《Rise of the Cursed》 The Prologue In the middle of a forest, hidden in its most dense part is a village, in ordinary days she would be glowing with happiness, children playing in the middle of the square, men would be hunting, working on forges, selling goods, wives cooking food to their tired husbands or caring for their children, but today ... today it is unfortunately not a normal day. Villager: "RUNNNNNNNN." Captain: "QUICK take the women and children to the shelter." Soldier: "We need a doctor here, take the wounded to a safe location." Child: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAA MOTHER WHERE ARE YOU." Soldier 2: "CAPTAIN WE won¡¯t be able to hold on much longer." Yes, today is not a normal day, death, rape, destruction, panic, stench of blood; all of this happening in this sea of flames that used to be a village. In the middle of this madness is a boy with an almost lifeless body in his hands. Loup: (This can¡¯t be happening, this can¡¯t be happening, this can¡¯t be happening, this can¡¯t be happening, just a few hours ago, today was an ordinary day and now.) Loup: "Sister, Sister, please, stay with me, you cannot give up now." The young woman in his hands, is his beloved older sister, she presents numerous bruises and wounds all over her body, and an arrow in her back going through her right lung, if someone look closely, he would be able to see a purple liquid coming out of the wound. ???: "* Cough * * cough * Loup I will entrust the treasure to you, * cough * take it and do anything to protect it, do not let these bastards * cough * * cough * thieves put their hands on this jewelry and make our countless sacrifices be in vain.¡± This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. Handing the boy a red jewel in the shape of a raindrop, she put her hand over his chin, giving him a weak smile. ???: ¡°I am really * Cough * sorry Loup, I will not be able * cough * * cough * to stay any longer with you, you will have to travel alone now, but I want you to know that I was very happy to be your older sister.¡± At this point, her cough begins getting worse large amounts of blood escape from her lips, seeing that the boy can no longer hold the tears and began to beg while crying. Loup: "Please do not say that Luna, you have to live, you cannot leave me, not you too, didn¡¯t you say after our parents died that you would stay with me forever? Don¡¯t you dare break our promise I won¡¯t accept it. I cannot do anything without you. " Luna: "It is a pity * cough * * cough * but I have to break our promise, and leave first, but it''s okay * cough * my precious little brother, I know you''ll be fine, remember what Dad always said,: it''s okay to be afraid, because the * cough * * cough * the courage to overcome your fears is the magic that will turn your dreams into reality, you only need to have confidence in yourself.¡± Loup: "Please do not say any more, I''ll save you, so please hold on, first I will take you to a safe place, and then I will take care of you. Luna: "It''s too late for me, then listen to my last request, I want you to live for yourself, do not try to take revenge, what I want is that you have a happy life, you deserve it more than anyone else, go experience the world, love and hate, joy and sorrow, friends and enemies, do whatever your heart desires. Promise me, promise me you will live. " Loup: "I promise * sniff * * sniff * I promise I will travel the world, I promise I will try everything he can offer me, and I promise that I will continue to live." Luna: "You will be strong ... Loup, I know you will, I''m really proud ... proud to call you my little brother I''m sorry Loup ... I love you.¡± With the light of your eyes vanishing, her arm fell to the ground, like a puppet that had its strings cut. Staring at the body of his sister while his brain tries to process the information, refusing to accept reality, shaking her sister. Loup: "... Luna, Luna, Luna please move." Therefore, only despair and sorrow took his heart to accept the harsh reality. Loup: "LUNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" But how things reached this point? We''ll have to go back in time for exactly 22 years in the past Chapter 1: The Beginning In the great continent of Ardren, lies a hidden village, it is located in the far west of the continent, in the middle of a dense forest, in this village lived around 5000 people, its name was Altamira. Now how a village so big could be able to remain in darkness and completely invisible to the eyes of all, simply due to the use of magic in this amazing continent of Ardren, magic is abundant, a fantasy world with different races and cities and adventures, but explanations will be given later, now let us return the town of Altamira. Altamira has no contact with the outside world because of its secret, in the middle of the village, there is a shrine dedicated to the gods, inside is an old sword on top of an altar, at its base lies a text in the ancient language of spirits. The text tells about a legend of ancient times, that when the world is in danger the sword will choose a hero to protect everyone; the hero would become an unparalleled swordsman who will destroy any being in his way. Until the time comes, the village duty is to protect the sword along with one of its treasures a red gem. On the ceiling of the sanctuary there is a magic circle, whose goal is to make the village invisible for those who do not know of its existence. It creates a barrier around them, any living being that touch the barrier will naturally get away from her, making it safe from external threats, the only way to someone find Altamira is if its location is reveal. In this village lived Raphael a young man with 25 years, he had a blond hair and clear blue eyes, with a handsome and very masculine face, giving an air of a mature and serious person, he had a small scar under his right eye, an award from one of his countless battles. His body was very muscular, the result of his years of dedication and difficulties in their training in the way of the sword. As the eldest son of the village chief, he needs to learn the legacy of his ancestor who was the last hero, so already in his youth he had trained in the way of the sword and spiritual power control. As the heir, his father made sure to teach him everything to be perfect on the village eyes, to his happiness his son was. Already in his childhood he had talent as a warrior, learned the forms and movements with extreme ease, his body was developing rapidly, making him able to face several of his generation at the same time. His father did not give him even a moment off slack, when he was not training was studying when he was not studying he was meditating when he was not meditating he was learning to take care of the village with his father, his only moments of rest were in time to eat with his younger brother. Usually a child being expose to so much pressure and stress would break mentally but Raphael has adapted and matured quickly, he carried himself with pride and dignity in front of the public. The only one for whom he opened up was his younger brother Michael, it is not that he hated his father, Raphael knew it was necessary for his father to be strict with him for the good of the village, but it made their relationship difficulty. His mother died giving birth to his younger brother when Raphael was only 2, so he didn¡¯t have any memories of her, therefore Michael was the only one to whom Raphael had feelings of family love. In Altamira the respect to the hierarchy was absolute, and because of the great talent of Raphael, he ended up becoming isolated from the rest of the villagers, they couldn¡¯t dare to try becoming friends with him and since he was not very good at communicating with others he spent his time fulfilling all the goals established by his father. Now with 25 years his life continues, after so many years of training his father pleased by the results allowed Raphael, to act as he wished. Having kept busy all his life, the warrior did not know what to do with his spare time, since he had never interacted with anyone but his brother, to try to learn how to interact with the villagers, he began to solve their problems. One day, he received a task to exterminate a group of wolves that were giving problems to the village¡¯s hunters, since it was a simple task for the best warrior of the village, Raphael decided to go alone. The traces of the pack indicated that they were going to the north, after walking for a few hours and leave the barrier covering the village, he heard people screaming, running in the direction of the voices, and he found a small farm that was being attack by the gang of wolves. Without losing time, he jumped into the mess and headed toward the house, killing anyone who moves and it was foolish to get in his way, and it was when he saw a young woman surrounded by the pack. She had long red hair that reaches his elbows, seemed to have around 17, her long red hair was smooth and she had two braids that were around each side of her head forming what looked like a crown. She was beautiful indeed and had red eyes with a fierce look that burns like fire, her eyes showed that even in this danger she would not hide, with a small knife in hand she tried to protect herself. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Immediately rushing to the side of the young woman, he ignored the attacks of the wolves, giving him numerous cuts and bruises on his skin, but these small scratches were not enough to even bother Raphael. Just when a wolf jumped on the girl, Raphael came in front to protect her, using his sword he impaled the wolf in its belly, while the wolf bit his shoulder, the impact dislocated his collarbone and inflicted a deep wound, but the beast quickly stopped moving and released his shoulder. Surprise and concern formed in the woman''s eyes she observed this stranger that saved her with great fear, after all, she was just a poor girl from the farm, and, of course, had nothing of value, so that she was afraid what were his reasons to save her. After the last wolf fall lifeless he walked up to the girl, with each step he took toward her more her legs trembled his serious look was terrifying and made hard for her to keep standing, combined with the blood of the wolves soaking his clothes gave a vision somewhat creepy. When he was in front of her, looked up and down inspecting her body, while he asked. Raphael: "Are you okay? Are you injured somewhere?" Girl afraid could not even make a sound, only managed to shake his head saying he was not hurt. Happy with the response he fell to the floor sitting, without a shred of energy, with a small smile on his face, he said. Raphael: "I''m glad you were not hurt." When she saw his smile and sincerity in his eyes the doubts and dread, she had for this young man, disappeared from her mind, and something new began to awaken in her heart. Now that the battle was over and the adrenaline in his blood begins to decline, Raphael feel agonizing pain in his shoulder for being dislocated, while sitting he move his arm to put it back in place remembering the process step by step. With the help of the girl he can put the shoulder in place, and treat his wounds, the girl applied first aid with extreme care and attention, using a piece of her clothing to bandage his shoulder. Looking around the man found two bodies next to a wolf, an elderly couple was there, looking back at the girl as she pointed to the bodies, he said. Raphael: "Were they your parents?" Looking to where the man was pointing, she found the bodies of her parents totally torn apart, with its organs scattered on the ground. Thus, she could not hold her emotions and the tears began to fall, an eagerness to throw up hit her after seeing the results of the wolves attack and remembering everything that happened a few minutes ago. Crying as if there was no tomorrow, her head did not work anymore, the pain of losing a loved one in such a horrible way; it is a trauma that only those who have experienced it can understand. Looking at her the man hugged her and without saying a word, he stroked her head waiting until she calmed down, feeling the embrace of the man she buried her face in his chest and wept for hours. At night, after burying the girl''s parents, the two entered the house, with the eyes red of crying so much the girl has prepared a tea for her visitor, after thanking the warrior for saving her life and avenge her parents they introduced themselves and began to talk about various things. Her name was Nathalia, according to her, it had been one year that her parents moved with her to that place, life in the region where they lived had been difficult because of some alchemists who made experiments over the soil, making it infertile, she was the only child of her parents since her older brother died when he had gone to war, a mere dispute between nobles, on a mine that had been discovered in the region. Raphael told a little about his life in the village, of how he spent every day training, about his younger brother, the fact of having a difficult relationship with his father, on the expectations of everyone in the village on him. Raphael was not able to understand, for some reason he felt comfortable talking to this girl in front of him, he could open up to her and talk about his problems, he became even a little embarrassed, this was the first time he had someone with whom he could vent all of his problems. With the passage of time, both began to feel relaxed in the presence of the other, Nathalia owned a supernatural beauty, Her slender figure seemed to have been sculpted in the smallest details, her delicate face that gave her an air of innocence, Her skin white as snow it was gorgeous. Gorgeous was the only word suitable to describe her. Her perfect proportions combined with her long legs looked like they could hypnotize any man, Raphael cannot help but have his heart stolen by this beauty The woman also began to lust after the man, his picture fighting wolves, while protecting her, and that bright smile, made her fall in love with this warrior. With their instincts attacking their minds, it made them lose any shred of reason. Surrendering to their desires a night of passion begins to both of them. Chapter 2: Starting a family The next day, Raphael opens his eyes with some difficulty; the first thing he sees is Nathalie beside him also watching him Raphael POV Nathalie: "Good morning." Raphael: "Good morning." My eyes naturally graced me with the sight of this beauty by my side. Nathalie: "Um, so do you like what you see?" She asks me obviously noticing the movement of my eyes. Raphael: "Of course, if I could I would spend the whole day just watching you." Nathalie: "Hehehe, and why you cannot?" Question Nathalie with a sensual tone. Raphael: "Because we have to decide what we will do from now on. Then tell me do you have somewhere to stay from now on, any relatives? After all, you cannot stay here alone. "I said with a serious tone Nathalie: "No, my parents were the only family I had, I do not know much about the family of my mother because she ran away from home at an early age, since my father''s family had died a long time, so now I''m alone.¡± Nathalie says with a bitter smile. Raphael: (I''ve imagined, I''ll have a lot of problems because of this, but after seeing her so sad, I can not do nothing) Raphael: "No you''re not alone, you have me now right? I can not just leave my girlfriend alone here in the middle of nowhere. "I speak with a smile on my face. Nathalie: "Wait, you mean ..." Raphael: "From now on you will live with me in my house, or by chance this idea does not please you?" Nathalie: "I''d love to, but Raphael are you serious? This is not a joke right? "She talks with happiness plastered on her face. Raphael: "Of course I''m serious, I do not joke about something like that" Before I could react, I can only see Nathalia image jumping on top of me and hugging me so hard that could strangle me. Nathalie: "* sniff * * sniff * Thanks Raphael thanks really. * Sniff * You know, to tell you the truth I was afraid you were going to leave me, that I was a girl of just one night for you. "She tells me while crying like a baby. Raphael: "Hahaha do not worry I would never leave you, so you can stay calm, now tell me what you think want to take a look at your new home?" Nestled in my arms she lifted her head in a gesture so cute it makes me want to attack her immediately. Nathalie: ". Not now, first I want to spend time with you," she says blushing up to her ears. These words appeared magical, they made me forget everything except the woman in front of me, so began the round 2. After a few hours I helped Nathalie to collect her belongings and pack her things, gods how women take time on these things even though she has so little, if was me, I would have arranged everything in less than 10 minutes, but better keep my mouth shut. After praying for her parents we started walking towards the village, after 2 hours of walking we reached the village gates, and it will be here that my problems will start. In the village gates is one of the guards I know, he''s almost retiring after all he has almost reached in his 50s. Guard: "Rafael who is she?" asks the guard with suspicion in his eyes. Rafael: "Her name is Nathalie, she''s accompanying me." Guard: "I do not remember seeing a goddess like her pass through the gates actually do not remember even hearing about someone as beautiful as she lives in the village." Rafael: "Of course not, she is not from the village, she lived on a farm a few kilometers around the village." Guard: "WHAT, HOW SHE PASSED BY BARRIER ?" The cry of the guard was so high that it began to attract the attention of other residents. Rafael: "Obvious following me, I told you she was accompanying me right?" Guard: "RAFAEL HOW DARE YOU DO SUCH A THING, YOU FORGOT THE SACRED LAWS" The old guard gave me a sinister look, looking like he was going to attack me at any time. Rafael: ". I remember very well the laws, but this woman comes with me, from now she will live with me" I can see that many people have gather around us, and all were surprised by my statement, I think no one expected me to do such a thing. Guard: "YOU GOT MAD, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU''RE DOING, THAT IS A CLEAR VIOLATION TO THE OLD LAWS YOU DON''T HAVE THE AUTHORITY PRA THAT DO, I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS VO GIRL PUT EVEN ONE STEP IN THE VILLAGE." Rafael: "Old friend I will give you some advice, try to stop me and I''ll end you, I believe you would be a futile effort stand in my way, now could you lower the tone, you''re bothering the other residents." Guard: ". This will not go your way Rafael, the chief is going to know about this." said the guard shaking with rage, he appear to be holding back to not attack me. I just pass by him ignoring his commentary, I know very well that I have to face my father to solve this problem, as I enter the village and follow toward my house all the residents start to follow us seemingly they were interested to see what would happen, not that I care, while walking quietly through the village hand in hand with Nathalie, the crowd behind us grew. Arriving in front of my house, there he was, my dear father, now with his white hair, but a very strong and athletic body, he doesn''t appear to already be in his 55 years. Rafael: (Now it''s all or nothing, let''s see what happens, but to be honest I''m a little anxious, as how my father will react.) Father: "Rafael what is the meaning of this?" Rafael: "What are you talking about father?" I say playing dumb. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Father: "Do not play dumb, I want to know what you intend to bringing this woman here? You know very well what the sacred laws say. " Rafael: "Of course I know they are Protect the sacred sword until a new hero is chosen, help the hero in any way necessary and never under any circumstances reveal the existence of the village to the outside world." Father: "Then why did you bring this girl here?" Rafael: "To live with me, you know my last mission I met her, the whole family was dead, I could not just leave her alone right?" Father: " I do not want to know get rid of her right now" I could see anger on my father''s face Nathalie hid behind me, she seemed to be shaking with fear, I held her hand to calm her Rafael: "And what do you want me to do, get her out of the village?" Father: "Now that she knows of the existence and location of the village, the only way to solve this is killing her" Spoke to my father with a cold stare as he gestured to the guards About 50 guards surrounded us and drew their weapons, Nathalie now trembled incessantly, when I saw her eyes I could see how much she was terrified, she seemed to say "please help me" without thinking twice I drew my sword and pointed to my father. Rafael: " If any of you try to hurt her, you will deeply regret" I said in a voice so cold that some of the guards took a few steps backwards Father: "Rafael do not be stupid deliver the girl." Rafael. "You want her, so you will have to go over my dead body" I said as I stared my father, my sword ready to cut anyone who approached. Father: "No matter what you do this girl is not part of the village, she can not live here." Rafael: "I understand, do you mean that if she turns part of the village, she can live here." When I said those words my father seems understand what I meant, but before he did something I turned to Nathalie. Rafael: "Nathalie" Nathalie: "Yes?" Rafael:. "It may be a bit sudden but." I knelt down in front of her. "Nathalie you give me the honor of becoming my wife?" Apparently everyone froze, well guess is not surprising after all it sort of thing came out of nowhere, but this is my only option, after a few seconds the crowd started a pandemonium, my father was shouting something but I ignored all that interested me now was her answer After a full minute to recover from the shock I could see her eyes fill with water. Nathalie: "Rafael, are you sure we just met yesterday." Rafael: "I''ve never been more sure of anything in my life than now." Nathalie: "I * sniff * I''m very clumsy, * sniff * and also I can not cook very well." Rafael: "It''s okay, I''ll help you get better with time Nathalie: "I am * sniff * very jealous and possessive, I will not allow you to even sniff * * look at other women." Rafael: "Do not worry, my life will belong to you until the day I die." Nathalie: "Do you love me?" Rafael: "Yes I love you, you .... will have to stay with me forever, even if you wanted to run away, I will not allow it. Nathalie: "* Sniff * I * Sniff * I." Before she could say anything else I sealed her lips with mine, I could see the surprise in her eyes but then she closed them and kissed me back I hugged her and stayed together in a long deep kiss after we parted I said. Rafael: "Just answer me Nathalie yes or no?" Nathalie: "YES. YES, A MILLION TIMES YES. "And with that she hugged me, seemed determined to never let me go. With a victorious smile on my face I turned to my father and could see his face red with anger, his veins seemed to burst on his forehead. Rafael: "Ok Dad problem solved, meet your new daughter in law, her name is Nathalie Reed." Father: "HOW DARE YOU UNGRATEFUL KID, DO YOU HAVE NOTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE? HOW CAN YOU THROW AWAY EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE FOR YOU? IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY ME?" These words seemed to break something inside my head. Rafael: "HA .. haha ... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. ALL YOU DID FOR ME, REPAY YOU? YOU NEVER GAVE ME THE ESSENTIAL, THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOU ALWAYS TREATED ME AS A TOOL SIMPLE TO SERVE FOR THE GOOD OF THE VILLAGE, TELL ME ONCE YOU ACTED THINKING ABOUT ME? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IS MY OR MIGUEL BIRTHDAY? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORDS OF US TWO? YOU EVER TOOK CARE OF US WHEN WE WERE SICK? DON''TGIVE ME THAT GEEZER, YOU DID NOT CARE A SHIT ABOUT US, WE JUST NEEDED TO REACH YOUR EXPECTATIONS. IF IT WERE NOT FOR MY FEELINGS OF DUTY TO PROTECT THIS VILLAGE I WOULD ALREADY FLED FROM HERE CENTURIES AGO. " People around me got backed away from me, startled by my outburst, I could see that my father was the most surprised of them all. Holding the hand of Nathalie I bring her inside our house, while pass by my father I hear him whisper in my ear Father: "Listen to me you little shit, from today you are no longer my son." Rafael: "Fuck you." Leaving all the commotion behind I go with my wife in our home after closing the door I fall exhausted in the chair, I look at Nathalie with a smile. Rafael: "Finally free, therefore how about we start our married life my Love?" While sitting in my lap she whispers in my ear. Nathalie: "Can not wait dar-ling." And so Rafael''s family began. Chapter 3 Luna Reed The next day the news about Rafael spread like wildfire through the village, most people ignored the rumors believing to be false, but who can blame them, no one imagined that the next head of the village, the perfect young man would break the biggest taboo of the village. But when they saw the girl they just could not believe it, the residents felt betrayed, they respected and admired Raphael, but now their feelings were replaced by hatred and contempt. Some tried to kill Nathalia, or take satisfaction with Rafael, but he beat up and disfigured all who have tried something against him and his wife, several villagers were at the forefront of the gates of death, their injuries would take months to recover, that if they fully recover . Rafael''s father was also having a hard time trying to decide what to do with the couple, and with each day that passed Rafael was causing more and more problems, and the number of residents who asked for them to be banished or executed was increasing. The head cogitated the idea of execute them or ban them, but then dismissed the idea, if he were trying to execute them Rafael certainly would not surrender, and the destruction it would cause would be immense, and ban them, Rafael knew all the the village''s secrets, it would be unwise to banish him and risk that he tell it to someone. But he could not let Rafael offense go unpunished, if not the residents would contest his leadership. After a week the decision was made, both Rafael and Nathalia would be allowed to live in the village, but with a number of conditions: First: It will not be allowed under any circumstances to them leave the barrier which covers the village and get in touch with the outside world. Second: They would be subjected to a tracking magic that would tell their locations 24 hour per day. Third: Rafael will not attack or harm any other resident, unless it is in self defense of him or his family. Fourth: Rafael will be disinherited and banished from the main family, he can still use his last name and passes it on to their descendants, but will lose his heir post. Fifth: In the event of one of the two break any of the conditions they shall be executed immediately. With the decision made some of the villagers protested to the chief, but he simply answered. Boss: "If you have something against it, Why Don''t you execute Rafael with your own hands? " Hearing this the villagers with no other option accepted the chief''s decision. Shortly after the announcement of Rafael banishing from the main family was done, and his younger brother Miguel was chosen as the new heir. Rafael pleased with the result accepted the conditions imposed on him, but before of course he asked Natalie if she agreed, seeing that she also accepted the restrictions, both underwent the tracking magic and began their lives subjected to surveillance from everyone around. Rafael and Nathalia had many difficulties at first due to hostility all around them, though able support themselves without problems, many residents tried to make them break any of the conditions. But over time this aggression has decreased in the region where they lived, much is due to the optimism and joy Nathalia transmitted, it naturally could make other people smile. Rafael seeing him struggle all day, so he could support himself and his wife, even with all the difficulties impressed the villagers in their neighborhood. In the neighborhood the people were no longer hostile to the couple, most simply ignored them,some even became friends with them, but the rest of the village still hated them. From time to time Michael visited his brother to check on him and ask for help with the training to become the new head of the village. Even with what happened Miguel still treated his brother the same way, he was the only one who stood beside him and asked his father not execute him. After 4 years of living together, they were blessed with the birth of their first daughter. The night she was born, the moon had the same color of her red eyes, blood moon appeared as if to bless the birth of the child, thus the name given to the girl was Luna Reed. The girl she had blond hair of her father and the red eyes of her mother, she had a lovely delicate face, but she was extremely energetic, causing the couple to lose several nights of sleep. Like all new parents both made several stupid things and whenever they had difficulty they asked for help for the elderly couple who lived next to them. Being their first daughter can be said that Rafael wanted to spoil her as much as possible, so whenever he could he was beside her looking after her, to Rafael the moment he was happier was when he was with his family. When Luna turned 4 years old she was playing alone outside the home for the first time, at the time she met with a group of boys standing nearby. The boys had around 6 years when they repaired the girl and see her red eyes, they automatically discovered her identity, after all Nathalia and Luna were the only people who had red eyes. The boys began to speak ill of her and her parents, calling her father a traitor for having brought an outsider inside the village and her mother a whore, using her body to seduce Rafael. For being a descendant of the ancient hero but being the daughter of an outsider she received the nickname dirty blood . Adults can not speak out loud, but that''s how they think too, after all it was them who told their children Luna''s family. Luna knew that her family was hated by most of the the village, but she had never seen firsthand such a situation, but instead of crying or running home, she attacked the boys. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Using a stick she found on the floor she tried to beat the boys for having insulted her parents, she inherited the strong-willed and proud atitude of Rafael, she would not accept that they insulted her family. Upon returning home the girl was covered in bruises and injuries, the boys twice her age had no mercy, and beat her until she could no longer get up. Rafael at the moment he saw the state his daughter was, he became so furious that he wanted to destroy the boys who hurt her. Luna: "Dad." Shouted Luna Rafael: ". What is it my angel." Said Rafael kneeling beside her. Luna: "What will you do," asked Luna. Rafael ". Nothing , I''ll just find the boys who did this to you and break every bone of their bodies, they will regret the day they were born, no one touches my daughter and gets away with it." Said Rafael showing a sinister smile on his face. Luna: ". You can not do that." Spoke the girl holding her father''s leg. At that moment Nathalia returned from the market and went into the house at the moment she saw the state her daughter was she ran to her side. Nathalia: "LUUUNA !!! MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, wait a minute I''ll take care of you. "Nathalia ran to the kitchen and returned with water and some rags. Nathalia: "Now tell me what happened to how did you get hurt ." said Nathalia as she treated Luna''s injuries. Rafael: "Apparently some kids beat her in the square." Commented Rafael with a frown. Nathalia: "And why have you not done anything yet, look what they did to our daughter" Nathalia stared at Rafael. Rafael: "I know, I''ll now find these brats and ..." Luna: ". NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Luna''s cried before Rafael finishes speaking. The two turned to Luna''s surprised at her scream. Luna: "I will not let you do anything Dad." Luna''s protested. Rafael: "Bu .. But why Luna" Rafael spoke with a puzzled look. Luna: "It was I who started this fight, and am I going to finish it, I do not want you to meddle." Luna said with a glare. Rafael ". Luna no matter what you do, there''s no way you can win against a group of older boys" Rafael tried to articulate with his daughter. Luna: "I know, at least not yet." Rafael: "Huh? What do you mean?" Luna: "I want you to teach me to fight father, I''ll be stronger than all of them together, no one will ever be able to speak evil of our family again." The girl''s eyes seemed to glow with anxiety. Rafael: "No, I will not allow you to do such a thing, and you are too young to learn how to fight." Luna: ". Please Dad, I want to make them pay for what they said with my own hands, I do not want anyone to insult you or Mom" Luna said as she looked at her hands. Rafael: ". I will not teach you Luna" Rafael''s eyes seemed to say that it was useless to insist. Nathalia: "I ask you Rafael, teach Luna how to use a sword." Nathalia said with a smile. Rafael: "You too Nathalia" Rafael looked incredulously at his wife. Nathalia: "You do not know your daughter? She''s stubborn like you, even if you do not teach, she will go face those guys, so is not it better to teach her so she learns to defend herself? "Nathalia seemed to give a little laugh. Rafael ". Sigh * ok, ok you won I''ll teach you Luna, but do not think that just because you''re my daughter I''ll go easy on you" Rafael seriously looked at Luna. Luna: ". Really, YEEEEEEEEEE, do not worry father I will not disappoint you" Luna ran from side to side with her hands raised. So with only four years old, Luna began her training, she seriously trained every day with the help of her father, his training lasted until she could not stand any longer, it may seem hard for a child, but Luna trained without complaining. After the beginning of her training, Luna would find the boys in the square once a week with the wooden sword that she used to train, she always used what she had learned to face the boys, and always returned home all bruised after losing. With every week that passed Luna was getting more experienced and gave more troubles for the boys, after four months of training she could defend themselves and last a long time fighting, six months she could faint one of the boys in the middle of the fight. And finally after eight months, a week after completing five years of age, she was able to defeat all the boys who spoke ill of her and her family, overjoyed she ran back home. Upon arriving home she saw her parents sitting at the table talking , for some reason her father had tears streaming down his face but Luna in her euphoria did not notice and went to her parents screaming. Luna: ". Mother Father, I got it, I finally succeeded, I beat all the boys, HAHAHA now they will think twice before speaking ill of us" Luna laughed proud of herself. Nathalia: "O really dear congratulations, this mean we have two reasons to celebrate today at night." She spoke with a beaming smile on her face. Luna: "Two?" Luna look doubtfully at her mother. Rafael: "Luna your mother is pregnant." Rafael said as he wiped the tears on his face. Luna looked at his father trying to understand his words, after a few seconds she finally understood. Luna: "EHHHHHHHHH, it means that I will have a baby brother or sister?" Asked Luna trying to confirm what she just heard. Nathalia: "That''s right, I hope you help me take care of the baby. Hehehe." Luna: ". You can count on me, TODAY IS THE BEST DAY EVER" Luna could not contain her emotion That night the family celebrated until late. Chapter 4 Loup Reed Luna was completely enraptured with the idea of winning a younger brother or sister, to the point of training with even more dedication to be able to protect him from harm. Rafael could not be happier he would be father of another child. Before meeting with Nathalia the idea of having a family had never even crossed his mind, but now he could not imagine life without them. Nathalia in turn, watched everything with pride stamped on her face, seeing them strive every day so that she herself did not pass by any difficulty or effort. So time passed in peace and calm, and then the day of birth finally arrived. On a cold winter night, at the end of a blizzard Nathalia felt the first contractions and went into labor. And afflicted Rafael, promptly called the help of neighbors to help give birth to his child. In a few minutes inside the house were present, besides Rafael and his daughter, his brother Michael and his neighbor John, a much older man than it appeared to be, along with his wife who was possibly a nurse. John: "It''s okay Rafael, my wife will ensure that both are fine. Don''t you remember the day that Luna was born? By saying this he gave a laugh that echoed through the silence of the room, Rafael kept distressingly look at the bedroom door where his wife was present, with thousands of thoughts circulating in his head. Rafael ". Sighhh *" Taking a deep breath he got up without saying anything and went to the kitchen to prepare a tea to calm down a bit. Upon returning, already calmer, he sat back in his chair and looked sharply at his friend John. Rafael: "I know that John, but even so, I think no man is able to stay calm in this situation, just look at my hands, I can not keep them still. Miguel: "Haha I know how you feel Rafa, I felt the same way when Klaus was born, the anguish I felt in those hours was too much to stand sitting around doing nothing. But do not worry lady Nina is the best midwife in Altamira. John: "That''s right, now what you need is to relax." With the passage of time Rafael''s impatience grew, and a fear in his chest that all would be lost. Michael and John tried to distract him with small talk, while Luna, struggled to stay awake. It was already past 3 am. Finally among the cries of his wife, a different cry rang out, a cry of a baby who has just come into the world, after a few moments, which seemed very long, the door opened and Nina appeared with a radiant smile. Nina: "Congratulations Rafael, you have a beautiful son." Without even wait one second Rafael ran into the room, there in the dark, with only a few candles lighting the room, he found his wife lying in bed clearly exhausted. The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. Her eyes was calm and gentle as he watched the little creature who slept in her arms, the baby slept peacefully in the warmth of his mother, when approaching Nathalia, she gave the child for Rafael to hold. In his lap the baby woke up and looked at Rafael, as if he was assessing him. Rafael: "Hello my son, it''s a pleasure to finally meet you, we were all anxious to see you. The baby had blue eyes like his father , and a little reddish hair, like Nath¨¢lia, it was almost the opposite of Luna. After looking around and inspect the room, the eyes of the baby directed to Luna who was in the doorway, watching her he began to fidget in his father''s lap, stretching his little arms towards her. Nathalia: "Hehehe, it seems he likes you, Luna." Rafael: "You want to hold your little brother?" Luna: "Can I?" Question the extremely lively Luna. Rafael: "Come here, hold him carefully." Rafael handed him carefully to Luna, she in turn, seemed to be holding an ice sculpture where the slightest mistake could break it. In the arms of Luna, the baby stared intently into her eyes, using his hands he tried to touch her face, realizing the action of his brother, Luna approached his hand from her face when he finally managed to touch it, he gave a lovely laugh. Seeing this scene no one in the room couldn''t be moved, everyone present had their eyes covered with tears, Nathalia at that moment turned to Rafael. Nathalia: "So what will be his name? While thinking of a name, Rafael looked out his bedroom window, an extraordinary scene opened before him, in the sky was present the same blood moon that had appeared during the birth of Luna. And on top of a large hill north of Altamira was the silhouette of a wolf, perhaps because of the color of the moon in the day, but anyone who saw the color of the wolf would agree that is red. While it was bathed in the moonlight, the wolf kept howling at the moon, as if to try to reach it, looking at this scene, then at their children, Rafael had decided on what name to give to his younger son. Rafael: "What do you think of Loup Loup Reed?" Nathalia was also looking out the window and watching the wolf, the same idea had passed through her head, she just turned and said. Nathalia: "Perfect." That day Loup Reed came into the world, and his story was about to begin. Chapter 5 growing and learning With the birth of Loup, life in Rafael''s house was much more agitated, Rafael arranged different types of work constantly to get support for his family, while Nathalia looked after the house and the children, Luna whenever she had free time she spent playing with her younger brother, the two lived stuck together. While learning to fight with her father, Luna''s talent was surfacing more and more, the speed she was progressing was monstrous at the same level of Rafael to say the least. Loup was a baby more quieter than Luna, yet that did not stop him from taking some nights of sleep from Rafael and Nathalia, but now with more experience they managed to take care of their new baby without much difficulty. A year after the birth of Loup, the village chief and Rafael''s father died in his bed with 59-year-old, proud of the way he was, he never met Rafael after the fight they had, he died without ever seen the face of his grandchildren. He just met the son of Michael, his grandson Klaus, and began to train him early so he doesn''t become another error equal to Rafael. As had been previously determined Michael would become the new leader, first he refused trying to make the council of elders accept Rafael as the new leader, but they refused any kind of proposal, with no other alternative Michael became the new leader and Klaus his heir. Over time both Loup and Luna were growing up, Nathalia had to be careful when carrying Loup to the market with her if she takes up her eyes for a second he would disappear. The first time he vanished Nathalia found him listening to the song of a group of birds, the second time he was entering the tavern hearing people screaming and drinking. No matter where he was, Loup always found the animation of the village, he seemed especially drawn to music, Nathalia did not understand how he could find these places alone. When Loup made four years his parents began to teach him along with Luna, while Luna trained with Rafael in the morning Nathalia taught Loup how to read and write, in the afternoon the two were taught history and geography with Rafael and math with Nathalia. Pov Loup Today is the turn of daddy to teach, I love the stories he tells to us, unlike mommy''s of boring lectures, she is always repeating that it is important to know how to count, would be much nicer if Dad gave class every day. After all the stories of the world outside are much more interesting to know than how many apples I have after eating a bit of them, there are so many exciting things around the world that I get anxious just thinking. It would be so cool if we all we traveled around the world and we made a visit to all the places of dad''s stories. Rafael: "Well children we will start class today, but first what I taught to you in the last class?" Luna: "You talked about the different nations spread over Ardren, as the continent is very large there are hundreds of different nations across the continent." Loup: "Uh-huh, and you also told us how the village was created, our ancestor Eliot Reed, the last master of the sword Silfarion fought his last battle at the base of the great mountain Krasurst." Luna: "There he and his companions, leading a small army of 1,000 men broke into the enemy fortress which contained more than 10,000 soldiers." Loup: "After dominating the enemy fortress their master appeared and asked for a duel against Eliot in the plains of Langridge, the battle between them was so colossal that separated this side from the continent''s land, making it become an island." My eyes glittered only imagine such a spectacular battle as well. Luna: "After winning the battle Eliot helped create a new kingdom in the new island and one of his companions Thomas Etrein became king. Thus was born the kingdom of Etrein 300 years ago. " Loup: "But those who wanted to follow Eliot came with him and created a secret village on the edge of the island where the only one who knew its location was the king of Etrein, residents left their children a mission to help the hero when he arises again. " Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Rafael: "Very good. I''m happy that you are paying attention in class" I could see a little smile on our father''s face. Rafael: "Well now tell me, have you heard of any other race besides humans?" Luna: "Other races? You mean other intelligent beings like elves and dwarves? "Asked Luna Rafael: "That''s right. Luna" He looked at Luna with approval and stroked her head. Loup: "What are elves and dwarves father?" Rafael: "Well son in our world there are other intelligent living beings only that they are different from humans, elves and dwarves are a few examples of races that exist." Loup: (Elves, Dwarves, other races, I want to see them, how are they ? What they eat, what they look like, humans can talk to them What they do, what are their skills , where they live , ahahah this is so cool to think that humans are not the only ones who inhabit the continent.) Loup: "Speak more about the other races, Dad." Rafael: "Well there are several races and even I don''t know all, the most popular are the elves, dwarves, vampires, beasts men, orcs, goblins, gnomes and halfling." Rafael: "The elves is tall people living in forests are great users of magic and amazing archers, their greatest feature is the pointy ears, their lifetime is so long that many believe that they are immortal." Rafael: "Dwarves unlike the elves are low and robust, they are very strong physically and live in the mountains because they love looking for precious materials such as silver and jewelry, they are very good with manual production work, and magnificent blacksmiths, the best weapons in the world are made by dwarves, and also the best drinks because the dwarves love to go drink in a tavern. Rafael: "We do not know much about vampires, but they are beings living by drinking the blood of other races, they are undead so they don''t age, they too can not go out in the sun, its greatest feature is their extremely pale skin and the pointed canines. " Rafael: "The beasts men is generally as we call them, they have many different esp¨¨ces, it''s all race featuring humanoids and animal characteristics." Rafael: "Orcs are extremely aggressive creatures who are always fighting and plundering other races, they are always hungry, and procreate very fast, they always have a lot of numbers, and are generally physically stronger than humans, but most of them are dumb, so we can fight on equal terms against them. " Rafael: "The goblins and gnomes I do not know much about them, I just know that they are very good at building, always doing different machines to compensate for the fact that they are not very good with magic." Rafael: "The hobbits are a small race like the dwarves with hands and feet and large, they are pacific so they rarely participate in contests, but they are very good at sneak and go unnoticed." Loup ". WOWWWWWWW THAT''S SO COOL" My scream echoed through the house. Luna: "But father which is the most powerful race?" Luna made an interesting question, which really is the strongest race. Rafael: "Well that''s a tough question, but if we evaluate in a one on one fight, the strongest race would be without a doubt the dragons." Loup: "Dragons?" Rafael: "Yes dragons are an extremely intelligent and proud race, they are huge beasts that have scales that protect their body from any weapon or magic, with their wings they fly freely through the sky, they can breathe fire and melt anything in their path, they are very greedy also love bright things, even more than the dwarves, they are without doubt the emperors of the sky. " Loup: "wowwww then they can beat anyone?" Rafael: "Well if they ..." Before he could continue." Nathalia: "Okay that''s enough for today, time to get your next class" Mom emerged with paper and ink. "Today you will not get up until you answer all questions." Luna and Loup: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" The shouts of Luna and Loup could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Chapter 6 How to Fight Loup and Luna loved to venture through the village is an alley, a narrow passage, roofs, anywhere was subject to imagination and the adventures of the two were always together, since neither of them had friends with whom they could play. After so long living in the village without causing any problems, the villagers began to ignore the presence of Nathalia, they were no longer openly hostile to her, it was thanks to Michael assistance that the hatred of residents decreased. Unfortunately traditions and customs are difficult to overcome, even if they began to tolerate her presence, they saw her as an inferior being, something dirty, after all they are a "sacred" lineage they have a mission to help save the world when necessary, and are proud of it, so they see her as an intruder. And that feeling is passed also to the children of Nathalia, since they are the result of contamination of the line, and we''re talking about Rafael''s lineage, descendant of the last hero. Luna can be said that she still suffers a little less of that feeling, her personality is very similar to Rafael when he was a child, and everyone knows her talent with the sword is the same level as her father, despite being a girl. But Loup, could be said that the culmination of all the disgust of the village falls on him, Nathalia is the only person in the village who has a red hair, so just looking at it, anyone would know who are his parents, his hair was proof of the presence of Nathalia. His mere existence was proof of breaking hundreds of years of tradition, his appearance reminded everyone of Nathalia. Although adults behave the same can''y be said of the children. Children especially boys, love to have a target for their malicious pranks, and Loup for being different from others of course was a perfect target. Every day, every moment Loup was seen alone, they took the opportunity to do something against him, in the beginning were simple things like making of his hair or put his toy somewhere where he couldn''t reach. Adults even seeing it decided not to get involved, and even with Rafael complaints to the parents of the other boys, nothing happened, and with time, the games were getting more and more dangerous, to the point that some even try to attack Loup, especially the group who was the same age as Luna. Maybe it''s envy, or even simply they didn''t like the idea of a girl beeing stronger than them, the boys tried to direct their resentment on Loup, if not for Luna always be around him, Loup could have become seriously injured. Pity on those who tried to hurt Loup, their luck is that Rafael made Luna promise that she would not hurt others "seriously" if not it would have at least a hundred boys who had to stay in bed for several months. With all this Loup began to be afraid of other people, and become extremely dependent on his sister, there were days he did not want to leave home. So Loup became a laughing stock of the village, after all how can a direct descendant of the hero being a coward who hides behind others, someone who does not fight his own battles, must be because the hero''s blood have been contaminated. The idea of a 4 year old child, face a group of boys with 9 years alone is ridiculous, but people see only what they want to see. At 5 years old Loup barely wanted to leave home even if Luna would protect him, he did not like being a laughingstock, his parents worried they decided to talk to their child. Pov Nathalia It''s been more than 10 years since I moved to this village, it was difficult at the beginning but I never regretted my decision, but because of me my son is now suffering and I just do not know what to do. He was a child as happy, even though he was a little shy, he was always cheerful and running, but now he''s afraid to leave the cocoon he created around him, breaks my heart to know I can not do anything to help him.All I can do is let Rafael handle it. Nathalia: "Dear Loup, your father and I want to talk to you." I call for him at his room. Loup: "What is it mom" I hear him speak almost in a whisper of his room. Nathalia: ". We are waiting for you in the room, we want to talk about something important," I go to the room, and then immediately listen to his bedroom door open. In the room are me and Rafael seated at the table waiting for our son, we can see him coming at a slow pace with a sad expression on his face. He sits in front of us and directs his gaze to us, wanting to know why we have called. Rafael: "Son, I can see that you are sad about the last things that has been happening to you." Nathalia: ". It is our fault that you''re going through it, if you had not been born as our son maybe your life would be better" Really maybe it would be better if he had not been born as our son. Rafael: "Tell me what bothers you? The people who laugh at you? The other boys who mistreat you? The fact that you can not fight back? "Question my husband. Loup just gives a little shake of the head up and down, I can see in his eyes doubt as to ask and where we want to reach. Rafael: "So let me tell you how to solve your problems son." Now he looked closely at Rafael, making sure not to miss even a word. Rafael ". Become strong Loup, strong enough to defend yourself, strong enough to beat anyone who attacks you, strong enough that no one else can even think about laughing at you," Rafael said with conviction in his tone . Loup: "But I''m not strong like brave enough like the others, I also want to be strong like Daddy and Luna, but it is impossible to happen." Rafael: "No one is strong from the beginning Loup, you should train, just training you will acquire strength, your own sister in the past returned full of bruises after losing a fight with the the boys of her age." Loup wanted to speak but seemed to be hesitating, his eyes were moving between his hands and Rafael when. BAMM This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Rafael broke the table with his fist Rafael: "CAN YOU SEE THIS LOUP, THIS IS RESULT OF YEARS OF DEDICATION AND TRAINING , I PROMISE YOU IF YOU WORK HARD AND FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS I''LL GIVE YOU A POWER THAT EXCEEDS EVEN MYSELF." He roared Rafael At this point both I and loup were stunned by the sudden attitude of Raphael, I was about to yell at him but Loup acted first. Loup: "Please teach me." Said Loup with a smile. Rafael: "Great let''s start right now." Rafael got up and left the house followed by Loup. Thank you my love, I knew I could count on you, my heart is filled with joy at the sight of that new look on my son''s face, please God if you exist I just ask you one thing, allow my children to be happy. End point of view Outside the house Luna waited for her father for him to start training her when she saw him being followed by her younger brother. Luna: "Will Loup watch today''s training father?" asked Luna. Rafael: "No Luna, today you are dismissed from training, your brother will start training too, so today I will give a class just for him and teach him the basics." Said Rafael. Luna: "Ehh Loup will, why you don''t want to be protected by your sister?" Luna spoke in a joking tone. Loup: "Uh-huh, I''ll become stronger, even than Father, and then it will be my turn to protect you Luna." Loup said with conviction. Luna: "Oh really, so I will wait anxiously for that day, but until then it''s my responsibility to protect my beautiful little brother." She replied with a warm smile as she stroked Loup''s head. Loup: "Hunf don''t treat me like baby, let''s go father." Said Loup angry as he removed the hand of his sister. Rafael took Loup to the forest that was inside Altamira''s barrier, there they sat. Rafael: "Ok Loup now I''ll start class so pay attention, the first thing you have to know is that there are two ways to get stronger. The first is using your body the second is using your spiritual power. " Rafael: "First as you might expect it comes to training your body to fight, it makes it faster, stronger, tougher, so for professions such as swordsmen, archers, knights, generally every kind of warrior who gives physical damage. Rafael: "The second is to train the spiritual energy within you, the spiritual energy is everywhere, it is she who controls the laws of nature, one who can control your spiritual energy can create or manipulate certain phenomena of nature, is what we call magic that is used by witches and wizards in general. " Rafael: "Both methods are trained in different ways, for the first you train your body depending on the profession you want to follow line, if you turn a swordsman you train how to use a sword and also your body to become stronger and agile in later levels you use the spiritual power within you to strengthen your body in different ways. " Rafael: "Now for the second is somewhat different, first one has to find out which element he has natural aptitude for training, is something that can not be changed, you just born or not with talent for it, you should absorb spiritual energy from the outside and go gradually expanding the amount that can store, so places with a great spiritual energy density are good to train." Loup: "What are the elements, and how you do this test?" Rafael: "Well the basic elements are fire water air earth light lightning darkness, but may appear people with unique abilities like wood. At the test question, there are several good ways of doing, here we use a special paper that depending on your aptitude it becomes a different color. " Rafael: "Well continuing, we divide the power level of 1 to 10, using a swordsman as base we can say that power of each level is more or less like this." Rafael: "At level 1 you are already a good fighter and already understand the basics. 2 can now monitor training of others and help them improve. 3 may already have your own squad, like a captain and give orders, your techniques are already better polished. At 4 you usually already have your own technique that you developed and specializes in it. In 5 you are already someone with high military potential, your name makes enemies avoid war with you. No 6 can win alone easily a small level of squad 2 in the wars they are very used to open lines in the battles. No 7 you are a master in your own style. No 8 can defeat a squad alone and create an entire tree of fighting style. No 9 Defeat an army composed of people who reach level 6 and level 10 your strength is so extreme, and so unattainable that we call god of war. Loup: "WOWW, so at what level are you father? Are you already at level 10? Because no one can beat you. " Rafael: "No Loup, I''m only at level 5 almost at the 6, there are many people in this world stronger than I Loup, just so you know your sister is at level 3." Loup: "WHAT, Luna is that strong, that is almost as strong as you father?" Loup asks incredulously. Rafael: "Not really, the truth is that once you reach a level, you need twice as much time and effort to reach the next, a normal human need about one year to arrive at level 1, to reach level 2 need to train more 2 years, to reach 3 for 4 years, and so on. "explained Rafael. Loup, "then wait, if so how much time is needed to get someone on the top level?" Rafael: "Well one normal human would need a whole 1023 years to reach the last level." Loup: "Wow, so what level have our ancestor arrived?" Rafael: "Apparently before he died he was at level 9." Said Rafael in a tone of disbelief. Loup: "HOW HE REACHED SUCH A HIGH LEVEL ?" Shouted Loup surprised. Rafael: "This is where enters your talent and effort, this is only a given number using humans who are average. Well enough talk for today, time to start your tortu... I mean training. "Said drafting an evil grin on his face. For the rest of the day can be heard terrifying screams echoing through the forest.