Chapter 1: Prologue : Son of destruction

Elea Decarte

*Click* *Click* *Click*

Clear, cold clicks echoed in the corridor.

 "Good evening", a young man in silver armour stopped in front of me with a distant look 'as usual' I thought.

"Hi Cyne, what are you doing in the women's dormitory? Don't tell me that..."

"Sir" he interrupted me without giving me a chance to finish my sentence "Sir Cyne, don't forget respect Elea, especially here" he looked at me, paused and then continued "the king has asked me to accompany you on your first mission". Nothing else, he stopped talking, and probably waited for my reaction, but after a while he turned around.

"Wait!", I shouted, "This is a joke, isn't it? I can't just say yes!", the first mission of an apprentice was crucial for the next one, accepting that a real knight especially by a Grand knight would be frowned upon and would prevent me from proving myself,

"The King's orders are clear and absolute, I cannot disobey, even if, to be honest, I don't like to take part in a novice's first mission", I knew it very well, nobody disobeys the King, but even so...

"The King wouldn't do this for no reason," he murmured in a calmer voice, 'that's right' I thought, 'the King wouldn't do this for no reason...', Cyne walked slowly away then stopped,

"Oh yes, we'll be leaving tomorrow at dawn, don't be late," and then left this time without looking back or listening to my pleas.

After continuing to complain to myself for a long time, I continued on my way to the training ground, where I met up with Robert, an apprentice like me, he wasn't very talented, slept in class and was teased a few times but he was a good friend.

"Hi Robert", he was already waiting for me at the training ground, there were a few things that characterized him, it was his punctuality,

"You're late again!" he shouted, a hint of anger in his voice, "you should be used to it by now", "Sorry, something came up".

"Like every time", arms crossed, a sneer on his face, "What happened this time?", 'He doesn't believe me for sure', but this time it was true, without returning his smile I told him everything that had happened.

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"WHAT!?", Without much surprise he was stunned, "I know it's the King, but the first mission is the most important, getting help, from a Grand Knight at that, could ruin your year and especially delay your progress to become a knight!",

"Thank you Robert, that's very comforting", I replied with my eyes half closed, but he opened them wide, "Oh sorry, I didn't mean to...", Without really listening to what he was saying, "Don't worry, it's nothing" I replied, feeling a great tiredness spreading inside me,

"I'm going to go, it's late", looking at him I noticed that he seemed to be in great shape, "You sleep all day in class but now you look like you could practice for several more hours", he looked at me and then stood up, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back, "I don't know why, but I feel better at night, I'm fitter, I think faster"

"Well, I don't" I retorted, "I'm going, we won't see each other tomorrow because of the mission", I turned around one last time to say goodbye, then I left.

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The next day, at dawn, I found myself in the northern square, with my horse ready to be mounted. After many minutes of waiting I heard the sound of hooves hitting the ground in the distance, and on closer inspection I noticed Cyne, on her horse, slowly approaching me.

"You're late!", I shouted, perhaps I was the last person he wanted to hear say that, from the exaggerated frown on his face. "You're pretty cheeky, rookie," he replied, "I hear you come in quite often...",

"Elea," I cut him off, not without a certain amount of joy, "E.L.E.A, not novice," he looked at me surprised, then closed his eyes with his chin down, "Indeed," he replied, wearily, "Well, let's go, it's a long way to go," looking more determined as he looked ahead, he brought my feet back to the ground, this was my first mission, and even though I had a knight to accompany me, I had to do my best, to prove myself.

We had been on our horses for several dozen minutes when he said, "Tell me, what is your mission?" I looked at him, full of incomprehension, 'He doesn't know what the mission is? He didn't even ask?' "The king could have chosen better..." I thought aloud, turning around abruptly, having noticed my mistake, I lowered my head, "Ha sorry, I...",

"Do you know what the king's abilities are?" he asked me without looking at me, without expressing anything, as always, but I answered quickly, "I hear he can see the future",

"There is that", this time he answered looking me in the eyes, "The king is omniscient, he can see the past, the present and the future", 'What!?', 'Omniscience is a power reserved for God', I wrote inwardly, sensing my surprise, he continued, "That's why there must be a reason for my coming, he must have seen something that only you can do, but that without me it is impossible to accomplish, my help seems indispensable", without really understanding what he was saying I asked, "How so?", he stopped talking, as if to think, which lasted a long time, the sounds of the hooves continued to resound strongly in my head

In the distance a river could be seen, the water was a deep blue, we both looked at it, I remembered a small stream I used to play in with my parents when I was a child, I saw myself jumping and splashing my relatives,

"What do you know of the king?", Cyne interrupted my thoughts, taking a moment to think, I replied, "The king's name is Aldri Adrian Rosarius, he is considered the most powerful knight that ever lived, thanks to his mastery of the perfect sword and his power to read the future... or rather to see the past, present and future".

Still staring at the river, "You've learned your lesson at least...", Stopping himself from speaking he raised his head and turned it in my direction, "It's true that he has a formidable mastery of the sword, perfect even... I frowned in incomprehension, which he immediately noticed, and continued, "I watched many of these fights when I was very young, I only have parts of memories but I always found it strange, so after I became a knight myself, I checked the records and my assumptions were correct....", he paused for a brief moment before continuing, "it doesn't really fight, let's say it sees the opponent's movements before he does them"

"Ha I see!", I wrote, "well what's the problem? He's using his power right, isn't he?", Cyne didn't answer, he just turned back to the river, "indeed, however, the results of these actions have not always been good, and sometimes very bad, I've done my own research and...", turning back to me again, he announced with a rather hesitant tone, "the incident of the great devourer was only a consequence of these actions, but what is the most...",

I slowly widened my eyes, the sounds of hooves, Cyne, the river and the animals around me faded, my heart clenched and a strong pain flooded my head and the back of my eyes, an old memory passed through my mind, this one tinged with red, scarlet eyes appeared too, then nothing, complete blackness, after only a few seconds a brutal and powerful voice woke me up, "...EA! -LEA! ELEA!" I was still on my horse which had slowed down, I could feel sweat dripping from my forehead, cold sweat mixed with shivers running down my body,

"What happened?", I stammered, "How long did I close my eyes?". "Only a few seconds", he sighed, "we should stop the mission, you must be in no condition, I'll take care of it...", "No!", I replied, 'I passed out in the middle of the mission, pathetic...', I thought, "this mission must be successful, by all means", I had spent so much time training, alone or with Robert. All this to become a knight as soon as possible, now is my chance to shine in the eyes of the teachers and the knights themselves so...

Cyne looked at me for a few seconds and then sighed, "All right, but let's finish quickly, so remind me what the mission is," I took a deep breath, 'Come on! You can do it', inwardly encouraging myself, I slapped both hands against my cheeks to get myself back on my feet, I turned my gaze more determined than ever to Cyne, 'now the mission really begins', I thought

Refocusing on the road in front of me I began to explain the mission, "further north, there is a village called Northbone, it is surrounded by two dense forests which makes it a little commercial and almost independent village, it grows a lot of crops in small fields, hunts game in the forest and fishes in a river that passes right through the middle of the village and crosses the forest, at least that was before, today...",

"It's a tourist spot," Cyne cut me off to finish my sentence, looking seriously ahead, "so?" he finally said, "as you know from 'that' incident, the one with the great devourer five years ago..." when i said that a shiver ran down my spine, slowing down to catch my breath, "many immigrants had to pass through the village to get to the capital, they noticed the beauty of nature amplified by the more primitive activities of the villagers, there was no problem in sight, people were all happy, living in peace, enjoying nature in its purest side and so on. So some of these immigrants decided either to live there or to come back at regular intervals, every month, every year, or just to visit once. However, the human activity had become too much for the village and had to regulate the entries and exits, after that, the problems ceased, everything was quiet again as before, still with some travellers or tourists but this time, in small quantities. According to the mayor's testimony, a man presented himself as a knowledge mage, the next day, without anyone noticing, he disappeared, and the next day all the crops were gone, as well as the wildlife and the fish", I then felt a look on my face, turning around I saw Cyne frowning seriously.

"Could it be a trick of the mage? No, that's not possible, the mages of knowledge have sworn to dedicate their entire lives to learning magic without attacking anyone directly or indirectly...", I heard Cyne think aloud on his horse

However, I had already thought about and investigated everything between my handover and today, so I shared everything,

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"The mage is indeed very suspicious, but there were other testimonies, already, it didn't last a day, every time the plantations grew back, they disappeared, the same for the animals, which, every time someone saw them again, they disappeared again, like...", "Like a curse", he cut me off.

"Indeed," I replied, "which makes the mage even more suspicious, however, there are a few things to doubt," I paused for a moment and then continued, "some of the villagers, very few of them, would have seen a shadow," "a shadow?" he questioned without hiding his surprise.

"Yes, a giant shadow, which would pass, even today, in the middle of the night, and as if by chance, the day after, no more resources would be found in, and outside the village",

"Wow..."I muttered, I couldn't hide my surprise, the beauty of the village was, so to speak, breathtaking, the stone houses were white, the roofs a brilliant orange-brown, all the buildings were placed symmetrically without any cracks and clean, almost perfect, the grass was green and reflected the lights of the sunset, the golden fields stretched for hundreds of meters and surrounded the small village, this one surrounded by a thick forest that moved with the wind. In the middle of it all was a mill, made of rough stone, as if it had been built centuries ago, it was turning, carried by the river's current, of a brilliant azure blue, beads of water fell from the him, they too shone with a pure white brilliance. The freshness of the water could be seen just by looking at it, such was the divine sight before me. Carried away, I remained for several seconds without moving, my eyes riveted on this scenery,

"Hey!", Cyne's voice snapped me out of my dream, 'yes, that's right, mission first', i thought, just then, we were greeted by the mayor of the village, an old man named rulid, "Good morning to you sir knight and..."He bowed, then looking at me in a confused way, not without a hint of anger I said, "Pleased to meet you, my name is Elea Decarte, apprentice knight at Windsun Academy, I am here on my first mission which is to find and solve the problem of food and its disappearance in the city of Northbone", I explained nevertheless in a precise and concise way to avoid repeating myself later. The mayor then started, on the way to the town hall, a long explanation on what was happening, to be more precise he repeated exactly what I had said on the road, after a while I decided to cut off his explanation, "sorry sir, we know that, I would like to talk to one of the villagers who saw a shadow crossing the town at night since the incident", he looked at me full of confusion, then down, with a visible irritation on his face and went to seek confirmation from Cyne,

"She's the one leading the mission," Cyne replied coldly to his look. The old man turned as if to say, 'that kid?', then constrained by the presence of a knight he did as I asked, 'what would it have been like without Cyne, would he even have accepted my presence?', I thought, as we walked through a few houses I felt the eyes of some of the villagers on us, I could almost hear their thoughts, 'are they going to fix the problem? How much longer do we have to go through this? Why did they arrive so late? What were they doing? Stop it! Hurry up!', It was frustrating to think that a village could be in such bad shape for so many months, the contrast between the scenery and reality was frustrating, but we were there now, they wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

After a few minutes we arrived in front of a house quite similar to the others, the mayor knocked on the door shouting, "Cécile, a knight is here to see you, please open up!", 'a knight?', 'l'm here as old as dirt', I insulted him inside. After a few seconds a woman opened the door, I was surprised by her condition, her hair was greyish while she looked young, her skin was pale, she was as thin as a sheet of paper and dark circles marked her face severely, 'what happened to her? The old wreck turned and introduced us to the lady, who looked at us with vacant eyes and half-closed eyes from exhaustion, then a bitter smile graced her face, "Please come in," she said as she shifted and pointed to the inside of her house, we entered, my eyes lingering on the string of photographs that were in the house, Hanging on the walls and on the furniture, taking pictures was very expensive in those days, finding a picture orb was not easy, my attention was drawn to a picture of her, she was in much better shape in this picture, her hair was light brown, and she had bright grey eyes and her smile was sincere, she looked happy.

"Can I get you anything?", she said cheerfully, "No thank you", I retorted, she then invited us to sit down, which we did, then looking us in the eyes she said, "Why, did you want to see me?"I stopped myself from speaking seeing her look of terror, then feeling her breath catch, I rushed to her and pressed on her breastbone, "Are you all right?"Seeing her breath catch slowly I sighed, "what happened", I asked, then taking a deep breath she said, "indeed, I saw a shadow on the night of the disappearances, a gigantic shadow, my...my husband too, we were convinced that it was the cause of our misfortune, this...what we reported to the mayor who asked for a knight to come, however....no one came, and...after a while we started to want to stop it ourselves, so every night we would go on watch hoping to see and stop the shadow, one night the shadow appeared and...and mo...my husband to...disappeared, per...no one knows what happened or what happened to him, however...", she paused and then wept.

I turned sharply towards the mayor, preparing to ask him why he had omitted this disappearance from his complaints, however...

                                  *BOOM!*

An explosion was heard, as I turned around even faster I saw with horror the scene in front of me, a giant paw two and a half meters wide had just exploded the wall next to me and debris was flying in all directions. Cold shivers and sweat ran down my body, even more terrifying than the sudden explosion and appearance of the paw was the pool of blood that flowed from its claws that pierced the young woman, Cecile, in three places: her torso, stomach and legs. There was already not a breath of life left in her, her eyes were still empty and blood stained her clothes, but without having time to say anything the paw disappeared along with her and I rushed outside, my eyes wide, my stomach turned, the scene before me was worse than anything I had ever seen in my life, Disgust rose in me as I saw a ten metre wolf eat the young woman, the sound of bones cracking and flesh tearing made my head spin, nearly fainting at the awful sight, however a cold but comforting hand came to rest on my shoulders, turning with difficulty I saw Cyne, who had been standing back for some time looking me in the eye and announced,

"We have to stop him, that's the duty of a knight so get up if you want to prove you have what it takes", "that's right, I can't stop, I have to help these people, save them and stop this abominable monster", I stood up slowly then announced loudly, "let's go!"I took out my silver sword that was given to the apprentice knights of the class and rushed towards the white wolf from 10 meters away with a high-pitched scream, close by, Cyne stood calmly, he slowly took out his sword made of vermeil, blue and silver and then announced, "I'll hold him back, you shoot him", As I complied with these orders I turned away from the wolf who immediately followed Cyne's provocations and then came at him from behind, in the theory classes at the academy we were told that a monster unable to move was a dead monster, so I ran towards one of his hind legs and then swung my sword, however... 'Shit! Too shallow', I screamed inwardly, the wound was no more than 20 centimeters deep, I moved closer to the monster to strike back at the same wound and finish it off quickly, however, with one swipe of my paw I was swept 15 meters away, hitting the wall of a house,

"Aargh!"I shouted, blood pouring from the edge of my lips, the monster was still on Cyne, perhaps not even aware of my presence and had like ridding himself of a gnat, I got up with great difficulty, several of my ribs were broken, but I was able to heal quickly thanks to the basic healing spell of the academy, I was advancing once again towards the monster, Cyne's gaze came down on me like a hammer, I pressed my lips together then in one large motion moved the sword towards the wolf's tail which unlike the leg separated easily from the body, the beast let out a small yelp then turned towards me, however Cyne slashed at it forcing it to turn around, 'I know this is my mission but why doesn't Cyne kill it?', I thought, this monster was too strong for me to kill alone, but Cyne did not intervene, the monster having this time taken my presence into account assailed several quick blows towards me with its uninjured paw, I succeeded with difficulty to dodge, I managed to dodge with difficulty, not without some injury, then a glowing aura rose around him and pushed a howl that made me fall to the ground, my legs had given out, my body was shaking, I was unconsciously afraid of this monster, perhaps it was the effect of his howl charged with magic.

Cyne let out a loud sigh, looking me in the eyes he announced, "a very difficult mission for a novice", on these words he pushed the beast back 10 meters and then struck a slow blow in the void, only 1 second later, the wounded leg of the monster had disappeared and was now flying a few meters away from him, he let out a howl of pain and then conjured up that red aura again in an instant, looking for him with my eyes I saw him 20 meters away running away towards the forest, "you won't go away!", i shouted, rushing towards him as fast as I could without taking into account the pain of my wounds. 'I can't let him go, for this village, for these people, for Cecile who died unjustly. You will not go!'

"What the...", I heard Cyne in the distance, I could feel his frown of incomprehension, then with a sigh I heard only footsteps, turning around, "Hiiii!", Cyne was right behind me only a few inches away, his eyes turned to the monster he sighed, "What are you doing?", calming my surprise I replied, "The monster must not escape!"He didn't say anything else for several seconds, then, "And what do you intend to do, one of his blows knocked you out", lowering my head I answered, "It's true but... I can't leave him, he might come back", with an almost imperceptible grin he answered, "That's good", then accelerated his pace,

After a few minutes of running through the forest, a fog was slowly lifting, we then lost sight of the monster, Cyne stopped abruptly, as I turned around I saw him, eyes wide, then spat, "Shit!", after that he frowned and then grabbed my arm, "we have to go!he then started to run in the direction we had come from but after a while had not found any exit, "what's going on?", I asked, he turned around, looked me in the eye then announced, "this is the forest of shadows, we are in the forest of shadows", "what!?', I thought, the forest of shadows is the most dangerous end of the human world, only one person has ever returned from it and become king, Aldri Adrian Rosarius, I lowered my head, my eyebrows furrowed and beads of sweat beading on my forehead, my stitches tightening, 'shit....", I mumbled, then in a stronger voice Cyne said, "we have to find a way out, come on", without moving I looked up, "it's impossible, there's no way out...",

*Slash*, feeling a sudden pain I looked up at Cyne, who had slapped my cheek, "the king, he could, so we can too, I don't know what his intentions are in sending us here but clearly there is a reason, so follow me and let's search," without saying a word I looked him in the eye, I was terrified, I was afraid, but I had to survive to reach my goal, so with a more determined look I replied, "Yes!"

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A few hours later, nothing, we had found nothing, we were wandering in the forest, hungry and thirsty, out of breath from the effort, my throat was dry and a searing pain appeared in my head and behind my eyes with every movement. Then a putrid smell seeped under my nose, my stomach turned and I vomited on the ground in front of a tree, Cyne came closer, "Hey, are you alright?", without turning around I answered, "yes...yes I'm alright", then slowly getting up I continued, "let's go see what it is", "alright", Cyne answered. After a few minutes of walking we came to a large plain still in the fog, before us was the horrifying sight of a 10 metre white monster, large red eyes with a huge hole in the middle of its chest, the blood was dry and the flesh rotting, if I hadn't already done so I would have thrown up on the spot, Cyne patted me on the shoulder with her fingertips, then pointed in the direction of the centre of the plain, As I looked up I saw with surprise a perfect stone spike, straight and unbroken, on which was placed a stone sphere as well, intrigued we glanced at each other and then moved slowly towards this spike, as I arrived in front of it I touched it, it was barely over 2 meters high and as I walked around it I noticed that the sphere was in fact only half a sphere, but as I tried to look closer,

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Powerful and slow footsteps, accompanied by an unpleasant creaking sound echoed behind me, as I turned around I saw two red points of light with a long glowing bar next to what seemed to be a human figure, I rushed to Cyne's side and she drew her sword, I did the same, after a few long seconds during which the footsteps echoed in my head drained of all energy, the being appeared, I squinted, Cyne too, 'what is that thing?I thought, a tree-like monster in human form was approaching us, but it was not made of wood, it was silver, smeared with boils, blood, rust and dents, 'made of metal', I thought, the monster was made of metal, surrounded by a glowing aura that emanated from a crimson spear it held, it shone like a diamond, it was beautifully forged and it blew me away with its beauty,

But all of a sudden, nothing, no more noise, no more monster, it had disappeared in a severe sizzle, and... "Aargh!!!", a metal arm came to hit my stomach, the monster that was 30 meters away from us 1 second ago had appeared in front of me in an instant, its blow carried me 20 meters away and I ended up hitting a tree that shattered under the speed and power of the collision. Blood spilled violently from my mouth, my painful eyes could see nothing, a hot liquid ran down my cheeks, not knowing if it was blood or tears, preventing me from seeing anything but blurred silhouettes, but the pain, it, prevented me from concentrating on that, I could only listen, eyes closed, the weapons clashing. I tried with difficulty to get up, my body was heavy, eaten away by pain and fatigue, I moved cautiously towards Cyne and the monster who were fighting, without seeing him, I could feel Cyne in a bad position, what I imagined to be him was backing up again and again until he was blocked in front of a tree. Then in a tired voice he announced, "too bad, I have no choice", I wiped my eyes to see better, when I opened them again I saw him raise his sword to the sky shouting, "may the goddess Heria give me the power to freeze my enemies!"A blue, glittering light appeared and enveloped his sword, then with a great downward thrust, the ground, the trees, the plants, the mud, froze under the ice, in spite of the fog I could feel his attack stretching over several kilometres, but above all, it stopped the movements of the humanoid monster. "Haaaa...", I sighed, the monster had not moved for several seconds, but...

*Crack*

He disappeared once more, leaving only the debris of his prison to crumble, the next second I saw Cyne fly into a tree 20 meters away which was uprooted by the force of the impact, "NO!", I shouted, I rushed to his side, however he stood up with difficulty, one hand on his ribs, "I'm fine...", he looked at me then said, "go...go quickly, I don't know if I could stop him, even with all my power", the power of a knight, especially a great knight was absolute, I couldn't imagine anything more powerful, Cyne turned around and faced the monster, who, without giving him time to draw his weapon, struck him a powerful blow in the ribs, however, Cyne blocked his blow, a shield of ice in his hands, Cyne blocked his blow, an ice shield in his hands, then created an ice claymore in the other, which he directed at the monster, which disappeared and reappeared behind the knight and tried to drive the spear into his heart, which Cyne dodged by rolling to the side, getting up, He raised his right hand which created 10 spears of ice around the monster, which he stopped, there followed a confrontation at a speed that I could not describe, I could only see 2 blurred masses, one blue the other red which clashed with great noise.

*Boom*

A loud crash caught my attention, Cyne a hole in the stomach lost her balance then fell, "NO!!!"I shouted, my gaze lingered on the monster a few feet away, nothing new on the body except for some frostbite from Cyne, however a metal being should not be affected, but anger, sadness, fear, frustration, all these negative emotions accumulated all my life were rising up inside me, I couldn't believe that we were going to die here, for nothing, without helping anyone without accomplishing our goal, 'why did the king bring me here, did he bring us here?I thought, my gaze lingering on the knight, 'no...no, not like this, I refuse to die here!', I ran, ran with all my strength towards the monster, pulling out my sword and pointing it at him, I felt a new energy flow through my body, an energy I didn't know, then thousands of brambles came out of the ground to wrap themselves around the metal being, 'so this is my power?I watched as the monster struggled in the bramble pool, with joy, which was unfortunately short lived, he quickly pulled back, looking me in the eyes, he was approaching, slowly but too quickly, I was backing away in fear of this monster, his overwhelming power I could feel, he then pointed his spear at me, but...

*BAM*

Its head exploded in a huge magical explosion, so huge that my legs gave out under the pressure, the monster fell to the ground violently, looking at where the projectile had come from I saw a black silhouette in the distance in the forest that quickly disappeared, Without giving me time to understand anything the monster raised his right arm towards the peak, his red eyes sizzling as they quickly turned on and off, then with a sharp and unpleasant squeak a mouth formed on the bottom of his face, then announced, "he....he is...the son...of destruction", his voice slowly faded like the light in his eyes, then his arm fell to the ground, "the son of destruction?", I thought, however, overcome with fatigue and relief, my body faded and I closed my eyes.

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The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Cyne, dressed in his shining silver armour, his blue eyes covered by white streaks, he was sitting next to me with his hand on my stomach. The fatigue was gone but the pain was still there, I stood up with difficulty and said to Cyne, "Hi, how's your wound?He returned my greeting with a nod and said, "I'm feeling a bit better," I moved towards him to help him up, which he accepted, as I lifted him up my gaze lingered on the disappearance of the fog, "We can go out now," I thought with relief, then I turned my eyes towards the peak, but especially the sphere that crowned it, I returned my gaze to Cyne, "before he died the monster pointed to the sphere, there", I pointed to it, then with a glance we moved towards it, on our slow way he broke the dead silence that reigned, "how did he die? Did you kill him?"he looked at me with very serious eyes, lowering my eyes I said, "I don't know, it seems that someone or something helped us", Cyne turned back to the Sphere, "well you were pretty impressive, I was still a bit conscious, but your power manifested itself in the form of roses, like the coat of arms of the kingdom of Rosarius, there are only a few people who have it, it's rare," he smiled at me, it was the first time. When I arrived at the peak, I went around it and then found myself facing the half-sphere, sharing a look we both raised our heads to see the inside, and then...'What!!? What the hell is that?', I blinked and looked back at Cyne who did the same,

"A baby!!?",

"A baby!!?",

We shouted at the same time, a baby was lying in the half sphere, asleep, wrapped in a purple cloth, at first sight it must have been only one year old or less, 'what is such a young baby doing here?', I thought, 'no, what is a baby doing here at all?', I added, the baby had black hair with purple highlights, unusual colours in our continent, I took it gently in my arms, taking care not to wake it. "We have to take him to the cathedral," I announced, in a hurry to leave I turned away from Cyne, but as I tried to walk away a strong hand grabbed me, as I turned I saw Cyne saying, "we can't do that, the cathedral is a sacred place that only priests and knights have access to", I fell silent for several seconds, 'that's true but...what do we do with the baby then?', looking up I asked, "what do you have to offer?", Cyne answered quickly, "we can send him to a family in a small village to grow up and look after him, although he is a baby, we don't know who he is or where he comes from, he can then live like an ordinary child", taking a few seconds to think I replied, "fine, I accept".

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After a few hours we were out of the forest of shadows, right after we explained the situation to the villagers, knowing that the monster would not attack anymore, some cried, some shouted for joy, some were relieved but some were sad about the deaths, we could not do anything more, after 1 day of rest, we left to a small village east of the village we were in, after another full day of travel we arrived. We met the mayor and explained quickly the situation without giving too many details to avoid that they refuse, we then simply explained that we had found a young baby abandoned in the nature, a family accepted to take the small one in charge, I did not listen too much but it seems that they could not make children, I didn't listen too much but I heard they couldn't have children, anyway they were crying, "what are you going to name him, no rush obviously, I'm curious" I asked the new parents, they both looked at each other before the woman answered, "Grey, we're going to name him Grey", she didn't say another word, she didn't give any reasons for the choice. We decided, Cyne and I, to go back to the capital, ask the king for explanations and finally complete my mission, looking back one last time I thought,

'Grey, eh? I can't wait to see what you're going to be in the future, I have a lot of questions too and maybe one day I'll have the chance to find out who you really are, 'son of destruction''.

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