7:00 am, 510 meters above sea level, north of the Reliquia tower, purple forest.
The storm has passed, the center star has returned from the east, all the people of the world are welcoming a new day, while I sit pensively outside the tent. I support my chin. My eyes are always down, looking at the purple grass with a blank mind. My head is still feeling dizzy. I really lost my spirit today.
There was one thing that broke my mood. Before venting it, I stood up first and took a deep breath, then I looked up at the brightly lit sky and shouted, “I HAVE AN OLDER SISTER ALL THIS TIME!!!”
As a result of my shouting, the sleeping monsters outside the purple forest woke up, and they roared in annoyance. Not only monsters, but Molen, who was still snoring in the tent, also woke up. Meanwhile, my mother ignored me. She glanced at me for a moment, then put the branches back into the bonfire.
“VERY-VERY UNACCEPTABLE. I JUST WANT TO HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER OR YOUNGER SISTER!!!” I gnawed at a small rock in annoyance, then I threw the rock with all my might at one of the monsters that roared and made its head bulge.
“It’s so lucky you didn’t die after receiving the damage from the memory curse,” my mother said.
I turned to my right and gasped, “What do you mean, mom?”
“The more you recall the cursed memory, the more damage the memory curse will cause. The next day you know one more truth, maybe the next curse will kill you,” explained my mother.
I let out a short breath, “My luck is really bad, if I get angry I will die, if I know the truth I will also die. I hate this kind of fate.”
“There are people whose fate is much bleaker, they have to risk their lives and sell themselves for a bite of rice, while you can eat as much as you want without having to suffer. You should be grateful, kid.” My mother glanced at me with sad glances. My mom said right. I shouldn’t have complained. I thought too much of myself without caring about other people’s feelings out there. Talking about fate is taboo, isn’t it?
“Sorry mom.”
“No problem."
“HOAM! What are you two talking about?” asked Molen, she came out of the tent.
“Stupid lizard, provide a solution regarding the prohibition of anger and cursed memories. Your Queen needs enlightenment. I will hunt the monsters outside the purple forest to open a path,” my mother asked, she took out Roseliet from the sheath and walked out of the purple forest.
“Hey, I don’t have the light to enlighten my Queen!” Molen is joking.
I sneered, “Your jokes aren’t funny, Molen.”
“Wahahaha,” Molen laughed, “young people like you don’t know how funny that joke was.”
“I see, old girl joke, huh.”
Molen cleared her throat. “Let me explain. First, the prohibition of anger can be removed by strengthening the body. Second, the memory curse can be broken when you awaken 100% of the power within you.”
“Awakening 100% of the power?” I am surprised.
“Yes, but right now there is absolutely no power awakening within you, 0%, that’s why you need Faberi’s documents to know how to safely generate some powers,” Molen explained.
“Oh. By the way, what kind of physical exercise should I do? For the past 7 years my mother has always been training my body, but there seems to be no progress,” I asked, tilting my head to the right.
“I don’t know, but regular physical exercise won’t make your body strong,” Molen replied.
“I see, so the answer is in Faberi’s documents, huh.”
“Yeah!” Molen smiled broadly.
“Hmmm, for example, if an enemy finds out about my true identity, then he uses it to trigger my memory curse, what should I do?” I asked, tilting my head to the left.
"It's easy, you don't need to listen or believe it, if you are fooled by the enemy's talk, it's mean that you are not focused on fighting," Molen replied.
"Oh, I understand. Molen is great,” I complimented, smiling broadly.
"Ah, I'm not as great as you think." Molen blushed when I gave a compliment.
My spirit has returned, I stand up and stretch. “Time to pack up the things! Molen please help me, lend me your dimensional power to store things!”
"Yeay! Okay my Queen!” Molen raised her right hand and smiled widely.
....
2 hours later.
Breakfast, done. Armament, complete. Medical supplies, ready. Supplies, very well. Essential equipment, safe. Everything is done.
“IT’S TIME TO GO!” I raised my hands, smiled widely, then exclaimed excitedly.
We stepped out together from the purple forest, although the monsters around the safe area have been defeated by my mother, but their group has come again to take revenge and want to prey on us. However, the monsters were no big deal to us.
The monster named Serentis belongs to the category of ferocious creatures in the Reliquia tower, its form is like a human, they have two arms and two legs, thick hair and sharp fangs. This monster can be found at an altitude of 300-1,000 meters above sea level, usually explorers use the plucked Serentis fur as additional heating. Despite the low level of danger, Serentis has killed and pounced on hundreds of novice explorers every year.
“Full attack! We avenge the death of the rookie explorer who was killed by Serentis!” My mother exclaimed, fiery.
“Understood!”
“Don’t order me, you pathetic-eyed woman!”
It’s time for me to give my all. I don’t want the results of my training to be in vain, I have to hurry before the Serentis are slaughtered by my mother and Molen, please give me a chance, at least let me kill one Serentis.
I aimed at a Serentis who was running towards me with my new bow. I pulled the bowstring and arrows. I held my breath deeply, and focused my eyes on the target. I’m pretty sure this arrow will pierce my enemy’s head.
Suddenly....
“Spear of regret! A slash of sorrow!” Molen darted fast with her spear, she aimed at my prey.
“Roseliet, dance roses!” My mother also slid at high speed towards my target.
And they both killed my target in a very sadistic way.
“....” I was silent for a moment. I raised my bow and arrows as high as possible, then I slammed the two pieces of equipment to the ground firmly, “Foolish!”
I was annoyed because I wasn’t given a single chance to show off my skills, when I was focusing on aiming at one target, it turned out that my mother and Molen had wiped out all the Serentis that attacked us in the blink of an eye. This is the downside of having an adventure with two people who are experienced in combat.
I don’t think I need weapons, because my mother and Molen are always by my side, but who knows I might need them someday, so I took back my bow and arrows just in case.
“Huh?” I saw my mother and Molen arguing.
“Oi, damn it, I killed the last Serentis just now! Not you! Don’t admit it!” Molen exclaimed, pointing at my mother in annoyance.
“Damn you stump lizard! Obviously I killed that Serentis!” my mother cried.
“WHAT!? You only killed 7 Serentis, don't be arrogant!” Molen nuzzled my mother’s forehead.
“I have killed 23 Setentis!” My mother nudged Molen’s forehead.
They both frowned.
“I know you only killed 5 Serentis!” Molen bared her fangs to intimidate my mother.
“In fact, I killed 23 Serentis earlier, you were the one who killed 7 Serentis!”
“You pathetic-eyed woman! Don’t want to admit! Even though admitting it was an easy thing!”
“Bastard! You stump lizard!”
While the two of them were fighting, I looked around and noticed Serentis's strewn body. I found 14 of Roseliet’s slashes and Molen’s 14 slashes of spear in each of Serentis’s bodies, then Serentis’s corpse which should have been the target of my hunt had Roseliet’s slashes and Molen’s spear. So, there was no winner among them, it was me who lost badly.
“IT’S TIME TO CONTINUE THE JOURNEY!” I shouted as loud as I could in hopes of stopping my mother and Molen from blaspheming each other.
“That’s right, let’s move on, there’s no time for fights like this,” said my mother.
“Have you admitted that you only killed 7 Serentis? Or maybe you are afraid to fight with me?” Molen smirked.
“WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!?” My mother was furious, she swung Roseliet towards Molen’s neck, but the half-dragon was able to deflect it with a spear of regret.
“You have no manners!!!” Molen attacked my mother with her spear, but my mother managed to dodge her attack with ease.
“Looks like my screams can’t stop them both, huh. My mother and Molen are too close,” I said, smiling awkwardly.
After finishing climbing a very high cliff, finally we were at an altitude of 570 meters, at the end of this cliff I stood and looked at the beautiful view of the island of Aska and enjoyed the gentle breeze, I could see the cities, villages, hills, and mountains. Wide ocean. My heart feels cool after observing the sight that massages the eyes. I smiled and looked up at the sky, then said happily, “Thank you, God, you have created such a beautiful world.”
“I also really liked the view from the top of the Reliquia tower. The first time I explored this tower, I had tears of joy because I saw the panorama of the world, especially if you climb this tower higher, you can see the real beauty of nature,” said my mother, her eyes drooping.
“I can’t wait to climb even higher,” I replied, smiling sweetly.
“This planet is very beautiful, but when I travel around the world, I see the rottenness in several kingdoms, namely kings who like corruption and like to oppress their own people. In fact their rottenness will destroy the beauty of this planet,” said Molen.
“I know the kingdom you mean, take it easy, soon that kingdom will be destroyed and cleaned,” my mother replied.
“Destroyed by who?” Molen asked.
“Of course it was destroyed by the Van Dean kingdom,” my mother replied, smiling slightly.
Molen smiled broadly, “I see, Van Dean, huh.”
“Mother, that Van Dean kingdom is very powerful?” I asked, tilting my head to the right.
“Not really. Van Dean is a small kingdom, in other words, its military power is not comparable to other kingdoms, but there are some strong people in Van Dean, they are my friends,” my mother replied.
“Ah, it turns out that my students have become great people, huh, wahahaha!” Molen laughed happily.
“Student?” I asked.
“That’s right, while staying in the Van Dean kingdom, I trained several snot-nosed children, one of which was your mother, the purpose of which was to protect their own birthplace from colonization. I like the Van Dean kingdom because the environment is very comfortable for incubating eggs, that’s why I don’t want that kingdom to be destroyed because of being attacked, “said Molen.
“Eh? My mother is your student?” I was very surprised to hear that.
“Yes, Ouro once taught me fighting techniques and trained me to become a special army of the Van Dean kingdom, but I don’t consider this stump lizard as my teacher,” said my mother, she glanced at the half-dragon in disgust.
“Hahahaha....” I laughed and smiled, “student and teacher, huh, it’s only natural that my mother and Molen are very close.”
My mother blushed, then she changed the subject to make her shyness disappear, “Anyway, we have to hurry to an altitude of 730 meters.”
“Good diversion, my student is really great, your face is so red, wahahaha!” Molen made fun of my mother.
“Shut up, stump lizard!”
....
10 minutes later.
After chatting at the edge of the cliff, we continued our journey and entered into a lush forest, in this forest the air is very fresh, the soil is also very fertile. I looked left and right, observing trees and shrubs. A few minutes of observing, I just realized that the plants in this forest can move, they are following us from behind.
Trying to stay calm and not do anything stupid, I pulled on my mother’s white coat and told her there was a stalker. “Mother, look behind us, the plants are following us.”
“Yes, I know, they surrounded us too,” replied my mother, her eyes drooping.
“Eh? Are we under siege?” I asked, confused.
Instantly, my mother and Molen stopped walking and they both adopted a standby position.
“Stupid plants, they’ve picked the wrong prey,” said Molen, smiling broadly.
“Ouro, you can rage as much as you want, we don’t have time to deal with these stalking plants,” my mother ordered.
“Oi, don’t just order me around, you pitiful eyes!” Annoyed Molen.
“Please help, Molen.” I lowered my body.
“M-My queen….” Molen was surprised when she saw myself bowing, “what are you doing? Get up quickly, I’ll take out these damn plants in seconds.”
“Hurry up, you red lizard,” my mother sneered.
“Insolent woman!” Molen looks annoyed, she strengthens her fists, she really wants to punch my mother.
Molen took a deep breath, then she spit fire from inside her mouth and burned all the evil plants that surrounded us. “Scented breath, fire of tribulation!”
Parts of the forest were scorched by the fire, but before long, the common plants and stalker plants grew back in no time. Especially for the stalking plants, they all fled for fear of being burned again by the dragon demon.
“Scented breath? Damn, I almost laughed,” my mother said, tearing up.
“If you laugh, I’ll beat you up, you know,” Molen threatened, glancing at my mother sarcastically.
“Mother, what was that plant?” I asked, tilting my head to the right.
“Its stalker plants, they have squirming roots, so they can move from place to place. These plants need a lot of nutrients to reproduce, so they trap humans, monsters and insects for nutrients. The victims who are entangled will die slowly from depletion of nutrients,” explained my mother.
“So. The creatures in this Reliquia tower are all dangerous, aren’t they.” I folded my arms in front of my chest.
“Not all of them are dangerous, there are also tame creatures in this tower,” said Molen.
Suddenly, there was a great shock, we fell to the ground and had trouble adjusting our balance. I don’t know what happened, this vibration caused a big crack in the ground.
“Earthquake!?” I asked, panicked.
“There’s no way there’s an earthquake in the Reliquia tower!” Molen replied.
“Coming!” my mother exclaimed, her gaze so serious.
“What’s coming!?” I asked again.
“The soil dragon, Diasvon,” answered my mother.
“E-Earth dragon!? It’s a lie, isn’t it!?” I knew the dragon was very strong, which was why I was starting to get scared.
“Oh my, you brat.” Molen grumbled.
“MAMA!!!” A very large dragon emerged from the ground, the dragon was light brown in color, had one pointed horn, and had four very wide wings, “I MISS YOU, MOM!!!”
“THAT DRAGON TALKING!!!?” I was so shocked and scared.
“Mama? Could it be....” My mother glanced at Molen.
“Sorry to frighten you, my queen. Introduce, she is my daughter, she is a female dragon who likes to swim and dive on the ground, Diasvon.”
“I-I see, Molen’s daughter, huh. So she’s harmless right?” Even though the monstrous dragon is a descendant of Molen, my legs can’t stop shaking.
“Calm yourself, kid. This dragon does like to be a troublemaker, but she is a kind dragon,” said my mother.
“MOM, I WANT TO DRINK MOM’S MILK AGAIN!!!” The dragon named Diasvon flew high and hurtled towards Molen.
“NO!!!” I was thrilled when Diasvon fell free from the sky with her big size body, she was able to make me flattened human.
“You spoiled child!” Luckily, Diasvon was slapped by her own mother before she landed and hit the three of us. The soil dragon was blown away quite far from where we were.
“U-Uuu, it hurts so much, mom.” Diasvon looked staggered after receiving a touch of love from her own mother.
“S-Shit,” I said, dumbfounded.
Molen walked over to her daughter who had been helpless, then she took out magic powder from within the dimensional space and healed the big lump on her daughter’s head. After that, Molen hugged Dias’ horns tightly, then said in such a soft voice, “Mama misses you too, Dias.”
“Mama....” Diasvon burst into tears and smiled, she was crying with joy.