"Psst―Awaii..." someone whispered.
My eyes slowly opened. A face that was so beautiful and gentle immediately greeted me as soon as my eyes opened. The sunlight coming through the window also shone on me.
I was immediately shocked. Hera, who was amused by seeing me, immediately smiled.
"Good morning." she greeted.
I immediately felt akward. If I'm not mistaken, at that time she said that she was my mother.
"Hello..?" I replied doubtfully.
Hera tilted her head. His facial expression showed confusion.
"Hello...? What did you just say?" she asked with a chuckle.
I looked at his face. This person is my mother. She is my family in this world.
Family.
Something I've always had but never felt. I remember my old family. Such a broken family.
Just forget it. After all, they would also be grateful if I weren't there. I don't want them too.
Wait― What?!
I immediately noticed this very strange room. Also my hair suddenly became long.
Wait a moment. This is impossible right?!
I looked back at Hera but with a surprised face. She even replied with confusion.
I saw a large mirror on the wall of this room. I immediately darted in front of the mirror and looked at my body which looked very different.
My irises turned purple. I have long wavy brown hair. My skin became whiter wearing a plain white dress.
I rubbed my cheek confusely, "Is this..me?"
Hera was still confused, "What are you doing?"
I got reincarnated?! Wait-wait-wait a moment. Are you serious?!
I'm petrified and didn't listen to Hera's words. Still processing the situation that left me so shocked.
"I thought I was just hallucinating!" I'm surprised.
Slap!
"Ouch!" I slapped my cheek hard. It hurts so much.
"Awaii?! What are you doing?!" surprised Hera.
"Ouch-ouch-ouch it hurts..." I groaned.
Ah, I just realized something. I turned to Hera, "How do you know my name?!"
Awaii, that's the name I made up when I was little. No one should know about it other than Auvy and some people that really close to me in the old world.
Hera was silent, "Weren't you the one who told me to call you that? You always said you didn't like your real name. Even you angry when I call your real name, Bintang."
I was shocked, "That too! How did you know I don't like my real name?!"
Ha ha? What kind of coincidence is this. How can my identity displayed the same in this place?
Hera then walked towards me. One of his hands moved to the top of my head. I immediately closed my eyes and looked down.
Pat.
Her hand then stroked my head. I was shocked and immediately opened my eyes slowly and looked at Hera who was smiling amusedly.
"You seem to have become strange since last night's fight. Are you okay? I'm sorry about yesterday. I really must be cruel. Would you forgive mama?" She smiled again.
I'm not comfortable being petted. I was about to say something but Hera cut me off first.
"Nevermind, let's have breakfast." Hera then grab my hand and took me out of the room.
At the kitchen table she immediately prepared two bowls of cereal and a glass of milk. Also a bowl filled with apple slices.
"You have seen outside right? How does it looks like by you. Is it terrible or you would say it pretty?" Hera asked me again.
I sat down and looked at the food nervously, "Wait a minute, what's going on?"
"Don't you remember that mom always forbade you from leaving the house? We had a fight yesterday and you ran away."
I shook my head doubtfully, "I don't understand what you're say―oops. Wait! I almost said something suspicious."
Hera sighed, "Okay.."
Alas. Too fast. My face immediately turned to panic.
"Huh?"
"No. Hehe"
Hera continued to pour milk into each bowl of cereal and then went to eat. The look in the eyes returns.
"What's wrong with you? Don't you want to eat?"
"Eh? Ah, yes." I answered hesitantly.
As fast as the speed of light, I moved to grab the cereal Hera gave me and swung it nervously.
Hera raised her eyebrows, "What's wrong with you all this time?"
"N-nothing wrong..hehe.." I shook my head while smiling panicly since I'm still not used to this body.
Gosh, this cereal is so sweet. I wonder what made it so sweet. My hands subconsciously stirred the fruit cereal quickly and immediately forgot what happened.
Hera chuckled. She then took the spoon I was holding and scooped the cereal into the bowl and aimed it in front of my mouth.
"What-?" I asked doubtfully.
Quickly, she put the spoonful of cereal into my mouth. I almost choked. My face immediately turned red.
"Mama always want to do this, but you never allowed me, hehe." she said amusedly.
Hera immediately returned my spoon. She finished his breakfast and got up to wash the dishes.
"Awaii, your hair is too long. Don't you want to cut it? It must be really hot to have hair that long." She asked me teasingly.
"Is not it?" I replied while looking at my long hair and touched it. Indeed it feels heavy but it doesn't feel hot either since I have never feel to have long hair.
"Ah, she must saying about the old person in this body since I reincarnated not in baby body. And she don't know that the person is gone. I guess?" I asked remembering what happened last night.
Hera put all the dirty pairings in the pairing sink. Then came back closer to me. She grabbed my shoulder with a mischievous smile.
"They are bad people who intend to kidnap you, Awaii. If mama doesn't come, who knows what your fate will be."
"Eh? Why?"
"Because you have such strong power. They want your power."
"Power? Ah, you mean this?" I asked while raising my hand. But my magic didn't appear.
"Eh? What happened..?" I said confused.
I looked at my hands. I don't really understand how to cast magic. But it felt like if I tensed my hand, something seemed to get stuck in it.
"What is it?" Hera asked.
"Oh yeah, I have to get hurt first. I don't know how I know. It feels like my blood is my own magic." I remembered the last time I used my magic.
I took a knife and scratched my finger a little while closing my eyes because I was afraid. A white flame then emerged burning from my finger. Heal my wounds.
"Amazing. But your magic is a bit scary huh? It'll be very useful when you're injured." Hera shocked while smiled praising me.
"What's so special about this magic? It does look scary and probably useless since I can attack anyway." I let go of Hera's hand that was on my shoulder.
Hera so suddenly just being quick and confusingly. But she so suddenly smile with a blush in her face. What happened to her? There's was a single tear on her eyes but she just erase it and run to hug me.
I so suddenly feels shocked.
"H-huh? W-what are you doing?" I asked confusingly. This is really isn't comfortable since I'm not used for a touch even in my old world and my parents didn't even do something like this.
"Nothing, mama just really glad today." She just smiled and pulled away.
"Okay..?"
She suddenly ask again, "Do you still want to be an adventurer?"
"What? Why are you suddenly asking me something like that. Are you asking me to be an adventurer and then fighting some villain and win? Nope.."
Hera chuckle, "That's not what I mean. Do you want to know a secret?"
"A secret?"
"Let's go to the library!"
And yes, we went to a dark library with red window curtains. There's really a lot of bookshelf. How rich this person was. Her house is also so big. I thought fantasy world is like medieval or renaissance era with castle or probably some old buildings.
All if this house was painted with white cat and a lot of expensive materials.
This looks like some Dutch colonial buildings in the 20 century.
"Ow!" I hissed as I tripped over several books scattered on this red carpet. I put one book. The book is entitled The Rainbow Mist.
I try to open them, but the pages of the book had been torn by someone. A note fell out of it, almost startling me.
I put it and try to read the words that written in the note.
『'I know you'll read this note. I have set it so you'll read it. Meet me in the edge of this world. I'm waiting you in the end of your journey.'』
['-E']
"Awaii?" Hera called me again.
I look at Hera and nod. My eyes tried to read this note again. Probably this is just a silly person who write it or maybe Hera herself. I'm not gonna believe that someone would put this for me right?
That's it and I'm just save that letter inside my pocket. I'll try to read this note again. I don't know why it looks suspicious.
A book that looks like ancient things was lying on the table. Every the sheets opened one by one and stopped at the page where there was a sketch of someone.
"Who is this?" I asked curiously.
"This is The Goddes of Life."
"A god?!" I shocked.
"Why? Are you curious? Even this world was led by 12 gods."
I, who at first wasn't interested in the conversation, was suddenly interested because someone asked me to talk about a mystery.
I hate to admit it, but some part of my body feels excited to know that I live in a Fantasy world now. In my old life, probably I'll just talk about some fantasy books in my friends. Now I became the part of them.
"Really?! That so cool. Then this person must be the one of them."
Hera chuckles, "No, she's not."
"You will know about the 12 goddess, but I'm not gonna talk about that. I'm gonna tell you about the History of Asteria."
"Oh?"
She changes the pages again and starts to tell me a story.
'Million years ago, there was some god who came from other world. They are Aeon, The god of time. Nebudkadnezar, The god of the world. And last, the goddess of life, Felicia.'
'They created this world name Asteria. Asteria is place where a lot of species lives side by side including The Abyss. Abyss is a unique race that having a curse. Their strength was even very strong, to the point that they could rival the three gods themselves. So, they tried to take one of the god's chair and they choose Felicia since she's a weak goddess.'
'It was a tough war for years. The god still win against the Abyss. But Aeon was lost and Nebudkadnezar was killed. Felicia herself being executed for being cursed and letting the Abyss create a war. The cursed of the Abyss has spread until the all of Asteria until know there's still remnants of their curse.'
'The Abyss itself has banned from this world so there's only 12 race. Because of that, the number 13 is considered a curse.'
'All of 12 The subordinates of the three gods immediately competed to take the god's seat and 12 new gods were selected. They use zodiac concept and create the new Asteria. And all if history before them is lost. This book is a secret, written by someone journey.'
I amazed as Hera ended her story and close the book. She stared at me warmly. It feels like I just life in a fair tale and watch all of those scenarios.
"Do you understand now?" She asked again.
"About?"
"That you have the Goddess of Life magic."