Hello, this is me, Vlera Lurious.
I've dreamt endless about being a traveler in my childhood, but because of the danger Outside, that Dream of mine slowly walks away in my path...
I was alone in the middle of a city which is being eaten by flames, a voice reached out my senses...
"Hello? Is there anyone here- HEY! You! What's your name?"
From her looks, the stress of burning houses cannot be seen in her face, though she is cautious around her.
"I'm... Vlera... Vlera Lurious."
"Oh, I'm Kallen, follow me, I'll save you!"
Those words gave me hope, after seeing both my parents get eaten by flames, there's nowhere I belong to anymore, I followed her, and from then, I left the South Division.
Fast forward 10 years later, I've been finally set free from Teacher Kallen's education because of my Junior's result in his Test. I've finally became a traveler, a traveler that got nothing in life but to explore the world they were stepping in, and for my first adventure, I'll help my Junior to find ingredients for his cure.
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"Finally, I got to go out of that castle, I wouldn't go back into that place again!"
After Cecilio lend the recipe for Marco's cure, we instantly left the place to find the first ingredient.
1st recipe: Borage
Borage is a herb that can be found in the far east side of the Western Division, it can relieve things such as cough, fever, and even depression. This flower's location is great for our first adventure, so, I packed my things and followed Marco who's so far already from me.
"Hey, Marco! That's the opposite side!"
...
*Birds chirping*
"Wow, Vlera, look! A bird!"
"Eh? Why do you sound like it's your first time seeing a bir- HOLY SHIT! WHAT ARE THOSE COLORS?!"
Nicobar Pigeon, obviously a pigeon, it's blue feathers tainted with green and yellow color makes this bird unique.
"Man, how could this be so different from Kallen's place?"
"Well, Divisions have their own specialties, for Western, it's their nature and it makes it a suitable habitat for most of animals here on Branch."
Marco kept mentioning all of species he saw that made me lost track of time, without noticing, it's been an hour since we left Cecilio's castle.
"Pwah! I'm tired!"
"Said the one who goes out of the way just to catch a rat."
"Because it's beautiful! You can't see rats like those unlike on Earth!"
"Yeah, yeah, treasure this time for rest because we won't be taking a break after this one."
"Huh? Why?"
"Why? Look, our destination can already be seen from here."
We took a break in a mountainside, it was so high that everything can be seen from above including our destination, I took Marco to a place I saw recently and he was amazed of the view.
"Wow! This place is so awesome!"
"Heh, welcome... to the Western Division of Branch. Enjoy your moment here."
I left Marco to enjoy his rest. After wandering off for a bit, I found a perfect place for me to vent out.
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"Huhh... How long was it? Half a year? Considering the time mentioned, their progress is terrifyingly quick. Those pesky Dragons... Continue this progress and maybe for a year or two... This whole place is done for..."
By my observations with Teacher Kallen in the past, we made to predict the exact deadline to oppose the Pandraconium. Because of their current activities, the deadline keeps getting closer and closer.
Before we left Kallen, she said something to me.
"Vlera, I suppose you understand very well now why I took Marco as my student."
"Yes, Teacher."
"This year, he must reclaim what the Old Marco has; power, strength, anything that the New Marco took after his arrival. Vlera, I trust you can help this New Marco to discover his hidden power."
"Your words are mine, Teacher."
Marco has come a long way already. Just by his progress right now, he's the 15% of me already, I took half a year to reach it, yet he only needs 4 months.
He changed...
So am I...
I'm naturally a serious-looking girl, but just this 2 months ago, I noticed myself going out of character whenever I'm with Marco. Just recently, he made me to scream just because of a bird. I noticed this sudden mood swings of mine just 2 months ago, and I think that's not good, that's not good that...
My heart becomes unstable whenever I'm with such a faggot like him...
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"Vlera? Vlera...!? Where could that girl be? Vlera!"
"Shut up, I'm just behind you, you're disturbing the animals!"
*Clang!*
*Birds rustling*
"Ow!!! Hey! Why should you dissapear and appear out of nowhere?!"
"It's not your business."
"It's not my business?! What if something happened to you?!"
"Hm, hm, why? You think you can protect me or something?"
"I- can't."
"Hahaha! You're too honest, have you rested well?"
"Super! Because of the relaxation in my surroundings, I feel like I could carry our bag until to our destination!"
"Oh yeah? Then where is that bag?"
"..."
"..."
"I lost it."
"Predicted."
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"WOW!"
"Wow..."
"Is that...?"
"Yup, a Borage."
After venturing for 30 more minutes, we finally got to reach our destination, it got so far that we're almost at the border of the Western Division. By the first glance of the area, we instantly found a Borage.
"How many do we need?"
"Cecilio didn't mentioned any so why not getting dozens of them?"
"Sure, let's go."
"What do you mean?"
"Aren't you gonna help me?"
"Of course I won't! Treat this as a training for your stamina!"
*WHACK!*
"WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT WHIP?!"
"NO QUESTIONS, JUST GET THE FUCKING FLOWER!"
With the remaining time, Marco got to collect so many Borage, I spent my time building a campsite despite our location being in a middle of a flat flower-forest, and just in time, Marco came back after the sun sets.
*Fire cracking*
"What a day."
"Don't just lay down here, there's a bed beside me don't you notice?"
"There is?"
"No, that's just your clothes combined together."
"How am I supposed to sleep there?"
"Don't ask me, we're on the same situation here."
"Then this will get dirty in the morning!"
"Then just wash it, the river is close by."
"How about the mosquitoes?"
"We're good as long as there's the fireplace."
"Then how about the monsters?"
"Can you shut the fuck up and sleep?! I'm trying concentrate here!"
"What are you even doing?!"
"I'm extracting the Borage into liquid, want to join me?"
"Sure."
We spent another half an hour to finish extracting the flower, we're tired of this trip, so, as long as we took our dinner, we went instantly in our bed to sleep.
"One jar of extracted Borage... acquired- zzz.."
— End of Chapter 10
— End of A Lurious' Furious Adventures: Chapter 1