《Summoned: Looking for Fragments》 Prologue Prologue Swords clashes, magic circles flashing, colorful lights hitting demons outside of a castle. War raging, dark clouds shrouded the skies. Screams and roar sound the battlefield. While inside the castle throne.. A man clad and silver armors holding a relic from the goddess, a blue sword on hands emanating a radiance of holiness stabbed on a being taller than the man. A demon And so, the hero vanquished the demonlord and saved the world, our world, The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. "....and so end the tale of the hero" with the sound of a book clapping. A man puts down the book on the desk beside a bed. "Dad, what happened to the hero after he saved the world?" Asked by a child on the bed, while tilting his head. The man laughed. "Come on now, Go sleep for now and ill tell you more next time okay?" "Aww please? I want to know more! Read me the book more!" Asked the child with excitement. The man patted the head of the child. "We''ve read all of the pages on the book,son. Thats the end of it." The man replied while tucking the child on the bed. "That''s it? No one knew what happened to the hero?" "Nothing on the book. And no one knows the truth so most people didn''t know what happened afterwards. Most people thought the hero went back to his own world after the war with the demons." "The truth?" "Haha. Enough stories for now, kiddo. Goodnight" "Awww... Goodnight" the child replied sullenly. Chapter 1 - A Short cut.. To another world? Chapter 1 "AAAARRRRGGG!!!!" A roar sounded within the throne-room. The demon gave its last breath. A man, clad with silver armor and a holy weapon defeated the demonlord after hours of fighting. Using strength gained from fighting countless monster (exp) and learning the best magics from the beings of legends.(with quests) [You have defeated the Demon Lord] [Level up + 4] [Title obtained: Demon Lord Slayer] [Title obtained: Hero] [Title obtained:Savior of the World] [Achievement obtained: Conquer the Demon Castle] [Achievement obtained: Finished main storyline] "YESSSS!! AT LAST!" Shouted the man. "After days and nights of grinding. I''ve finally defeated this last boss!! Cant wait to bragged this to my friends." The man cheerfully exclaimed while skipping around the demonlord, now a corpse and particles escaping from the body. BEEPBEEP. TIME FOR SCHOOL!! An alert window suddenly came infront of the man. "Crap im late, ill take the loots for now and check it later." The man flicked his arm above the corpse, flashes of lights came the dead demonlord and onto the arms. The man made gestures from his hands and a window popped out. He made few scrolling motions and finally tapped on Afterwards. The surrounding place suddent stopped making a sound. Dissolved into particles until nothin is left, only pitch black. ....... In a dim room. A youth with black hair and a pair of clear green eyes laid down on a bed while wearing a helmet. A computer with the screen showing the status of the character and the name of the game. FirstPhantasia Quest:VR. The youth''s sat up and removed the helmet he''s wearing "Oooooookay, time to move!" Throwing aways the helmet on the bed, as he rushed on his cabinet and wore his school uniform. "Roan! Breakfast! You''re late for school!" " ''kay, Mom!" Roan yelled back. Very quickly, Roan ran down with haste. Grabbin the easiest food to eat on hand. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. " Mom. I''m late, no time for breakfast!" "Then take a sandwich and go out already, this is why you shouldnt play in the morning. Take a taxi so you could make it in time." Hismother said in a slight mocking tone. "Nuh-uh. I''ll use my hoverboard and take a shortcut. Its faster that way" a sandwich on the mouth, he walked out of the door with the hoverboard on hand. "I''m off!" "Stay safe" Setting up his hoverboard, a quiet humming sound came from the rectangular platform. The hoverboard itself looks like a an old model of a skateboard but made with newest technology. He let it float 4 inch above the ground. From his home to school, it''ll take at least fifteen minutes if he took a shortcut using the alleyways. In an alleyway after traveling for almost 10 minutes. A sudden force stopped the hoverboards. Roan lost his balance and his head got hit with on an invisible wall. Holding his forehead in pain. What the hell? That hurts! He noticed that lines of lights are forming. He felt some familiarities with the lines and seconds pass by, he noticed its similar with the magic circles from the game he just played this morning. unbeknownst to him. The magic circle formed a spherical shaped and within the sphere is himself and the hoverboard. Panic showed on Roan''s face as he felt that gravity is getting heavier. With a flash of light, his mind went blank and the sphere of magic vanished into thin air, along with Roan. ........ White. Blinding light... I tried my moving my limbs but it felt like i was within the deep sea. A pressure that makes the air in my lungs empty. A few seconds after I tried moving the force suddenly change like im free falling. And once more, lines of lights appeared as the light dims down. Next thing I knew I was standing still on my hoverboard, within a room full of people. Men with armors and robes similar to movies and games.I stared in shock with the sudden changes. "What''s going!?" "KYAAA!!" "What''s happening!?" Voices came from my sides and behind me. I counted quickly. There is five of us including me. Their faces showing shocked and not undertanding about the situation. Heck i''m pretty sure im also making the same face. "***** ** ****** * ** *****" An old man with spoke suddenly with an unknown language. A high and mighty voice that obviously think he a king of a country. Sitting on throne and with those luxurious scepter and a gold crown i''m pretty sure he is. "***** ********* ***********" the king figure spoke once more and the lady beside him walked down and stopped few steps away from us. The lady made a curtsy and spoke the unknown language before showing us stone-like gems. Gesturing us to take each. Looking closely. The lady looks really beautiful and seems like she''s a princess. Each of us took the stones and after that... "We apologies about the current situation and once again let us greet you. Welcome young Heroes" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2 - ...Summoned? Chapter 2 A forest of lush green trees. You can hear birds chirping and animal cries. A bush make a small movement and came out white furry ball. It has two red eyes and a small horn pointing upwards. A herbivorous animal called horn rabbit. As the white furry ball was trying to approach a fallen fruit, a quick shadow suddenly pounced at the animal. A bird took the rabbit as prey. If one look closely, the bird has sharp point beak and knife like claws. These animals are commonly seen in most forest. Deep within the forest. A small shadow of silhouette is moving at high speed, maneuvering around the forest and avoiding a collision. Behind the small shadow follows a bigger shadow but, this one isnt maneuvering. Its moving at the small shadow in a straight line, crushing onto trees and making the trees bend. Thud thud thud thud, craaaash. Sound of heavy footstep echoing and timbers falling. A small green light came from the smaller shadow and onto the bigger shadow. And a voice was heard. "Wind Blade!" After casting a spell, a young boy came out of the deep woods, finally able to see rays of lights from the sun. The boy was holding a sword on his right hand, bow on his back, a quiver full of arrows and beside the quiver was an scabbard for the sword. Guuuaaaaaooorrrrr!! Roars came after being struck by this so called wind blade. As sunlight shines upon the shadow, an animal covered in brown furs and big sharp claws showed its enraged look. Calling this enraged beast as an animal is wrong, for they are properly called monsters. An arrow was embedded at the back of the monster. The boy was panting while running. Inside his head was a word that kept repeating. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run!!! And so the boy kept running until he was near his destination, The river. The monster, still enraged didn''t noticed that it was not in the woods anymore. While still feeling a pain its back caused by an arrow and a new wound on its front. It only wants to tear the human that cause this pain to itself. The human and monster kept running, closing the distance little by little. When the monster got close enough to the youth, it jump and tried to pounce. The young boy notice the sound of the footstep momentarily fade and a shadow from above came in sight. With a quick thought, he kicked the ground and moved sideways. Booom! Sound came and the bear flopped and the ground. But it quickly got up continued chasing the boy. On the riverside, the boy saw a silhouette of a man fishing. His face brighten by the familiar person holding a fishing rod. He took a deep breath and yelled "HEEEELP!" Soon the man on the riverside stood up, took another rod like stick. He took a posture and threw the stick. When the youth saw this action, he immediately jumped sideways. Swiiiish. A sound came quickly then with Tchah. A harpoon accurately pierced the heart of the monster. A man walked to the youth and said. "Care to explain, Raze?" .......... "Well son, I''m pretty sure I asked you to hunt the white furry balls or the feathery ones. Not this big furred monster with deadly claws. You sure are getting cocky nowadays" Dad who was fishing a moment ago, glared at me. "I was hunting those, until I accidentally hit a grizzly with an arrow. You know I shot a sharp beak bird at first. Then the arrow continued flying and struck the grizzly." I said honestlyIf you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Dad made a blank face at first, then a face like he''s holding a laugh. He turned around and took his fishing tool. I feel like dad mocked me just now. "Boy, when did you became the lure and bait?" "Just now, sheesh. Show some concern, dad. I almost died there. Me, your son. Almost became a snack for that monsters." Even though I said that. I''m confident enough to evade any attacks from that monster. How can I dodge it? A winds spell that uses a bursts of wind, making me move on a short distance with speed. "I don''t see any wounds or scratches on you, you''re fine by you look. I knowyou can handle it, well running away is your best skill." He said while laughing. "At least we got dinner now. Go drain the blood then we''ll go home" ....... "Mom! Look, I hunted a big game with a single arrow!" I bragged a bit. Though I didn''t kill it. "Oh my!" Mom made an exaggerated response. "I see my little Raze can hunt bears now" "Mom, stop treating me like a kid. Look I(lured it to dad) hunted a grizzly. So can you treat me like an adult now?" "More like this rascal provoked the bear, lured it to the river where I am and had to save his behind." He said while he took a book for the shelve, and sat down on the couch "If you''re not gonna be careful why not stay on the river and do the fishing instead, and i''ll do the hunting." "Like I said, it wasn''t on purpose. And I can hunt just fiiiine. Sheesh" after the small talk. We dismantled the bear and used a bit of the meat for dinner. .... After dinner. Me and my parent were on the living room. Bright light is shining on the room with the help of a light stone, which is hanging on the ceiling. Smalltalk here and there, My parents has liquor on their hands and they sometimes mumbles stuff like "I want to see a movie" "I miss video games" and "My only regret in life is that i wasn''t able to play First Phantasia part 15" and then sobs with mom. When I''m about to go to bed. I felt an unknown force coming from nowhere. "What the.... Daaaaad!?" I shouted for dad. Moment laters lines of light suddenly formed around me. "What!?" "Honey, this...." My parents exclaimed when they say the phenomena happening infront of then. "Whats going on? Dad? Mom?" Panic is starting to get to me. "Raze, my dear. Don''t panic and listen to us." "You are being summoned right now" both of them said. Summoned?! I thought and was about to asked question, but I was interrupted. "I have no idea why you were being summoned but, whatever you do after this: Always be true to yourself, do the right thing you deemed is right." "Never forget our teaching, and don''t trust the noble and royalties fully" "Don''t look for home and wait for the time to come home." Be true to myself? Do the right? Dont look for home? Only questions is on my mind. As seconds pass by, the runic lines almost came to completion. "Look for you sister And she will explain" said my mother, as tears forming on hereyes. ""We love you, Raze. And be careful"" A bright light blinded my sight and came after a pressure. A feeling of falling down came to me but it lasted but a moment. As the light that blinded me became dimmer. What I saw is a room full of people, knights and mages surrounded us and a banner of shield and swords crossed, vines wrapped around the swords. Looking in front of me, 4 people the same age as me has the same look of confusion. "What''s going!?" "KYAAA!!" "What''s happening!?" What shocked me the most is they spoke the same language as my parents and not the usual common language. For all I know, my family is the only one who knows how to speak that language, English is what they called it I think? Then someone spoke the common language. "Welcome young heroes. If you can understand me, please look at the right side and look at the mirror" I was about to look on my side when I noticed one of the girl was staring at me. Somehow, stared back at her. As I look closely she has dim red hair and has blue eyes and a mole under her left side eye, which looks good on her. Again, someone spoke the common language "I see that no one looked at the mirror. We will be needing the stones. My daughter, would you be so kind to give it to our guests?" When I looked at the person who just spoke. Whom I saw was the king of Rosedell, though he looks much younger than the portrait that I once saw. I just realized I lost my chance to look for that mirror. "Yes father, I''d happily deliver it to our heroes." The princess spoke and walked down towards us and made a curtsy. She called one of the knights holding a chest with stones, and took the chest. "Please take each" she gesture and pointed at the stones." I walked near the knight and took the stone. Once everyone was holding each, the princess spoke one more. "We apologies about the current situation and once again let us greet you. Welcome young Heroes" ........ Chapter 3 - Too many questions, Not enough Answers Chapter 3 Too much questions. Not enough answers The 4 people gasp and had a look of confusion. It seems this stones are translation stones. "We would like to explain why you were summoned here but this place is not the right place. Please follow our head maid to a room prepared to received you." She said as one of the maid made a bow. "In the room, two of our most trusted aide will be explaining everything. We apologize for not being able to talk more for the kingdom is quite busy and we are still needed on the affairs. Head maid, please guide them" as she said the made gesture to us to follow. Guided by the maid, they walked on a long hallway. As they look around. They saw armors standing on walls and painting of nobles and sceneries. After a few turns. The maid stopped and said "This is the room, my lords" She made another bow before walking away. In a room with luxurious ornaments. Two men stood waiting within the room. One who looks like in his forties. Wearing plated armor and a broad sword on his waist. While the other man who looks like in his fifties. Wearing a robe and a circlet on his forehad. With eyes full of wisdom he evaluated the youth who just entered the room. "Please sit down" said the man with the armor. The youths sat down on the chairs without saying a word, still confused about the situation. "We know you have questions to ask but first, we would like to introduce ourselves. My name is Lutherford Delvid, the Commander of the Royal Army and here is.." "Turstin Gespar, Royal Court magician. And once more, welcome to the kingdom of Rosedell. Now, any questions?" After the short introduction. Roan raised his hands and asked. "Uhm, why are we summoned here? This sound so cliche but, are we supposed to defeat some sort of demon-lord?" When Roan asked that question, the two girls look down and had a face of despair. "Hoho, straight to the point huh?" (Lutherford) "Hmm yes, that reason you kids had been summoned is to prepare for the demon-lord''s ascension" said the old mage.Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. "Preparation? Ascension? So there is no Demon-Lord as of now?" A teenager with glasses said while knitting his brows. "Yes, as of now, it is still the time of peace. But in the past years, demons and monster are starting to rampage and they are getting stronger. We concluded that this is the sign of an awakening of a new demonlord." The old knight, Lutherford answered. The youths had a questioning look after they heard the answer. "In short, The previous demonlord has been slain by your predecessor, a previous summoned heroes. An era of peace has come, but ominous signs are showing here and there once more. This signs are what made us summon you all" (Turstin) "We''re afraid that another era of chaos might come upon us, as preparation, we had to forced use the summoning spell" (Lutherford) "You said preparation. So when will the demonlord will... Awaken?" Raze asked a question. Turstin raised a brow and said "We don''t have the exact time for the awakening but we estimated that it''ll take a year or two to show more signs. Once we have all the information, we will be able to determine the Rise" A moment of silence came before another questions was asked. "Is there a war? Are we going to war? Can we go home? Can you send us back?" The girl with a chestnut hair color asked, trying to contain her tears. "Yes. There might- no, there will be war. And we will need your help for the upcoming war. But do not worry, we are not forcing you to join. You all were summoned so that we could ask for your help. We are not letting you go to your deaths" said Lutherford with a low voice and a calm manner. "And of course, we can send you back home but, unfortunately, it is impossible to do it immediately. It''ll take time for the spell to be used again." Turstin answered the last half of the question? "It''ll take time? How long?" Asked the girl with a dim red hair. Turstin paused before he answered. "Probably within three to five years. We have to gather the catalyst for the spell, and for the royal crystal''s mana to replenish and to--" "Three to five years!!? How come!? How about our lives? Our families? What do you think they will think if we suddenly vanished without saying a word with them?!" The red head girl yelled, agitated about the news. "Please calm down. Don''t you worry, the time in your world not take a turn, time will stopped. Once we return you to your world, everything will be the same." Turstin quickly said trying to calm down the girl. "And also, you will be able to keep half of the power- spells and magic you might obtained in this world." He added Everyone had was shocked about the news. And once more, silence enveloped the room. Lutherford broke the silence "We apologized and we know how you all feel about this. It seems like you kids are not acquainted to each other yet. We will leave you for now and let you calm down. I will have the maids serve you tea and food" The two men walk towards the door. "And we will protect you. That we promise." Lutherford added before closing the door. Silence... It took a moment before the boys in the group notice one of the girls has tears dripping down on her face. While the other girl is trying to calm down the one with tears. Roan stood up and took a deep breath and exhaled. "Alright... For now, lets introduce ourselves." ......
Chapter 4 - ....what should we do? Chapter 4 Roan''s point of view. After the two old foggies walks out of the room, silence spreads among the room. Sniff- sobs- we didnt notice that the chestnut colored hair girl started crying. For now, lets change the atmosphere. So I stood up, took a deep breath and said. "Alright... For now, lets introduce ourselves." But the guy with the glasses said "Lets do that later, let her cry it out" Hrmm.. I guess the girl cant talk while crying.''Ugh, obvious mistake.'' A few moments later. The dude with the black hair and simple shirt stood up and looked outside the windows. Looking outside its already sunset. It was morning to me like half an hour ago. ''Am I gonna get a jet-lag?'' was the first thought came to me. Truthfully, I don''t feel any kind of crisis at all. Its kinda like logging in into the VR game again. That sort of feeling. "Do you think there''s magic here at all?" Ask by the glasses dude. I took a moment to think and said "I guess so? We got summoned here so... Yeah? And the old man said we can get half the magic and spell back home or something" "Magic exists" Black hair dude said by the window. Glasses dude made an angry glare at him until he saw him pointing outside. "I see, I thought you were being sarcastic. They''re shooting fire out of their hands." Glasses said so. Looking outside, I saw people with robes shooting red balls of lights onto a wall. Knight-like people with shining blades hitting dummies. ''Swords and magic huh? I guess we got that setting here.'' After our short interactions, the crying girl stood up. Clearly done crying. "Thank you, miss" she thanked the other girl. "You sure you''re fine?" She asked with a worried tone. "I''m all good. How about you? You don''t seem fine to me." Cry girl replied. "I wasn''t at first, but when the old man said we can go back somehow, I felt relieved but the long wait isn''t really making me happy. Now I just want to know whats going to happen next." I was about to asked their names before.... "Before that, can we introduce ourselves first?" Said the black hair dude. ''You took my line, yo.'' "Tristan. Tristan Denver" glasses- Tristan intro''d himself while pushing his glasses. Brown colored hair. He wears a shirt with "evoke it!" print design and khaki shorts. He feel''s like the class reps in class.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. "Roan Hiiro. You can call me Roan." With a nice tone. I intro''d myself. Now that I noticed. I''m wearing my uniform. Well, I was about to go to school anyways. "Fianne Cellania. Just Fia for short. Sorry for the outburst earlier." She introduced. Looking closely, she''s kinda cute. She''s also wearing a uniform and it looks good on her. She has a modest chest. She''s cute but.... not my type. "Amelia Strauss. Ami should be fine. Sorry for... Crying earlier. I have no idea what was going on." She introduced while apologizing. Looking at her she has a cute face, small body with a big chest. 100% my type!! Let''s remove those thought for now. Blackie''s turn. "My name is Raze. Razelux Valence." Simple with a clear voice. Looking at what he''s wearing. He looks like an NPC Villager with those clothes, except for that face. I admit he''s good looking but not as handsome as me though. With that done, everyone now knew each other''s name. Now the next question is.... "What do we do now? They said they''re not forcing us but I doubt that. You cant let a freeloader do nothing, right?" "We''re more likely a hostage than a freeloader. They said they will protect us but I fe-" "Hold up. Dont talk yet."Raze got interrupted by Tristan. Tristan showed his stone to us and put it on the table. "This stone seems like they translate our words. Before you guys say something important, put it on the table. We don''t know if they have ears on the walls." Oh crap!! Is what I thought, i just had the urge to throw it. If Tristan didn''t mentioned that, I might have forgotten we were still holding onto this stones. And right now we are at an unknown territory. We''re still not exactly ''safe''. After everyone placed their stones on the table, the talk continued. "Ahem, continue" Tristan urge. Raze nod. "I was meaning to say that we shouldn''t trust them easily. We still don''t know what other intentions they have. Lets just stay vigilant." "Agreed." (Tristan) Everyone gave a affirmative nod. "Well... They said they summoned us to ask for help to defeat some evil. And also, they did mentioned they are not forcing us to join the war. Thats good intention, right?" I said while recalling what the old men said. Tristan gave gave it a thought for a second, his hand on chin. "Look at a different view, Roan. They summoned us to be weapons. If we we refuse to be weapons then..." Tristan paused for a moment and looked at everyone. "....Then probably as a source of new knowledge?" Fia answered. "There''s a high chances, yeah." (Tristan) "But what if they didn''t ask for knowledge, or even if they did and we refuse... What will happen then?" Amelia asked a question after Fia. When she said that, I had few bad images inside my head and but shook it away immediately. This is actually not good huh? I thought. Silence came for moment. Tristan had an answer for that question but didn''t say it out loud. He looked at their facial expression so see if they had the same thought. uneasy silence continued within the room and each of them had an idea but no one tried to speak their minds. The three of us guys in the group stared at each other, waiting for anyone of us to speak. Most likely we didn''t want to say any frightening words to the girls. ''Should I say it? It will leave a bad taste if I say it for sure.'' While I was in the middle of making a decision, blac- Raze spoke. "I apologize for the words l''m about to speak. Something bad might happen. Probably they might put us on slavery. Or they may even dispose of us since we aren''t any use." Slavery!! Right, since this is a different world, most likely slaveries exist here. I only thought about being caged here forever or being killed. Being slaved is far worst. The girls had an expression of fear and despair. "I''m sorry for my words. Please calm down" (Raze) "Don''t cry, we''ll be here for you two" (Roan) "We''ll think of something, don''t worry"(Tristan) Each of us tried to make the girls calm. It took a few minutes to finally made them calm. "We need a plan. A countermeasure for those situations." ......... Chapter 5 - ...what should we do?(2) Chapter 5 "We need a plan. A countermeasure for those situations." Tristan walked around in circles with his hand on his chin. "We have to make sure we have values on our heads and and don''t flatly refuse them. We will never know if we might accidentally step on a lion''s tail." "So our options are: join the war or probably give them knowledge" Raze gave the two known options the party have. "This demon lord gig is really giving me the chills. Joining a war to fight demons. War seems to be endless even on other worlds." Roan gave a mocking statement about wars "Does anyone willing to join this ''war''? For me, I don''t plan on dying so i''ll avoid any wars against demons and such. If there''s other options, i''ll gladly take it." Tristan said looking for any possible options. "Huh.. Like maybe working for them like a subordinate? Be an officer? So you''re staying here then.." (Roan) "I''m considering it but, I still don''t know anything about this kingdom. We need to know the pros and cons." Tristan gave a reply. Few more minutes of brainstorming when Roan suddenly had an idea. "I''m not sure if this is possible but, can we just make some sort of fake law? That back on our world, we cannot simply give any advance knowledge and technology. And they will have to develope by themselves. And if they ask the reason why is there such a law, we can just lie about some incident happened when we tried to provide wisdom to a kingdom, but that kingdom is now in ruins because of such knowledge. You know, the same thing on that classic movie and game?" Roan "Hmm that''s is actually a sound plan." Tristan gave an approval. "Still, it sounds like we''re bluntly refusing to give help. It might be better if we give them the ideas or the base blueprint of such technology, what are your thoughts?" Tristan "I think its a good option." Fia "Hey wait guys, are you giving them knowledge of weapons? If possible don''t even give them ideas like that." Amelia spoke with a worried tone "Obviously we wont but, if we really don''t have any options... We might just give them low level ones like maybe a flintlocks or canons, or anything that might interest them." "Try to think more about it okay? We dont want to regret our actions later on" While they were proposing a plan, a knock on the door sounded. A female voice was heard at the other end of the door. " *** *****, ******* '' **** "Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. "Quick. Take the stones" Tristan said. The party took the stones swiftly. "Yes, come in" (Raze) A maid came in with trays and teapots. She bowed and spoke in a respectful tone. "Excuse me, We have Teas and food for you. Also a message from Master Turstin: "An urgent matter suddenly came and we will have to postpone the meeting tonight. We will answer more of any questions you may ask and teach you more of our world by tomorrow. Call it a day and we will also appraise your affinities after we explained more of our situation." The maid bowed once more. "Also, we have rooms prepared for everyone. If you have any request you can speak to me or any waiting maids outside of the rooms" The party took glances at each other, waiting for any request. The maid waited for a few seconds before she dismissed herself. "If there is none. I''ll excuse myself" she walked put of the door, bowed once more and close the door. The party looked at the tray of foods, snacks and tea-set. "Hmm let''s take a break for a bit. I haven''t had any lunch so i''m a bit hungry" Tristan proposed a quick break. "Yeah. Haven''t had dinner yet. Tea and snacks will calm me down." Amelia walked to the table and sat down. "I''ll take a bite. Class just ended for me and I was supposed to visit a cafe" "I just had dinner. I''ll pass for now, but I would like something to drink please. Is there anything like coffee?" Raze asked. Fia then looks at the tray but found no coffee. She looked at Raze and shook her head. "How about you Roan?" Fia to Roan. "I''m alright. I just had breakfast. And it seems we were summoned at different time huh." ........ After the party had their fill, they decided to end the day and asked the waiting mades to guide their rooms. In the middle of being escorted, the girls decided to stay on one room for the night. In the girl''s room. The two looked outside the window and gazed at the night sky. "Two moons... Beautiful" Amelia whispered. "Two white moons with a bluish and violent shade" she added. "This just confirmed we are really on another world. Just like those novels and movies." Fia the took out a small rectangular shape object and pointed it the moon. Amelia walked over to the bed and sat down "Are we gonna be alright?" "I... I don''t know. I''m as anxious as you are. I do hope we can go home really quickly." "A few years. This is unfair. Demons and wars, summoned and being called a hero." Tears forming onto Amelia''s eyes. Fia walked at the other side and leaned on Amelia''s back. "We cant do anything about it. I don''t even know why it was us who got dragged into this. Let''s just hope that everything will be fine" "...." Amelia paused "you think we''ll be fine?" "Well... The boys seems calm about it and they are thinking something to help us out and not be on the disadvantage. Let''s trust them for now, It seems they know what to do" "I guess...so. It''s a good thing they were there huh" "Mhmm. So let them observe everyone for now and don''t let our guard down. Okay?" "Alright" Amelia gave a nod. "Good! Then lets get to bed. I''m feeling exhausted. Good night, Amy" She then walked over to her bed and laid down. "Yeah. Good night, Fia" ........................ _____________________________________________________________________________ The boy''s room Two moons! This really feels like an RPG game! Cant wait to learn more. This is exciting! (Roan) I wonder if we can learn magic as soon as possible. Oh? Two moons? That''s nice. (Tristan) Stay on guard, do nottrust the royalties or nobles easily. I wonder if they are from that ''world''. (Raze) _____________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 - Im from what? Chapter 6 Dawn came. Raze was the first one to wake up. He walked towards the window looked at looked at the morning sky. He was thinking about yesterday. About the sudden summon, the people who also got summoned with him and his parent''s words. ''Look for my sister? I don''t even know where she is right now.'' He recalled the words. He was thinking about then place he was summoned, and an he knew where he was. ''I''m in one of the human capitals. It''s a long way home...¡® He went back to the bed and laid down, arms spread. He waited until a maid knocked on the door. "Excuse me my lord, are you awake?" "Yes, how can I help you?" "I''ve come to inform you that breakfast has been serve on the lounge. I''ll be guiding you to the lounge" she spoke in a respective manner "Just a moment." He replied. Raze stood up, took the stone on the table and went outside to follow the maid. ......... Luxurious food and delicacies spreads on a round table, with 5 plates prepared. Four maids and a butler formed a line and bowed in sync. The party faced this scenery which can often be seen on movies or manga/comics. "Well.. This is something" (Tristan) "It feels like a maid cafe" (Fia) "....." (Raze) "Let''s dig in? (Roan) "Let''s" (Ami) While they were eating, they had little talks. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Raze''s point of view While we were in the middle of eating in silence, Tristan took the initiative to start a conversation. "We don''t know much about ourselves huh? How about we tell something about ourselves?" Tristan suddenly proposed. "Since I already mentioned it, I''ll go first. Currently, I''m working part-time as a FX designer for a certain VR game. Me and my brother actually mainly work for the magic effects so, I am kinda interested in real magic this place can offer." He said hinting he wants to learn about magic. ''FX designer? VR game? I have no idea what are those.'' He spoke words which I have no idea what they meant. "By the way, the VR is First Phantasia, the latest release." He paused for a bit, then Roan suddenly stood up.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. "Dude! Really? That''s amazing!" Roan exclaimed. ''It''s a big deal huh?'' I thought. "I actually just finished the VR yesterday! Those effects are top notch!" Roan seems to praise Tristan "Thanks. There may be glitches that we need to patch." He gave his thanks while pushing his glasses. "And you?" "Nothing amazing, I''m a high school student. I really like playing VRs and MMOs." Roan spoke more words I cannot comprehend. "Same as me then, still in high school. I don''t really have anything impressive. I do play a little bit of VRs and play some retro ones." Fia followed up. ''This VR word again. I know about the high school but not the other'' Fia then look at Amelia by her side "How about you, Ami? Also in High school?" "I was about to be one. Currently, I took the examination for the the MCP. I''m still waiting for the results though." She poke with while scratch the back of her hair, also with a bashful smile. "Woah.." "Wow!" "...." The two gave and awestruck reaction, while Tristan has his jaw dropped. "It''s not as amazing as you think, and i''m not even sure if I''m gonna get accepted" Amelia added. She then looked at me and passed the baton "How about you Raze? You''ve been quiet ever since" ''Well yeah... I''m embarrassed to suddenly butt in. You can communicate and I cannot.¡¯ "I''m probably the least interesting person here. I''m home schooled, you see. Also I was embarrassed to say this but can''t follow the talk" I gave an honest answer. "Uhm VR, FX, MMO, and MCP?" When I said those words, everyone had a questioning look. ''I have to be careful with my words'' "Well you see, MCP stands for: Mars Colonization Project." Fia explained "It''s a special education to prepare to colonize planet mars. We have to study a lot of things like biology, how to operate a central console, and such" Amelia explained in depth. ''Colonize The planet Mars?'' I thought. My dad explained to me how our world is round. And so he explained planets and how there are other planets that cannot be colonize because there isn''t air or the place is toxic and such. This is where I learned about Mars, the red planet. "Are you talking the red planet Mars? I thought it''s impossible to live there?" I ask a question about this mysterious plan. "Hey, are you serious? There are few people already living on Mars. How come you don''t know this?" Tristan "Did you live in a cave or something? This is really common" Roan added ''How should I know? I''m not from another world!'' Did dad gave me wrong info? "You mentioned you also don''t know about VR or MMO, right?" "...." Their faces shows questions, and they looked at me like i''m sort of an extinct animal. "Hey guys, a moment. We''ll say some words. If you get what it means, do tell" Tristan said then signaled Roan After that, He said a series of words. "Firstly, VRs and PCi" Roan gave a word, they nod then looked at me. "HiSPD Hover Train?" Fia followed up, they nod then looked at me. "Nano implanted trees?" Amelia followed, again with the nod then looking at me. "2167" Tristan gave a number, and they repeated the nod again. "Raze, you didn''t react at all. Do you know of the words we said?" Tristan asked me while pushing his glasses. ''Wait, did they noticed i''m not from Earth?'' I cant tell them I''m not from Earth due to various reasons. "I didn''t quite get it. Should I? You said about trains and trees, also a number at the end?" I said honestly, sweat coming out of my back. "Raze, can I ask this? What year is it on earth?" Fia asked me a question. When she asked me what year, it boggled my mind for I didn''t know what to say. I do remember the day my parents came here. I do hope it can help. "It is 2017, why?" When I said the year, all four of them had their mouths opened. "This is..." "How can this be?" He''s..." Questioning words came out from them. I don''t know how to react on why they had to ask. I just sat there without moving. "Uhm Raze? You are probably... From the Past?" Amelia spoke. .......................Huh?? Chapter 7 - Knowing where we are... "Uhm Raze? You are probably... From the Past?" Amelia said to Raze. She looked at his blank face. "For some reason, you''re on a different timeline." Tristan gave a simple line. "We don''t know what caused this, it might be best if we ask old man mage later on." Roan scoffed a bit. Razed put his elbows on the table, palms on his face. "Yeah, I guess so. I don''t know to feel about this." He secretly let out a breath. ''They didn''t notice, Thank the Goddess'' "Hey guys? Lets talk about this some later time, look at him. He''s shocked about the news." Fia showed a worried look. Feeling sorry about Raze''s situation. Raze waved his hands regarding about what Fia said. "It''s okay, I''m fine. Let talk about something else for now." He said, while avoiding he topic. Small talks continued while they''re having breakfast. As soon as they finished, the butler relayed a message. "Milord, I''ve been ordered to guide you to Lord Turstin''s office once done with breakfast. I would like to know if we''re ready to go?" The party gave a nod, "Lead the way please." ....... Lead by the butler, They walked through the hallway laid with a red carpet, typically seen on castles. Expensive vases, large portrait of Royalties. Ornamentals weapons and such were displayed on the walls. The party all had a single thought, ''So clich¨¦, just like we expected''. After a few minutes of walking, the butler stopped in front of a door. "We''ve arrived, a moment please." He then knocked on the door. "Lord Turstin, our guest has arrived." A familiar voice came out of the door quickly, "Very good, Let them in" The butler opened the door, moved to the side and gave a bow, also gesturing to get inside the room. The party gave their thanks and went inside. Inside the room, bookshelves surrounds the two side of the wall, behind the window oversees a courtyard were people are doing morning training. A crisp smell of book and a tinge of relaxing aroma from tea leaves spreads inside the room. There, sitting on a chair with a simple yet elegant design sat an old man reading a book. A sofa set in the middle of the room were prepared for the guests. At the corner of the room. A person with robe were organizing books that are messily placed above a table. With a clap of a book, the old man stood up and welcomed his guests. "Ah, welcome young ones, I apologized about the mess. Please sit down." He gestured his hand and pointed it on the sofa. "Before we begin, could you please introduce yourselves first? You already know this old man''s name correct?" Turstin said. After the request, the party gave a quick information about them. Turstin signaled the person at the corner. The person then took a book and began writing. "Excuse me, but I would like to record your names and the topic of our talk. Would that be alright?" Turstin gave an apology yet it doesn''t sound sincere. "It''s okay sir. For now, we would like to know more about where we are, also our roles in this place." Roan asked the question they all want to know. Turstin cleared his throat. "Let me begin then". Turstin began explaining a lore regarding about their worlds. The races living on it. The disasters took place, The roles of the summoned, magics and mana, the elements of the worlds, how aura can strengthen one''s self and such. "So this world''s name is Regaia. The word''s origin is: the rebirth of Gaia. Named by the surviving civilization back on ancient times. A gigantic continent with islands surrounding it. Currently, we are in the capital of Rosedell, a human Territory. At the middle east side of the continent." Tristan gave a brief summary. Turstin gave a nod as a reply. "The continent is divided into three territories: human, beastman, and deiman." Raze added "So there are Humans, the Beastmen, Faeris: who lives alongside human and beastman, Demon people, Mermen and more living on this continent. Amelia clarified, she heard whispers at her side that only she can hear ''cat ears ....bunny people'' and a giggle. She elbowed Fia, and Fia woke up from her daydream. "Our role as summoned, is to be heroes. To saved us from calamities, to provide knowledge, and restore peace? Are we supposed to be in a video game?" Roan asked the old man. He gave a nod. "We are not aware of the word video game, but your predecessor did mentioned something like that" Turtin said while he walked towards the bookshelves, looking for a certain book. "As for your role, we are not forcing you to join the war, but we would like to receive any kind if assistance if possible."If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. The three gave a sharp glances at each other. While the two girls tensed up. ''So its about this topic, like we expected'' "We''re still deciding if we will join the war so, the answer for joining will have to wait." Roan said, hinting he might join the war. The two girls gave him a questioning look. ''So he plans to join the war'' the girls thought. ''Boys and their games'' "Also, I would like to add that we have a limit on how much or what kind of assistance we can give." Tristan said and waited for the old mage to react. The old mage slowly look back and said "Hmm, Is that so. How come?" His tone calm. ''Not the kind of reaction I was expecting to see''Tristan thought. He then explained the plan they thought of, hinting that they wont give anything dangerous. "I see, how unfortunate." He let out a sigh and continued looking at the books "I do hope to ask those sort of thing but alas, A law is a law. I do hope we can still receive assistance to help our people" "We do want to help, but please, don''t expect too much." Amelia said with a smile "Very well, Thank you" Turstin gave his thanks. ''What a weak response'' Roan thought, clearly hating the way he gave his thanks. Turtins took two books, and he handed one each to Tristan and Roan. "This books were written by previous heroes. I would like you to see if it." The two received it and opened the book. Roan saw a book full of characters with circles on it, while on Tristan has cursive words written. They flipped few pages and found few english alphabets on it. After Tristan flipped few pages he closed and returned it "We cant read the book but we''re familiar with the language. Also, can we know who''s the author of those books? "Hmmm... Let''s put this books for now, we still have a dozen of books written by previous heroes. And the author of this books were named Rizal and Jae Yun" Turstin said. Tristan took a paused and thought for a moment.''Different nationalities, huh.'' "Would it be alright if you look at the books at my apprentice''s table? Those are written by heroes too" he then pointed on the table, were dozens of book were placed. With that said, the party stood up and checked the books. "Ah, I can read this one" Roan said while holding a book on hand. "Hmm that book with runic characters. Say, I would like to know what language is this?" The apprentice asked. Intending to record the information. "It''s Japanese, some of the characters here has its meaning of its own." He said while he continued reading. The book is thin, probably has 30 pages. The texture of the paper were rough. "This one is in German, I could read this" Amelia exclaimed. She holds a book thinner than the previous book. The apprentice once more wrote on the book he''s recording. After checking all the books, they were able to find one in english and while the other books were on a different language. They gave the info of the name and info of the other language if they''re familiar with it. And the apprentice wrote everything without stopping. "You can take the ones you can read, would it be alright if you transcribe it later on?" The old man mage asked "Well, I would like to read everything first, is that alright?" Amelia said. "So be it". Turstin gave an approval. "By the way, old man. What happened to the previous heroes?" Roan asked after giving the book to Amelia. ''Old man? Such disrespect''. He contained his urge to discipline. "Ah you see, they were able to defeat the demon-lord. After the fight, they went back to their world. Unfortunately, they didn''t leave any records or books after everything happened." Turstin replied. "Well that''s a bummer. It would be nice if they''re still around." Roan said. Tch-. Fia heard a feint click of the tongue. He looked back and saw Raze looking down, gripping his fist. She slowly poked his back and whispered, ''are you okay?'' With a jolt, he quickly let go of his fist, look at her and whispered ''I''m fine'' ''Calm down...'' He said to himself. After the talk about the books, Tristan advanced the topic to magic aura. "Sir Turstin, I would like to know more about this worlds magic and mana" "Hoh.. I see you face is showing interest" Turstin smiled. ''If one of this younglings has interest and talents, I might ask them to be my disciple.'' He thought. "Magic and mana are connected. Magic are phenomena that men can conjure." He then raised his two hands, eye level. A small glow came from his palm. A small fire suddenly ignited on above his palm, while on the other, a small orb or water floats. "These two are from the basic elements. Fire and water, and the others are earth, wind, ice and thunder" he gripped his palms. The orb of water shattered into ice, while the dancing flame had been blown by a strong gale. Papers flew around the room, and the apprentice mage had a defeated face. "Magic can be learned by anyone, but that doesn''t mean the can learn easily. Every individual has affinities to the elements." He paused and waited for answers. "Hmm.. And how do one knows of their affinities" Tristan asked, excited to know which affinities he has. "There are two method to know. First is, by focusing and looking into one''s own soul, can they see their affinities. And the other by using a device and use it measure an individual''s talent." "To see one''s own soul? I''m sorry but its too vague, please explain more." Tristan said, "Look into you own very being, see yourself and your soul. Feel your origin and your existence. If you are successful, you''ll see the information in your mind. Try closing you eyes and meditate" he explained. The party tried to see if they can see their own affinities and closed their eyes. Minutes passed and they still meditate. "I''m don''t feel anything at all" "I don''t understand...." The two girls said. Roan and Tristan still has their eyes closed, hoping they succeed. Raze had his eyes closed, waiting patiently. They didn''t know he was already looking at his affinities. He was taught how to use this by his mother few years back. "AHH! This is annoying, Why can I succeed?" Roan yelled. Frustrated. "Hahaha, truthfully, no one can learn this in few minutes or hours. The fastest might take a month and the longest can go up to a year" He said while laughing. "And that''s only for people with talent" he added. "Then why didn''t you said this to us earlier? Way to get our hopes up" Tristan said with a displeased tone. Smiling he said, "I wanted to see if you have talent to suddenly learn it. Never Mind that, I''ve already ordered someone to get us the appraisal devices. Let''s wait for now" Tristan and Roan felt wronged. And looked at the old man, displeased. Fia look at Raze, he wasn''t annoyed nor complaining. ''Did Raze succeeded?''. She the tugged Amelia and pointed at Raze. ''It might be because Raze is patient that he isn''t complaining. He''s probably the quiet type'' she whispered back. A moment later, a knock came from the door. "Lord Turstin, we have the Devices" ............. Chapter 8 - Our Affinities Chapter 8 Two people came into the room, carrying an apparatus. They placed the object on the table carefully and left after giving a bow to Turstin and the heroes. "So this device can evaluate our affinities to the elementals" Tristan said while he was examining the device. The device has 6 orbs with different shade of colors. A platform with a hexagonal shaped and a clear glass like ball was in the middle. "Yes, the first one evaluates the basic elemental. Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Ice and Thunder" Turstin answered. "I''m curious on what are your affinities" He said while urging the young ones to be evaluated. "Then I''ll go first" Tristan volunteered "What should I do then?" "Touch the glass on the middle and let mana flow into it. I''ll assist you on the mana flow" Tristan then followed the instruction. He gripped the glass orb, and slowly he felt a static like feel. Turstin then placed his right palm just above his hand and feint blue glow flashed. A low tune buzzed from the glass, and a flash of light came. Similarly like a camera flash. "Woah!!" Tristan let out a yell, he stepped back, lost strength on his knees and he then fell down on his behind. The girls had a worried look and ask if he fine. "Are you hurt?" "I''m fine" Raze lend a hand and helped him stand up "There was this awful feeling like I fell down from somewhere high" Tristan replied while a bit embarrassed. "That''s normal, it''s because your mana is unstable. The device forcefully sucked out your mana since you still don''t know how to manipulate mana." Turstin explained. Turtins looked at the result on the device, a look of disbelief showed on his face when he saw the glowing lights on the device. Razed too, was secretly alarmed The device glowed with different colors. The bright ones were colored brown, bright blue, and red. Turstin then analyzed the orbs and then relayed the info. "Three elements with good grades!" He said while smiling. ''a triad in front of me!'' In this world, if a person has three affinities with a good grade is enough to be given a title or ennoblement by a country, nurtured by royalties. People who have three affinities are called triads. Having two affinities with good grades are called duos and they mostly get hired by nobles or they are taken as disciples of great mages. And a person with a single affinity with good grades is enrolled to mages academies or the mage guilds. ''If we can pull him to our side, it''ll help us advance our research on the summoning spell'' The old mage spoke in his mind. "So I have them glowing, what does that mean?" Tristan asked. He cleared his throat before he spoke. "You see, having three orbs glow as bright like this means you have good affinities with the elements. Those who has three elements like yours, we call them Triads. We estimate that a triad shows every hundred years." He explained in details. "I see, I must be amazing then" Tristan said while he was fixing his glasses. "Me next!" Roan moved in front of the device quickly and place his palm on the orb. "I''m ready, old man. Hit it up!" He said, showing his excitement ''He''s that kind of a kid huh?'' Turtindidn''t like this attitude. He just smiled to hide his annoyance and assisted Roan with the device. With a glow, the device sucked out mana from Roan. He then stepped back and lost strength. Since they knew what happened previously, Raze and Tristan were at Roan''s back and caught him before he fell. Turstin didn''t even waited for Roan to talk and analyzed the device. Two glowing orbs were the result. Yellow light and a brighter red than Tristan''s. "Son, you have two elements. We call people with two elements, as Duos." He said in a monotone voice. Not even showing an ounce of excitement. "Aww... I was expecting something like four or more affinities. This kinda sucks." Roan said, displeased. "Heroes usually have cheat like abilities and all, you know what I mean?" "Certainly I was also expecting that, but I guess everything''s not like the way we thought" Tristan followed. "So you know, a Quad or a person with four affinities rarely shows up, the one on the records were from a thousand years ago, so we estimate they show up once every millennium." Turstin explained. "And If a person with five or more affinities. Showed up, that person might be a person from legends, a divine or a god." He explained in details "Okay then, I''ll just take what I have. You''re one lucky dude, Tris". Roan shrugged. His voice sounds quite disappointed. "Don''t take it to the heart, man. It''s was by chance" Tristan tried to console Roan and gave him a fist on his shoulder. "Yeah yeah" Roan replied. "Who''s next?" Turstin waited. Fia timidly raises her hand. "Can I be next?" She meekly asked. "Of course, young lady. Step right up and be careful" Turstin politely said. Roan had a displeased face. And Tristan just shook his head. Fia began gripping the glass, behind her were Amelia and Raze to support. Assisted by Turstin, Flash- she fell back, but the two caught her. Turstin checked the orbs. The result was... She was a Duo. Two orbs lit up, brown and green. Excitement showed on her face. ''I can be a magical girl!'' she jokingly thought inside. Next to use the device was Amelia, she tried to grab the glass, hands trembling. Somehow scared of the pain mentioned by Roan and Tristan. "It''ll be fine, it feels like jumping on a trampoline." Fia cheered her up. Amelia mustered her courage and finally touched the glass. Flash- after being assisted by Turstin, she also stepped back and lost her strength. Like deja vu,she was caught by Fia and Tristan. Her results were.... Also a Duo. Blue and yellow orbs lit up. Amelia doesn''t how to feel about her affinities. Fia was congratulating her. ¡¯we''re like magical sisters¡¯ Fia whispered to her. Wry smile came from her face. "You''re the last one, O silent Protag." Roan queered. ''I was silent because I was observing'' "Give us a surprise" Tristan followed. ''You''ll be surprised, alright'' "You''ll be fine, you''ll probably have two like us at least" Amelia said. ''I hope so...'' "We''ll be right at your back" Fia supported. ''I leave my back to you.'' Raze then walked towards the device. He can use the device normally but since they didn''t know he can, he has to receive Turstin''s assistance. ''I should also act like falling back.'' He thought. With a took a deep breath and grabbed the glass. "I''m ready, Sir" The old mage nodded and moved his hand above the gripped glass. Like the previous actions. And glow and flash came. Raze then gently stepped back. "Huh?" Fia and Roan caught him but, they didn''t felt any force at all.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "Thank you, sorry" Raze thanked and apologized them and stood up like nothing happened. "It''s ''kay" "Anytime." Roan and Fia replied. They didn''t expect a gentle landing at all. ''Should I have pushed myself back a bit more?'' Raze thought. "Ohoo... Well, this is unfortunate" they heard Turstin''s voiced. "Well at least its has a higher grade than normal" he added. The party then looks at the result of the orb and...... A single green light was lit. A silence spreads the room. Turstin was also quite disappointed. ''He only have one'' Pfffft- Roan contained his urge to laugh. ''Dude, shhh'' Tristan whispered and elbowed him. Amelia glared at Roan and said "hey! That''s rude". While Fia tugged raze''s shirt. "It''s okay, I..."doesn''t tknow what to say to him. "It''s fine, don''t think too much about it" He only smiled and waved his hands, showing he''s fine. ''I already knew about the results anyway The Old mage saw Raze''s reaction and wondered why he didn''t feel bad about it. ''Most people would feel disappointed but he''s rather taking this calmly.'' He became suspicious about his behavior. ''Does he know his affinity before hand? No, that''s impossible. Self-appraise? But learning it instantly is also impossible.'' He kept thinking. ''He probably doesn''t have any interest in magic or he doesn''t really know the magnificence of having affinities. That must be it'' he finally came to a conclusion. ........ Well since we already know you''re affinities, I''ll explain now the details of the ranks. The apprentice mage then gave papers to Turstin, "I''ve already asked my disciple here to compile your elemental rankings here. I''ll read it out for you. ......
Tristan Denver
Fire Water Earth Wind Ice Thunder
C D- C+ D C E
Roan Hiiro
Fire Water Earth Wind Ice Thunder
C+ E D- D- E C
Fia Cellania
Fire Water Earth Wind Ice Thunder
E D- C C D- D-
Amelia Strauss
Fire Water Earth Wind Ice Thunder
E D+ D D- C+ C
Razelux Valence
Fire Water Earth Wind Ice Thunder
D C- D- B- D- D-
...... Now let''s continue. Basically, the higher your ranking is, the better you are with the element you have affinities with. Quite simple isn''t it? The higher rank you are, the better you are to feel the element, amplify the effect, to learn magic under its category, increase resistance with the same element and more." "The higher ranked you are with an element, the easier you are in unlocking higher tier or spells. There''s also a way to increase one''s affinity ranks, One is by understanding the element and breaking the current rank''s limit. Two, Using an Elemental Essence captured withing Krystallos Orbs. Three, Undertaking and completing trials." Turstin ended his long explanation and waited for the young one''s reactions. "So it''s quite similar to that world huh, Roan" Tristansaid to Roan "Yeah, some minor difference but I get the gist of it." He followed ''What!?''Turstin and the apprentice weren''t expecting those words. Turstin almost yelled. Raze was also shocked regarding about it but he tried his best not to show it. "Excuse me but, would you please clarify what you meant by another world?" "You see, me and Roan here are quite experience with another world''s magic system." "We''ve dive to another world occasionally, and we call this " When Fia heard what they said, she slowly placed her hand on her temple. ''Oh please...'' She thought. Amelia noticed this and asked in a whisper ''are they bluffing?'' ''Probably'' Fia replied. The two explained that they have their own avatars and they''ve roamed the other worlds. They mentioned that world used a similar magic system. They''ve also added they cannot tell more about it since there''s a Law and they can only tell little about it. Even though they said little about it. Turstin in the other had become wary. ''So we cannot be careless now that they know more about other worlds. A simple trick might not be able to fool them'' He inwardly thought. The two only made a small lie about it but they didn''t know it actually save them some troubles. But it also made the other side become careful. The talk continued till noon when they decided to take a break when the party remembers something from the talk they had this morning. "Oh yeah, We got a problem here, Mr. Turstin. You see, Raze seems quite different from us. He seems to be on a different timeline than us." Amelia reminded ''Hmm?! Is this my fault? Did my modification on one of the runes caused this to happen?''The news made him panicked inwardly. "I- I see... Is something wrong with Mr. Raze? Is his health fine? Do you feel anything wrong with yourself?" Turstin wanted to know if his modification made some sort of failure with the spell. "I don''t feel anything wrong at all, sir. I''ll be fine. if there is, I''ll be sure to give you my word immediately." Raze replied. Turstin felt relieved with those words. "Don''t worry, son. We will investigate on why is there a difference in your situation. It was never supposed to be like this so there must be a reason for this." He assured Raze. "It''s okay sir. I don''t particularly mind. I''m fine as long as I''m alright." Raze replied. Even though Raze said he''s fine, Turstin still asked and checked him if there''s any differences. He also casted a healing spell. .......... Turstin remembered something back when they were summoned and wanted to talk about it with the heroes. "Also, I want to talk about something. We apologized in advance for this." Turstin said with a voice not sure how to speak a word about it. The party let out a questioning look? Roan somehow felt something amiss. Turstin then signaled his apprentice and the apprentice went outside to call out a certain knight. "Yesterday on the time you were all summoned. A certain something flew" Moments later, the apprentice mage came back with a knight. the knight was holding a peculiar rectangular shape platform. Painted in blue, and the middle part lost its previous light. Roan took a step slowly, "My..... that''s my....". At this moment, Turstin knew the owner of the object was from this young lad. "GAAAAAHH!!! MY HOVER BOARD!!" Roan ran and quickly took the device from the knight''s hand. He looked at the device to look for damage. A few seconds later, his hands were trembling. The knight backed off a few step, with sweat forming on his head. "Why Is there..........." Roan whispered in an angry tone. Raze had a confused look. While the others had a wry smile, with a single glance on the device they knew why Roan is acting like that. "WHODAHELLBROKEMYHOVERBOARD!!" Roan yelled in rage. The three were expecting this. The girls looked at Raze and Tristan, signaling them to do something. Raze still has no idea why Roan was angry, while Tristan face palmed. Turstin shook his head, he assumed the device might have been a very important item for the young boy. ''We just met and we''ve already made him angry''. A silent sigh escaped the old man''s mouth Looking closely at the device, it has a slashed on the middle part of it. With a little twist, it might turn into two. The knight who saw the owner in rage,he knew at this moment, he screwed up. BAM!!- The knight quickly went down on all four. His back had a cold sweat. And shouted. "I APOLOGIZED, MILORD!" Then the knight went onto his knees and unsheathe a dagger on his thigh. "IF MY LIFE CAN PACIFY YOUR ANGER, I''LL OFFER LIFE". He then put his hands on the pommel and hilt. The knight planning to stab his heart. "WAH!" "NO!" "THE HELL!?" Fia, Amelia, and Tristan yelled respectively and tackled the knight. The two girls were pinning down the knight while Tristan secured the dagger. Raze and the apprentice mage stood stiffly with a confused face, having no idea how to react to what just happened. Roan''s mind was on his hover board and didn''t notice the commotion that just happened. "Hey, dude! A little help here?" Tristan yelled at Roan. After some time, he finally noticed them. "Huh? what are you guys doing?" Roan ........... Chapter 9 - Passing Time... ____________________________________________________ A week has passed since the incident with the knight. Roan simply forgave the knight and mentioned he didn''t have to take his life for such a petty reason, though within him was a crying self since the hover board was a limited edition and he recently just got the hover board for less than a month. The knight though, was so grateful that he might want to pledge his fealty to them if only he wasn''t loyal to the king and the kingdom. They knew that an object from another world was equivalent to a national treasure. The reason why the hover board got damaged, was when they were summoned, a flash of light blinded the room for a moment losing visibility and the hover board flew straight near the throne. The knight saw an object moving and reflexively slash his sword to protect his king, the princess and his comrades. And the result was a slashed device. .... The party stayed in the castle for the whole week and was not allowed to go outside. They were told to stay for a while to be taught of the common knowledge and to train to how to feel the mana within them. Even though the party was curious of the place, they have to comply on learning first. Turstin himself will be the teacher for their mana training. The whole training was boring according to Roan. They have given elemental gems the size of a baseball and instructed to feel the elements within. Bathe in a spell circle with mana circulating like a small whirlwind, to accelerate their mana sensing. And to learn the simplest runic circles even though they still can''t understand the characters of their language. At the lounge within the castle. The party was taking a break after training the whole afternoon. Food and tea, with an additional of coffee, were prepared on the round table. "Sheesh, we''ve been repeating this the whole week. This is so boring I thought we can learn them easily. And here I thought we can learn than language instantly with this stones" Roan complained about the language. While throwing the stone in the air from time to time. "Mr. Turstin did say they only translate spoken words, not the letters of their language." Amelia reminded Roan. "The old man already mentioned it. The gemstones were enchanted by scholars that knew the common languages of this continent. since they don''t know our language, they can''t enchant our language on the stones. So this was given to us." Tristan explained while waving the stones to them. "Yeah, I do find it strange that we had to hold them at first. At the beginning, I thought ''Isn''t it better if they had just held this stones the first time we been summoned?'' now I understand now, that we can only use this since this translate their word to ours, and not the other way around." Fia said while she was playing with the stones. "Though this kinda binds us all. Without this, we might not be able to live normally here unless we learn the common language first" Raze said to the party, ''Though this doesn''t apply to me''. He felt really bad since he has a head start among them. """"Yeah..."""" The party agreed with his words with a wry smile. Knowing they had to depend on this stones made them feels really ridiculous. They were silent, a sigh escaped their mouths and a momentary worry. "Well let''s change the topic for a bit. I think I''m getting better at sensing mana, there''s this thin water like feeling whenever I was inside the magic circle" Tristan said while holding a cup of tea. He changed the topic and moved the conversation to their mana training. "Oh, I too, feel the same. It''s like a line of ribbon spinning around you, right?" Amelia followed while wiping the cookie crumbs on her lips. "Wow, you''re amazing Ami! So that''s how it feels, I can''t even sense it. I better keep up" Fia praised Ami, and cheered herself up. "Ugh, I don''t even feel a thing, you two are probably the Mage type. I''m pretty sure I''m a warrior or swordie type. How about you, Raze?" Roan while in taking small bits of food. "Uhmm... I kinda feel the mana a bit" Raze said while drinking coffee. "Just a tiny bit" he added to make sure he fit in.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. Though he learned mana sensing years ago, he was shocked at how Tristan and Amelia were able to sense a bit of mana at their first week of training. ''I was able to sense that after almost 2 months of training'' "Even you? How unfair, can''t the goddess of OPness bless me please?" Roan prayed hoping his wished may come true if only such divine being exist. Time passed and dusk once more arrived. Since they have been summoned to this world, they''ve only seen the walls of the castle, the training grounds of the squires and apprentices mages and the busy maids working all day. Once night came, they read the books left by the previously summoned people. ............ The throne room. A huge majestic banner was held behind the throne. Crafted to fit a royal throne. Embedded on it was the crest the of the Rosendell Kingdom. On the throne, the king was sitting down looking at his trusted aides. Two old men were kneeling on the floor. One with plated armor, the other with a robe. "No need to kneel when no subject can be seen, you two." Said the man on the throne. The king spoke not informal tone but, in a tone with casual manners. "You two are my friends after all. Stand up and ease the formal manners." "That we cannot do. You are this kingdom''s king and we are your loyal subjects¡± Lutherford spoke with a formal soldier like tone. "Sign. Stop being stiff and listen to the king. We had this situation a thousand times and you still do the same thing." Turstin mocks the person beside him. "Come now, Turstin. He''s just being himself." The king spoke, with a wry smile. "Let''s skip the usual charade. So how''re our guests?" The king asked, going straight to the topic "They are promising younglings, though one kid really makes me feel like freezing his face." He complained" Turstin complained. "He''s kinda like this old man beside me when he was once young." He added. "Oh hoh! That would be quite a sight to see if he can make you feel like that" Lutherford replied, "I''m already liking that kid." The king also joined the laugh, enjoying the old mage''s displeased expression. "Hmmm. How many of them do you think will cooperate with us, Turstin?" The king went back to topic. "Probably half. The boys seem rather interested in magic so I think we might be able to talk it out to them. While the girls are still undecided." Turstin replied. "I see, so magic really does piques their interest that much. Same with the records on the books, otherworlders do like magic." The king spoke with a small laugh. "For now, we have to make them feel comfortable and safe within the premise. Treat them like nobles and give them anything they demand." He ordered. ""As you wish"" both of them replied. "Once the preparations are done, I want you, Lutherford, to have them visit the knight''s training ground. If the show interest in weapons or battle, do evaluate them." "That was my plan, I was merely waiting for Turstin to give us the time." Lutherford replied while giving a short bow. "I do hope that kid would like swords as well." ........ After Lutherford dismissed himself first, a change in the mood occurred immediately. Turstin explained his previous interactions with the guests, told them their potential talents and possible uses. The king nodded. "Hmm. This is really unexpected, A law that forbids giving lethal weapons or technology." The king closed his eyes and think. ''I cannot simply force them to give us that knowledge, I am no tyrant. The previous king''s reign has ended and I won''t follow his unethical ruling.'' The king thought. If the previous king still reigns to this day, surely those guests should have been in the dungeon, being tortured by now. ''And a device that can be mounted without the use of magic! Similarly to the floating magic but attached to an object! Such a shame we made a blunder....'' In this world, floating magic exist but only the caster can float and it can only last for a few minutes. Not if they can only use this technology or use the device, the can make a mobile powerful magic artillery. In which can possibly change the tides of war. ''Also, those two frequently diveto other worlds? This just makes things harder for us. I only hope they don''t know much about the war behind the curtains.'' He hopes that the guest doesn''t know about political war, if they knew then he will lose cards that he can use. "We are beings who follows the law and the law will guide us. Thus, we shall also respect their law." The king gave his decision. Turstin was silent the whole time and only gave an affirmative nod. "Now, try to pique their curiosity on magic more and if possible, make them interested in magic weapons or the wars." ''And if they can''t provide and knowledge or join the war, we can still use of their bloodline. The prince and the princess should try to woo them'' The king though as he try to think of other option he has. ....... At the king''s bed chamber, the king stood beside the window, overseeing the landscapes. He looked at the East side and overlook the horizon. A feeling of foreboding engulfs his nights. The king already made his gamble. _____________________________________________________________________ One previous night. Standing in the middle of the room, palms aimed at an opened windows. Eyes closed as they concentrated their minds. A moment of their concentration...... burst forth their motivation. "Fire Ball !"-A- "Fire Ball !" -F- "FIRE BALL!" -R- "Let my rage come forth! FIRE BALL!" -T- ..... ..... ..... And no orb of fire shot out of their palms. Only the sound of the wind, and the silence of their rooms. Blushed. Face full of embarrassment. It was a good thing that the dreaming teenagers were alone in their rooms. ...... While one youth was snapping his fingers, generating a small whirl of wind. Carefree while laying on the bed. __________________________________________________________________ Chapter 10 - Talk... and swords? Chapter 10 Morning in the Lounge. They were having their usual breakfast when the butler relayed a message to them. The content was having a break from the Mana training and a scheduled visit to the training grounds. ¡°Huh. It seems we''re finally able to look into the knight¡¯s training ground.¡± Tristan reconfirmed. ¡°YES! Finally, I¡¯ve been waiting for this. Are we able to use swords now?¡± Roan said so with excitement. ¡°Do boys really like sharp things like swords that much?¡± Amelia questions the interests of the boys ¡°Well¡­ I guess? I do like swords and daggers so It''s true?¡± Raze replied to her ¡°I don¡¯t particularly like swords. I¡¯m more into Bows or maybe Mage Staff, I do often play mages on games anyway.¡± Tristan commented on his preferences. ¡°I can¡¯t understand people liking weapons, those thing hurt people.¡± Amelia sulks regarding about the image of violence. ¡°I understand what you mean Ami, but I also understand what the boys are saying. There¡¯s this charm with weapons, you see. It¡¯s kinda cool to look at, too¡± Fia said with a wry smile toward Amelia Amelia gasp when her friend said those words. ¡°How unladylike. How can you like those things?¡± ¡°You see¡­ I also play VR on my free time. To vent some stress, I played a character with swords and¡­ You know, the feeling of swinging weapons or shooting guns feels so refreshing and cool!¡± Fia explained her experiences with the game and how she felt whenever she plays it. ¡°I can never understand Games¡­¡± Amelia sigh at how her friend, Fia, on how she also like weapons and such. ¡°I¡¯ve never would have thought that Fia also plays VRs¡± Tristan said ¡°Huh, a lot of girls play VR in my class. I have this one classmate, a girl. She¡¯s plain and quiet but was one of the best players I¡¯ve seen. We party up sometimes.¡± Roan told him. The topic of VR continued for a while, Raze was only listening to the conversation, Imagining how it looks like. ¡®I feel really left out. It really makes me envious that they can talk about things they know about.¡¯ He continued to listen to the exchange the four had. ¡®I wonder what the Earth looks like, feel like. Would I be like them if I was born on Earth?¡¯ He remembered the stories his parents told him about their hometown. Carriage made of metals that don''t need a mount to pull it. People can communicate from far away places. Young people gathering to academies and make friends learns together and have fun with their youths. While Raze was in a trance, remembering things from the past. Amelia noticed Raze being quiet and was only listening to them, It occurred to her that his circumstances were different than them. She elbowed Fia and made a signal to look at Raze. Fia noticed and then¡­. ¡°We¡¯re sorry!¡± she clapped her hands and apologized to him. Raze woke up from his trance. ¡°Huh? About what?¡± he had no idea why Fia was apologizing to him. ¡°Well, we¡¯ve been talking about thing from our time. You probably felt left out. I¡¯m sorry¡± she replied while she apologized once more. Raze waved his hand gesturing is alright. ¡°H-Hey. I¡¯m fine, I do actually enjoy listening to you guys.¡± Finally, the two guys noticed it. They felt bad about it once they thought it over again. One of them was a different time. He was also summoned together with them but it still felt lonely and sad being different to the rest, the four thought. ¡°Uh- Yeah. That was really rude of us. We¡¯re sorry too.¡± Tristan immediately apologized. ¡°Sorry about it, man. We didn¡¯t mean to ignore you. VR is the rage in our time you see¡± Roan also apologized and explained. He also gave a fist to Raze. Raze returned it and bumped fists. ¡°You guys don¡¯t need to mind it. Like I said, I enjoy it more than you think. Besides, learning new things from Earth really interest me so, no need to apologized, Okay?¡± He said to them, making sure they don¡¯t mind about it. After a few more exchange about it, they finally settled down. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s change the topic! How about you tell us about you and your time, Raze?¡± Fia said while thinking that talking about his time or home might cheer him up. Though Fia tried to cheer him up, it rather made Raze felt tense. ¡®Ugh, I¡¯m not sure if I should talk about it. It might sound different from what they know.¡¯ He thought. ¡°Oh uh- my home huh?¡± He stuttered, deciding if he should use stories from his parents said or tell something from his home here. ¡°Yeah! Anything is fine!¡± Fia urges him more, while the others waited for him to talk. Raze felt tensed, ¡°Well¡­.¡± He paused, and he gave up recalling stories from his parents and decided to tell honestly. ¡°It¡¯s probably not that interesting. Like I mentioned before, I was homeschooled. I wasn¡¯t able to go to any school.¡± ¡®My parents taught me everything, calculating to speaking our language.¡¯ ¡±And we didn¡¯t live in the cities, our home was on the countryside¡± ¡®we actually live near a forest and the mountain foot. And the nearest town was four days away.¡¯ ¡°I lived with my parents. I do have an older sister but she left when I was young. And I can''t visit my friends that much because it¡¯ll take days to travel to the towns.¡± ¡°We also grew and hunt our food since we¡¯re nearby a forest.¡± ¡®Hunting the wildlife is dad¡¯s past time while mom likes to grow plants by using magic¡¯ ¡°And uhh¡­ I haven¡¯t gotten any chance to play games at all since we lived near the mountains. We don¡¯t have any electricity there.¡± ¡®I really wanted to try playing those ¡®video games or movies¡¯ that my parents told me about.¡¯ ¡°And every day was peaceful and nice¡± ¡®Living like this was a bliss, No war, my parents has no worries, and my parents trains me every day to get stronger¡¯ Raze said in a nice tone, ¡®talking about yourself is actually kinda fun¡¯ he thought. He was remembering all the good times he had with his family. Recalling it actually made him happy. When the four heard what he said, they felt bad about. Amelia felt kinda bad and tears were starting to form, she was fighting the urge to tear down.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°I didn¡¯t think that¡­. Your family was quite isolated from the world. You lived your life like that?¡± ¡°You lived a harsh life huh? I feel really bad for you, Sorry¡± The two girls then stood up from their chairs and walked towards him, Then they hold each of Raze¡¯s hand. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for asking such a sad thing. Don¡¯t worry, you should be able to play games soon.¡± Fia tried to cheer Raze. ¡°And once you¡¯re old enough, you can leave the countryside and live in the cities and experience life in the cities.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­Huh?W-What??¡± Confused, Raze didn¡¯t know why they had this reaction. ¡®I thought I was telling them happy things? I don¡¯t remember telling them any sad things?¡¯ The four were quite saddened about Raze¡¯s living situation. They who lived in a city where everything can be obtained easily because they have access to department stores and market. They who were able to travel easily by car or trains, can go to school or visit anywhere immediately. And They who were depended on the power of electricity, can¡¯t live without it. For them, no electricity means no Connection, VRs, Computers, Phones and all the devices that depend on it. Imagining it gave them a torturous nightmare. Raze tried to clear up that¡¯s he isn¡¯t unhappy about his life. ¡°My life isn¡¯t as miserable as you think, I¡¯m actually living a joyful life. So please don¡¯t be like that, it kinda hurts my feelings, you know?¡± Even though he said he¡¯s fine, the four still had pity on him. ....... After their chat, they were guided again by the butler to the training ground of the knights. As they passed by a Garden, Tristan suddenly paused. ¡°A moment. Mr. Butler, can we use the garden for a few minutes?¡± he asked the butler leading the way. ¡°Of course milord, but please don¡¯t take too much time, Lord Lutherford is expecting you.¡± ¡°Thank you. It will be quick¡± He said to the butler. He then signals the others to follow him to the garden. ¡°What¡¯s the matter/up?¡± Fia and Roan asked him. ¡°It just occurred to me. Don¡¯t you feel lighter since we came here? ¡° Tristan asked them. ¡°Lighter? Now that you mentioned it, I do feel lighter than usual.¡± Roan replied to him. He looked at his arms and gripped his palms. ¡°I¡¯m not sure what caused this. Is it the gravity of this planet? Or being summoned here changed us.¡± Tristan said while looking at the others. ¡°Let¡¯s do some experiment. Roan try jumping¡± ¡°What for? Well okay.¡± He then walks a few step and bent his knees to gain momentum. He breathes a small one and kicked the ground, and jumped 3 meters high. Tristan, Amelia, and Fia were shocked with the sudden jumping height. ¡°WHOAH!¡± Roan shouted. As he began to descend, He swings his arms and feet. He landing on all fours, knees touching the grass. ¡°That¡¯s not funny, I wasn¡¯t expecting that¡± he said while being alarmed. ¡°I knew it! But this doesn¡¯t explain if the cause was gravity or us being summoned here¡± Tristan said, still analyzing his theory. When the girls saw Roan jumping that high without struggle, they moved they body to test it themselves. Fia started hopping around the garden, she hopped 2 metres without a struggle for a few times. ¡°This is so strange, I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll be running out of breath after a few skips.¡± Fia said, while still skipping like a bunny. While Fia was skipping, Amelia had an idea. She took a stance, and started doing a front handspring, a cartwheel, and an aerial cartwheel. Three moves connected and made a finishing stance afterwards. The party saw this and started clapping. Amelia noticed them and had an embarrassed face. ¡°I did gymnastics when I was a kid.¡± She said with a red face. ¡°But yeah, It¡¯s strange that it¡¯s easier for me to do it after years of no practice.¡± She said regarding about the strange feeling. ¡°I¡¯m not sure but, It doesn¡¯t just make us lighter but, also make made us stronger?¡± Roan gave an answer while jumping from time to time. ¡°Hmm¡­ maybe. This really itch my brains.¡± Tristan said while also hopping. ¡°Raze, not gonna test it out?¡± Fia asked, like inviting a lone kid to play with them on a park. ¡°Uh.. Maybe later.¡± With said with a wry smile. ¡®I find you lot kinda funny jumping around¡¯ He thought. It was sort of embarrassing to jump around like a kid. Though deep inside, he also wanted to join them. While they weren¡¯t looking, he made a backflip and a twist midair, and stood again like nothing happened. The butler saw this little play and wondered why they were doing such things. He just let it off as children fascinating the garden and wanted to play for a few minutes. After a while, they stopped doing their little experiment and continued being led by the butler. After they arrived at the training ground, they heard shouts and grunts, the armors clanking and swords clashing. What they saw were squires and knights sparring. The new recruits were practicing their swings on a wooden dummy, while the more experienced ones were sparring with blunted metal rods. Those metal rods were shaped like swords, they were weighted to the standards so when in actual battle, the knight would feel the familiar weight to actual swords. In the rear side of the training ground, a man wearing a full plated armor, was shouting at the busy moving knights. He has this overbearing aura that wasn¡¯t present when they first met him. ¡°Moved! A second slower will get the tides of the battlefield!¡± ¡°Put more strength to you swings!¡± ¡°Grip you shields tighter! Receive the attack with you whole body!¡± He shouted encouragements to the knights in training. ¡°Wow¡­. So that¡¯s the commander or the Royal Knights. Infusing aura with his voice without much strain¡± Raze spoke quietly, Tristan raised a brow when he heard him. ¡°Mr. Lutherford feels like my Grandpa, he shouts like that too.¡± Amelia said, remembering a family from earth. ¡°I have never really thought about it, Him and Turstin are really high ranking people huh.¡± Tristan commented. Looking at the old man, While they were chatting, Lutherford noticed his guest and walked towards them. ¡°Hoh¡­ Here at last eh? I¡¯ve been waiting for your visit for some time now, seems like the old coot has given you a break from mana training.¡± Lutherford said, whi ¡°Yeah, it was so boring doing mana training, doing the same thing the whole week. Now this is my thing, swords training!¡± Roan replied to the old man, Lutherford eyed the youth. ¡°So you have interest with the swords, I do have a question. Do you know how to wield it?¡± ¡°Yeah, I have been using swords and shield when I logg- Dive into other worlds¡± He said so casually. ¡®Such confidence, it must be true that they can go to other worlds¡¯ Lutherford inward thought. ¡°Is that so? How about the others, do you know how to wield the swords or any kind of weapons?¡± he then look at the others. Amelia shook her head and said. ¡°I don¡¯t, I¡¯m not fond with violence¡± Fia raised her hand slowly. ¡°Uhm, I tried for a while with swords.¡± ¡°I¡¯m more of the crossbow or magic staves guy¡± Tristan followed. Indicating he doesn¡¯t have much interest with bladed weapons. ¡°I know a how to handle a sword a little¡­. Also bows.¡± Raze said lastly. ¡°I see¡­¡± Lutherford thought for a moment. ¡°If it may interest you, would you like to join the knight¡¯s training? Maybe strike a dummy or spar with one of our recruits?¡± He suggested to the party. ¡°Sign me in! I want to wield a sword.¡± After Lutherford mentioned that, Roan replied quickly. ¡°Good!¡± He said happily. ¡°How about you lots?¡± He eyes the party. ¡°I guess¡­?¡± ¡°Maybe for a little bit¡± Raze and Tristan also joined in. ¡°I¡¯m not so sure.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like to wield anything dangerous¡± Fia and Amelia were having trouble answering. The thought of holding a weapon reminds them of the upcoming war. ¡°It¡¯ll be alright, no need to wield a weapon. Wearing the armor would be fine, It¡¯s to feel the training round you see. No holding swords.¡± The commander said to the two. ¡°If its only wearing those¡­ I guess that¡¯s fine.¡± The two reluctantly joined, though only fitting a training attire. ¡°Very good. Then let¡¯s go to the barracks. We¡¯ll have you all wear the training armors and let the boys choose their weapons.¡± Luther ford said so cheerfully, His guests having an interest with training made him in good mood. Once they were in the barracks. A soldier stationed there helped them out picking our their sizes and the boys were led to the weapon storage. Inside the storage room, swords, spears, daggers and all sorts of weapons were placed in shacks. Though what they saw were actual weapons, they were lead to a corner were the training weapons were place at. ¡°Please, choose a weapon you would like to use.¡± The stationed soldier said to the three. ¡°There are various aspects here. Lines up in a shack were metal roads with different sizes, shape and weight. The three took time to look for a training weapon. Tristan took one first, he took a long rod and tried to lift it up to feel the weight. ¡°I¡¯ll just take a spear type, I just want to try this out. I¡¯ll borrow the standard practice sword too.¡± Tristan said to the soldier. Roan and Raze were still taking their time checking out different kind of swords. They took one and give it a swing, if it doesn¡¯t feel right, they¡¯ll test out another type. ¡°I got it!¡± Roan exclaimed. He held a practice sword with a broader body and the weight is heavier than standard ones. ¡°I¡¯ll take this one.¡± While Raze chose a slight thinner one with a unnoticeable curve. A saber which is lighter than Roan¡¯s chosen practice sword, Once they have chosen their weapons. They were led back again to the training ground by one of the stationed soldier. ¡°Lord Lutherford and you companions are waiting at the training ground.¡± ¡°I see, You two took your sweet time looking for your weapons that they went ahead of us huh.¡± Tristan said to the two. ¡°Well whatever, lets go back and do some slashing! Let¡¯s go with haste!¡± Roan said to the soldier. After few more minutes of being guided¡­ The party will have their first time swinging a weapon since being summoned to another world. ¡­¡­. Chapter 11 When they arrived at the training ground, the three saw Fia and Amelia wearing the training attire. They wore a leather overall with a light metal chest plate, waist guard, half plated grieves and cloth wrist guard which covers half of the palms. Even though they wore the same thing as them and the training knights, the girls had this unique charm. A glamor which made it suit them. Awestruck, the three only stood there admiring the girls. When the two noticed they finally arrived, they wave them hello. A moment later, they noticed they were staring at them. Amelia felt really uncomfortable with the suit, plus staring at her made her more discomfort, so she immediately turned around. While Fia had the opposite reaction, she twirled twice and made a peace sign. ¡°How does it look?¡± she said while grinning. ¡°It looks good on both of you¡± Roan gave praises to the two. ¡°Ehehe¡­ It feels like I¡¯m some newbie hero in a novel.¡± Fia said bashfully. ¡°Technically, I guess you are?¡± Tristan retorted. ¡°¡­..¡± Raze was silent as usual, though wide-eyed. Still admiring the view. Fia also evaluated the guys, looking at them, Raze and Roan suit the training attire. While Tristan looks somewhat awkward in a way. It looked alright but Fia had an impression that a tracksuit might suit him better than what he¡¯s wearing. ¡°You guys look really cool! Like knights in picture books .¡± She said to the three, giving praises. "This looks like level-one type of equipment, I guess we start with the starting kits" Roan said to Tristan while giving a laugh. Tristan replied back by saying ''just deal with it''. After a few more chitchat here, they walked towards the area where Lutherford was standing. ¡°Well look at that, you look like proper heroes in the making now eh? How does the training suit fit, and the weapon?¡± Lutherford asked them. The party gave an okay sign. They all check everything before they went back to the training ground. ¡°Okay, we¡¯ll start something simple, you kids will be hitting the dummies over the there and have a feel with the weapons.¡± He then leads the way to the party. Roan then immediately jogged near one of the dummies and took a stance. Lutherford saw how Roan was the first one to take actions and he liked that attitude. ¡°Can''t wait to get any actions? Then don¡¯t wait anymore and strike.¡± ¡°You bet! Here I go!¡± Roan quickly took a stance and readied himself. The party saw how enthusiastic Roan and the old man is. So they walk near the nearest bench and sat down to observe. With a grunt, Roan rushed at the dummy. Striking it with his dominant right hand, His body remembers the fighting style from the VR game he plays and unconsciously used the same fighting style. He strikes with one hand, from time to time he switches to two hand form and struck at the vitals of the dummy, the sound of sword strikes resounded around the area and it caught the wind from nearby practicing knights and squires. Lutherford was impressed seeing this unique style of fighting. But the way he handles himself was still lacking. ¡®The foundation is there but he clumsily handles everything. The form is strong but without having a rest will give him a disadvantage in longer battles¡¯ He thought. After a few minutes of striking, Roan felt his breath was getting ragged. He knew he was doing the form correctly but somehow he feels way more tired. In the game, the fighting style that he was using was commonly used by warrior classed characters. It specialized in close combat and fast paced way of fighting with any weapons. In-game, most players with warrior class charges at monster and strike without properly pacing their breath or taking a break from the strikes. The notion of fatigue doesn¡¯t exist in-game which is why Roan felt it was different. The game assisted the players on how to fight without taking a breather and they can fight for hours without feeling fatigued. In this case, Roan was used on the game¡¯s assistance that he didn¡¯t notice the difference with the game''s mechanic and reality. Lutherford noticed that Roan was starting to slow down. It seems the kid hasn¡¯t noticed that he¡¯s already covered in sweat and plans to strike the dummy to dust, if he continues with this, the kid might pass out so he took the initiative to stop the child. ¡°Enough Roan, Take a rest. Your sword style is impressive, but without taking a break it won''t give you a good result.¡± He said to Roan and gestured to sit down beside his friends. Since the Old knight said so, He listened and walk over to where the other is. ¡°It''s interesting and weird at the same time that you are using the game¡¯s fighting style¡± Tristan said to Roan while throwing a wet towel to him. ¡°But dude, Take a breather sometimes. You look like a berserker class on our views¡± He added Roan look dubiously at Tristan. ¡°Does my form really look that bad? I¡¯m just doing the same thing as I did in-game though¡± He answered to him. ¡°You look like a guy who got rejected by his crush and venting your emotions on the poor dummy, You were ragged and sweating a lot¡± Amelia said to him with a giggle. When Roan heard that, felt embarrassed. He was imagining how he looks like when striking the dummy. He looked at where he was a moment ago and noticed that Raze and Lutherford were talking at each other. ¡°Huh? When did Raze went to the oldman? I didn¡¯t notice him walking towards him¡± Roan asked the group. ¡°Mister Lutherford called him when you were walking towards us. They¡¯ve been talking since then.¡± Fia answered beside Amelia. She was trying to read their lips but she noticed she might not be able to decipher it since they use foreign languages. ¡°Huh¡­ I wonder why Raze is so quiet most of the time. Does he have some trauma or something?¡± Roan asked. ¡°Dunno, he always quiet and it¡¯s like he¡¯s trying to erase his presence. Or probably he¡¯s just a loner or afraid with his new surroundings. We will never know since he doesn¡¯t open up to us that often.¡± Tristan saidThe narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. The group looks at two who¡¯s having a conversation from afar. They wonder why Raze is somewhat taking a distance at them. ¡°I do get the feeling he¡¯s looking after us. He¡¯s nice and calm, and he¡¯s not as rash at you two¡± Fia said while pointing at Roan and Tristan. ¡°¡±Him??¡±¡± The two once again look at Raze and evaluated him. Same height as Roan, shorter than Tristan. His build is slim and gives the feeling of a neighborhood kid who doesn¡¯t like to play outside. The two was having a rude thought about Raze but they didn¡¯t want to voice it out. They don¡¯t want to be thought out to be a person who talks at someone¡¯s back. The two continued chatting with each other. While the two was having rude thoughts, Amelia noticed that Fia looks at Raze with a different gaze. She had an idea and wanted to confirm, so she went closer to Fia and whispered to her ear. ¡°Do you have a crush on Raze?¡± She said softly When Fia heard the sudden question, She suddenly lost her balance while sitting down, Her motion looks silly as she tried to have her composure back. ¡°What¡¯s up with the sudden question!?¡± She screamed softly enough for only Amelia can hear. Fia¡¯s face had a tinge or red and she felt her face heated up a bit. Amelia was smiling while her eyes give the feeling that it''s asking for more, She only stared at her friend but didn¡¯t ask for more. It gave a feeling that she already had the answer without asking at all. Fia didn¡¯t like how her friend¡¯s face looks like a secret got leaked out somehow and stood up and tried to walk to somewhere, but when she noticed that Raze was standing infront of the dummy and was about to start practicing, she didn¡¯t know if she should watch or walk away. Beside her, Amelia was giggling and pulled her friend back to sit and watch. ¡­¡­. Going back a few moments ago. When Roan was walking towards the group, Lutherford gestured to Raze to come to him. Raze immediately stood up and walk to him silently, that was the time that Fia noticed him walking away. Raze stood infront of the old knight. ¡°Yes sir?¡± he questioned. ¡°Raze, was it? Tell me, boy. Do you know how to wield a weapon?¡± He asked while evaluating him. ¡°Just a bit, sir. Not as good as Roan.¡± He answered back. He noticed that the old knight was observing him. ¡°Just a bit, You say?¡± ¡®This kid is hiding something¡¯. The old knight didn¡¯t believe what Raze said. Since the start, He felt something from him. He has this feeling that the kid knew how the to fight. He¡¯s been observing how he stood with vigilance, the posture he¡¯s showing, the way he held the training sword; ready to draw at any moment, and his eyes which are roaming around. Somehow it reminded him of someone he knows. Lutherford¡¯s instincts tell him to mind this boy a lot, also at the same time, he thought that maybe he¡¯s just growing old and minding it too much. ¡°Boy, If you mind, would you mind if you talk a bit about yourself?¡± He ask Raze, Raze was wondering why one of the highest ranked Knights was asking him such question, Even so, He still answered. He told him about his simple lifestyle, how he lives with his parents and knew how to hunt. He tried to answer as little as he can. ¡°I see, A healthy lifestyle you got there. I do hope you won''t resent the kingdom for suddenly taking it away from you.¡± Lutherford lamented. ¡°But don¡¯t worry, we will take you home once this is all over¡± ¡°Sir, why are you asking me this?¡± He wondered and ask the old knight. Lutherford laughed. ¡°Hoh, I wonder. You remind me of someone from the past, I just felt like asking¡± He replied. ¡°Well nevermind that, off you go and strike the wooden dummy¡± He urged him to start practicing. ¡­.. Looking at a distance, Roan and the party were looking at Raze striking the dummy. ¡°I kind of expected this, but he even swung the sword calmly too. Does he really know how to use a sword? He said he knows how to wield one, right?¡± Roan asked the group and recalled the questions awhile ago. Striking with finesse, opposite of the previous display minutes ago. Less aggressive, swift strikes, weaker sound upon impact. It gives the impression that the person sword striking the sword was somewhat lazy, but the seriousness displayed on his face shows otherwise. ¡°Well, its much better than thoughtlessly attacking like a frenzied person. And look, he isn¡¯t getting ragged like you were¡± Fia teasing said to Roan. Roan took an annoyed look with the comment, He looked at Raze¡¯s way of striking somewhat weak and lacks power. ¡°It''s weak! There¡¯s not much power into it, He has to put more strength to it.¡± Roan said ¡°I don¡¯t think he¡¯s doing badly. Look at Lutherford, He sometimes gives approving nods from time to time. It seems Raze has actually had some skills.¡± Tristan When Roan heard, He also spotted that the old man did made a nod. Since the old knight approved the way Raze strikes the dummy, he didn¡¯t say anything else or he might look like he¡¯s looking down on him. Though he still doesn¡¯t like it that it doesn¡¯t have power under the strikes Raze made. ¡°I really don¡¯t get this sword fights and all, I really don¡¯t like seeing people dangerous blades like that¡± Amelia whispered while silently observing. ¡­.. After a few more minutes of displaying his sword style, Raze finally stopped striking while panting. He unconsciously went serious when he was swinging the sword. A few days of no practice made him crave to move his body to train, but he had to hold back doing his routine since the others also didn¡¯t train at all. ¡°Splendid! You¡¯d make a fine swordsman.¡± Lutherford praised him immediately after he stopped moving his sword arm. The old knight also showed a delighted expression. ¡°Precise, quick and always hitting the vitals of the enemy. I say, why don¡¯t you join my army? I see real talent in you, my boy¡± He said while walking towards Raze. ¡°Thank you, Sir. I don¡¯t really think I¡¯m that good.¡± He replied, while putting the sword to his waist. ¡°And uhmm¡­ I don¡¯t really want to join the army. ¡± He said in a low voice. Tapping Raze¡¯s shoulder, Lutherford smiled and spoke. ¡°You don¡¯t have to think about it that much, I¡¯m not forcing you. You are one talented kid, if ever you have interest, You know who to talk¡± He said while strongly giving Raze a pat at the back. Raze didn¡¯t like how Lutherford was recruiting him to the Army. But deep inside him, Raze was actually happy that a knight with a high prestige gave him a praise. A knight with a status like that doesn¡¯t always have the chance to evaluate commoners like him, apart from the army. After Lutherford talked to Raze, he told Raze to take a rest with his groupd. He also asked the others if they wanted to try out striking the dummy but, Tristan and Amelia refused to do so. ¡°I¡¯m not really into swords, I just wanted to held one¡± Tristan said to Lutherford. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I.. I don¡¯t really feel like it¡± Amelia refused in a timid way. Lutherford then looked at Fia. Hoping that she might be a talent. ¡°Uhmm¡­. Maybe later? After seeing the two did that, I kinda want to do it when there¡¯s not much people around.¡± Fia said, After the two displayed their skills, She felt shy showing her mediciore skills. Her skills ingame was pretty much common, Slice and dice, assisted by the system to use skill using a menu, etc. and she was sure she¡¯ll do bad if she shows her embarrassing skills. ¡°Hmm I see. Looking at the two, They might need a rest or two. I¡¯ll be moving around to supervise the training ground, so I¡¯ll be leaving for now. If ever you want to leave the place, Ask one of the squires stationed at the rest area.¡± Lutherford said while pointing one of the Stalls and bench for restings. The party gave a nod, Lutherford walked away to supervise the other squires. They decided to wait around the area where they are now. Roan had a sudden idea decided to practice on the dummy once more. ¡°So, He just decided to train once more with a little bit flashier move, Is he trying to¡­¡± FIa noticed that Roan was intentionally shouting and giving a loud grunt, and had an idea on what¡¯s going on. ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re right. With how this guy¡¯s brain work, he wants people to challenge him. You know, just like in those stories.¡± Tristan replied back to Fia, He also noticed that the other people around the training ground were eyeing them for some time now. It¡¯ll only take a moment for them to challenge or be provoked once Lutherford was away. And as they were just thinking about it, A group of knights in training were walking towards them, there age were around the same or older than Roan¡¯s group. Roan stopped moving around and waited for the people to arrived, while standing in an imposing manner. ¡®As expected, now let see how they do in battle¡¯ Roan thought within. Amelia felt that trouble was brewing when Tristan held his hand up and stopped Amelia from taking action. ¡°You can leave it to him. I¡¯m pretty sure he was expecting this, look at his face, he¡¯s smiling.¡± ¡°I knew this would happen, guys and their own selfishness.¡± Amelia let out a big sigh afterwards. Resigning everything to them. ¡°Ahaha¡­. Why are they doing this¡­?¡± A weak laugh came out of Raze, hoping that this might become something big. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.