Chapter 3: Late Introduction

4 days earlier

The world I am living is Syrion a beautiful and majestic one. It was covered mostly by water as each lands that covered miles of distance was then box by an enigmatic ocean. The inhabitants at that time was namely humans and the creatures that crawl and fowls that soar the sky and variants of fishes swimming the waters. Then at the certain point in Syrion time the world change dramatically, new lands sprouted from deep beneath the mysterious ocean, species of plants and animals emerged like it was there the whole time and then the bipedal creatures that have different characteristics than the humans appeared. The elf that has beautiful blonde hairs with fair skin and a kind but piercing eyes along with its royal posture they truly are a prideful race. And the opposite with this are the ogres and trolls alike they don’t have exemplary description of what an elf is but be careful of this individuals they possess a latent strength that is 10 times greater than a trained human and they are also huge and tall.

Compared to the dwarves their height paled against that of an orc but mind you they are capable of swinging down their deadly axe and hammer with will even destroy the sturdy legs a minotaur. Speaking of Minotaur they are now a bipedal bulls but unlike bulls they are really really strong 10 orcs will be obliterated just by a single one. They are still a mysterious creature though my calculations may be wrong.

Now are you excited about hearing a drag…

“Grae! Come here help me in cleaning the dishes” his sister yelled

“Wait a sec, I’m just going to finish this chapter!”

“That won’t do, why don’t you come and help me finish this dishes and you can have your free time!”

“Ugh..Okay” after agreeing to the proposal I fold the tip of the page as a marker for me and then hurriedly run towards the kitchen.

“Wipe these dishes and bring it to the corner and place it orderly okay?” she told me

“Sure, where is everybody?”

“Mom goes to the market to buy meat and spices for our supper and Toby and Anna followed so that they may also see the market and Dad, he brought Gerrit to his friend Norman you know the healer guy?”

“Why, what happened to him? I asked inquisitively

“Dad notice that Jerome has been noticeably low in spirit from the past days so he assumed that something is wrong and treatment should be done as soon as possible”

“You know, we sure are a lucky siblings to have such a doting parents around” whispering to my sister with a big grin on my face.

“Yeah that’s for sure”

She is two years older than me and she is the eldest among the five, a big sister that you can rely on, she’s smart and cunning but she’s kind her name is Tessa Lemmens and I’m Grae Lemmens next to me is Toby lemmens followed by Anna and lastly Jerome. The Lemmens family has been living in a land surrounded by farmlands and small hills on the south and a forest area in the southeast and a road on the north side leading to the city. The nearby city can be traversed from our home for a couple of minutes using a small carriage owned by our father, he told us that the carriage was a reward from an old merchant he helped few years ago.

‘tak tak tak, nieghhh’ sound of the wheels of the carriage and of a horse caught our attention

“Are they home already?” I asked my sister as I wipe my wet hands with a clean cloth

“Nope I don’t think so they were gone for just a few minutes you didn’t notice because you were too focused on reading”

‘Hmmm, maybe they need something because they purposely traveled here from the city because obviously our house is not situated near from the urban place and our nearest neighbors are several meters away from us’

“I’ll check it” I told my sister as I escape from the chores that give my hands wrinkles because of longer exposure on water

‘knock knock’ “Gerrit its me” a familiar voice was knocking in front of our door and I excitedly opened the door…

“Sir Durwin!” brightened face is now displaying in front of the man who knocked the door “a pleasant day to you sir, please come inside our house”

“Grae you sure are a very hospitable person towards me”

“Tessa sir Durwin had come to visit, can you please prepare something to drink for sir Durwin”

My sister then hurriedly wash his hands on a clean water to remove the soapy mixture and then wiped them on a clean cloth and then she proceed on a corner and opened a small box that emitted a bluish light and a cold mist overflowed from the box, and there it contains the still fresh and ripe fruits, oranges, melon, pineapple and etc. This box preserve the food that was stored inside it using the element of ice powered by a small magic core it will operate for a duration of two years, and the core has a remaining of three months from now.

“You heard that sir Durwin he’s not polite towards me! I’m older than him”

“Hahahaha…You siblings sure are close aren’t ya?”

“Nope it’s a myth that has been told for decades, that’s for sure hehe..” I responded to sir Durwin and then smiled at my sister who is now bringing the juice of the orange that she extracted

“Thank you Tessa”….’gulp, aaah’ “nothing beats the freshness of a fruits juice that has been preserved by the Box of Ice “

“What brought you here sir Durwin” I asked cheerfully

“I was looking for your father because I have some business with him, I thought he was here today”

I felt downed… ”father went to sir Norman and he brought Jerome with him”

“Did something bad happened?”

I can see his worried face as he asked me, ‘our family is really blessed’ I thought

“N-…”

“Jerome was feeling sick today sir so dad decided to ask sir Norman for his help” my sister interrupted me. “Where is your escort sir, are you alone coming here?” she asked and I can hear that it was not in a worried tone, it may seems rude but we both know why…

“Ah I told him to stay on the reign because I thought I can ask your father to come into our house to discuss some private matters, but I see he is not here. Tell him my regards and also to your mother and Toby, Anna and Gerrit okay?”

“You’re leaving already sir” I asked

“Yes Grae, I’m very sorry I can’t stay for long, I really wanted to witness how you have sharpened your skills in bow but we have an urgent business to finish, can you forgive me for this one Grae?”

“No worries sir! It just means that I can have more time in sharpening my skill and maybe I might surpass what you have expected in me sir!”

“That’s the spirit, Okay thank you both of you for welcoming me again in your house, I’ll see you soon after I we finish this”

“haaah..” we both carefully let out a sigh in order to release our lungs and hearts from a pressure…

“Sir Durwin sure is terrifying one right Tessa?, I mean not in a bad way”

“Yeah even we did not learn on how to ‘see someone’s aura’, we can clearly perceive his dominating aura, I’m going for bathroom Grae my stomach is hurting”

His aura is so dense it’s like he is immersed on it and it was reddish in color and He was wearing the complete set of the Domain of the Crimson King, I did not saw his weapon which was said capable of creating a hole on a mountain, the Bow of the Draconic Breath from the looks of it I presumed all of his items were mythical or even greater and are hard to obtain. He was not a noble because he was wealthy or he came from a royal bloodline, he was extremely strong and had saved the this little kingdom of Tulan many times.

“I admire the strong but I did not have the reason to become one I guess”