Chapter 15

It’s been two weeks since I was first summoned here and a few things of interest have happened, over the two weeks I have come to understand about 50% of the human language and I must say compared to the elven one it is rather less succinct, I noticed that most of the people here haven’t seemed to have ever met an elf before as they kept talking about my ears and the way that I looked rather lithe compared to a human male around my age. One other thing that happened was that everyday a different person would come to me trying make me become their familiar, apparently human mages use a familiar so that they have something to stand behind to protect them while they are casting their magic and also every noblemen in this empire has a familiar, so most of the people who come to me are nobles, I told each and every single one of them that came to me to fuck off basically.

So far the only person here not to treat me like a creature was irina, she was always near me so that I could be taught the language and there was also the fact she was very interested about elves and how we lived it seemed that elves were regarded as a rare being over here as we barely leave the forest, she would also help translate for me some words and phrases I just couldn’t understand but in general I was able to at least half understand most people.

I was also informed of why I got summoned, apparently a few thousand years ago certain creature were randomly marked by the gods to become familiars for mages this mark wasn’t something that was visible but at a certain time in the creatures life they would be summoned to this academy, the gods were also banned from interfering with the summoning sequence as no one could control who or what was picked and it wouldn’t be fair to the other races if a god favoured a single race, all the god agreed to this.

I also found out that I was on the large continent in the middle of the only human empire here, the empire was composed of three kingdoms each one of them covered for the other weaknesses, the empire was formed 1000 years ago when a young farmer who was rumoured to be related to one of the ancient hero’s rose up against his kingdom’s tyranny and started a rebellion, the farmer grew to be one of the most competent military commander ever to be seen with strategy’s that would take the most advantage of the battles immediate, for example if during a battle that was taking place in an area that used to be a rather large river he would set up what would seem to be a useless choke point to the enemy’s but his plan was simple, when the enemy troops charged at his men a small group of soldiers destroyed the dam that was holding back the river by doing this the foes forces were cut into two separate bodies consisting of the ones who hadn’t yet started to cross the river and those who were already across, needless to say anyone who was caught up in the river flow died due to two reasons, one the force of hundreds of gallons of water smashing into them every second and two their gear stopping them from swimming. The farmer eventually killed the tyrant of a king and was ascended himself to the throne, during the time he was king he passed laws that made any one who was employed to be given a fair wage and he also stamped down hard on any corruption that he came across be that in the nobles or his own friends and family, the two other parts of the empire came into the fold when he married the kings of their counties daughter creating the first human empire.

When I asked about who the ancient heroes where irina told me that they were warriors that thousands of years ago help to slay and evil god that had taken over the demons races king and was hell bent on destroying every known piece of life, there were three heroes one of them was a human, on a dwarf and the other an elf, the only male member of the hero’s was the dwarf while both the human and the elf were female. No one can remember what the hero’s look like but they can remember their hair colour weirdly enough, they say that the Human had hair that was as red as a blazing fire, the dwarf had a head full of hair the colour of molten metal and the elf was said to have hair the colour of a clear sky. Anyone who has this colour is thought to be blessed by the spirits of the hero’s and would usually be treated with more respect that someone else who didn’t have that colour of hair, I found this to be insanely stupid, who in their right mind would give someone preferential treatment on the colour of their hair. I was also told that demons were considered a second class citizen here due to the fact that the imperial family were rather bigoted against non-humans.

During this time I could feel through my earring that Turya was heading here but she wouldn’t be here for quite a while, I was tempted to just leave this place but apparently a familiar can’t leave the academy grounds without permission from their contractor due to this I couldn’t leave the grounds. I asked about the gods as the only one I actually knew was my father, I was told there is 5 gods there was the dragon god, the goddess of beauty and law alyessa, the god of war and medicine resxa, the goddess of life and light igrea and the god of death and shadow luxa, the empire was currently in worshipped all of the gods except the dragon god as apparently they didn’t believe in a dragon being a god and viewed him only as an incredibly powerful dragon, I found this rather insulting but I kept myself in check as if I did go on a rampage there was a chance that I would be killed as their would have been an entire country after me.

After another few weeks I was able to understand the entire human language but I was still having a bit of trouble speaking it but I was at least able to get my point across, during this time not much had changed and everyday a new face would appear to try and get me to become their familiar I of course told them to fuck off, during these weeks I could feel someone staring at me when I wasn’t paying attention to my surroundings.

I sat there trying to seem if I wasn’t paying attention to see if that would case whoever was watching me to reveal themselves to me, the first time I tried this nothing happened but I kept doing it every day as I had a sneaking suspicion about who it was, it was the 20th time I was doing when I was finally able to catch the watcher and as I thought I was the black haired girl, she was sneaking behind me trying to get close to me when I turned to her and startled her causing her to jump back and curl into a ball and cry out, she continually begged not to be hurt and tried to move away from me.

I walked over to her and began trying to calm her down by hugging her close to see if the embrace of another person would help her, after a few minutes of siting like that she began to calm down.

Xar-‘’ so what your name’’ I asked in the kindest voice I had.

???-‘’kelriea, second imperial princess’’ she said to me in-between tears

I was surprised that she was a princess, but what surprised me more was the fact when I approached her she began to cower in fear.

Xar-‘’ why did you begin to cower in fear when I came near you?’’. I asked her.

Kelriea-‘’ its because I was afraid that you would treat me like the rest of the people in this country’’ she answered me.

Xar-‘’ what do you mean?’’.

Kelriea-‘’ I’m a half demon and this country doesn’t like non-humans, but they hate demons the most, I may be a part of the imperial family but I’m treated even worse that pure blooded non-humans simply because my mother was a servant in the castle she was raped by the emperor which led to me being conceived, the rest of the imperial family go out of their way to insult and belittle me some have even went as far as to attack me leaving wounds on me and telling the medical staff not to treat me, they only person who treated me as a person was my mother until she was raped to death in front of me by the three imperial princes’’ she told me as she slowly began to calm down more ‘’ the only reason I was allowed to come to this academy is that I could join the military and ‘serve’ my country but since I came here a year ago no one has even bothered to try and teach me, they won’t even let me try and choose a familiar saying things like I would taint them for the others’’. Hearing her story gave me an idea of how this country was run and it also gave me a reason to destroy this place but I would need her help if I wanted to do such a thing, i wanted to help her as she had goen through alot in her short life adn from the looks of it if she continued on her current path she would only find more pain.

Xar-’’ so because you’re a half demon they mistreat you, I have a suggestion for you if your intrested’’ I said to her.

Kelriea-‘’ what is it’’ she asked me.

Xar-‘’ well I want to leave this place but a ‘masters’ permission is needed so what I purpose is this, I will become your familiar on paper but in truth we will be partners and in return for allowing me free reign of myself I will help you stop the mistreatment of the other races in this country, and also avenge the death of your mother’’. I gave my proposition and watch as she thought about it.

Kelriea-‘’ why would you offer something like that?’’ she asked me.

Xar-‘’ well for a few reasons, first im a half elf so I can understand a small amount of what you are going through, second this country is rather insulting to my father and third I hate rape and anything forced upon another person with a passion’’ I told her.

Kelriea-‘’ your father?’’she asked me

Xar-‘’ my father is the dragon god’’

Upon hearing this her face showed a massive look of surprise as she looked at me.

Xar-‘’so do we have an agreement?’’ I asked her again.

Kelriea-‘’ sure, but I have a question’’ she said to me.

Xar-‘’ what would that be’’

Kelriea-‘’ are you really the son of a god?’’

I began to laugh when she said this and looked at her straight in the eye.

Xar-‘’ il leave that up to you to decide, at least until my wife gets here’’

Author's note

oh hai all and yes i know its been ages sinse i relased a chapter, but i hope you will forgive me for that as diablo 3 is very addicting and also my sleep schedule had been fucked upthe last while so yea any who, thanks for reading comments and such are welcome and i wish you all that the next time we meet the pitcher is filled with wine instead of water