Realization

William's POV

When I was thinking about how the deaths of these people might affect my family, I was suddenly hugged from behind by someone.

"…"

But from the fragrance, I instinctively knew who that person was.

My mother hugged me, I was happy because of that single reason. My thoughts about the problems that the family might face vanished.

She said something in the language that I couldn't understand, but judging from the tone it was something serious. She then grabbed my shoulders and made me face her ruby-red eyes.

I stared at her face, her face was more beautiful than any other actress or model from my world. But strangely enough, no impure thoughts lingered in my mind. All I had for this woman was endless love and affection.

With those emotions in my heart, I hugged her but then, I saw some tears in her eyes. I quickly wiped them with my small hands.

"…"

She smiled and said something again but I didn't understand it either, and she hugged me back.

After some time had passed, she stood up with me around her arms and took a palm-size glass bottle from the drawer. It contained some dark bluish purple colored pills, and my mother took three of them at once.

"…"

Seeing this I wondered 'Did my mother have some kind of illness?'

The chances of having one were not zero. Through my knowledge about the world of swords and magic from my past life, most of these worlds do not maintain proper hygiene, as people don't venture into that field.

War and destruction are their main priority, technological growth, research, and development are focused on the military, rather than the comfort of living.

However, I am not arrogant enough to assume it applies to everyone, I'm sure there are many genius people and countries that would have acknowledged this fact and want to create something other than weapons.

After taking the pill, she looked towards the dragon, out of nowhere, a bluish geometric circle similar to what those people who were fighting the dragon came into existence.

No! This circle was different, I tried to analyze it. At first glance the circle was beautiful, there were two concentric circles, a triangle in the middle touching the biggest circle, and various symbols floating in a circular motion, which unfortunately I couldn't understand. Just from being near it, I could feel its destructive capacity.

If I were to give an analogy, it was just like being in a thunderstorm but no rain, only the lightning strikes.

I was flabbergasted!

'Did mother was also a mage?'

Well in a normal fantasy world setting, almost all the noble families are magic users or knights.

'Why didn't I think about this!?'

She looked towards my face and chuckled, I knew the reason behind it. She said something, it felt different from the usual dialect, and then a small magic circle conjured around her eyes. As she blinked the circle vanished.

"…"

The magic circle disappeared, I thought it was something magical, but it just vanished. But what happened next terrified me.

She coughed up blood! My mother coughed up blood! From the deepest part of my heart, a sense of helplessness arose.

Her blood was also on my face, and unknowingly I started crying. She looked at me for a second but quickly looked back toward the dragon as the magic circle appeared denser than before.

After two seconds, from the magic circle, a blinding blue thunderbolt strikes the neck of the dragon slicing it clean. But then she collapsed. I, who was in her arms was also falling but stopped midway because of a wind vortex.

I knew for a fact that my mother was the one who conjured this magic to stop me from falling, but that was not important.

I blankly looked at her bloodied face but I knew she was breathing. At that moment the door opened, and an armored woman walked in. I had seen her many times, and she is always beside Mother so I knew she meant no harm, she grabbed me from my armpits and put me down as the wind vortex died down.

The female knight gives the same bluish-purple pills to my mother and administers first aid.

I looked at Mother the whole time who was being treated by the female knight. So much happened today. I came to know more about this strange world. I had more questions than answers.

Why was I transmigrated in the first place?

Was there a God who saw my miserable state and pitied me?

What exactly is this world? Dragons and magic?

I looked down at the floor, more specifically at the puddle of blood which was of my mother. I could see my own face. From the time I arrived in this world, I had never seen my face. My face closely resembles my mother's. I looked back at my mother's face, I saw she was in agony, even in her unconscious state. I closed my eyes not wanting to see this any further.

But seeing my mother in such a condition my thoughts were clear. If magical abilities in this world were real, then I'll be the greatest mage this world has ever seen! If anyone wants to harm me or my family I'll make them pay a thousand times the wounds they inflict upon us! Be it Dragons, Demons, or Angels! This is a declaration of war!

Suddenly realization hit me.

'I'm a freaking scientist! why didn't I thought about it?!'

Earth's scientific technology was not advanced enough for interdimensional travel, but what if we add technology with magic? What kind of bizarre combination that might create!

I opened my eyes watching the blood.

The face reflected on that blood was not of a one-year-old, but of Andrew a scientist. No, a demon grinning ear to ear.

'O shit my bad habits are acting up again!'

Before the female knight turns back, William's expression became deadpan again.