Nyx opened her eyes as she saw a face right in front of her.
It was an old man with long white hair, a white mustache and eyebrows. He had wrinkles along his cheeks with red eyes.
'Huh, where am I?' Just as this question occurred to her mind, she noticed that her body was not listening to her, and the more alarming thing was, she could see her hands raised in the air, which were as small as a two-year-old's hands.
Before she could understand anything, she noticed she was moving - no, the old man was actually carrying her and running in some unknown forest.
'Alright, I should calm down and assess the situation.' Nyx thought in her mind as she noticed the sweat drops on the old man's face.
He seemed to notice her gaze as he looked down and gave a small smile.
Boooom!
Suddenly, Nyx felt her body fly into the air as the old man also stumbled forward and fell down. Her small body was wrapped in some kind of cloth, so when she fell, she didn't take much impact.
Awaaaaaawaaa
However, her body not being in her control, she started crying.
Just then, she heard the bushes rustling as two men wearing heavy golden armor came out from the bushes. One had black hair, and one was a blonde - both 6 feet tall as they carried spears in their hands.
"Louis, I told you to aim a bit higher, didn't I? I don't think the artifact will work again for at least an hour." The black-haired man spoke as he looked at the old man, who was on the ground, struggling to stand up.
"We already captured him. Why would we need the artifact again?" Said the blonde-haired guy named Louis as his eyes fell on Nyx, who was lying on the ground.
"Hmm? Nolan, where did this baby come from!?" Louis asked with a bewildered look.
He walked over and lifted Nyx up. A yellow-colored stone appeared in his hand as he put it on Nyx's forehead.
"It's not turning black, meaning this is a human baby, not a vampire." He said, putting away the stone.
The black-haired guy, Nolan suddenly raised his leg and stomped it down on the old man's head. Blood gushed out from his mouth and nose as the old man squealed.
"It must be the work of this filthy vampire. He must have kidnapped the baby to eat her and drink her blood." There was a look of pure disgust on his face as he pressed his foot down with more pressure.
Awaaaaawwaaaaa
Suddenly, Nyx started crying even more as she witnessed what was happening.
"The child must be scared. Finish the job, Nolan. We should get going." Louis, the one holding Nyx, said.
Hearing this, the guy removed his foot as a sword appeared in his hand. He raised his sword into the air and slammed it down on the old man's body, severing it into two pieces.
Putting back his sword, he extended his hand into the old man's body, then he pulled out the old man's heart, which was still beating.
Nolan waved his hand as a golden-colored box appeared on the ground in front of him from his space ring. He opened it and carefully placed the still-beating heart in the box, closed it, and put it back in his space ring.
After that, he put his hand forward as a small flame appeared on his fingertip. It shot towards the old man's body as it engulfed him, and burned the body to ashes in seconds.
Nyx, who was watching all of this, basically understood that she was watching a memory of the girl. However, for some reason, when she saw the old man die and be burned, she felt endless sadness, and that's why she had cried.
'He was also a vampire. Could it be he was related to this girl, and that's why she felt such sadness? Who is this old man exactly? And this guy put some stone on me to see if I was a vampire or not, and he said I'm not. That stone can find vampires? If so, why didn't it find me? I wanted to know more about this girl so that I could get answers, but all I got were more questions.'
After half an hour, Nyx woke up from her sleep and sat up. She saw exactly what happened after the old man's death.
The two armored guards actually carried her through the forest and left her in a village, in an orphanage.
Nyx had grown up in the orphanage for 7 years, but she was always used to be different from the others. She never made friends and never talked to anyone. After seven years, the village they lived in was actually raided by bandits.
The bandits stole all the staff and killed all the elderly, and they captured all the villagers, including the kids. They sold all of them to an organization that supplied slaves illegally throughout the Holy Empire.
And what happened next was something she already knew.
Nyx wiped the sweat on her forehead as she kept thinking about the old man who died in those memories.
'Whenever I think of him, a feeling of sadness washes over me... Even with all of these memories, my origin is still unknown.'
Just as she was thinking this, she heard a knock on the door. She got down from the bed and opened the door to see who it was.
It was Rosy.
"You seem to have fallen asleep, huh? Well, we're going to depart now. Come with me." Saying that, the maid turned around and started walking.
'Hmm? It's already night? I didn't even notice that I slept that long, and the mansion seems to be enchanted with some kind of magic because I can't even tell the difference between day and night in here.' She thought in her mind as she followed.
Rosy took her to the back of the mansion, where there were two guards - Mira and Gerald had been standing.
Rosy stopped and gestured for Nyx to stand beside her, which Nyx did.
'Aren't we departing? What are we doing in this open area?' Nyx tried to understand what was going on.
Just then, the queen walked out from the mansion as she held Evelyn in her arms.
She looked at Nyx and gave a small smile, then walked into the middle. She put Evelyn down, who had an interesting expression on her face.
Isabella put her hand forward as a small light appeared in her hand. The light vanished, leaving behind a small ship-like toy in her hand, which she tossed into the air.
Boooom!
With that sound, the toy suddenly started becoming big and grew to the size of two times a normal ship as it floated in the air. A staircase appeared on the side as it rolled down to the ground.
Evelyn had a beaming smile on her face as she looked excited.
Nyx quickly understood what was happening after seeing the ship, as she also had a slightly surprised expression on her face.
'A floating ship to travel that could also shrink. Although the energy called mana these people are using was far inferior to that of holy energy or demonic energy I used in my previous life, they have some interesting ways of using it.' Nyx appreciated in her mind.
Without wasting any time, the queen walked on the staircase as she boarded the ship, with Evelyn following her. Rosy and Nyx also boarded, behind them Mira and Gerald boarded as well.
The huge ship sailed in the night, but no one could see it from the ground because of the ship's magical properties.
Nyx, who was on the ship, smiled a little as she saw the vibrant lights on the ground. She was quite excited to see the capital of the Nemarosa Kingdom, and she was also excited to explore this world more.