12 A New Home

The morning sun rises into the sky replacing the gloom of the night. We got up early so that we can start our journey earlier and hope that we reached at the city before noon. After we finished loading all our travel necessities into two carriages, we all entered the first carriage that is on the front. The other carriage is for our belongings.

Now the journey to Rura City begin!

I wondered how hefty did the city had turned out. I was fascinated to see the distinction. As the carriage moved, I looked back at the village. Goodbye Catraz Village, Mr and Mrs Laurey.

I don't know why but this scene does feel nostalgic. Hmm... I remembered now, it was almost the scene in my past life. During the Asvra Hound invasion at my home town, I was evacuated by a party of adventurer. Ryan, Youm and Gren. I was headed toward Fatura City at that time. It was also at the same age, I was 3 that time. Now I am 3 years old and at this age was the time I was segregated from my family. I turned my head and looked at both my parent. Both of them looked at me back and gave a warm smile. I could see that they did resembles both of my parent in the past.

I promise that I make sure that I will protect my family. I will embrace this love and this second chance that was given to me.

The first step of our journey began when we leaving the flatlands and entering an area where we are suddenly surrounded by hills of purple and blue are by far the most awakening moments.

It offers brilliant scenery with majestic hills. Theo and Clara were enjoying the beautiful scenery. Andrew has joined the guard team on the outside of the carriage. Katelyn was sleeping but she seemed to be not in the good health. She looked very tired. Maybe she has motion sickness. As we descend through the curves and winds of the northern region of the Rura Kingdom, suddenly, we have driven from wide-open flatlands to a narrow, winding road surrounded by hillsides of stone and trees. There was a countless magical beast. The Black Lions, The Red Foot Bunny, and more.

Our halfway, Theo and Clara had fallen to sleep same goes for Andrew. However, I was restraining myself from closing my eyelids. It is very bad to let our guard down even there are some guards that Mrs Goodwill had appointed for our travel.

"You should take a nap, Ezra, this is a long trip." Katelyn who had just woke up from her sleep advised me to rest. Well, indeed, I haven't rest from the start of the journey. I had been utilizing my [Trace] for a long time already. "It's okay I don't feel like to sleep, I want to enjoy the scene." I opposed her gently while giving her a tender smile.

"Are you okay mom? You didn't look very well." I asked her, she looked pale. I was more worried about her. "No, I'm fine... it's just...It had been a long, I haven't travelled this far." She replied but why did it seem like she was avoiding me from telling the truth. I went and crouched in between her and Andrew.

Huh? Why did I do that? I Did out of my consciousness. No, maybe this what I had yearned for. She gently brushes my hair. Then, Andrew's head relaxes on my shoulder. Gahh!! His head is hard. Then, Katelyn also put her head on my right shoulder. This unconditional acceptance you cannot find it elsewhere.

I unintentionally laid my head on her lap and gradually sealed my eyes. Maybe I thought I take a nap for a few minutes.

.....

After I had fallen asleep, Then a memory-filled in my empty mind.

A boy was waving his hands to a group party of adventurer that steered to their quest.

He waited for them to return, so he spent most of his time reading and studying magic.

...

The party of adventurer headed towards the North Region of the Rura Kingdom, The Tupeal Mountains. They were on the quest to contemplate the incident where many kids had lost and have a connection to that area. Some people had claimed that they saw the lost children like they were described in that mountains region.

Ryan, Youm and Gren were part of the quest. They only need to investigate whether the claims were true or not. The Quest is also considered risky because of the region. It was a place where many high-grade magical beasts are there. They went there through transportation carried by a magical beast called Hoggers, giant lizards with four powerful legs.

However, after two weeks they still haven't returned. The boy was afraid that something had happened to them. One day, he was in his room at Uncle Tom's house. A man with a hood came, he was also part of the expedition. He came to tell us that all of the members on that quest had died. After the boy heard the news, his emotions choked him and were in total devastation.

Before the hood man went to his horse, the boy realised below his chin there was a magenta moon crest pattern. What's the meaning of those patterns? He always had noticed it. During his home town, Valla was under attack by a magical beast, he also had seen a man with the same pattern on his arms. He wants to ask the man about the meaning of the pattern but at that time he was still surprised by the news. They are people who had taken care of him for more than 3 years. They are people who he recognised as his family and again they were taken away from him.

His eyes were blinded with his tears...

.....

"Ezra, are you having a bad dream?" he slowly regained himself from his sleep. Again he kept dreaming about his past life and again it was in the same order as him growing up.

Ah, I fell asleep. He wiped his tears off. He looked in front of him, Theo and Clara were still asleep. It was Katelyn who woke him from his sleep after she saw that her son was having a bad dream. "Sorry for waking you up...You seemed to be having a nightmare. Either way, we were about to arrive at our destination."

Why did I keep on dreaming about my past life?

*sighed

I want to forget it. He then looked outside and saw an impenetrable wall. They were already in the Kingdom Rura Region. There were also other carriages at the entrance of the wall. They were merchants that travel to sold their goods here. It actually brings more benefits if they selling their goods here because the Rura Kingdom is one of the largest kingdoms in the Azcrane Continent. They have three major cities. Fatura City, Srina City and The centre of the kingdom, Rura City.

After we had entered the kingdom, there was an abundance of people walking around, some of them were wearing shiny and tough-looking armour, some of them were strolling around the markets while holding their children hands. Along the paths, there were a lot of markets, shop and stables.

As we entered the centre of the kingdom that is headed towards Rura City, the buildings were getting taller and it becomes more bustling. Then, when we were in the city, we headed toward our new house. It was located on the East side of the city in a residential city area.

The carriage stopped in front of a gate of a half-timbered construction house. It was a house bigger than our previous house. It was a two-storey house. After we had done loading our stuff inside the house, we checked the interior of it. There are five room, two bathrooms on the second floor.

On the first floor, there are one dining room, a kitchen, a storage room and a few empty rooms. The interior is more eye-catching than the exterior. The design was absolutely gorgeous with a half-frame timbered wall and cobblestone. Since there was five-room, finally I could conquer the bed on my own. The above floor was divided into two sides, the left and the right.

There was two big room on the right side. One of them was my parent room. On the left side, there was three small room. Mine was in the middle. Clara's room was on my left side opposite the stair. While Theo's room was on my right next to the stair.

Our three-room have the same design. The single bed was at the back of the wall opposite the door. There is a study desk, a window just right above the bed and a wardrobe.

I sat on my bed, the city had really changed a bit, the citizen here are more lively than before. That's because in the past we were at war. However, the scenery was beautiful, the citizens were mingling with merchants, children playing around on the streets and alley. The building design also had become more stunning.

I'm glad to be able to see this.

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