Chapter 3: Beyonder

In the luxury bedroom

A handsome boy lay unconscious on the bed while maester Lomys of House Tyrell examined his body.

"How is he?" Lady Alerie hurriedly asked.

"There is no problem with his physical. He is just unconscious and will wake up soon My Lady." maester Lomys replied.

"Are you sure that he is not poison or anything?"

"I am very sure, My Lady, his pulse is very stable right now, and there is no sight of poison at all."

"I will prescribe medicine for him if you are still worrying, My Lady."

"Please do, and Thank you, maester Lomys."

"It's my duty, My Lady. If there is nothing else, please excuse me."

Maester Lomys bowed to lady Alerie and walked out of the room. While opening the door, Lord Mace Tyrell walked in with Margaery.

"My Lord, Lady Margaery," maester Lomys bowed and greeted.

"Maester Lomys, what is his condition?" Mace worryingly asked.

"Young Lord is fine, My Lord, and he will wake up soon." After excusing himself, maester Lomys walks out of the room to make a potion for lord Loras.

"How was he? and you should rest too. You were beside him for two days already." Mace walked to the bed with Margaery and kissed her cheeks before asking.

"Still have no sight of waking up," Alerie replied dejectedly.

"Will he be alright? Mother," asked Margaery

"Maester Lomys said he is just unconsciousness and will wake up soon."

As Mace heard about his unconscious son again, he angrily yelled.

"Someone must poison our son!!! Don't let me find who did this. I will tie him on a stick with throne roses and put him at the front castle. The roses will grow and feed on his flesh and blood, but I will not let him die. I will let him feel the suffering and hopelessness, and he will know that if you want to pick a rose, you have to pay the price."

Silence sounds across the room as no one responds to him as if agreeing with his cruel method.

"What about mother?" Alerie asked, stopping the silence.

"Grandma is dealing with the rumors and houses vessel. Also, investigate who is the culprit, but still have no progress." instead of Mace answering, Margary replied

"Mo... there," a weak voice called out.

"What's the matter, Margaery." Alerie gently asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Didn't you say, mother?"

"No, I didn't say anything, mother. Are you sure you don't need to rest a bit?" Margaery worryingly asked as Alerie had not gone outside the rooms for two days.

"Mo.. ther."

This time the voice was heard by everyone in the room. Everyone was startled for a second, before turning their head to see Loras slowly open his eyes.

"Mother, ugh..., What was happening?" I raised my hand on my head as I asked.

Suddenly, a memory started to flow in my mind, I remembered that I was in my 10th celebrated birthday banquet, then I experienced a magical scenario and lost consciousness completely.

"Loras!!!" Alerie quickly hugs her son while crying after seeing that Loras finally wake up.

"I'm fine, mom. Don't cry." I tried to consolidate my mother and glanced at Margary asking what was happening.

"At the banquet, you suddenly screamed and shook violently before losing consciousness. We suspected that someone might poison your food, but after testing we found nothing. You have been sleeping for two days already." Margaery summarily explained.

"Don't worry, my son, we will find the culprit and make him suffer miserable death," Mace said confidently.

I weakly smiled as everyone cared for him that much.

I started to think about the information in my head. The incident that happened two days ago was my awakening to supernatural power. No one had poisoned me or anything.

However, this incident was the best opportunity for me to explain the source of my power in the future. Also, warn my family to prepare for the future enemy, whether the white walkers or the future war in Westeros.

Despite that, I couldn't just tell anyone. Margaery was too young, and my father, Mace, was brainless, left with only my mother and grandmother.

I believe that my mother will trust me, even though she may not believe everything entirely. As for my grandmother, she will choose to do the best thing for the House Tyrell.

After some thought for my plan, I said to Margaery and Mace.

"Margaery, can you tell a servant to prepare me some food? Please." Margaery nodded and walked out of the room.

"Father, please help me tell grandmother that I had already woken up." Mace also nodded and went to call Olenna.

Now, my mother and I are the only ones left, then I looked into her eyes and said.

"Mother, could you please close the window and lock the door for me?" Alerie looked at me for a second before doing as I asked.

"Mother, I have something important to tell you, but you much not tell anyone about this. Can you promise me?" She nodded with serious looks.

"There is no one poisoning me at the banquet. That day I had a vision. I saw God, his name is The Fool, and He told me that apocalypse is approaching. The long-lasting winter is coming, and everyone has to face the enemy beyond the wall." I stopped a bit for my mother to process the information.

"Enemy beyond the wall? Does He mean the wildlings?" She asked confusingly

"No, Mother, there is something beyond the wall which sleeping for a thousand years, the White Walkers." I waited for her to respond but saw only disbelief on her face.

"I know, it's hard to believe, but God gave me a blessing, and I have the mission to stop them," I declared with determination.

Alerie saw the unwavering eyes of her son and sighed deeply, surrendering to his determination.

"What are you going to do. You don't tell me this for no reason, right?" She asked, knowing her son has meaning behind it.

"No one could fool you, right?" I said with a playfully smile.

"I want to go to Braavos, there is something I want to learn there."

"That is not gonna happen, you were just ten years old two days ago." Alerie denied her son's request.

"But there is no time left, we cannot face the white walker alone, we need the entries Westeros to face the enemy, and no one will believe us until it's too late," I said seriously.

"What do you mean the entries Westeros. Do you want to take the throne? That's impossible!" Alerie yelled while lowering her voice.

"We don't have the right to the throne, no one will support us, even people will not support us."

"King Robert has too many houses supporting him, just Lannister and Baratheon would overwhelm our army." Alerie tried to stop her son from thinking of suicide ideas.

"Listen to me first. I don't want to take the throne, not directly. I have a plan, but we need to be patient. It's not the time yet. And I will not be going for long, at most three years." I tried to convince her.

Alerie hesitated for a second before deciding to trust in her son for once.

"Okay, I will let you go to Braavos, but you have to bring lord Randy with you."

Smile formed on my face before hugging my mother and said happily.

"Love you, Mom."

"And I have another request. I heard that Hightower has a dragon egg in the house. Can you get it for me? Grandfather Layton did not even come to my ten birthday banquet. He wouldn't mind giving me an apology gift, right?" I said with a sly smile.

"I will send a letter to him. but I do not guarantee, Okay?"

"That will do, thank you, Mother," I said and kissed my mother on the cheeks.

Suddenly a knocking sound came from the door.

"I have brought the food, m'Lord." a servant's voice came behind the door.

"After eating, you should rest, I will get your request done," Alerie said before walking and opening the door, letting the servant bring food to Loras.

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After finished eating, I pondered on what I had told my mother. It was a lie though, no god told me anything. I just made it all up for my convenience in my future action.

Instead, there was new information in my head. I had supernatural powers now. I had become something called Beyonder.

Yes, I am now a Beyonder. You may ask, "what is Beyonder?" I am not sure either. It is just in my head. I just know that the creatures who have consumed potions made from exotic creature materials and gain supernatural or mystical power are called Beyonder.

And there are 22 pathways for a Beyonder, and each possesses 10 Sequence levels, and each sequence has supernatural power corresponding to its name sequence.

And if you have already chosen one of the pathways, you cannot change your path or you will lose control due to incompatible characteristics.

I still don't understand why drinking potion from different pathways makes you lose control, but I will not risk doing it.

And I don't have a choice anyway because I cannot make a potion on my own due to not having any potion formula.

I don't even know what other pathways or sequences' name is, except for my current sequence right now, which is Assassin.

Then you may ask, how am I become a Beyonder without drinking a potion? I don't know, maybe... I was born with it?

Anyway, if I want to get a potion for my advancement. I have to pry to The Fool with his horrific name. How he will give me a potion is still unknown.

Fuck!!

Why are there so many mysteries? I don't even know if there are other beyonder in this world?

In the series, there are many creatures with supernatural powers, but I don't think that there is anyone who gets powers from drinking a potion.

Forget it, I won't get an answer anyways. Let's better talk about my supernatural powers.

Currently, I'm a sequence 9 Assassin, which means I have the power similar to an assassin.

Firstly, I got Night vision. I can see in the dark, whether natural darkness or magical darkness. Darkness and shadow are like my shelters.

My agility is enhanced considerably. I could run like a runner-athlete, and my limp could move like a snake.

Furthermore, I got Eagle's Perception. I could see as far as a mile away and identify the target accurately. I can also transform my body in a short period and become light as a feather.

My last and only attack ability is Critical Blow. I got the ability to release all my strength in one blow. Very practical and lethal if you ask me. But your muscle will overload, so you have to wait for 5 seconds before using it again.

And compared to normal humans, Beyonders have enhanced durability and constitution, allowing them to resist things that would kill normal people. Moreover, they also gain some resistance to mental influences.

I also get the corresponding knowledge to cultivate beyonder power. It's called the acting method, the acting method is the process of acting according to the potion's name to fully digest the Beyonder potion. You also need to fully digest the potion before drinking the next potion and advancing to the next sequence.

The easy way to understand the acting method is to imagine the core powers of your potion as a tightly guarded castle. The remnants of the psyche that can cause a backlash to reside within that castle. Our goal is to get rid of it and become the true master of the castle.

There are two ways we can do that. The first is to forcefully invade the castle. There is no guarantee that this will work, and you will most definitely injure yourself unless you can suppress it with absolute power. But of course, we are not equipped to do that.

The second way is to get the owner of the castle to extend an invitation. This invitation can allow us to slide through the scrutiny of the guards and infiltrate the castle.

We can then easily finish off the enemies. But the problem lies in the fact that this invitation specifies the facial features and characteristics of the guest. Thus, we have to disguise ourselves and act like a guest.

And the key point is "Remember that you're only acting," meaning you must not lose yourself in acting, or the spiritual imprint that you disguise as a guest will be part of the castle you infiltrated. Then you will lose control and become a mindless monster.

You have to know that in the Beyonder potion. There is a residual imprint of the original owner of Beyonder power resided. And our goal is to get rid of it and become the true master of the Beyonder power.

But if you are immersed in the acting and you forget about yourself. Your spiritual imprint will be fused with the residual imprint of the original owner. Then you will lose yourself and become a mindless monster because of unstable mental.

There is no free power in this world, Huh. I deeply sighed as I thought of the quote, "Magic always comes with a price."

While I was thinking, someone knocked on the door, then an old lady's voice called out behind the door.

"Loras."

"come in," I said while the door opened and the old lady walked toward me.

"How do you feel?" Olenna asked

"I'm feeling better now, Grandmother. What's about you?"

"I'm old but still have to take care of everything in the house."

"Father already does his best," I said, defending my father even though he is not good at using his head.

"Of cause, he does his best, doing nothing is the best thing he can do," Olenna said sarcastically.

"We should take care of the rumored, What do you think? Grandmother." I said as I tried to change the topic.

"I already did when I heard that you would be waking up soon. I sent Lord Randy to kill the wood witch at Horn Hill, then we will tell people that you wake up after her death."

"People always like to hear the story of a knight killing an evil witch to save the innocent, right?."

I'm amazed by her method of handling things, just one action, and the problem was gone. I was very thankful that she took care of my problem.

"An admirable story indeed, and Thank you, Grandmother," I replied with appreciation. And after a second of silence, I said.

"Winter is coming, Grandmother. We have to prepare for the worst." I implied as I wanted her to prepare for our family. I didn't want anything to happen to them.

"I have been through many winters, My Dear. and I know what to do."

"But this time is different, you have to use everything to pass this winter." I stared at her eyes with serious looks, making sure that I wasn't joking.

"I will and House Tyrell will pass this winter together. The roses will show its most dangerous side when winter comes, My Dear."