Chapter 3

After my bird's parents left us and I finished reading some books, There’s an exhaustion again in my body and I fall to sleep. Because of the loud chirping sounds of my siblings, I awaken and see the sky’s color is dark orange, it should be afternoon right now. There’s a feminine bird that suddenly arrive on the small arc hole and her whole body have similarities on my bird parents. She is holding a basket that full of red meats and put it to the ground. She looks closely at my siblings for a few seconds and approaches me. She looks at me and checking out my body for a moment and lift off outside.

My bird siblings immediately shut off their beak and run fast to the red meats. There’s someone telling me or feeling that if I’m not going to eat now, the red meats will be gone. I also run fast to the basket and eat some red meats.

Sigh, looks like my premonitions are real, our parents will be going to a dangerous situation and their lives will depend on it.

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In the last few days, I only read some books and sometimes trying to discipline my siblings using a bit of force, this is really becoming a bad or maybe a good habit of mine. The feminine bird is only visiting and giving us a red meat once or twice a day. I learned these past few days that there are also some slim, tall and have long triangular ears humanoid here. If I’m not mistaken my son draw a similar to this humanoid back in the earth and if I remember it correctly, they must be called elves.

They are the ruler of this continent, the two third land of the Icarus continent are owned or ruled by them. While the wing beastman are only owned the one fifth of the Icarus continent the remaining percentage of the lands are most likely full of savage monsters. For the other continents, these books don't have any information on them because even though the wing beastman can fly. The distance between the continents are too vast and traveling to the endless ocean is far too dangerous.

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After a few months, I don’t even sure how months did pass. My siblings become bigger than mine, especially the male one. Still, I can make them obey me and both of them now can talk a bit while I can’t still generate any voice. I tried to communicate to the feminine bird that giving us the meats, I draw some symbols on the ground that have dust but looks like she doesn't know how to read.

I can understand some of this language now even though I can’t talk. Sometimes, I try to flap my wings and I’m planning to fly but I can only move my wings for a few seconds. I commanded my siblings to fly but both of them has a similar situation.

In the next morning, I see a similar feminine bird that I saw when I first woke up in this world. She is my mother and I don’t even know what’s her name. Is there even a naming system here? I see her now and she doesn’t look majestic like before, her right forearm is gone while some of her face and her beak has some scars on it. Her eyes look lifeless and sleepy, I wait for a moment and hoping my father bird will arrive. After half an hour, my bird mother still looking at me and my siblings, I know my father is most likely dead.

She gave us some meats and go to the side to rest. I want to comfort her but I don’t know how to approach her because I can’t even talk. Strange, I feel sorry for this feminine bird.

In the next day, I think my mother is trying to move on, she gets some books and teaches me the meaning of every symbol. After we eat, she grabs me and my siblings. She is flying in the directions where there are some huge stone pillars while holding us, I position between her right arm and chest. When we arrive, she puts us to the top of one of the tallest stone pillars, she’s giving us some instruction and I think she’s probably teaching us on how to fly.

She grabs my bird brother and throws it. After a few moments, I see my brother flying in front of us. Next, she grabs my bird sister and throws it. I think it’s only a split seconds and I see my sister fly in front of me, she is chirping loudly as she flying and lift her chest up.

I’m waiting for my mother to throw me but she’s just looking at me and signaling her left hand that I should jump on my own. I’d been in a toughed and far more dangerous situation before but still, I’m not confident on doing this. I don’t want to disappoint her, I run fast to the edge of the stone pillar and jump off.

As I was falling down fast, I shut down my eyes and focusing on controlling my wings on the back. I try to remember some of the birds that flying back in the earth and I think, I gain some insights on it. After a few moments, my wings successfully opens. I feel that I’m gliding and I lift up my eyes, I see the ground is only fifteen to twenty meters away. I almost died again, I go to the top of the tall stone pillar again. My mother looks like she has a high expectation to me, she didn’t even move unlike when she threw my siblings. If only I can talk, I’m sure I swearing her right now, I almost died back there.

Our bird family is going back to the nest house but now we are flying on our own. I see many trees that are similar to our tree house. As I looking around, my vision is definitely better than my younger days back in the earth. The atmosphere here is low and some of the clouds are hitting my face, it feels refreshing.

At first, I don't believe that this island or mountain is floating. I thought that maybe this is just too tall that’s the reason they called floating mountains. As I look around, maybe this mountain is really floating.

After a few minutes, we arrived at our nest house. Our mother put some meats on the ground and we all eat at the same time. After a few moments, I see they're all sleeping, I go towards the books and read the symbols on it. I want to know what else can I learn about this world.

Curiously, I open the book that has the soul or spirit weapon information in it. The description shows that any beastman has their own soul weapon, as long as their soul is 8 years old and above. I wonder, what kind of soul weapon do I have?

When I wake up in the next day, I can’t see our mother and I feel quite hungry. I fly outside to search her and after a few moments, I see some big house on the top of the tree. It doesn't look like a nest, it looks like a barn. I enter and see many adults of the hawk tribe, they look like having some sort of meeting. All of them look serious, I approach them secretly and trying to listen to what they’re saying. Also, I see some different type of birds other than the hawk.

If I’m not mistaken on what I’m hearing, I think the hawk tribe mountain is trying to conquer by another type of wing beastman, most likely the eagle tribe. The eagle tribe is the second strongest next to the phoenix tribe, they’re also saying that the pigeon tribe has been conquered recently. I think our hawk tribe helps the pigeon tribe because our hawk tribe will be their next target. When they conquered the pigeon tribe mountain, all the survivor of the pigeon tribe flee here. The leader or the chief of both tribes that wearing some simple crowns on their head are doing some sort of blood pact and saying that both of them will defend this mountain from the eagle tribe.

So, they’re doing some sort of alliance to defend themselves against the eagle tribe? This eagle tribe is quite greedy, instead of conquering other beastman property they should have just fight the elves.

After a few moments, “Norman! what are you doing here?” My mother said, her eyes widen and grab me quickly using her left hand. I use my right hand to rub my belly to show her that I'm hungry, I think she laughs for a moment after she seen my reaction. “Sorry for the interruption, chief! My son is hungry, I will be leaving first.” She said, we fly outside and go to our house direction while grabbing me.

While flying, I wondering, how did my bird mother know my surname in the earth. I think, she named me Norman? Strange, my surname back in the earth become my name here. Then, what is my last name here?

When we arrive at our house, she immediately put me down and a bunch of meat suddenly appears on his hand. My noisy siblings see the meats and quickly run to my mother. After the meats are gone, I fly outside to get some soil and come back again to our house.

I put the soil on the ground of our house and draw the symbols that depict, why my name is norman. I run to my mother and strum my fingers or rather claw on her back. When she turn her head, I point out the symbol that I drew on the side.

Her eyes widen for a moment, “Your father and I named you norman because you can express yourself even though you can’t talk.” She said, I felt that she became sad when she mentioned my bird father.

I erase the symbol and draw another one that depicts, what is your name and my siblings?

“You’re really an intelligent one my son, You’re the youngest hawk beastman that learned how to read and write. My name is Emerald Hawk, your brother name is Arsenio while your sister name is Minerva.” She said, she pats my head while I erase the symbols.

I draw again a symbol that depicts, what’s happening around, why are you injured, how can I have my soul weapon.

“You’re quite a curious one, aren’t you, Don’t worry about what’s happening around just be strong. The adults will take care of everything. For the soul weapon, you can’t equip it now, you’re too young but I will put to your mind the guide on how you will activate your soul weapon to satisfy your curiosity.” She said, she lifts up her claw left hand and point her index finger to my forehead.

There are strange symbols that appearing in my front, it’s like how to guide this strange color blue energy to your heart and mind. After a few moments, I think, I understand most of the instructions.

I nodded to my bird mother and after the transferring of guide memories, she looks tired. She goes to the middle part of the house where my siblings are sleeping and she rests.

After a few moments, while they're sleeping, I still trying to feel and use this strange blue energy to my heart area then to mind. Half an hour later, a weapon suddenly appears in my claw hand. Is this my soul weapon?