Chapter 9: Chapter nine

 

Okay calm down Akira things can’t be as bad as they seem to, there is no way in hell that she is standing in front of me. This never happened in the original, Akira never met Lily at his house again it was only when he died did she came and show her respects other than that she never came so what is in front of me should be imagination of mine and nothing more, yes imagination the last guy’s feelings are making me see things and here I thought they died deep down. Maybe because my gaze was too strong or it was making her uncomfortable she had a deep frown on her face and isn’t that interesting? A figment of my imagination is having complex emotions on her face, did I just unlock a new mental spell? But there was nothing like that-

 

Before he could continue Lily who had enough of his staring clicked her tongue in annoyance which seemed to have stir something in Akira’s mind as she said to him in a irritated voice,

 

“What are you staring at? Can’t you just come inside?”

 

“Hmm”

 

He was brought into the moment by her voice which poured cold water over his head and cleared his thoughts and since she was so irked by him he decided to keep the interaction at bare minimum.

 

Coming inside the house he could hear the laughing and talking of three people coming out of the living room, it was his mother, father and aunt Jasmine actually even before he came inside the house he noticed the plants in the nearby area having a little more vitality and some of them which were near death were brought to life indicating that either a dryad or a druid has came across the area and since they are so rare species to be seen in the capital it must have been someone who is already residing in here.

 

And his guess was right, it was Jasmine doing her magic in the neighbourhood but why was she here? There was no mention of her coming to Akira's home after he started attending the academy. It was always him going to her house to organise new charades for Lily so why did she come here? Well there is another possibility that since the game was mostly focusing on Richard and stuff going on around him so maybe this part was skipped? Akira was merely a stepping stone for the protagonist, the first one to get defeated. Thinking about things like he wanted to go in his room and just sleep but then it would be rude and his parents would be angry too.

 

He followed Lily and came into the living room where sure enough the three of them were sitting and chatting with each other even though his stoic father was actively engaging with his previous group members.

 

“Then do you remember what happened in the Elven territory?” Jasmine asked Evelyn and she chuckled before replying.

 

“Oh how can I forget that? Both the boys were arrested for fighting over a girl in the bar.”

 

“Hahaha, that was so good, remember how we had to spend 100 gold coins to get them out just because the bar was owned by a low ranking noble?” Jasmine again asked

 

“Ahh how can I forget that? That old geezer wanted to take all our money to free them.” She replied in an irritated voice.

 

“Those were the days Evelyn we should have never stopped being an adventurer.” Jasmine said with a little disappointment and a little reminiscent of the past.

 

“Well we had to settle down one day and have a family.”

 

Jasmine noticed the two teens coming in and Akira’s parents did too.

 

“Oh hello there Akira-kun, how are you?”

 

“I am fine aunt Jasmine, how are you doing?”

 

“It’s the same but lately I have been feeling more lonely.”

 

“Is something bothering you?” There  shouldn’t be anything troubling her, Lily is doing good and in a few years would become one of the powerhouse of the continent and if it is regarding her marriage then she could be even more complacent as she would be marrying the current prince and to be king but then again she doesn’t know these things.

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“It’s because of you Akira-kun.” She sighed and I was surprised to be honest even my parents and Lily’s ear were also perked up by her statement.

 

“Uhh… me aunt Jasmine? I don’t remember doing anything wrong.” Come on, women everyone thinks I have done something wrong.

 

“Sigh, when was the last time you came to meet me or when was the last time you even contacted me?” She pouted and it looked cute? A Milf pouting and I can’t do anything, damn life sucks.

 

“I- I do- don’t know.” Shit a milf teasing you in front of your parents is too much for someone like me to handle.

 

“Will you stop it Jasmine? Look at what you did to my boy, don’t worry Akira she is just teasing you no need to get worked up.” Evelyn butted in the conversation and thanked God she did.

 

“Ahh yes mother.” Akira said and was trying to leave the room before anything else could have happened.

 

“Oh wait, let me give you this.” Jasmine shouted and this got me startled as what could she give me? So I turned around and looked at the pouch she was carrying with her.

 

She fumbled while opening the leather pouch and when she opened a green light slowly started coming out of it and soon enough the entire room was filled with green light and a scent of forest. If one closed his eyes he would imagine himself to be in the middle of a serene forest scenery basking in the care of mother nature.

 

“Isn’t it interesting?” Jasmine’s voice brought all of us out from that trance and to be true that thing is beyond interesting.

 

“Ahem ahem… this thing is called ‘Essence of Treyni’, you guys know who Goddess Treyni was, right?” Jasmine asked this question and everyone looked at her like ‘are you really asking this?’ well everyone except me.

 

“Jasmine even though you dryads like to live in seclusion how can anyone not know about Goddess Treyni? She was the third among the six Neo Gods that descended from Sky and since she was a dryad you guys accepted her as your deity.” Thanks for the explanation dad but what the hell is going on?? Neo Gods, descended from the sky, Treyni? How come I don’t know anything about this, there was no mention of this in the game so what is going on?

 

“Ah good Roger it looks like your memory is still sharp, so Akira-kun here is my gift to you.” She threw me the pouch but since my mind was too shocked it fell on the ground and a green orb like thing rolled out of it.

 

Before she could say I picked it up and began to analyse as there is this vague feeling in my heart that this is not the first time I am seeing this orb and yes my guess was right.

 

You see in the game aside from the main storyline where you could choose any character and complete the plot there was also an option of multiplayer fight where player could create his own character choosing from the various races present in the main game and then they could form groups and fight with each other it was mainly a gimmick from the developers as they too wanted a pie from the growing multiplayer battle games. In this multiplayer option one could also get some side quest which will give them some cool artefacts or weapons but that item was restricted to the multiplayer meaning that it didn’t have an effect on the main story world.

 

And this orb in my hand shouldn’t exist in this world as this was a piece of a legendary artefact made specially for the dryads and it’s name was ‘The tears of birth’ birth because when a person with dryad or druid lineage sends mana in this crystal this artefact makes their life essence purer and stronger it could work on a person without any lineage but then it would only increase their strength. Oh how come I forget? It had a serious debuff for other species in the long run.