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[Vol 3] Chapter 19: Unexpected Treasure (Part 2)

“Oh… Is that so…” Sheena nodded in acknowledgement, then comes the delayed response, “EHHHHH?! Y-you mean she is the emissary of the Goddess of Light?!”

I put on a stiff smile and scratched my cheek awkwardly, then I said, “Emissary of the Goddess? Ah-ha-ha-ha~ I think you don’t have to take what she said so seriously though. She was probably just joking…”

“Eh? You mean the whole thing about being the emissary of the Goddess was-” Before Sheena could finish her sentence, Sylvidia cut in and said, “Not a lie!”

I turned around to look at Sylvidia suspiciously, then I asked dubiously, “For real?”

Sylvidia didn’t say anything, she just crossed her arms below her ample breasts and nodded her head heavily. If I take a moment to recall what the Spirit King said earlier, she did mention about the Goddess of Light, so it must be true. However, a part of me still didn’t want to believe that is the case, so I just discarded it in the back of my head.

I didn’t know what to say in retort, so it became quite awkward for a brief moment. Just at this time, Sylvidia started to explain, “Well… to be more precise, I was the emissary of the Goddess of Light. With my strength as it is now, I am not worthy to bear the name of an emissary.”

“Oh… Is that so…” I just answered briefly and asked, “If you were to regain your former strength, would you want to return to the Goddess of Light’s side?”

Sylvidia looked up into the sky as if she was reminiscing, then she said, “To be completely honest with you, even though the Goddess of Light treated me kindly, my answer is no.”

“Eh~?! But why?” Sylvidia’s answer is a bit unexpected so I couldn’t help but ask. Though I would be lying to myself if I say I’m not happy with her answer. On the contrary, I am very happy to hear that she choose me over the Goddess of Light.

However, Sylvidia didn’t answer my question and diverted the topic back to the dress, “Weren’t you curious about the dress?”

“Oh… Now that you mentioned it, what is this dress made of?” Seeing that Sylvidia didn’t want to talk about it yet, I didn’t press on and go along with her, since I am also curious about the dress anyway.

“That dress of yours is made out of mithril silk, a material produced by the elven technology.” Sylvidia answered with a straight face.

“Mithril silk?” I tilted my head in confusion, Sylvidia probably knows that I do not understand the value of this silk, so she took the trouble to elaborate further;

“Mithril silk is a legendary silk made by a true master of Spiritual dominance. Only a true master who is capable of completely controlling their Spiritual Power would be able to draw out the essence of the mithril, and imbued the essence into the magic silk.

The magic silk on the other hand, is a silk completely made out of Magic Power. It is not that common in the world of Halkeginia, but it is not that rare either. The beastman are using these kind of silk for example, since their body tend to change when they transform.”

“Oh… a legendary silk huh…” Then I turned around, squat on the ground, hid my face behind my knees, and let out a wicked smile, “Guehehehe… As expected of an elf, to be wearing such an expensive dress even in comatose state……”

It is very stereotypical of me to automatically associate mithril and elf together, since mithril always tend to be a material widely monopolized by the elves in fiction stories.

“Bonk!!” Sheena dropped a karate chop on the back of my head, then she retorted, “Hey… We can hear everything, you know?”

“Ow……!” I grabbed my head with both hands, and turned my head to look at Sheena with teary eyes, then I complained, “That hurts you know?”

Sheena let out a cute smile, and bend her upper body towards my face before saying, “Hehe… It is supposed to hurt.” Then she extended her right hand, and said, “Come… let us go back to the village, the preparations are already complete.”

After that exchange, we went back to the village along with the three goblins. On the way back to the village, I couldn’t help but ask, “Sylvidia, you said these mithril silk is made out of magic silk right? Does that mean they also have the ability to transform like the magic silk?”

“Tsk…” Sylvidia just clicked her tongue, and didn’t answer my question. Since if I know about it, she wouldn’t have the liberty to play with the outfit anymore. So she came up with a white lie, and I simply believed her due to my lack of knowledge regarding magic.

“Hohohoho… Of course not! Once the magic silk has been imbued with the mithril essence, they lost their ability to freely transform. As I said earlier, the transformation earlier was due to the effect from the cards~”

By the time we got back to the village, everyone was already in a party mood. A lot of food was arranged neatly in front of the small temple, Iqaos was happily enjoying the feast. I couldn’t help but wonder what would the villager think if they saw the food just magically float and disappear in midair.

Sylvidia explained without even me asking, “When we Spirits touch material object, it will be infused it with our Spiritual Power, they will become a part of the Spiritual World and the normal people won’t be able to see it.”

Walking further into the village, we arrived at the village square. The village girls are pouring rice wine for the three riders, I just hope they won’t drink too much since we are relying on them for the transportation. The village guys are swarming around Albert, offering him all kinds of gifts. They will most likely be disappointed if they found out Albert is actually a guy.

Little Futaba had already turned back into the cute little fox, and is currently chased by the village kids, while the adults are frantically trying to stop the kids. I am surprised that the villagers are still able to see Futaba even in that form, I pointed at Futaba with a look of surprise.

Sylvidia simply answered, “She doesn’t seem to be drawing Magic Power directly from Sheena… Could it be the power she received from the contract? She’s using the elemental essence to materialize her own body so naturally……”

From the look of it, Sylvidia doesn’t seem to know about the Crest of Truth, which is quite a disappointment. Since I planned to ask her about these crests on the back of my hands when things have calmed down considerably.

All in all, the village is in a very festive mood. When the village chief noticed us approaching the village, he comes to welcome us immediately, “Ah… Welcome back, it seems everyone is ready, come… We’ve prepared a feast for everyone.”

Author’s Note

So the dress is actually made out of mithril silk, a legendary silk which possessed all the properties of mithril and magic silk. When will Sylvia finally find out that Sylvidia was tricking her so that she could play with her dress however she wants? And how would she react by then? 😛

[Vol 3] Chapter 18: Unexpected Treasure (Part 1)

Faced with the sudden development, I was totally baffled, I didn’t know how to reply. But it seems Sylvidia was even more surprised than me, her jaws were opening so wide that make me feel like they might fall off.

That is only natural, because in normal cases, light and dark are opposing elements, as soon as they get into contact with one another, one will inevitably attempt to eliminate the others. For two completely opposing elements to exist in harmony within one’s body is not impossible. However, it is very rare, there are only a handful of people out there who can control both light and dark elements.

But this is a demon we are talking about! A creature that is born from the darkness! And Wyllie Wisp is a ghost-type demon no less, a creature that is weak to light magic. It is inconceivable for a ghost to be able to grasp the light.

“What…? So shocked that you can’t even speak? Fufufu…” Wyllie Wisp made fun of us when she saw our slack jaws.

“Oh…! Um… Right, introduction first… My name is Sylvia, and this is my friend, Sylvidia. Nice to meet you, Miss Wyllie.” I panicked for a short while before briefly introducing Sylvidia and myself to Wyllie Wisp.

“It’s fine to just call me Wyllie.” The self-proclaimed Saint Demon just lightly waved her right hand back and forth to dismiss the stiff introduction.

“Oh… Okay, Mis- I mean Wyllie, I’m sorry to break this to you, but… I don’t think I have the ability to bring out your full potential, I only have affinity with darkness.” I regretfully tell so to Wyllie Wisp.

Contrary to my expectation, Wyllie Wisp doesn’t look disappointed, instead she said, “Fufufu… What are thou talking about? Were you not using light magic when you were confronting that divine fox earlier?” Then she glanced at Sylvidia with a mischievous smile.

“Now that she mentioned it, something like that did happen just a while ago…” As I thought of that, I also turned to look at Sylvidia for an answer.

Sylvidia took notice of our hopeful glance, and was finally startled awake, she immediately shook her head, and said, “No! Impossible! Nuh-uh! Armatization is the ultimate secret technique of the Spirit Item, it is not something that can be mastered in a matter of a day or two, what happened earlier was just a fluke!”

“Sigh… What a disappointment…” Wyllie Wisp was disheartened and heaved a sigh. But then she looked at me mischievously and said, “I will just have you compensate me with a supply of daily Magic Power, fufufu…” As she said that, she licked the side of her lips sexily.

I am also just as disappointed, just when I thought I finally got stronger, it is not a power which is readily available. Taking this chance, Sylvidia started explaining more regarding the basics of soul fusion.

“Armatization can only be used when the host and spirit are one soul and one mind. In other words, we can’t perform a soul fusion unless our motive and determination are the same!”

Wyllie Wisp lost her interest and went back into the armor, which is now in the form of a bracelet. While listening to Sylvidia’s long lectures, I took off my gloves and knee-length socks, then I hang them on a tree branch nearby before I go soak my feet in the lake.

“Uwa… It’s so cold!” I dipped the tips of my big toe into the crystal clear lake to gauge the temperature. The lake is much colder than I expected, but it feels refreshing in contrast to the hot day. I slowly submerged my foot into the lake to enjoy the refreshing sensation.

The Goblin Trio who were already happily playing in the lake noticed that I have finally stepped foot in the lake, there was an ominous glint in their eyes. Under Zain’s order, the most muscular of the trio, Giga, jumped high into the sky and landed right in front of me with a big splash!

“Uwa…!” With a splash, a huge wave was surged up, the wave swept over me, drenching my whole body. “Uueeh… I’m completely soaked…” Or so I say, but the one piece dress that I am wearing is waterproof, only my hair, and my underwear are soaked.

The Goblin Trio is laughing heartily at my sorry figure, and they continue their assault by splashing water at me from three different directions.

“Splish! Splash!”

“Wa… Stop! Stop! Time out! I’m not ready yet…!” Faced with their relentless assault, I could only raise my arms to cover my face. I keep shouting for them to stop, but they wouldn’t listen to me at all.

“Mu… Now you’re asking for it! Hyah!” Since they won’t stop, I get back at them by splashing water at them. After that, I blended in with the goblins quite easily, we were splashing water at one another and running all over the place like a child. I guess my mental age is about the same as the three goblins…

“Sigh… How childish…” Seeing this heartwarming scene before her, Sylvidia couldn’t help but shake her head in resignation.

……

Since we were having so much fun playing in the crystal clear lake, we had all but forgotten the time. The preparations for the feast were already done a long time ago, Sheena got impatient and came to check on us. When she saw that we were just fooling around, we got a sermon from Sheena.

The Goblin Trio obediently changed into their new clothes, I didn’t have any spare clothes to change into, since Sheena didn’t expect I would get soaked, not that I need it anyway since my one piece dress did not get wet at all. However, I do need a new pair of underwear. We are going back to the academy via sky transport later, it is undoubtedly going to be cold high up in the atmosphere. If I continue wearing this pair of soaking wet underwear, I will definitely get sick.

With that in mind, I poked Sheena on her back, and throw away my pride to whisper these into her right ear, “Sheena… do you have a pair of extra underwear?”

Sheena looked at me suspiciously and replied in a voice low enough that only the two of us can hear, “Well… Not really, only the used ones from yesterday, why?”

I looked down to the ground shyly and whispered, “M-my underwear is… soaked…”

“Sigh… I guess a used underwear is better than a soaked underwear… I’ll go get it for you later… But how come only your underwear is wet?” It is helpful that Sheena is very understanding, but her question does bring some doubt to mind; Just what is this dress made of? It is as smooth as a high-class silk, yet it does not absorb a single drop of water.

Even the highest quality silk I know of should at least absorb a little bit of water, could this dress actually be a treasure? I mean when I fell from the sky earlier, and was scratched by the twigs and branches, the dress didn’t get a single cut. The dress seems quite durable too.

Moreover… the silk gloves and knee-length socks Mister Milton gave me have the same texture as the dress… Could they be made out of the same material? I turned over to face Sylvidia with an expectant look, my eyes were literally shining with desires.

Seeing me like that, Sylvidia couldn’t help but heave a defeated sigh. When Sheena finally took notice of Sylvidia, she was captivated by her unparalleled beauty, she whispered to me softly, “Who is that?”

“Oh… That is Sylvidia, the Winged Unicorn from earlier, in human form.” I answered straightforwardly.

“Oh… Is that so…” Sheena nodded in acknowledgement, then comes the delayed response, “EHHHHH?! Y-you mean she is the emissary of the Goddess of Light?!”

Author’s Note

Phew… Just got back from my granny’s house and finished writing this. Now I gotta edit World of Immortals and release it ASAP, I only have less than an hour left until the next day XD

Anyways, what do you guys think the dress is made out of?

[Vol 3] Chapter 17: Cursed Armor (Part 2)

Just when we were in deep thoughts, wondering about the nature of this armor, it suddenly glowed with a bright radiance.

“Uwa… What is going on?!” The both of us were surprised by the sudden glow of the armor. Even the Goblin Trio who were playing happily in the lake were startled.

After the glow diminished, the Silver Gold Armors that were donned all over my body disappeared, what replaced them was a silver gold bracelet on my left wrist.

“Ehhh…?!” Both Sylvidia and I were flabbergasted, but the Goblin Trio on the other hand didn’t care too much, they lost their interest quickly and went back to play.

“W-what did you do just now, Master?” For the first time ever, I finally saw the calm and collected Sylvidia lose her composure.

However, I was just as surprised so I didn’t really had time to pick fun at her, “Uh… I… I don’t know… I didn’t do anything… The armor just… did that on its own.”

“No way… I don’t dare believe it… Could this be a living armor?!” Even though Sylvidia said that herself, she still remains skeptical.

“Living armor? Now that you mentioned it… that seems highly probable… It is said that this is a growth armor right? I have always wondered just how will the armor grow stronger, but if this is a living armor, then it make sense!” I come to an understanding of my own. However, Sylvidia’s next words betrayed my expectation.

She heaved a sigh and said, “That might not be the case… The Silver Gold Armors were made out of mithril. Do you know why some people call mithril the strongest metal, while others call it the weakest?”

Indeed… now that I think about it, mithril always have this inconsistency in various games I had played, I wonder why… I seriously have no idea, so I just shook my head in silent.

Sylvidia then posed another question to me, “You know that mithril is a magic metal right?”

I nodded my head vigorously, then Sylvidia continue to explain, “Then that will be easy to explain. Think about it… why do you think mithril becomes more powerful or weaker depending on the user?”

“Hm……” After pondering for a while, I suddenly thought of something, “You don’t mean-?”

“Exactly! The more Magic Power the user possess, the more powerful mithril become! However, mithril is useless in the hand of humans since they do not possess much innate Magic Power.”

After hearing what Sylvidia had to say, I couldn’t help but frown upon thinking about the current matter at hand, “If this is not a living armor… then what else could it be?”

“Fufufu…” Just around this time, we could hear a faint laughter from an unfamiliar voice. But after carefully looking around, there was nobody else in the vicinity.

“Did you hear something, Sylvidia?” I turned around to face Sylvidia and asked.

She just answered uncaringly, “It’s probably just the wind?”

“Fufufu…” Again… we hear the faint laughter, the both of us raised our guard, we stood back to back and surveyed our surroundings carefully. Sylvidia shouted vigilantly, “Who goes there?!”

“Fufufu… It’s just so fun watching the both of you speculating about me…” The unfamiliar voice mysteriously rang out from all around us, we couldn’t tell where are voice was coming from.

Then Sylvidia and I turned around to face each other, I raised my left hand in front of us. The both of us looked at the silver gold bracelet on my wrist suspiciously, then we said at the same time, “It couldn’t be……”

“Bam!” All of a sudden, something pops out from the bracelet and shouted with a bam!

“Uwa…!” Sylvidia and I were astonished, we fell on the ground butt first. Seeing our sorry figures on the ground, the mysterious figure that popped out from the bracelet let out a huge laughter, “Puhahahahahahaha! Oh my gosh~! Look at the two of you!”

The two of us were looking at the mysterious figure in front of us with our mouths agape. Sylvidia immediately regained her composure, then she grabbed my left arm before she jumped a distant away from the mysterious figure, dragging me along. I couldn’t help but let out a few surprised shriek.

Sylvidia took on a battle stance and shouted at the mysterious figure vigilantly, all the while throwing me aside like an extra baggage, “Who are you?! Identify yourself!”

The mysterious figure was floating in the midair as if gravity doesn’t affect her, she just flew towards the lake with graceful movement. Then she turn around while flipping her skirt, and introduced herself, “I am Wyllie Wisp, a Saint Demon.”

The mysterious figure was wearing a pure white off-shoulder dress with black lace atop the breast area, a white tights, a black rose hairpin, a pair of black gloves and snow-white arm warmers with black laces. Her skin tone was so pale, and her legs were faintly discernible, even her hair is pale blonde in color, one could have easily mistook her as a ghost. Not to mention, her scleras were black and she had golden irises, they looked just like the moon in the dark clear sky.

“A Saint Demon you say? What the hell is that? I have never heard of such existence before!” Sylvidia kept up her vigilance.

“Fufufu… Of course you have never heard of a Saint Demon before! I daresay I am the first one in existence! Fufufu…” Wyllie Wisp proudly proclaimed herself as the first Saint Demon in existence.

“What are you blabbing about……” Sylvidia was at loss for words, she had no idea what Wyllie Wisp is saying at this point of time.

Wyllie Wisp placed her palm on the left cheek and said reminiscently, “I really thought I was gonna die when they tried to purify me…”

Sylvidia suddenly come to a realization, her lower jaw couldn’t help but drop. Sylvidia forced her jaws to move, and said, “You… you don’t mean… you actually survived the purification?!”

Seeing Sylvidia’s current state of shock, Wyllie Wisp felt rather pleased, “Fufufu… That’s right! I was able to assimilate the white elemental essence and reborn as the Saint Demon! Fufufu… Fufufufufu… Fuhahahahaha!”

After that, Wyllie Wisp pointed at me, or more specifically, at the bracelet on my left wrist, then she exclaimed, “That is not some measly Cursed Armor, nor a Blessed Armor! That is a never seen before Saint Demon Armor! Only someone who has affinity with both light and dark elements will be able to bring out the full potential of this armor! O’ dear master, are you worthy enough to bring forth the power that dwell in this armor?!”

Author’s Note

Urgh… I think I’m not in good condition to do any translating and writing this week… Took me an entire day just to write this much… I’m sorry if this chapter is not as interesting as it should be, but at least I was able to unveil the main point today. So I think this is good enough for now…

But a Saint Demon Armor… has anyone ever expected this?

[Vol 3] Chapter 16: Cursed Armor (Part 1)

Obeying Sheena’s command, I bring the Goblin Trio to the nearby lake to wash ourselves.

When we arrived at the lakeside, I was captivated by the scene before me. The lush greenery and all kinds of alluring flowers are clearly reflected on the surface of the crystal clear lake. It was truly a sight to behold, I’ve never seen a lake as clear as this in my whole life.

It makes me hesitate slightly to wash this dirty body of mine in this crystal clear lake. However, before I could respond, the Goblin Trio already jumped into the lake and play with the water happily, with their loincloths attached and all.

I could only watch the heartwarming scene before me with a wry smile. Seeing the Goblin Trio splashing the water so merrily in the lake, they really seemed like a child at this moment. I mean this is only to be expected, goblins have short life span, and they grow up rather fast. Heck, they might only be a few months old for all we know.

When I thought of something like that, something suddenly hits me, “Hm? I wonder just how long is the life span of an ordinary goblin?”

However, I didn’t ponder too much upon it. Their life span will undoubtedly increase after they evolve into hobgoblins. I have high hopes for these three goblins, they will definitely surpass hobgoblin, and evolve into an ogre, then a demon, and beyond!

When I got in front of the lake, I tried to take off my gloves so that I can scoop up the water to wash my face. However, I discovered that I cannot remove the arm protectors that are attached over the silk gloves.

“Eh…? I cannot take off the gloves…” I tried to apply more strength to pull the arm protector apart, but it didn’t even budge an inch.

“Fufufu… Are you sure you know how to take it off?” Sylvidia suddenly appeared before me.

“Uwa…!!!” I am still not used to seeing someone appear and disappear in front of me all of a sudden, I couldn’t help but scream in shock. However, what surprised me the most is not the sudden appearance of Sylvidia, but the form that she was taking.

Sylvidia looked completely human, with her wavy blond hair, her clear blue eyes, her pale and smooth complexion, her well-developed curves, as well as her frail-looking arms and legs, she looked just like a sprite that came out from the fairy tale.

“What?! That is rude ye know! It seems like you have just seen a ghost or something… Am I that scary?” Sylvidia was displeased by my scream.

“Um… S-sorry…” I apologized on reflex.

“Never mind that… Here, show me your arm protector.” Sylvidia shrugged it off like it was nothing, and extended her hand to show me the palm.

I instinctively extended my hand to grab her palm, but before I touched her palm, I suddenly come to myself, “W-wait-wait-wait! Before that… Who are you?! Are you really Sylvidia?!”

“What… if I am not Sylvidia, then who might I be?” Sylvidia asked amusingly.

“B-but… that form… you look like human! Aren’t you supposed to be a Winged Unicorn?” So I asked, but Sylvidia only answered indifferently, “I told you earlier right? That we Spirits do not possess a Material Body. Therefore we do not have a permanent form. We can change the appearance of our Spiritual Body however we want, but most Spirits would choose to retain their original form from when they were still alive…”

After listening to Sylvidia, I come to understand a little more regarding the amazing ability of the Spirits, “So you mean, that Winged Unicorn was…”

“My original form of course!” Before I could finish my sentence, Sylvidia completed my sentence for me and cleared my doubt. Then she asked me, “If nothing unexpected happen, and you end up transforming into a genuine Spirit after five hundred years, you would choose to stick with your original form too right?”

“Ah… ahahahaha… Of course… of course I would… hahaha” I laughed awkwardly and secretly thought to myself, “If I end up transforming into a genuine Spirit, I would probably stick with my original form as Sylvidia had said, but I would beautify myself by removing all the wrinkles and pimples on my face, make my skin smooth and fair, remove all my body hair and stuffs.”

Sylvidia obviously heard all of that through our Spiritual Link so she smiled impishly and teased, “Hehehe! That much is obvious, who wouldn’t want to make themselves look better? Tehehehehe!”

Knowing that Sylvidia had heard everything that I was thinking, my cheeks turned as bright as tomatoes, I covered my face with both my hands in shame, and said, “Wh-wh-wh… Who gave you permission to read my mind?! Oh jeez… this is so embarrassing…” My tone in the end turned very soft and high-pitched.

My face feels so hot, even my ears had turned bright red, if this was in an anime or manga, steam would probably escapes from the top of my head right at this moment. While I was still covering my face in embarrassment, Sylvidia was roaming around my body to check the armors. However, no matter if it was the shoulder piece, the belt, or the breastplate, all of them wouldn’t even budge an inch. It was as if the armors had glued onto my body.

“Hm…” Sylvidia grabbed her chin and was in deep thoughts for a moment, then she said, “This is strange… I couldn’t feel any dark element from this set of armor, it couldn’t possible be a Cursed Armor, then what in the world…”

My body flinched when I heard the word “cursed”, I couldn’t help but ask, “S-Sylvidia… What do you mean by Cursed Armor?”

“Hrm?” Sylvidia raised her face to look at me and explained, “A Cursed Item is the opposite of Spirit Item. A Spirit Item is possessed by a kind-hearted Spirit, they will grant their power to the users in exchange for a little bit of Spiritual Power. However, a Cursed Item is different, they are possessed by a Devil. Once equipped, the user will never be able to take it off, and the Devil will keep draining the user’s Magic Power without an end in sight. That’s why Cursed Items are usually more powerful than Spirit Items, but it comes with a great risk to equip them.”

“Gulp… T-then… Are you saying… this set of armor is c-c-c-cursed?!” I started to panic, but Sylvidia reassured me by saying, “Worry not, that is not a Cursed Armor. I don’t sense a shred of demonic aura from that armor. In contrast, I can sense something holy…”

Then Sylvidia muttered to herself quietly, “But a Blessed Armor shouldn’t have a limitation like this, just what is going on…”

Due to my sharp hearing ability, I was able to hear Sylvidia muttering to herself. I was surprised to find out even the all-knowing Sylvidia has something that she doesn’t know of. If this is not a Cursed Armor, nor a Blessed Armor… then just what is this set of armor I’m wearing. I’m starting to get a little anxious, and also a little expectant.

Author’s Note

Sylvia finally found out that she cannot take off the armor, but it is neither a Cursed Armor, nor a Blessed Armor, just what is this set of armor?! Stay tuned for the next chapter!

[Side Story] Valentine’s Special: Zain & Fiore

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Heya everyone, this is Zain. I am a seventeen years old handsome high school boy.

My height is around 1.65 meter tall, with my silky blond hair, golden-colored pupils, long legs, fair and smooth complexion, many people say I looked just like a model.

I am what everyone would normally call a pretty boy, and today is supposed to be the best day ever. However, in contrast, it is also one of the most tiring day, because it is valentine’s day!

It is the day where I can get lots of free food and chocolates from the girls in our school, it is very tiring to put on a fake smile all day long, but it is well worth it.

You see… I come from a rather poor family so we cannot afford to have luxurious food everyday. That’s why I love valentine! I can get more than I can eat in a single day, it’s like an all-you-can-eat-buffet, and all for free!

But today… turns out to be the worst day ever, I never thought it’d turn out like this. Maybe in my next life… I should treat the girls better.

The story goes like this…

On the morning of Valentine, I got up from my bed and went to school as usual. Everything was normal, I went to school, the girls squeal when I walk past them, I opened my locker and found lots of love letters, as well as chocolates. Some of them even approached me nervously during lunch hours to invite me for an after school date, or to give me lunch boxes.

Of course, as generous as I am, I accepted them all without second thoughts. If anything the heaven has gifted me, it is this pretty face of mine that make the girls go crazy for me. Which… funnily enough, is also my biggest misfortune.

It all started when I met her on that fateful day. I promised to go on an after school date with the girls in our school. We went to the park, and that’s where I met her.

She sat on a bench at the side of the park, under a Cherry Blossom tree. She has a long and beautiful blonde hair, her blue eyes are giving off a glint like that of a sparkling clear sapphire gem. Her slender body looks so frail and elegant, any man who laid their eyes on her would develop a feeling of wanting to protect her from any harm.

I fell in love at first sight, the girls are calling my name non-stop, however I ignored all else, and walked straight in front of the beautiful girl sitting under the Cherry Blossom tree.

I kneel down on one knee in front of her to look at her face from the bottom, I said the lines which come naturally to me the moment I laid my eyes on her, “The beauty of the Cherry Blossom tree pales in comparison with yours.”

The girl finally raised her face, and looks at me suspiciously. Without saying a single word, the girl stood up from the bench immediately and ran away from me.

The moment I stood up and turned around, she was already far away. I chased after her frantically and keep shouting, “Please wait! At least tell me your name!”

However, she did not turn back and keep running further and further away from me. Despite her frail and delicate body, she can actually run faster than a man. I was very impressed, and also very disappointed at the same time since I couldn’t catch up to her.

I lost sight of her in the end, I kept searching all over the city for her, but I couldn’t even find any traces of her. This is rather strange, a world-class beauty like her should have attracted the attention of many, even if she was in the middle of a sea of people. However, not even a single people I asked have seen her around.

I started to doubt whether or not I was daydreaming, was that girl just a fairy from my imagination, or was she the real deal, I have no idea. However… I have a strange feeling that I have met her before, a feeling as if our souls are connected, as if we are soul mates.

I want to meet her again, that is my honest feeling. I kept searching for her non-stop until the color of the sky started to turn dark. It was then I found her on the opposite side of the road, she was surrounded by the girls from my school. It seems like she was being bullied by the girls whom I promised to go on a date with.

I regret not being able to keep my promise, but ganging up and bullying a lone girl is bad, I have to help her! Without second thoughts, I immediately tried to rush forth. However, I stopped my footsteps when a car ran past in front of me and honked a few times.

It was then I saw it, the girls from my school pushed the frail looking girl, and she fell towards the road. A truck happens to drive past and ran over her body. Her lungs and other inner organs are destroyed due to the heavy load of the truck! I am sure the girls didn’t mean for this to happen either. However, because of their measly jealously, one life is about to be lost, I could never forgive them for that.

I immediately rushed towards the point of accident and held the frail looking girl’s head on my arm, tears overflowed from my eyes, and I kept shouting for her to stay strong.

“Fi…ore…” The girl seemed like she wanted to say something so I brought my ear close to her lips.

“What is it? What are you trying to say? I’ll do anything for you! Anything!!” I frantically urged her to speak.

“My… name… Fio-re…” And that was the frail looking girl’s last word. Immediately after she said that, the glint in her eyes lost their radiance.

Her body turned icy cold, when I confirmed that she is no longer breathing, I faced upward and let out a beastly howl, “Warghhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

In my heart, I keep cursing myself, “It is all my fault! It is my fault that she has to meet a fate like this! If it is not because of me, she wouldn’t have to die!!”

I prayed to the god with all my heart, “God! Please! I will do anything, just please bring her back to life! I will give up my everything for her, even at the cost of my own life! Please, save her!!”

Just around this time, the world around me turned pitch black. The building, the people, the vehicles, just practically everything around me is swallowed by the darkness. Nothing else could be seen around me except for the pitch black darkness.

Then I heard a voice, “Boy… are you saying you are willing give up anything to save the life of a person whom you just met?”

I was surprised by the voice, I couldn’t help but ask, “Are… are you a g-g-god? Or a devil?”

That mysterious voice calmly replies, “It matter not if I am a god or a devil. What matter is that I have the power to save this girl.”

Without thinking twice, I immediately replied when I heard that she can save Fiore, “Yes! Yes! Yes, I will do anything! So please, I beg you to save her!”

With a serene voice, the mysterious figure said, “Very well, then our contract is completed. I will revive the girl in return of your Material Body!”

“Gulp…” I am prepared to give up my life for hers, but I still couldn’t help but swallow my saliva when I heard that.

The mysterious figure said calmly, “Worry not, I will not take your life, I have a mission for you after all. I will only take away your everything and bestow a new life upon you in a new world. Your mission is to subjugate the Demon Lords all over the world. For every Demon Lord you killed, I will restore a fraction of this girl’s memories.”

“Wait… you mean you will not restore all her memories at once?!” I couldn’t help but retort, “I have to kill a Demon Lord in order to restore just a bit of Fiore’s memory? What kind of sick joke is this?!”

The tone of the mysterious figure remains as calm as ever, “You said you will do anything, our contract is already sealed. It is too late to back out now!”

“I have been tricked!” I couldn’t help but grit my teeth, there’s nothing else I could do. This is the only way to save Fiore, I have no other choice but to do it!

“Fine then! I will kill that whatever Demon Lords for you! But you must keep your end of promise, or else…” I didn’t finish my sentence, and clenched my fists tightly.

“Very well…” After the mysterious voice said thus, I could feel my body slowly disintegrating, turning into dust from the bottom to up.

I started to panic, “Wha! W-what is going on?! My body… my body is disintegrating!! Waaaaaaaaa!!”

With my last breath, I shouted at the top of my lungs as my entire body disintegrated into nothingness. After that, the world returned to normal. But the existence of myself, Zain, and the frail looking girl, Fiore, never existed in this world anymore.

The next time I opened my eyes, I found that I couldn’t move my body freely, my hands and feet were tiny, my entire body was pitch-black in color, there were red tattoos all over my tiny body. I didn’t dare believe it but it seems as if I have been reincarnated.

However, the strange thing was that my body grew up really fast. In merely a few days, I was already about the size of an elementary school kid. It was only then I found out that I have been reincarnated as a Goblin!

Goblin is supposed to be one of the weakest kind of species out there in Role-Playing Games! How am I supposed to defeat a Demon Lord as a Goblin?! Is this some kind of punishment from the god?!

However, I didn’t lose hope and continued to train myself, I sharpen my skills by hunting more powerful prey every single day. Using my knowledge from my past life, I made various tools that make my life easier. Due to the peculiar tattoos all over my body, I was even shunned by my own race, but I still didn’t lost hope. All because I have a goal to achieve!

Even though I have lost everything, such as my pretty face, or my peaceful high school life, I am still able to live on strongly because I have a goal. I am thankful for the mysterious figure if just for this much.

After one month has passed since I was reborn as a Goblin, I finally found her. Fiore was also reincarnated as a Goblin in the same tribe as me. I can tell that much because of the special connection between our souls, I am hundred percent certain that Goblin that was just born is Fiore.

On this day, I swore to myself that I will work hard to retrieve all the fragments of Fiore’s past memories. Thus my struggle and adventure begins!

Author’s Note

I just got back from China not long ago but I feel weird for not posting anything this week. Then I saw the Valentine’s Event on RoyalRoadL, so I thought I might as well write a Side Story!

Enjoy the read!

[Vol 3] Chapter 15: Incomplete Spirit

I looked towards to Sylvidia for an answer but she only shook her head and said it is too complicated to explain.

I keep pestering her until she finally answered plainly, “When a Spirit received mana from their master, they can use those Magic Power to manifest themselves and make themselves visible to the naked eyes of common people. But of course, it will keep draining the Magic Power of the master when they manifested themselves.”

“Wait… so you mean if it keeps doing that, Sheena’s Magic Power will be drained empty? Shouldn’t we warn Sheena about this?” I couldn’t help but feel concerned.

“Well… worry not, at most it can only keep that up for ten consecutive minutes.” Sylvidia reassured me by telling me that Futaba will not be able to remain in this state for more than ten minutes in a single run.

Something crossed my mind and I couldn’t help but ask, “But what’s the point of making oneself visible? Wouldn’t it be more advantageous in a fight if your opponent cannot see you?”

“Hrm… That is true, but for some opponent, even if they cannot see us, they can sense our presence with Magic Perception. Besides, it’s not like it is all disadvantage when we Spirits manifest ourselves. Our power will increase by twofold when we did.”Or so Sylvidia said.

“I see… does that mean you can drain my Magic Power to manifest yourself too?” After thinking for a while, I asked Sylvidia.

Sylvidia answered without batting an eye, “Although our relationship is different from that of a master and their familiar, I am soul-bounded with you by means of the Divine Artifact. As long as I can draw Soul Essence from you, it is possible for me to manifest myself.”

“Soul Essence? What is that?” I am confused when I heard Sylvidia used a term other than Magic Power.

“You see… I am a little different from the other Spirits. Most Spirit Item usually get stronger by drawing Spiritual Power from their master, yet I didn’t get any stronger at all over the past few years that I spent with my previous master. That’s why I was unable to unleash my true power back then. It seems I need Soul Essence in order to recover my Spiritual Body.” Sylvidia answered with a slightly gloomy face.

Then she asked me, “Do you know what we call the extraction of the Spiritual Body?”

After pondering for a while, I answered, “Don’t tell me… that is the Soul Essence?”

Sylvidia nodded and said, “Exactly! That is the Soul Essence. There are two methods for one to obtain Soul Essence, one is to kill your opponent and absorb their soul. The second is to draw the Soul Essence from a Spiritual Being.

Although the process of drawing Soul Essence from a Spirit is much slower, a Spirit can recover their Spiritual Body by absorbing Spiritual Power from third party sources, so it is possible to get unlimited amount of Soul Essence from them.

However, no Spirits would willingly share their Soul Essence with anyone, a Spiritual Body is equivalent to a Spirit’s lifespan, as well as power. Every time a Spirit used their power, they are actually using a portion of their own Spiritual Body. When the Spiritual Body of a Spirit is totally spent, they will inevitably die. You are fine because you possess a Material Body, your Spiritual Power will recover naturally, which will in turn mend your Spiritual Body.” Sylvidia finally ended her lengthy explanation with this.

“Wait… But why can’t you use Spiritual Power to recover your Spiritual Body like the other Spirits?” I couldn’t help but ask.

Sylvidia had a distant gaze and began telling another lengthy story, “You see… I am an incomplete Spirit, a Spirit usually required five hundred years or more to take shape and regain their sentience.

I, however, became a Spirit in merely a few decades. The moment my Material Body perished, I immediately transfer my weakened soul to the Blank Slate. After which, the Blank Slate was dropped in the depths of the dungeon.

My soul was nurtured by the dense Magic Power of the dungeon, and I was able to regain my sentience in merely a few decades. But as a consequence, I am unable to draw Spiritual Power from outside sources directly!”

Sylvidia gritted her teeth in frustration, but her face suddenly lighten up when she looked at me, “However, with you around, I will be able to draw unlimited Soul Essence from you without worry! I can finally see the hope of recovering my former strength!”

I didn’t really pay much attention to the latter part of her story when I heard a Spirit required five hundred years to manifest, my mind numbed for a moment, and I blurted out, “Wait… What do you mean a Spirit requires five hundred years to regain their sentience? If I remember correctly… in the Guild Card, it clearly says… I am 163 of age… Does that mean I am also an incomplete Spirit?”

“Well… Your case is slightly different from mine.” Sylvidia hesitated for a while and started to explain, “This is an extremely rare case… I have only heard of it happening once in the legend, when a young boy was dying, he was possessed by an incomplete Spirit and was reborn as the first elf in history.”

“What happened to the Spirit and the boy in the end?” I am starting to get a little anxious, I asked hurriedly.

But Sylvidia only answered heartily like it’s no one else’s business, “Well… who knows… maybe the boy and the Spirit became one being and co-existed together, or maybe one of them consumed the others.”

“Gulp…… W-where… did you hear this legend from?” I felt a chill down my spine, my future seemed a bit uncertain. Will I perish from this world and be consumed by the real owner of this body, or will I take over this body and carry on the will of the real owner? Nobody knows for sure…

Sylvidia announced, “From the secret village of elves, in the Forest of Alden!”

I thought to myself, “Seems like I need to make a trip to the Forest of Alden in the near future… I need to get to the bottom of this matter!”

While we were having some serious conversations on our side, Sheena and Futaba had explained to the villagers the importance of the vessel, the benefits they will gain from the blessing, they also reminded the villagers to offer their prayers everyday, and guard the vessel properly, or else they will receive the wrath of god.

After that, they briefly explain what happened in the forest, but of course they didn’t mention about the Spirit King. When all that needs to be said is said and done, Sheena gave the earring to the village chief, Olaf, and had him enshrine the earring in the temple.

Now… we can finally make our way back to the academy! Or so I thought… but Sheena ordered me to go wash myself in the lake nearby since I stink of drool, and to take along the Goblin Trio with me while I’m at it.

Sheena had somehow tricked the villagers to think that the Goblin Trio are the messengers of the Angel from earlier, so she had them prepare some proper clothes for them. Meanwhile, the villager will prepare a feast for us, we will only go back to the academy after that.

Author’s Note

Oh boy… this chapter took SO LONG to write… suddenly went a little off topic again when a wild idea struck me. Took me so long to restructure the sentence, and logic to make any sense out of them. Sorry if this chapter is full of gibberish that doesn’t make sense. Do let me know if there is a flaw in the logic that can be improved 😛

P.S. I will be going to China for 1 week so there’s no new chapter next week.

[Vol 3] Chapter 14: Back to Pharamville

Shing! Shing!

Both earrings glowed brightly when Iqaos infused his Spiritual Power into them. Although Sylvidia felt a bit suspicious, she didn’t say anything since she couldn’t be sure.

After a while, the bright glow finally dimmed, the earrings look the same as before but now they have this divine presence around them, it felt a bit magical. Seeing that the process is done already, I slowly retracted my hand.

“It is done, now… please put on your earring.” Iqaos prompted me to put on the earring as soon as he’s done. All of us didn’t suspect anything and I just attached the earring to the lobe of my left ear directly. I would have done just that even without Iqaos telling me to do so though.

As soon as the earring is properly attached, I could feel a surge of divine energy flooding within me. I couldn’t help but exclaimed in surprise, “T-this is-!”

“Kukuku… It seems like you noticed!” Iqaos chuckled smugly. At the same time, he also thought to himself secretly, “Now, turn into my mana tank, kuhahaha!”

“Hm? What, what? What is happening?” Sheena was confused and looked back and forth between our exchange.

“Well… the thing is… as soon as I put on the earring, I could feel a surge of power welling up within it… It feels like… the earring is much more potent than before…” I tried to describe the strange feeling I’m getting from the earring to Sheena as clearly as possible.

“Hm-hm-hmph! Obviously! That earring is infused with my father’s Spiritual Power after all! It might not be as powerful as a Spirit Item nor a Divine Artifact, but it is still more powerful than an ordinary Magic Item!” Futaba explained proudly, she raised her head high and put both hands on the waist.

“Kukuku… now that everything here has been settled, how about we head to Pharamville immediately?” As he said that, Iqaos walked towards Sheena prompted her to hold on to the other half of the earrings.

All of us were confused, “Isn’t he supposed to keep one of the vessel for himself?” Or so we thought at the time, but Sheena still took the earring from Iqaos without saying a word. When she did so, Iqaos finally explained, “We need to enshrine that vessel in the local temple. Can I request you to do that for me?”

“O-oh… sure! Hehehe…” Sheena laughed awkwardly since she thought Iqaos was giving that earring to her. I couldn’t help but sympathize with her at the moment. If I was in her boots, I probably would have misunderstood as well.

With that said and done, all of us headed towards the small town of Pharamville. When we got back to the town, we can see the newly constructed temple that is made up of polished rocks.

In front of the small temple, almost all the villagers are kowtowing there and praying as if their life depended on it. I guess all of them had noticed the giant fox shadow from earlier, I can even see some of them trembling in fear.

I can’t really blame them for acting like this, that shadow fox was truly terrifying. That ear-piercing howl alone could strike fear in the hearts of many, even Sylvidia’s face had turned pale at the sight of the shadow fox.

In the foremost position of the temple are the village chief, Olaf, and the village girl, Samie. When Samie saw us approaching the temple, tears welled up in her eyes. She immediately stood up and ran towards us with teary eyes. At the same time she is running, she raised one of her hand high into the sky, and waved at us while shouting in delight, “Everyone!! I’m so glad you’re safe! We were so worried when that giant fox appeared!”

When Samie got in front of us, she grabbed my hands and said with teary eyes, “I was really… really… so worried… You have already done so much for us, I really wouldn’t know how can I ever repay you if you are dead… Hic-hic!” ⌈¹⌋

“Koraaa! You shouldn’t be so rude to our guest!” The village chief got behind Samie not long later and bonked her head.

“Ow…… You shouldn’t hit your daughter’s head like that, father!” Samie raised her complain while clutching the back of her head with both hands.

Although we were rather surprised that the village girl is actually the daughter of the village chief, that is not important at the moment. We looked around but we couldn’t find any trace of Albert and the Gryphon Riders.

“Where is Albe… Alby and the others?” Sheena asked the village chief, Olaf.

“That…” The village chief explained how when they saw the shadow fox, the Gryphon Riders immediately summoned their Gryphons and took off to search for us in the forest. Albert seems to have tagged along with them.

Flap! Flap!

“Squawk! Squawk!” Just around this time, we could hear the sound of flapping wings and the loud noise made by a bird. When we looked overhead, it was actually Albert’s familiar, the Thunderhawk, Spark.

The Thunderhawk is circling in the sky above us. It seems like it is trying to let Albert know of our current position. That Thunderhawk appears quite smart, it must be a monster with high intelligence.

Not long later, we can hear more flapping sound coming from the location of the forest. When we turn our heads over there, we can see three Gryphons flying over here. On top of the Gryphons are Albert, Caelum, and the other two riders.

Before the Gryphons even landed, Albert immediately jumped off from the Gryphon. He is fine only because the Gryphon was gliding at low altitude. Ignoring all else, Albert immediately ran towards us and pulled Sheena into his embrace.

Albert said in a shaky voice, “I… am so glad… so glad that you’re safe… Sheena…”

“A-Albert… W-what do you think you’re doing, we’re in the public!” Is what Sheena didn’t say when she felt Albert was trembling slightly.

She only lightly patted Albert’s back and said in a soothing voice, “Albert… It’s fine now. Everything is fine now…”

After a while, Albert finally calmed down and noticed the fox girl beside Sheena, he couldn’t help but ask, “This is……”

Sheena’s smile suddenly turned really bright and said in a cheerful voice, “My Lil Futaba!”

“W-Who is your Futaba! And I’m not little! Mu-kiii-! And stop clinging to me—!” Futaba raised her futile complain and got captured by the hungry beast again.

“C-could that be… the fox deity!” The villagers raised a commotion when they noticed Futaba.

When Futaba noticed the adoration in the eyes of every villagers, she folded her arms below her non-existence breasts and said haughtily, “Hm-hm-hmph! Grovel before me! For I am the proxy of the fox deity!”

It would have been effective, if not for Sheena clinging closely to her and rubbing her cheek against Futaba. Everyone looked at the scene with comforting gazes. This only makes Futaba feel all the more embarrassed, “Mu-kiii-! It didn’t work! Hey, get off me, human girl! You’re making me look lame! Mou~~!” ⌈²⌋

“It’s not human girl! It’s Sheena, repeat after me, Sh-ee-na~” As Sheena and Futaba were making various exchange, I couldn’t help but wonder, “How come everyone can see Futaba now…”

Author’s Note

Um… guys… Have I ever described the appearance of the village girl? I don’t think I did… right? o_O

Yea… how come everyone can see Futaba? Anyone can give me an answer? XD

⇐ Previous

I don’t think I should explain what does “hic-hic” means right? In case for those who really don’t know, it’s the sound of her crying. She’s not drunk on alcohol yoh :P ↩
Mou ⇒ SFX for “Jeez!” ↩

[Vol 3] Chapter 13: Benefits of Blessing

Everyone could only smile wryly at the heart-warming scene before them. Though it might not be so heart-warming for our little Futaba, since she is struggling to get free from Sheena’s embrace.

After Futaba finally get free from Sheena’s ceaseless assault, Iqaos finally opened his mouth to talk about the issue at hands, regarding the blessings for the town of Pharamville.

“Although I already agreed to give my blessings to the town of Pharamville, I still need a vessel. Have you prepared any?” Iqaos said solemnly.

“Vessel?” Sheena and I tilted our heads to the side simultaneously.

Iqaos heaved a sigh and explained, “Alas… I figured as much. I will explain so listen carefully, a Spirit gets tainted easily by the evil in human’s heart if they stay in touch with humans for too long a period. That is why we need a divine artifact, or any sacred object that will not get tainted easily by the human’s wickedness.”

Then Iqaos turned his attention towards Sylvidia and revealed a wicked smile, “Like Sylvidia’s Blank Slate for example.”

“Hmph!” Sylvidia snorted coldly and said, “I offered you the Blank Slate in exchange for your blessings earlier, but you rejected! It’s too late now. Hmph!”

In truth, Sylvidia was very unwilling to part with the Blank Slate, but knowing the Divine Fox’s temper, only something like this would be able to move him. The only reason she willingly offered the Blank Slate was because she knew that although Iqaos will receive some of the Faith Power from the believers, most of it will still go to the Goddess of Light. After acquiring some merits here and there, she will be able to request for another divine artifacts from the Goddess of Light.

But now, since Iqaos had already agreed to give his blessing to Pharamville, there is no reason for Sylvidia to give him the Blank Slate anymore.

Although Sheena cannot understand what Sylvidia is saying now, she was able to guess from Sylvidia’s temperament, she tried to convince the Divine Fox, “Lord Iqaos, is there anything else other than the Blank Slate that will work as a vessel?”

Upon hearing Sheena’s question, Iqaos looked around and finally, his sight settled on me.

“W-what did he want from me?” I couldn’t help but feel nervous inwardly.

After a while, Iqaos finally opened his mouth and said, “That earring of yours, I can feel a pure energy from it. Perhaps that’ll do for now.”

These Teardrop Earrings are gifts from Sheena to me, she spent a huge fortune to buy these to commemorate our long-term relationship to come. If Sheena wanted to give these earrings to Iqaos, I have no qualms about it. However, is this really worth it? I couldn’t help but have second thoughts, so I looked towards Sheena and raised my concern, “Sheena, may I chip in a few words of concern?”

Sheena nodded and simply said, “You may.”

Then I said without any restrain, “You spent a fortune to get these earrings for me, although I have no qualms about giving these earrings to Iqaos if you wish for it, but I want you to consider, is this really worth it?”

“Hahaha!” Iqaos laughed at my question and answered, “You are a calculative one I see! The benefits that come from my blessing doesn’t only keep the weak monsters from approaching, anyone who is within my boundary will have their luck significantly increased, one can detect the presence of hostile foes easily so the chances of getting ambushed decreased significantly, one can also recover their mana faster within my boundary, and many more benefits to come as I gather more Faith Power.”

I looked at Iqaos dubiously, I couldn’t help but ask, “Is that really the case?”

“If you don’t believe me, just ask Sylvidia.” Iqaos simply redirected the question to Sylvidia. I turned my head towards Sylvidia and she simply nodded her head and said, “He is right, as long as you are within his boundary, you will be benefited greatly. A little earring like this is well worth the price. Besides, you won’t be needing that measly earring in the near future, your mana is still growing at an astounding speed.”

“Really? The benefits still doesn’t seem that attractive to me though…” I am still feeling somewhat doubtful.

“Well the benefits won’t be very apparent, but Iqaos’ boundary should also encompass the Magic Academy, your next three school years will probably be blessed with good luck! I didn’t say this earlier but within a blessed boundary, the elemental essence will be purer and more concentrated, so your training speed will inevitably become much faster.” That last bit of Sylvidia’s words totally convinced me, although I’m still a bit reluctant to rely on luck, if I can increase my base power faster, that is all the more welcome.

I turn my head towards Sheena and nodded, “It seems to be the truth, what is your decision? You are the one who bought these earrings in the end, the decision is yours to make.”

I took off the earrings and hand it over to Sheena as I press her to make the final decision. Sheena was a little troubled over what to do, I guess she’s weak under pressure, when she was facing the Spirit King earlier, she immediately looked to me for help. She keeps glancing at me, Iqaos and the earrings on her palm repeatedly.

In the end, she finally made up her mind, she raised her head and said, “I know! How about we do this instead?” She walked towards me and handed over one piece of earring, “One for you.”

“Eh?” I couldn’t help but let out a sound involuntarily, I have no idea what she is trying to do. Then she walked towards Iqaos and gave him the other half, “And one for you.”

“Eh? What are you…” As I tried to ask Sheena what is she trying to do, she stood up and walked a few steps backward from Iqaos, then she said, “Lord Iqaos, you only needed one object that can serve as a vessel right? Then I believe you won’t be needing a pair of earrings, just one of them will do right?”

“Hahaha! That is indeed the case! Very well, I will accept this piece of earring as my vessel. Sylvidia’s vessel, come forward!” Iqaos accepted it quite easily, however when he asked me to come forward, I couldn’t help but frown.

“Just what did he want now?” I cursed silently in my heart, but I still walked towards him obediently.

“Show me your earring!” When Iqaos demanded that I show him the one I got from Sheena, I couldn’t help but ask, “What are you trying to do?”

Iqaos answered honestly, “Since these two earrings come as a pair, I need to embed my Spiritual Power in both simultaneously.”

“Is that so…” After understanding Iqaos’ action, I show him the earring that I am holding voluntarily.

What we didn’t know was what Iqaos was scheming at the time, when he embedded his Spiritual Power into the earrings, it turned into a Spirit Item.

A Spirit Item is an item possessed by a Spiritual being, it can also be considered as a Divine Artifact in some cases. Like Sylvidia’s Blank Slate for example, it was normally an ancient artifact, but after her Material Body perished, she became a Spirit and used the Blank Slate as her vessel, which transformed it into a Divine Artifact.

Spirit Item and Divine Artifact possessed special ability, but the drawback is that the Spiritual being can keep feeding on the owner’s mana. If you haven’t figured it out yet, what Iqaos was planning to do was to turn this earring into a Spirit Item, so that he can drain my Spiritual Power slowly to strengthen himself. Iqaos is a really sly fox indeed, that is probably the main reason why he and the honest Sylvidia never got along. Other than his craftiness, he’s not a bad person at heart… is what I want to believe.

Author’s Note

Don’t ask me why, I also don’t know where did all the motivation to translate and writing comes from. But more releases, everyone is happy, end of story, right?

Hope you enjoy this chapter!

[Vol 3] Chapter 12: The Crest of Truth

Before Sheena could finish her sentence, a little golden fox came out from the thicket behind Iqaos. Sheena’s heart was completely caught by that cute little critter.

“Arf…” The little fox let out a cute bark.

The last defense on Sheena’s heart completely shattered at this moment, but fortunately, she was able to restrain herself from going out of control.

I could literally see her eyes gleaming, and her fingers are moving irregularly, it seemed like she could lose her self-restrain any time soon and trap the little fox in her embrace.

Seeing this, Iqaos couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “Hahaha! If you like her, she’ll be yours!”

“Eh?! I can keep her?” That was the last straw, the beast within Sheena has been unleashed! Without saying another word, Sheena immediately stretched her hands out to grab the little fox. The little fox sensed something menacing approaching her and tried to run away, but it was too late! She was already within the embrace of the hungry beast.

The hungry beast… I mean Sheena, she held the little fox with both hands and rubbed her cheek against the little critter. The little fox seems a bit annoyed but it was powerless against Sheena’s merciless assault.

Poof! Just around this time, the little fox transformed into a human figure with a poof sound. She tried to push Sheena away with her slender hands, “Keep away from me, human girl!”

The transformed little fox was wearing a shrine maiden garment, a pair of fox-like ears exposed themselves at the side of her long golden hair. She only has one tail in contrast to Iqaos, at the tip of her golden tail, it was pure white. Her big, round eyes were like a pair of ruby. She was the epitome of cuteness, there was no other words more suitable to describe her.

Seeing the transformed little fox, Sheena strengthened her grip and embraced it even more tightly. She couldn’t help but let out a squeal, “Kyaa~~! So cute!!”

Iqaos could only laugh merrily at the scene before him. On the other hand, I had a lot of conflicting thoughts. Where did Sheena get all these strength from? Why is the little fox wearing shrine maiden outfit? All these doubts will probably remain unanswered.

Iqaos finally introduced the little fox to us after Sheena calmed down a bit, “This is my daughter, Futaba.”

“EHHHH?!” We couldn’t help but cry out in shock, even Sylvidia couldn’t believe what she was hearing, that Iqaos actually had a daughter?!

“Hm-hmph!” That little fox, Futaba, raised her head high and said arrogantly, “Now you know how important I am, prostrate yourself before me!” Futaba stretched her right hand forward and pointed downwards with the index finger.

Iqaos raised his right paw and hit Futaba’s head from behind, then he reprimanded her, “How many times do I have to tell you not to act so arrogant?”

Futaba squat on the ground and grabbed the back of her head with both hands, she let out a soft complain, “Uuu…… but-!”

At this time, I couldn’t help but retort in my mind, “Aren’t you just as arrogant? Like father, like daughter……” I bet Sylvidia was thinking the same thing at the moment, she had that blank expression on her face.

Seeing Futaba pouting on the ground like that, Iqaos heaved a sigh. He faced Sheena and said in a serious tone, “I will give her to you, please take care of Futaba for me.”

Upon hearing this, Futaba immediately jumped up from the ground and raised her voice, “Eh?! F-father!! Don’t treat me like some object! You can’t just simply ‘give’ me to someone else like that?! I object!!”

Sheena approached Futaba from behind and locked Futaba into her embrace once more. Sheena said with a delighted expression, “Hehehe~ Don’t worry, Lord Iqaos, I will take extra good care of your daughter!”

Futaba was really unhappy and wanted to break away from Sheena’s embrace, she struggled to pull her hands away, “Ey~! Let go of me, human girl! I am not going with you!”

Iqaos looked at the fox girl sternly and said, “Futaba! This is an order, I was just thinking it was about time to let you leave this forest and explore the world. This is the perfect opportunity! Now, Miss Sheena, if you would do the honor of sealing the familiar contract!”

“Of course!” Sheena nodded and began chanting the contract sealing spell, “In the name of the Overgod of Fate, bind this one’s soul with mine……”

“Ah-! Wait… I said time out! W-wait, no! Don’t do it!” Futaba was flustered when Sheena started chanting the spell. The spell is like a curse that will bind her and rob her freedom for a lifetime.

After the sealing contract was done, a magic circle similar to mine was embedded in between the non-existent breasts of young Futaba. Iqaos secretly thought to himself upon seeing the crest, “Fufufu… just like I thought, that is the Crest of Truth. With that, Futaba will be awaked to the truth of the world sooner than later. She will definitely grow stronger than me in the future! If she can surpass even the Spirit King, then I wouldn’t have to live under her dominance anymore! Fuhahahah!”

The Crest of Truth, that is a skill granted to the familiars of the Contractor. The Contractor is a special title given to those who made a contract with a Spirit King. Those who were granted the Crest of Truth will gain the wisdom of god, allowing them to comprehend the profound mysteries of the world.

Futaba suddenly becomes visible in the naked eyes of the Goblin Trio after the familiar contract was finalized. Upon seeing the unfamiliar figure appearing out of nowhere, the Goblin Trio raised their vigilance and prepared to attack at any moment.

Seeing their aggressive behavior, Sheena immediately pulled Futaba into her embrace and shouted at the Goblin Trio, “Don’t be mean to my Futaba!”

The Goblin Trio was at a loss and scratched their heads, they had no idea what is going on and looked at me for an explanation. I briefly explained everything to the Goblin Trio, about a Divine Fox that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, about the appearance of the Spirit King, about the contract with the little fox, and so on.

“W-who are you calling y-y-your Futaba?! Mu-kiiii-!” Futaba blushed as she tried to push Sheena away.

Author’s Note

I wonder just how many more chapters do I need to write until they finally get back to the Academy… I want to start the Academy Arc soon XD

[Vol 3] Chapter 11: Reward from the Divine Fox

“Uh……” Sheena was at a lost for words, she didn’t know what to do. All she know was that she didn’t want to see someone being killed in front of her, even if they are her enemies.

Sheena sent me the puppy eyes, asking for my help with her gaze. I couldn’t really say no to that, but even if you ask me, I also don’t know what to do in this situation. Just how are we supposed to convince the almighty Spirit King to let a pawn lives?

Sheena kept sending me the puppy eyes, I really wanted to turn my head the other way but I couldn’t, not after receiving that pure gaze. I scratched my head and opened my mouth to speak, “Ah… geez~! Fine already…”

I stood up and whispered to Sylvidia through our spiritual link, “Sylvidia, any ideas how to convince the Spirit King to let Iqaos go?”

Sylvidia just replied uncaringly, “Hmph! He deserved it, I don’t intent to help that jerk!” Then she looked the other way and whispered softly, “He actually dares to treat me so lightly, if it was before……”

⌈Ah~! So unfair! Why do I have to get myself caught up in this mess… Gr-nununununu… I guess it’s do-or-die!⌋

I grinded my teeth and hardened my resolve, then I start to speak, “Spirit King, can you please give Iqaos one more chance?”

“Hoh~? Young spirit, you nearly got yourself killed by Iqaos, yet you want to help him?” Spirit King Aria inquired.

I shuddered involuntarily when she called me the ‘young spirit’, it makes me wonder if there is a special method for the Spirits to determine one’s identity. Sylvidia was able to tell I was a Spirit at first glance, so is the Spirit King in front of me. I really wanted to ask but I guess that can wait…

“It is true that my life was almost taken by Iqaos, but it is also thanks to him that I was able to get stronger. Please give him one more chance!” I speak resolutely.

“Fufufu~ Is that your real reason, young spirit?” Spirit King Aria smiled mischievously. I was completely entranced by her smile and spoke truthfully.

“T-the truth is… I don’t really care what happens to Iqaos! I-in fact… I think it is better that is he gone from the world, so as to avoid giving myself more trouble in the future!”

“S-sylvia-! How could you say something like that……” Sheena looked at me disbelievingly.

Sylvidia suddenly turned around and laughed loudly, “Hahaha! No wonder you’re my Master! I am starting to like you even more now!”

Spirit King Aria also burst into a fit of laughter while holding her stomach and smacking her thigh with one hand, “Fufu-fuhahahahahahaha-! I like it! I like your honesty! Hahaha!” When the Spirit King was like that, she seemed more like a child. The imposing aura from earlier seemed like a hallucination.

“Eh?” I was gobsmacked, was that supposed to be funny? I had no idea what is going on at all. But before I had a chance to think about anything else, Spirit King Aria suddenly said, “Thanks for the good laugh!”

I couldn’t help it anymore and these words just escapes my mouth automatically, “EHHH?! W-what is going on? Was that supposed to be funny? I was being completely honest…”

Spirit King Aria wiped the tears of laughter from her eyes and said, “I admire your honesty, but I never thought… pfft-!” The Spirit King was trying to hold back her laughter from mid-sentence.

I seriously don’t get it… what was so funny? Did the Spirit King have a weird sense of humor? The reason the Spirit King was laughing was because what I said was completely contrary to what she was thinking, so she was very delighted that her expectation was betrayed.

If I had answered with some cliché lines like ⌈your enemy today could be your friend tomorrow⌋ or some revolting lines like that, the Spirit King might really just kill Iqaos on the spot. But of course, I wouldn’t know what was the Spirit King thinking at the time.

Spirit King Aria suddenly turned around to face Iqaos and Sheena, then she opened her tiny mouth and said, “Very well! I will give Iqaos one more chance! If something like this happens again, he will immediately be disposed of!”

I gave up trying to figure out what the Spirit King was thinking, my head hurts just thinking about it. I could only heave a sigh of relieve that she had a change of mind. Whatever the cause, I don’t even want to think about it any further.

Although Sheena was still a little unhappy with my answer, she was delighted when Spirit King Aria suddenly decided to give Iqaos a leeway. She also heaved a sigh of relief. Sheena bowed respectfully towards the Spirit King and thanked her sincerely, then she turned to face Iqaos and said gently, “Lord Iqaos, can you please listen to our request one more time? Please give your blessing to the town of Pharamville.”

“Ah… You saved my life, young lady. I will heed your request…” Iqaos suddenly turned very humble towards Sheena. No one knew whether it was because she saved his life or because she is the contractor of the Spirit King. Being a contractor of the Spirit King means that Sheena has the power to control all the spirits under the domain of the Spirit King.

But it seems Sheena herself wasn’t aware of her power yet, she didn’t even use this power when we were facing the Abyss Beast. If she had, she might be able to beat the Abyss Beast all by herself? That thought suddenly crossed my mind and I shuddered when I think about Sheena’s future potential.

But just how did she form a contract with the Spirit King? If I asked her, she probably wouldn’t know either, judging from her action earlier, it doesn’t seem like she remembers meeting the Spirit King in the past. Otherwise, she would have approached the matter differently.

“Hmph! Very well… Sylvidia, I will go back to inform the Goddess of Light of your whereabouts. Stay well!” With a whoosh, the Spirit King disappeared without a trace.

When the Spirit King was gone, the place was filled with silence, I was the first to speak, “…… She come and goes like a wind……”

“Huhuhu- Of course, she is the Spirit King of the Wind after all!” Sylvidia answered proudly.

Iqaos lifted his head to face Sheena and asked humbly, “Come to think of it, I haven’t heard of your name yet, young lady.”

“My name is Sheena, pleased to meet you Lord Iqaos.” Sheena smiled brightly.

“Sheena… Very well, Miss Sheena, as thanks for saving me, I shall grant you a reward!” Iqaos suddenly turned his head towards the thicket and shouted, “Futaba, come on out!”

“R-reward? I didn’t do it for th-”
*Pa-kyuun*

Before Sheena could finish her sentence, a little golden fox came out from the thicket behind Iqaos. Sheena’s heart was completely caught by that cute little critter. Girls are always like this, they get easily distracted by cute things.

Author’s Note:

I feel like this chapter just turned a bit weird… What of your impression?

So… just a few days ago, I received a negative feedback regarding my style of writing. I tried not to mind it but I guess I am concerned after all. But I wasn’t discouraged because I know some of you out there who enjoyed my work. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, you know who you are 😉

I just have a few comment regarding his feedback.

Q: Why was Sylvia more comfortable calling Sheena, “Master”, when she came from a world where people likes their freedom.

A: Yes, it is true we come from a world with no enslavement, but there is still something called hierarchy. Do you ever call your teacher by their name, for example?

Q: As for the elemental laws and the whole revamp of the world not being even 1% similar to the original world of zero no tsukaima makes one wonder why even write about it?

A: When I started writing this story, I didn’t really have a plot yet. But now I can say this, it is still too early to judge a book by its cover. I intend to slowly uncover the changes in the world of Zero no Tsukaima and implement even more concepts that I found interesting in other series.

Q: It would be far more fun if it was just a reincarnation story with a familiar system.

A: I don’t intent to write a boring story based on the same old system. It is far more interesting to come up with something new.

Q: Dumping elemental laws on the MC out of nowhere while the MASTER cannot even cast magic stronger than a lightning bolt. It is just not a story anymore but a story for the author to dump his obsession with Coiling Dragons in it.

A: I won’t deny the claim that I am obsessed with Coiling Dragon. And it is still far too early to judge Sheena as weak, I haven’t even gone into character development yet…

[Vol 3] Chapter 10: Contract With Spirit King

“T-that is… the Spirit King!” Sylvidia sent the message directly in my mind urgently.

“T-the Spirit what?!” I couldn’t believe my ears and was convinced that I just misheard, but after hearing Sylvidia reaffirmed that the figure currently descending from the heaven is indeed a Spirit King, I couldn’t help but ask, “W-why is the Spirit King… here of all places?”

Sylvidia remained silent, she didn’t say anything and just turned her attention to Sheena. It seems like she knows something, but she wouldn’t tell me about it. I can tell from her gesture that the descend of the Spirit King probably has something to do with Sheena.

I know it is not a good idea to pry on other people’s privacy so I didn’t press on. In time, I will probably hear it from the person herself.

The godly figure of the Spirit King was really small since it was so high in the sky, but after it descended to several meter above ground, it is still just as tiny.

The Spirit King has a pair of beautiful translucent butterfly wings attached to her back. Her long platinum hair, her slender skin, her crimson eyes, her appearance is very eye-catching. She has a majestic aura around her, she looks really stunning. However…… she is TOO SMALL!! Her height is probably only around 20 centimeter, she is only a little taller than the palm size of an adult.

She looks just like a… that’s right, she looked exactly like a Pixie in the fairy tale! I couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, “The Spirit King is a…… a Pixie?!”

The Spirit King frowned upon hearing my statement, she turned her attention to me and said with a hint of disgust, “Hmph! Don’t lump me together with the lowly Pixie race. I am a proud fairy-kin.”

Sylvidia immediately took over the control of my body, and kneel on the ground with one knee touching the ground. We were able to move only because the Spirit King has already lifted her God Realm some time ago.

Sylvidia lowered our ⌈¹⌋ head respectfully and said with sincerity, “Lord Aria, it has been a while. I apologize on behalf of my host, she is still new to this world and didn’t know of many things. I will properly educate her in the future! I beg your forgiveness for her rude remark.”

The Spirit King, Aria, looked at us interestingly, “Hoh… ? Is that you, Sylvidia? Hehehe, I don’t believe my eyes… you are actually still alive after all that? You are quite resilient, if the Goddess of Light know you are still alive, she will be very delighted! And moreover……” The Spirit King flew in front of us, then she looked at us up and down to size us up.

“Hehehe~” Spirit King Aria laughed charmingly, her smile was so beautiful that it would steal the soul of any man who gazed at it. Even though I am in the body of a girl now, my mind is still that of a man. Then she said with a sweet voice, “It seems you have found a good host, Sylvidia.”

Sylvidia nodded her head in affirmation, “That is indeed the case.”

“That’s good~ That’s good~ Then does that mean you are not planning to return to the Goddess of Light’s side?” Spirit King Aria gazed into our eyes and asked Sylvidia firmly.

“With all due respect, Lord Aria, with my current level of strength. I am not worthy to stand beside a mighty god.” Sylvidia answered without any hesitation.

“Fu…… fair enough!” Spirit King Aria let out of breath, then she turned around to face the Divine Fox. She crossed her forearms under her breasts, then she barked at him with her sweet voice, “Iqaos! Why didn’t you stop attacking when I ordered you to stop!”

The Divine Fox’s already pale face turned even lighter, he answered in a panic,” M-my Lord- I…… I didn’t know it was you! Please! I beg your forgiveness!”

“Hmph! You tried to steal my contractor, that sin is unforgivable!” Spirit King Aria said in disdain.

“Contractor? Did the Spirit King mean Sheena?” These thoughts suddenly flooded my mind, I couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, “EHHHH?!?! By contractor, you don’t mean-!”

“H-hey! Master! What are you doing?! If you keep flustering like that-!” Sylvidia sent the message to my mind simultaneously, but before she can finish her sentence…

“Kweeeeeen-KABOOM!” With an explosive sound, our Armatization was cancelled, even our Beast Form Transfiguration had been undone. I changed back into an elf, Sylvidia was separated from my body forcefully. The Divine Artifact, Blank Slate, exited my body from the cleavage and dropped to the ground.

Due to our mind going out of sync, the Armatization was forcefully cancelled. We both fell to the ground due to the powerful force pulling us apart.

“Ouch! That hurts~!” I rubbed my butt that was the first to hit the ground with teary eyes.

Sylvidia stood up on all four and let out a defeated sigh, “Haiz…… You are still far too immature. You need more training!” Then Sylvidia turned to Spirit King Aria, she extended one of her forehoof forward, while the other forehoof was kneeling on the ground. ⌈²⌋ I have never seen a real horse take a bowing position before. But now, a genuine Divine Steed, a Winged Unicorn, is actually bowing before the Spirit King.

Then Sylvidia said respectfully, “I apologize for the disturbance that my Master has caused, please carry on with what you were doing, Lord Aria.”

Spirit King Aria revealed a slight smile and whispered to herself amusingly, “Hmph! What an interesting host! She actually dared to act so daringly in my presence.” Then she turned her head back to face Iqaos, “So… ? What do you have to say for yourself, Iqaos? Do you have any last word?”

Iqaos turned even paler, if he turns even more paler than this, I fear that he might really die from anxiety. Iqaos plead in a hurry, “My lord-! Please, I don’t know anything. I really don’t know anything! I had no idea she is your…”

“Silence! This is a clear act of betrayal. Today, you will die!” Spirit King Aria didn’t wait for Iqaos to finish the sentence. She lifted the glorious divine sword that was in her hand and generated a gale around it.

Just when she was about to strike Iqaos, Sheena stood up and ran in between them to stop the attack. She spread her arms wide and faced Spirit King Aria, she made an appeal for Iqaos, “Please, just stop this already! He doesn’t have the will to fight!”

“Sheena……” Spirit King Aria whispered softly, then she raised her voice, “Why did you help him? He was trying to forcefully make you enter a contract with him!”

“I…… I mean w-we need him! We need him to give his blessing to the local village nearby!” Sheena stuttered at first, but later on, she picked up her courage and said firmly.

“If you need a Celestial Spirit to give their blessing to the local village, I can give you as much as you want. It didn’t have to be him!” Spirit King Aria said with conviction.

“Uh……” Sheena was at a lost for words, she didn’t know what to do. All she know was that she didn’t want to see someone being killed in front of her, even if they are her enemies.

Author’s Note:

Now if you are wondering, why Spirit King when it is a female. Shouldn’t it be Spirit Queen instead? Well the answer is simple, Spirit King is simply a title. I mean… don’t you call a female Demon Lord as a Demon Lord as well? Do people actually call them Demon Queen?

What will happen in the next chapter? Will Sheena save Iqaos? Will the Spirit King allow Iqaos to live? Stay tuned next week!

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I am using “our” and “us” because Sylvidia and Sylvia are currently one entity. Refer to the last chapter. ↩
It looks like this:
http://s18.postimg.org/iuqg1riop/horse.png ↩

Continue reading [Vol 3] Chapter 9: Armatization! →

[Vol 3] Chapter 9: Armatization!

Just when Iqaos was about to unleash the attack, a voice rang out in the mind of everyone present, “That is enough!”

Iqaos didn’t heed the voice and let loose of his divine ability, he laughed hysterically and shouted the name of his ultimate skill, “Hahaha! Devour her soul!! Anima Chaser!!”

After that, the ten meter tall shadow wolf transformed into a ray of black light and charged towards Sylvidia at lightning speed. However, right at this moment… every second feels like countless years to Sylvidia as her past memories replayed in her mind over and over.

Sylvidia suddenly thought to herself, “Ah… this is just like what happened the last time I was almost killed. Except this time… it will be true death!”

Continue reading [Vol 3] Chapter 8: Negotiation →

[Vol 3] Chapter 8: Negotiation

The Nine-Tailed Fox’s rejection didn’t come as a surprise to Sylvidia. Sheena, on the other hand, was getting a little frantic as she looked at the exchange between two ‘Celestial beings’. It seemed as if there were sparks between the two as they stared at each other intently.

She thought it would be rude to cut into the conversation between two seemingly high and lofty creatures, so she kept her silence as she looked at the two back and forth.

The Goblin trio didn’t know what was going on, they could hear the voice but they weren’t able to see anything. All they knew was that the situation looked very grim.