《I Will Be The Harem King!》 Chapter 1 Void In a dark empty space, a globe of light can be seen floating around. And in that light globe a conscious has suddenly woken up from a deep slumber. MC POV ¡°where am I? Whoa! Where is this place!?¡± I woke up after what seemed like an eternity, even though I don¡¯t really know how it would feel like sleeping for that long. My head is all jumbled up and my memories are kind of blurry so I try to clear my head after having looked around my surroundings, which is actually pretty simple to describe. Dark and gloomy. ¡°AAAHH!! I remember now. The great truck-kun¡¯s brother from another mother car-kun came and ran me over while I was crossing the road. So does that mean I am dead? Is this heaven? No no no, heaven can¡¯t be all dark and gloomy like this.¡± That¡¯s right I died. I was born and raised in America. There are only two things I love more than anything in my life. One is anime and manga and novels, things that basically belong in that category. And the second is muffin. She is my Alaskan Malamute breed dog. I know muffin isn¡¯t exactly the best of names. Well as Shakespeare once said, what¡¯s in the name. Anyway I adopted muffin because he looked like a wolf and I thought it would be cool to have a pet which looks like a wolf. My parents though refused at first they gave in eventually. After muffin came in to my life watching anime became even more fun because I now had a companion who would watch it with me. Although muffin wouldn¡¯t understand it, she would still lay down beside me and watch it like me. Ah, I¡¯m getting off topic. So anyways, I was going to feed muffin food but found out that we were out of dog food. So I went out to buy it at the shop which had just opened recently near our house. As I was heading there I was thinking on how Fairy Tail, one of my favorite animes could have finished better. And as I was going through various ideas a sudden wind almost like a tornado came and went in flash as I was crossing the road. Then next thing I knew a car was heading towards me in a very fast speed and ran me over. But even though car-kun ran me over I wasn¡¯t angry at it as it was one of car-kun¡¯s many responsibilities to run over potential world travelers. The driver isn¡¯t so lucky though. If I ever meet whoever was riding the car I would beat the shit out of him.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°THAT¡¯S RIGHT!! CAR-KUN ONLY HITS POTENTIAL WORLD TRAVELLERS!!¡± I always wanted to go to another world, so I tried to get run over multiple times. But I never went through with it as I was never able to gather enough courage to actually do it. But now my dreams have hope of finally happening. And since I can still remember my past life, maybe I can keep my memories when I reincarnate. ¡°Alright let¡¯s try and find the god or a guy with authority in here to get started on my journey in the other world. And while we are at it maybe I can get a cheat as well. Huhuhu, I don¡¯t really need a cheat which is too battle oriented, as long as I can use it to get girls I¡¯ll be satisfied.¡± And so I began my quest for my cheat *cough* I mean to find someone. I started floating around trying to find someone in this dark and gloomy place, at least I thought I was moving as I couldn¡¯t really tell whether I was moving or not. After a while not finding anyone I started screaming at the top of my lungs, not that I have any, YOHOHOHOHO. Aaaah, good ol¡¯ Brook. I never get tired of his jokes. Even though it¡¯s not that funny actually. ¡°HEEEYY!! ANYBODY HERE!!? I¡¯M HERE FOR MY INTERVIEW TO GO TO ANOTHER WOOORRLLDD!!¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Nothing. Damn it, my dream of going to another world, my dream of getting the girls I like and my dream of getting a cheat, will it end before it even began! No, I refuse to give up. I must not have made myself known to the other party. Yeah, that must be it. ¡°HEY, YOU GOD DMN PERSON-IN-CHARGE-OF-THIS-GOD-FORSAKEN-PLACE!!! FREAKING SAY SOMETHING DAMN IIIITT!!! ¡°¡­..¡± Damn, was I wrong this whole time?! Am I going to end up stuck in this place for the rest of my life, uh, I mean forever! Damn it, my other world my girls that I wanted, my cheat, I¡¯m sorry. It seems we were not meant to be together. *sniff* And so, I, who felt the entire universe crumble before me, just stayed there floating around aimlessly. I mean what else can I do. After a while, (although I say that, I don¡¯t really know how long it has been in here) I have been doing nothing but stare into the darkness surrounding me and just as I was at my breaking point, I heard the most beautiful and angelic voice in my entire existence even though it was just some old dude¡¯s hoarse voice. Hey, don¡¯t judge me, just try getting yourself stuck in a place where you even can¡¯t see your own body and have no sense of time and see what it feels like. ¡°Ah, I forgot about the soul which came here to the void. Hmm, what should I do, this has never happened before. Well, for now let¡¯s talk to him. *cough* Hello child, how about you tell me how you got here. Oh, by the way I¡¯m the god of this void which you inexplicably entered into.¡± Chapter 2 Stupid God And Backlash ¡°Ah, I forgot about the soul which came in to the void. Hmm, what should I do, this has never happened before. Well, for now let¡¯s talk to him. Hello child, how about you tell me how you got yourself here. Oh, by the way, I¡¯m the god of this void which you have currently gotten yourself into.¡± ¡°*sniff**sniff* Finally, finally you have come out you STUPID GOOODD!! STUPID!! IDIOT!! MORON!! STUUUPPIIIDD!!*sniff*¡± The one who claimed to be god seemed stunned speechless for a while after hearing me venting my built up frustrations out on him. Well that¡¯s what I wanted to see happen in the first place. He seemed to be for a while panicking and after getting some composure back he began explaining himself in a fluster. ¡°Uuhh, sorry about that. It was the first time that a soul has wandered in here and I somewhat panicked. And as I was thinking on what to do with you, I, uh, umm, kind of, well fell asleep.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°Umm, say something will you. If you keep silent like that I don¡¯t know what to do.¡± ¡°YOU STUPID GOOODD!!¡± ¡°Uwaaaahh¡± ¡°DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT TO YOU. I¡¯VE BEEN HERE ALONE NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND WHERE I AM, YOU STUPID GOOODD!!¡± ¡°Awawa, calm down, calm down. How about this, I will let you get reincarnated in a world of your choice with your memories intact. That also includes those anime worlds your world loves so much. Along with a gift of course. Think of it as an apology on my behalf. ¡°WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WILL, huh, eh you mean I can go to any another world that I want with my memories intact AND I get a cheat? Haha, I knew you were a good guy all along. I was just teasing you to see your reaction.¡± ¡°I-Is that so, uh, so which world and gift do you want and the timeline you want to be born in as well. And as I said before, those anime worlds are also available as they have been created and made into reality from fantasies by some of the gods who took a liking to it.¡± ¡°Really!? Then I want to go to Fairy Tail world with space-time control as my gift. Oh, and make me reincarnate into a three-year-old handsome as a devil boy on X765.¡±The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Hmm, very well. Now before you go I need to explain somethings to you. First of all, this place is void which was born alongside us gods. Normally, a soul like yourself entering into a void shouldn¡¯t happen so I will try and find the reason in the meantime. Next, you coming here is a first, so we don¡¯t know if there will be any consequences to face. It can happen to this void, your previous world or even you or the world you are going to.¡± As the god started talking serious stuff I turned quite as I had this feeling that this will be important in the future. And to actually talk to a god is not something everyone can experience so I need to listen carefully. ¡°So you need to train yourself and get stronger as soon as possible. We don¡¯t know when there might be a change in the laws of the universe which might happen because of this situation. The void is a place which only gods can enter, as such you will have to be at least a demi-god in power to be safe from the backlash. But don¡¯t worry, I will try to influence the universe laws to stay dormant for a while. Enough time to have you grow stronger.¡± ¡°Hm, that would be helpful. Now can you keep an eye out for my previous world. My parents are there and I don¡¯t want them to get hurt because of me. And since there could be a backlash I think the most probable place for it to happen would be here since this is the place where I entered unknowingly.¡± ¡°Your right, the backlash has the highest chance of happening here but still, that doesn¡¯t mean it can¡¯t happen anywhere else. And as for your request, I¡¯m sorry child, I can¡¯t interfere too much in your world as even I¡¯m helpless to completely stop the universe laws. The only way to do that is to have you, the intruder, become a demi-god which will balance the laws once again, making the void and the laws¡¯ connection stabilize.¡± ¡°Alright, so most of the responsibilities of this SSS rank quest has been put on my fragile little shoulders huh, well as long as it doesn¡¯t interfere in plans of getting my heroines then I don¡¯t mind putting extra effort into my training,¡± ¡°That¡¯s good to hear, as you know you can¡¯t expect to get success without any effort. And from that quote of a superhero film from your memories mentioned, ¡®with great power comes great responsibilities¡¯. Remember no matter how powerful you get in the future don¡¯t let it get to your head and misuse it. Because even if you think you are all powerful, we gods can easily kill you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry god, I¡¯m only in it for the girls and having fun. As for ruling the world, I¡¯ll leave that to others. Although I might end up making a powerful organization to help that person rule the world.¡± ¡°Hmm, very well, I believe in you. Now off you go, it¡¯s time for you to start a new life. I hope you have fun and not completely focus on getting strong and the backlash. Don¡¯t go dying and come back here, you hear.¡± ¡°Haha, ok I will keep that in mind.¡± And with a bright flash of light, I was gone from the void. ¡°Phew, now that I had a look at his memories he seemed to have died because of the fart I let out which ended up causing that vehicle to go out of control and run him over. Thank god I sent him away before I babbled it out by mistake.¡± If I was there at that time and heard those words I might have flipped out on that stupid god once again. Oh well, it wouldn¡¯t change anything so¡­ LET¡¯S BEGIN MY JOURNEY TO BECOME THE HAREM KING!! Chapter 3 Sense And Planning ¡°AAAGGHH!! MY EEEYYEESS!!¡± To the east of The Kingdom of Fiore, in a forest, a bright light flashed followed by a piercing scream rivaling that of a pig being slaughtered. When the light faded, you could see a boy around three years of age rolling around on the ground holding his face. After a while he stood up and started looking around. He was the epitome of perfection. His face was so good looking that any girl who saw it couldn¡¯t help but fall for him. ¡°Damn that stupid god. Don¡¯t let me get my hands on you or else I will let you have a piece of my mind. What if I had gone blind, couldn¡¯t he have given a warning!! After getting my sight back I looked around me to figure out where that stupid god sent me. And I realized there was nothing but trees around me, so I must be in a forest. Probably a medium to large one too. How do I know that you might ask? Well these trees are freaking huge. I can¡¯t even see the top of them. ¡°Haah, well I need to find shelter and a water source first of all. Food can come later since even if I can¡¯t eat I can survive on water for a while.¡± I started walking around trying to find a place to stay and a lake or something. And about half an hour later I most probably used up all my luck, as I was able to find a waterfall which was connected to a small lake and right next to it on the side of a cliff was a cave which could fit about three people in it. I entered the cave and saw that it was a bit dusty but otherwise livable. I clean the place up and gathered some dried leaves as a makeshift bed After that I went to the lakeside and drank some water and sat down under a tree to rest and think about my training schedule. ¡°First of all, my powers. Is it like qi in dragon ball or chakra in Naruto, where I have to sense it in my body? If so then I might be able to use those meditation arts from my previous life to try that. Guess my otaku-ness is useful when it comes down to it, huh. Well let¡¯s give it a shot¡± I closed my eyes and used a meditation art from my past life to clear my mind and then focused on my body. I kept on tying again and again, trying to sense it until about four hours later I felt a warm flow around my stomach area. It was for an instant but I felt it.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. So with a renewed vigor I focused on my stomach area and this time it was much easier. Maybe it¡¯s because I had my focus spread out earlier instead of pointing it in a single place. Even though I was able to feel it freely now, I was still unable to move it. ¡°Hm, well I can think about how to move it later since I now know where it is. Let¡¯s try space power next.¡± *growl* ¡°Ah, guess that¡¯s the signal saying go and find food first.¡± Since my stomach was crying for food I decided to look for something to eat first. After all, a man can¡¯t think on an empty stomach. So I went back into the forest and I was extra cautious and sneaky. I didn¡¯t want to end up meeting a magic beast and become its food. It took a long time to gather some fruits which could last a few days as I was going around some magic beast I encountered. Although I say encountered, they were far away. As it seems they don¡¯t really feel like keeping their voices down. Well, it helped me avoid them so I wasn¡¯t complaining or anything. And it¡¯s not like I didn¡¯t want to eat any meat but except for the magic beasts which I don¡¯t want to fight without any training there weren¡¯t any normal animals around so I had to be satisfied with fruits for a while. After making my way back to the cave with the fruits I gathered I put them in one corner of the cave. By the way, there were too many fruits to carry by hand so I used my shirt to carry it like a bag. After that I ate my fill, enough to satiate my hunger. Now where were we, oh yeah, the space power. Technically, space and time are of two different properties. And since I wasn¡¯t able to sense it in my body that means I have to do it from around me since it¡¯s practically everywhere. And let me set this straight. My powers aren¡¯t space and time itself, it¡¯s control over them which I have to practice myself. So it¡¯s not that OP. well, at least not yet. Anyway, let¡¯s begin. I repeated the same thing as earlier and tried to sense the essence of space. And it was very easy, as I was able to sense it after around twenty minutes. Space was everywhere so it was a given that with my control power over it, I was going to sense it. Different from the time power, I was able to move the space, albeit very slowly. This gave me more questions and I think it is because space was around me, separate from my body. It must be depending on my mind to control it. As for the time power, since it is inside my body and it is connected to me I¡¯m guessing my body must have a set requirement to be able to move it. If I am able to build up some physical strength by training, maybe I can move it as well. Ok, now that I know where my powers are and what to do to gain control over them, I think I know what to do to my training schedule. From morning to late noon I will work on my body doing sit-ups, push-ups, frog jumping with weights and weight lifting. And then until evening rest to recover. And I will train my powers from evening to night and then sleep. Perfect. Now, as I will have to go into serious mode soon, let¡¯s go to sleep and mourn for the next three years of hell. Haah, I guess this is the price I have to pay for going into serious mode, kuh, no choice huh. I¡¯ll be back world. And when I do, all the beautiful girls will be mine. MUHAHAHAHA. ¡°Forbidden Art: Serious Mode No Jutsu¡± And so, our MC became serious and went straight to sleep. Chapter 4 Training ¡°Well now that I know how I can tap into my powers, I need to get some rest to get into my best shape for when I start training tomorrow,¡± After covering the entrance of the cave with some bushes, I laid down on the dried leaves in order to sleep and it wasn¡¯t long before I drifted to sleep. Next morning, I work up pretty early. The sun was just about to come out and I was feeling completely refreshed. After washing my face and mouth at the waterfall I ate some fruits to energize myself. I went out and stood there in a daze. Damn, in which order should I train. Hm, ok, let¡¯s start by jogging and stretching, after that sit-ups, push-ups, weight lifting and then frog jumping with weights. I will build up some strength first before training some basic fighting stances. I saw those stances and training routine in a YouTube video once. It was a before and after video and at the time it was quite popular for its type of videos. And from the video itself and the comments of people, I know it works well and that the basic fighting stances were well developed over the years. It was also very versatile which is another plus factor. And so, I started jogging. It was really hard. I mean there is no big enough clearing to jog. The space in front of the cave is enough to do other exercise but not jogging. So I had to run around the forest. The hard part was dodging the trees while maintaining my speed and also not to overuse my stamina. It took a lot out of my stamina even though I tried to conserve it. But I also knew that it was needed. After that, I started stretching so that I don¡¯t get cramps in the middle of my training. When I actually began my workout it was nearing noon, almost 10 o¡¯clock on earth time. I spent most time on jogging and a little over twenty minutes on stretching. I started off with sit-ups and set a goal of 50 for now. If I could complete it without too much effort, then I will do 75. But I guess that was impossible since I have a body of a three-year-old. I could barely do 35 but I managed to dig deep and finished 50 sets. I was laying on the ground panting out of breath for a while and after five minutes I continued. Next is push-ups. I set the same goals as last time and just like before I was exhausted once I finished. After another five-minute break, next was weight lifting. I used some heavy stones which I found near the cave and started lifting them up to my chest area another 50 times and then lifted it above my head for another 50. It was very dangerous to lift it above my head like that but until I am able to find something to cut some tree trunks to use it instead I have no other choice.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. At last, using some vines, I tied rocks to my back, legs and arms, and I started doing frog jump. I frog jumped in circles for 10 rounds an d after a five-minute break, I once again did 10 circles and finished off my training for the day. It was around mid-noon when I finished with the training. And after cleaning myself and eating I rested my tired body for a while. Although I¡¯m in serious mode, I have to say that I almost gave up midway. But the smiling faces of my future wives pulled me through. When it became evening, I who had dozed off at some point woke up and began to try and control the space around me. But before that I tried to move the time power in me and I was surprised to find out that I was able to move it a tiny bit. This confirms my thoughts. I need to have a strong body in order to move and control the time power inside me. So since I can¡¯t do anything much with the time power I completely focused on my space power until I have gotten more physical strength. I began meditating and trying to move the space surrounding me in a whirlpool like manner with me in the center. It didn¡¯t move an inch first but slowly started moving very slowly. It remained at that speed and it didn¡¯t become faster no matter what I tried. Well, it doesn¡¯t really matter right now, as I want to be able to control it more than move it at a fast speed at first. When I am able to move it by will alone no matter how slow, that means I have gotten really good at controlling it. So first of all, I started compressing it around my fist which took almost half an hour or so, leaving me sweating through my clothes. My fist felt heavy like I was carrying a lot of weight but I could still move it around although not with the usual speed. I walked out of the cave and stood about five meters away from a tree. After getting into the fighting stance I punched out the space clad fist towards the tree. I felt the compressed space power on my fist stirring and then moving away from it and flew out towards the tree. When it made contact with the tree, it completely blew out not only the target tree but also the surrounding trees of around three meters from it with a loud bang. I was stunned with my eyes wide open. I never expected it to be so powerful. If I used it on a normal human, they would be blown to pieces with blood and pieces of meat flying around. I have to get the power conversion in check so that I don¡¯t go killing people unconsciously. ¡°COOOOLL!!¡± And so I started training on my control over my space power back in my cave and then went to sleep after that. Tomorrow will be another hard day of training. Chapter 5 Three Years Later It¡¯s been three years since I came to Fairy Tail world and I have to say, because of that god damn backlash, I had to live every day for the past three years in a serious mode. Which was seriously like hell for me. I couldn¡¯t have any fun since I wasn¡¯t strong enough to withstand the back lash which can come at any time, place and way. But that changes today, because today I will be officially starting my adventures and my plan to get girls today. Because I feel like I¡¯m strong enough to handle many things with my current abilities. During the first half a year, I did nothing but train my body to build a strong foundation and practicing control over my space powers. After that, I started to slowly practice basic fighting stances and made my own moves using space power and I also thought of ways to use time power, which I started to train in since I had reached a satisfying enough level in physical strength. At that time, I was already able to do 1000 sets of each type of exercise I was doing. I was even able to lift up boulders five times my size. One year after beginning my training, I got somewhat good at controlling space. I could add it to my combat stances in about 1.5 seconds. I wasn¡¯t satisfied with that so I knew I had to continue my practice. But the biggest improvement surprisingly came from the time power. I was able to move it around my body enough to heal my body from wounds and muscle pain I got from training. I began to put more effort in my space control while not neglecting the other because I wanted to be able to fight some beasts soon. After three months of training I was able to apply space to fight instantly and so, I decided it was time to go fight some beasts. And honestly I was already sick and tired of eating fruits all the time. Honestly fighting with them felt really refreshing. I had been in serious mode for so long that it was sickening. I was able to vent out my frustrations and anger on them while calling out the names of move set like your typical chuunibyo. Yeah, it felt great. And so I kept on fighting against magical beasts when three months ago I was able to get really good at my time power. I had already mastered my control over space, now it all depends on my imagination to what I can do with it.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. But I couldn¡¯t say the same for time though as when I tried it on a really huge beast who I had kicked out of his territory earlier because of his constant roaring. He was a pretty big guy, well he isn¡¯t any important character so I won¡¯t go to the trouble of describing him. Anyway, I used my time power on him and I was able to make him age twenty years and make him younger by twenty years in an instant. Meaning twenty years is probably my limit for now. But I knew that it wasn¡¯t the end. So I worked extra hard and fully concentrated on my body training and time power for the last three months. And I thought it was that stupid god doing something or else I couldn¡¯t explain what happened. I was able to break my limit from twenty years to seventy-five years. There is no way this has something to do with only my training, it has to be that the stupid god helped me by interfering. But since I couldn¡¯t ask anyone and it is a good thing I decided to leave it aside. And that¡¯s how I spent the last three years in this world. Right now I¡¯m in the middle of saying goodbye to my home of three years. Something had gotten into my eyes at that moment and I am currently seeing blurred things because of water in my eyes. I-I wasn¡¯t crying or anything ok. I¡¯m glad I am leaving this god forsaken place. Hm? Oh, it looks like it¡¯s going to rain. Haah, I guess I have no choice but to stay for another night here, no, two nights, just to be safe since judging from the dark clouds it looks like it¡¯s going to be a storm. If anyone knew what he was thinking at the moment, they would have had their eyes and mouth wide open in disbelief at his shamelessness. Because there weren¡¯t any dark clouds in the sky for as far as the eye could see. In fact, it was so hot that some might not even come out of the comfort of their houses. But still, no matter who it is, you have to salute his shamelessness. 2 days later¡­. ¡°*sniff**sniff* I won¡¯t miss you cave, so goodbye. I hope I never have to see you again. Only exception being if I am near here or I just happened to fly over her or something will I have to see you. B-but I will try my absolute best to never see you again.¡± Haah, and so I left my home of three years and at once I became happy because now I can finally meet the girls of my dreams in their chibi forms. Haha, let¡¯s begin phase 1 of my plan: to make them be unable to forget me and permanently move in to their hearts. Now, I maybe six-years old but the girls are even younger than me, so I have to combine space and time to move to the future when they are a little older, enough for them to understand the differences between men and women. I must also make sure to do it before the incidents which formed their personalities. Although I want to make them become my harem members, I don¡¯t want to really change them or interfere too much in the canon timeline events. Of course, I will interfere when things get a bit tough but I won¡¯t insert myself unnecessarily into the canon timeline events. My only goal is to complete my harem but while doing that I don¡¯t my helping out a bit. Anyway, now that all of that is out of the way¡­. ¡°LET¡¯S GO START, MY JOURNEY TO BECOME THE HAREM KING!!!¡± Chapter 6 Erza Scarlet (1) {Part I} X771, Kingdom of Fiore In a small forest near a small village, a apace crack appeared and then out of it came me in new clothes that I bought with money and definitely did not use my time powers to stop time and just took it from a shop. Please do not mistake me for a thief, how can a pure guy like me do something so horrific. Well, after that I combined my space and time powers and travelled to three years into the future. Why three years you may ask. Well, it¡¯s because this is the best time to start the phase 1 of my plan to get all the girls on my first target. And the target is someone who will be known throughout the land. Erza Scarlet. I used my space powers to check in which village she was in before coming to this timeline and then here I am near her village. ¡°Hm, let¡¯s see, where is she? Oh there she is. Huh, it seems my little wife is getting bullied. How dare they do that to her. I¡¯ll give them a piece of my mind once I get there and thank them afterwards for giving me the perfect chance to show off. Man, can it get any better.¡± Erza POV My name is Erza. I have been living in this village¡¯s orphanage for as long as I can remember. The sisters there said that I was left outside the doorsteps of the orphanage while I was still a baby. Things haven¡¯t been good ever since I started understanding things. Since I was an orphan, I was often ignored and even scorned by the villagers. And if that wasn¡¯t enough, kids around my age bullied me on a daily basis because of my hair color. They call me names like demon, witch and alienate me from themselves. Sometimes they even throw things at me when they start getting excited. And when I told the sisters at the orphanage, they acted like I never said anything and the kids just continued to bully me. I got used to it after not being saved by anyone but my heart still aches at how alone I am. I always dream of a prince coming to save me from my loneliness and take me away from here on a white horse then live happily ever after like those in stories. But that won¡¯t happen in real life. Ah, they are coming towards me again. I wonder how long will it take this time for them to stop. I must endure and tolerate whatever they do to me, I must not retaliate. I don¡¯t want to lose this place which has become my home. No matter how lonely it feels, no matter how sad it feels, I must endure.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. They started saying mean things to me and then after a while they started throwing small stones at me. I curled myself up into a ball under a tree at the edge of the village in order to protect myself but it wasn¡¯t really doing much help. It was then¡­ ¡°WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING¡± I heard a loud voice of a boy around my age shouting at the bullies surrounding me. I turned to look at the boy who became the first person to help me. But all I could see was a blur as he ran in front of me protecting me from the bullies with his back facing towards me. Although it wasn¡¯t a wide back that could hold the weight of the worlds, I felt like I could be happy and safe behind that back. And most of all I won¡¯t be lonely anymore. ¡°Don¡¯t you feel ashamed for ganging up on a lone girl. Whit if it was you who got bullied instead.¡± ¡°Who are you? You are not from this villa¡­¡± ¡°Hey, hey, what¡¯s your name? do you want to play with us?¡± The bullies were first stunned at seeing this boy and then the boys looked angry and the girls suddenly started to have stars in their eyes I wonder if those girls are sick or something. The boys started to shout at him but were interrupted midway through by the girls, who started surrounding the boy. Still with stars in their eyes. ¡°Huh? Sorry, I have absolutely no interest in hanging out with bullies who pick on the weak. And remember, the next time is see you bully her, I will beat you up. This is not a threat but a promise.¡± The girls were stunned hearing that and they alongside the boys went away towards the village mumbling somethings to themselves. ¡°Humph, hey are you ok?¡± Seeing them leave, the boy turned around to face me and I finally saw the face of my savior looked like. And when I saw him, I fell into a daze. He was absolutely perfect. From eyes to eyebrows to jaw to his lips, he was like an angel sent from heaven. And this angel just saved me from my loneliness. No wonder those girls had stars in their eyes and acted weird. ¡°Hm? Hello? Anyone home?¡± Not getting a reply from me he waved his hands in front of my face which brought me out of my daze and back into reality. He was joking around but I could see concern in his eyes. Maybe he thought I was scared or hurt somewhere so he joked a bit to lighten my mood. This was the first time someone cared for me and was concerned about me. I wanted to reply to him but any words I wanted to say just got stuck in my throat. Instead tears started falling from my eyes. What started off as small sobs began to slowly become hysterical cries from me. ¡°Awawa, wh-why are you crying. Hey, stop crying. There, there stop crying already.¡± Seeing me cry out like that he panicked and then he started to lightly pat my head. His hand was warm and I could feel his care for me through it. I dove into his embrace and started crying even more loudly despite having only met him for not more than a few minutes. He looked like he didn¡¯t know what to do for a while but then hugged me back tightly and slowly stroked my back without saying anything. Chapter 7 Erza Scarlet (1) {Part II} We stayed like that for a long time and I started to slowly calm down, so I separated from him. His chest area was covered in my tears and snot. How embarrassing. I hope he won¡¯t hate me for it. ¡°Are you feeling better now?¡± ¡°Y-yes, thank you.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good and don¡¯t mention it. Although I don¡¯t really know why you cried like that, I think you shouldn¡¯t be trying to hold it all in. you have to vent yourself out from time to time so that you don¡¯t feel sad for too long.¡± ¡°O-ok.¡± Thank god. He doesn¡¯t seem to be bothered at all at the fact that his chest has gotten damp. And he is also giving me advice like someone who cares. He¡¯s right. I held it in for too long and that¡¯s why I was sad for so long. Now that I cried it out, I feel much better. ¡°My name is Ray Cross, what¡¯s yours?¡± ¡°Ah? Erza, my name is Erza!¡± ¡°Hm? You don¡¯t have a surname?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m an orphan, so...¡± ¡°So what. I¡¯m an orphan as well despite that I gave myself a surname. Let me give you one then. Hm, you have very beautiful scarlet red hair so let¡¯s call you Erza Scarlet. That¡¯s your name from now on. So? Do you like it?¡± ¡°Erza¡­Scarlet¡­ eh? Beautiful? You think my hair is beautiful?¡± ¡°Yeah, I think it¡¯s one of the most beautiful hair in the world.¡± He said it like it was the most natural thing in the world. Like there was no doubt, no question about it. He said it with so much conviction that even I started believing that my hair is beautiful. I always hated my hair because it was because of it that I was always alone. But this hair that everyone including me hates, there is someone who thinks of it as beautiful. And as long as he is there, I will also believe it is beautiful. ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°Your welcome. By the way, why are they bullying you? Aren¡¯t the adults in the village doing anything to stop it?¡± ¡°They don¡¯t like my hair so they treat me as an outcast. They call me names like witch and demon. The adults know about it but they just let it happen and overlooks it.¡± ¡°My god, how can they be like that. Those idiots, morons, stupid dumbasses. Don¡¯t worry Erza, if they dare to bully you again, you can come find me. I¡¯ll take care of them all. Oh, and I live here in the forest so remember to come here if they bully you. I¡¯ll beat them up for you no matter how many comes.¡±Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°Ok, thank you again. Eh? You stay in the forest? Then why don¡¯t you come with me to the village then. I¡¯m sure we can find a place to stay like the orphanage.¡± ¡°No way. I don¡¯t like adults telling me what to do. But don¡¯t worry, you can come find me here every day to play. Because that way you won¡¯t feel lonely and can have fun, ok?¡± ¡°Ok!¡± Is this how it feels like to have someone to talk to? Someone who cares? Someone¡­ intimate? It¡­ feels nice. And Ray is really cool too. He gets worried about me, care for me and he looks like an angel that god sent just for me. *gasp* is this what ¡®match made in heaven¡± from that book I read meant? Maybe in the future Ray and I can¡­ fufufu. Kyaa, what are you thinking Erza we just met. We have to know a whole bunch about each other before we can get married. But being married to Ray and start a family sounds really nice. ¡°Ok, it¡¯s getting late. You should head back, clean yourself, eat something and have a good sleep. You¡¯ve had a tough day today and a good one to look forward to tomorrow after all.¡± ¡°Mm, ok. I¡¯ll see you tomorrow then Ray. Bye.¡± After saying good bye to Ray, I headed towards the orphanage while skipping and humming a tune to myself. My life doesn¡¯t seem so lonely or desolate anymore with Ray next to me. He is slowly painting my black and white world with all sorts of colors. I have never been this happy in my life and this is the first time I¡¯m looking towards my future in a bright way as I have always thought my future to be very bleak. ¡°I can¡¯t wait to meet Ray tomorrow.¡± Amidst the weirded out stares I received from the villagers I reached the orphanage still skipping and humming while thinking about Ray and my future with him. The kids who bullied me were pointing their fingers at me while whispering to each other. I ignored them splendidly as I was still in my own world as I made my way towards the girls showering area. But midway there, the female bullies of mine blocked my way and they were glaring at me. The way they were looking at me was nothing like before and that somewhat scared me. They looked like rampaging beasts ready to devour their prey making me more and more anxious. I wished Ray was here because I knew with him here I would have the courage to face anything. ¡°You witch, tell us what you did to him?¡± ¡°Huh?¡± The leader looking girl pointed her finger at me and shouted while glaring at me like she was ready to shoot flames out of her eyes. What are they talking about? Did what to who? Me? Huh? This is so confusing. ¡°Don¡¯t act like you don¡¯t know what I¡¯m talking about, witch. You must have done something like black magic on that boy we saw near the forest and controlled him. Otherwise, why would he help a witch like you who is a stranger to him.¡± At the first part of her words, I realized they were talking about Ray. Well, it seems they also want to get close to Ray but since he sent them away and got close to me they became jealous so they are doing this. But, the last part of her words were like a knife slicing through my heart. I never thought about it that way. Why would he help me? We don¡¯t even know each other. Could it be he has ulterior motives? No, I don¡¯t believe it. Ray is not like that. He saved me and didn¡¯t ask for anything in return. He comforted me when I cried. And I can tell his concern and care for me were real. His warmth was real. Just as I was about to argue back against them, the sister came to tell us that dinner was ready only to see our confrontation. They quickly broke it up and took the girls away leaving me alone at the receiving end of the girls¡¯ glares. After taking a shower and eating at the dining area I was lying on my bed staring at the ceiling. Although I believe Ray isn¡¯t a bad person, I want to know why he protected me and faced off against the bullies despite knowing he was outnumbered. Wasn¡¯t he afraid? I must ask him tomorrow when we meet. Chapter 8 Erza Scarlet (2) Part I After seeing off Erza I went back into the forest. All along I had a huge grin plastered on my face as if it was threatening to split my face in half. It can¡¯t be helped, I mean the reaction the female bullies and Erza herself gave me when they saw my face, was giving me more confidence of gaining the affection of Erza and also the other girls I have in my mind. And if my face wasn¡¯t enough to get Erza, I just had to go and ¡®save the damsel in distress¡¯ huh. Well, not that I¡¯m complaining. It makes things much easier for me. But I still have to work hard in making myself permanent and unforgettable in her heart. And to do that, I have to spend a lot of time with her which I have plenty of. Some may think I¡¯m using a dick move by using her lowest point in life (at the moment) to appear as a hero to win her heart but honestly, it¡¯s not like I asked those kids to bully her. And by saving her I can give her some happy memories in order to lessen her despair and help her survive of what is to come for her. That¡¯s right, I won¡¯t be stopping her from being taken away to the tower of heaven. When she was in the tower of heaven, she was in despair but now with the memories with me that I¡¯m going to give her and the promise I¡¯m going to make to her she will endure much better in there. And maybe this will help her get along with the fairy tail members better in her early days once she escapes the tower of heaven and join fairy tail. So she needs someone by her side right now and that someone is me. And so, during the next couple of days Erza would come over and meet me every day. She would come early in the morning and leave at sunset. The next day after our first meeting she asked me why I saved her that time and If I got scared facing the group of bullies alone. My answer? ¡°There doesn¡¯t have to be a reason to save someone who needs saving. And trust me, I could see you needed saving from a mile away. Not only from those bullies but from your loneliness. And as for whether I got scared or not¡­ humph, they are not worth it.¡± She was stunned for a while but soon gave me a bright smile filled with happiness. I asked why she asked me that so suddenly and it seems she was confronted by those female bullies and so she thought she wanted to know why in order to let herself be worry free. Those idiots. They almost made me lose my future wife. Anyway nothing bad happened after that except for the first day¡¯s evening where the bullies tried to bully her again. To which I kept my promise and beat them up nice and proper. Of course, I held back. Or else I would have killed them by air currents from my fist alone. But after that nothing happened and they never bullied her again. During the days we spent with each other, we did almost everything we could think of. And if we have nothing to do then we would just run around trying to catch each other or just sit next to each other shoulder to shoulder. Sometimes she would rest her head on my shoulders and sometimes I would get the legendary lap pillow from her. And I must say. Best feeling ever. Seriously, her thighs were so soft and smooth. She isn¡¯t well developed yet but it still felt good. Now I¡¯m really looking forward to her grown up figure. If her not so developed lap can give me so much bliss (not in a sexual way) then I wonder how it will feel on her developed, plump lap. Aah, I¡¯m drooling at just the thought of it. And the funny thing is, every time I think of Erza¡¯s future self I go into a daze. So she asks what I¡¯m thinking about and to my reply she always puffs her cheek out and twists my waist. Hehe, the girl is getting jealous of her own self. Oh, by the way, my reply to her is ¡®a very beautiful lady¡¯.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Other than that, we talked about each other a lo nonstop. I didn¡¯t say I¡¯m a transmigrator/reincarnator obviously but other than that, I told her almost everything. I even joked that my dick will grow up alongside me to become a huge sword while we were taking a bath together in a lake. She was shy when we first took a bath with me and couldn¡¯t look at me at all. But she became used to it over time. But she once again become shy when she heard that joke and started raining her fists on me. We passed our time like that and it has already been a month since she started hanging out. She has become really bright and always has a smile on her face. Today, she came to me blushing hard. Apparently, she wanted to play newlyweds. Huhuhu, since I¡¯m acting as your husband and I¡¯m going to be your real husband in the future, it¡¯s only natural that I take a little bit of advantages. ¡°Honey, I¡¯m hooome.¡± ¡°Welcome back dear. How was your day?¡± ¡°Haha, before that let me get my welcome back kiss first.¡± *mwah* I gave her a smooch on her small soft and supple lips and she froze on the spot. She stood there like that for a while and when came back to, her whole face became as red as a tomato and steam was almost coming out of her head. ¡°Wh-wh-what a-are y-you doing!! We shouldn¡¯t do something like that before getting married.¡± ¡°Oh? Then that just means I will have to take responsibility and marry you in the future right?¡± ¡°E-eh? Huh? Yeah?¡± ¡°Haha, since we will be married in the future and it has already happened once then that means we can do it again. As long as we don¡¯t make a baby right?¡± I said that last part to tease Erza. And she became even more red after that. She lowered her head and didn¡¯t say anything for a while but I still heard a very tiny ¡®un¡¯. Wahaha, I have conquered the great titania, haha. I couldn¡¯t have asked for a better beginning than this for my harem plan. After this, I will go to my second and third target. And then fourth, fifth and so on until I get everyone. Haha. . . . . And so three years have passed just like that and we are nine years old, well Erza is. I guess it¡¯s about time. Erza escaped from the tower of heaven and joined fairy tail on X776. And she must have spent around two years in there. So it is about time I leave and let things flow naturally for her. Although I feel guilty and I want to save her, I know this is necessary for titania to be born, for the Erza Scarlet whose fame will spread across the land. As her experience in there played a huge role on the strength that she will have in the future. Chapter 9 Erza Scarlet (2) Part II During the first year, nothing much changed. Me and Erza spent every day together. We kissed a lot, I mean, a lot. Sometimes it was small pecks and sometimes it was deep, long ones. I know, I know. I know what you¡¯re thinking. ¡®She is just a kid, how can you do that¡¯. Please, we have already expressed our love for one another and it wasn¡¯t like I went all the way. Although I did massage her ass and boobs so that it grows bigger which did take some convincing. Hey, don¡¯t judge me. My thoughts were pure¡­ at the start. A-and even after that I was thinking of her future self not her loli form. You got to believe me. Wait, who am I explaining to? It¡¯s not like I should explain what I do to and with my future wife. That¡¯s right. Mind your own business, whoever I am explaining to. Anyways, back to the topic. We spent our days together like that until after one year of meeting each other, she said she wanted to see me fight as I always boasted about myself. I agreed to it but not to show off. Instead I wanted to use this opportunity to give her an excuse when I leave and while also giving her some motivation to train. She always just watches me as I do some light training and when I asked her to join me, she refused saying that she would much rather watch me train. What I did was pretty simple for me. I chose a decently strong magical beast and fought it while holding back. Erza was watching as I got cornered and beaten back and started crying and ran towards the beast which distracted it for a second. And I used that moment to finish this fight as I had achieved my purpose, which was to give her a slight shock. I finished off the beast with one punch clad in space power which distorted its internal structure, killing it in an instant while it was glaring at Erza. After it fell down and the ensuing smoke cleared Erza recovered from her shock and ran to me with tears still falling down her beautiful face. And seeing me covered in blood and wounds all over me didn¡¯t help as she started to cry even more. ¡°Alright, alright, I¡¯m fine. See? My wounds are all recovered now and I¡¯m only slightly tired right now that¡¯s all.¡± I used my time power to recover to my peak but still acted as though I was tired. She was hugging me while sobbing and apologizing, saying it was because of her that I almost died. That it was because she wanted to see me fight. And I kept on consoling her with words while gently stroking her back. After she calmed down we went to the lake we always go to, to clean ourselves up. Mostly me but Erza was also covered in blood because she was hugging me. And while doing that completely naked, Erza who got used to this situation already started the conversation after being silent for a while.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Ray, can you please teach me how to fight. I don¡¯t want to watch you get hurt as I can only helplessly watch from the side ever again. I want to be able to become your strength and fight by your side. Only then will I have the confidence to stay besides you.¡± Erza clenched her fist and eyes full of determination declared as such to me. Hehe, my wife is so adorable. It went just as I had planned as I wanted to give her a reason to have her train. And I¡¯m sure she is going to take it very seriously. And that¡¯s how I began training Erza. Although I say that I only taught her exercise routines which I do to strengthen her physique. I didn¡¯t want to change her style of fighting as it was one of the reasons she became so strong in the canon. And so, once she comes to meet me we begin training early in the morning. The intensity of her training was nowhere near what I went through but it was still slowly strengthening her body. She requested me to teach her how to fight but I refused stating that her body wasn¡¯t strong enough. This resulted in her just randomly attack me from time to time to make me believe she was strong enough. But it never worked out for her as I was way overpowered for her. After that she continued to do that for the past two years but never got a hit on me. And apart from training we just flirted with each other, had picnics, cuddled together and mushy stuff like that. And now I think it is time so I decided to leave. So¡­ ¡°Erza.¡± ¡°Hm? What is it?¡± I called out to Erza who was laying on my chest. She has started to grow up into the beauty that she is supposed to be. Although only three years has passed she has grown into a girl much more resembling to her future self. The most important one of them is her love for cake which has started to become more apparent as sometimes she doesn¡¯t give that to me either. And that relieves me a lot as I don¡¯t want her personality to change because of me. ¡°I will be going on a journey to get stronger. And no, you can¡¯t come with me. You are not strong enough to go to the places I¡¯m going to be going to. I know I¡¯m being harsh considering how hard you have worked but please, I¡¯m doing this for your own good. Just like how you don¡¯t want to see me get hurt I don¡¯t want to see you get hurt either.¡± ¡°¡­.ok¡± ¡°Honestly I had a feeling this was going to happen. That is why I tried so hard in my training. And I also know that this is for the best. Because you can¡¯t grow stronger by being with me all the time and I don¡¯t want to become a burden to you. And while you¡¯re gone I will train even harder so that I can catch up to you. So promise me, promise me that you will come back for me.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, how can I be at ease out there knowing I have a beautiful girl waiting for me to come back to. I promise Erza, I will come back for you and when I do let¡¯s get married and really become a couple.¡± ¡°Un. I will wait for you no matter how long it takes.¡± Hearing my promise, Erza showed the most blissful smile she has ever shown. She¡¯s probably thinking about the marriage part. After spending a few more days with her, I bade goodbye to Erza and left. Erza was standing there watching my back fade into the distance as two crystal clear tears rolled down her beautiful face. Chapter 10 Mirajane And Lisanna Strauss (1) Part I X776 After separating from Erza I didn¡¯t leave immediately. Instead I watched as the village she was staying in got destroyed and the children including Erza were taken away. She didn¡¯t go down without a fight but since she didn¡¯t know how to fight all she did was using her raw strength wildly. The attackers took down Erza quite easily and took them away. As I watched all of this happen, I almost gave in to my desire to save her. There were numerous times where I wanted to do so but I managed to hold myself back from doing so. I followed them as they took the captured children to the tower of heaven so that they don¡¯t hurt Erza too badly. After seeing them enter the tower, I took a one last look at Erza and promised in my mind to make up for abandoning her like this by cherishing her and showering her with love in the future. And after that I combined my space and time powers to once again travel to the future and so I jumped to X776. I¡¯m going to meet my second and third target here. Mirajane Strauss. Lisanna Strauss. The two siblings and alongside their brother Elfman were currently living as 11, 10 and 9 year-olds in a village with their parents. This is a year before the Strauss siblings lose their parents and two years before Mira defeats the demon in the church and then join Fairy Tail. I¡¯m going to get closer to them until Mira gets her over soul magic and they then have to face the scorn of the villagers. But unlike Erza who was alone, Mira and Lisanna have their parents. So instead of the gentleness I showed to Erza, I¡¯m going to do the exact opposite to Mira. I¡¯ll still be gentle to Lisanna though. When Mira was younger she was a brash and violent delinquent type of girl. So I¡¯m going to act like her and constantly clash with her. This way she will be constantly thinking about me, though it will be plotting to get back at me some way. Kind of like teasing the girl you like. I can see their village from a hill not so far away. Let¡¯s see, hm, oh they are trying to sneak into the forest to play huh. Heh, seriously, is that stupid god helping me out or something? Because for the second time in arrow, I arrive at just the right time to begin my conquest of my girls. Not that I¡¯m complaining or anything. I predict the general direction they are going and teleport onto a tree branch and lay down on it. Now all I have to do is wait for them.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! After a while, I hear the noise of some bushes moving and I smiled. I turned my head towards the sound and saw those three. The 11 year-old Mirajane, the 10 year-old Elfman and the 9 year-old Lisanna. Hehe, this will be a challenge as I am not only targeting Mira but Lisanna at the same time as well. And as I said before, unlike her sister I¡¯m going to be extremely gentle with her. When they came close enough I stood up and shouted at them giving them a small fright. ¡°HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING INSIDE MY TERRITORY! YOU THINK THIS IS YOU BSCK GSRDEN OR SOMETHING!¡± They looked towards where the shout came from and when they saw me standing on a branch, guess what, yup they got stunned. Haha, my handsome appearance is just like a nuke. Any girl hit by it would fall. Well anyway, it seems they recovered and as I expected it was Mira who replied with slight venom. ¡°What do you mean it¡¯s your territory. And even if this forest belongs to you, from today onwards it belongs to me. So get the hell out.¡± After saying that she puffed out her non-existent chest for now and put her arms on her waist. Haah, I wonder how long it took to get those wonderful watermelons, I can¡¯t wait. Elfman was trying to hold her back like usual and Lisanna was still looking at me with curiosity completely ignoring her sister. ¡°Ooh, we got a tough one over here don¡¯t we. Let me tell you something, I¡¯m not the type to show mercy to girls so you better be careful with your words.¡± ¡°What did you sa¡­ mph¡± ¡°Uuhm, can you please let us go inside and play for a bit. We promise not to disturb you.¡± It was Lisanna who covered her sister¡¯s mouth in what seems like a death grip and politely asked me with upturn doe eyes. Waah, how cuute. ¡°Hmm, now that¡¯s better. You should be more like your sister. She is much cuter than you. Anyway, I will allow you to enter. Just keep that wild girl away from me. Although if you want revenge or something you¡¯re more than welcome to try. I¡¯ll just beat you up until you surrender.¡± I complimented Lisanna with a very gentle smile which made her blush while dissing Mira making her squirm and struggle even more. Lisanna and Elfman then dragged Mira away after thanking me for allowing them to go inside. While that was happening Mira was still trying to struggle out of Lisanna¡¯s death grip on her mouth to beat the shit out of me. Though that won¡¯t really happen. Hehe, with Mira¡¯s current personality she will surely try to get back at me as soon as possible. And all I have to do is beat her back gently and then taunt her to rile her up even more. This will make sure I will have constant meetings with her and we will get closer in a way. As for Lisanna, hm, although I know I will feel guilty, I¡¯ll do something extreme in her case while treating her gently when Mira comes to get a beating. But I must not forget Elfman. Although he is very timid right now, I will have to have a good relationship with him in order to have him willingly give his sisters to me. And I will treat her like a brother. Teaching him how to be a man a bit earlier than in canon. Well, all in due time I guess. For now, I have to keep a close watch on them and know when and how Mira is going to retaliate and also protect them from any mishaps. This is going to be fun. I can¡¯t wait for the next two years. Update Hey guys, im sorry i have to say this but my trip got extended for 3 more days so i will owe you guys 5 chapters. So i will be posting 2 chapters per day for 5 days in a row. Look forward to it. Btw i noticed there were requests or sething like that concerning kagura. Dont worry i will explain why she isnt in the same village as erza. And also she will be a very important character in this novel and im building her up for me to integrate her into the plot.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Anyway i hope to see you soon and btw im writing this on my phone and its hard going online with the work and stuff so i wont be posting anything after this unless there is a change in the situation once again. So yeah, see you soon guys! Chapter 11 Mirajane And Lisanna Strauss (1) Part II Mira POV My name is Mirajane Strauss. I¡¯m 10 years old this year. I live in a small village alongside my parents and two younger siblings. Life has been pretty good so far, hardly anything I¡¯m dissatisfied about. I¡¯m the strongest kid in the village which I found out about when I beat up some snot nosed brats who were bullying my younger brother because he was an easy pick. My parents are really great. They take care of us and love us wholeheartedly without any falsehood. My mother is a housewife, gentle and caring most of the time. But she can tend to be really scary at times. Like when the rest of the family does something stupid or something along those lines. My father is your typical man of the family. He is a woodcutter and the sole bread earner in our family. He is very strong and straightforward which by the words of my mother is the reason she married him. I take after him probably as I am just as stubborn and straightforward as he is and also because both of us are absolutely terrified of mother despite how she normally is. My younger brother who is one year younger than me, making him 9 years old currently, is called Elfman. He is very cowardly and easy to bully and he hides behind me most of the time because he is like that. So it wasn¡¯t really a surprise to see other kids around our age to pick him to bully. Even I like to tease him though I don¡¯t push him too hard and I also don¡¯t like others bullying him. My younger sister on the other hand, well she takes after mother because just like mother she can be very scary at times. Her name is Lisanna. She is shy, gentle and caring but whenever the rest of us get into trouble she becomes a mini version of mother. Even father is careful around her, which shows just how terrifying it can be when mother and Lisanna join forces. My life is going so well that it couldn¡¯t have gotten any better. I mean, we¡¯re not rich and all but as long as we have each other it¡¯s fine if it stays like this. And today, that will change but I didn¡¯t know about that yet as even if I knew I wouldn¡¯t have believed today would be so special to me after a few years. Me, Elfman and Lisanna sneaked out of the village to head into the forest to play and explore. As we have never ventured out of the village we have been very curious to know what lies beyond the village. And the forest next to the village is a good place to start our adventure of exploration. But after a few days, I wish I hadn¡¯t. as that was where I met ¡®him¡¯. We were strolling around the forest while talking and laughing with each other. We rarely got spend our time like this alone and free without all the adults putting restraints on us. Most of the times our parents or the other adults in the village keeps telling us what to do so we don¡¯t really get to express ourselves freely. While we were strolling like that, it was then.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Hey what are you doing inside my territory!!! You think this is your back garden or something?!!!¡± We heard a loud shout directed towards us. It was so sudden and unexpected that we got the fright of our lives. After getting ahold of ourselves we turned towards the voice and we were momentarily dazed. In front of us on a branch of a tree a boy our age sat on it leaning against the tree trunk with his hands behind his head with a lazy look on his face. Despite that, the first thought that came to my mind when I saw him was how perfect he was. But then I regained myself and recalled what he shouted at us and it somehow pissed me off so I retorted back at him. ¡°What do you mean ¡®your territory¡¯. This isn¡¯t your territory, and even if this does belong to you, from this day forward it belongs to me. So you can get the hell out, you dumbass.¡± I didn¡¯t really want to claim ownership of this place as I just wanted to make him angry and send him off packing. But instead of getting angry he seemed to have gotten amused if his smirk can be considered as such. He seemed to have found what I said funny from the look his flawless face gave off and also the fact that he seemed to be holding back his laughter. Elfman was trying to stop me from saying anymore or just running to him so that I can punch his face after recovering from the earlier daze but what he said next pissed me off even more. ¡°Ooh, we got ourselves a tough guy over here eh? Let me tell you something girl, I¡¯m not the type to show mercy to girls so you should be careful of what you say. So why don¡¯t you be a good little girl and go home back to your mommy and daddy.¡± ¡°What did you sa¡­ mmph¡± Before I could say anything Lisanna who was silent all this while covered my mouth with her hand stopping me from saying anything else and I could also feel a very threatening pressure concentrated on me. Despite that my anger bested me as I kept struggling in her hands. ¡°Um, we are sorry to disturb you like this but we don¡¯t want to go back home without having a little fun. This is our first time out of the village so can we please go and play for a while inside. We promise not to disturb you again. Please,¡± What are you saying Lisanna. That¡¯s the same as admitting defeat to this guy. And what¡¯s more you are just inflating his ego even more. Although I was thinking such things I couldn¡¯t say them out loud so I could only try to break free from her grip on me. ¡°Ooh, now that¡¯s how a girl should be, much better. I will allow it, you can continue as you were.¡± He flashed a gentle smile at Lisanna which actually made me skip a heartbeat and threw a glance full of disdain at me. Aggh, that¡¯s it, I¡¯m going to so beat him up. Lisanna and Elfman quickly dragged me away before I could do so after thanking him. After going for some distance, Lisanna released her vice like grip on me. But before I could complain she flashed a gentle smile at me which sent a cold chill down my spine. I could practically see a demon slowly appearing behind her as she gently spoke to me. ¡°Do you have something to say¡­. Sister?¡± ¡°*gulp* nonono I have nothing to say. Absolutely nothing. Ha-haha¡­¡± I swallowed my saliva and weakly replied followed by a dry laugh. Although I said that, in my mind I was already plotting ways to get back at that guy and bring him to his knees before me no matter how long it takes me because this has become the worst day of my life. But years later, I would look back to this day which I¡¯m sure to be the most blissful day of my life. Chapter 12 Mirajane And Lisanna Strauss (2) Part I Lisanna POV My name is Lisanna Strauss. I, along with my two elder siblings have spent our entire lives living in a small village happily with our parents. It¡¯s not that I don¡¯t like it but I want to experience more than what the village has to offer, although if it means compromising my family, I¡¯d rather not take it. Elf-nii who is one year older than me is very timid. He always needs someone to take care of him. But that is who he is and we wouldn¡¯t want him to change if it means he is forcing himself. While Mira-nee who is two years older is headstrong and rash because of which it doesn¡¯t come as a surprise when she keeps getting into trouble, mostly fights with other kids. Mira-nee never acts like how an elder sister should and Elf-nii just follows whatever Mira-nee decides to do, so I had to be the caretaker. It was very hard to do at first as Mira-nee is so hyperactive that I couldn¡¯t keep up and I couldn¡¯t control her brash actions because of that. But then I found the perfect role model to learn from, our mother. She could handle Mira-nee and father, who is just like Mira-nee, easily. So I learnt from her and I got better at taking care of my siblings¡¯ despite being the youngest. Now, onto my dreams. I don¡¯t particularly have a goal-like dream but I often have this one dream. Me, Mira-nee and Elf-nii are walking together when a handsome boy comes in front of us and asks for my hand in marriage. And then after I agree, under the watch of my family we get married and live happily ever after. This dream started to come after father started boasting about his marriage with mom and how they got together, which by the way was pretty similar to my dream. And because of that I started wishing something similar happens to me. Although I wish for it to happen in reality, I know that it was just a dream and that it shouldn¡¯t be that easy to get my soulmate. But that day something pretty similar did happen and I won¡¯t be able to forget it for the rest of my life. We siblings sneaked out of the village to go and play in the nearby forest. And while we were walking through it I met the boy who would be on my mind and in my heart for the rest of my life. ¡°Hey what are you doing inside my territory!!! You think this is your back garden or something?!!!¡± We got startled by the sudden shout directed at us out of nowhere and when we looked at the source, there he was. A boy around our age sitting on a tree branch. He was even more handsome than the boy who appears in my dreams. His appearance wasn¡¯t the only thing that separated him from the rest, his aura which seemed to cut him out of the world, like he was separated from the world and the loneliness that must have come with it just added another sort of charm to him. While I was observing him and daydreaming Mira-nee recovered and started shooting off some nonsensical things which pulled Elf-nii out of his daze as well. Seriously, Mira-nee should start observing things more instead of just going in head first in everything. Can¡¯t she see from his aura that he isn¡¯t just your everyday bully but a trained person. I must stop her from spouting more nonsense and making him angry although it seems to me that he finds Mira-nee amusing which I also feel the same way sometimes. And the fact that she is always like this and also the fact that she just interrupted my daydreaming of a couple life with this mysterious boy has made me kind of angry.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. And so I approached her from behind with a smile with eyes closed and channeling my inner anger and beast at her which I learned from mother and put my hand on her mouth with some strength. I could feel Mira-nee stiffen a bit but started struggling soon enough once again. ¡°Um, we are sorry to disturb you like this but we don¡¯t want to go back home without having a little fun. This is our first time out of the village so can we please go and play for a while inside. We promise not to disturb you again. Please,¡± I once again turn my attention on him and conveyed our intentions to him in a soft and gentle tone. I did this for two reasons. First of all, I didn¡¯t want him to feel offended because of Mira-nee and second I wanted to leave a good impression of myself on him so that I can have a chance at being a couple with him in the future. ¡°Ooh, now that¡¯s how a girl should be, much better. I will allow it, you can continue as you were.¡± He turned his gaze towards me which became gentle unlike the amused glance he was using to watch Mira-nee. And when I made eye contact with him I was probably blushing as my knees almost gave out on me. And when he complimented me as a girl I felt butterflies in my stomach and I was feeling all jittery. Elf-nii who I think was almost completely forgotten was looking left and right and then we expressed our thanks to the boy and he helped me drag Mira-nee away from there. I could feel his gaze on us while we left which made me hasten my steps as I didn¡¯t want Mira-nee to go all berserk on him. After coming along for a while I released Mira-ne and I knew she would start ranting so I put on my eyes closed smiling expression which apparently was called ¡®oni mode¡¯ by mother. Mira-nee who was just about to start ranting stiffened upon seeing my face and I pressed on her smiling gently. ¡°Do you have something to say¡­. Sister?¡± ¡°*gulp* nonono I have nothing to say. Absolutely nothing. Ha-haha¡­¡± I think I heard a loud gulp coming from her and what followed her reply was a dry laugh while she was sweating bullets. Fufufu, works everytime. But I knew that although the words coming from her were like that she was definitely plotting some schemes to get back at the boy. And I will probably let her do it this time as long as it wasn¡¯t something over the top because I wanted her to run into a setback so that she would correct that personality of hers. While watching Mira-nee who was in deep thought with a smirk on her face and Elf-nii mumbling something like how nerve-racking that was, I looked towards where we came from thinking back to the boy. His perfect face and the gentle look he cast at me. His compliment to me and the way he carried himself. It was all ingrained in my mind now but now that I have some more breathing room, I can see that my imagination of what type of person he is could be wrong. For all we know he might be a bad guy trying something shady with us. As such to find out what kind of person he is and to see whether he is good enough to be my partner for life, I need to have as many encounters with him as possible. That is not going to be a problem since Mira-nee is indirectly helping me achieve that. Now all we have to do is wait and watch. Chapter 13 Mirajane And Lisanna Strauss (2) Part II After meeting with the Strauss siblings two years has passed and honestly it was really fun. I followed them secretly to get Mira¡¯s schemes beforehand so that I can prepare myself for it and the interactions between the siblings made me believe that they hold each other very dear. During the first year, most of our encounters were because of Mira trying to get back at me. She would come up with all sorts of ideas only to be beaten back by me. And it didn¡¯t just end with that as I would taunt her afterwards to keep trying to get back at me. She started off with schemes and then got physical. Although I didn¡¯t use any strength, just the techniques were enough to put her down. But what surprised me was the fact that she seemed to be absorbing my techniques like a dry sponge absorbing water subconsciously. The first few times she tried she wouldn¡¯t last for more than three strikes. But as time went on her desire to beat me might have taken effect as she was lasting longer and longer. Although I was still only using techniques. Whenever Mira was there, Lisanna would follow and she would find all sorts of topics to talk about which I gladly cooperated in. we talked about a lot of things during our short time together during which Elfman would nurse Mira from the ¡®beating¡¯. Mine and Elfman¡¯s relationship also grew closer as when it was Lisanna who took care of Mira, I would call him over and talk about how to be a real man, which is his favorite catch phrase in the canon and quickly became here. It seems he admired me a whole lot after I constantly beat his older sister. And I wasn¡¯t going to miss the opportunity to impress my future brother in law now would I. During the second year, I finally made the move on Lisanna. As they were walking through the forest, I used space to separate her from her siblings and led her to an area where a magic beast resided. Once it smelled its intruder it went after her and attacked. And there I was using the classic ¡®saving the damsel in distress¡¯ on Lisanna. After that it went as expected. Lisanna would follow me whenever we meet and she would always have a blush on her face when she was with me. But now, it is time for things to start get a little darker for the siblings. Their parents were going to lose their life sometime soon and after that the whole demon in the church incident. As I waited for the events to happen several weeks pass by. And finally after waiting for a month the Strauss siblings lost their parents to an attack by a wild animal when they were at the edge of the forest collecting herbs. I watched as the siblings mourned their loss and I didn¡¯t appear in front of them even when Lisanna came to find me to vent her heartache. I didn¡¯t appear before them after that and two more months passed by. During these two months the news of the demon inside the church spread around the village and finally Mira went to subjugate it. After defeating it just like in canon her hand demonetized as a result of her awakening to the over soul magic.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. When the villagers saw this they stated to become agitated and scared of Mira. I knew it was almost time to make my entry so I got myself ready. The villagers having had enough of living in constant fear geared themselves with whatever weapon like things they could find before heading towards the siblings¡¯ home. Mira stood in front of her two siblings to protect them from harm while trying to convince the villagers that she didn¡¯t get possessed and that her parents were also not demons after the villagers accused their parents. After shouting at the siblings like that for a while, one of the villagers ran towards the siblings with an axe swinging it towards them. Mira turned her back on him trying to shield her two siblings and that was where I knew I should interfere in. I appeared before the attacking villager and put a stop on his axe swing with one hand without breaking a sweat. The attacker and the rest of the villagers were stunned by the sudden development as the place fell into a silence with only the sobbing of the siblings to be heard. ¡°I¡¯m only going to say this once. If even a hair on them is hurt, I¡¯ll raze this place to the ground, so scram!¡± My calm voice sounded among the silenced villagers. As they were about to retort, I glared at them with a little killing intent mixed into the air. Each and every one of them took a step back followed by all of them running away. I turned back to the siblings to see that they were looking at me shocked with tears all over their faces. I knelt before them and gently wiped their tears as I said to them. ¡°it will be alright. I¡¯m still here on your side.¡± That was the trigger as all three of them threw themselves at me and started bawling. It took a couple of hours for them to calm down a little and I then helped them pack their things as it was apparent that they won¡¯t be able to live here anymore. We left the village soon after and didn¡¯t talk much as I lead them in the direction of Fairy Tail. I knew what Mira was thinking so I started explaining what exactly happened to her. ¡°You are not possessed by any demon Mira. You just awoke to your magic. It¡¯s called over soul magic and you seem to have taken on the form of a high ranking one. So don¡¯t go having strange ideas.¡± I went on to explain more after not receiving a reply to which her siblings were more than happy to hear. As my explanation didn¡¯t work on her, I grabbed her demon hand and raised her chin to make her face me and said to her in the gentlest tone I have ever used with her. ¡°Trust me Mira, you¡¯re not a monster. You are Mirajane Strauss. A very beautiful girl who can be very rash but despite that hides the gentlest of soul inside of her. Never forget that.¡± She seems stunned at my tone and my compliment as she blushed and a small tug appeared on her lips. Seeing that I felt a little relieved. Now let¡¯s see, Fairy Tail is¡­ Shit!!!! I suddenly took the siblings and ran as fast as I could and half an hour after that I stopped and hid them in a cave. They were asking about what happened to me all of a sudden but I ignored them and used the space to separate them from reality making them cut off from the world. After I was done with that, I turned around and waited. Waited for the one who I sensed earlier and the one who kept on following us to come while sweating nonstop. I could hear the worried screams of the siblings behind me as they could sense something was wrong. And after a while they saw what exactly that was. Chapter 14 Title Hidden Appearing before us as it landed on the ground is a beast with its upper body covered in black, round scales which in turn are decorated by spiraling blue markings. Its lower body, specifically its chin, chest, stomach, inner tail thighs and arms was grey in color and appear to be rather smooth. its eyes were white and beady and its head was round and blunt with four large, elongated plates extending backwards. Its mouth which opened slightly showed its razor-sharp teeth and attached to his chin was a protrusion that resembles an arrowhead. His large wings were like a birds with its feathery appearance. And I, seeing its appearance couldn¡¯t help curse in my mind. Because anyone who knows Fairy Tail will recognize him. This was god damn freeking achnologia!!!! I didn¡¯t have to turn around and look to know that the siblings were frozen stiff from terror. And I didn¡¯t have the luxury to do so either as I put my entire focus on Achnologia. After landing in front of me he started observing me with a cold and penetrating gaze. After what seemed like an eternity he finally opened his mouth revealing more of his terrifying teeth to speak. ¡°I have finally managed to find you boy. As a time mage myself it shouldn¡¯t come as a surprise when I say that I could feel you using time magic like you have been. And the fact that you keep disappearing also tells me that you have been using it to travel through time. Although I don¡¯t know what your goal is, but I find it disturbing knowing that an unstable factor like you has come into being out of nowhere. As such I have come to eradicate you personally.¡± Damn, he knows about me using time? But since he didn¡¯t say anything about space that means he doesn¡¯t know about it. But that can wait as his last words rang inside my ears, coupled with the cold smile that he gave while saying it, I think it would be best I ran as fast as can. But. What is this feeling. I want to fight him. Even though I know I would most likely die if did so, I want to fight him. It¡¯s like I became a saiyan with all the battle lust that I am emitting. But I can¡¯t help it, I want to fight him. And I have this intuition that doing so will benefit me greatly were I to survive. And so I gave a wide smile filled with battle intent towards the greatest opponent that I have ever faced and ever will. ¡°Less talking. More action!!!¡± I dashed towards him before I even finished what I was saying while cladding my fist with space and activating time power in my body in order to heal any injuries I get as soon as possible. ¡°Hoh, feisty one aren¡¯t you. And you can use space as well. Well, put up a good fight before I kill you.¡± I reached him when he finished what he wanted to say and swung my right fist in an uppercut to his chin. He raised his head dodging the hit and flapped his wings to glide backwards. As soon as he gained some distance he swiped his left claw while shouting. ¡°Magic king¡¯s claw!!!¡±Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. ¡°Space barrier!!!¡± As soon as I landed on the ground I compressed space in front of me to create a barrier which once the claw came in contact with, showed signs of collapsing. I grit my teeth and waved my hand to deflect the claw to my left when it became apparent that I won¡¯t hold on for much longer. And as soon as I deflected the claw I teleported above his head and clad my left foot with compressed space and sent an overhead kick which he blocked with his wings sending shockwaves with us at the center. He used his wings to then send me flying towards a mountain a short distance away and I got embedded into the side of it causing multiple debris to fall on me. I quickly healed myself and decided to send the siblings who were still in the separate space away. After teleporting myself inside the separate space I went down onto one knee as I gasped. That earlier collision with the mountain caused some of my ribs to break making me have difficulties to breath. I healed myself as fast as possible because Achnologia might find a way to notice the separate space. The siblings quickly scurried over surrounding me with worried faces with tears covering them. They had only recently lost their parents and the villagers turning on them and now their pillar of support that I had become was in this sorry shape. It¡¯s no wonder they are scared but I need to quickly tell them a few things and send them away. ¡°Listen to me closely as I don¡¯t have much time. I¡¯m going to send you in front of a guild called Fairy Tail. Once there, I want you to join it as that is the place where you can grow up to your full potential. Elfy, remember about me telling you about real men?¡± They wanted to complain when I said I will be sending them away but didn¡¯t say anything in the end because of probably knowing that they weren¡¯t going to be of much help. I directed my gaze to the only male remaining in the Strauss family, who nodded at my question while still sobbing but trying his best to hold it back. ¡°Remember, a real man will always protect his family. No matter how hard the obstacles are he will rise above it after digging deep. I hope you become a real man soon as I won¡¯t be there to protect you after this so become strong enough to be able to protect your sisters, ok?¡± ¡°*sniff*¡­ un¡­ I promise.¡± ¡°Good, I¡¯ll hope you keep your promise. Lisa, I know you work hard to keep Mira in check. Btu I don¡¯t want you to spend the rest of your life only focusing on that objective. I want you to follow you heart and do what you want to, got it?¡± ¡°Un.¡± *sniff* After Elfman I turned my attention to Lisanna who was sobbing while staring right at my face, like she was trying to engrave it into her memory and heart. I told her what I expected from her and she gave a small agreement. And then I turned my attention to Mira. She had her head lowered and was trying to contain her tears. Her shoulders were shaking and she had balled her hands into a fist. ¡°Mira, what we had over the last two years weren¡¯t just fights. It was a bond. So take it from someone who has a bond with you. You are not a monster. That power you hold, use it to beat up anyone trying to act against you guys. And never call yourself a monster because no matter what happens, you will always be my beautiful Mira, ok?¡± She raised her head as tears were streaming down her face and the latched onto me like there was no tomorrow. She cried into my chest and as much as I would have wanted to let her there wasn¡¯t much time remaining. So I separated her and before they could do or say something I waved my head making them slowly fade away. But before the faded completely I gave them a smirk and said. ¡°Mira, remember my magic signature. Who know, I might just end up meeting you guys again. And when we do reunite, I guarantee that I will be taking the two of you as my wives.¡± With that they were sent away and I also completely healed myself. After dispelling the separate space, I saw Achnologia heading towards me after sensing me again. ¡°Now, let¡¯s continue our dance shall we?¡± Chapter 14 Ray vs Achnolgia Chapter 15 Resolution And Injure 3rd person POV Magnolia, Fairy Tail After being sent away from the battlefield, the three Strauss siblings appeared in front of the infamous Fairy Tail guild¡¯s building. The sudden appearance of three children alerted the guild master of Fairy Tail, Makarov Dreyer, who arrived in front of them while they were still crying. After taking them inside the guild and hearing from them what happened and how they suddenly appeared at their doorstep, Makarov had a serious expression on his face as he was shocked to hear that the dragon they encountered was hostile towards them unlike Natsu¡¯s father who was also a dragon. After calming them down and hinting at the possibility of the boy that sent them here surviving and appearing before them one day considering his space magic that the siblings told him of, he welcomed the siblings to the guild. While the rest of the guild were in a jovial mood due to the new members, the main characters themselves sat at a corner still covered in gloom. But despite their outward appearance which was showing weakness to others it was anything but that inside their hearts. All three siblings were burning with determination to get stronger in order to protect each other and one day find Ray. As the siblings were getting determined to become strong so that they don¡¯t become a burden to anyone else ever again, some distance away Erza, who had joined Fairy Tail earlier was looking at Mirajane and Lisanna with a complicated gaze. Although they never met each other, Erza just can¡¯t help feeling wary of the two girls as if they were threatening to steal something that belongs to her. And this feeling will quickly be reciprocated by the two siblings towards Erza making Mirajane and Erza at constant loggerheads. Back at the battlefield where Ray was once again preparing to face Achnologia. MC POV I once again ran towards Achnologia but this time it wasn¡¯t just my arms which got coated with compressed space but my legs and torso as well. After training my ass off ever since arriving at this world I was only able to coat space around only one pair of limbs or just one part of the body at a time. I guess the battle to the death type of fight we were having caused me to breakthrough in space power as I was now able to do both pair of limbs and an additional body part while fighting. Since my legs were also covered in space now my speed got a lot faster as I reached achnologia in an instant. Unlike last time where I threw an uppercut at him after reaching his face this time I went directly under him and compressed space in the shape of a spinning spear which I threw at its gut. It was like hitting a boulder with a very thick and durable stick. Although effective it wasn¡¯t enough to actually damage him enough. It jumped to its right feeling a somewhat light pain on its gut and while doing that sent its dragon roar at me.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°Magic king¡¯s roar!!!¡± As the distance between us wasn¡¯t much I didn¡¯t have time to create a space barrier so I did a move that I loved a lot in my past life. ¡°Tobi¡¯s visage!!¡± The dragon roar passed right through me as I used space to make me intangible. The move that made Obito in Naruto almost unkillable. I always thought it was cool but I also knew that whoever was facing him must find it pretty annoying. After the roar went through me I was quickly sent flying by his claw when I dropped my guard due to momentarily entering into a daze because of finally being able to use one of my favorite moves. But this time it was much was as he had hit my lower half of the body breaking a few bones in both my legs. As I was struggling to heal myself and trying to get back up, Achnologia appeared above me and subconsciously set up a space barrier between us. And thank god I did as I clashed with his dragon roar head on. ¡°Magic king¡¯s roar!!!¡± *BOOOM* A large crater appeared with me at the epicenter. My legs felt like it stopped working as I felt like all of my bones in my leg would turn to dust. As my time power tried to heal me as fast as possible, I split my focus to try and teleport. After a while I was able to do so as I vanished from there which was followed by the sound of the roar destroying the surroundings it hit. I appeared a few hundred meters away laying on my stomach panting for breath. Although I knew this was how it was going to end up as, I have to admit. This wasn¡¯t a fight. This was a one sided slaughter. So, as I had my fun, I decided it was time to leave. But not before giving Achnologia a gift that it will never be able to forget. I once again created a separate space around me and then started to compress space and added time power to it as well. I was starting to sweat which wasn¡¯t because of the fight as it was taking a lot of energy to complete this horrifyingly large space spear mixed with the time power. Once I felt like it was enough, I inhaled deeply before teleporting above Achnologia who was looking for me and as I swung the huge spear in my hand towards it I shouted at the most powerful attack in my arsenal. ¡°Odin¡¯s Judgement!!!¡± I felt like time seemed to top and I could also hear a tearing sound around the spear as it headed straight for the head of Achnologia who was slowly looking towards the sky at me. Just as the spear was going to connect dead center of its head it regained its former speed as it inclined its head backwards to try and dodge. Although it managed to avoid a fatal hit, the spear still tore through its left eye and with the time power and space power combined in the attack creating a special element, it also took the chance for him to heal his wound permanently. Meaning his left will now become completely blind. After seeing it get injured I didn¡¯t stay around to watch it howl in agony as I was thinking of using my current injuries to get my next target. And so with that in mind I disappeared from there leaving Achnologia screaming and howling while flapping its wings and flailing it claws in agony. Chapter 16 Levy McGarden (1) Part I X773, in a small port town near Magnolia Town I appeared near the docks of the town where my next target is. I was still injured from the fight and I didn¡¯t heal myself as I wanted to use it to my advantage to meet her. My target this time lives in a secluded corner of this port town with her grandmother from what I can tell. There wasn¡¯t much information about her past in the canon so it took some time to find her. Luckily I already did, because I wouldn¡¯t have had the time to do so after attacking that last time on Achnologia. My target this time is the petit and cheerful bookworm of Fairy Tail. Levy McGarden. As I said before not much of her past was told in the original storyline so I have to really put in effort in order to win her heart as I don¡¯t know which events will happen in her life and what led her to join Fairy Tail. I need to come up with various situations to meet her and slowly make my way to her heart. As soon as I appeared, I searched for Levi and found her helping her grandmother around in their house. It looks like it will take some time for her to come out of her house so I¡¯ll just wait here. And boy did I wait. I laid there leaning on a wall constantly keeping tracks on her movement and guess what. She didn¡¯t come out of her house for a week. I just sat there like an idiot with dazed look and just kept on waiting. That¡¯s it, I have to do something about it. Hm, ah that¡¯s it. I sent the smell of my blood through space to right in front of her face. She frowned a bit and started looking around to the source of the smell and as she stood up to find it I kept moving the smell, leading her to my direction as I teleported near the window of her room and pretended to be unconscious. As she opened the window she gave a shriek upon finding a similar aged boy unconscious and bloodied and ran to find her grandmother. After a while they came to the place I was and checked for any signs of vitality. Upon sensing that I was just unconscious, they quickly brought me inside where Levy¡¯s grandmother cleaned my body with the help of Levy who had a bright red face upon seeing my naked body. And the blush further increased when she saw my full body after being cleaned up. ¡°Levy can you look after him for a while. Grandma is going to rest for a while but if you need help with anything just call me ok? His injuries are starting to heal already and he should wake up after some rest.¡± After putting some new clothes on me that she brought out of nowhere, she gave instructions to Levi who stayed behind while she retreated back to her room. Levy upon the door being closed sat on a chair at the bedside placing her elbows on the bed and cupping her face on her hands. After that she just kept staring at me with both curiosity and interest.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. As the adrenaline from the fight went away exhaustion kicked in as I slowly lost myself to the world of the dreams. Levy was still sitting there studying my face without showing any signs of getting bored. After a long time, I opened my eyes to see a new day beginning through the window. It seems I slept through the entirety of yesterday. I turned my face to my right to the sound of light breathing sounds and saw that it was Levy. I observed her adorable sleeping figure and closed in on her. I neared her ear as I lightly blew onto the elf-like ears. She seemed ticklish as she squirmed a bit but still didn¡¯t wake up. I repeated the process a couple of times and I must say, her reactions were quite adorable. I might get addicted to this. She woke up and stretched with a yawn and as she was sending away her sleep, seeing my face look at her completely blew it away as she opened her eyes wide. She seemed dazed for a bit as she seemed to have lost focus on her surrounding but then came to as she ran out calling out to her grandmother. After a while she came back hiding behind her grandmother with only her head sticking out. Classic, but still cute. Her grandmother checked how I was feeling and when she saw that I was doing better than when they at least found me felt relieved. ¡°For now, stay here and recover. Now then, can you tell me about yourself and how you got injured? From the looks of it, it looked like someone injured you on purpose. Was it your parents? Or were you being bullied? ¡° ¡°My name is Ray Cross. I did get injured by someone but it wasn¡¯t my parents as I don¡¯t have any and it wasn¡¯t my friends as well because, again, I don¡¯t have any friends hear. It was just the results of the fight we had.¡± She smiled at me gently filled with kindness and concern and asked me a string of questions. I answered her honestly as I really didn¡¯t have any friends. At least in this town and even then only Elfman can be considered my friend. The girls I met aren¡¯t friends. I don¡¯t want to be friend zoned. ¡°Is that so? Listen Ray, you look the same age as my granddaughter over here, her name is Levy. You shouldn¡¯t be fighting at your age. So, since you don¡¯t have any family then I will take care of you the best I can. By the way, my name is Avira.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry but I can¡¯t stay here. You will be in danger if he finds me with you. And it¡¯s not like I want to fight, it¡¯s just that he won¡¯t stop until I¡¯m dead.¡± Hearing my introduction, she gave me a smile but then turned serious as she gave me a light lecture and then I refused her invitation to stay here but I knew with what I just said she will be even more adamant on keeping me hear. As for Achnologia finding me, well since he revealed he can sense me using time then I just cover myself with a separate space when using it so that he won¡¯t sense me. Oh, by the way I reverted back into a six-year-old when I teleported to Levy¡¯s window. ¡°What!? Then you must absolutely never run around outside. That¡¯s it, I¡¯ve decided. You will stay here, as long as you be careful you will be safe here. And I won¡¯t take no for an answer, so you can forget about trying to convince me Ray.¡± As I expected, she ¡®forced¡¯ me into staying here and I acted worried while groaning a bit. After that she went to cook some food for me leaving behind the six-year-old Levy. She was fidgeting around with her head lowered. She couldn¡¯t stand the awkwardness so she dashed towards the kitchen to help her Avira. And that¡¯s how I joined the little family of two. Chapter 17 Levy McGarden (1) Part II Levy POV My name is Levy McGarden and I am six years old this year. I live with my grandma in small port town in our cozy little house. It¡¯s not really big but it is enough for both of us to be satisfied. I never got the chance to meet my parents because according to grandma both of them died just one month after I came to the world. But I never really noticed them being missing in my life because of grandma. She took care of me and fulfilled all of my needs so I never felt like I was missing out on parental love. I heard that everyone has a dream. But I don¡¯t. it¡¯s not like I don¡¯t have anything I like to do but it¡¯s just that I don¡¯t think I want it to be a goal in my life. It¡¯s sort of like a hobby to me. And honestly, that doesn¡¯t bother me at all. Because as long as I have grandma, I know that I will be content. But even though my life sounds almost perfect, it¡¯s not. There is only one reason for that and that¡¯s that I¡¯m lonely. I have grandma but she is like a mother so I can¡¯t treat her like a friend, not that I know how to. I don¡¯t have any friends that are around my age and the only people who I talk to apart from grandma is grandpa Toga. He is our neighbor and a friend of grandma from her younger days. The fact that I am shy around strangers which gives me trouble speaking to them and that I rarely even go outside the house doesn¡¯t help one bit. Despite wanting to change myself and my life a bit I spent my life remaining the same way as I have always. As I spent my days helping grandma around the house and listening to her tell stories, I have to admit again that despite the shortcoming of not having any friends, I¡¯m very content with my life. Just like that after cleaning the living room with grandma one day, I went to my room to get a bit of a rest. And as I was just sitting there, I started smelling a weird smell. I wrinkled my nose and furrowed my brows trying to think of what that smell was while unintentionally going towards its source. I reached the window of my room which was slightly opened and knew the smell was coming from right below my window. I opened the window completely and put my head out of it to find the source only to be scared stiff. There lying below my window was a boy who appeared to be around my age covered in wounds and blood. After a while I recovered slightly and hastily ran out of my room towards grandma who was sitting in the recently cleaned living room. ¡°Grandma, grandma!! There is a boy lying below my window covered in blood. Quick we have to go save him.¡± Grandma was shocked at first hearing what I had just said but then quickly went towards where the boy was. I have to admit that a slight part of the reason I wanted to save him was because of the thrill to have experience something new. My life has been like a broken tape which played the same thing over and over again so having this new development gave me quite a bit of excitement.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Grandma and I arrived at the side ally just below my window where we found the boy still bleeding and unconscious. Grandma hurriedly picked him up and brought him with us into the house. After laying him down on a bed once inside, grandma started undressing him. My eyes were glued to him since this was the first time I¡¯m going to see the body of a boy my age. ¡°Levy, can you bring some water and a towel to get him cleaned up please.¡± I was brought out of my trance by grandma who gave me instructions to get water to clean him. I quickly ran out to do as I was told but my mind was still in the room because of what I saw. Although blood was covering it, I could see that he must have trained in some sort of martial art because his body was full of muscles. It wasn¡¯t buffed out instead it was compressed to give him a lean form. I blushed as I was starting to go into much finer details and shake my head to ward of the strange thoughts building in my head. I quickly went back with a tub of water and a towel. After placing it down I watched as grandma cleaned his body with the towel. And when grandma completely cleaned his face not only grandma gave a small gasp but I was one again thrown into a trance. He was so handsome. Just like an angel his face was so perfect that it seemed like a sin. And coupled with his muscular body he was like a war angel. Both of us snapped out of it as grandma began to check his injuries since grandma was a doctor. And after a while she stood up from the bed and sighed in relief as she said to me. ¡°Levy can you look after him for a while. Grandma is going to rest for a while but if you need help with anything just call me ok? His injuries are starting to heal already and he should wake up after some rest.¡± I nod to tell her I understood and sent her off to the door with my eyes. Once the door closed I went near the bed and sat down on a chair that I moved. I put my elbows on the bed with my head resting on my hands as I watch his sleeping face. I fell asleep soon afterwards and when I woke up to see him also awake and looking at me, I stood with a startle and dashed off to call for grandma. I came back with grandma but hid behind her as I was still not used to being around strangers. I watched a grandma and the boy, who was named Ray talk to each other. When I heard that there was someone who was trying to kill him I felt sad for him. He was the around same age as me but we have such different lives. While I was living in comfort with grandma, he was on the run all alone without know when will he be able to have a nice long sleep or have delicious food. While I was content with my life he was surviving out there on his own with death just around the corner. But more than that I felt like I now have something I want to do in my life. And that¡¯s becoming Ray¡¯s support in life. I want to be by his side letting him know that he wasn¡¯t alone and that I will beat back his fears so that he can have the same content life I have. And I have just the right opportunity to fulfill it as grandma convinced Ray to stay with us. Alright, let¡¯s start becoming Ray¡¯s support in life. Chapter 18 Levy McGarden (2) Part I I spent two years with in Levy¡¯s house. During the first year, I got closer to Levy by means of her hobbies, which were gardening and of course reading books. I wasn¡¯t the reader type but I was willing to make some sacrifices to get in the good books of my target. Get it? Good books. Hahaha, I¡¯m so funny, Hahaha¡­. Anyways, I asked her what her recommendation would be for a good book to read. And so she started rattling off on some foreign alien language that I couldn¡¯t understand but still nodded at her from time to time. That started to become a very positive outcome as we got closer to each other. But it was just that, we got closer, nothing more. I wasn¡¯t going to rush it and ruin it all so I just kept our status quo the same. But that changed soon though, as one day I walked into her room to call her for dinner and BAM, there it was, the classic ¡®accidentally walk into a girl changing her clothes scene¡¯. Levy was changing her clothes and unlike how the novels and animes portrayed it, I got the full view of Levy¡¯s birthday suit. I, without saying anything silently closed the door without moving my eyes from her. I step back from the door and broke into a run at the same time as the scream from Levy inside her room. After that things became awkward between us, though it was only her but I pretended I was too. After we got ourselves over the incident I started to get flirtier seeing my chance to improve our relationship in the way I wanted it to go. I kept flirting with her causing her to constantly blush and it took a while but I saw that her heart was wavering. And just as I was going to give her the final push, it happened. Grandma Avira passed away after one year since I came to their house, because of a heart disease. Although most of my attention was on Levy but I treated her like my grandmother. She took care of me even though she didn¡¯t need to as I was able to take care of myself. She was a very selfless person so it wasn¡¯t just Levy who was devastated about her death, I was too. Grandpa Toga, our neighbor wanted to adopt us but we decided to not accept and live by ourselves. Still, he told us to find him if we needed anything. It wasn¡¯t my intention but because of grandma Avira¡¯s death Levy¡¯s heart which was wavering before completely gave in to me. It should have made me happy but the fact that it came at the expense of losing grandma Avira made me guilty. I felt like I was using her vulnerability to get her heart though I didn¡¯t intend for it to happen. That¡¯s why I became more reserved when it was about Levy. It was like I forgot about my dream and the only thing that was on my mind was how grandma Avira would look like if she knew about it.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. That went on for a month before Levy finally snapped. She confronted me about my sudden change in attitude and as much as I wanted to avoid it she was even more determined to find out about it. And so I gave up and told her what I felt. When she heard my explanation she started to tear up and was on the verge of crying. But instead of crying she started scolding me, she said that she has recovered enough from her grandmother¡¯s death and yet her feelings hadn¡¯t change which meant that it wasn¡¯t her moment of weakness that made her fall for me, which I must say like the other girls was kind of weird since she was a seven-year-old. But I brushed it of thinking that it was probably because children in this world tend to grow up mentally faster. After that we talked about everything that was bothering both of us and just like that exhaustion took over as we both slept on the couch. Following the heart to heart talk with each other our relationship went back to how it was or maybe even better. We started sleeping on the same bed cuddling with each other which was the best example. I wasn¡¯t being handsy though because for me it hasn¡¯t been long enough to completely get over the fact that grandma Avira wasn¡¯t with us anymore. And so we continued with our lives trying to slowly get it back on the right track. A week after that I went out to find some work which I could have easily found if I had put my powers into use but I didn¡¯t. it has been a while where I enjoyed a normal life living in a normal house so I wanted to do a normal job as well. As such I joined a bar as a helper where the old folks of the town gather. We passed our time like this and with me working to make ends meet and Levy supporting me by doing house chores and healing me with her adorableness we happily spent our time together like this. A few months later though, I did start to become handsy. I started feeling her up once we started cuddling one night and although she gave me a glare, she didn¡¯t do anything to stop me so I continued. She would always get embarrassed at first but after a while she got used to it. Although she would still blush making her even more adorable. During this time Levy found her interest in books increasing as I wasn¡¯t around that long in the daytime due to work and she didn¡¯t have anyone to talk to unlike before where there was grandma Avira. When I found out about it I thought I might start to give her an early education on her solid script magic. But the problem was I don¡¯t have any idea on how to train her. So whenever I had free time, I started on coming up with a training plan for Levy. It took some time but eventually I did manage to come up with something. But I will wait for another two years and start teaching her when she becomes nine years old. She joined Fairy Tail when she was eleven so I¡¯ll help her build the foundations before sending her to Fairy Tail to leave myself with the excuse I gave to enter her life in the first place. Chapter 19 Levy McGarden (2) Part II Two years passed in the blink of an eye. After discussing with Levy, it was decided that I would be teaching her some basic body training and close combat. Although she was a long ranged fighter in the canon I didn¡¯t want her to rely on others too much if she ever got into a dangerous spot. So I preceded over her training and gave her a training routine which focused more on flexibility then speed and finally strength. That was to train her body and I also taught her how to fight and defend herself. While I did train her physical aspect that doesn¡¯t mean I was completely focusing on that. Because her body training is only in the mornings and end at noon. After a short break following that I watch as she tries to write with her weaker hand. Since she will have solid script as her magic in the future, I will give her build an early foundation. After she got used to writing with her weaker hand, I asked her to write the same thing with both hands at the same time. And once she was able to do that, write different things with both hands at the same time. Although this will help her in splitting her focus on two hands to write two words in the air to perform her magic, it will all be down to her imagination and reflexes on the changes in a fight to be able to really become strong. So, I gave her different scenarios in which she had to change the word she into what she thinks is useful to the changed situation. Just like that another two years passed and it was almost time to send Levy to Fairy Tail. During these two years Levy¡¯s progress has been great. She was able to write different things with both hands at the same time at an astonishing speed. She was even able to do so with her eyes closed, although at a much slower pace. As for her body training, I must admit that I am quite surprised really. She grew so strong, at least compared to the original Levy, that I thought I might have changed the timeline or something. She is not as strong as Natsu, Erza or Mira who are close combatants by profession but she was well above other long ranged mages. She could use her new found flexibility and speed to dodge attacks while trying to find a mistake in the opponent¡¯s attack or stance and quickly immobilize them by constantly hitting the pressure points of the human body which she knows due to grandma Avira¡¯s influence. Apart from training her in the mornings I would usually be out since I still worked at the bar. And when we have free time we just enjoy each other¡¯s company talking about each and everything that came to mind. After being pushed to invest so much time into book which she already like, Levy found herself a new goal. To write for a famous magazine which she chanced upon one day. I don¡¯t really get what was special about it from what I saw on its cover but as long as it made her happy. Levy and I supported each other in these four years and it was because she had me that she was probably able to hold on when grandma Avira died. So leaving her will definitely leave a bad taste but in order to let her find her new family in Fairy Tail separating was a must.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°Levy, we need to talk.¡± Hearing me say that with a serious tone, Levy started to become nervous and worried. I usually had a calm and carefree type of personality so she was definitely not used to seeing me like that. She gave a small nod and sat in front of me while fidgeting. ¡°Levy, I¡¯m sorry but this is where we have to separate. The man I talked about when you found me, I can sense him coming here. He probably already knows that I¡¯m here so I must leave as soon as possible. As for you Levy, I don¡¯t want you to be alone so I will bring you to a guild called Fairy Tail. I heard it treats its members very well so I won¡¯t be worried if you go there. And as for you wanting to come with me, I¡¯m sorry but you can¡¯t. I don¡¯t want you to be on the run for the rest of your life.¡± Levy lowered her head to try and prevent me from seeing the tears which began to form in her eyes as she didn¡¯t respond. She must have realized that a day like this was coming as although she was sad, she didn¡¯t seem that shocked. I didn¡¯t say anything else as I waited for her reply. I could hear soft sobs as she tried to hold back from crying out loud. After around twenty minutes she wiped her face and then raised it to show me her reddened eyes and tear stains as she gazed directly into my eyes. ¡°Okay. I knew this was going to happen. When you said you wanted to train me, I knew that you were doing so that once you were gone I would be able to protect myself. But I didn¡¯t want to just give up being by your side so I tried really hard in my training. And yet I¡¯m still not strong enough to help you with your difficulties. And because of that, I know that I will only end up being a burden to you and endanger you by clinging onto you. So I will go with your decision.¡± ¡°¡­Thank you Levy.¡± When I heard her, I knew that although I¡¯m not really being honest, she deserves to have the friends she did in Fairy Tail and the happiness that they gave her. After a few days of traveling after the talk we reached Magnolia. As we arrived in front of the guild which will be her home from now own we turned to face each other. We just stood there and stared into each other¡¯s eyes without any words. After a while we both gave a soft and warm smile to each other and then I turned and left. I never turned back and once I reached the crowed of people I teleported out of the town to head to my next target. Levy POV I watched as Ray walked away. We didn¡¯t say anything to each other. Because we didn¡¯t have to. After all we have known one another long enough to know what the other is thinking just by the eyes. I could see the love he had for me, the encouragement and pride in my future achievements and my current ones and most important to me, his reluctance to leave. That told me that he loved me just as much as I do and that the fact that we will be separating him didn¡¯t please him one bit. I turned and entered the guild. This will be where I will be staying from now on. I will work hard in becoming strong enough to stay by Ray¡¯s side. I will work hard in reaching my full potential and I will work hard in breaking my limits. Just so that I could be by his side. I smile as I think about him once again as I took in what will be very normal for me from now on. Chapter 20 Cana Alberona (1) Part I X772 Right now I¡¯m looking at a small hut next to a forest a short twenty-minute walk away from a small village. This is the home of my next target. The heavy drinking Fairy Tail member. Cana Alberona. It is January of X772 and Cana¡¯s mother has just entered the first phase of her illness. Cana has been taking care of her for the past few days as I watched her thinking of how to go about my plan. To be honest I don¡¯t really know how I can become important to her. After all she is focused on her mother which gives me very little opportunities to work something out. Hm, first of let¡¯s have her come out of the house shall we. I emptied their water pot so that Cana would leave the house in order to refill it from the nearby lake. And then I will use space to summon a weak magic beast nearby and come in to save her. I don¡¯t know what else can be used given the circumstances. I can go back more in time where she had more time to go outside but I wouldn¡¯t know what to do then either as this is the only significant event in her younger days. As she was refilling the pot by the lakeside after finding it empty, the magic beast made its way towards her after picking up on her scent. And as she was petrified from fear by the monster I blocked her view and took it down easily. ¡°You alright? Can you stand up?¡± I turned around to see her trembling and tried to calm her down. Man, every time I do things like this the guilt I feel threatens to overcome me. But I will definitely make it up to every girl that I get. After a while she calmed down and was able to form sentences that could be understood. She thanked me for saving her and we introduced ourselves to each other. She couldn¡¯t look me in the eyes as she was almost entirely focusing on keeping her head down trying to hide the blush that she was wearing. I told her that I was just wandering around without a place to call home which is technically true and that I would escort her to her home. We started walking towards her home as we continued to chat and speak about ourselves. I found out that she still didn¡¯t know who her father was, so I¡¯m guessing that she must have found out about it when her mother was dying. We reached her home and entered after her invitation. She introduced me to her mother with a slight blush when she saw her mother¡¯s smile which turned into a frown as a worried look appeared when Cana told her how I saved her.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Thank you so much for saving Cana, Ray. We don¡¯t have much to repay you for the grace you have shown. But I hope you would stay with us for a few days to express our thanks to you.¡± ¡°Ah, there is really no need for that. I think anyone would have done the same.¡± ¡°No insist. Please can you accept this request of mine.¡± I didn¡¯t think Cana¡¯s mother could be so stubborn as she asked me to stay. It wasn¡¯t like I was going to refuse, I just acted humble. Cana set up a pillow and a blanket on the couch and then went to get food ready. When she was out of sight her mother started talking to me. ¡°Ray, can you do me a favor. I know that I won¡¯t be able live long. This sickness will be the end of me. But I can¡¯t stop worrying about what will happen to Cana. That¡¯s why I want you to take care of her for me when I die. You are a mage and even though you said you don¡¯t belong to any guild, I have little doubt that you will one day join one. So my only wish is for you to help Cana get strong enough to enter a guild called Fairy Tail. Please.¡± I stayed silent for a while before I agreed. That was what I intended to do but I can¡¯t help admire how strong of a woman she is. She knows that death is just around the corner for her and yet she is not afraid. Instead she is worried for her daughter. Cana came to tell us that dinner was ready and as I had expected from seeing the house, they have very little food and it weren¡¯t that nutritious either. Since I¡¯m here I thought I might as well give Cana¡¯s mother some better food before she passes away. And so the next day I went to a nearby town where I sold some magical beast to earn money and used it to buy fruits, vegetables and seasonings. I didn¡¯t need to buy meat as I had plenty of it. After coming back, I stopped Cana from making lunch and entered the kitchen to make food myself. It wasn¡¯t a very luxurious dinner but it was worlds apart from what they were eating. Cana couldn¡¯t stop eating and even her mother who had a small appetite ate more than she usually does. I was also thinking on the way of training Cana. In the canon, she was well endowed in physical aspect and her accuracy was also very good. So I think focusing on those two would be for the best and I could also try and teach her hand to hand combat that I am using. But that will have to wait for later as I didn¡¯t want to take away what remaining time she has with her mother. And so, two months pass and it is March of X772 right now. I had found out of Cana¡¯s mother passing away when I woke up and as I didn¡¯t want to be the one to break it to Cana and instead let her find out on her own, I went outside the house and sat down waiting for Cana to wake up. I didn¡¯t have to wait long as I heard her screaming for her mother followed by her crying. I sighed and went towards the crying Cana and then gently hug her. I didn¡¯t say anything and just stroked her back. But this was somewhat different from the canon. Her mother hasn¡¯t told her about Gildarts yet. She did tell me but not Cana. Was she expecting me to tell her? Well I will think about it later. For now, my focus should be helping Cana get over her grieving and get back up on her two feet. After that head towards Fairy Tail. Chapter 21 Cana Alberona (1) Part II My name is Cana Alberona and I am six years old right now. I grew up with my mother whose name is Cornelia. I never knew who my father was because mother never told me. But she did say that father was a very brave and strong mage. She also told me how they met and fell in love with each other. Listening to how they met always made me excited. Because that was when I heard of my father and that was when I always dream of how I will meet my future spouse. Although that is also the reason I want to one day find my father so that we can reunite as a family. My dream is very simple actually. To live a happy and fulfilling life with my father and mother and hopefully my own soul mate. Aside from that, I never thought about anything else. I like spending time with mother and listening to bed time stories. There isn¡¯t much I don¡¯t like. Anything that is harmful to mother, I don¡¯t like it. One day while we were cleaning around our small house, mother fell unconscious. I ran all the way to the nearby village to get a doctor only to hear the worst thing possible. The doctor said that mother was down with an illness he has never seen. He also said that unless we find a cure her life could be in danger. After that day, I started taking care of mom and did all the chores around the house while going to meet the village doctor from time to time to see if he found any cure. Every time he would give me a negative answer and after a week or so he gave up and told me to focus on mother. After that, I stayed inside the house and took care of mother. Mother was getting weaker and weaker each passing day and I tried to not let mother see the worry I was probably letting my face show. But each time I see mother having difficulties to breath or she starts a coughing fit, I can¡¯t seem to hold my tears back. And whenever I cried, mother like always gives the gentlest of smiles and lightly rubs my head. Days pass like this and one day when I went to drunk some water, I found it was empty. I thought it was strange considering the last time I checked it was still half filled. But I didn¡¯t have time to think about it as mother might wake up soon and I should have the water pot refilled before that. So taking the pot I walked to the small lake near our house in the forest. As I was walking, I felt like the forest was eerily quiet today. Like some sort of predator was out hunting. I was getting scared so I hurried my steps and soon reached the lake. I was in the middle of refilling the pot when I trembled as I heard a low growl behind me. I could feel an ominous presence which was almost waiting for me to turn so that it could devour me. Trembling, I turned around slowly with my eyes closed. When I fully turned, I opened my eyes to see a bull like beast crouching on the ground. It was glaring at me while letting wind out of its nose and the low growl from before was still coming from it. I stood there petrified and unable to breath. My mind was blank and the only thing in it was the eyes of that beast. The pot in my hand fell down when I lost any strength in me. The pot hitting the ground was like a signal as the beast charged at me. Even though I want to run I couldn¡¯t muster up any strength in me and I just stood there watching as the beast running at me.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. It seemed like time had slowed down either from fear or hope as a boy appeared between me and the beast. But when I saw that the boy seemed my age from his height I wanted to tell him to run away when I saw blood bloom like a flower in front of the boy. I once again closed my eyes grieving over the boy who sacrificed himself for me. Only to hear the sound of the boy speaking to me like the first rays of sunlight on a cloudy day. ¡°You alright? Can you stand up?¡± I opened my eyes at that as I couldn¡¯t hear any fear or pain in it, only concern. But now that the danger was gone, all of the fear I just felt returned like a tide making me unable to respond and just sit there trembling. When the boy saw my condition, he went on his knees and pulled me into a hug as he started calming me down. The concern and worry he had in his voice and face, I found it very soothing, just like when I¡¯m with mother. After a while I calmed down enough and I thanked him for saving me. His face showed a complicated face at first but then turned into a smile as he said it was no problem. ¡°My name is Cana. Cana Alberona. Um, if you don¡¯t mind, can you tell me yours.¡± ¡°Ah, Cana huh. That¡¯s a nice name. my name is Ray Cross. You can call me Ray.¡± Ray. Cana and Ray. It sounds nice. Anyway, after introducing ourselves I insisted that he came with me to my house so that I could introduce him to mother and properly thank him for saving him. He kept refusing at first but when I tried something mother taught me he relented. I didn¡¯t think the ¡®puppy dog eyes¡¯ thingy that mother told me about actually worked. After bringing Ray to the house I introduced him to mother. Mother had a very hateful smile as she studied Ray making him awkward and after a while she secretly gave me a thumbs up. Geez, mother I know he is handsome but can you be a bit more secretive. After hearing about how Ray saved me mother insisted on him staying here so that we can repay him. After his constant refusal, mother and I shared a look and both did the ¡®puppy dog eyes¡¯ thingy with a please at the end. He gave a bitter smile and once again relented. Wow, this really works. After mother and I managed to convinced Ray to stay, I went into the kitchen to make lunch. It has been a while I was this happy so I put my heart into what I was making. Mother taught me how to cook though she never let me do it just taught me by letting me watch. So even though it was not as good as food mother makes, it was still very good. At the table when Ray saw the food he watched both me and mother for a while and then started eating. The same happened at dinner again and then we went to sleep. The next morning, I found Ray¡¯s bag there but not Ray himself. I was wondering where he went all morning when around noon he came back with a lot of bags with fruits and vegetables and necessities in it. He drove me out of the kitchen telling me to talk to mother while he prepares lunch. Although at first mother and I didn¡¯t want to let him work since he was here to let us thank him, that went all out of the window when mother and I ate his food. It was so good. After that, Ray was in charge of making food while I took care of the other chores. Days passed like that and two months later, I woke up to the most heartbreaking event of my life. Mother passed away. She laid there with a smile on her face and I kept calling out to her while crying. After hearing me cry, Ray came inside and hugged me to calm me. But now with mother gone, I don¡¯t know what to do anymore. I have only Ray to rely on now but first I have to bury mother. Chapter 22 Cana Alberona (2) Part I After spending a while on comforting Cana, I dug a near a large tree that was inside the forest, next to the lake where Cana and I met. Cana stood there under the rain which looked as if the skies were mourning the death of Cana¡¯s mother. She was still crying but it was much better than earlier. There were two things that bothered me though. One is that her mother didn¡¯t reveal who her father was and the second being that she didn¡¯t have the pet dog which was present in the canon. I know some might wonder why that is such a big worry but I feel like that it¡¯s the small changes that may lead to some bigger problems in the future. I can understand Cornelia not telling about Gildarts as I could tell Cana for her. But the dog was an emotional support for Cana after her mother¡¯s death. I wonder if I took the dog¡¯s place or I effected history in a bad way altogether. At least when it came to Cana that is. I hope it is the first one as I don¡¯t really know how I can deal with the changes if it is the latter. After I let Cana grieve for her mother we left after packing her belongings. There weren¡¯t much to take as there wasn¡¯t anything worth in the small house. I walked with Cana¡¯s hand in mine while both of us kept our silence. We reached a wide road soon after and I decided on the direction which headed towards Fairy Tail. We kept our silence throughout our journey as I knew she needed some time to get her emotions in check. We set up camp in a nearby rock formation when the sun was setting and then I took out the cooking utensils to prepare dinner. I made some light food knowing that she won¡¯t be having much of an appetite. While eating I had already decided to tell Cana about Gildarts and lead her into making her telling Gildarts about their relationship her new goal. I wanted her to have the same goal as canon so as not to alter her personality too much when it comes down to it. The reason she wasn¡¯t able to tell Gildarts about their relation was because of her strength being nowhere near hers. that¡¯s why while I will definitely train her, I will not be making her strong enough to take the S-class test so soon. I will only be working on her foundations where upon reaching Fairy Tail she can improve on her own. ¡°Cana, your mother told me about your father. She said that your father never knew he had a daughter, you. Your mother left him because he was always busy with his work as a magician in a guild called Fairy Tail. His name is Gildarts Clive. Now that I have told you this, what are your plans?¡± Cana seemed to be surprised at first by my revelation but then started to think what to do in the future. As she was contemplating I was already thinking up training plans for her because I know for a fact that she would definitely choose to go to Fairy Tail to meet her father. ¡°I want to meet him. My father. I want to meet him and tell him about mother and me. I want to tell him that he had a daughter who lost her mother not long ago. So I will go to Fairy Tail. I will become a mage to be able to stand before him and say that I¡¯m his daughter.¡±If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. She started off slow but as she kept talking her tone became firmer with her determination rising with each word. Her eyes showed the strong conviction she had and her will was like a burning inferno. I smiled at her new found resolution and getting out of the dumps and nodded. I then told her that I will be training her in basics and strengthen her foundations until we reach Magnolia. I also told her that I won¡¯t be joining her at Fairy Tail at the moment as I had something to complete. She was upset at hearing me say that we will separate once we reach the guild as she was putting and refusing to neither talk or look at me. I explained that I was out finding someone and that he was a very dangerous being which I want to finish my fight with. Which is technically true since I do want to fight Achnologia again but not before another training time and it was also not my main goal. My main goal was of course still getting the girls. It took some time but I was eventually able to convince her of our impending separation. Knowing that our time together was short did wonders for me as she was reluctant to leave my side no matter what. She either held my hand or a corner of my clothes even when we went to sleep to get ready for her training. The next day we started training. Since Cana has immense strength in the future I will be training her in that aspect a lot and then there was her accuracy training. Her fighting style was mostly about long range fighting where she shoots projectiles which is her cards so I will be focusing on that as well. I asked her to run as fast as possible around the rock formation while dodging the obstacles while remaining at a constant speed. This was similar to how I trained at first so I knew what results it could yield in the long term. After she was finished, she wanted to lie down to catch her breath but I didn¡¯t let her and told her to rest while standing. After she rested enough, I made her do various stretches while I massaged the knots she had in her muscles. Although at the time I didn¡¯t notice, when I thought back to it later I realized why Cana was blushing so hard as I now knew that I had touched a few sensitive parts. After that I watched as she did all the exercises I did only with less intensity. She was having difficulties in finishing the targets but finished it nonetheless after digging deep in order to get stronger. The entire morning, we passed it like that and at noon I ended our training session to eat lunch. At lunch she sat beside me glancing at me from time to time which, again, at that time I had no idea why it was so. We rested until evening during which we softly spoke to each other about anything that came to mind. Unlike the Cana of the future where she can often be outspoken, right now she is a very shy girl. She only opens her heart to those she considers close. And I, who had been with her for a few months and now became her spiritual support was of course able to make her open her heart. She expressed her worries about how her father might not recognize her as his daughter or how if she is not strong enough she won¡¯t be able to face him. I reassured her that her father would be delighted on hearing he has a daughter and that she didn¡¯t need to worry about that. I wasn¡¯t worried about her having more confidence because of my words because the reason she became afraid of facing him was because she found out how famous and strong he was. I haven¡¯t told her the details of her father so when she does know about it will remain the same as canon where she tries to become an S-class to have the confidence to tell him. After that I taught her basic fighting and ended the training for the day. Following which I made us dinner and then quickly went to sleep in preparation for another tiring day. Chapter 23 Cana Alberona (2) Part II We woke up the next morning at sunrise and freshened up to get ready for breakfast and then training. While Cana was washing her face I prepared the breakfast which was a simple toast and butter and milk for drinks. We didn¡¯t have anything else that could give more energy so we had to make do with it. During breakfast Cana asked some doubts she had about the training. She thinks that while the body training is useful, the accuracy training and close combat training isn¡¯t so much at least for her. I can understand her worries and doubts as the only thing I am teaching her in close combat training are stances and how to defend with quick reflexes. As for accuracy training, she hasn¡¯t started using projectiles so she doesn¡¯t see any use to train in it. I patiently explained why I am teaching these things so that she can focus on training rather than these. First of all, body training is so that she can have a high physical ability so that when the time comes when her magic doesn¡¯t work on her opponent, she can use her body to trade blows. Second, the close combat training is only there to strengthen her foundations. Right now she must focus on using her new found physical strength in defense rather than attack since everyone has a different way of fighting and so she had to find her own way of attacking through experience. Lastly, accuracy training. There are two reasons for training her in it. One, she has to have a way to attack with the highest chance of victory for a newbie. If she throws any projectiles it can either hit the opponent or distract him. Second, through this I wanted her to figure out her way of fighting which was card magic in the canon, and how she used cards as projectiles originally. She seemed convinced after hearing me explain it to her, of course except for the last point. She had a happy smile on her face after that, which had become a rarity after her mother¡¯s death. We finished our breakfast and began Cana¡¯ training just like yesterday. The same routine was followed and she improved a little compared to yesterday. Although most people wouldn¡¯t notice since it was the small details that improved. Like, yesterday her legs were trembling due to exhaustion and muscle strain after running but today, although her legs were still trembling, it wasn¡¯t to the degrees of yesterday. And throughout the day she showed similar small improvements as we finished todays training. Once again Cana was blushing after her stretch so I who had noticed why she blushed would of course take advantage. I lightly brushed her sensitive spots when we were stretching and after that during the lunch period I kept teasing her for thinking of dirty things earning me a cute pout. I also acted like I was consoling her when she was pouting, saying I would take responsibilities which earned me a complete red faced reaction. It was a pretty fun day though it was tiring as well. Now though I mainly focused on Cana, I wasn¡¯t just fooling around either. I was using space to put my muscles in constant pressure like a gravity training. And apart from that I was also slowly carrying out my fighting stances under the pressure.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. It was really tough to do but I persevered. I kept on doing it until Cana finished her training and we both ended the training to get ready for dinner and get sleep for tomorrow. By the way, we used water I teleport from another place to here to clean ourselves. After dinner, we went to sleep with Cana clinging on me. Just like that we spent the next three months training and spent our leisure time together deepening our bond with each other. Cana has become much more cheerful than before and she also may have realized that her mother wanted her to face forward not backward. During the last three months, Cana has improved a lot with the training. Her physical strength is astonishing considering her size and age. She can beat grown adults in arm wrestling matches with ease now. Although only normal adults can be won against with ease. Mages, well she can beat adult mages who don¡¯t specialize in physical strength. Her close combat training went pretty well. She can now react to five percent of my full speed and block or deflect it. Apart from that she also said that she may be up to something when it came to her own style of close combat attacking. But the most improvement she showed was in her accuracy training. She was able to hit a target with eyes closed in a thirty-meter range. And she can hit the target as far as a hundred-meter distance. She was also astonished by thus but soon became happy and told me that she was going to be using her accuracy more often now. As for me, well let¡¯s just say that my explosive power increased quite a bit. Just my normal strength also increased but in my opinion the best thing that happened to me was being able to manipulate the explosive power. I gather all my strength in one point and unleash it at once and I have a new destructive move. So now that she became used to training, I decided it was time to head to Fairy Tail. Cana, who had been in a good mood lately instantly felt dejected. Because once we reach there, it would be the time we separate. But after I told her that we will meet again she recovered quite a bit and she also told me that she wanted to make the most of the little time we had together. And so, we stopped training and just journeyed towards Fairy Tail hand in hand. And talking heart to heart. One day, when I decided to check whether we were still on the right track to Magnolia, I discovered a certain someone. I was shocked at first but then slapped my forehead and cursed myself. How could I forget about¡­ Cana who saw me acting weirdly shook me out of the complaining I was giving to myself. She looked worriedly at me so I reassured her that I was fine. I took one last look at the person that I found and turned around and continued on with Cana. On September X772, we finally reached Magnolia. We were now going around the town buying daily necessities for Cana. Considering that I won¡¯t be there for her and that she didn¡¯t have any money, I made sure to buy enough to let her sustain for five months. After shopping we had our lunch at a restaurant and made it to the front of the guild she will be joining. We stood there looking at each other for a while and then she slowly hugged me and started sobbing. I didn¡¯t say anything and just rubbed her back. ¡°Remember to take care of yourself and make a lot of friends. Don¡¯t just focus on your father and have a fun time with the rest of your guild mates alright? And it¡¯s not like we will never meet again. We will find a way to each other again. So until then be strong, be happy and most importantly be single, alright?¡± She kept nodding at the beginning but laughed when I said the last part with a blush. We hugged once again and after a while let go. She started walking towards the guild and I walked away from it. I could tell she was once again looking at me so I raised my hand to give a wave without turning back. Man, I always wanted to do that. Now let¡¯s see whether that person that I found is still there or not shall we. Chapter 24 Kagura Mikazuchi (1) Part I I appeared at a mountain range which I passed with Cana a week ago. That day when I checked our route, the person who appeared in my senses¡¯ range was another one of my targets. The future swordswoman of Mermaid Heel. Kagura Mikazuchi. Now, you must be wondering why I never targeted her when she was still in her village which was the same as Erza¡¯s. well, there are two reasons for that. One, the life Erza had before meeting me was full of loneliness. So she had to have someone solely focused on her without needing to share me with someone else. So if I had included Kagura into our little rendezvous, she would have held herself back considering her selfless personality back then. The second reason was she was too small. She was only three years old at that point. the last year that I spent in that village I did see her, but again, I wanted to focus on Erza at that point. and if I wanted to go after Kagura, that will have to happen after Erza and the rest were taken away. Now, the reason I am so surprised to see her here is because currently her appearance is saying that she is six years old. But, the problem is this is X772, meaning she should be four years old right now and that too spending her life in that village. I¡¯m both confused and scared at this sudden appearance of Kagura and I don¡¯t know what I should be doing. But I know for a fact that she is in this timeline because of me. As such I need to know the reason she is here. I made my way to the six-year-old Kagura who was inside a small cave taking shelter from the rain that was pouring. When I reached the cave I saw that she was balled up in a corner shivering from the cold. She hasn¡¯t noticed my presence probably because of her shivering and hunger which I¡¯m sure of since she probably doesn¡¯t know any survival skills. I took out a blanked from my pocket dimension that I managed to make during my training journey with Cana. It¡¯s not very big though. I¡¯m only able to put a small amount of things in there right now. Anyway, I covered her with a blanket which surprised her since she obviously thought she was alone. She looked at me with fear at first which turned into surprise and then joy. If it was only surprise, I could have written it off as her being surprised by my looks. But we have never met face to face so we are still technically strangers. So her showing joy upon seeing a stranger baffled me. ¡°Cover yourself with this first. I¡¯ll go get something to eat for you and try finding some dry wood to make a fire, though that would be tough considering the rain. But don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll figure something out. Take that time to rest ok?¡± Honestly, the dry wood part wasn¡¯t really a problem. I could just teleport to some place that wasn¡¯t raining and bring it here. But I need to show that I was taking the brunt of the rain to help her and take care of her to make a good first impression. After settling those issues, I need to ask some questions in order to clear my doubts.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. Once I saw a small nod from her followed by her cuddling into the blanket and closing her eyes, I went out of the cave and teleported to the forest that was next to Cana¡¯s home. After gathering enough dry wood for the night, I once again teleported to the small port town where Levy used to live and bought two fishes. Once I finished with those task, I appeared some distance away from the cave Kagura was in. I observed her sleeping figure which was still shivering although not as much as before. Honestly, I was hesitating. I was worried whether this was one of the backlash that god was talking about. Even though she seemed to be harmless, I knew this could be a ruse. But in the end, I decided to help her because no matter what she was going to be my wife so I had to take care of anyway. After spending some time out in the rain which I didn¡¯t find boring at all considering I had the view of a cute Kagura sleeping, I went inside the cave shook off some water from my head. I then began to make a fire which was pretty easy considering I could just compress space to create a high enough friction to make a spark. All of that took around two minutes during which Kagura woke up from the sound my clothes were making. She sat there watching me make a fire and almost seemed to be intoxicated in watching me. This gave me a fright, because I thought she may have become a yandere. Quite suiting considering the faces she would make in the future. After making the fire I beckoned her closer to the fire to warm her up and started to make the two fish I bought. I used a little salt from the bag which I was carrying and also took this time to dry my clothes with the fire. After finishing the fish, I handed it to her which she very much enjoyed if her almost devouring it was any sign of it. Once we both ate, I put the seasonings inside my bag and turned to face her who was still looking at me in a daze. Really, I was really scared of the possibility of her turning into a yandere. Although I don¡¯t hate them, I don¡¯t like them either. It just scares the crap out of me you know. ¡°So, can you tell me how you got here? If I¡¯m not wrong, you are from Erza¡¯s village right? Aren¡¯t you supposed to be four years old right now?¡± She seemed surprised I knew her and the fact that I just said she was supposed to be four years old. She frowned in confusion trying to make sense of what I just said. I knew I had to give a bit of the current time to her in order to get the information I want so I told her where exactly she was or specifically when. ¡°This is the year X772. Right now you should be in your village as a four-year-old. The fact that you are here is very confusing to me so I need to know how you got here and why you have been wandering around places with no people with absolutely no survival skills.¡± ¡°This¡­. This is X772? But that¡¯s impossible. I was just outside the village when those people came and took everyone away. Big sister Erza managed to send me away but I was worried about her and big brother so I went back.¡± ¡°Look, I know it¡¯s hard to believe but trust me. Now I need to know what exactly happened back then after Erza sent you away.¡± ¡°¡­. After I was sent away by big sister Erza, I went back to the village shortly after because I was worried. When I reached a small hill, I saw them taking away everyone so I tried to run towards them. But I wasn¡¯t able to as when I tried, there was a sudden pull and the next thing I know I was on a highway. I didn¡¯t know where I was so I was scared. I didn¡¯t want to trust anyone so I hid and made my way through the woods and mountains. And when it started raining I found this cave and found shelter. That¡¯s when you found me.¡± Chapter 25 Kagura Mikazuchi (1) Part II After listening to her I nearly cursed out loud. I know what must have happened. The hill that she is have been talking about must have been the one I was on. And after looking at Erza and them being taken away, when I teleported to the current year, she must have been caught up in it and travelled back in time with me. But then, why didn¡¯t she appear in the same place as me? That is question for a later time as right now I must make use of this opportunity and gain my sixth target¡¯s affection. Though something tells me I wouldn¡¯t be having a hard time doing that. I¡¯m not saying she just now fell for me after getting help from me but I think she knows me from before. So anyways, let¡¯s get the party started lol. ¡°Um, you are the person who big sister Erza was with right? I have seen you a couple of times. And since I heard that you were really strong, I was wondering if you could please save the others who were taken away.¡± I was brought out of my daze by Kagura as she finally cleared another doubt of mine which was why she had shown joy when she registered who I was. I see, so she really did know me from my time at their village. Then could it be possible that I might have already left a good impression on her? Or is it a bad one. No, with the looks she has been giving me, that¡¯s not possible. ¡°I can, but I also need to know from where right. Until I can actually know where they were taken to, I can¡¯t save them. And considering it has already happened in the future, I can¡¯t prevent it from happening either because it may end up causing chaos in the world. But, what I can do is train you so that you never have to go through something like that. So? Do you want to train to become stronger so that you can save them?¡± ¡°Yes!!¡± She was sad at the first part of my speech but gave me a determined face and practically shouted her answer to my question of training her. Now, there is another problem. I have no idea how to fight with a sword. Heck, I don¡¯t even know how to correctly hold one. Unlike the other girls who I trained so far, Kagura doesn¡¯t rely on her magic to fight. She uses her sword mainly after that comes hand to hand which she is also pretty good at. She only uses her magic, gravity magic, as a support only if her opponent is too much for her to handle without it. As such I didn¡¯t really need to worry about changing her style of fighting since anything she learns from my training is bound to be her style. So, I will train her physical aspect first and only that. When she reaches a decent level, I will spar with her in a sword fight. Though I say that, I will only use my power and speed against her and let her learn the way of the sword on her own. I¡¯m not worried she would fail to do so because she is practically a genius when it came to swords.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Apart from that I will also teach her hand to hand combat fighting. I¡¯m thinking of first going back to X774 where she is supposed to be and then start training her. After training her for a while I will send her to Mermaid Heel, where she will continue to get stronger until meeting Millianna and finding out about Simon¡¯s death. I conveyed my intentions to her and she was surprised when she heard we will be going back to her timeline. I think I may have tipped off the fact that she was here because of me but she didn¡¯t seem like she was holding a grudge so all is well. But now that I think about it, haven¡¯t I just wasted the efforts I just expended by basically telling her I could teleport. Damn, I hope I¡¯m just thinking too much. We talked about her training and what was coming for her and decided to sleep the night and teleport when day comes. I watched as she laid down to sleep and I start to wonder, if she is here then could there be another Kagura at X774? No, that Kagura is here. But there is a four-year-old Kagura in the current timeline. Aagh, this is so confusing. Let¡¯s just forget about it. That was what I thought but the fact that I might have messed up big time kept me awake. I hope I didn¡¯t worsen the already bad situation with all the void and backlash. Haah, I really need to be careful of my surroundings. It¡¯s a good thing I found her before she managed to go back to her village or else I don¡¯t know what would have happened if she reached there and met the villagers. And if she saw that the village was fine and everyone else were safe as well, then she might come to the conclusion of travelling back to the past and try to tell the villagers of what was going to happen, affecting the very history itself. And since I can¡¯t sleep and I¡¯m on this topic, let¡¯s confirm something. I stood up and teleported to X773, when I was with Erza. I was inside a separate space and searched the forest next to her village. And there I saw me. Or more specifically another me. That me hasn¡¯t notice my arrival and so I teleported to X776, where I was with Mira and the others. Just like with Erza¡¯s timeline, there was another me there with the three siblings. After confirming that me hasn¡¯t noticed I once again teleported. This time to the port town where Levy lived at X773, it was the same as before but this time instead of teleporting to another year once again, I flew towards Erza¡¯s village. Once there, I kept my senses spread towards the sky while watching yet another me interact with Erza. After a while I sensed a space fluctuation in the sky and looked there. There was nothing but I knew that the me from X772 has come and was looking at this timeline¡¯s me and Erza interact. Once there was another fluctuation in space signaling my departure, I teleported back to Kagura¡¯s timeline. Now I have some idea as to how it works. My playing with time may have somehow divided this world in a way so as not to let all the Rays meet each other. And after they teleport to another timeline there won¡¯t be any ray since what will be shown to the future ray will be a version of history and not the present. In more simple terms, what I just saw was the present of the past for me. And after a while that Ray will disappear. It¡¯s like looking at a pre-recorded video. I am looking at something from my past in which me in that can be considered to be living in the present. Now that I have a slight understanding of time travelling I can for sure guarantee that if the Rays in the other places that I went to never met each other, they will disappear after a time. And I have to be careful and keep it that way. If I decide to escort another one of my ladies to their respective destination, I must ensure that I will not encounter another me from a different timeline. Chapter 26 Kagura Mikazuchi (2) Part I Kagura POV My name is Kagura Mikazuchi. I am four years old this year. I live in an orphanage with my big brother, Simon. We had each other to look after so we never felt lonely or sad, so as far as I can remember I have been very happy. Except the food in the orphanage. It¡¯s not very good. My dream is to one day cook a lot of delicious food and have big brother eat it. Apart from big brother, there is only one person that I am close with. That is big sister Erza. She and big brother started talking a while ago but not so much. The reason I like her is because she is very pretty and very caring. I heard from some other kids that big sister Erza used to be bullied. But she was saved by a very handsome boy who lives in the forest. I asked big sister Erza about him and she said that he was the best person in the whole world with a very happy look. Big brother seemed a bit bitter at that, I wonder why. Big sister Erza doesn¡¯t spend much time with us or in the orphanage. She spends the entire day with the person called Ray during day time and only returns when sun is about to set. She said that Ray person was teaching her how to fight. Although she did add I think in the end, she seemed pretty confident. I was getting more and more curious about this Ray person. So one day after eating breakfast, I followed big sister Erza towards the forest. She walked for a while and soon reached a small lake. And there sitting by the lakeside leaning on a rock was the most handsome person ever. No wonder those other girls who talked about him always said he was handsome and then they would sigh and say how much they regret or something. They also had this vacant look on their face and would always look at big sister Erza with envy. As I realized all of this big sister Erza threw herself onto the Ray person who caught her with ease. They talked a bit and then started the training that big sister always talked about. After a while I was confused. How can running around the forest make you strong. And there were then these strange movements that he asked big sister Erza to do. She would always end up exhausted after doing those movements and after a while she asked to be taught how to fight only to be refused. She then started attacking him but he put her down easily. Wow, he¡¯s so strong and cool. After they finished their training they suddenly took off all of their clothes which made me blush and quickly cover my face with my eyes peeking through them. I saw that they got into the lake and were now cuddling with each other and big sister Erza would from time to time make a strange sound and lightly scold him. Once they were finished I thought they would notice me so I quickly sneaked back home. After that day, I would follow big sister Erza every day and watch her spending her time with Ray. I thought of him as the most handsome and strongest and coolest person so I wanted to become his bride. This wish was solidified after seeing him caring for big sister Erza and seeing how gentle of a person he was. So whenever I watched them I would daydream of getting married to Ray and have a very happy family. My new found wish didn¡¯t affect my relationship with big sister Erza and big brother Simon was worried where I was going to and I lied to him. Teehee. I wanted everything to remain the same but it didn¡¯t.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. One day I saw that Ray was going to be leaving and I was really sad. But he also said that he would come back so I decided that until he comes back, I will work hard to become a girl he likes. But, I never got the chance to do that. A few days after Ray left, our village was attacked by some people. Big sister Erza reacted to this fast and managed to send me away but immediately after that she went back. I stood there with tears falling not knowing what to do but as time went on I grew worried for big brother and big sister Erza. I knew I shouldn¡¯t go but I didn¡¯t want to be a weak girl. I know that the reason Ray must have trained big sister Erza must have been because he liked strong girls. And although I didn¡¯t train my body, my heart was stronger than any. After making my mind, I ran towards the village but I was too late. Everyone was gone but I could hear the sounds of a carriage. I followed the sound and quickly saw the carriage taking away everyone. I ran with all my might but when I got close to a hill, everything suddenly turned dark and the next thing I knew, I was on a highway. The sudden change in my environment made me both confused and scared. But I knew that I shouldn¡¯t remain here so I hid myself in a rock formation nearby. I didn¡¯t want to trust anyone after what I just went through so I slowly made my way off the routes people take. As I kept on walking and walking for days, my hunger and thirst was making me weak. When suddenly it started raining. I was inside a forest and I didn¡¯t know which way to go. I picked a direction and after a while found a cave. I made my way into it to take shelter but not before cupping my hands to catch some rain water to drink. Due to the long time I spent in the rain my body was shivering with cold so I made myself into a ball and curled up in a corner. I didn¡¯t know what was going on after a while as my hunger and the cold was making my senses numb. Suddenly, I felt my body being covered by something and I immediately got frightened. But when I saw who it was I was at first surprised but then joy filled every bit of me. It was Ray. He was kneeling in front of me and he was looking at me concerned and was adjusting the blanket he gave me. He told me to rest while he went to find food and some wood to make a fire and I just nodded at him as I was still in a daze from him being here. I closed my eyes to rest like he said and slowly drifted to sleep. I woke up to a sound I¡¯m guessing to be the sounds made by wet clothes and as I opened my eyes, I saw ray working on the fire and food. I got lost in the moment as I found the frame of Ray working very charming. After he finished the first fish that he brought, I quickly devoured it when he handed it to me. After we both ate he slowly asked questions like how I got here and stuff. But what surprised me was he said I should have been four years old. What does that mean. Seeing my confused look, he probably knew why I was as he immediately explained that it is currently X772. I was surprised at first but after calming down I told him what happened. He seemed to be thinking about something but immediately, I had an idea. If this was the past, then that means we can prevent that incident from happening. I asked him to save the others and I knew that if he did he would have only a little trouble. Since I heard from big sister Erza that he beat a magical beast alone. But he refused. He said that changing the past or the future in this case could lead to chaos in the world and we had to let what happened happen. Although what he said is true, but I still felt a bit sad at not being able to do anything to change it. But he promised me that he will find everyone and instead of just relying on him he gave me the chance to be strong and save them on my own. He told me he would train me and I quickly agreed. We then discussed what to do and he had already come up with a training program for me. He said he would focus on swordsmanship and hand to hand combat. Fufu, I¡¯ll learn how to fight before big sister Erza. After that I quickly fell asleep to get ready for the training. Chapter 27 Kagura Mikazuchi (2) Part II The next morning after meeting Kagura, I work up to the sound of a loud thunder. It seems the rain never stopped and it doesn¡¯t seem like it will anytime soon. I sat up and stretched myself and while I turned my body towards Kagura¡¯s direction while stretching my waist, I saw her looking at me with a very high concentration. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Ah! No, nothing¡­. It¡¯s just that I have only seen you from a bit far away so, uh, I was curious?¡± ¡°You¡¯ve seen me before? When? I never noticed I had a cute girl like you watching me.¡± It¡¯s true I never noticed and it¡¯s also true that she is cut but she is even cuter when she blushes. I mean just the sight of her currently blushing while fiddling with her finger with a happy smile is cuteness overloaded. It seems that she used to follow Erza into the forest when she came to meet me. Damn, I never even noticed. Should I be proud of the dedication I showed to Erza or should I be cursing myself for letting my guard down and let someone approach me without my knowledge. Wait, she really is giving me the stalker creeps. I need to be careful in not turning her into a yandere, I seriously don¡¯t want that. We freshened up a bit and I once again went to buy some food which we then ate after some cooking, got to keep up the appearance after all. But it was only after eating that I realized, won¡¯t she know when we teleport to the future? Well, I guess I¡¯ll just have to make it like we went back by an accident and start training her now. When she is not giving me the creeps with her stalker-like syndrome, she is a very strong girl. I mean, who else can survive their sanity from being tested when you lost your only family in the world and those who were close to you and if that wasn¡¯t enough, you were sent to an unknown time and place. She really is a strong girl. I told her we will begin her training right now and brought her outside into the rain. After a night¡¯s rest near a fire which warmed her up and food to finally eat, she was much healthier and so can survive the rain. It will also temper her body so that it could adjust to cold faster. It was the same as everyone else really. I had her run around the forest without a drop in speed while dodging trees and rocks to build up her stamina and warm up. After that I had to carry her back into the cave where she sat to rest a bit. After gaining back a bit more strength, we once again continued with our training but inside the cave this time. I had her stretch to ease muscle cramps which I enjoyed looking at her blush when I helped her by touching her. After that she had to do basic exercises like push-ups, pull-ups and weight lifting. As I was in charge of her training, I was also in charge of giving her encouragement to continue and correct what she was doing wrong which could have led to her having injuries. We ended the day when I was satisfied and I let her rest while I went and once again bought something from a town. Unlike last two times, this time I bought a complete boar which only had very little wounds showing that it was killed by a skilled hunter. We had a very sumptuous meal with the boar meet and after eating, soon both of us drifted off to sleep.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Days went by and almost a week after that the rain finally stopped. It was time I teleported Kagura and I to the future and continue her training and then after around two years, send her to Mermaid Heel so that she will be back into the canon timeline. A day after an exhausting training routine, Kagura was so tired she could keep her eyes open. I used this time to quickly teleport us to X774, to the rock formation where I trained Cana. She seemed to have realized the sudden change as she suddenly sat up and started looking around. After seeing a different environment from the one she was in just a few seconds ago, she turned to me confused. ¡°I¡¯ll go check where we are and which year this is. You can continue your training, I¡¯ll take care of it.¡± After seeing her nod, I turned around and left to watch her from a distance away. After I left, she started to once again train which earned a nod filled with appreciation from me. As I watched, I thought that it was almost time to get her started on hand to hand fighting and swordsmanship. So I went to a rather large town where I bought two wooden swords for us to practice and returned. Two years later. An eight-year-old Kagura can be seen moving around with a sword trying to find an opening on me who stood unmoving at the center. For the past two years, Kagura has shown to be exactly the genius she is when it came to the sword. Her improvement in the sword was astonishing. When we spar now I had to use 15% in strength and 10% in speed when I had to spar with her. Considering that she is only eight years old and only using sword to mush me to use that much of my power, you can guess how strong she will become in the future. It wasn¡¯t just swordsmanship that she improved though, her hand to hand fighting had also improved a lot although not as much as swordsmanship, she was still able to fight me to a draw when I am fighting at 5% of my abilities. Of course all of this is without space and time power. Her physical strength and speed also increased a lot, she must be equal to what Erza had when we separated. ¡°Kagura, it¡¯s time. I¡¯ll escort you to a guild called Mermaid Heel where you will be living from now on. Let¡¯s pack up and leave tomorrow morning.¡± I had already discussed about this with her, who at first was crying and begging me to not leave her but I managed to convince her and she reluctantly agreed. We had grown a lot closer during the two years. At first she was a little reserved but as we spent more time together she started to become a little chatter bird. We reached the phase in our relationship where we sleep together and take baths together. Just in case you start to have dirty thoughts, it was all pure. No ecchi stuff happened. Although I don¡¯t think she would have minded. There was one more thing I realized. She was almost on the verge of becoming a yandere, I saw her sniffing around my bag. Might be a misunderstanding but I didn¡¯t want to take any chances so I had a little heart to heart discussion with her. Don¡¯t ask for the details. And so the next day we left our home-like place for the past two years and set off to Mermaid Heel. It took a lot of effort on my part to find it, I mean there wasn¡¯t any information about them before the Grand Magic Games after all. But after a while I did and it took another month of relaxed, quality time and joking around with each while traveling to finally reach the guild which will be her home. It was quite emotional as she cried into my chest which brought out the guild members to see what was going on. And when they saw the scene of a girl hugging a boy crying they misunderstood. The started barraging me with insults which made me speechless. It took some convincing from Kagura for them to realize their mistake and they apologized to me who was drawing circles in a corner. Their insults were so terrible. *sniff**sniff* Once all those things were taken care of Kagura and I said our final goodbyes and I left from there. I could hear her sobbing and the guild mates consoling her and I knew that I left her at the right place with the right people. Now, who¡¯s next? Chapter 28 Brandish Myu (1) Part I X777 This was a very significant year in the canon Fairy Tail as this was the year the Eclipse plane truly began. This year, Layla Heartfilier opened the gate that connected to the past and brought the dragon slayers to the present, completing the 400-year plan of the Heartfilier Clan. This was also the year Makarov found Natsu and brought him into the Fairy Tail guild. But all of this doesn¡¯t really have much to do with me right now. Maybe in the future, I might play a supporting role or something but at the moment I have no intention of going to the center of the future, namely Fairy Tail. Right now I¡¯m at the current year for only one reason. And that is to grab ahold of my next target. I am currently at the border between Alvarez Empire and The kingdom of Fiore. And I¡¯m currently walking around a small village which is housing another one of my future wives. One of the future Spriggan 12, the future Country Demolisher. Brandish Myu. A month has passed since her mother was killed by that psycho Zoldeo. Of course she doesn¡¯t know it was him and thinks it was Lucy¡¯s mother. During the time I¡¯m going to spend with her, I have the option of telling her the truth but I won¡¯t. because the interaction she had with Lucy and Aquarius in the canon during the war was necessary in my opinion. I mean, Aquarius was supposed to be dead or something at that point but she suddenly came back after all. I think if Brandish knew the truth and didn¡¯t try to kill Lucy, Aquarius might not have been able to come back. Even if that is not the case, I don¡¯t want to take the chance. And besides, it would be more convincing if Aquarius showed her the truth than me just telling her with words. Anyway, I have investigated her situation for a couple of days now and she had closed herself off inside her house when she learned that her mother was dead. My first task is to enter her world and bring her out of the darkness, even for a little bit of time. So, I made my way in front of her home and knocked on the door a couple of times. I repeatedly knocked not hearing an answer and this continued for about a good ten minutes before I heard the door unlock and open just a tiny bit showing me one eye of Brandish. What was supposed to be filled with joy, innocence and curiosity about every new thing it saw, was now filled with sorrow, despair and hopelessness. Her eyes were swollen and red, probably from crying too much and you could see exhaustion in it. ¡°Who are you? What do you want?¡± Her voice was coarse from crying so much and from being dehydrated. It looked like it took a lot of her strength to even talk considering the gasping voice I am hearing from her. I decided to take care of it later and focus on first getting inside. I gave her a smile and gently spoke to her.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°My name is Ray Cross. From the looks of it, you have already heard the news so I won¡¯t say it. My condolences but your mother asked me to take care of you and teach you in order for you to be stronger in this world. I know you aren¡¯t able to trust me since I¡¯m basically a stranger but I mean you no harm.¡± She looked pensive after recovering from her shock of knowing that the boy her age in front of her was asked to take care of her by her mother. She had been living with her mother ever since she was born and never saw her mother talking with me, so she was probably beginning to become suspicious so I said. ¡°I met your mother on her journey to Fiore. Well, let¡¯s just say I¡¯m the type who goes around challenging people to fights. Your mother being one I had recently fought with. After the fight she asked me to take care of you should anything happen to her and I agreed. A week ago I learned of¡­ the accident and I have come to fulfill my promise.¡± It seems she bought my story as the suspicious look she was giving me left her. After thinking for a bit, she opened the door inviting me inside. I made my way in and saw that it was dark. It was almost sunset outside and she hadn¡¯t lit any lamps so I looked for one and lighted it. Brandish was watching me carefully and curiously. Carefully, because I¡¯m still a stranger to her obviously. Curiously, probably wondering what type of kid I am since I fought with her mother and impressed her enough to be asked to take care of her. Sorry for lying, I¡¯ll make it up to you in the future. I promise. ¡°it looks like you have neither eaten or cleaned up in days. So you go take a bath while I cook something to eat. I¡¯ll make extra since you must be hungry.¡± She gave me a nod and started walking towards the bathroom. After seeing her enter the bathroom, I looked for any usable ingredients to cook something. I decided to make something nutritious and started to cook. When I finished I heard the door open and Brandish came out all cleaned up. I smiled at her and told her to sit down and served her some food and then some for me. She was hesitant at first but the hunger of almost a month probably, was too much to handle so she began to eat at a very fast pace as well. After eating, I cleaned the dishes before sitting in front of her in the living room and started talking about her future. ¡°Well, first of all, I will be in charge of training you physically and I will also teach you various knowledge that I think might be useful to you. Apart from that, I will bring you to study about the human body and basic medicine from a doctor once your physical training reaches some achievements. Is this alright with you? If you have something to say, you can.¡± She looked at me and shook her head but then nodded so I asked her what is it and she finally spoke more than a few words that were not questions filled with distrust. ¡°My name is Brandish Myu. Please teach me how to be strong so that I never become sad again.¡± Her words were filled with firm will and I also saw a very strong desire to be strong on her small cute face. Although the part about her mother telling me to take care of her was a lie, I will take care of her and I will train her to become stronger. So I smiled at her and said. ¡°Ah, once again, my name is Ray Cross. You can call me Ray. And don¡¯t worry, I will make sure that I lay the path for you to become one of the strongest in the world.¡± This was how I began my life with one of the Spriggan 12 of future. One of them who will be a key player for the Empire. And this is also how I began to slowly bring back smiles onto the poker face of Brandish Myu. Chapter 29 Brandish Myu (1) Part II The next day I woke up just before the sun rose and prepared breakfast for Brandish and I. I wasn¡¯t much of a cook but at least I had the basics down for a nutritious breakfast. Cooking quinoa in milk and adding some sweet spices and fruit makes for a great substitute for classic hot breakfast cereals. Plus, it¡¯s high in protein and essential amino acids like lysine, which is essential for tissue growth and repair. Simply put all the ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. And when it¡¯s finished, voila, you have yourself some delicious quinoa and chia porridge. Brandish came to the dining table after smelling the food and was very intensely looking at the pot drooling at some point. I smiled at that and couldn¡¯t help but chuckle at how cute she was. She seemed to have snapped out of her daze from hearing my chuckling as she wiped her drool with a bright red face. Once the food was finished and served to Brandish, it didn¡¯t take long for her to finish her serving leaving her once again in a daze as she just blankly stared at her plate. She looked like she was on the verge of tears, as if the world was crumbling down. She shakily looked up at me with tears threatening to come out and it was really hard for me to hold my laughter. I quickly took her plate into the kitchen and gave her second serving before going to the bathroom where I laughed my ass off. Seriously, it was just so funny to see her like that but it was also adorable at the same time. Once I was able to calm down, I came back out to the sight of Brandish licking my plate. When she saw mw, she froze right there with the plate still on her face and her tongue still sticking out. After staying like that for a few second, she calmly put the plate back on the table, stood up from her chair and made the break for it by running out of the house. I wasn¡¯t really angry but I decided to play along. ¡°Get back here Brandiiishh!!!¡± I shouted at her as I gave chase. I was running really slow compared to my full speed but it was still fast for normal people I guess. I followed Brandish as she tried to shake me off by running around the village. When she was at the edge of the village, I caught her threw her on my shoulders before running back to the house. She kept kicking and punching me and struggled to escape to no avail. Once we reached the house, I placed her on the couch and looked at her with my arms crossed and then gave a smirk at her which made her shudder. ¡°You have some guts to steal my breakfast, Brandish. As the one taking care of you, it is time for me to punish you.¡± Saying that I formed my hands into claws and closed in on her and seeing that she closed her eyes and covered her head with her arms. Smirking at her reaction I attacked her. Not really, I just began to tickle her.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. ¡°Hahaha, sto-stop¡­ haha¡± ¡°Hah, will you steel my food again? Answer me, will you steal again?¡± ¡°No-no, haha I won¡¯t, I won¡¯t so st- haha stoop¡± Seeing that she surrendered I stopped and dusted my hands made my way to the kitchen once again to get myself some breakfast. Brandish laid on the couch trying to catch her breath with teary eyes and was rubbing her belly to ease the pain of laughing too much. Once the breakfast antics between me and Brandish was over we left towards the hill next to the village to begin Brandish¡¯s training. She had recovered her determination to get stronger once I told her that we were going to begin training. Once we reached our new training ground, I told her what her training routine will be. Well, only her physical training. There weren¡¯t much obstacles around here so I had already brought some rocks and boulders to make it more difficult to run around. I explained that she will always begin with jogging while maintaining a certain speed and that also while dodging the obstacles. It will be followed by different exercises to build up her physical strength. This will be what we would do at the morning while in the afternoon, I would take her to the village doctor who I had managed to convince to teach Brandish about human anatomy. And in the evening we would be sparring until sunset but that will not be until she has enough strength to spar. She didn¡¯t have any problems with the routine so we began immediately. She had trouble doing the exercises but had done quite good in the obstacle running. No wonder she was able to run around the village for so long without stopping. She had really good stamina. Once the morning training was finished, I brought the exhausted Brandish on my back to the house to eat lunch. I told her to clean up while I prepared lunch and helped her to the bathroom before heading in to the kitchen. I made some nutritious sandwiches for lunch and after eating them with Brandish who came out earlier, we went towards the village doctor¡¯s house. Once there, the doctor who was a middle aged lady brought Brandish inside while I went towards the forest to train on my own. I did keep my senses on Brandish to keep a watch on anything that might happen though. While waiting for Brandish to finish her studies of human body, I trained to make a new attack. Of course I experimented on a very small scale so that I didn¡¯t wreck the whole place up. I already had defensive skills and a single attack skill. So I was trying to come up with an area attack. I had an idea in mind but it was hard to actually do it. Soon Brandish was finishing up for the day so I went towards her to pick her up. Once we got back together, I asked her how it went with her studies and what she thought of the doctor and other small talks. We reached the house while talking like that and I told her to revise her learnings until dinner. When it came to dinner time, we once again ate a healthy and delicious meal while talking to each other about this and that. I was able to bring out more smiles and some laughter from her during the day so I was in a very good mood. I knew that I was able to make the distance between us shorten and that I wasn¡¯t far away from winning her heart. After dinner was finished Brandish went to bed after being too exhausted from the day. I looked at her sleeping figure for a while before I also headed off to bed to recover some energy for yet another day of training. Chapter 30 Brandish Myu (2) Part I Brandish POV X777, this was a year of a rollercoaster of emotions for me. The despair of losing my only family, the loneliness it brought, a new beginning and a new entry into my life. My name is Brandish Myu. This year in which I turned ten years old has been really eventful. Some, I wish never happened and then there were those that I welcomed with open arms. Me and mother were living in a small village and quite frankly it was very boring. Mother was mostly out doing jobs to put food on the table so I didn¡¯t have anyone to play with. That all changed when I became five years old. Mother summoned a spirit named Aquarius to play with me. Although she was mad at this and yelled at mother and I, she was actually very kind and played with me despite her complaints. Apart from that event, nothing really stood out in the next five years. I played with Aquarius, spent time with mother when she returns from her work and just eat and sleep. But when I turned ten, mother heard news about Layla Heartfilier. Mother talked about her a lot and deeply admired her. So when the news came that Layla-san was dying, mother broke down in tears and left to meet her. She told me to stay and watch the house and as I didn¡¯t want to trouble mother during this time I reluctantly agreed. Even after mother left, I spent my days well. I didn¡¯t have anyone to talk to as mother had taken Aquarius with her but I still managed to live by. As days went by, I started to miss the days mother, Aquarius and I spent time together and I started getting lonely. But I held on, hoping to see them soon once again. But it never happened. Instead, I received the news of the death of mother. It was said that her body was found near the Heartfilier mansion and that it was probably them who took mother from me. At that time a really strong hatred started to take shape inside me against Layla and the rest of her family. But more than that, the sadness of losing mother and never being able to be with her ever again came crashing down. I locked myself inside my house and didn¡¯t take a single step outside. I spent inside the room looking at mother and my picture on the bedside and cried. I cried for so long that my tears had long dried and I didn¡¯t even realize it. For over a month, I just sat there in a daze. I didn¡¯t eat or sleep. I just sat there as if I lost my soul. And then, the hatred that started inside me that day came back. I swore, I swore that I will have my revenge by killing every single member of that Heartfilier family. At that moment, I was almost engulfed in my hatred. It felt like I was going to lose everything and get swallowed by the darkness. And that is when he appeared. As I was being swallowed by my own darkness, there was knocking on the front door of the house. I was scared. No one ever comes to find mother and I. I was scared that this maybe people sent by Layla Heartfilier. I didn¡¯t want to die yet. Not until I took my revenge. I made my way towards the window next to the door slowly without making any sound which was heard considering my legs were trembling and I was gasping for breath since I had no energy at all. I looked outside through the window and saw that it was a boy my age who looked very handsome. But this made me even more confused. Is this the person they sent to kill me or am I just misunderstanding things? After around ten minutes of knocking I finally opened the door, albeit slightly. I was able to actually get a good look at him and as I thought, he was really handsome. Probably the most handsome boy ever. As I was looking at him, he was doing the same. Although he was only looking at my eyes since that is the only part of my body that I showed him.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. He introduced himself as Ray Cross and he said that he was asked by mother to take care of me before she was killed by those people. This made me suspicious about him since he just happened to come after mother was killed and I never saw him with mother before so he might be lying. It seems he realizes himself that it was suspicious because he then went on to explain that he goes around challenging people and he met mother while she was going to Fiore to meet that ungrateful witch and that he had challenged mother to a fight. And after the fight she was asked by mother to take care of me should anything happen to her. I thought about it for a while but still decided to let him inside. If he is lying, then I just have to run away after faking my death and if he is telling the truth then he can make me stronger. And that way I can get revenge. I will become strong, so that I never become sad like that ever again. As I observed him looking around, he turned to me and said to clean myself while he prepared food. I nod and head inside the bathroom thinking to myself that I must do as he says because he is the only one who can make me strong right now. After taking a bath I came out to a very nice smell of food. I sat at the table and I was hesitating to eat it as it might be poisoned. But the smell it was giving off was making it hard for me who hasn¡¯t had anything to eat for over a month now. So I started to eat at a very fast pace after hesitating for a while. It was delicious. Considering that I didn¡¯t go out to buy any groceries, this must have been made from the ones we already had. And that already produced food this good, if he had fresh ingredients I wonder how good it will be. After eating, we sat down in the living room and he started telling me the plan he has come up with to make me stronger. He will be training me physically and he also said that I would be learning about human body and basic medicine from the village doctor. Although I don¡¯t know if learning about the body will be useful, knowing basic medicine can be very useful in the future if ever get hurt. ¡°My name is Brandish Myu. Please make me stronger so that I never become sad again.¡± After agreeing to his arrangements, I finally said something to him and he smiled and once again introduced himself. After that I went to bed and I was thinking of how I will take my revenge and after that maybe help out those without strength like me, just like how Ray is helping me. Next morning, I woke up to a heavenly smell which dragged me down to the dining table where Ray served me the source of the smell, breakfast. After getting the taste of it, I was like an addict. I wanted more saw I pleaded Ray for more and his face turned red for some reason and went to the kitchen, from where he brought my second serving. He then dashed to the bathroom but I was focused on the food by then which didn¡¯t last long. As I was in a daze once again, I saw Ray¡¯s plate. At that moment I started a war inside my head. I was contemplating whether to take his food or not. But without even realizing when, I had already ate it and I was licking it. At the same moment as I regained clarity for myself, Ray came back to the sight of me licking his plate. While I was calm on the outside, I was panicking on the inside. I had very quickly decided to run away at that moment so I put the plate down on the table, stood up from my chair and dashed outside at full speed. ¡°Come back here Brandiiishh.¡± I heard Ray¡¯s shout just as I exited the house and I ran even faster. I kept running and running around the village trying to lose him but I was caught in the end and brought back home. Once we reached home he put me down on the couch and stood in front of me with arms crossed and a smirk which made me shudder in fear that he will hit me. At that point I froze so I didn¡¯t exactly hear what he said but by instinct I covered my head when I saw him raise his arms with a wider smirk than before. But the pain didn¡¯t come as he started to tickle me instead. I had forgotten when I had last laughed and he had managed to once again make me laugh. Although forced. Seeing him dusting his hands and walking off towards the kitchen, I don¡¯t know why but I felt like I could rely on him and that he would never hurt me. I felt like, even if I didn¡¯t manage to get my revenge, he would be there for me to fall back to. With those thoughts in mind, I waited for him as I started my life and training with Ray. Dear Redman S Trials Firdt of all, sorry this is not a chapter instead its a ranting. Second, when you first gave me that negative review i accepted it as it is and just said that i had plans for the story i am writing. I never said to remove the negative review in any sort of way. Third, i had literally posted a few days ago about what the first volume and second volume is going to be just for the sake of readers like you who doesnt have the patience to read all the chapters posted and instead goes through three or four chapters and just slams the story as a whole. I dont mind the negative review if ypu actually went and read all the chapters posted but i am guessing you didnt. So here is my advice, no matter wether you are giving a good review or a bad one at least read the entire released chapters because there are authors who update his/her readers midway on how they are planning to take their stories. So dont go accusing me of lying and manipulating you of doing anything just because of you overthinking things by yourself.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Chapter 31 Brandish Myu (2) Part II X781 Four years has passed and my life can be considered pretty good. I have completely closed the distance between Brandish and I during this time and then some. During the first year, Brandish was completely focused on training. It was like she was possessed. Even when she had hit the limit she would force herself to continue and I had to stop her by knocking her out every time as she wouldn¡¯t listen otherwise. It was not like she wasn¡¯t obedient when it came to listening to me. It was just that I never taught her anything useful apart from fighting hand to hand, at least in her mind. I had focused on training her strength, speed and endurance and very rarely did I teach her how to fight. And that too only teaching her the basic stances. I know she was desperate for strength so that she could have revenge so I wasn¡¯t able to make her take it step by step with words alone. After months into the training, I had given her a warning. If she didn¡¯t take a step back, I would stop training her altogether and she finally calmed down after that. We would take one day of the week as a break every week during which I would basically force herself to relax. This proved to be the right choice as it was on these days that I was able to improve my relationship with her because of all the dates. At the start of the second year, I had made my first big step in trying to get her heart. I was in my room when I sensed her entering the bathroom in the morning. So I used space to keep a look out and made my way towards the bathroom. Once I sensed that she was only in her underwear, I opened the bathroom door and acted like I froze. While I acted, Brandish genuinely froze and just stared at me blankly. After making sure I got a good memory, I slowly closed the door and moved away calmly. After a while there was a loud shriek to which I was prepared as I dashed to my room. The rest of the day was awkward, well for Brandish at least. She couldn¡¯t look me in the eye and she was more sensitive to my presence than before. After the training was over and at the dinner table, seeing that she still didn¡¯t look at me and had a blush on her, I decided to tease her. ¡°Well, I guess I¡¯ll just have to take responsibility right?¡± After hearing me say that with a smirk, her whole face flushed as she ran to her room without finishing her food. That was how I started to openly flirt with her every now and then. At first she was always on the verge of fainting from excess blood rushing to her head but as time went on she got used to it. She even started to shyly smile at some of my comments while pouting at another.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. While all of that did happen, it didn¡¯t really affect her training apart from her finally taking it slow so as not to worry me. Her strength and stamina increased a lot during the training and her insight into human body and medicine also increased due to her learning them diligently from the village doctor. Also at the start of the second year, I was finally able to completely master the AOE attack I came up with earlier. I had taken the time in which Brandish learned from the doctor to train on my own skills and I had thought up of a good attack. After that I spent the most time I had on making the thought a reality and then master it. And when I had finished mastering it I also decided to learn and master a support skill which also had a AOE effect and this was finished at the end of second year. During which, Brandish reached the physical requirement I had to learn how to fight. She had also become proficient enough in the basic stances so I decided to finally teach her how to fight. So starting in the middle of that year I started to train her in combat alongside building her physical aspects and medicine for the next year. After that, I had let her do her own thing because I didn¡¯t really have anything else to teach her. A couple of months ago, I had already told her that I would be leaving in a few months¡¯ time. I gave her the reason of not being able to stay at one place for too long, which is stupid since I stayed for years but she didn¡¯t seem to notice so I said that there is a very powerful beast following me around so I keep moving from place to place. She wanted to go with me but I refused saying that it was too dangerous. I assured her that I would be fine and that we would meet again in the future. She was still reluctant so I promised her that I would come find her when I finish the beast off to which she finally agreed. In the next few months, she didn¡¯t train and we just spent time together. And guess what, I got full access to grope her and have baths together. She still didn¡¯t want to go all the way, which by the way won¡¯t be a problem since she is fourteen now which is legally adult. But I also wanted to wait a bit more as it would make it leaving her harder for me. We did sleep together while cuddling though. And so, I am standing from a few minutes away from the village waving my hand at Brandish who was waving back at me. After a while I left and even though I already left and can¡¯t see her, I know for a fact that she was crying. How do I know you may ask? Well, I had my space sense for reason. As I flashed away with a smile I appeared at Fiore, in a mountain area. I had sensed a very, hm, ow do I say it. I very interesting person here. He was training in the mountains and I decided to test out my skills against him. So I made my way through the mountain and reached a clearing where cracks and boulders of varying sizes could be seen lying around. And at the center of it, stood the man I was looking for.