《The Lost Legacy》 Prologue - The Lost Legacy The Lost Legacy ________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi guys, I am writing my first fiction. And its my Honor that it''s on Royal Road. My english is not perfect but I''ll try... I would like to thank you in advance for your comments. whether its good, bad or worse...It''s always welcome...(>o<) but please go easy on me...(TwT) I''ll try to change my writing style if you find it difficult to read. Please teach me if got some skills, I''ll be happy to learn. thank you.....& enjoy...\\(>o<)// _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Prologue ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cries of battle resounded in the vicinity. Load roar of beasts and shockwaves from powerful blasts demolish the land, gauging it inside-out. Once fertile and lustrous green land now dyed in deep red from the blood of the fallen, looks like a barren wasteland. The cries of pain and sorrow echo deep into the soul of the crimson dyed Earth. Small hills made of corpses can be seen from afar, difficult to even recognize them as once living beings. This scene can be described only as hell itself. Amongst the ongoing battle only two shadows show no desire to move. No one dares to interfere between the two as they converse. This scene can be only described as odd. One is a youth of charming appearance which also shows his valor but a hint naivet¨¦. There is a tinge of sadness in his well chiseled face and sorrow as be seen in his eyes. Other one is a man of majestic appearance which dominates all around him with only his presence. He smiles towards the youth which shows sincerity, satisfaction and pride. His eyes show determination. ¡°This is what you desire, His Excellency?¡± The youth asked the man with an expression which shows only suffering. ¡°Yes, Oh Great Prince.¡± The man replied with an all knowing smile. ¡°You who known as the great sage who is most knowledgeable and competent, incomparable even amongst the gods, the conqueror of the three worlds. Why do you approve this which invite you own doom?¡± Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. The youth said all of this proudly. ¡°You surely jest, Great Prince. Did you forget? I also have known as Great Demon King who dominate the three worlds and spread chaos all around them?¡± The man said with a mocking smile. ¡°This is just matter of perspective. Under your rule there is no famine, drought, poverty and crime. There is no suffering, I saw people prosper with your guidance throughout my whole journey. If this is you see as chaos then the worlds should always be in chaos.¡± Youth shout with slight agitation in his voice. ¡°Great Prince, You are an honest, sincere and na?ve. People always follow prosperity and growth but without despair and suffering they forgot the struggles and desires.¡± The man scold the youth with a gentle voice like a father tried to teach his son. ¡°But do you think this war is necessary?¡± The youth question with irritation clearly shown in his voice. ¡°Didn¡¯t you who started this war in the first place? Why are you saying this now?¡± The man said mockingly with a grin. ¡°I tried to stop this from escalating any further, but my lack of experience lead me to this situation.¡± The lamented youth said. ¡°This is just a part of the story, a single chapter. You and I are just characters playing their respective roles. You shouldn¡¯t complain much.¡± The man said with a slight smile. ¡°It¡¯s time. Let us finish this once and for all.¡± The man said opening his arms and pointed under his belly. ¡°Let¡¯s the long lost story begin. You know what to do, right?¡± As the man said this, the youth dig his sword under his belly. With a blinding flash of light, the final cries of the battle echoes in the battle field and the silence return. There was only one side remain, staring in front of them. Thinking about what had happen. Soon confusion and chaos starting to arise breaking the eternal silence. Only a single person standing amidst all this chaos knows what had transpired. He opens his mouth and muttered something. After he declare, ¡°We won.¡± Following the signal cheers begin to rise dispersing the emerging chaos. The youth again muttered under his breath, while looking at the sky. ¡°If only you taken me with you.¡± Chapter 01 - Void Chapter 01 ¨C Void Darkness As far as you can see, there is no end to this abyssal darkness, silence creeping everywhere. Suddenly a ripple appears, disturbing the eerie silence, making it shudder. Little balls of light appear just after the ripple, scattering everywhere. After floating for some time they started to gather, forming a single ball of light. They keep assimilating till no ball of light remains. After assimilation they started to compress, like pressured by someone pushing them together forming a bigger ball of light. The bigger ball of light started to become smaller, little by little. After the compression stops, a little pulse can be feels from it, like a heartbeat. The pulse gradually increases, creating vibration around it. The surrounding vibrations generate sparks. The sparks intensified and different color little light balls appears. Their radiance illuminating the surrounding. Red, Blue, Brown, Yellow, White, Black, Green, Grey, Golden, & Transparent. They gradually start revolving around the big one. Soon the rotation reached a very tremendous speed, cannot followed by the naked eyes. Covering the middle one in a multi-color case. The pulse also increases & become heavier with every increasing beat. Soon the vibration couldn¡¯t handle it. Expanding it to explode. Suddenly inside the darkness a shadow begin to move. This shadow is more darker thank the surrounding darkness, making it look like an endless abyss. The dark shadow started to swallow the light ball and it¡¯s surrounding, devouring it completely. Suddenly the dark shadow started to thump just like the ball of light previously did and separates itself from the ball of light. [[Ooohhh! Someone is really persistent with their existence]] As if replying to the Dark shadow¡¯s remark, Ball of light shines with a dazzling light, illuminating the shadow. [[Let¡¯s have some talk, sit still for a moment; I¡¯ll be giving you something very nice]] As the shadow said those words, black lightening shot from the shadow to the ball of light. As the black lightening fall of the ball of light, it absorbs the lightening completely. [[Now you can talk, it¡¯s been so long to remember that I have talked with someone, especially a lost broken soul]] [What do you want old man, living in the silent darkness making you bonkers?] [[Hahahahahaa¡­.. What an interesting young lad, do you not fear me, young one?]] [You really have gone senile old man, why would I fear you? And where is this place? And who are you really?] [[Hahahahahaa¡­... I will answer to your every question. First this place is nothingness, or most of the people called Void. Second I am the creator & ruler of this Void. Third you must fear me because I can erase your existence into nothingness.]] [¡­¡­Ok. So why am I here in the first place? I remember dying. Are not people goes to heaven or hell or something called reincarnation cycle or something. So why am I in this Void?] [[Yes, reincarnation cycle is the process of reusing the souls, but heaven & hell is just fiction of your imagination. Souls after their mortal body gone, goes to the Astral Realm for the sole purpose of reincarnation. As Astral Realm have no definite time or place, so sometimes souls can reincarnate into past or future of their previous timeline or place. And for the question of your being here is less mysterious than you having able to keep you existence after coming to this void and to be this powerful.]] [hhmmm¡­¡­so I was right about the Soul Theory. For me being here I think I can speculate a little.] [[Do you really think all this through already, normally people got scared. Even the Ancients didn¡¯t come here often, afraid to fade away. But you didn¡¯t seem afraid at all young one?]] [That¡¯s probably because you sounded just like my teacher, hard headed & strict yet gentle & caring.] [[Oi, you just insulted me casually, calling me hard headed. Haahhh¡­¡­You got guts boy, but reckless action can be severe sometimes. You will out of luck soon if you keep at it. I am benevolent so I forgive you this time.]] [I don¡¯t care about actions, only result matter. Proper planning, swift & timed action and perseverance leads to desired results, luck are just combinations of all of these things.] [[You speak like you know everything about this universe, you puny little being trying to be omnipotent. Even celestials are not almighty you know.]] [I know what my limits are and that is why I am here. My action leads me to what I wanted, if not than failure leads to errors and errors leads to corrections. This is my way of life. The celestial you speak of are they Gods?] [[Hahahahaha¡­¡­ you are really interesting little one. I am starting to like you more & more. You remind me of someone, that little rascal is really a hedonist bastard. And answer to your questions is No, Celestials is not mere Gods, they are supreme in terms of power in compared to Gods. A single Celestial just a blink & you solar system disappears.]] [Oye oye. Are you for real? These celestials sounded more like my teacher. Even I beat millions of Gods single handedly, he smashed my ass with a single finger. That is why billions of all other Gods are scared like little puppies when he got annoyed at that time, Huh.] If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. [[The way you talk about your teacher, he seems respected &loved by you very much. But you might be talking about a Supreme Celestial. A Celestial is strong but cannot handle millions of gods gather together. A Supreme Celestial with a higher rank, especially Ancient Celestial is the only one who can scare the shit out of billions or trillions of Gods with a single glare. But there is only three capable of doing that in all the entire multiverse. You teacher might be one of them.]] [You might be wrong he is strong but eccentric. He seems to be someone you doesn¡¯t need anything. Just doing whatever feels like. He might be newly born Supreme Celestial.] [[You are wrong young one. When Supreme Celestials are born they leave a residual effect on the entire multiverse, and it can tracked by higher beings like me. I am pretty sure that He is one of the Big Three. But to be sure can you describe him a little?]] [Sure, He lives very simple. I offer him everything a person can think of, but he shows no interest in any of them. But he loves his wife extremely. He got two kids. And he likes to live on a freezing cold mountain, just because it has fresh air and serene environment. The most frightening thing his is third eye, which remains close most of the time, it gives shivering down to my soul when remembering it open when an arrogant fool killed his wife. That time whole universe start collapsing. After his wife revives & make him calm down till all the beings including higher Gods pissing their pants tremble under their beds.] [[The explanation you gave can only fit to the top one of the Big Three. Even the two top one scared of him and doesn¡¯t involve them in his matter. But he doesn¡¯t want anything and live his life in seclusion so they keeps distance far away managing their own domain. Is his wife a celestial too?]] [No, not a first. Before getting killed, God Mother, I mean his wife is Human, but after reviving she became more like a divine. I am sure because after her ascension she became a celestial because all other Gods started to fear her too.] [[Hmmm¡­..Very interesting. But it just sounded like him. So you called his wife God Mother, & he might also treated you as his child otherwise he doesn¡¯t take disciples like that.]] [You sounded like you know my teacher. Are you friend or something?] [[Yes, you can say that. So answer one last question. Why are you here?]] [If you are friend of my teacher than you can ask anything. And the reason of me been here is that I created a dimensional transportation machine to open a portal for escape of my people, preventing annihilation. But the power is not enough to transfer all of them so as last resort I used my soul to generate enough power to let all of them pass through. So I can speculate why my soul got scattered and I was transported here in the Void.] [[Hhmmmm¡­.. You talk about machines but you soul shows that you have tremendous amount of energy so you can operate other energy beside Mana. So the reason your soul broke might be different.]] [Oh, you are talking about Magic or Sorcery or something like that?] [[Yes, there are different laws that governs these multiverse. Sometime a single law governs multiple universes and sometimes multiple laws governs single universe.]] [My universe governs both we call Science & Magic. But some people see science as blasphemy and try to dominate others. But I rebel against their law and the results are as you can see.] [[You are really your teacher pupil. Than let me send you to a world far more interesting than you previous world. You can enjoy as much as you can. I can also fix you broken soul & add a little bonus from me. Consider it as a gift for our little friendly conversation.]] [Oh¡­.. You seems generous enough, are scared of my teacher too? Hehe¡­] [[N, no. I am not scared. It¡¯s that he is one of the being that I respect. Just take it and go. You being here may lead you to be erased from existence.]] As the shadow said that dark energy emerging from him covering the light ball. After sometime passes the ball of light gradually stabilize, [Thanks old man. I feel much better.] [[That is better, now go and enjoy your new life.]] As the shadow says that the ball of light started to vibrate. [Ah! Can you at least tell me your name old man?] [[I don¡¯t have one, you can call me Grandfather Black, because I am black... hahahahaha¡­]] [You suck at jokes Grandpa Black. Learn some humor first.] [[You got bore here pretty easily given the conditions but I keep that in mind. So what is your name young one?]] [I am called Ra¡­..] The disappearance of ball of light cut the conversation between them. The dark shadow stares for few moments where the ball of light once located. Sighing a little he muttered. [[I can guess his origin, but what are you planning by sending him here, my child. Oh well, he seems an interesting fellow, watching him grow can be a little entertaining for me too.]] As the shadow finishes. He started to fade. After a moment silence return like before making it tranquil again. Chapter 02 - Birth Chapter 2 ¨C Birth The land of Yer. It has many mysteries. Like how it originated? Where its people came from? How many races living on it? How large is it? And endlessly many more. But one thing is certain. It is ruled by powerful beings, no matter their race. The races which walk on this planet are varied but some still not discovered, scattered all over the vast planet. Races include Celestials, Deities, Humanoids, Monsters, Spirits, and many more. The most powerful race among them is Dragoons. They are the descendents of the almighty dragon race. Their existence is unquestionable. Proof of their reign over this planet is all over the Yer. But the Dragon abandoned this planet to travel around the multiverse, quenching their thirsts. They are evolved form of their Ancestors, but smaller in size acquired humanoid form, but keeping their long life span, power & intelligence. They rule vast majority of the populated area on the Planet Yer. Other areas are under rule of different races. This planet contains many secrets. The use of science and magic is common but not in the past. Proof of more mysterious things can from the ancient ruins left behind by the people of Old. After discovery of the ancient ruins, things begin to change. In the depths of the ruins, legacy of the ancient civilization is found. They are known as Monoliths. These monoliths were very powerful, and the material of their making is not found anywhere on this planet. They poses vast amount of unknown energy, and more advance ancient technology. Some of them are still in research, but some of the technology is used by sentinents of this planet. Some used this for prosperity of the people and some used it for spreading despair. The unknown secrets these monoliths contain is still a matter of argument. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Emperors Drago POV: --- The Dragoon Empire ¡°Dragua¡±. --- The Capital City ¡°Balaur¡±. --- Underground Research facility, Main Dogma Centre. Walking towards the main hall, I started to ponder about the things which transpired in these past few months. ¡°I always wonder what will happen to us when all of this came to an end. But we still try to live like there is no other tomorrow. I have to fulfill my duties as Emperor as well as husband. My dear Dria, I really miss you sweet voice, your warm touch, your strict preaching & your gentle consoling¡±. Reaching to the main containment unit, I Looked at the most beautiful creation of the entire multiverse softly floating in the large cultivation pod. My precious half, my wife, Drakania. All the people close to her calls her Dria. ¡°Please, wake up¡±. Noticing me near the cultivation pod, current incharge of this facility & our close friend, Minerva, walks towards me. She is very intelligent incomparable to every scholar in the entire Yer. She is the descendant of an ancient race just like us. But her race is far more mysterious, Phoenix. They are known to be immortal. But this legend still not yet had proven. ¡°Drago, how are you today?¡± She looks me into the eyes. Trying to see what I try to hide. ¡°I am doing fine, Mina. Just waiting for her to wake up.¡± [Drago] ¡°Is Rakia still at the Academy?¡± [Mina] ¡°Yes, she is still 5 and I think she is better with her friends than in this depressing environment.¡± [Drago] ¡°You still sulking all this time, didn¡¯t you? You are still not good at these things all these year, huh.¡± [Mina] ¡°You don¡¯t have to ask if you know everything.¡± [Drago] ¡°I know, just trying to make conversation to the grumpy & lonely man¡±. [Mina] ¡°Enough with the insults and tell me what are today¡¯s observation report¡±. [Drago] ¡°Same as always, but¡­¡± [Mina] ¡°But what?¡± [Drago] ¡°We found some anomaly in today¡¯s regular check up.¡±[Mina] ¡°What kind of anomaly.¡± [Drago] ¡°The stasis condition of your child in Dria womb has become active this morning.¡± [Mina] ¡°WHAT?¡± [Drago] ¡°Calm down, we still analyzing the data and running simulation to determine the cause.¡± [Mina] This statement rendered me speechless. Mina keeps talking about the situational change indifferently, but her eyes show hope. The hope we all had lost long ago. It all started with that meteorite which landed in our courtyard. Dria was the real in-charge of this facility until she falls asleep in statis condition after coming in contact with that unknown meteorite along with my unborn child. She was two month pregnant at that time. The light of life just started burning in her womb. I tried to let her rest till her delivery but she more prone to research than taking care of her health. When I remembering the day when my suffering started. Maximum priority alarm rang loudly. Ghoooong¡­..ghoooong¡­.. ghoooong¡­.. ghoooong¡­.. ghoooong¡­.. ghoooong¡­.. ghoooong¡­.. ¡°What the hell happen, John¡± [Mina] Mina shouted anxiously onto the communicator. ¡°We are having a code red situation here, Boss.¡±[John] ¡°Give me the exact details.¡±[Mina] ¡°The meteorite gives of every kind of energy we can think of, as well as unknown types. It is reacting to something.¡±[John] ¡°What is the reason for all of this?¡± [Mina] ¡°Our system running analysis & simulations, but result is always the same.¡± [John] ¡°Stop wasting time & tell me now, John.¡± [Mina] ¡°The results of all these analysis are Our Queen, to be precise, it¡¯s the child.¡± [John] ¡°Stop sprouting nonsense. We are observing her right now¡­¡± [Mina] As we turn to look at Dria, she was glowing covered in pale light. ¡°What the hell happening here, Mina.¡± [Drago] ¡°I am trying to find out exactly the same thing, so shut the hell up for a second.¡± [Mina] Mina desperately operating the control tab, trying to find out the reason. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. As the light covering Dria grows stronger the cultivation pod shows sign of breaking. The cracks emerging all around it. After the light intensified, we have to cover our eyes from this blinding light. After a moment humming can be heard from the cultivation pod. Aaaoooohhhhuuummmmmmm¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ As the humming increasing, suddenly intense pressure can be felt in the surrounding area, pushing us onto our knees. The creaking sound from the cultivation pod also increases. Not be able to withstand the sheer amount of pressure the cultivation pod break as a shockwave kind of pulse emerging from it. The pulse can be feels deep into our souls making it shudder. The pulse can be felt all around the Empire that day. Making people trembled to their core. After the light subsided, we open our eyes to find my wife sleeping peacefully on the floor, safe & secure. Seeing her like that my heart become peaceful again. I tried to touch her, but my extended hand grabbed by Mina. ¡°Mina, what are doing?¡± [Drago] ¡°Sorry, I know you are happy to see her sleeping peacefully, but we have to take precaution. You understand this, right?¡± [Mina] I pondered for a while, knighting my eyebrows. Seeing my behaving like a child, Mina let out a chuckle and flicks me on my forehead. ¡°Calm down you big baby, she is like my sister, I love & cares for her more than you do.¡± [Mina] After hearing her say that, I stop pondering. ¡°But, please let me stay with her.¡± [Drago] ¡°Ok, but under my conditions.¡± [Mina] After that we called the medics. They gently put her in the bed of the medical facility with advance machinery. 24-hours monitoring assign to the most talented staffs. The chaos gradually calms down and Dria¡¯s condition is also stabilizes. Seven months passes normally. Dria didn¡¯t wake up for first two months but the child in her womb continuous to mature. After she woke up we all sigh in relief. Whole empire celebrates the awakening of their beloved Queen. Celebration held for a week but the happiness of the people keeps it for a month. Now the time for her delivery is on the clock. Medics keep watching her 24 hours, monitoring her & our child¡¯s condition. My Daughter Rakia came to visit whenever she got time from the Academy. ______________________________________________________________ --- Royal Chamber Finally, time for another celebration is around the clock. All the empire is nervous about their Queen¡¯s delivery. Anxiousness can be felt around the whole Empire. Praying to whatever they believe in to make the delivery safe. I was holding Dria¡¯s hand, trying to calm her down. Encouraging her to do her best. ¡°Hang in their Dria, you can do it.¡± [Drago] ¡°I am trying.¡±[Dria] ¡°Dria, breath properly like I told you.¡± [Mina] ¡°Dria, Push.¡± [Drago] ¡°What do hell do you think I was doing here?¡± [Dria] She shouted on me gripping my hand hard enough to break. But this is all I can do for her. Seeing her face covered in sweat. I started to feel anxious. ¡°Dria, we almost there, one last push.¡± [Mina] Hhnnnmmmmmggggg¡­¡­¡­ For the last push Dria pull all her strength, pushing the baby out and almost breaking my hand, which make her faint from exhaustion. Uuuwwaaaahhhnnnn¡­¡­¡­. Uuuwwaaaahhhnnnn¡­¡­¡­. Uuuwwaaaahhhnnnn¡­¡­¡­. The cry of the new born baby echoes throughout the castle. ¡°Congratulation, it¡¯s a healthy boy, Drago.¡± [Mina] ¡°Our Son.¡± [Drago] Seeing our little son¡¯s face gives me feeling of relief. A single tear fall down from eyes, following that I started shedding tear like a broken dam. Seeing this everyone can only look at me with a wry smile. Mina leaks a heavy sigh after looking at me like that. ¡°Can I hold him?¡± [Drago] ¡°Of course you can, you are his father. Until then I check up on Dria¡± [Mina] Mina handed me my son and goes to Dria¡¯s side. I tried to very carefully holding him like he is very fragile. His sleeping face looking more precious to me than any other thing in they all Yer. He woke up after a few moments in my arms and started staring at me. He resembles Dria but his fiery red eyes are the mark of our Royal family. Looking at his face I smile like an idiot. No one utter a single word, trying not to disturb the serine serene scenery. ¡°Drago?¡± [Dria] Dria¡¯s voice makes me come back to my senses. ¡°Dear, are you alright?¡± [Drago] I ask her looking at her pale beautiful face anxiously. ¡°She is alright, just fatigued.¡± [Mina] Dria nodded at Mina¡¯s words. I sit down near her giving her our son to hold. ¡°Did you think of a name for him?¡± [Drago] ¡°Yes, it came to me when I was asleep before.¡± [Dria] "When were you in cultivation pod?"[Mina] "Yes, but after seeing his fiery red eyes and adorable smile I think our Great-grandfather''s name suit him better, don''t you think so, Drago?" [Dria] "Yes, I also think that Great-grandfather''s name suit him better. He will become strongest and brightest of them all, just like great-grandfather was." [Drago] "From today¡¯s onwards your name will be Ddraig. Victoria, announce our son''s birth & name to our people. And inform Rakia as well." [Dria] "As you wish, Her Majesty." [Victoria] The royal maid Victoria, she is from beast race, Shadow Wolf. She is my wife trusted aid. As she heads out to announce the great news, we settle ourselves in our seats. After few moments a loud cheers of excitement resounded making the whole castle tremble. Hearing that we all started laughing, making this moment memorable, whole Empire celebrated for whole month again. Seeing my son¡¯s adorable face, I can only hope for a better tomorrow. Chapter 03 - Daily Life Chapter 03 ¨C Daily Life Ddraig¡¯s POV: After the meeting with that weird Void ruler Grandpa Black, my new life begins on this world known as Yer. Like he said different law ruled different worlds. This world rule is somewhat different than my previous world. My life here is smooth and luxurious. I am prince of this Empire called Dragua. I live here in Capital city known as Balaur with my family in Royal Castle. I have an elder sister, her Name is Rakia. She is attending Asgard Imperial Academy. This Academy is very famous and one of the reasons for that are my parents and my aunt, they are the top students of the academy. She only came few times for a visit, but I can say by looking at her that she is very happy to be an older sister. I literally laugh when she try to boast in front of me who was 5 month old baby about her academic achievements. That sure was cute. My parents were working diligently for the people of the empire. I sometimes heard maids talk about their achievements with proud faces like they did those things themselves. My father mostly remains out for work going around the empire, but when he return he always play with me and flirt with mother in front of me. Seriously control yourself old man. You little kid is watching you. It¡¯s really embarrassing for me to watch them like that but its shows how much they love each other. Mother usually works in her lab but now she mostly taking care of me now after getting scolded by everyone. So she lately relaxes in our room reading and taking care of me. Sometime my aunt visit to, her name is Minerva Phoenix. We are not blood related but she pretty much family to us. She also plays with me, trying to teach me things with weird looking toys. One time when she trying to examine me how much I learn I gave her a big shock that she almost fell over from her chair. She tries to confirm her again then I played dumb making her confuse. Victoria, our personal maid, originally she was my mother¡¯s personal maid but she insisted that she will take care of me along with my mother rather than assigning a new maid to me. She usually expressionless but sometime when my mother or other aren¡¯t around I saw her showing a gentle smile and making funny faces while snuggling me. This is really fun to watch but acting as a child is really tough but what can you do, this was my daily life here. ______________________________________________________________________________ I grow older day by day learning about this world. Oh I forgot to introduce myself. How silly of me. In this world, I am called Ddraig. It¡¯s the name of my Great-grandfather. My past name you ask? It¡¯s better if you don¡¯t know it. I am two year old now. They started teaching me stuff about this whole planet and also its workings, specially my mother Dria and her personal maid, Victoria. I really don¡¯t understand why they try to teach a two-year old kid this much information. I think because my parents are rulers of this empire, so they feel I must be informed about these kinds of things, the sooner the better. Dragoons also have high intelligence they said, but my knowledge is far more than they can think of, except something¡¯s that I don¡¯t understand in this world, for other you can if you use your common sense. That Grandpa Black gives me more things at that time but I can¡¯t seems to find out what; at least he let me keep my memories, so it¡¯s better than nothing. This world consists of various races, even difficult to count on all of your fingers, including the toes. Really shit my pants when I saw our pet Tigris, a really big & scary looking tiger, who open his mouth to lick me. It almost swallows me but my mother stop it when she saw what¡¯s going to happen. They live here differently from my previous planet. They uses different sources of energy, some are even unknown to me or them too, they still researching it. I find it very fascinating. It strung the heartstring of my researcher¡¯s heart. I really want to grow up and go exploring & researching. First I have find out about the applied system of this world. I have seen science & magic so far. I hear my mom of internal & external energy different from magic source, Mana; they call it spiritual or soul energy. I also found out about negative of Mana energy called Prana. Here every person have Mana & Prana in balance and can access to other sources by training and source devices, called Energy Source Code Operator Module, they call ESCOM for short. These are the mere replica of the relics found in Underground Ruins. These devices act as a receiver to tap into varied sources of energy making it useful for regular people who can¡¯t train for them. They are not as powerful as relics but useful in everyday life. When I meditate to see changes in my body, I found very interesting thing is that I can tap into all kind of energies that are present in this world. This maybe that old man¡¯s gift or this species innate talent, I can¡¯t be so sure. As I heard Dragoons are powerful from birth due to our dragon lineage. I tried many things with the available sources but I can¡¯t seem to get the right way. Oh well! I try later. I made mental notes about the things I have to do in the future. I tried to sneak out of my rooms when mom or Victoria not here or servants not watching me, but they found out every time. I wonder from where they are watching me, is there some tracer on me or something. But I am not going to give up that easily. Once I grow up to be able to do thing my own, I am going to quench my thirst for knowledge. Wait for me, I am coming World. Muuhhahahahahahahahhaaaaa¡­¡­¡­..cough¡­ cough¡­ cough¡­. Victoria¡¯s POV: My name is Victoria Lykoun. I am from race called Shadow wolf. My race is specializing in certain kind of work that most people like to avoid. We are not like by many due to our line of work, but this place is different. This place is a utopia for every race out there, a place with no discrimination, no prejudice and no conflicts. My lifelong wish is to serve lady Drakania and her family. At first it was my sense of duty and obligation to protect her and family for so much what they have done for us, but soon that starting to turn into a lot more closer relationship, we form a bond of friendship despite our status differences. Spending time with her, watching her selflessly doing things for the people of this empire. Researching ancient ruins, bringing back lost technology, making it useful in our daily life. Forgotten to sleep or sometimes eat, immersing into the unknown of the ancient world trying to make this world a better place. Seeing her fragile figure shouldering this much weight, I can only wonder how can such a righteous & selfless person exists. But not only her, her husband, Emperor Drago and her closest friend, Lady Minerva aiming for the same goal as her, supporting each other, carrying that weight equally. We, the people of this Empire can only admire the wondrous figures of these three. But working alongside them I found out how hard they are working for the people of this empire, so I can only support them from the shadows using best of my abilities. I came to work with them when lady Drakania become pregnant for the first time, and later our little adorable princess Rakia was born. I was helping Lady Drakania with her daily life with work and help raising Princess Rakia using my experience as mother. Our daily life filled with happiness moving on its usual pace. Princess at the age of four admitted to the Asgard Imperial Academy. This academy was the first cornerstone towards the path for spreading happiness equally. This academy founded by the Great-grandfather of our Emperor, Emperor Ddraig, who is not only a great ruler but a prodigal figure admired & respected by all the other neighboring countries. These three prodigies also studied in this academy, starting their journey.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. I forgot all of my despair filled past and enjoying my new life with my new family and friends. But our happiness didn¡¯t last long, not until that cursed rock fall from the sky onto the backyard of the castle. When Lady Drakania pregnant with a second child, a meteorite fall unto the backyard and under her curiosity lady Drakania touches that cursed thing and fall into a long slumber, but her body stop in its time. Months passed but she never wakes up, I curse my luck for this suffering but after seeing all who still not lost hope, hope emerges within me again. After few months after, news came when we feel a very strong pulse throughout the empire. Every citizen felt that strong pulse, it contain so much power making our soul shudder. Uneasiness spread across the empire but citizen calm down when they heard that it was some power source experiment from the lost technology & later the news about Lady Drakania make them forgot all about it. After two months under constant observation of medical staff she wakes up. When in observation we are not allowed to be there, just watching her from a glass wall. When the news about her waking reaches me I was unable to contain my happiness, I was so happy that I was started to hop with delight wagging my tail at full speed. Seeing my behavior no one from my workmates complains, they can only wryly smile at me. Ah, that was really embarrassing. I rushed at full speed to see her condition. Etiquette dictates that you should not run in the castle, but when they see me going towards Lady Drakania, nobody complains. When I reach at the medical facility I saw her sleeping peacefully. I ask Lady Minerva about her condition. ¡°She will be waking up soon. Her and her child condition is very stable. You can wait here if you like.¡± [Minerva] I wait here till she wakes up. When she opens her eyes everyone was present looking her anxiously. ¡°Dria, how are you feeling? Do you feeling pain, dizziness or anything else.¡± [Minerva] Lady Minerva asks her about her condition. ¡°Mina? Drago? Father? Why everyone is here? Did something happen to me? Did I collapse again in my lab?¡± [Drakania] ¡°Dria, do you not remember anything? Like a meteorite fall unto our backyard. You touched it. Anything?¡± [Minerva] ¡°The last thing I remember is that I was working in my lab then everything blackout. What exactly happen to me Mina? My child¡­ is my child safe¡­Uuugghh? [Drakania] ¡°Calm down Dria, everything is fine now. Your child is healthy too. You need to rest ok. You are still lethargic from the long sleep.¡± [Minerva] ¡°Long sleep? How long I was asleep? [Drakania] ¡°Not very long, just few months.¡± [Minerva] ¡°..¡­I see. Well now is not the time to ponder about these things. We will talk later. Ok Mina.¡± [Drakania] ¡°Ok. You take rest; medicinal staff checks your condition regularly. We don¡¯t want anything going wrong again. Ok, then you should cooperate with them.¡± [Minerva] ¡°Yes, I understand. Drago, father, Victoria and everyone please wipe your tears and dripping noses.¡± [Drakania] When Lady Drakania told those words everyone present in the room started crying again. I hug her and cried till exhaustion. She caresses my head like a mother to a child. I feel a little awkward but situation demanded so I took advantage of it. After everything settle, I resume my duty again, taking care of her every need, supporting her from shadows. The whole empire celebrated her awakening for a month. Soon seven months later, a new flower again blooms in our family, our little Prince born. He is so adorable. When I saw him the first time his darker than moonless night hair and his fiery-red blazing eyes made me mesmerize on the spot. I can sense tremendous amount of force from him, not just mana his spiritual energy and Ki is immeasurable. I got goosebumps when he looked into my eyes, like he can understand everything happening around here. But when he started crying and then fallen asleep, I thought it must be my imagination. Lady Drakania named him after their Great-grandfather, Emperor Ddraig. I think this name suit him much better. When the announcement of his birth made public whole empire celebrate for a month again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I saw many things in my life in my line of work, but Prince Ddraig is most mysterious of them all. When he becomes two years old he starts walking on his own. So we all decided to start teaching him things about our world. Dragoon children learns much more faster than any other races, so they start teaching children at a early age, nearly three to four years, but Lady Drakania said to teach him sooner if he wants to learn more things. We taught him about our world and its workings. He start learning magic, spiritual arts and other things when he reach five, till then only this much is necessary for him to know his surroundings. Sometimes Lady Minerva comes to visits, she always bring her instruments to measure Prince Ddraig intelligence and power levels. I think she has same doubts as me. Prince Ddraig usually plays with her but when he feels irritated he teases her by answering all her questions suddenly then playing dumb. Lady Minerva usually doesn¡¯t show expressions other than in front of her close ones, but here her expressions changes like mountain weather, and by the looks of it Prince Ddraig seems to enjoy it. He usually behaves like a 2 year old boy but sometimes his expressions change to a more mature one, like he is older than us or might be I was thinking too much into it. But I got the feeling that everything we know starting to change soon and the reason for all of this will be our Prince Ddraig. _____-----------------------___________________________________________________________________________ Minerva¡¯s POV----- ¡°Genius¡±, this word carries a more than a heavy burden than its value. People who known as ¡°Genius¡± will do what they ought to do, achieve what they ought to achieve, the world will support them for the sake of growth, and they will gain favors, made their name in history and open the gates of new era. There are lots of bright sides of this world ¡°Genius¡±. But sometimes we forget they when there is light, there will always darkness lurking beneath it. People who known as ¡°Genius¡± will do whatever they want whether it¡¯s right or wrong to achieve their goals, they will gain favors to the people who wants run by word ¡®Profit¡¯, and they made their name is the history as most vicious villains of all times. The word ¡°Genius¡± is but only a word, it cannot distinguish the people who it¡¯s attached to nor it can change them for what they already are. Geniuses also need to work hard to keep this title with their name or they will be just people, walking in the same crowd of the people. So simply said this word is a mere decoration. I have seen many Geniuses among my peers and many more on my expeditions around the world, there are variety of Geniuses but one thing is common among these Geniuses and that is they got bore with their talent if they cannot find it more challenging, but the consequences of these challenges will be faces by the people of the world whether they good or bad. ¡°Genius¡±, the same word is used with my name too, but I have seen someone describing different meaning for this word into something entirely new. The first ¡®Genius¡¯ I have seen is my best friend & little sister Drakania, she was best among best. A true genius. But it doesn¡¯t mean she doesn¡¯t carry the burden of this world. When she was a little girl who should be playing around, doing mischief with her friends, but she studied, studied so hard to learn more about this world. For reason unknown she started to decipher the ancient language found in the ruins. When I asked the reason for this she only says, ¡®for the betterment of the world¡¯. The news of her deciphering the ancient language spread throughout the Yer. Many other Kingdoms and Empires send their emissaries with different kind of proposal. Some bring to provide high position in their Royal court, some offers vast amount of money and some even offers their Royal Princes to marry her. But she rejected all of them, and the reason is in front of everyone as clear as cloudless day. Our Crown Prince Drago, her childhood friend or we can say childhood sweetheart, challenges everyone who came after her. Some thought this as a child rumbling but they dare not to say out loud. But those whose understand his seriousness though his action, back off as soon as they receive the rejection, for not wanting the powerful nation such as Dragua to oppose them for a little mistake of opposing their Crown Prince. The chaos soon receded when marriage of Prince Drago and Drakania is announced to the world, as they all know how close they are to each other. We all study together, I was 1 year older then both of them, but due to my stubborn effort I got in the same class as them. My subjects same as Drakania, to research about ancient ruins and develop the long lost technology for the new generation. Drago chooses the subject suitable for him, not blinded by love, Specialized Combat both close the long distance, it include different system for using energies available in the world known to us. Soon our life filled with excitement, adventure and emotions. We shoulder the burden for improving the living of the people, originally this was the dream of Dria, but soon it becomes our common goal. Soon we become independent, and both of them become the countries beloved Emperor & Empress. We all work together for the betterment of the world, but there are always obstacles in our way. Through our hard work and perseverance and the newly found technology we had broken through the obstacles, and further improving the living condition for the people of this world. Soon the day passes we lost in our daily life. Then the news of Drakania¡¯s pregnancy came. I was so happy that I didn¡¯t wait for any other things and just rushes to her side. I saw her in her room reading book sitting on her bed. Beside her was Drago, talking with the royal medical staff. When she saw me at the door and urged me to come in. ¡°Dria, How is your condition?¡± [Minerva] ¡°I am fine Mina, you should sit first, look at yourself, did you came here running?¡± [Drakania] ¡°Sorry, yes, when I heard the news, I was so worried.¡± [Mina] ¡°There¡¯s nothing to worry about. The medical staff says that she is healthy.¡± [Drago] ¡°How many month? Is there any pain? Did you take medicine?¡± [Mina] ¡°Calm down you worrywart. She didn¡¯t need any medication right now. And its three months completed.¡± [Drago] ¡°Phew¡­.. I was really happy when I heard the news. So how is the mother to be feeling?¡± [Mina] ¡°Hehehehe¡­¡­. Its feel very different, I can¡¯t describe this feeling yet, but I feel warm in my chest when I imagine the face of the baby.¡± [Dria] ¡°Don¡¯t worry when the baby is born we will help you with everything we can. Until then do your best to stay healthy.¡± [Mina] ¡°Yes, I will be and you should stop worrying about every little thing like this and find someone to marry soon or you¡¯re going to get old only looking after me.¡± [Dria] ¡°You should stop preaching me about that topic soon. What are you my mother?¡± [Mina] ¡°They are worry about you who haven¡¯t chosen a husband for yourself. You are the only daughter they have, you know.¡±[Dria] ¡°Ugh¡­.. I don¡¯t want to marry right now. I want enjoy my youth.¡± [Mina] ¡°Yeah right, youth¡­.. every youth spend their time inside the lab doing experiments these days, right?¡± [Drago] ¡°You¡­ shut up you blockhead. I don¡¯t have a childhood sweetheart like you who can be my husband.¡± [Mina] ¡°Hehehehee....... then you should marry someone from your lab, they worship you, you know. There are many good looking teachers in the academy too who wants to become your husband.¡± [Drai] ¡°I don¡¯t want to; they are just bunch of misfits hurdling together.¡± [Mina] ¡°Then you¡¯re going to be single for the rest of your life if you keep your standards this high.¡± [Drago] Smack¡­ smack¡­ punch¡­ punch¡­.. ¡°Ouch¡­.. hey¡­ cut¡­ it ¡­ out¡­.¡± [Drago] Those days were the days I still remember clearly. When Rakia was born, we all celebrated for a long time. She was so cute. With her soft hands and big round eyes, she watches us with so much innocence. I can see from her face that she going to be a beauty comparable to stars in our kingdom, No¡­ the whole world. Soon our life again got on the track of normal life. And once again Dria got pregnant. And once again I rushed to her side like a mad man. And again the whole process of our talk repeated. But this time something unexpected happen. A large meteorite falls in the castle back garden, its pitch black color resemblance endless void. Dria got curious and touched that stone and falls under a long slumber. The whole kingdom was in chaos when the news reaches the mass, but Drago keep it under control ensuring them that all will be fine. Due to the trust in Drago, their Emperor, the whole chaotic kingdom calm down in few days, but the uneasiness still linger in the hearts of the people. Soon Dria kept in our lab¡¯s cultivation pod for determining the cause for the endless sleep. When analyzing the vast amount of data from the meteorite and Dria, we determine that her whole body including the child inside her is in stasis. The time for Dria and her child has stopped. After sleepless night in the lab our research team concluded that they can¡¯t resolve this problem without harming Dria and this is the risk nobody wants to take. We waited for some many days but her condition didn¡¯t improve a little bit. After few months some anomaly, but when we determining the source, it happened. The days when we finally felt relieved, when the whole kingdom can again look as their Empress kind smile. Seven months passes very chaotically. Medical staffs spend their full time attending Dria non-stop. Drago and Rakia started to smile again. Even the whole family started to regain the brightness in their eyes. Then the day Our Empire¡¯s Crown Price was born. He was so cute, with his red hair and big round black eyes. His face have cuteness of both Drago and Dria when they were small. Dria named him after Drago¡¯s Great-grandfather Emperor Ddraig, who was the founder of the Academy and have many achievement under his belt, known as the Red Dragon Ddraig. After the hectic days life begins to calm down again. Ddraig stated to grow cuter as days passes by. Hhaahhh¡­.. I really want to hug him to sleep. He is so cute and soft. Reminds me the day when Rakia was his age as Rakia start growing, she become more charming and beautiful like her mother but her personality resembles her father, stubborn and hardheaded. But Ddraig becoming more like an angel, a celestial. I met celestials before they are what we call more out of this world. I got the same feeling from Ddraig. I tried to find out with different tools but I always got different readings as the energy he posses changes every time I examine him, always unstable. I think the meteorite is the reason for this but it doesn¡¯t show any abnormality in him so I can only observe him closely if something were to happen, I¡¯ll be ready. I later found out that he may be as genius as his mother, but when I confirm again he only tilt his head. Aaarggghhh¡­.. This is so frustrating. Sometimes I feel that he is making fun of me. Enjoying himself when I contemplate the situation. May be I am imagining too much. May be I am getting old without knowing it like everyone is saying. Let just see what he will do next.