《A Tale of Fiorie》


 Chapter 1

    Takashi gradually came into consciousness.


    As he opened his eyes, he saw him in a pitch darkness surrounding him.


    What is going on? Where am I?. I should be in the martial grounds with my brother, right. And why do I feel like heavy?


    Suddenly, he felt on his knees. And subconsciously he clutched his hands against his head to the sudden pain, he felt in his brain. Then a few memory prints came into his mind...


    From these, he remembered that. Takashi while playing with his sister, he suddenly felt dizziness, felt on the ground and became unconsciousness. But why did I become like this...then suddenly, Takashi felt a huge terror on his back and he felt like someone is staring at his back.


    When he turned to look who was that, He saw a pair of small red light''s appeared in the pitch darkness as it approached him.. he saw exactly a pair of eyes! A pair of incomparably gigantic red eyes staring at him.


    "Finally, you have shown yourself. It''s late, but considering your strength, I can''t blame you."


    A dignified voice resounded in the Darkness; from the timber of the voice, one could feel the arrogance and aura of a majestic being as its look down upon the world...Takashi looked at the eyes for some time, thought of something and shocked, "You... Are the spirit of a Dragon."


    "Correct my boy. I am the soul of a dragon caged in your spiritual world, we both are fated to be partners. Blame yourself for your lack of strength to recognize my existence..." said the Dragon with a depressed tone in its voice.


    "Partners MY-ASS. Don"t say as you wish. Moreover, how can I make contact with a spiritual Beast? .They say I am a disabled person, who can''t make a contract with any spiritual beast," Takashi retorted with angry on his face.


    You can''t blame him for asking this question, as on this continent, spiritual strength was everything. When in one''s person''s, spiritual veins are born, they can cultivate spiritual qi *(power) and when they have reached the certain level, they can make a contract with a spiritual beast. For some people, ancestral spiritual beasts will appear in their Spiritual consciousness world and make a contract with them and guide them.


    But Takashi due to an accident happened during his childhood and being damaged his spiritual veins, he can''t cultivate in spiritual qi as others.He started his training to cultivate spiritual qi from the eighth year and with 7 years of practice, he just entered 1st ranker of Spirit Spiritual realm. When his peers have already entered True Spiritual Realm.


    So, Takashi can never make a contract with at least any monstrous beast. Takashi felt unjust with his life, as being mocked wherever he go, As being a waste that was born into a prestigious family and being a half assessed person. If it were not for his father being a Lord of Dragon den city and his family members, who was there for him, he would have suicided along ago.


    "You Foolish mortal. who do you think I Am.? Don''t compare me with other spiritual beasts; I am Head of the various Divine Beasts, The king of fire dragons -Azure Fire dragon!!!......Alas! I know your problem. .That''s why, now I am going to pay a heavy price by giving you a new set of spiritual veins, because I don''t want my host to be a waste of his entire life." as the ancient voice sounded said, it contained indignation for doubting its existence and also a pity, towards him.


    The dragon spirit released its aura, at the same time as if space had capsized, an endless expanse of aura descended. In front of this field of aura, Takashi felt as if he were as minuscule as an ant in front of a mountain.


    Being enveloped in a majestic and ancestral aura, he was completely incapable of suspecting any hint of untruth behind, what the dragon spirit had previously said. This was a kind of absolute power that suppressed the interference of the mind. But suddenly, Takashi understood the meaning the dragon and startled for an instance.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    Under Takashi''s startled gaze, Azure dragon understood his expression and his eyes became deep, as his voice suddenly became heavy: "You have heard me, right. I will give you a new set of spiritual veins...!"


    Takashi was shocked way beyond the heavens ...What would that mean...? He can practice like other and will not be a half-assessed person from then on. And he can make his mother achieve her wish; Who want her son, not to be looked down upon by others...


    Those words caused his heart to fill with excitement. He suppressed this anxiety, and stared at those eyes: "You are... speaking the truth, right?".


    "Boy, why would I, the King, have to lie to you?" said with a tone of pride.


    And there was a distortion in the space and three red fluid drops of blood came from it...


    "These are the drops of the blood of an Ancestral Evil spiritual god dragon of the ancestral era. The terrors of its strength, you can''t possibly imagine... It shouldn''t appear in your mortal world .Don''t ask how I possessed it or anything. Seeing your Difficulties, I Have paid a heavy price for acquiring it...And now I am giving it you..so don''t waste my effort."


    Before Takashi had a chance to speak. Dragon spirit eyes flicked and suddenly those three drops of blood, as given an order enter his body and he felt a pain and his consciousness faded.


    When he regained his consciousness and opened his eyes, he was on his bed in his room. Takashi felt what has happened until now, That strange pitch black world and that dragon like a dream. But as he was trying to sit on the bed


    "Ah! Takashi! You have awakened, Are you feeling alright .Don''t get up, stay on the bed."


    He heard a sweet voice in his ear and has he tried his to look at the source of the voice.


    She wore a phoenix dress seemed to be 25 to 30 years old. Her white-moon like hair reached all the way to her lower back and was bright red. She was as fair as snow. A touching look of deep emotion was shown in her eyes, which were a ruby-like sparkling red. Her face exuded a dazzling gentleness and softness. At this age, she already exhibited such charm, which can possibly imagine what sort of beauty she was, when in teens...beautiful women who can take down an empire. She was Sofiya Argento.


    Looking at her Takashi has unconsciously let out one-word "mother".


    The fair woman has lifted her hands and held his hands. With teary and happy expression, she spoke with warm words "how grateful. Your pulse returned to normal...Takashi are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?..."


    "Spamm!"


    Before Takashi replied to her, he was broken by the sound of the door...Suddenly three forms appeared in his line of sight...


    A well-built man with the same age as his mother, face full of sternness, with a Golden imperial robe, and seemed to have a prestigious aura, his father Michael Argento.


    And a young, charm, muscular man with clean and fair, with a slightly ruddy complexion, his brother Dulio Argento. And a girl, who seems to be 3 to 4 years younger than him, with skin as fair as jade and small, sweet cherry lips, his sister Pebble, came into his room while, as three of them having worry faces


    As the three of them came to him and Before his father and brother would speak, the little girl speedily grasped Takashi hands and pleaded with a crying tone " Brother, has anything happened to you, why did you suddenly felt to the ground like that. you nearly scared me to death. Are you ok now, brother?" even though his father and brother haven''t asked, he can see, they are as eager as his sister to know his condition.


    Seeing that Takashi felt a pain in his heart, as he never wanted to see his family worry, due to him. This also caused a warm and gentle feeling in his heart because these are his family members who took a great care of him...even though he was a waste...


    "Pebble, don''t ask so many questions and feel anxious, he had just woken up, now only." his brother Dulio has spoken with a gentle voice. however, she didn''t respond to him but was pleading at Takashi for an explanation. Seeing this, all of them sighed. As she loves his brother more than anyone.


    As he saw, the pebble was scolded by his brother yet, She didn''t respond to him. Takashi with a smile on his face said, "Pebble, I am fine, don''t worry. It''s just due to over stress, ok.Now don''t make that face and make your brother feels sad..."


    "Hum" With that, that little girl nodded her head and rubbed her eyes.


    Takashi looked toward all of them and has he getting to sit on the bed. Dulio pushed Takashi shoulders, signaling him to lie back on the bed "Don''t. Take rest for some time and wait until medical elder Aron came and inspected you ok?"


    "Yes, Takashi listens to your brother and takes rest. We don''t know, what has happened to you yet...So we shouldn''t be careless" his father spoke with pleaded voice


    He wants to say that, I am fine but suddenly he felt burning sensation and he remembered something, as takashi said "Then father as you said, I am feeling some dizziness. so I will sleep for few hours. Don''t let anyone come and see me."


    His mother, Sofiya quickly nodded her head "Then, we will not disturb you, until evening. Take a good rest .ok" said while kissing on his forehead. Then she signaled others to go.


    As they went outside his room. While taking pebble, who was still refusing to leave from Takashi side, and closed the door.

 Chapter 2

    As the door shut, Takashi sat up on the bed and muttered. "I hope this process works."


    After saying that, Takashi closed both his eyes, and did a strange hand seal. Suddenly three red drops appeared in front him from his cosmos sack. he said, "Come."


    As they received the command from its master, the blood of "Ancestral dragon god" floated and pierced into his chest revealing a wound and the sinister blood enter his blood flow. It happened in a flash.


    As the blood entered his body, bloodstains fanned throughout his body from the wound on his chest.


    "Ughhhhhhh..."


    Takashi felt an immersed pain, like his body, was piercing through needles. His entire body started to shake as he let out painful whines. His entire body turned into crimson color.


    He even though was a waste and cannot cultivate properly. He daily used to study books from his the palace library to know a lot about the human body to find a cure for his symptom and about various things. Therefore, he had a vague idea what is happening to him at this time. As he let his consciousness skip into his body he saw his spiritual veins were being crushed away as his internal organs were being slowly shredded away; one can imagine how much agony he was going through now.


    Its seems like azure fire dragon didn''t lie to me, these drop''s of ancestral dragon god blood is devouring my spiritual vein and would give birth to a new set of spiritual veins ...so what the hell should I care about.... This pain even though it is thousand times more, I will bear it.


    The dragon thought that he would suffer by receiving this blood heritance, but it doesn''t want to crash the hope on its host. But if it saw Takashi now, it would have shown an ever lasting shocking expression on its face.


    His face was bunched together into contortion and sweat was pouring through out his body. Time passed on four minutes ...50 minutes...2 hours...3 hours...he clenched his teeth, yet there was slight excitement on his face.


    After some time his muscles movement stopped and even his expression seems to be not in agony. His hollow feeling from before seems too replaced by the feeling of excitement and happiness. Because new spiritual veins are forming in the place of old veins.


    There was a gentle smile on the edge of his lips. Because the rebirth of his spiritual veins is happening which is said to be a miracle by others?


    As he saw his spiritual veins through his spiritual consciousness, they were same size and shape of other normal cultivator veins. Nevertheless, he did not feel sad as he even did not hope it to be veins of a dragon god, but they are as long as normal spiritual veins he was satisfied.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    This meant that he was not a waste, who could not advance from the first level of the spiritual realm.


    Despite being still weak, he pledged that in this life he would never let others bully him again and protect his family.


    Father, mother, if you knew I am no longer a trash. You will feel happy about it, right!!. I will never make you suffer humiliation because of me anymore and I will never let off anyone who had mistreated you. Takashi howled loudly in his heart


    "How does the new born spiritual vein feel" azure fire dragon asked suddenly. During this entire time, he was looking at Takashi suffering through the process. But now, it was looking at him in a new limelight, because Takashi showed him a willpower, which he has ever seen in a mortal of his age.


    His sudden voice shocked Takashi, but he slowly closed his eyes and entered into his spiritual conscious world to see a huge blood red dragon with a majestic aura staring at him.


    "It''s succeeded, and what can I call, to address you?" said with an excitement on his face. First, he did not believe the dragon about this process, but even now if he did not believe him then means Takashi was a dumb person.


    Hearing Takashi inquiry, the dragon''s gaze didn''t waver, as he didn''t hear his question but nevertheless, he said with a dignified voice "Ddraig"


    "Ddraig" Takashi smiled, with an honest expression, he said, "Thanks, Ddraig without you I wouldn''t be dreamt of curing my veins. Now I can cultivate again and can never bow in disgrace to anyone. Tell me how I can repay you, I will try my utmost to satisfy you."


    "HAHAHHAAA"


    Hearing Takashi words Ddraig changed his expression, laughed loudly like mocking him, and said "what? You said you would satisfy me .ha-ha. Don''t make the jokes kid."


    However, Suddenly, Ddraig saw Takashi staring him as if he didn''t lie, before saying those words. Ddraig saw an endless determination in his eyes, same as when he was suffering while his veins are being forged, that was the willpower of not an ordinary kid should possess. Moreover, he even didn''t bulge dueto his presence.


    Thinking like that, Ddraig let out a sigh and said, "If you want to return the gratitude.Don''t disappoint me. In addition, do not make me feel wrong by bestowing you that drop of the Ancestral immortal dragon god. Even though you have formed your new set of veins, they are just dump. You have sufficient knowledge on spiritual energy so my presence is no need. After you have become one with the vitality of nature and successfully entered spiritual realm contact me and for your information, you have the veins of the ancestral dragon, So you should work hard, and your road will be difficult in future from others, and don''t blame me for not remembering you." Before Takashi had to ask anything, Ddraig disappeared and he came to his senses.


    As he opened his eyes, he saw himself in his room. He determined that he would not let Ddraig hopes into the mud and will become strong. And thinking how to tell his family members about this, of course, he can''t tell that he already made a pact with a legendary Azure fire dragon and it was staying in his spiritual conscious world and bestowed him new spiritual veins, they will think he became a mad person. While thinking like that, He found himself covered in sweat so he quickly took a shower, changed into a new set of clothes, and sat on his bed.