My name Elenoir von Rondelheim. Currently three years old.

We lived in the outskirt of this peaceful town —under the kingdom of Bruhmund.

The town consist of many building and with a margin population of 500. This land prosper quite well and has a good reputation. Apparently, there are only few noble family that resides in this town.

Roselliete von Rondelheim. Our mother, a good and lovely woman, with a child of two —Me, as the eldest and my brother as the youngest.

As I recalled, mother, in her younger days, was revered as the Thorn Maiden—quite a name for our mother who—usually was very kind and treat her people well.

She was a peerless beauty, with a high standing in society. She was chased by many men, however, they were all turned down. I've also heard that she was about to be married off to a noble family but she stubbornly refused. As a result, she fled to a remote country. That was when she finally met our father.

At first, they were just stranger. Father was an adventurer while mother was newly joined adventurer. They started as companion, their relationship was nowhere better at that time. However, as time pass by, mother gradually opened up to father and eventually became together.

Mother decided to live independently with father and fled to this small town, completely severing her noble status and starts a new life. The both of them earned fame through adventuring and eventually, given a title and a land. Apparently, Our land was located a little far away from the town for some(?) reason.

That should to a happy life, however, there was gravely news that came to us, that is, the sudden disappearance of father.

That incident happened two years ago. It caused an uproar throughout the adventurer's guild, since father was well-known and famous among the guild. Though, that's not the fact that caused the uproar but because he was one of those strong adventurer that the guild had, aside from mother and other adventurers.

Mother requested a search party in the guild to find father but in the end... they find no news nor clues of his whereabouts. In the end, we hold a funeral of an empty casket. Many adventurers came to offer their prayers for father.

Up until now, mother was still in an unstable state. Still, As an adventurer, she's toppled up with much work. I worries about her health.

"but there was nothing we could do."

I let out a sigh while cupping my chin as I watch the boy training diligently.

Until just a few moments, someone came knocking onto the door.

"M'lady! the breakfast is ready." says a voice of a lady, one of the maid working in our house.

Everything was in chaos lately but...

"Yes, I'll be there in a minute."

None of that matter matters right now.

......................

I made my way to the dining room. I tread carefully as I greet everyone a goodmorning with a smile on my face. However, it is only a facade to hide my true self.

On the dining room, there was mother, who was already sitting, waiting for us before eating. Mother looks tired than usual that dark circles forms around her.

"Goodmorning, Mother! You look very tired today." I greeted my mother before sitting on the chair.

"Goodmorning, my daughter! I may look like this but I am fi— "

"You should get some rest!" I exclaim while looking straight to her eyes, interrupting before she finish her sentence.

Mother sigh as she put her palm on her cheek. "maybe I should get some rest for a while." she mumbled.

"Yeah, You should! Dark circles were already forming around your eyes."

"Huh, really?" she said with a tired look on her face.

She must have loaded with work that she didn't had enough time to look for her image.

"I haven't had enough sleep lately, I should take my time to rest." she says before yawning and strecthes her arm widely.

"Albert? is there any important matters that I should be attending to?" she asks.

Albert, who was our butler, works as both a butler and assistant of mother at the same time.

"Regarding that, Madam! There were few non-trivial matters that can scheduled tommorow. However, there is one thing that you should attend to, that is, matters regarding to the krillim forest."

Krillim forest? Ah! That it!!!

I slam both my hands on table before raising an arm. "Mother! Regarding that matter, can you leave that to me?" I said to mother with a seriousness in my eyes.

"Ahh! But that is dangerous!" Mother says, surely she didn't want me to go.

"But mother! Please!!!" I begged my mother as I clasped both my hand with cutesy pose and a pitiful eyes.

"Nngh!... Fine! you can go, but you should bring one or two personal guard" Mother says it as if she was blinding with bright light.

"Madam! If I may, I could go as M'lady's gua—"

As one of the maid(?) stepped in and talked, she was interrupted with a sudden bang of the door followed by a loud voice shouting "GEWDMORWING!!!".

Ahh! here he comes!

That loud voice came from the boy who was training sword, it was my little brother.

Elias von Rondelheim, my little brother. An energetic and bright boy, currently two years old. He appears cute and lovely but he had a demeanor of proud knight. He has a porcelain blonde hair, a pair jet black eyes and a mole under his left eye. Aside from facial structure, he has a pointed ear that catches the attention of others.

"Goodmoning!!!" 

"Goodmorning, Young Lord."

We exchanged a goodmorning, he's so bright and energetic as though he shines radiantly.

Why can you smile like that? Even though, you just went from hellish training... You know you're covered in bruises and there's even blood all over your head...

There is these words that I want but cannot say.

I let out a sigh and reached out my hand.

"Maria?"

"Yes! Here, M'lady."

Maria, our maid, gave me a piece of towel as though she knows what I requested. Truthfully, this event always happens, my brother always came back bruised and covered in blood.

T'is also part of my daily life too.

"Here! Come here!" I called out to my little brother as I waved my hand.

My little brother follows easily as I commanded.

He sit beside me and I goes to wiped off the dirt and blood. Usually, this was the maid's duty but I prefer it doing myself.

"Geez!! you should be careful as I told you. You always come back injured..."

"Down't woory, I'm fin as fiddel." He says while smiling as if it was just nothing for him. 

"Really? I haven't seen someone beat up black and blue a two years old kid on a swordmanship. (Well, I literally saw one already and it's right in front of me.)"

I even had an argument with mother insisting "It's fine! It is completely normal for boy to get hurt. That's how they become a man."

I let out a sigh as I finished wiping my brother face. After that, we dine happily and the maid who was talking earlier, continues and repeat herself.

"M-Madam? If you would... Will you let me go together with M'lady as a guard."

"Hmm... alright! I approved of you." Mother pauses to gave it a thought before approving.

"Thank You, Madam! If you may excuse myself." says Maria, bows her head to mother and excuses herself outside.

It seems that she will preparing for the departure.

The maid with a brown hair and uptight personality was, Maria Ladeskin. A young and beautiful maiden with a smooth supple skin that easily grabs the attention of boys around.

...----------------...

Few hours had already passed, I've found myself walking out the town. There are marchants that exchanging goods and information.

There were also countless adventurers roaming around here.

"Oooh! There are parties too!"

As I walked for sightseeing, I heard a familiar sneekering noises—It was probably them.

"Well! Well! Who do we have here."

These kids are here again—though I'm a kid myself.

Haah! I should end this quickly. "Well! What is the three idiots doing?"

I spoked a bit coldly only to see these boy snapped.

"Wha-? W-who are you calling idiot? Aren't you the creepy kid!"

"Yeah! Creepy kid!"

"Yeah, a witch"

Ruiz von Deitren, a son of a baron of a neighboring noble in town, and two of his friend, came to mess with me again.

How rude, these three, calling a kid a creep.

"If isn't, Ruiz, the one who pissed his pants after almost getting run over by Beardelion... Vlenn, who cried over spilled ice cream after intensely licking it and Ren, wetting his pants yesterday after seeing that bearded guy adventurer—Oh! he's behind you!"

"I didn't pissed my pants... Wait! How do you know that."

"We'll get back at you creepy kid!"

"Witch!"

Ruiz, and his gang, after reminding them about their embarassing stuff, quickly run off crying, cursing me a word as they run away.

As to why they called me a witch, there is a reason to it.

I let out a sigh of discomfort before proceeding to walk around the town.

Perhaps, it is time to properly introduce myself.

My name is Elenoir von Ronderheim, Currently three years old.

I was the talk of the whole town when I was a little. I seems to have a mind of adult or so they say. I was able to properly converse with adult. I was also able to do things that any normal kids couldn't in terms of age. They say I could read and write and could understand politics and mathematics, Although, I wasn't aware of it until recently.

One day, three kids approached me, they are Ruiz and his friends. We were good friends back then, we played together and had fun. 

There is one time that we played recklessly and strayed too far around town. Ruiz and his friend were picked on by strong looking thugs on back alley. 

I even went for trouble just find and saved them...

There should be knights that guards them from afar but Ruiz and his friends were able to slip through them.

And so I took trouble to fend off the thugs with my magic, it is also not just any normal offensive magic —it is one of my own improvised magic.

As I use magic on them, I managed to finished them off to the point, that they were dealt with, onesidedly.

The people around took me as a genius magician, however, that is not case for Ruiz and other —who took me as scary person. After that, they stopped seeing me, it is the same as well as the other kids around town, avoiding me. Well, it doesn't bother me at all.

And that is the gist of it. I even used mother, as the person who invented the 'imrovised magic' as to not catch any unwanted attention.

Luckily, Mother had recognized my lies beforehand and takes the matter on check.

As I wandered around the town, I came across an unfamiliar place or should I say I got lost.

"Oi! oi! This ain't a place for a kids like 'ya to waltz around!"

"The way 'ya dress! Ain't'cha a noble, Missy?"

"How'bout you come with big brother, I'll you treat some sweets."

Speak of the devil. I came across a bunch of thugs.

"... Just a bunch of wussy thugs." I mumbled just barely audible for them to hear.

"Who're you calling a wussy, you brat!" one of the thugs shriek as he swiftly ****** a knife on me.

"Wind Barrier!" I exclaimed as the visible shield erected around me and stopped knife before landing a hit on me.

"W-wha—" The thug mumbled as he backs away a few steps due to the effect of the barrier. The two started to unsheath their knife and dashes at me.

"Physical Enhancement!" I mumbled before swiftly dodging as though time seems to have slowed. After dodging consecutive slashes, I skid through wide opening in-between the legs of thugs.

The people started gathering around from afar due to the commotion, just watching over from the side.

"I should finish this quickly." I mumbled as the thugs gathered around in one places directly facing me —not even bothered by the crowd.

"You've done it now, Missy! It's do or die now." One of them shouted atop on their lungs and they started rushing at me.

I took in a deep breath and concentrated while striking a pose. "Lightning chain" I shriek as I casted a balls of lightning in thin air and launched at the thugs.

"... H-huh? W-wha—!... Nggh...!"

As the chain of lightning went forward, it landed to the one on front. It creates bolts of lightning and ricochet on the other tow at the back. The remaining balls of lightning hitted the latter, which struck down the enemy to defeat.

"Phew!! Luckily, I managed to finished them without a scratch." A sigh of relief and a sense of victory. However, I had forgotten about the crowd. The surrounding was filled with intense clapping and cheering.

Really! It's not some kind of entertain nor arena, was it?

"Young Lady! Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" says the shopkeeper that worries about me.

"You are good at using magic, Young Lady! Is it another magic creation of Baroness Rondelheim?"

"You've defeated thugs again, Missy?" says an adventurer while sizing me up. "You're cut out for an adventurer, Missy" he added.

"Ah! Yes, yes! Thank You...!"

The shopkeeper, the butcher, adventurers... everyone started to swarm me and praising me at the same time. After watching the crowd turning into chaos, I sneak and roll out of the crowd.

As I wipe off the dust of dress, I heard a whine from afar gradually getting louder.

"... MMMM'LAAAAAADDDYYY!" a voice calling me accompanied by clanging sound of metal.

A female knight wearing an armor steps out from the crowd. " Wait for me, M'lady!... obuh..."

The overloudly female knight tripped her foot while running.

"... Pwah...!" she raised her head, suddenly catch up for air as she gets up from tripping. "M'lady! Are you hurt?" says the clumsy knight with a mess on her face.

"Who's the one that tries to hurt M'lady? I'll give them hell!" she exclaimed with a very frightening face.

... Is she really that clumsy knight before?

"Hey! I'm okay and I'm not hurt, as you can see, the thugs were already taken by the guards to turn them to jail... More important, are you okay—your face is bloody messy, Literally."

" "I-I'm okay, M'lady! You shouldn't worry about me." she says shakily as she tries to hold back her tears—it must've hurt.

"Really? You say that, but your face says otherwise..."

We stared at each other for a minute.

"... pfft! hahahaha...!" I burst into laughters, I couldn't hold my laughters seeing her face.

"... A-awa-awa!... M'lady is laughing at me!" she says as she throws a tantrum like a kid while pouting her rosy cheek."

"Geez, what a clumsy knight you are. You should take care of your pretty face or you wouldn't be able to marry a decent guy." I says to her as I nagged on her while handling her a handkerchief.

"... Kyaa! M'lady is very kind and adorable." she says as she snuggle up on me.

"Yeah! yeah! Let me wipe your face." I said as I focused on wiping her face clean.

"... There! Your pretty face is clean now." I said after I finished wiped the dirt off her face.

"Thank You, M'lady!" say Rena with sparkly eyes.

"Now that we're done, Please escort me to home safely!"

"Yes, M'lady!"

After strolling around town, we decided to go home. I met an unexpected event but it was such a nice experience.

House of Rondelheim, it was such a nice town. In this house, the servants don't protect their master, the master the one who protect them. Rena, our clumsy female knight, is just one of those people.

"That's harsh, M'lady! I could hear them you know."

"Can you read my mind, Rena?"

"No, but you said that aloud."

"Really? I don't think so."

A beardelion-pulled carriage stopped by in front of the gates of a large mansion, it is the House of Rondelheim.

A man with proper attire goes out of carriage accompanied by three knight.

"What business do you have here?" says by one of the knights guarding the gate.

"I believed that we had an appointment with Baroness Rondelheim." says the man in attire as he handed a letter onto the knight.

After reading the content of the letter, the knight opened the gate and let them pass. Afterwards, the other knight escorts the guests inside.

The guest waited inside the guestroom over a cup of tea. The room which was supposedly silent, filled with a small chatter from the guest.

"It's been a while, isn't it? a voice accompanied by tackling sound of footsteps.

The man in attire glances over the one that speaks. "Oh! It's you. I haven't seen you awhile. Good to see you, Miss Rose!"

"Good to see you too, Count Henry."

"Oh, please! Drop the formalities, aren't we former classmate."

"Then, Henry! What's with sudden visit?" says Rose as she sips from a cup of tea.

"It's nothing serious, it's about krillim forest" 

"I'm sorry but I won't be able to come with you. I'm taking a break today. My daughter fits for the role as she insist on going—she's also capable at her age."

"I see but... where is this person in mind?" says Henry who was looking for Rose's daughter inside the room.

Rose looks at her assistant. "Where is Lena?" she asked.

"I'm sorry but I think Miss Lena sneaked out. I think she may come in a minut—"

The door slams open midsentence and the people inside were a bit surprised.

"Did you call me, Mother?" says Elena, the tiny girl with long pointed ear.

The room broke into silence. Roselliete stares at Elena. While Elena, that person in mind stares blankly at everyone. After some time, she surprisedly come to realize her sudden barging.

She slowly trotted forward with her tiny feet. "My name is Elena von Rondelheim. Nice to meet you all!" says Elena who introduced herself with proper etiquette.

Henry glances at Elena. "What a lovely lady you are. Are you the person that will accompany us?" 

"Yes, I may look like this but I have guardian's power running in my blood." Elena replies with great determination while clenching her tiny fists.

"Ohohoho-! What a bright child you are." Henry laughs loudly as if he's satisfied with Elena's remarks. "If I may introduced myself. My name is Henry von Lupiez, a Count and also a Tamer. Along with my knights, Liza, Perez and Kyle. Nice to meet you, Young Lady."

"We greet the Young Lady of House Rondelheim!" says the knights who's alongside with Henry, bows at young Elena.

"Likewise, Nice to meet you, Lord Henry! Then, if we're done here, May I excuse myself." says Elena after giving a formal greeting.

"Mother, I'll be excusing myself first to prepare for departure." she added.

"You may go now!" Rose replies while nodding.

After that, Elena takes her leave. Rose and Henry continues their discussion while waiting for Elena's preparation.

......................

"Finally done!" I mumbled to myself in a long hallway.

It was all fine as we walked home until I saw a carriage in front of the gate of our house. 

Is the guests are already here?... A thought flashes through my mind. I'd never thought that they would be here early. As soon as I realized that I've come dashing to the guestroom and was left in dazed after entering.

After walking out the hallway, I had finally made it to my room, a large door stands in front of me. I pushed as I enters.

"Are you done preparing?"

"Yes, M'lady!" a voice responded to my call, it was Maria. "I've prepared everything we need for departure." she said.

After that, we went outside and meet with Lord Henry. They are done with their discussion and was heading outside. I've also bid farewell to my mother and Elias.

And so we depart to krillim forest.

...----------------...

Inside the carriage, there was Sir Henry and Sir Kyle sitting on front seat. On the rear, there was me, sitting on the lap of Maria. Beside us was Miss Liza, a proud knight and the leading commader of the two knights, while Sir Perez , decided to seat beside the coachman.

The inside of the carriage felt like a large room, why is that? It so big that it could fit 10 people in it but it looks normally small on the outside. It couldn't be?...

"Spacial magic[ Expansion ]...!?" I mumbled to myself.

"Oh! So, you learned about this kind of magic!?"

Sir Henry hears the word I've said and was surprised. "Of course, I've  read that on book. It uses complicated magic formula and you'll need to imagine how big the room is and also a lot of mana is required to activate the expansion magic—I had already learned that months ago..."

"EH?"

"...hmm?" everyone was had surprise looks on their faces. Did I say something wrong?

Maria Leans over and lower her head. she whispers "M'lady, only academic class students starts learning that—literally, you need to go through elementary, intermediate class before learning that—and there's no way a 3 three years old kid could learn such advance and complicated magic."

... Oh shoot!... I forgot that in our 'normal' was considered 'only crazy people would do that' for others. A slip of toungue.

"BRRRIIIIIIILLIIAANNTTT! So Lady Elena could already learn an advance magic."

Sir Henry was greatly amazed that he went loud praising me, while Miss Liza and Sir Kyle went with 'Woah'.

I made yet another blunder, now these people clinged to me followed by tons of questions.

And so, another hour had already pass. I had answered few of their questions and now I demonstrate them a new magic—a way to dodge unlimited questions.

"... So, you need to channel the magic inside your body and transfer it from your chest through your arm to the fingers—simultaneously channeling the magic through every fingers..."

The magic that I was about to teach to them was intensified magic, which I had already learned that I have yet to show on public. As I explains the details, everyone silently listens while watching how I demonstrating it.

I raised an arm and opens my hand widely, fingers apart.

Fwoosh!

"In my fingers, I casted different magic in different fingers simultaneously; A fire magic, water, wind, lightning, and earth magic..." As I explains steps by steps, I casted different magics—and they went with "Woah! How?...".

"To cast different magic simultaneously, you need to visualize the image clearly while supplying it with magic equally. In this case, you need to use your imagination with the basic formula in mind. You don't need to chant, chant only helps you focus to visualize the formula on mind..."

As I carefully explains it, they nodded as they understand to tricks behind it.

Miss Liza on the other hand, learns alongside me while listening. She perfectly channels the magic equally. After that, different magic was casted simultaneously, however, some of them dissappeared after a few seconds. She loses her focus but it was amazing to see that she can maintain three different magic at once while she supplies it with mana equally. She got a talent in controlling magic.

Lord Henry and Sir Kyle who was listening to me, shifted on Miss Liza, who's performing a good demonstration. Maria, on the other hand, silently watch and listens.

After seeing their sparkly eyes, it makes me smile as I teach them personally. I never thought it was fun teaching them.

And so, I continues "And now, for the last part, you'll be needing to supply it magic with the same amount but you will supply it with compressed mana..."

Fwoom!

"... The fire turns blue and hotter, the water frozes and hardens, the wind takes form, the lightning materializes while the earth hardens and turned to stone."

"Whoooaaahh! Lady Elena, is a genius! a genius! You might have the blood of the great hero!"

They praise me after putting up the last display. Liza, who was keeping up with me, cuts of the flow of her mana and stopped, I follows and cuts off my flow of mana.

She sweats propusely and gasps for air. She's stuck on 2nd stage, trying hard on casting 5 different magic at once. It must be her diligence or competetiveness or whatsoever but I praise for her talent.

She cocks her head towards me. "H-how were you able to do that?" she asks as she gasp for air.

I smiles and shook my head. "Simply... If I had nothing to do, I always sneak to mother's study room to learn magic. I naturally learned to come up with new magic, as far as I know."

After answering her, I grabbed her by the hand. "So, for the last stage, can you still keep up?" I asks of her.

"YES!" she replies.

"Now, try channeling on one point on your finger, next is to compress your mana like squeezing dry the lemon, after that, release that mana while visualizing fire."

Miss Liza listens closely, after the she started following the procedure.

Fwish!

A fire forms at the end of her fingertip, gradually turning blue. It started big but she managed to adjust while maintaining the supply of mana.

"And that's it! You finally created the intensified magic." I exclaimed as she properly casted the magic as intruction follows.

Miss Liza smiles a sense of success. I was happy to see everyone. Lord Henry and Sir kyle was left impressed while Maria smiles proudly.

"M'lady, how about we register that new magic of yours?" Maria remarks boldly.

"What? You made it? It is a good idea to register a new magic for improvement." Lord Henry agrees with Maria.

"Yeah! Yeah! You can earn fame and popularity." says Sir kyle who silently listens earlier, insists on doing it.

"... Uggh! Getting famous is a pain in the ***...!"

"You should do it, Miss Elena!... Your magic is... um... amazing and you got good control over mana and have profound knowledge in it."

Miss Liza also agrees and insist on registering it. She had a flustered face, saying it while looking elsewhere. She seems to be weak at complementing at others.

Sigh! Everyone insists but... nevermind that. "Okay, I'll be doing it but I want to register it without my name on it—I don't like standing out."

As we talked on the way, the sun went down and night came. We stopped and camped for the night. To pass the night, we exchange stories and fun story. I've also made friends with everyone, Sir Perez also approved of me as I teached him the magic.

A few days had already passed. Elena and others finally reached krillim forest.

Henry as a tamer, and Elena, a guardian's decendants, communicated with monsters and spirit.

There were no abnormalities in the forest and there were no suspicious movements happened within.

"It seems that also no abnormalities this month, huh? should we looked for crystal horned deer?" Henry exclaimed as he made a sigh of relief.

Everyone replied with a "Yes!" and follow henry.

Nonetheless, Elena seems to restlessly looking around.

...elp! Elena flinches. She looks around while walking.

"... help... me!" Elena stops as she hears a horrid voice from somewhere.

"What is it, M'lady?" a voice behind Elena.

"Did you hear that? a voice?" Elena exclaimed.

Maria stops for a moment and listens to surroundings. "... But I don't hear any voice, M'lady! I don't hear any except from us.

Elena proceed to walking. She decided to ignored it at first but then she hears it again.

"... ease... help me!" a voice begging for help, yet, only Elena hears it.

Elena cocks her head to left as she hears the voice calling out for her.

Elena's mind flies elsewhere and instinctively followed the voice.

Maria who was behind Elena was left is panic when Elena disappears to thin air. Although, Maria, who's on full alert and passively uses perception magic, unnoticedly felt the disappearance of Elena.

As soon she found Elena missing, she reminded other and takes out daggers under her skirt.

"M'lady had gone missing, there's no signs of enemy, I also can't detect mana signature of M'lady." she exclaims.

Maria and others spreads out and look for Elena.

Elena, on the other hand, follows the voice that calls for her, getting louder as she closing near.

Elena looks back. "Where's everyone?" she mumbled as she found no one on her sight.

"Help me!" a loud voice that seems in pain calls again for Elena.

Elena walks straight towards the voice until she reaches deeper parts of the forest. There's no birds, no animals nor monsters and spirits. There's no wind and only complete silence.

Elena stops and she came across a thin veil that covers something in front of her. It is a barrier, erected deep inside the forest. It seems the barrier weakens and there must be a person hiding inside it.

"Please Help Me!" a voice, loud and clear. Elena hears it again yet she remain infazed.

Elena instinctively touches the thin-cloth like barrier. Her hand passes through, or it seems that she can enters it.

Inside the barrier she finds a virid forest, brimming with life.

As she walks straight ahead, she saw a figure lays before her eyes.

In front of her eyes, there laid a ***** woman on long slanted rock.

She's stunning, her deep blue hair cuts straight across her legs, it veils completely her voluptuous breasts and shapely thighs. She has a supple skin, a pair of fluff ear and long tail from her back.

"A beastwoman?" Elena mumbled as makes 5 step forward.

On her last step, cracks a dead twig.

The ***** woman ear twitches as she overhears that wierdly suspicious noise.

From her sleeping, she disappears somewhere in split second or should I say that she moves at a speed where eyes of normal people can't follow.

The woman teleported to where Elena is, taking a battle stance, hand placed on elena's neck while the other was wide open, showcasing sharp pointed claws. She makes a hissing sound, mouth wide-opened, showing her canine teeth and she glares hostile with her feline eyes.

Elena remained shocked, eyes shut, fist closed and covers her face. She sweats propusely and greatly gasping for air as she felt intense bloodlust from the beastwoman of the cat tribe. 

"... ack! w-w-wait!" Elena remarks, her tears flows from her eyes as she clutches her chest tightly.

After hearing her words. The beastwoman came into senses, quickly put away her hands and her bloodlust.

She went down her knees as she shooks her head. "... ster... Nghh!" she mumbled.

Elena was down on all-four, coughing, groans in pain while palpipating.

The beastwoman quickly noticed and reached out her hand on thin air and takes out a bottle. She forces elena to drink it down and finallu calmed down.

After a few minutes of rest, the two stares at each other silently. Elena remained silent, cold sweat runs down her spine while the beastwoman scowls at her.

"Master?... Where is master?" the beastwoman speaks and asked Elena.

"... Master who?"

"Never mind that... When and where am I?"

"Today is the 2647th year, 12th day of the ento month of the lucrim calendar. We are in krillim forest of great continent of acritoria." Elena answers.

"Acritoria?... oh, right! The sky continent."

Elena was a bit surprised. Although, she almost felt fear and death, she felt relieved after drinking the potions that was forced to drink to her. "My name is Elena von Rondelheim, daughter of Roselliete von Rondelheim and Peterdeil von Rondelheim."

"What? Pete? Where is he?" says the surprised beastwoman who seems to be acquaintance of Elena's father.

"... Sadly, my father went missing 2 years ago, without any leads nor clues..." Elena replies remorseful.

Once again, it brokes down to silence.

"... I see!... Oh, right! My name is Nekoria de Earthen. Nice to meet you, daughter of Pete. I'm very sorry about earlier, I was at lost and instinctively went on hostile." Nekoria, the beastwoman, ask for forgiveness of Elena.

"It's okay! I'm not hurt! More importantly, why are you here?"

"... My master... no! I was sent and sealed within here and was put to slumber. I used my subconcious to call out for help and you happened to respond to my call and broke the barrier—more like I've been sleeping here for 500 of years." Nekoria explained her situation to Elena. "For conpensation about earlier, here..." she added while reaching her hand to thin air and took out a small pouch and gave it to Elena.

Elena reached out her hand and received the pouch. More importantly, she was focused on Nekoria's hand.

"Oh! This? It is Spacial Storage Magic. It creates a rift and places things inside of it. It usually uses the basic space magic and time magic that stops time inside of it—it also consumes a lot of mana while using it."

"I see!" Elena nodded while cuping her chin with two fingers.

"So, you understand. What a promising kid!"

The two of them talked for a while learning magic and information.

After some time, Nekoria ear twitches.

"...lena?"

"...M'lady?" a voice followed by footstep and rustling of leaves.

"... It's Maria and others!" says Elena.

"... so, they are here...!" Nekoria responded with a sadness on her voice. "I think is time to leave, why don't you take a nap [ Sleep ] for a bit and forget everything that happens here [ Mind Manipulation ]". says nekoria while casting a spell on her sentence.

Elena loses conciousness and fell down while Nekoria vanishes into thin air.

Maria and others arrives on the scene. They've found no one, except for sleeping Elena.

Maria hurries to Elena, she worries but she seemed relief after she saw Elena peacefully sleeping. She lifts the sleeping child, and let her rest on her fine shoulder. "M'lady, please wake up." she whispers.

"... Nggh! Huh...!?" says Elena, eyes shut and was half-asleep. It seems like she's been asleep for hours but that's not the case.

"... No!... Grrhhn...!" she groans in pain, covered in sweat while her tempearture dropped down.

Maria quickly felt and noticed. "M'lady's health worsen, we need to go back." says Maria, alongside with others, they hurried back home.

The site was left abandoned and turns into complete silence.

"-fufufu! You managed to broke from my sleep spell, usually, it last for 6hrs and it cannot be broken by any means—you seems to have high magic aptitude." says by a gentle voice, it was from Nekoria, who grins widely while laughing.

She was atop of a tree, covered herself with concealment magic. "I hope me meet soon!" she added and vanished into thin air.

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Sire, we were outnumbered, we need to fall back.

Child, can you help me seals the rifts and help me restore the world back to it's previous state.

I grant you this power, in hopes for another, that will bring salvation to the world.

Crash!...

"... W-wha-what!... Nghh...!" I got up, there's a pang in my chest, I groans as I clutches my chest tightly.

"W-what was that? A dream?... No! it felt too real to be called a dream." I mumbled to myself, after I felt that dream, fragments of it slowly resurfaced in my mind.

It's a war... demons and angels. A battlefield, clashes of swords, smells of bloods and this feeling of despair.

I shook my head left and right, glancing around. "I was in my room!" I mumbled to myself. It was dark, it is past midnight.

my hands were trembling and I felt a swelling pain on my cheek. I raised an arm and put my hand to it.

"Huh! what is this? It's glowing." I was surprise that I goes out my bed and heads in front of the mirror.

Before my eyes, there was me reflected on the mirror. My eyes glows a golden light... isn't my eyes were prismarine blue?

"No! Never mind that." I mumbled to myselft again.

Aside from my eyes, there a white symbol imprinted on my left cheek, it was glowing a white light.

I touches, rubbed, smudges it over again but it won't go away. As it won't go away, I sit and crossed my legs and concentrate. My mana in my body was running wild, so I started to fix flow of my mana.

After a few minutes, I opened my eyes, my mana flow went back to normal and my eyes and my cheek stops glowing, However, the mark was left on my cheek and it was a little swollen.

I got up from sitting and went back to bed, recollecting the dreams I had that I started to think that it was memory or the reality itself.

Was it glimpse of future? or the past? It might be the so-called precognitive dream that everyobe spoke of.

Sigh! I do not know anymore. I shook my head like crazy and went back to sleep.

Surely it won't happen, was it?