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One year passed since I started training martial art and magic training, after 7 month I finished learning martial art faster than magic; I didn't finish my white magic training but dad told me it would be enough and switched to martial art training while mother took black magic training.

My body grew a little, but what grew up the most was my horn which was 5cm longer and my tail, but the most surprising things is that the iris of my eyes became like a cat or snake one.

Today again I am going to spar with dad, he is standing in front of me armed with a wooden blade waiting for me to engage the fight, I am armed with a dagger which is white on the edge of the blade and the rest is black, when i had it for the first time it looked like a normal one but as time passed and started to use magic in my martial art training, it's color changed.

I took a stance in front of dad, it is a stance mom taught me when I was training with her, my dagger is hidden behind my back and my left arm is in front of me, this stance make me able to start the fight with a quick and powerful strike which if it doesn't beat the enemy will make him lose balance and make me able to overpower him easily.

It wouldn't work if the enemy made a preemptive strike, but dad's speciality is defense, I know he will wait for the right moment to counter and won't engage the fight himself.

I rushed at him as fast as I could and tried to slash at his knee; mom taught me that most of the fighter will try to hit the body or the end, but hitting part like the arm of the legs is easier and can decide of the winner of a fight.

As i rushed at him, i channelled black mana into the dagger, it was envelopped by a dark aura, as i swing my dagger at him, he made a shield appear in his left arm and tried to block my attack but at the last moment, i jumped and with a spin hit him on the shoulder with my leg, or so i tried but he saw that coming and just retreated from one step and swung his blade at me.

Being in air and having no place to dodge, i channelled mana into my dagger and it took the form of a staff which I stabbed the floor with to throw my body away from his blade range.

As i was in air I changed my weapon into a bow which is my favorite weapon and my speciality, seeing that, dad tried to rush at me but with my magic i launched two light arrow around him, the goal wasn't to hit him, but to blind him.

Gaining some time I started to concentrate of my arrow, it was pure black arrow surrounded by a silverish aura, on the head of the arrow, there was a little shining golden aura. As i concentrated, the golden aura was shining stronger.

I launched my arrow, it flew at an incredible speed; dad sensed the gathering of mana while he was blinded and decided to fight my arrow head on. He gathered his mana into his left arm and tried to grab my arrow. He had difficulty to stop my arrow but managed to deflect it to his left.

But just a little before he managed to deflect it, i was standing behind him and launched a second arrow which left me completly exhaust and panting on the ground.

Dad grinned when he saw my incoming arrow.

Arsal : "You got me there sweetie."

He just waved his hand at my arrow which just disappeared. I already knew he wasn't fighting me seriously and tried to adjust his power to my level, but seing how easily he could defend from something which took all my energy so easily is really frustrating.

Arsal : "You dont have to feel frustrated, you will one day be as powerful as me or your mother, but I guess the expression 'you are a million year early' is the perfect one for now"

Shina : "Daddy..." I said in a angry tone, I hate loosing to him because he will always show me how powerless I really am.

Mystel : "But you still used more power than her in that battle; you had the advantage of speed and strenght and she still managed to beat you with skills; i wonder if you can really boast yourself when in truth it's your defeat"

Arsal : "*Kuhhhh* Dont say that in front of her, what if she think her father is only a brute who don't know how to hold a sword?" He whispered to mom who was watching the fight, he dont know it but i can hear him perfectly...

Shina : "In short, today is my first victory !!" I yelled while jumping, I never managed to win even once againsn't dad or mom, it is the first time i could throw that arrow two time, i dont know why but i felt i could do it today.

Arsal : "Indeed, but dont overestimate yourself too much, I was fighting at your level, but there are still a lot of people stronger than you"

Mystel : "As always Mister Cold Heart can't compliment her... Ahhhh men... If you continue like that she'll hate you you know"

Arsal : "*Kuh Kuh* Even if there are many people stronger than you, you still did a great job, if you continue like that you will be able to get to our level in a flash !"

It is funny seeing mom manipulate him so easily, she told me that it worked only when she mentionned me, before that she never managed to make him do something but since i was born she could easily manipulate him.

As we were chatting, a big crack appeared in the sky, it grew bigger and bigger, when i was looking at mom and dad's face, it was a sad face.

Arsal : "He is finally here, I knew it would be soon but i though we would at least have some weeks left..."

Mystel : "I know, i wish we could spent more time together instead of training; but we had no choice..."

The crack stopped growing and shattered, from there, a big grey dragon came out; it looked like the one in fairy tails, it had big wings, a tail that which looked sharp and around 200 meters long.

The dragon himself was around 500 meters long, I never saw something at big; when he saw us, he flew to us and when he came in contact with the floor, i could feel my body tremble.

Why is a dragon there? I dropped my weapon and went to hide behind mom and dad which looked at me and at the dragon with a wry face.

Arsal : "Veralox, if you continue to scare my daughter, I will cut your head off..."

The dragon then started to get smaller and smaller then transformed into a human; he turned into an adult who looked like he was in his early 30. He have black hairs and golden eyes; he had the same type of snake eyes as me.

Veralox : "My apologise my lord, I hope this form will make your princess more comfortable..."

Mystel : "Sweetie, you dont have to be scared, he won't hurt you"

When mom said that, the intimidating aura he was emitting disappeared, maybe it is because i know how strong he must really be that i felt like that; but by looking at him, i can tell that he is weaker than my parents, really weaker.

Shina : " Nice to meet you Verlox..."

Veralox : "It is Veralox princess Shinael, but if you cant pronounce it properly; you can call me like that."

Shina : "Okay Verlox" He doesn't seem to be a bad guy, he how did he come here? Those last 5 years i never saw anyone coming here and more than that, a dragon...

Mystel : "Shinael, we have to tell you something, we though we had some more weeks before but we didn't want you to learn it at the last moment, I am sorry."

Arsal : "Sweetheart, we are tired; as you know, we had to constantly concentrate into pouring the right amount of mana into your body when you were still in your mother womb; it was a really difficult task and the amount we poured everyday was enough to make a whole universe. Even with our power, after 700 000 years it is an amount that will leave us weak."

Mystel : "We you were born, we possessed less than 1% of our true power; but restraining our true form into an human one, training you and maintening this dimension is draining us and we dont have that much time left."

I think I know what they are trying to say, they need to rest to regain their power and so they have to leave me behind... In shot that dragon is my caretaker.

Arsal : "We can only send you to live in another world while we regenerate our power, I know you realised it, but Veralox will be your caretaker meanwhile, you won't be able to stay here with him because this world was made with the goal to make training easier; mana is weaker in this dimension, it was made like that so that you would be able to gather the mana within your soul and not around you. But a world without mana can't exist, it is needed so that the world can maintain it's shape."

Shina : "I see, how many time will it take for you to regain your power?..." I asked with a weak voice.

Mystel : "Maybe a few years, maybe a dozens of years; I don't think it will take more than 20 years."

Shina : "So until then I won't be able to see you..."

Mystel : "You are wrong, we will stay in the same world as you; as constellation, everytime you look at the star, you will be able to see me and your dad."

Arsal : "Until then, I wish you life as you want, Veralox is strong, and in this world there is nobody as strong as him, this is why i called him to take care of you."

Veralox : "We have to go now, i can feel my power being drained by this dimension, soon I won't be able to maintain the rift open."

Mystel : "Shina, before you go take this" She said before giving me a pendant with a jewel on it, the jewel is a black one, but the center of the jewel emit a golden glow. I placed it around my neck.

Veralox transformed into his dragon form and placed his wings next to my feet so that i could climb on him.

I took my bow which was on the ground and climbed to his head. At each step, I felt my heart hurting, but i knew i would see my parent again one day.

Arsal : "Don't forget to eat and to take a shower everyday, and also to change clothes..."

Mystel :" Hey Arsal! It's the job of the mother to say that...Geez"

Arsal : "And also Veralox, if when I come back she is hurt or got a boyfriend, you know what'll happen right?" I was too far to hear what dad said in Verlox' ear, but I could see a somewhat dark aura behind dad and feel Verlox sweating; It wasn't particularly hot, but whatever...

Shina : " Goodbye, Mommy, Daddy..." As I muttered those words, Verlox flew into the sky. I felt tears coming out of my eyes, but i didn't want to wipe them, i just let them slide on my cheeks...

Mystel : "Goodbye Shinael, my little star..."

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Some hours after we entered the rift, I finally stopped crying and looked around me, we came across a tunnel which divided into five different tunnel, i wiped my tears and asked.

Shina : "What will happen if we go into the wrong one?"

Veralox : "If we chose the wrong one, we may go into the wrong world, or come across a dead end from which we would be unable to escape; well your parents would easily escape from a situation like that, but even if I am the oldest and most powerful being from all world your parents made, I would still be unable to escape from there..."

Shina : "Are you sure it is the good way?" I asked out of fear, one error and we will die trapped there...

Veralox : "You don't have to worry, i can feel the thread of mana coming from my world, if we follow it, we won't take the wrong way."

As we continued tunnel after tunnel, i felt one different from the other I could feel a strong wind which almost made me fall from Verlox body, I placed my bow on one of the scale of his spine and gripped another with my two hand.

Verlox : "We are almost there, hang on..."

Verlox entered the last tunnel, i felt like we were getting faster and faster but that it wasn't his doing, it felt like we were drawn into the world. I saw something black fly get away from us, I looked at my side, where i dropped my bow, but it was gone...

It was the first things mom gave me, I tried to jump off from Verlox to catch it, but it disappeared in the tunnel and Verlox caught me with his tail.

We got out of the tunnel and landed near a cave.

Veralox : "I saw that you lost your weapon, but please next time don't do something like that again; it may have been important for you, but your life is far more important than anything else..."

I looked down, I know he is right, I just jumped after it because it was a memento from them, but if I die, how will they feel...

Veralox : "For now, let's sleep inside my cave, we travelled for a dozens of hours, you should be tired."

As I looked into the sky I could see two moons and far more star than in my previous world; after looking closely at the constellation see two constellation which formed each a dragon, one had a golden star in it's eye, the other a red star, I don't know why, but I feel it's them watching other me.

I nodded as I rubbed my eyes, a whole new world await me; my parents wouldn't want me to cry until they wake up, this is why they prepared me for this moment for all this year...

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