Chapter 158

Karrrk!

Hiiing!

Reina opened her eyes as soon as she heard loud sounds .

‘Uhm, what’s that noise? Where have we come again?’

Wondering while seeing a strange scenery, she looked surprised as she discovered the strange beings which were flying over her head .

They were very colorful with shades of red, blue, yellow and many more . They were of the size of a clenched human fist, and their appearances were different .

The blue one resembled a three-tailed baby bird . The red one resembled a flaming lizard, and the yellow one was similar to a baby mole .

It was strange as hell, but seeing the small and cute beings in an unknown place, Reina’s heart felt a lot at ease .

The baby animals, which had never seen a human before went around Reina, talking among themselves .

“Wah! This is a very strange being!”

“Of course, this is a creature called a human . ”

“Human?”

“They are a very inferior-race that lives on Middle-Earth with which our contact has been cut off thousands of years ago . You’re seeing it for the first time?”

“Ung, first time . But how come you know about them?”

“I saw a drawing of them in the book that I found in Hertes’ library . ”

As the Red lizard kept asking, the blue bird kept on answering .

“But I feel a very warm and familiar energy form this human being . ”

“Oh! Humans opened their eyes! All of you, get away!”

The yellow mole shouted making the other five little things run away, thinking they were in danger .

But they didn’t go away completely .

As they weren’t able to overcome their curiosity about humans, they watched them from afar .

The blue boy who resembled a baby bird, pretending to be a good boy, asked Reina .

“Who are you? And, this is a place where humans can’t enter, so how did you come in?”

It was almost like that baby bird was singing .

Strangely, Reina could understand what the bird was saying .

She looked around for a while and then replied,

“I am Reina . I also don’t know how I came here . ”

Clearly there were sky, sun, forest and river, and fields too .

However, the world she was seeing was different from the world she came .

It was as if someone had drawn a picture on the white page of a sketchbook, all colorful, countless beings flying around .

“What is this place?”

Reina asked the blue baby boy bird, who kicked his tongue .

“I guess you really are a stupid race . You came here not knowing where you stepped into?”

“I just opened the door to the Spirit World as the fairies requested…!”

Reina, who didn’t complete her answer, seemed surprised . She realized then where she had gone to .

“This, don’t tell me, this…!” Reina stuttered .

“Right, just as you have said, this is the Spirit World . A long time ago, there was a gate humans could use to go here in Middle-Earth, but this is the Spirit World . ”

“Ahh, the ceremony was a success . ”

Reina was very distracted by the light and the explosions of magic circles that happened during the ritual .

However, it seemed like a good thing had happened . Fortunately, the ritual was successful .

“Then, are you guys the spirits who are living here?” Reina asked .

“Obviously . This body is that of a Sylph—the ones who race through the sky . ”

The blue kid or Sylph chuckled .

Reina smiled at the blue kid and asked after a short time . She was worried about what had happened to Erwin and Sylvia .

“The other people? Have you seen any fairies?”

“Fairy? Are you talking about the races like elves and dwarves?”

“Yes, I performed a ritual with them to open the door to the Spirit World in the underground cave at the World Tree…”

The moment Reina was giving them details .

Thud! Thud!

Suddenly, with a thudding sound, something began to approach from the small garden afar .

“Ahk! Uncle Hertes!”

“He must be looking for us! All of you run away!”

The five little spirits looked at the garden and then ran away in different directions .

Reina, who was left all alone, looked at the garden with dreadfulness . She was engulfed with fear for she might see a strange and overbearing being .

After a while, a little scared kid appeared in front of Reina .

It was a tortoise-like spirit, but its size was as big as a citadel .

Half green and half ocher with its back holding trees and rocks .

At first glance, it looked sluggish, but every time it took a step, the distance it could travel was 10 meters, and it got closer to Reina .

Kung!

The huge tortoise being referred to as Hertes, standing in front of Reina, was speaking to himself about the five little spirits who left him .

“Those naughty kids . I kept telling them to not come to this side…”

He was speaking very slowly, but he was so big, which made his voice relatively loud .

In the past, there was a gate that connected the Spirit World to Earth .

So sometimes demons from the Devildom appeared there, or they used to take away spirits into their world .

To prevent such accidents, the little spirits were constantly warned .

However, five little spirit kids, who were aware of the dangers, often went to that dangerous place, neglecting the words of their elders .

“Who, who are you?”

Reina, who was overwhelmed by Hertes, asked with a trembling voice .

Hertes, the high spirit of Land, looked down at Reina and said,

“You’re the visitor that Sylphid was talking about . ”

“Sylphid?”

“The Spirit King of Wind, ruler of this area . ”

In the Spirit World, there were a total of five spirit kings who ruled over the region .

The Spirit King of Fire, Ifrit, in the North .

The Spirit King of Wind, Sylphid, in the South .

The Spirit King of Water, Elayim, in the East .

The Spirit King of Land, Noah, in the west .

And the Spirit King of Light, Electra, the leader of the entire Spirit World .

In the past, the gate to the Earth was located south of the Spirit World in the realm of Sylphid .

Sylphid sensed that someone had entered through the gate and sent Hertes immediately .

“Sir Sylphid wants to see you . Follow me . ”

“Ah, sure . ”

Reina didn’t know the reason, but she followed Hertes . And not long after following him, she was falling behind already . It was because she couldn’t keep up with Hertes’ speed .

Hertes, who wasn’t able to see her troubles, put her on his back .

“Tch, humans are so slow . How you managed to survive in the harsh Middle-Earth is something I’ll never understand . ”

Hertes, talking to himself, headed to the castle where Sylphid, the Spirit King of Wind, dwelled .