A/N: Thank reader Gamer_boy454 and reader Zione_forte for two power stones they gifted me with.
[Previously on Fate: Path To Magic]
It takes a few seconds for that to sink in. A man in his somewhat mid 50s came forward.
"Greetings, I'm ..."
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Preview
"In some ways, you can say that I'm always connected with death."
— Icarus
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A day Later
Icarus was surprised to be honest. Yesterday when he came here he thought that since the village is at the foot of the Mountain, he thought that many people would've died by now. surprise surprise, the villagers look healthy without hypothermia. A few questions asked and he found out that a god is protecting them and isnt that a surprise? but he guessed not. With they way the villagers are always near the hearth and with how the village is kinda warm than outside, one can deduce that Lady Hestia is protecting this village.
otherwise the village would've been a graveyard.
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In a room with a round table at the center of it one can see three people dining there. One is a 8 year old kid with brown hair, pale icey blue eyes, wearing a Chiton and a chlamys but this one is strange cause it has a hood on it. The other party was a young girl who was about the age of 14, wearing a tunic. she has light black hair with honey brown eyes, she can be considered beautiful by any means.
The other person is a middle aged man who was about 50 or so years old, with Black hair and hazel eyes.
"So you want to slay the beast?." The middle aged men, who's name is Kyrillos said, looking at the young boy in front of him.
"hm." Icarus noded.
" Isn't that dangerous? I mean I get it that you escape Athens without any injury, but this beast seems powerful." The girl whose name is Milanion commented, with worry lacing her words.
" Fate has lead me here and I cant ignore the people." Icarus said smiling slightly towards the girl.
"sigh. alright, we'll discuss this later." Kyrillos said. even though he feels disgusted at himself for allowing a kid to walk towards his death. there's nothing he can do, and like the kid said maybe fate brought him here. And he can't tell if this kid is a god or not.
When they finished eating, they walked out of the house and walk towards the center of the village— To the big Hearth.
The hearth was big and was surrounded by men,women and children. one thing they shared in common was that they're all tense, tension and uneasiness was in the air spreading like a wet blanket.
Icarus can't fault them to be honest. I mean if he too was told that there's a great beast on his doorstep he too would've been tense. When they arrived they sat down. Kyrillos coughed once to get the villagers attention but before he could talk.
Roooaaarrrr
A roar was heard. it was loud, deep and full of malice. For a moment the hearths fire dimmed and a cold descended, it brought the villagers to shiver, it was only for a moment though. After that the forms seems to tense even more. The tense in the air could be cut with a knife.
Kyrillos broke into a cold sweat. his hands were shaking before he clenched them. He turned to him —Icarus— and smiled, his smile was quivering, his eyes was wavering. " Do you know know any story to tell us, Icarus?" Kyrillos said.
Icarus sighed, yesterday Kyrillos was the one to the villagers a story. nevertheless to say he was quite confused about this. this was until Kyrillos told him that a good story or a good music can make the villagers temporarily forget the problem that is quite literally above their heads. Kyrillos is the head of the village so it's his responsibility to take care of the village and the villagers. And Icarus did not forget that there seems to be a ceremony — or is it?— that people held to strangers. apparently one needs to take care of the stranger then feed him nicely and the stranger shall provide them with a good story or something like that. Icarus and Artemis didn't study the culture of ancient greece, maybe that's why he's ignorant to it. Apparently they did this because a god once disguised himself as a mortal and the treatment he received wasn't beneficial, or something like that. so the humans adapted and came with this.
Icarus cleared his voice before speaking. although he can't keep the smile on his face when speaking, only he knew what he's going to do.
"Once Upon a Time, originally the senju clan and the uchiha clan were only one and the same..."
To add a real kicker into this he used illusion to conjure up a red flame-like thing into his right hand and conjured a blue flame-like thing into his left hand.
His eyes were glowing with a purple light. but his eyes were strange cause there ripples like onions rings on them, on his head were two short horns.
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This is very strange indeed." Icarus commented. he was standing next to Kyrillos, looking at the huge map on the table, A huge map of Thessaly .
Kyrillos sighed. completely giving up to convince this kid to not really bother to do this kind of thing. Icarus looked at the map then at Kyrillos, deciding to keep quiet as Kyrillos seems like he's sending his child to war.
" This is on you kid, all the responsibility." Kyrillos said in a somber voice.
" I know, and understand what I'm doing." Icarus said. looking back at the map.
" Don't think this is work of a lesser god?" Icarus questioned. to be honest this is just plain weird. " why didn't the Cities call for help?" he questioned again.
" You underestimate the pride and arrogance of a kingdom." Kyrillos stated.
his finger pointing the middle point of Pherae and parysus on the map. Icarus looked at the map curiously.
" We have gotten information that the cold and the frost has been rapidly covering the two cities. but the cold descended from the mountain of Centaurs— right above us— The fact that this weather has gained such distance in the middle of the season of Lady Demeter is quite concerning." Kyrillos said, his face twisted in worry and uneasiness.
There are only two gods who have the Domain of Ice and Frost in the heavens.
Lord Boreas the god of winds and Winter and his daughter Lady Khione The goddess of Ice and snow.
Icarus is certain that if he encounter a god by any chance, he'll be died without knowing it. so he just hopes that he'll deal with the beast only.
" I'll depart this afternoon." Icarus stated.
"..." Kyrillos just looked at the kid, speechless. " don't you think it'll be dangerous?." he questioned.
" Don't worry, I'll just collect information on this beast first." Icarus said with a raised eyebrow. Kyrillos cleared his throat before agreeing.
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At Dawn Icarus was ready to head out. he checked his supplies and he sharpened Philo —The spear— even though he doesn't need to, he just did it to clear his thoughts.
Icarus stood up and stretched. " well, I'll be going old man" He stated. "hm. take care." Kyrillos said.
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Icarus stopped when his foot landed on the foot of the mountain. He was holding a touche in his left hand and Philo in his right hand. He trudged while looking at the mountain curiously. All the Phantasmal Species that lived here probably died or left, the blizzard is no joke.
When he was the middle of the mountain the touche was blown out, inviting the cold to creep close to him. he shivered for a second before Turning his circuits on. Icarus looked at the glowing snow curiously then scoped some of it with his hands, strangely the snow didn't turn into water, it didn't melt— his magic circuits warmed him up— it just disappeared, one moment it was there and the next it was gone and his hands didn't feel cold. he left the touche there and kept walking.
when he close to the peak he shivered again. ' It is much colder here' Icarus thought. With that he took his finger and drew runes in the air before they manifested in reality.
θερμότητα — Heat, warmth, warmness.
The runes sunk in his skin before the cold he was feeling disappeared. it was night already, and he cant see probably here. ' I think its time to get back' Icarus thought
Before he can turn around though he felt a blast of hot air behind him. ' wait, hot air?' Icarus thought before turning around slowly. At first he thought that it's just the cold air being warmed by his body temperature that is high, but he discarded thought as soon as he heard a deep breath being exhaled.
He saw a cave behind him. but it was too dark for him see properly. but that soon changed as the tree that blocked the moon shifted slightly but that was enough for the moonlights to lighten up the cave.
As Icarus saw what's in the cave, he felt the air in his lungs burst out in surprise.
The first thing that Icarus noted was that the cave was huge and it had ice crystals in it and outside it.
The second was that A huge beast layed in the cave. A Phantasmal beast, but not an ordinary Phantasmal beast but THE KING OF MAGIC BEASTS, when people think of magic beasts the only beast that comes to their mind is the — DRAGON.
Yes. there's a motherf*cking dragon in the cave. Icarus stepped back in fear, the snow crunching beneath his boots. When he saw that the dragon is still asleep Icarus sighed in relief, but that turned out to be a mistake as the dragon Opened a single eye and looked at him. Its eye was white like it was blind. Slitted white eye. there was a bit of a staring contest going. The magic and the aura the beast is giving out is tyrannical, it brought a great pressure to Icarus. when the beast opened its maw and a white light forming in its throat Icarus knew he was fucked. The white light transformed into a magic beam, and the beast had the audacity to glare at him before firing it out.
The beam travelled and in a second it was on him. The distance between two was not that great after all.
'Shit!'
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"...so you're the source of All magic" Icarus stated, looking at the goddess before him.
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"..I ain't gonna meet any divine entities" a boy with icy blue eyes said.
" unfortunately the same cannot be said by the other party." A centaur said, looking at the child in front of him
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hello...I'm Jason" a kid with golden/blonde hair said.
Icarus looked at the other child who had not introduced himself.
"sigh.. fine. I'm Asclepius"
" Alright, let's be friends from now on!"
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