{"Come here, don't come up!.."}
{".It's dangerous... Benny!..Come!"}
{".Awesome!!..She has great strength!.."}
{".Her strength for sure! It will be delicious!"}
I had a dream, and it was incomprehensible. It was in the form of excerpts from the past.
A combination of two difficult situations in my life. The first was when Sirdar prevented me from climbing the mountain that embraces our village, when I was six years old. It was close to 10. The biggest mistake I made so far was that I did not listen to him and went up the mountain.
The other situation was when I was attacked by smart monsters for the first time when I was 9 years old. They were two monsters in the form of spiders!
They stand on two legs like humans and have eight figures and a spider's head. Words cannot describe my feeling of fear at that moment, especially since I was a young child for the first time encountering monsters in this form, to the point that I began to feel disgusted even mentioning the name of ordinary spiders, due to the difficulty of this situation!
eyelash! eyelash!
My eyelashes fluttered slowly as I opened them, and that was the end of the bad dream.
The first thing that greeted my awareness was a slight headache in the back of my head, and my sight was also met with a ceiling with beautiful chandeliers and soft lights, in addition to the comfortable feeling of the silk bed and pillow. Hey! This is definitely not my room!
I did not allow myself to think deeply and sat down, which increased my headache! Because of my impulsiveness. I ignored the pain and looked around.
It was a very spacious and elegant room. It could be said that it was very elegant. It had a balcony to my right, closed with glass and seemed large.
There were several sofas in the middle of it, away from the very large bed on which I am sitting now. At the end of the room there was a very large closet, with white permeating the walls of the room. And gold with light blue.
For a moment, I forgot why I came here as I contemplated the place. !
Well, the last thing I remember was fighting Grebitch, and the so-called Lauren revealed her strength, which was similar to mine. After that, I remember attacking Grebitch angrily and throwing him to the ground, and then I grabbed Lauren by the neck tightly and threatened to tell me the truth.
At that time, I used all the force in my fist to subdue her, but Lauren was submissive to me despite my attempt to kill her while she was very suffocating.
I now remembered what she said to me: "I am very sorry, my child, but believe me, we are not lying to you. We just want to negotiate calmly. We are not evil. '}
Then I felt someone hit the back of my head and knock me unconscious.
I also remember the words I heard from one of the speakers after my fall
{"Sorry, Center of Wonders, but you are destined to bear a great responsibility..."} and that is all.
Well, I can conclude that I was mistaken. correct?
My thoughts were interrupted by a light knock on the door, followed by a hoarse voice: "Have you woken up, Miss?"
I did not respond to the question except to stare at the closed door, and it seemed that the other party was impatient because the door opened. What is this cru_
".....!! ."
What is this fairy... She is... beautiful and white! Well, hmm, hmm, let's get back to reality.
That girl is so beautiful, and with so much whiteness, you think she shines!
She has long white hair and long eyelashes of the same color, and very pale skin as well as light blue eyes that are lighter than mine. Even her coat is white, and she also looks cute with that wide smile
"Excuse me for intruding, ma'am. Do you feel something?"
she said gently, with a wonderful female voice.
I looked at her silently, really wondering at her strange appearance. I had never heard someone so full of white.
After a while, I woke up from my distraction and frowned deeply, thinking about taking her hostage to escape from here.
But apparently she was smart and understood my plan. She said seriously: "Miss, I understand Your position is good, and I know that you feel the danger around you, and I apologize in advance for surprising you in this way, but Her Majesty Queen aster asked to check on you, and I am here to examine you... and do not worry, you are safe..."
['They said that she is dangerous and impulsive... I am really afraid that you will hurt me..']
And contrary to what she said, these were her inner thoughts, and if you ask how I knew, it is simply because one of my strange abilities is reading minds. I can postpone the explanation for later.
I wiped the frown and anger from my face, and asked coldly as I stood up from the bed to face her face to face: "Who are you anyway? And who is that Queen aster?"
The fairy blushed to hide the tension she heard from her thoughts, and said politely, bowing her head slightly:
"I, I am the Royal Doctor Avery.. and I am here to examine you, Miss..."
She raised her head after introducing herself and smiled gently, then came closer and put her hand on my shoulder. I don't know why I felt so comfortable immediately...
I said, "Okay, I'm fine, but I have a slight headache.
The doctor nodded and lightly pressed my shoulder.
Immediately, I felt something warm pass through my body, and then the headache stopped completely.
I stared at her with my mouth open, really wanting to force her to confess. How did she do this? Does someone have a strange power like me?
On the other hand, the doctor's face was distorted with pain and a clear frown, and she took a few steps back quickly, looking as if she was afraid? I heard her thoughts
['Oh my God!, What is this?..? My energy... is collapsing!']
She kept looking at me like this until she said: "Captain of the Guard! You can take her to the Queen. The examination has ended!.."
A man, very tall and broad, with a truly massive build, entered after she said this, wearing a formal blue uniform. And a hat - I think - covers the upper half of his face.
The doctor bowed: "Excuse me, miss, my turn here has ended..."
and turned to leave quickly, as if she was running away. Why wouldn't she leave? Strange, what's up with her?
"Let's go, ma'am," the big man said, interrupting my thoughts.
"Your Majesty is waiting for you in the throne room."
He also bowed his head and gestured with his hand for me to follow him.
Although I am very careful, for some reason I feel a sense of belonging or something like that in this place. Feeling really complicated! I don't know how to describe it exactly..
I walked with the big man in a luxurious and beautiful place. It can be said that it is a large palace, and according to what the doctor said, the queen is waiting for me, so this is definitely the queen's palace.
Although our palace was beautiful and indicates my grandfather's wealth, this place is very wonderful. Especially with the creative rugs along the corridors, several paintings decorating the walls, and the columns with symmetrical carvings.
I went down the stairs with the man, which was also full of beautiful decorations, and then we walked several ways until we arrived.
I stood in front of a large door decorated in gold - it seemed like real gold, really elegant and luxurious! This door suddenly opened, followed by the big man's formal statement:
"Miss de Lier has arrived!"
I was very nervous at that moment, and I looked carefully at the large room. It could not be said room! Rather, it is a large and beautiful hall, with a long red carpet extending to several steps, in the center of which is a chair decorated with jewels and also appears to be made of gold.
I looked at the place as I moved slowly without realizing it, until I noticed that there were many people. The first of them was a very beautiful girl, with charcoal hair tied carefully, an elegant aura, and golden eyes? Sharp as if drawn. Are there really people who have eyes with those colors of violet, gold, and pale blue... unless they are non-humans or perhaps... intelligent monsters!
This girl, who I don't know who she is, was smiling widely as if she was happy. She said:
"Welcome , Center of Wonders.."
I looked at her blankly, trying to comprehend the situation, but then I thought of her welcome... Wait! What!
"Who is Center of Wonders!.."
I pointed out in amazement.
That beautiful smile faded and she said in a gentle but strong voice that gave a feeling of strength,
"Miss de Lier, I am Queen Aster, Queen of the Kingdom of Hartend in the heart of the monster world..."
It can be said that I am now in shock!, just frozen, staring at the queen stagnantly. After a moment, my expression turned cold, as did the aura around me, "Um, what do you mean by that..?"
The Queen replied immediately, "I sincerely apologize for the way you came, it was the First Counselor's fault, we just wanted to negotiate calmly..."
Although my head was filled with sparks, I now had to be sensible and stop rushing and being useless, I said coldly.
"Okay, so, I've heard several times about your desire to negotiate, I'm curious, what do you want to negotiate about?"
*****
Well, it can be said that the words of these people are not easy. If I did not have a strange power, I would think that they are crazy because of these words.
The queen, who was sitting at the head of the huge table and I was next to her,
The interesting thing is that we are not the only ones, but there are a total of twenty men and two women, and each person here has a different and strange appearance.
There are some who have a face resembling a wolf and another a lion, and they have hair colored in strange colors. Others have very prominent ears and fangs and clearly visible claws with strange skin. As for the two women, they were more strange. One had sharp wings that could be said to resemble bats, and the other had ears like cats and a mouth like them.
And all of them were silent. An old man came back sitting in front of me next to the queen. He had red eyes. With a complexion that could be said to be grey, I think this man had a strong say here.
The queen spoke: "You are currently in the world of monsters, or more correctly, the elevated world. Everyone in it is not human, and it is very rare for a human to be found here. As you can see, our appearance is somewhat similar to yours, but we have clear differences, such as our distinctive strength and shape. There are also people whose appearance is not related to humans."
In this world, we are divided into eleven parts, seven kingdoms and four vacant lands that are not allowed to be approached, and I will be Queen Aster Lee Hartinda, Queen of the Kingdom of the Heart, as I said before..."
Her words stirred my mind and I felt a little nervous, as it is not normal to hear words like this! But if I showed my confusion, they would definitely use that against me, so I tried to pretend to be indifferent and cut her off:
"Well, your words are obvious and clear without a detailed explanation. It is better to save some time, Queen. I will focus on what is important."
The Queen's eyebrow shook in embarrassment, and there were some displeased looks at my words from those present.
The Queen cleared her throat politely, then spoke more seriously to attract my attention and the audience: "I apologize if my words upset you, but I think it is best that I provide a proper explanation of the situation so that I can inform you of what you do not know. However, I will say in short that we need you to join us to complete the Elemental Guard team.... "
I remained silent as the Queen waited impatiently for my answer. Hmmmm?
Is it normal for me to tell her that I agree so easily, in addition to not knowing the details because of my impulsiveness, I interrupted her previously!
Okay, can I request a detailed explanation now? !
It was as if the Queen understood my position: "There are many complicated matters, so it would be better for me to explain the situation to you in detail so that you can make a good choice."
I took a moment to think, then nodded:
"Okay...."
The Queen smiled with satisfaction, a pearly smile, and parted her lip politely,
"I see..." Her smile diminished, "..I will first tell you about the Heart Kingdom, which is the Middle Kingdom, which was the strongest kingdom among the seven after the legendary war that my ancestors and my father fought against the Dark Lord, and the victory was ours. But... despite the fall of the Dark Empire, which included four kingdoms, the four kingdoms remained united under the name of the Dark King. Therefore, now the forgotten legend has been fulfilled, and it has revealed people who control the earth, fire, ice, and wind, and these are the guardians of the elements. As the legend mentioned, there is someone who controls the earth... All of those elements...which is supposed to be...the Center of Wonders."
The Queen finished, staring at me expectantly, while I felt a terrifying coldness in my chest and great tension.
Dark empire?
Four kingdoms?
legend?
Guard elements?
And finally, the Center of Wonders?
I feel so distracted and I can't understand the situation.
It seemed that everyone in attendance noticed my hesitation and looked at me mysteriously as if they were going to pounce on me at any moment, and until the blessing was complete, Sawad said:
"Miss, if you do not want to stand with us, we will respect that, and we will also have the right to stand against you as you do."
These words came from the man. The old man next to the queen, his eyes glowed with a cold look that penetrated my head with every word. His words sounded like a moment of,
"Is this a threat?"
I frowned at his words, and my annoyance at his threat was clear. I also felt a shiver in my back.
I am now like a gentle lamb in the middle of a pack of wolves, waiting for my rejection to pounce on me.
This is the first time in my life that I feel this weakness. There has always been a feeling of arrogance in my heart because of the strength that I possess, and despite that, I am not easily afraid and I will never be afraid! .
But....here I am the one who has the upper hand.
All those eyes looking expectantly, I stared at her coldly and with a sarcastic look.
- Yes! You are the one here who needs me! You can't scare me or threaten me! You monsters.
I encouraged myself, tried to be steadfast and spoke: "In the end, this is my decision, and whether I respect you or not is none of your business, sir... Um, it does not matter. The important thing is that you do not say a word, please, and let me listen to the Queen..."
I ended my speech with eyes shining with challenge, in In return, this man's jaw clenched and his eyes grew colder. She ignored him and stared at the queen.
The Queen nodded awkwardly and began:
"Anyway, I hope we do not deviate from our topic, as we were saying - according to the legend of the Land of the Beast, there is a primary controller of all the elements of life. It is clear from watching your battle against the Dark Beast that you control these elements together, which Suggests the possibility of being the center of wonders."
"..."
While I was silent, coldly listening to her words, despite examining every word in my mind. Contrary to the brightness of the Queen's face before, he spoke cautiously this time,
"center of. wonders has appeared now..."
The Queen interrupted: "First tell me the content of that legend..."
The Queen was distracted for a moment as the whispers of the audience rose until she was interrupted by the Queen's explanation:
". That legend was ten hundred years ago. ... Almost a thousand years, so no one remembers it well, but... We have a close explanation of its content, although no one is completely sure of it (seven torches of the elements will appear, and the final warrior is the center, controlling all the elements to complete the pillars until the darkness is confined and the cosmic nature is balanced. .."
I slowly thought about each word even though I didn't understand most of the words, but the obvious thing is that as I was called earlier by the Queen...I would probably be the center.
A stray question came out unconsciously, "So... I am the center... according to the legend, right?"
If this were true, and I was part of a legend.
How did I gain this power or why exactly?
The queen replied hesitantly: "That's right, you are the center of wonders.."
I lowered my head absently and my eyes became blank when she confirmed.
I am a very ordinary human being of pure blood, and I have never heard in my life that there are strange human beings or that there are those who have powers that go beyond the ordinary, or... perhaps there were, but they are hidden.?
Anyway, what is certain now is that I am listed under the title of Realizing a Legend, and according to the Queen's words, there are people with similar power as Lauren.
Astonishment, anger, confusion, confusion, I was overcome by many complex emotions until I felt like I was about to explode, and many questions flooded into my mind, and I do not think they should be postponed while the opportunity is now available.
.I asked the first question with exaggerated seriousness under the mask of fatigue:
"If that is the case... then why me? How did this particular power come to me?"
The queen answered with the same seriousness: "The world of monsters still does not know how elemental powers reach warriors, but according to our assumption... it may be related to rare blood..."
"... rare blood?..."
she answered this time. Hesitantly: "Yes, you probably have the blood of the ancestors of the Beast Masters.."
At my cold and dark expression, the Queen continued: "Or perhaps you have the blood of those who have accumulated high mana."
I slammed my hand on the large table and showed an angry and puzzled expression.
Clear cracks appeared where I hit due to the brute force, but I did not care and shouted at her:
"One moment! I don't understand anything from you! Who are the people who have amassed so much mana? And what is the meaning of mana at all?and Who are They are the masters of monsters!?."
Murmurs of protest rose in the wide hall as the old man with red eyes spoke with the most terrifying coldness:
"Please, Miss, be respectful in the presence of the nobles and the queen, and we do not reveal the secrets of our kingdom and our world to even a lowly person from another world, And if it was an item ..."
I stared at him in anger. In fact, his threat was clear that he could kill me if I was not calm and asked questions of this kind, even though I did not understand what was wrong with my questions.
The Queen addressed him politely: "Your Archduke. The mademoiselle did not mean to. She is just confused by all this new information. Is it?"
I nodded to continue staring coldly at the old man. I think I have an idea of what an archduke means. Maybe this world has classes of society classified by status.
The Queen turned to look deeply into my eyes. I could see the intense need in her golden eyes despite her attempt to feign seriousness:
"Mana is the inner energy of every being. There were people from other worlds who came here and settled in the human world. The mixed mana from crossing the worlds accumulated in their bodies.
Until it almost exploded... As for the Beast Masters... they are the founders of the Eleven Lands..."
The Queen fell silent, clearly having no intention of continuing.
It was my turn to ask another question: "I recently discovered that one of the girls living in the room with me... controls the elements... So, I was wondering how many people do this?"
The queen smiled embarrassedly,
"Actually, there are four of them so far, and you are the fifth."
"Only four."
The Queen nodded.
"Well...what about the enemy? Who is he, what is he, what is the cause of the enmity, and why do you need members of that legend?"
The Queen exchanged glances with the two urbanites and then replied:
"Actually... our enemy is darkness. I am not saying that we are good people fighting evil people... but I am saying that we are shields against invaders and destroyers. Since the sunrise of the monster world, it has had one enemy, an enemy that threatens all worlds."
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