2 Chapter 2 A new beginning

Althea looked at her spirit seed once again and was dumbfounded at what she saw. There were small cracks on her spirit seed but what shocked her the most was not the cracks on the spirit seed but the flame dragon encircled around her spirit seed.

'Isn't that the same dragon engraved on the Dragon token' thought Althea.

"My Lord, everything is fine with the young miss. Now that she woke up after a month in a coma, she should be given enough nutrition to help her nurse back to her health", said Master Wanro.

This time, Althea shouted out in shock, "What! I have been in a coma for a month!"

"yes my dear, it's all mother's fault", said the lady.

"Wait, who brought me out of the Dark mist forest? what about the four great powers? and where is this place?", Althea couldn't hold back her curiosity and poured out all the questions she had inside her mind.

After a moment she realized that something was not right. Everyone was looking at her with a look of confusion on their faces.

The lady cried out, "Oh my poor daughter, this is your home, have you forgotten everything"

"Master Wanro, What is wrong with Althea's memory? Didn't you say everything was fine"

said the man with a worried expression on his face.

Master Wanro thought for a while and said, "My Lord, I think the incident this time left a big shadow on her which resulted in her suffering from amnesia, but don't worry, her memory will eventually come back with time."

"I hope so", sighed the man.

Althea sat blankly on the bed, she was dumbfounded by the way the situation turned out to be.

At the same time, Althea suddenly felt a piercing pain in her head. Waves and waves of memories that don't belong to her were rushing inside her brain. Clutching her head with both of her hands, Althea fell back on the bed.

"Althea! What's happening to you"

"Althea!"

She could hear a faint voice of her parents calling out to her. Her eyes started to close and her consciousness slowly faded away.

"Master Wanro, what happened to Althea?" asked the man.

Master Wanro thought for a while and drew a rune on Althea's palm. The rune lit up under his guidance and slowly disappeared inside Althea's palm. After a moment, Master Wanro said, "My Lord, you don't need to worry. If I am not mistaken, I think its a sign of her gaining back her memories"

After that Master Wanro took out a blue patterned pill and fed Althea.

"Master Wanro, thank you for your efforts. I am glad that she finally woke up but what about her spirit seed, is there still no hope for it"

Master Wanro sighed and said, "My Lord, her spirit seed was already damaged from the beginning and this time with this incident I am afraid that.."

Master Wanro didn't finish the sentence but both the lady and the man understood what he meant. The lady quietly sobbed in the arms of the man.

The next day, Althea opened her eyes and she looked at the red ceiling lost in thoughts

'I am Althea, but not Althea Rion who is the sovereign of The Hall of Mage. My current identity is Althea Luvan, daughter of Duriaz Luvan who is the current City Lord of Alfing city. My mother's name is Furiana Baro, the daughter of the Baro clan's leader, one of the biggest clans in the Southern region of the land of Dura. I am currently sixteen years old possessing a red spirit seed and due to my damaged spirit seed I am only still a low-level mage"

In the land of Dura, people are born with spirit seeds. When they turn ten years old, the spirit seed starts to emit different colors for different people.

Red and Orange color spirit seed walk the path of Mage, Tael and Green color spirit seed walk the path of Alchemist, Yellow color spirit seed walk the path of Inscriptionist, Golden color spirit seed walk the path of Beast Taming and Blue color spirit seed walk the path of Practitioner. The stronger the color, the more talented a person is.

But not every Mage, Alchemist, Inscriptionist, Beast Tamers, and Practitioner can make a name for themselves in the Land of Dura because they are divided into Low, mid, high, senior, monarch, divine, and Astral levels with Astral level being a legendary level.

The Low, Mid, and High levels are further divided into five stages.

The majority of the people in the land of Dura are only at mid-level and High levels. Those at the senior, monarch, and divine levels are mostly concentrated in the central region of the land of Dura where the Five great powers are located. The Five great powers had their jurisdictions and the Southern region is controlled by the Rainbow Cloud Academy.

Althea got up from the bed and said to herself, "I died in the year 174223 inside the Dark mist forest after destroying the Dragon token along with my spirit seed and the current year is 174239 which is exactly sixteen years apart. That means I was reborn that same year, and looking at my spirit seed, the reason I was reborn is something to do with the dragon token"

Althea kept pacing inside the room.

"The only explanation why I regain my memories only after sixteen years is to do with the beast incident one month ago"

One month ago, Althea and her mother went to visit the Baro clan. There, Althea was bullied by her cousins for being a mage who is only at the first stage of low level even after six years of practice. Althea was tricked by her cousins into the back mountain of the baro clan jurisdiction where many high-level beasts reside. If not for her grandfather, the leader of the Baro clan who came to rescue her, she might have already been dead.

"The only explanation why my spirit seed was considered damaged was because of the past incident and if I am not mistaken, the flame dragon had been inside my spirit seed healing it. But with the beast incident, the flame dragon had come out of my spirit seed to protect me which resulted in regaining back my memories. That's it"

After pacing around the room the whole morning, Althea had almost concluded everything about the situation she is in.

Inside the room, Althea stops near the mirror and said with bloodshot eyes while looking at the mirror. "I am both Althea Rion and Althea Luvan, now that I regained my memories, I will walk the path of vengeance no matter how many years it had been. The four great powers, your Lady Sovereign Althea Rion is back"

Outside the room, Duriaz and Furiana were just about to knock on the door when they heard the last sentence. They looked at each other and rushed inside the room.

"Althea, my darling, are you alright," said Furiana looking at the bloodshot eyes of Althea that is thirsting for revenge.

"Althea, what sovereign are you talking about. Is your memory not back yet", asked Duriaz furrowing her eyebrows.

Noticing the situation, Althea quickly got up and hug them. " Father, mother, I am alright, I have regained my memories. I was just wondering why I share the same name as the Sovereign of The Hall of Mage"

Of course, Althea wouldn't tell them the truth for now. She had to consider many things before telling her parents the truth.

Duriaz looked at Althea and said, "Are you talking about Althea Rion, the former Sovereign of the Hall of Mage"

"Yes, father"

"Well, darling, it's because the divinator said that the name is auspicious," said Furiana while patting Althea's head dotingly.

"I think we should have breakfast together today, it's been a month and your mother had never stopped worrying about you this past one month", said Duriaz

At the breakfast table, Althea happily accepted the warm treatment from her parents. In her past life, she was orphaned at the age of five and was adopted by the former sovereign of the hall of Mage after recognizing her rare talent. But in this life she had a warm family which she never had in her past life, it made her warm inside. She made a silent promise inside her heart to protect her family because it is only a matter of time before she goes against the four great powers of the land of Dura.

'I have to get stronger as soon as possible, but my spirit seed...' thought Althea as she chug down the class of milk in her hand.

In her past life, she had a red, orange, and green color spirit seed with each color emitting a strong light, which made her a rare genius. She was both a mage and an Alchemist. She was a peak Divine level Mage and a peak Divine level Alchemist. She was the youngest in the history of the land of Dura to break through to the Divine level at the age of twenty-five breaking the previous record of thirty years. She was at the peak of divine level when she died at the age of twenty-seven.

'Healing my spirit seed would be accelerated if I can refine an Earth grade Reinvigorating pill but this time my spirit seed doesn't produce green color' sighed Althea as she once again concentrated her consciousness on the spiritual seed.

As soon as she thought of the green spirit seed, her spirit seed started to emit a green light on the top of the red.

Althea was stupefied and immediately stood up from the chair.