'Summer really hits different in this world,' thought Alicia, wiping off her sweats on her forehead. 'The heat is ruining my skin color. I should probably head home. Mom and Dad might be worried.'
The little girl went out in the woods without telling her adoptive parents where she was going. She was striding through the uneven, rocky path. Her purpose of going into the woods alone was to test out her abilities.
'The sword's weight and length were throwing me off balance. Plus, I need a lot of strength to swing it. As I thought, going with a much lighter and shorter sword was probably the best idea.'
Frequently, Alicia would go into the woods to try and test out her newly learned abilities to monsters.
Their house was erected at the outskirts of a town named Sedron and of the forest named Spinney. They were neither near nor far from other people and monsters. Fin and Xera lived a life of prosperity and peacefulness.
