Days before departure

POV Julián Kingscrown

After Aya was looking into my eyes, a shiver ran down my spine, this beautiful Elf could seem docile or gentle and she is, but I know better than anyone the sadistic side she shows to her enemies

"I apologize, I didn't mean to bother you, could I know your name" I said recovering from the heart attack that this attractive Elf almost caused me

I have to be more careful, my skills are not fully developed, if it had been an enemy who took me so off guard I would have died

It's a good thing I discovered that now and know that my skills are not up to par with the powers of this world

"My name is Aya, Aya Grephin, what is yours?" She said with her voice full of charm

What a dangerous woman, is it even allowed to use that with children, she is like a succubus with long ears, but without tail or wings

Wiping the cold sweat that was falling down my forehead I said "Julián Kingscrown a pleasure" I extended my hand to greet her while kneeling in a sign of respect

"Wow you seem very polite despite your age" she said in a melodious tone

"How could a simple child like me disrespect one of the strongest mages of Elenoir" I replied

"Why do you think that" she said while giving me a smile that looked terrifying in my eyes

"You emit the same feeling of danger as Miss Alea, besides I don't want to sound too arrogant, but until now no one had been able to get behind me without me noticing, since I returned a few months ago to the castle" I replied with some hesitation

"Jmmm I like you, would you like to talk to me a little more?" She said again with a sweet voice

"I appreciate it very much, but I'm a bit tired" I had to run away, it was clear that I wanted to save her in the future, but now I can't even resist her charm, this is just a strategic retreat

Just at that moment I felt again, a wave of emotions when I remembered how she had died in the novel: rage, sadness, guilt, a cold and thick bloodlust began to emanate from me

Which made Aya get on guard and back off a bit, at that moment I lost consciousness

Damn, why is this happening, it was the last thing that went through my mind before passing out

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POV Virion Eralith

"Do you have anything else to report Aya" I asked the guard of the family if she had seen anything else

"No sir Virion that's all I saw of the boy before he passed out" Aya replied in a firm tone

"You can go and thank you for informing me of this" I said as I turned my gaze to Julian who was lying unconscious in bed

What happened to him? Aya told me she felt a fierce bloodlust coming from the kid and then he passed out

I think something similar happened after the training, with Alea in the morning, I thought it was just a wrong impression of mine, but that doesn't seem to be the case

I have to talk to the kid when he wakes up, I said as I gave him one last look and left his room

"If anything happens, let me know immediately" I told the guards who were watching outside the room

"Understood" they both said in unison

"Did something happen to the boy father?" Alduin asked me as he approached from the other side of the hall

"I don't know, I haven't seen any strange behavior in him" I replied in a worried tone

"I don't think it's anything serious seeing how he acts, but I feel he's pushing himself too hard, normally kids his age would act more calmly, he and Arthur seem very different from kids like Tessia or the young man from the Ivsaar Family" he took a breath and continued

"I think something is negatively affecting his mental state, maybe they need rest or some relaxation method" my son said giving me a small touch on the shoulder and heading to his room.

"You may be right" I said giving him a smile and heading to my room too

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POV Julián Kingscrown

Again, I was sinking into the depths of the Abyss in the ocean

Why am I here again, does this have something to do with my strongly amplified emotions

If so, what is this place then? Already used to the feeling, I let the movement take me to the deepest part of this place

When I arrived this time I wasn't too long before I started to see images

This time it was only Aya and Alea, both died in different ways, in some I saw Alea protecting me and dying for me in front of Uto, in several other occasions I saw her falling under Cadell's sword in the council's castle and finally in the last ones I saw her die in a grotesque way in front of Tacy

With Aya it was not very different, in some she died with Alea in front of Uto brutally tortured, in others she died when facing Aldir and finally I saw her fall in front of Tacy in the shelter saving the others

In those moments I felt the memories as a third party, but when the vision of Aya and Alea ended I was invaded by a feeling of anger, disdain and sadness with myself

After that I woke up in my room in the castle of Zestier

My heart was racing and some tears were running down my eyes, it was not as bad as the first time, but it still affected me

After looking around well I saw Tessia with a tearful face, besides Virion and Arthur looking at me with very worried faces

"What were you seeing kid" Virion said in a solemn tone

"It was just a bad nightmare that comes back to me from time to time, there is no need to worry" I said giving him the most reassuring smile I could

"You told me you wanted to leave with Arthur to Xyrus, to meet Cynthia Goodsky, didn't you?" the old Virion asked me

"Yes, that's right" I said giving him a confused look, since I didn't understand where he was going

"I can't let you go in your current state, your mind seems unstable; the trainings are canceled until I can see an improvement in your emotional state"

After that the old Virion was watching me while I meditated and talked to me several times, asking me to relax and if I felt any discomfort with my moods, but I assured him that I didn't

After what happened that night with Aya, that feeling has not happened again, she, Tessia, Alea and sometimes Virion usually come from time to time to eat something with me while they share their stories, it is very nice to listen to them

But I can see that they are trying to check the state of my emotions, it is something uncomfortable at times, but I still enjoyed my time talking to them

The other one was Arthur, that guy brought me an Elven guitar

"What the hell is that for" I said giving him a doubtful look

"Virion told me it will help you relax" Arthur said rolling his eyes and somewhat uncomfortable

"Don't get lost, I prefer a beautiful Elf giving me music lessons" I said going back to meditating

At that moment I felt a strong blow to the head

"Don't say stupid things" he said sitting next to me

"What you saw in your dream is something related to those who killed Silvia, isn't it?" Arthur said as he looked at the sky of the sunset that stretched over the castle

"Yes, something like that I guess" I said trying to avoid the topic, since I didn't want to talk about what I saw that time

"I know you don't want to talk about it because of the way you stubbornly refused to talk about it, but Virion seems very worried" Arthur said looking at me sideways

"I already told him I'm fine, it's just a nightmare that I already had in the past and it won't affect the way I live" I said giving him a confident smile

"That's fine if you think so, but you're not alone" he said standing up and touching my shoulder, as he left the garden where I was meditating

You're right Arthur, I know I'm not, but this is something I'm not even sure why it's happening

After that Alea taught me how to play the elven guitar, after a few days of practice I was pretty good, I had talent for this bard thing

Virion finally decided to leave the topic behind after a month and so I would finally leave the day after tomorrow to Xyrus

I mounted Rex to go to Grandma Rinia's house and say goodbye to her before I left, I was a few days away from turning nine and I knew she might be worried about my departure, but I had things to do in Sapin

I wanted to contact Emily and Gideon to create a unique defense system that I had in mind, after reading some books in Eden's library

I also wanted to get Cynthia on my side quickly and get more details about Alacrya

Besides, I needed to evolve a good number of mana beasts, we will need them for the war, in the clearings I could get cores quickly with the beasts that follow me and thus increase my growth, finally this would also help me to track some places with Alacryans, I don't plan to attack them directly; I will only attack the dungeons when they have already infected the beasts and left so it will cost them more to track down the culprit, besides they will be more cautious

To be completely sure of what is going on I plan to create, small sensors to know when the dungeons are being raided and I want to create some pendants for the spears that work as shields and beacons to be able to transport myself at the right time, but that required a lot of time

That's why I'm in a hurry to go to Xyrus, I need to start the projects as soon as possible and be careful that Gideon and Emily don't tell anyone, we don't know how far Agrona's spies are infiltrated and I don't want Windsom's dog to bark at Kezess what I have in mind

After a few minutes I arrived in front of Grandma Rinia's house, but there was something strange, even though I didn't tell her I was coming, the place seemed very calm

I decided to get off using sound magic and using the Mirage Walk that I never used in the castle, since I didn't want to show this technique, I moved towards the house

When I was a few meters away from the door, I felt a strange mana signature behind me and heard a resonant voice of curiosity "Interesting"

My body became stiff, I tried to move, but my body refused to listen to me, the presence that the person behind me exhibited made me realize how small I was in this world

A lot of mana was swirling around him more than I ever saw gathered in someone and he had some fluctuations of Ether around him

This guy was clearly not normal, but who had noticed my existence, now I'm a complete twig in the wind if I can't even move

My heart started beating very fast while in my head I searched for thousands of options to get out of this situation

"Don't get upset, I'm not your enemy or at least I want to believe that" he said while controlling his aura and allowing me to move again

"I'm Chul and I've come to take you with me at the request of my father and the elder Yimir, since they want to meet you and know more about you" said the man with orange hair and heterochromatic eyes

"Is my grandmother okay?" I asked worried about her well-being

"She's already with my father" the man said in a firm tone

"I'd love to go, but why does the lost prince Mordain of the Azclepius clan and the phoenix race want to see me?" I said questioning his intentions

"You are a very peculiar existence, how did you know that?" He said in a cold tone

"Everyone has secrets, don't you know?" I said cautiously

"It doesn't matter, my father just wants to see you and I hope you come with me, I don't want any conflicts with a child" he said softly

"I don't either, and although I didn't plan to meet your father so soon, I don't mind doing it either, I apologize if I sounded a bit aggressive, but it's necessary in my situation to be cautious" I said trying to lighten the mood

"It's okay, follow me you can ride on your beasts if you want" he said as he rose into the sky

I called Galia and rode on him along with Rex, while I asked Ingram and Vanangard to go together too

So, I took a trip that lasted several hours while the hybrid Chul guided me to the beast clearings at Hearth the last resting place for the phoenix clan expelled from Epheotus.