"What?! You're not a girl?!" Avrora almost faint when she heard the truth. she couldn't believe a cute and small boy would totally looked like a girl. She felt really stupid for being deceived by his appearance.
Kayen who also in the same boat as Avrora had his jaw wide open. This little girl-looking is a man?! Not only by that, he also have the appearance of a small 9 years old child figure and he's quite cute too.
"Yes i'm a man and i was quite furious when you call me kid but... oh well, many mistook me as a girl so i don't care anymore." Reluvethel raised his hand and the roots around start warping around him and turned into a chair for him, Kayen and Avrora.
Avrora was still quite uneasy with the things that she just witnessed. She landed her butt with hesitation when Reluvethel told her to sit. Kayen already sit down and waited for Avrora's turn to sti down too.
When all of them already on their seat. Reluvethel clear his throat and start explaining everything to both of them. "Basically, all of us are inside the Forest of Fairy. The artificial magic forest in Dunia. Its a same forest where you can found from the fairy realm. It got everything you needed to refill your magic source. The forest also was built to be a seal of the portal that connects the human realm and the fairy realm." Avrora couldn't believe to what he just said. Fairy? Does fairy truly exist?
Avrora who was really a fan with fairies mythology keep herself listening to the words that Reluventhel said to both of them. "If its true the forest was created to seal the portal to fairy realm and why did the portal can be accessed at the Tenom Sport Complex?" Kayen stood up when he knew that the portal was supposed to be sealed by the forest.
"Sit down young prince. I'll explain to you." Reluvethel just gave him a cool glared and gave wave his hand to tell him to sit down. Kayen sat down and ready to listen to what the little man want to say.
"I am the last sacred children who protect the artificial magic forest where the portal to the fairy land was kept. Kayen, you managed to survive after absorbing too much evil aura inside your body in this forest because the forest also functioned as a healing place. So, you're really lucky for landing here after you fell from the sky." Kayen was really surprised that he fell from the sky after being attack and being teleport-ed from Fairy land to Dunia.
"How on earth you still able to breath finely after falling from sky? That's so ridiculous." Avrora still cannot believe on everything she experience today. How on earth a being could survive after falling from sky?
"You said you've live more than thousand years and you also said that your the last sacred children of the artificial fairy forest. Where are the other Sacred Children? What happen to them?" Reluvethel's view fell to the ground when Kayen mentioned about his comrades.
Kayen who asked him about the question felt guilty when Reluvethel face turned dim. Maybe he doesn't want to tell what happen to the rest of the Sacred Children. Avrora also came up with her own theories in her mind. Either the other Sacred children died due to disease or the left the forest and return to their original home. Maybe. Just Maybe.
"I'm sorry if my question brings up your old wound about your comrades." What a great words Kayen. Reluvethel gave out a loud sigh. "I'll answer to that later. So I'm gonna explain what is happening to both of you. Well, since Avrora followed me to my forest, I guess I have to tell her too about this." Kayen threw his view to Avrora. Avrora gave him questions mark face when Kayen gave her a weird glare.
"What?" Kayen pulled his face from staring at Avrora and made a duck face to avoid her. Avrora felt annoyed with him already. Just a week ago he's been a nice guy to her and now he's being an as*hole.
"Ehem... so the portal to the fairy realm was mistakenly replaced to another location when I tried to strengthen the seal of the portal. But, twenty years ago an evil aura disturb me during my sealing ritual that caused my magic mixed with an evil magic. As a result, the sealing magic became teleportation magic and I teleport-ed the portal to Tenom Sport Complex. Due to the amount of mana being used to teleport a high level magic portal, I lost my ability to cast magic and I have to enter into extreme rehabilitation by sealing 3 of 5 of my magic absorption which was my heart, my soul and my mind." Sealing one of the Sacred Children's magic absorption will lower their level of casting into master level and there's Reluvethel, he seal 3 of his magic absorption that will lower his level of casting into beginner level. Because he can only absorb magic trough their right and left hand which was the absorption speed would be very slow.
It would take more than 20 years to heal his mana flow as the evil aura would damage hybrid being like him easily. After 20 years rehabilitating, he managed to unseal 2 of his magic absorption which was his mind and his soul. But since his heart's magic absorption was still sealed, he only can cast apprentice level magic spell like small destruction and healing.
"Since I haven't been able to cast high level magic, I kept myself in this forest for healing and to keep my magic pressure stabilize. And also time doesn't work here too. That is why I managed to live more than thousands years. There's daylight and nighttime cycle but the time in here never change. So, Avrora that is why your clock didn't work here." Avrora looked at her wrist watch and remember about something.
"So if the time didn't work here, does that mean the time still keep ticking out side the fairy forest?" Avrora panicked when she realized that her uncle was going to pick her up. Reluvethel calmed her down by casting relief spell to calm Avrora's nerves.
"When you get out from the fairy forest, you the time will start ticking back at the exact time you entered the forest." Avrora was really glad to hear that. "Good for you Avrora. What about me how to regain my ability to absorb mana back?" Reluvethel looked at him and gave him a disappointment sigh.
"Since your heart have absorb too much dark magic, it would take months to heal your absorption ability. And, if your mana vessel is severely damaged it would take a year to heal it." Kayen felt really cold when he heard Reluvethel's explanation. One year? The kingdom of fairy land would notice his disappearance within days, but a year? How in the world he can give the king a proper reason why he was missing for one year. If he tell the king about the portal to Dunia, the Dajyun's elite army will march into Dunia in search for the Child of Light.
"What should I do? The kingdom will notice my disappearance. The portal to Dunia would be exposed."Moreover, Shu'ja will be executed for not telling the king about the portal even though he didn't know how and where the portal is, he will be punished for lying the king about that important information to the kingdom.
"Don't worry, I'll cast a memory sealing magic to the kingdom. My heart absorption mana will be working once again tomorrow. After casting the spell the kingdom will forget about you for a while and I'll need to recast the spell each month to maintain the seal on their memory box." Kayen felt a bit relieved when he heard that.
"So I just need to stay here until my mana absorption healed." Reluvethel nod to his question. Avrora who still didn't get it, just pretended that she understand. She realized that she need to return to the bus stop.
"Are you done explaining? I gotta get out of here." Avrora stood up and decide to exit the forest. The more she hear about magical things, the more crazier anything around her she could think. "Wait, just let me..." Reluvethel approached Avrora who almost exit the Fairy forest entrance and stopped her.
"What?" Avrora turned her face, facing to Reluvethel. "Crouch for me please." Avrora did what he said without giving a thought that Reluvethel was going to erase her memory about the forest. Reluvethel touched Avrora's forehead and erase her entire memory about entering the fairy forest.
Avrora just stunned with what he did. Her vision became blurry and she didn't recognize the little man that stand in front of her. From blurry, her sight became completely dark and she couldn't feel anything anymore.
"What did you just do?" Kayen who saw Reluvethel's doing was really impressed with his magic. Reluvethel laid down the passed out Avrora. "I just erase her memory of meeting me and you in here. "I cannot risk letting someone know about this place." Reluvethel really exhausted himself today by using high level magic without the unsealing his heart mana absorption. He sit down and start absorbing the magic around him through his soul and mind.
"I should send her back to the bus stop." Reluvethel stood up and carried Avrora using levitation magic to carry her.
"I'll join you." just before Kayen could follow his step, Reluvethel gave him a chilling stare. "Just stay here and focus on your healing." Reluvethel left him alone and walked out from the forest with Avrora floating on mid air following Reluvethel.
"I'll stay here for a while i guess."