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-Outskirts, Thalassia Kingdom
3rd POV*
"Well, what the was that?" Ascella asked as he gazed at the huge crater made by his ability. "What did you do Ascella!? That thing was scary! Even Genib could not understand what that was!" Genib complained as she buzz around Ascella. "Like hell I'll know! I just tried it since I thought it was simple ability just like my ability to order mana!" Ascella said scratching the back of his head. "Anyway, you bunch of mana in the atmosphere, use earth magic and return the loss soil here" Ascella said as the mana in the air began working, the crater started being filled by soil.
"That's better" Ascella said while patting his hands of dust, he swore inside him that he will not use that ability unless necessary, judging from the strength of every person he met, they are not worthy of that ability. Even the orcs who are feared by human could only destroy 6-10 trees with the shockwave with their punch, how would the other races fare? That was what on Ascellas mind not knowing that the orcs that he fought before are the weakest among their race. Well they are starting to get stronger from the technique that Atlas made so they couldn't be called the weakest anymore.
The slave snapped out of her froze state as she stared at Ascella with disbelief in her eyes. Ascella noticed that as he suddenly remember something, "Oh right we haven't properly introduced ourselves yet right? I am Ascella, 14 yrs old and a normal human" Ascella said while showing his hand towards her. "Tania.. slave" she quietly said, something that didn't bother Ascella. "Right I intend to gain your trust so ask what you wanted to ask" Ascella suggested as he can see the curiosity in her eyes. "Why.. did you choose me?" Tania asked the question that has been on her mind ever since they met. In her mind, she was just a normal human that somehow reached the place of the strongest assasin in this town, there was no merit in taking her, that is why she is confused.
"Hm, you might not know this but you are special. Since I can still see human features in you, you are probably just an half" Ascellas vaguely said making Tania even more confuse. "What do you mean by half? I never met my parents before so I don't really know much about them" Tania asked, "Oh, what I mean is you are a half human.. the other half of your blood is from a fantasy creature. I don't know how that happened but I convinced myself that you are a rare case" Ascella said shaking his head. Tania was baffled by his words, but when she thought about it carefully, she is indeed not normal. She learned everything at a fast pace and she even adapted to the pain immediately.
"Can you tell what is my other half is?" She asked hoping that Ascella would know. "Nope, no idea. I just escaped my home village so I don't have any knowledge about the world. I prefer to experience things rather than read them in stones" Ascella simply shrugged her question off since he really doesn't have any idea. "Oh right, keep everything you see here into a secret okay? I will let you know that the only person I trust right now is Genib, I'll observe you" Ascella added as Tania tilted her head. "Genib..? Is it a person?" She asked while looking around, "Nah, she is not really human. Not being able to see her is normal, no need to be alarmed" Ascella assured her who just sighed.
"Thank you for choosing me, I will make sure you won't regret your decision" Tania said while lowering her head. Her objective right now is to gain the trust of Ascella because she just couldn't calm down knowing that he is suspicious of her. "Don't be too stiff, I took you from that hell to be my companion, not my slave so you can act more freely" his words relaxed Tania. She was glad that she met him. They continued walking to their next goal without knowing that they already made a mess in the town they just left.
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-Town of Seginus, Thalassia Kingdom
3rd POV*
The whole Kraz family is currently in turmoil, Zosma Kraz has returned and he was met with the news of his grandson's death. The mage's blood boiled for the first time in decades, the death of his grandson has that much impact on him. He immediately ordered the servants to show him the criminals which are unfortunately already dead. Tania did it since she sensed that Ascella has no interest in returning to this town so she left a surprise that would make the old man's blood boil. Her action did its job as Zosma is now fuming in rage with nothing to punish for the death of his grandson.
"Ahhhhh!!! You fools! How could you let my grandson die like that! Who?! Who killed those insects!?" Zosma shouted, he wanted to pass the punishment to the one who killed the thieves. "About that father.. my subordinates mentioned that a girl with brown hair and emotionless look on her eyes did it.." Rakis, the current head of Kraz family hesitantly reported to Zosma who just stopped. "Brown hair.. emotionless eyes.. no, its impossible, that woman is already broken beyond repair" Zosma muttered something that no one heard.
"Where is that woman now? Did you held her?" Zosma asked looking at his son, "Ah.. no, we never saw her again after she informed us about the thieves" Rakis said while looking away, he was afraid of his father's wrath. "This stupid bastard! How could you let her go when she was clearly suspicious!?" Zosma could only massage his head in pain, he is getting a head ache from the stupidity of the people here. "I'll think about this matter later, make yourself presentable! Lord Almach is coming to fetch the slave girl!" Zosma ordered them who immediately left the room, they wanted nothing more than to escape the scary old man.
Zosma went to the entrance of his mansion where he saw someone escaping the carriage doors. He smiled as he opened his arms "Welcome back to Seginus, Lord Almach" he welcomed him with open arms showing his respect to the other respectable mage. "Thank you for the warm welcome, Lord Zosma.. can we proceed to the slave market immediately? I am rather quite excited to see the new specimen" Almach said with a grin on his face. Almach is a nobleman with the rank of Count in this kingdom of Thalassia. Though they are equal in terms of standing since mages are treated specially in this world. Even the servants are staring at their conversation in awe, seeing 2 mage in one place is too rare to be seen.
Both of them went to the slave market where they met the shady man they selled the girl before. When the shady man's eyes locked into their figures he stiffened. His reaction was not hidden from the two as a bad feeling emerge in their guts. "Where is the girl now?" Zosma went to the point and asked the guy. "Ah, about that Lord Zosma.. she's been bough—" before he could even finish his words, a small fire ball already hit his head burning it. Zosma looked at Almach who is huffing from rage, he went back to his land just to get his tools but now he came back for nothing? That enraged him a lot. That girl was too special since Almach sensed mana inside her body which is unusual for someone who is not a mage.
Zosma raised his hand and gestured Almach to stop, "We still need to know who bought her, please refrain from killing him Lord Almach" hearing Zosma's words, Almach immediately stopped. "That's right, we need more informations.. let's bring this guy with us" Almach said as both of them returned to the carriage. They ordered some knights to carry the body of shady man as they thought of what to do to the person who bought the girl.
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-Outskirts, Thalassia Kingdom.
Ascella POV*
We are now resting after the long walk we did, no one was tired among us but we just decided to do it. We are not really in a hurry so resting and enjoying the scenery is something I really love. "Ascella, how could you forget to stock some food for us? What will we do for the next few days?" Genib complained while laying on the bush, "We are in a hurry after all, not remembering it is normal. More like, do you even need to eat? You're a spirit right? You only feast on mana" Ascella rebutted her who got challenged by that, "Even you! Do you even need to eat? Genib is sure that you don't so why are you eating?!" Genib responded while trying to look scary that only ended up looking cute.
Ascella got quiet at that, indeed with him pumping mana inside his body everyday, he can feel that eating is something that he only needed once a month. It was not a major needs for him. "Maybe I'll try making some brand new magic now?" I asked them who seemed enthusiastic by the idea. "Give some ideas, you two" I gestured them. "Genib want a super strong ball!", "Then how about that ball to follow the enemies sir?" Quite weird Tania calling me sir but I'll let that slide, ball with homing effects huh? I'll experiment it. 'Mana, form a ball for me' I thought as they immediately went to their job and formed a small ball, the density of the ball was intense as they literally sparkled just from existing.
And about the homing effect.. how could I make it? Let's see, I looked at the sky and saw a peaceful scene on it. I caught a glimpsed of a small bird and pictured that bird inside my mind, then I also pictured the same ball I just made before making it follow the bird with considerable speed. I opened my eyes and saw the mana ball was not there anymore, I looked back at the sky where some blood and flesh were raining. Oops, did I put too much force on it? Well the experiment was succesful so I'll not complain. The only problem there is the control of strength as I might destroy everything just by throwing that thing.
"Yup, its finished" I calmly said which pissed Genib off, "What!? You already finished..? Ahh, the efforts of all the people who spent their lives just to make some simple spell.. You are a cheater Ascella!" She made a grumbling sound that I ignored since I am quite happy with the result. "I am famished, let's go hunting some food. I'm excited to use the new spell to do it" I said as Tania nodded her head. We went to the forest like part of the Outskirts before many animals appeared in my eyes. I immediately pictured their figures and used the magic missile.. but I failed.
Not because I couldn't hit it or anything.. they all just blow up. Controlling the power was the hardest part as my mana is too potent to be used in simple magic, even a ball with the size of finger will still blow the animals without lefting anything behind. After 20 tries, I finally gave up and looked at Tania who seemed amused by the situation. When she saw me looking at her, she immediately turn away in embarrassment. "Tania.. capture some food please.. I'll just do the cooking" I said with ghastly look on my face, I return to where Genib is clearly down from the failures. "Hm? What happened Ascella?" Genib asked as she got closer. "Nah, just could not control my power.. I need to do something about this before I start breaking everything in my way" I said sighing.
I laid down the grassy plain waiting for Tania to finish the hunting. The sky is what you would expect from a fantasy story, there is even 2 planets visible in the sky.. ah I swear I will go there soon. I thought while raising my hand towards the two planets. I opened my bag and took some things that are necessary for cookings, though it can hardly match what I have in my previous world since they use herbs here to enhance the taste. Its really weird specially when you can sense the grassy after taste of the herbs that they placed in their cooking. "I see, that will be our next destination." I nodded my head at my words.
"Ascella! tell Genib some unique stories that you mentioned before" Genib excitedly requested as she fly infront of my face, I couldn't help but chuckle at her actions as I could see her nothing but a simple kid. Ah, I wonder when I will find someone I can love here? I can't really see Tania in that way since she was raised like that. Well, I still have more time, I shouldn't get too impatient. "Okay, okay, I'll tell you a story about a 'Human Being' dying from a fictional character" I said smiling lightly, the description grabbed Genib's attention right away so I started story telling until Tania returned where I cooked and we all ate.
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