Arthur

Darkness. A familiar darkness embraces my whole body, it felt like slimy liquid touching my skin. I tried my best to determine what is happening to me. Did I die? Again?

As I recalled my last memory. My fight with that demon. Even though I almost can feel anything here in this darkness, I still can feel my emotions, and the emotion occupying my heart right now is pure frustration.

To think someone like me who has a stature of a king lost to someone like him.

“Unforgivable, If I'm somehow reborn in the same world as before I'll train my whole life just to break that demon. I won't kill him, no I'll break him until he's just a useless sack of rotten meat."

It feels like I was hovering around this darkness but also feels like I'm not moving at all. I can't feel if the time is passing or stopped here. I tried to control my limbs and other body parts but there's nothing.

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I felt like I've been here for years now. As someone who went to war countless times, I have obtained the skills to feel the time without having a clock. And base on those experiences I atleast have been here for months, no maybe a year, few years maybe even a decade. All I know is that I don't know a thing and I'm clueless on what's happening at all.

Am I reincarnating again? Do all I have to do now is wait for my new mother to push me out of her? I don't know. If I'm really dead then why am I still conscious, well not really but I'm atleast partially conscious.

I'm Just here mindlessly floating in the middle of the darkness or something when I heard some kind of cluttering of metals. Wait, metals? Am I gonna be born this day? Am I in some kind of hospital now?

Lots and lots of thoughts entered my mind not sure on what to do even though I really can't do anything as of now. I waited and waited until disappointment hit me. I waited for a few minutes, hours and days but nothing happened. Nothing at all now I'm back to this boring state again.

A long time has passed and nothing has really happened except now that constant sound of metals cluttering. Now, doubts started to cloud my mind as multiple scenarios appeared in my head.

“Am I really dead? that demon surely killed me but how can someone be atuck here for so long? "

Then an idea popped inside my head.

“The liquid! how am I even alive if I'm submerged in some kind of liquid and won't be able to breath?"

I instinctively tried to move my head. And there it is, I felt some kind of material covering my mouth and nose. It's probably the one helping me breathe keeping me alive.

“So that means I'm at least alive and recovering. But I'm here for like an eternity now, doesn't that mean I'm probably healed now and just in a coma state? "

I thought concentrating on moving my limbs again back to the way it used be. Surprisingly I easily moved my arm.

“Seems like years of rest here isn't that bad at all."

Having the courage to get out of where the hell I even am, I tried to reach in front of me. I felt a cold surface responding to my touch. Gathering all of my strength to my arms I pushed the metallic wall in front of me which resulted in a huge dent I could feel easily with my touch.

Getting more impatient on how hard it is to get out here I punched it. Again and again and again until a whole appeared, letting light get inside of this some kind of capsule I'm in. Seeing light for the first time I quickly pushed the surface in front of me and it opened unexpectedly easy.

Pulling what seems like life support on my face I pushed my upper body up to finally get out of this jelly bullshit I've been submerged in for at least a year minimum.

As I opened my eyes slowly letting go of the darkness that embraced me for what feels like eternity. I took a deep breath, the smell of metals and medicines entered my nostrils. My ears started to receive sounds of machines probably there to keep me alive. My whole body welcoming the cold air covering the whole room.

“Finally for god's sake I'm finally out of there. I thought it would be hard to get out of there but it's not really as hard as I thought "

I smiled pretty satisfied with what I did.

“Did you enjoy your sleep there young man? It appears to me that you're proud of yourself getting out of that capsule. But sorry for disappointing you but I opened it's lock when I saw you struggling a few minutes ago. You probably won't be able to escape there with your current situation. "

I looked around the room and there stood a handsome man with elk like-horns grinning towards me. And as I look at him the handsome demon cited this following words that shook me to my core.

“Welcome to Alacrya, King Grey. "

Tessia Eralith

I'm currently heading to my room. After finishing my talk with my parents about me training to join the war. It as expected turned into an argument again because of them saying that I'm not strong enough and I might get hurt.

“Why can't they just let me go into the war. I'm probably the strongest mage in my age in the whole of Dicathen. I'll convince grandpa about this."

I immediately made a detour to my grandpa's room. Arriving in front of his door I quickly opened it not minding to knock. I saw my grandpa on his small table drinking liquors.

Grandpa has been like this a few days after the attack in Xyrus academy. I can't understand why but he instantly called Lance Alea that day to find that snake Grey.

Why did grandpa do that? Why does he even care about that guy anymore?
I kinda feels safe that now he's gone, I mean who would wants a monster like him around. He is just too dangerous to be left roaming around and I'm sure everyone who knows the truth already knows that.

“What is it that you want little one? "

I heard my grandpa's voice as he answered me. His voice is now different from what it's used to be. The old wise and sarcastic voice he used to have now is just full of tiredness and stress.

“Grandpa! I want to help in the war. "

“NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! YOU'RE GONNA STAY HERE IN THE CASTLE!"

I-I'm shocked about what I just heard my grandpa who is so sweet and caring to me just shouted at me.

“Ah, I am sorry little one I just got shocked on what I heard it seems like my hearing have gone worse this days."

“No, it did not. Grandpa please let me join the war, let me help protect this continent from those devils in Alacrya." I raised my voice my emotions taking control of me but I don't care.

“sigh, I can't convince you to reconsider right? " I simply nodded as a response

“The royal treasury, There is an item there being passed by the royal family of this nation generations to generations. I command you to use that" My grandpa answered again with his tired voice.

“That item is the mana core of an SS-rank mana beast, Forest Queen with its will intact. We will use that on you until you have a beast will and to break your core to light yellow and then we'll decide if you're ready to go to war. " My grandpa answered looking at me seriously.

I looked back at him, my face full of determination.

“Grandpa, I'll surely beat you and go to the war to help my continent. "

My grandpa nodded and signaled me to leave. I turned around and walked through the door exiting his room, Then I heard my grandpa's voice once again.

“War is not a joke Tessia, you better take it seriously as you'll about to take the lives of other people."

I simply continued on walking to my room excited on whats about to happen next.

“Don't worry grandpa, I will make you proud. Not just you but also my parents and friends. I will prove to everyone that I'm not just a useless princess burdening this continent and will be serving it with all my heart."

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10-19-23