the chair and humming some anime opening, enjoying the night breeze. There is no one except them around the balcony. ¡°which favors you abandoned¡­¡± she meant to herself. ¡°You may rest at your office, though.¡± He grinned and also leaned his body. ¡°Haha¡­¡± her face doesn¡¯t change to a real laughing. ¡°You are quite funny.¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m serious. I¡¯m always serious.¡± He pressed this statement for over than tenth times today. ¡°Right, sorry, you are but the most sincere person I have met.¡± And Saga has reminded her about that man; he is being sincere from the beginning, for more than tenth times and whenever she doubted him. Despite the data said this is a twisted man. No reply. She glanced at him, and find a somewhat funny face. ¡°is that how your face blushing?¡± she teased him. His mouth is slightly opened as he fixed his eyes to her. He quickly regained his composure, ¡°Yes.¡± Damn! ¡°Ooow, you lose sweetie~¡± shut up, Hera. Now she can feel her face being at heat and reddening. ¡°is that how your face blushing?¡± now it was his turn to teased her. ¡°don¡¯t see this way!¡± ¡°I won¡¯t, you don¡¯t have to be embarrassed.¡± GROWL. Now her stomach sound higher, they both stopped. One becomes red tomatoes and one smiled devilishly to her. ¡°go away!¡± ¡°now this your real embarrassed face.¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± They teased along while much to their unknown, someone is hiding behind the pillars. Observing them as the unknown figure clenched the right arm, looks pissed. Tomorrow might a long day for them, well her mostly. ¡­ . To Be Continued . Chapter 5: Objective AMARANTHINE BEYOND THE EVERLASTING BY NIE Chapter 5 Objective . ¡°This is the price pays for abandoning one character¡± . ¡°Blood pressure, normal. Heart rate, normal. Conjunctiva, slightly pale. Have you eaten well?¡± the brown-haired girl scribbling as she poured him a question. ¡°Fair meal.¡± ¡°Hm, I think I need some record of your eating schedules and menus from the Head Chef and Butler. May I?¡± ¡°Sure, you may.¡± ¡°Good, I will inquire them later. Now, according to your medical record; you have poisoned, frequently. I need your blood for more in-depth profiles if you permit this. also, after this, I will make you a prescription for your eating and medical therapy. Hence, I need our teamwork to make this success as healthy.¡± The man nodded, ¡°sure, go ahead.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± the man still smiled faintly as he gazed her. she asked him, ¡°is there any question?¡± ¡°Nah, the reverse, you are not going to ask me something?¡± About why the man got poisoned frequently? Nah, San already gets the answer from Saga. Besides, she needed detailed information about the poison, not the background story. ¡°No. oh, right, I just remember; I find you have anemia but it doesn¡¯t include in the medical record, so I will add them. also, from now on I hereby you to NOT over-drink tea at your afternoon tea and before or after eating. Since it has some substance which inhibits the absorption of iron. Is there any plead?¡± ¡°Nah, I¡¯m fed with tea, so that¡¯s okay. Are you not going to plead?¡± ¡°Yes, please don¡¯t smile at me that much. It¡¯s creepy.¡± The man laughed. After inquired the schedule and diet orders to the head chef and butler, San makes her planning for her lordship¡¯s therapy. She also borrowed some books about the poison, if she counted the record; he already poisoned at least three times a day. That¡¯s meant, every he ate his meals. Coincidence or not? Well, all she had to do is¡ª ¡°Miss, there is a poison at the cookies.¡± See? She has Saga. All hail to the Observer, Ultimate Stalking Machine, best ever. Just a slight trigger, and let Saga do the rest. She didn¡¯t even need CCTV or wake-up alarm. This is like buy one get ten instead. ¡°Hm, lately there is weird substance and volatile, best to not let your guard down, Lass.¡± and there is Alvey, the most advanced alarm, marker, and prevention of all harms. No worries if Alvey already said so. ¡°need some armor? I got the hook-up!¡± Hera put a small red-blush brooch around her chest. ¡°this will prevent you from all blunder, quite efficient huh?¡± lastly, there is Hera. Supreme and master of all weapons include armor and accessories which never fail to amaze her. Hera admitted that she has thousands of weapons, armors, and all the instruments fitting to battle or war. Saga also approved her. which means, it¡¯s true. which means, Alvey also reminded her to not engage in battle easily or feeling supreme, one must be low-key. That suck. Actually, San wanted to try them as much as possible. But the rule won¡¯t let her get easily. She stood up and hover over the cookies. ¡°I will take this, you don¡¯t mind, Reviel?¡± The man stared at her at first and replied, ¡°well, I don¡¯t mind. may I ask why?¡± ¡°There is¡ª¡± ¡°Miss, it¡¯s aphrodisiac powder.¡± She stopped for a while ¡°¡­¡± Good grief. ¡°there is choco powder inside. It¡¯s also not good as it will inhibit the iron¡¯s absorption, hence I will reduce your caffeine intake; include tea, coffee, and all food powdered with chocolate.¡± Sorry, best to cover. The man innocently approved and continued to work. Now, this is quite¡­ stimulating. She takes the cookie as she sniffed them. it¡¯s sweet. She began to pinch the cookie harder and could hear a crunchy sound, quite satisfied, she broke them one by one, tear them to half and observes them as Saga began to explain. ¡°There is also some sleeping powder and paralyzed liquids. I can¡¯t name them, but I¡¯m certain the combined of these three could make a fatal effect on the consumer. Especially, brain and heart.¡± These two organs are also a fatal point. The culprit must be cautious to put one different type of substance to avoid the watchful subordinates. Easily, because using a deadly type of poison may not work since it easy to be detected by the watchdog. Instead, the culprit using combinations of substances, which have low probability to be detected but this also makes the consumer have painfully-slow-waiting-death. Not bad. San stood up. ¡°Hera, do your brooch still affect me even when I ate the poison?¡± ¡°No worries, all is well.¡± ¡°Good, release them and put them back after I fainted.¡± ¡°Sure, Swee¡ª Wait, what?¡± ¡°No, what if you have a low heart rate? This will be dangerous to your body, Lass.¡± ¡°Miss, you have a normal heart rate. According to her medical profile, she should survive and live quite a long life if she exercises and has a healthy lifestyle.¡± And to think she still at 21, quite a long life huh? ¡°but the culprit still walking around the palace. Plus, I still need more information, if Reviel death then my golden ticket will be gone.¡± ¡°We should think clearly, Dearie. Why not let him try the cookies instead of you, he is a man after all.¡± ¡°you know, I just take them and then I shoved this back to him? I would be decapitated.¡± ¡°try being honest then, Lass.¡± ¡°Lord Reviel should have a long life than you since he is healthy as ever, Miss.¡± Okay, maybe there is a slight disadvantage being with them. they ARE argued too much. They have a personality which she does, alas they are loyal to her as they wanted the best for her. ¡°You know what, I will take them.¡± she put the brooch and started swallowed the cookie in one time. She closed her mouth as she can feeling sweet over her tongue and a slight tremor in her body. Not caring either Hera started fussing to her, Alvey reminded her countless time and Saga blabbering about her consciousness began to decrease. Reviel already observed her since she stood up and started to approached her as he noticed she ate the cookie and began to tremble. There is something wrong either with her or the thing she ate. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± He grabbed her shoulder as San wanted to slumped into a crouch position, her stomach is swirling and she can feel her thumping sound increased than before. Reviel put his hand to her forehead. ¡°Fever? Tell me, what it is?¡± Reviel began to call his subordinates from the button called as it was attached to every room, convenient order system. She has it hard, her head is ringing loudly inside. She grabbed him back with difficulty and could say her last statement before she fainted; ¡°¡­cookie¡­ substan¡­brooch¡­¡± She unintentionally said the last part which she should point to Hera. ¡­ ¡­ ¡°Sweetie¡­ Sweetie¡­? Oh God, you have wake up!¡± Hera voices could be heard as she gradually regained her conscious. ¡°How is her condition, Saga?¡± ¡°Miss, you have a slight cold and dehydrated condition due to sweating a lot and tremor.¡± She felt drowsy and fatigue all in one, she felt her body is weak as she only glanced to the side. There is a familiar figure which takes her attention fully. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, so sorry! I should have put the brooch the moment you ate them, sweetie!¡± Nah, she shakes her head weakly. This is not any of her arte faults, it¡¯s all her fault, to begin with. The movement stirred the figure beside her. ¡°Dear!¡± Yes, her old gramps. She missed her grandma though. ¡°How is it? It¡¯s your body okay? Do you feel hurt anywhere?¡± She shakes her head again and smiled faintly to her gramps. She missed her¡ª his affection as the old man is still the same personality as her grandma in her original world. ¡°Take a rest, Lord Reviel has granted you permission.¡± Hence, the old man head outside as she can hear the children''s voices behind the door, asking how is their big sis condition and when they can play with her, but her old man stopped them and bring them somewhere. She sighed. ¡°Sorry¡­¡± was her first word after taking who knows hours to be unconscious. ¡°Lass, mark this as your lesson. Don¡¯t do something recklessly. If Hera don¡¯t put them at exact times, or the young emperor doesn¡¯t act fast, you may end your trial faster than you know.¡± Ugh, she didn¡¯t want to imagine that. Who knows these three combinations of substances could make her as weakened as she is. ¡°Miss, I managed to track the substances.¡± She jumped but slumped again, ¡°you tracked the culprit?¡± ¡°No, I managed to track the source.¡± She doesn¡¯t know how to respond to this as she tinged her head to the side. ¡°It was from the kitchen, the warehouse, and the library. If we go there, I might track the culprit.¡± Alright, good. She wanted to stand but her leg gave up as she fell to her bed again. She checked and there is her brooch. ¡°Why I¡¯m feeling fatigued?¡± she thought the brooch will prevent her from bad effects. ¡°Well, while you are unconscious, Lord Reviel order some Healers to heal you. But they don¡¯t know your body and mind are not compatible with Mana. Which is drained you completely. Reverse effect. Please don¡¯t blame me, Sweetie. We tried to inhibit the Mana flow, but we are outnumbered with the quantity of Healers, there is around ten to twelve¡ª¡± ¡°fifteenth, Miss.¡± ¡°Fifteenth Healers! Added with that gentle-hidden-jealousy chick! She has overpowered mana resided with her,¡± Hera resumed. ¡°Hera means that headmaster from the ministry of Magic, I recalled her name is Sarah Casanova.¡± Oh. ¡°Then, thank you, everyone. Had not because of you, I might get worsened than before. Thank you. Especially for aiding someone like me.¡± She might be stubborn, but she still thankful to have them as her intercession. ¡°Aww, no worries, Sweetie. Let¡¯s do our best!¡± ¡°Someone approaching, Miss.¡± The door opened not long after that. Revealing another similar figure and a woman beside her. San tried to get up but her legs still wavering. ¡°Don¡¯t push yourself.¡± The man helped her sit again at her bed. ¡°Lord Reviel,¡± San shifted her attention to the woman behind him, ¡°and Lady Sarah, pardon me for troubling you¡­¡± The woman smiled gently to her as she sat where once her old gramps sat at. There is a small cushion beside her bed. ¡°I¡¯m grateful you had regained your consciousness. How is your feeling right now?¡± San smiled back at her, ¡°I¡¯m feeling alright now.¡± ¡°Good, there is some question I wanted to ask if you may?¡± ¡°Sure, what is it?¡± ¡°why my Magic doesn¡¯t do any good to you? Instead, our healing magic decreased your energy. May we check up on you?¡± Ugh. She can¡¯t say that she is not compatible withMana right? They don¡¯t know what Faltea is. she can only mask her troubled face with puzzled. ¡°This woman, she wanted to blame your condition over her greatness!¡± ¡°Hera, stop it.¡± San fidget, ¡°Um¡­ pardon me Ma¡¯am, but I don¡¯t how to respond this as I never familiar with magic or mana.¡± They silence. ¡°Right, you have your answer. Now, let her rest.¡± With the help from that man who standing beside her bed, the headmaster obliged and head outside. Now leaving those two, one still feeling awkward and one is assembled his thoughts. ¡°Quite a tense huh?¡± ¡°Hera, if you wanted to pour oil over a flame, do it at underwater.¡± ¡°Hahah! I was joking Alveeeey~¡± ¡°This man, what is he thinking?¡± ¡°it is not as dangerous as thinking normally males are, Miss.¡± ¡°that¡¯s not what I meant.¡± He sat at the chair and began to talk, ¡°Are you sure you are okay?¡± ¡°Yes, without a doubt.¡± ¡°then, explain to me what happened three days ago.¡± Easy bruh¡ª wait¡­ WHAT!? She jaw-dropped. ¡°three, what?¡± ¡°The accident at my office, three days ago you fainted after ate the cookie. Your grandfather didn¡¯t tell you?¡± She fainted and unconscious for three days straight!? ¡°Sorry/Pardon me/My mistake, Miss/Sweetie/Lass¡± all her arte pardon their lack of common sense. Since they are intercession which never tied with dimensions and times, they forgot to tell her how many days she had fainted. ¡°Euh¡­ I don¡¯t know I have been¡­ that long¡­¡± she didn¡¯t know how to react as a lot of thought rapidly processing inside her head. How can San did not feeling hungry or thirsty, she recalled when she wake up Saga explained that she had dehydration but... she only felt fatigued due to Mana flow. ¡°Sweetie, my brooch preventing you from feeling hunger then if you take off the brooch, I¡¯m afraid the hunger for three days straight will rush to you. Please consider eating before you take them off.¡± Okay, noted. First, she asked to eat something. The man held her some bread, soup and some chicken breast to gnaw at. He waited patiently as the brown-haired girl munched her first meal after three days straight fainted. Finished her meals, she asked if there is news lately while she was unconscious. ¡°I had investigated the cookie you mentioned, and we found some traces of Caran Powder, Palsie Liquid, and Kesm powder on the mixture of the cookies. Hence, we still advanced pursuit of the sources.¡± A data coming: Caran Powder: Aphrodisiac made from Caranmia plants, which is extracted from the spores. Its effect may raise the heart rate or tachycardia, inducing some hormone response as well as the enzyme, especially adrenaline and libido. Long term used or high concentration may cause cardiovascular disease such as arrhythmia.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Palsie Liquid: a Paralyzed substance made from Palsala palm. It affected mostly by the brain. Which dangerous if uses with high concentration. Using this will impact postponed consciousness as well as mobility. Kesm Powder: a Sleeping substance made from Kesiam spore. Induced heat cycles that use body energies thus make the consumer drowsy and slept due to lack of energy. Increasing body temperature. Contradiction if combined with Caran substance as it will destruct the function of the heart. At least there is some clarification. ¡°then, how is your condition?¡± This person seemed more like the one who needs clarification than her. ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± ¡°¡­ healing magic won¡¯t do any good to you. Two days we tried, but your condition worsened. Then, in the last days, we only maintained your nutrition balanced. We afraid if using healing magic can deplete your energy more than before.¡± You have it right. She is not compatible with Mana, as she IS Faltea user. Two blessings at one vessel will mess each other. Hence, any mana flows within her will be pushed outward. ¡°Reviel, I will only tell you this; Mana and Me, we are not compatible.¡± First, she has debt with him. Second, she wanted to try to believe him. ¡°is it because you can use Faltea?¡± ¡°Probably.¡± ¡°If you wounded, you won¡¯t be recovered as quickly as using heals magic?¡± She shakes her head. ¡°how about drink some recovering potions or pills? No?¡± She shakes her head. ¡°any Mana flows within me will be vain.¡± ¡°I see. Then if you wounded, what would you do?¡± Hm? Good question, when she trained at the Aelux Training Grounds, she may spar or practice inside. Surely, there is one or two scratch. What happens then? ¡°Miss, are you forget? Once you exit the training grounds you will recover instantly. Taking a bath or eat at the Gallery also helps.¡± Crap. Then, her body in this world is a fragile human body without assistance from any Aelux essence?? ¡°You are indeed a human, Lass.¡± Dang it. She doesn¡¯t have a number-one-support-system. How will she survive?? ¡°Sweetie, that¡¯s why we here! We must find another intercession! The one with healing attribution!¡± Hera sounds like she found her rightful path again. The good journey began with initiation. Okay, let¡¯s get them. but, where? She doesn¡¯t have any clue nor leads to begin with. Unless¡­ ¡°what¡¯s wrong? You are being silent all of sudden.¡± The man, still wearing those creepy yet handsome face. ¡°¡­ I simply bandage myself.¡± ¡°You seem troubled.¡± Yeah, this man put all attention to her. slight expression and he will notice them for sure. ¡°I just¡­ thinking.¡± Should she tell him; she needs intercession, thus giving her the Renata Ring. No way. That intercession had chosen the owner. What is the power behind the ring? A long-lasting Faltea? Right, aren¡¯t now the man in front of her also Faltea user? Since he owned the ring anyway. ¡°how about you?¡± ¡°what do you mean?¡± ¡°do you use mana and magic as usual?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t use them.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± then what he did to survive until this moment. He has a thousand enemies across the world, haunted his triumphant-head to roll over. Covering the entire throne with the last-red of Renata lineage. ¡°I simply fight. Either using sword or caliber.¡± ¡°he tells the truth, Miss.¡± Even Saga approved him. He simply fought while she simply bandaged herself. Good couple leads to dying flag. She hastily asked him why he never uses them. with this advanced tech and Mana development, Magic is a huge tempting power to behold. ¡°I have no interest. Just by standing beside the mana user makes me feel bad out of nowhere. Also, my lineage always maintained the generations to learned the traditional lifestyle before Mana was discovered." ¡°I see¡­¡± if she compared, Reviel would be matched well with Zeeloreis¡¯s training as he was fond of improving himself than a mediator. ¡°the ring, how about the ring then? Any changes?¡± ¡°No.¡± No clues again. she sighed. What to do? Where to start? the ring doesn¡¯t do anything as she realized that only human beings who chosen by Guador could use them, and Reviel not one of her kind. ¡°Could you explain to me what exactly you are trying to say three days ago?¡± ¡°Huh? What I may say?¡± ¡°you said; cookie, a substance I suppose, and brooch, before you fainted.¡± Ah. She did? Even the last part was for Hera, slipped like that. She coughed and replied, ¡°we-well, I¡¯m trying to say there are weird substances inside the cookies when I observed them. also, you probably misheard the last part. I do not remember saying brooch or anything related.¡± ¡°Then, what is that?¡± he pointed to a small shine little brooch attached behind her blue blouses, it located almost hidden, but unfortunately for his sly-red eyes; this is easy to catch. Uh-oh. ¡°¡­ who gave this to me?¡± she sweating. She wanted to put them off but if she did, all the fits of hunger for three days will start to spread over her, and that is trouble! ¡°I recalled they never been there before. Not when I visit you often at night.¡± Uh-oh. Wait, did he said he always visit her? No, there is no time for that. What she needed is cover. ¡°maybe my siblings put them for me¡­ you know this is kind like a charm in my family¡­ heheh.¡± She knew this is awkward as she lied to him, again. There is no such thing like that, she doesn¡¯t believe in charms or whatever it is hidden power. ¡°you believe there is a charm?¡± You heard her. she did not¡ª ¡°here, take this.¡± !? Reviel gives her the ring which should he wore them. not her. the Renata Ring slipped easily to her sweet finger. Now, this is stunning as for her, no one did this before. Except for this twisted-man. ¡°Wa-wait¡­ that is¡­ your ring¡­¡± ¡°I know. I just want this belonging safely within the right person.¡± The right person is HIM! Why give something ¡®another¡¯ useless¡ª ¡°Lass, watch it. We never know what would happen to the ring, best to accept his favor.¡± Still, she felt bad after lied to him. He always provided the best, honest, sincerest things to her yet she always lied and keep the truth away. She promised to tell him her discovery about Faltea but none until now. she felt like the bad guy here, using him as her only benefit. ¡°¡­ You know, I don¡¯t believe in charm.¡± ¡°then, just wear them as accessories. It suits you.¡± ¡°¡­ you are a really sincere one.¡± ¡°I am.¡± ¡°¡­¡± She decided to tell him. ¡°Faltea. You may have heard this before; there are two different blessings in this world.¡± He listening earnestly as he leaned forward to her, making sure no words missed from her. ¡°one we called Mana, and the other is still unknown up until this moment I told you. Faltea. They have different privileges as well as principles. Thus, they can¡¯t work at the same time at the one vessel. Simply, two blessings inside one vessel would only mess each other. One needs sacrifice, the other doesn¡¯t. one had direct power, the other doesn¡¯t. hence, based on my observation, the vessel more likely chooses using Mana and dismissed the other who useless to that vessel. Temptation overpower is natural. But if the vessel chose remained with Faltea then, since only Guad¡ª Angel or Seraph can use them, humans called them as a blessing within the light. A sparkle within the light, which is blended completely with the light. Nothing to see but also the light. Simply put, a hidden miracle. Reviel, I don¡¯t compatible with Mana and you never use Mana but have the ability to feel the Faltea, which means you already know the answer I presume? Though it¡¯s only based on the preview.¡± ¡°I understand. There is some question that I was wondering right now. First, if I never use Mana, then does that mean I don¡¯t compatible with Mana too? Second, I¡¯m just human and either you, then why we can feel or see them? I saw you use them, it¡¯s not a mere coincidence as you said at the throne that time, right? Third, what is your objective? If I can help you, maybe we can learn more about them quickly as my clues are lies in you.¡± She decided to be honest. ¡°I can¡¯t answer the first and second question,¡± yet, she can¡¯t answer them yet. If she has better pieces of knowledge about him, better trust and so on maybe she will. Or not. But not yet. ¡°as for your third question¡­ I can¡¯t say for sure, but first, let me ask you again; what do you think about your ring, Renata Ring?¡± He put his finger touching his lips and cheeks area somewhat thinking and assembling the answer. ¡°it is the ring which kept hidden and must be heritance.¡± Alright, normal answer. Even for the 100th generation like him would think so. ¡°well, that¡¯s standard. Anything else? Like what was your feeling around this ring? Does it affect you somewhere around the last three days?¡± ¡°Not really. As usual, it has the same air around my throne and the throne chamber.¡± Weird, she has activated them; the ring should have to work with him using it. But none happens. The only answer is only; Reviel is not her kind. ¡°Lass, did you forget? What is our form before you have us?¡± ¡°mhm, glowing crystals.¡± ¡°yes, anymore?¡± ¡°you guys don¡¯t have for¡ª¡± Oh! Is that it? The moment Renata Ring appeared it HAS been forming into RING. Should she break the ring in order to activate the crystals inside? True, there are red crystals attached, is that what she is thinking right now? ¡°How do you break this?¡± ¡°Pardon?¡± ¡°We must release the crystals. Here, look.¡± She showed him the red crystals, almost similar to ruby but it has different textures and something glows faintly inside. Reviel only silent and resumed. ¡°you told me that ring have been passed for generations, the Renata lineage, I will break them only because you told me so.¡± He gripped her finger and started to pull the ring from her. On second thought¡­ ¡°Wait, maybe there is another way. Wait, wait.¡± She hastily stopped him as she grabbed her arms. Not letting him put off the ring from her. ¡°if you wanted the ring so badly, I could give something better with better appearance.¡± He smirked. She pissed inside, this is not the time for that, she doesn¡¯t need another ring, she needed this! ¡°haha, that¡¯s funny, Reviel. But I humbly decline, I need yours only.¡± The man only stared at her for a moment there. ¡°that was witty. Alright, maybe I will ask my subordinates to put aside the crystal.¡± The door opened again and some people with white robes each bring their books coming again. ¡°Pardon our interrupt, we heard Miss Roel had been awake, we humbly request your permission to do check up on her.¡± Not again, please. ¡°Who told you so?¡± ¡°Headmaster Nova ordered us, hence our last examination around two days ago.¡± Sighed, awesome. Sarah Casanova whining is the number one spectacle today. She is restless, does handle two classes and secretly practicing to be Swordsinger is not enough for her? Reviel turned them down as he stated that the woman beside him is fine. Nothing to the concern. San sitting at her bedside as she was listening to their humble-arguing. The white robes or we called Healers is going nowhere as they just finish the tasked or their Nova will scream¡ª gently punished them. ¡°This is going nowhere.¡± She muttered. She stood up and began to intrude them but someone already barked in before she did. ¡°My Lord.¡± Reviel turns to that someone still not going to greeted back but the Healers did. ¡°Lady Blight.¡± as they bowed to her. Yes, another headmaster of pain in the head. ¡°My Lord, we already found some proof related to the case!¡± she swiftly put a transparent plastic with some powder inside. ¡°I don¡¯t remember ordered you.¡± Was all he stated to her and a cold rash reply too. She didn¡¯t flinch nor felt bad but getting to him closer as she showed him both the proof and her captivated breast sexually. This one is a pushover. ¡°Kathy! Stopped right there!¡± a man with full black and golden-patterns coat barked in, the healers bowed to him. ¡°General Kyle.¡± With earnestly. He seemed different from the last time she met him at the secluded bar three days ago. Today he seemed noble with that attire. No one going to believe he is a bartender in the secluded bar. He panted and approached them. ¡°sorry, Your Highness, pardon me¡­ I let her ran along with the proof.¡± Then he turned to his sister, ¡°give it back, we need it as it was our responsibility, not yours.¡± The red-haired woman stomped her feet to her brother. ¡°What!? Your soldiers are too slow! If not because of my power you would never find this.¡± And they began argued. Reviel, as the first he doesn¡¯t care, take the proof for them and approaching the brown-haired girl who only sitting at the bedside, somehow enjoying the pain before her. ¡°Miss, I had tracked the proof, as you can see¡­ this one found in the kitchen. Hidden beneath the powdered seasonings. They didn¡¯t find the remaining poison yet.¡± Yeah, they are slow, three days and they only found one proof. Even Saga is the best detective here. ¡°that one was from the kitchen.¡± ¡°You knew?¡± She nodded to him with a faint smile, slightly similar to smirked but at the low level. ¡°you are talking to another Faltea user, my Lord.¡± She whispered to him. He understood. ¡°now there is the fourth question that I have been thinking to kept them, but I decided to ask you now; with Faltea, except producing a weapon and see Faltea, do you have the ability to track something?¡± Hmm, not quite the question she wanted to answer the truth. But here she is, ¡°well, wanted to chase the culprit?¡± instead of being all honest to him, let give him another hint as she acknowledges him to somehow managed read her. therefore, either they can catch the culprit or not, is more than enough to answer his questions. Therefore, what is she trying to say is, exactly, think whatever he likes. They both have their conversations with low voices, allowing no one but them to listen. Reviel helped her to stand up, much to her disadvantages she is still feeling weak. Thanks to him she can barely walk around three steps from the bed, before someone red-haired jumping right to her lordship. She is really, a push-over. ¡°My Lord, I have found the proof, yet you still trouble yourself.¡± She hugged his left side as the red lady not going to release them. San could not stand watching those bouncing mountains make their way along his left arm, it¡¯s true they are big; but still, do cover them, please. it¡¯s embarrassing. Even San is a woman too, but still, it¡¯s not like she is jealous. Her breast also big, well standard to be squashed. ¡°Kathy¡ª I mean, Master Blight, you are going to disrupt them.¡± Kyle, as he is a kind person, thankfully. ¡°My Lord just ordered me, I can finish anything¡ª¡± The man who helped San only stared at them with an ever stoic face and said, ¡°Good work, I will take the case myself. You may continue your task today.¡± Kyle bowed to him and his sister somehow pouted but lost within her opened red lips, swallowing each of her jealousy yet helpless inside. San feeling bad for her. but this is not the right time to find an excuse as she trying to focus on her ordeal; finding the culprit and gain his trust. She wished after this case finished, she will never feel bad for using her lordship as her beneficial. They make their way to the kitchen, where the proof is being found at. Around the seasoning shelves. Midway, Reviel asked her condition again and offered her to called him whenever she is feeling tired and so on, but she humbly declined him again. both of them observed as the maids and servants inside the kitchen assembled the jars. ¡°Miss, there. That one.¡± with Saga''s help, she takes the jar closed with a mere fabric. She opened them and smell something sour inside. Something like brewed tea leaves added with orange peels then left them for one day, but dry. The maid beside her started to explain, ¡°Miss, that is pickled mushroom from Fafua, it has been checked and it¡¯s safe.¡± A data is coming afterward describing Fafua mushroom which is not important right now. the inside is a mere but¡­ ¡°the jar, Miss.¡± Yep. She understood that. She learned about track and field: If the inside seemed normal, then inspect the environment. The inside something that can be replaced, but the jar may be replaced or not the jar will always be used. While she observed the jar, Reviel asked another servant. ¡°where did they found the proof?¡± ¡°around the shelves, Your Highness.¡± He turned to her and wanted to let her know about the shelves as he thinks it may have another trace left. But he found only a wide smile from the brown-haired lady. Wondering, he started to ask her. ¡°Something wrong?¡± ¡°No, everything is well.¡± She smiled at him, well done indeed. Well prepared too. Based on Saga examination, the jar had been used to placed the poison. It well cleaned too. The three combined drugs placed inside as they are wrapped inside something cases, probably a plastic wrap to reduce the risk of being tracked. Also, why she and Saga thinks it was plastic? Because it easily to be burned, thus the culprit can be washed the traces of their dirty hands, also tracker magic won¡¯t do any good either if the wrapper had been burned. Perfect cover. But in front of the Ultimate Stalk¡ª Detective Saga, those are futile. ¡°well¡­ something?¡± ¡°Yeah, everything has been well checked right?¡± she shifted her question to all the maids and servants around her as they replied and bowed to her, agreeing. She can¡¯t blow up her discovery right now, not in front of the subordinates, they may or not be the culprit. Her only known sincerest person is that twisted man who stood beside her. Somehow the twisted man catches something from the air, suddenly dismissing all of them except her. San doesn¡¯t know how did he have something in mind or rationalize thinking, but this act is a favor to her. ¡°talk. It¡¯s only us here.¡± Damn twisted. ¡°Alright, the jars around the shelves had been checked. But your subordinates only found the proof around the shelves. How about the jars? It well checked too, but only from inside. How about the outer?¡± He oh-ed. ¡°I presume one of these jars had been used to place the drugs. Then, which one is it?¡± She pointed the jar in front of her. ¡°well, they are not important right now, since the real proof had been replaced. But, for me, this is enough to track the remaining proof as well as the culprit.¡± ¡°I see. Then, the drugs are wrapped inside something as they may left lessen proof inside the jar. There should be something burned, is that also work for you?¡± She nodded and he resumed, ¡°Good, then let¡¯s head to the warehouse.¡± Wow, the great mind thinks alike. She does not even hint them where to go yet the man already deduced something more. That was terrific. ¡°why?¡± ¡°warehouse have burning machines to keep the place stay warm as well as using the heat energy as the sources for everything warehouse needed. Therefore, there is a huge flame inside the machine. Probably the culprit trying to burn the wrapper. It may leave some ashes behind.¡± ¡°¡­ but it had been three days ago, surely the ashes had been cleaned too.¡± ¡°the ashes are one of the compost, pesticide compound, soil moisturizer, and another carbon product. They are secondary function inside the warehouse, also we always scheduled to cleaned the warehouse and counted the inventory monthly. So, I think; the ashes should be kept around the organic compounds before being used.¡± Yeah, too great. They headed to the warehouse this time. According to Saga, the traces is truly there. Still being kept, waiting in line for being used and missed. Much to their favors, there is half of the black plastic left inside the organic barrel. Maybe the flames can¡¯t burn enough and ceased the truth. ¡°Is that enough?¡± Reviel carefully placed the half-ash plastic to inside another transparent plastic. ¡°Yes.¡± She turned to Hera, borrowing something that has magnetic attributes. ¡°Hrm, you do not upgrade me yet, I can¡¯t serve exactly as you said, but these may do.¡± Thus, San pulled something from her arte, a weapon which formed like a string. ¡°tied them.¡± organic is non-magnetic therefore these carbon ashes are either one. to make them magnetic you may simply put electricity into them, this technique may also call as electromagnetic. San turned off the lamp, with the helped from Reviel, he tied the wire around the cable inside the lamp with the proof wrapped inside the plastic. After the preparation is done, she turned on the lamp and the electricity begins to swirl. After takes a few minutes, she turned off the lamp again and waited around three seconds before she turned them on again. it did! The carbonic ashes moving to the electricity sources as they are now possessed magnetic traits for a short period. The proof becomes clearer as they can read some half letter at them. ¡°¡­ nei¡­ what¡¯s that?¡± Reviel silent as he is understood that letter and some weird logo at the proof. ¡°interesting. We have more discovery.¡± Hey, now, don¡¯t turn the table, she is not ready. She still didn¡¯t understand any specific matter related to this world, there are weird names and weird shapes which Saga could not distinguish them but only describe them in general. ¡°You don¡¯t know this emblem?¡± Well not if he mentioned the name, a data always coming afterward. She shakes her head. ¡°This is Vasnei Gradd. an old research industry strived in medicine and potion as they are now already vanished due to the development. I did mention that Mager in the past formed as a liquid, now they are formed as a pill, stone, or any other form which deepen the development. Their product should have long gone from over a hundred years ago.¡± ¡°that old?¡± ¡°Yes, I know them because one of their drug products had been killed my former family, the second child from early generations of the 70th.¡± Woah, that¡¯s mean almost thirty rulers before him. That¡¯s sad. She felt bad for making him recalled his old memories, she meant something about his family. She tried to avoid the topic about his families yet anything she did only make him recalled them often. First the Renata ring, his database, now this. ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to make you recalled them.¡± ¡°Nah, I don¡¯t mind. besides they have existed at my history of Renata Family lesson, I have nothing more concerned about them.¡± Woah, that¡¯s cold but he stated the truth. ¡°then, we already found this. surely we should head to the library yet?¡± Oh my God, yes. This is fun. Stalking is fun. Thus, they quickly headed to the library. There are some soldiers guarding the library, with his command, they go. Poof, the entire library is at their hand right now. The library is a huge room consist around three floors, which they are enabled to see from the ground floor. All the walls are painted with the books, making them like somewhat like a fiction huge library. Nothing to see but windows of the world. Wonderers of all pieces of knowledge. Yes, book. This place is more heroic. Well, the fourth one after Aelux Open Hall Realm, the Lebera (Aelux library), and the throne room at Syrr. ¡°here.¡± With Reviel help, he had familiar with all these books and exact location, they found the book and commentary report about Vasnei Gradd. A data is coming but San will read them later as Reviel¡¯s way to describe them is easy to understand and more compact than the wondrous information inside the data. ¡°Miss, the culprit, is right here.¡± Suddenly the pages from the book opened and flipping quickly as if a strong breeze caused them, but they are inside a library and there is no strong breeze coming. Reviel somehow looked calm outside but there is a hint of shocked inside his gleaming red pupils as he raised his side brows. ¡°Is this¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± The pages stopped flipping, showing a page with a table and names list inside. Saga pointed to a name which is; Orifiel Tandeu. Which to her, she is similar to the last name only, yes, Tandeu. ¡°there is name list, but I don¡¯t acknowledge neither of them¡± Saga proved he said the truth. ¡°not even one?¡± she asked to clarify. The man only shakes his head. ¡°how about their last name.¡± ¡°No, why?¡± Huh? Aren¡¯t he and Sarah is a childhood friend? He doesn¡¯t know her full name? the data acknowledge her with three words. Sarah Casanova Tandeu (you may read again the ch 4) ¡°You¡­¡± but Saga also proved that he said the truth. She sighed. This woman must have some grudged to her. she wished to not being dragged into love affairs, yet this is happened in her first day working. What to do, this is troublesome. ¡°Are you alright?¡± ¡°Yes, but no.¡± ¡°Which one first?¡± ¡°neither. Alright, case closed. Let¡¯s just let them be as if they never happened before.¡± ¡°No, you almost died. The drugs almost killed you like they have been killed my ancestors.¡± ¡°You said you have no concerned.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t have concerned about them, but I concern about you.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°wow, that was heart-shot, Sweetie.¡± Not again Hera, not again. ¡°the man is sincere, Miss.¡± Please, Saga. ¡°you have a trust issue, Lass?¡± no, even a wise person like Alvey finally make the comment. A strung one, right to her doubtfulness. ¡°you hide something, you know something. You promised me to let me know.¡± He takes a step to her as she is backing. There is a slight of similar aura around him with Zeeloreis. He noticed that the brown-haired lady takes a step backward, he stopped and murmur to her with low voice but firmly said; ¡°Please, don¡¯t leave me behind.¡± Ugh, his silent-wailing is scariest right now. the twisting things are crazy. He cornered her as they are stood behind the pillar which makes her can¡¯t go anywhere but only facing him. Somehow he has the trait to make her feel bad for him. That word is dangerously aimed at her tight lips. Her barrier which she always carefully thread. ¡°Tan¡ª¡± before she finished, the pillar behind her crushed and collapsed right above her. she did notice a faint yet strong enigmatic Faltea rushed before the ring. The red eyes man swiftly carried her as they are avoided the collapsing pillar and managed to the side safely. She still shocked as she won''t avoid them due to her weakened condition. Her body is trembling, this pillar may wreck her body to pieces and end her trial. If not because of him, she may not survive. The man as calm and collected as ever asked her, ¡°are you alright?¡± She nodded slowly and skeptically, as she is hesitated to believe something. Something is fishy. Yes, data is no joke. Even Saga reminded her. Alvey said, ¡°Truly twisted.¡± San gulped and only looked down. She doesn¡¯t know what is this man thinking. She can¡¯t rationalize his mindset. She knew this man has a cold and ferocious behavior. Why¡­ Why would this person itself crush the pillar behind her? and now asking her condition as if he is doing nothing, innocently saving her. What did she just feel? A Faltea yes, but how did this person use them? he is not her kind. San looked at him thoroughly as she is trying to search her answer. Yet the man only wore an undescribed face, somehow worried yet somehow satisfied. Alvey resumed, ¡°this is the price pays for abandoning one character.¡± ¡­ . To Be Continued . Chapter extra 5.1: hey, for boarding my imaginary OC her arte may changes into seven though, before ch 3; I planned to make her have around ten artes each have different traits. but, oh well, who knows the future XDIf you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.
Oh, I almost forgot... the male should be credited from Oppadoll, pardon my bad edited long hair XD there is no long smooth black hair in the app. oh well, at least I have tried, and you could imagine something long hair behind him, alright ^^