25. Aetheria & Glathiaz

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God Rozex created a realm that is not heaven and hell, but this realm is made from fragments of both, namely from the land of heaven and hell. Then that nature is called 'samach' which is then called the world.

Then at the center of the samach or world there is a gathering place of great energy called mana. That place is called the amethyst valley.

One day, the god Rozex created creatures to inhabit the samach or natural world called 'nacht' or humans. They are creatures who are neither strong not weak, neither good nor evil, but are in between because they were created from a mixture of heaven and hell. And because of that, humans have become creatures that need mana to live.

However, God Rozex immediately realized the mistake that the creation of the Amethys Valley had apparently made the seven demon kings fight each other and work together to seize the key to the Amethys Valley from the god Rozex, except for the dragon race. The dragon race became the figure that protected the key from falling to any of the demon kings.

From then on, the Dragon Race lived separately and emerged from the demon race and became a race of divine beings. God Rozex also bestowed the title 'Amethes' on the dragon king and gave wisdom to their race.

Humans who are given mana to live their lives in the world live side by side with dragons and even know where the hidden gate of the Amethys Valley is.

But one day, one of the demon king's men disguised himself as a human and finally he found out where the gate to the Amethys Valley was. The demon king's subordinates immediately reported to one of the highest demon kings, namely the demon king Luf.

Without waiting long, the demon king Luf mobilized 300 thousand troops to attack the Ametyhs Valley. Their goal is only one, namely to take the key to the Amethys Valley from the hands of Rozel Amethes, the dragon king who guards the Amethys Valley.

But as soon as they arrived in front of the gate, apparently the nachts or humans had already built their fighting forces to prevent the demon king's army.

Humans who were blessed with unlimited mana by the dragon king now fought the demon troops so that the demon king's troops were successfully repulsed.

Don't accept defeat. The demon king Luf devised a strategy with his cunning. He asked his commanders to live among humans and create chaos among them so that humans suspected each other.

Because of this, the guarding of the Amethys Valley became chaotic. Dragons can no longer trust humans because they are considered to be contaminated by evil. The dragon king Rozel Amethes decided to close the gates of the Amethyst Valley and cut ties with the human world forever.

 I frowned because when I was about to read the continuation, the remaining pages seemed to have been torn on purpose so I couldn't read the continuation.

But I'm curious, is the contents of this dull and old book the writings of a religious organization in this world?. And do the people of this world worship this god Rozex?.

I don't know, but because of this I got something new, like dragons which were written as a demon race at first but turned into a race of holy creatures.

But if that's true, I still don't understand why dragons are called black totems?. Or why did the dragon kidnap mommy?. Or why can a dragon become a totem?.

Oh right. I still don't know, what is a totem in this world?.

Since I can read, I have to find out the things that are bothering me.

Where can I find out about this totem?. Is this included in a book or is it common knowledge?. I don't know. My job is to find out!.

I got off my daddy's table and ran towards the bookshelf in this room. I looked at it, but it seemed like I wouldn't be able to find anything like that because most of the books here were just things that contained information about the kingdom's military and other legal matters that were too heavy for me to understand with my small child's brain at the moment.

I felt like I wouldn't find what I was looking for in my daddy's room, so I decided to leave.

Ting!.

I almost forgot to non-activate my time magic. I still have to maintain secrecy about this magic. I don't know what would happen if someone found out about my magic, so for now I will obey His Highness Yvone's words to keep my time magic a secret, even from daddy.

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 Before I realized it, it was already afternoon and the sun was starting to go home, but I never saw any signs that my fdaddy would or had already come home. I am worried. Aunt Freya also hasn't returned from her business, even though Vio said Aunt Freya would return to my residence in the afternoon.

Woof!

Woof!

Cemille's voice broke my thoughts. My little dog came to me who was like a lonely child in his big house. I'm grateful that Cemille is there so I don't feel too deeply lonely because my daddy hasn't come home yet, even though I still can't stop worrying about him.

But just sitting around doing nothing made me more anxious, so after dinner, Cemille and I went to our family's private library which was in the building to the east.

Honesly, I still don't know all the buildings or rooms in my residence. This mansion is very big and I think it will take me three days to complete the room tour activities.

As soon as I arrived, I immediately entered this fairly large library room. This library is roughly twice the size of my room.

"Okay, let's look for things related to totems or dragons..." I think, I still need a lot of things related to dragons to save my mom.

From the empty center of the room, I headed to the rows of shelves containing so many books.

When I looked in the geographic shelf, I found a book that had a cover image that looked like a forest symbol on a map. There are pictures of vertical circles of bubble, and I think they are the shapes of towering trees. The picture on the cover of this book is much bigger and clearer, so I can guess what it is.

On it was written in thin, thin foreign letters, but from its shape I could guess what it was. It says Aetheria - Glathiaz.

"Does this book contain information about the two forests on the map?"

Out of curiosity, I opened the book and read it. The writing in this book seems to have the same letters as the letters in the book I read previously in my daddy's office room. If the previous book about creation was incomplete because part of the page was torn out, this time I read a book about two forests that had strange symbols on the map.

Actually I was wondering, how can I read this foreign language?. These letters are not at all the letters I learned last night. But I don't want to think about that now. Let's just say this is one of the abilities given to me after being reincarnated.

As I opened page after page, I was not only presented with writing, but also pictures that made me remember the horrific nightmare scene in the ruins at that time. On each page there are many pictures of the animals in the nightmare. There are also pictures of animals that have always made me curious because I also saw them in yesterday's evacuation drill.

On this page is written information about the large black dog. The name for this animal is hellhound or baskerville. He is a type of sacred animal that belongs to the Glathiaz group, but there is something that surprised me.

"Baskerville can be kept as a pet!?"

I remember the nightmare scene again where this animal called Baskerville bit a girl's body into two pieces. So, how can baskervilles be kept as pets?!. That's terrible!. There's no way anyone would want to keep one as a pet!. Only a crazy person would want to keep a baskerville as a pet!.

Then there is also the griffin which is the daddy's totem which is included in the Aetheria group. Next, there is the cerberus which is included in the Glathiaz group, the phoenix which is included in the Aetheria group, and there are many other types of sacred animals about which information is written in this book.

So all these animals are sacred animals which are divided into the Aetheria group and the Glathiaz group.

I kept turning page after page to look for explanations of the words Aetheria and Glathiaz.

Woof!

Woof!

Woof!

"Ah!. Cemille, what are you doing?!. Cellia is reading this book, you know!" I said to Cemille because this little dog suddenly made the book I was reading fall from my hand.

Woof!

Woof!

When the book fell, the page that opened returned to the page containing Baskerville, then who knows what Cemille did. My little dog makes movements like he is digging the ground in the Baskerville picture.

Woof!

Woof!

Woof ...

Cemille's voice grew quieter. For some reason, Cemille suddenly looks sad but I don't understand why he is like that?. What does this terrible baskerville have to do with my cute little dog anyway?. Very unreasonable.

I went back to pick up the book that had fallen and accidentally opened the section I had been looking for earlier. Page containing information about the words Aetheria and Glathiaz.

After I read, I can conclude that Aetheria means another word for sky, while Glathiaz means another word for earth.

"So this is about the heavenly forest and earthly forest where the sacred beasts live?"

I remember again about the first book I read. If I'm not mistaken, in the book it is written that dragons are also part of the race of holy creatures, right?, but after I read this book about the forest of heaven and earth several times, I didn't find any information about dragons. So I don't even know what group this race of holy creatures belongs to.

Is the dragon Aetheria?, Glathiaz?, or maybe both at once?.

Or maybe, dragons don't belong to any group. Not Aetheria and not Glathiaz, so he is also called a black totem?.

Maybe ....

But, if true, then what group does the dragon fall into?. And what makes it not included in any group?.

"Ah, thinking about this makes my head hurt!"

But I have to know even the smallest information if it can help me find clues about mom's whereabouts. So that I can also help daddy...

I don't want daddy to struggle alone...

I want to save mommy. I also believe that mommy is still alive out there...