"I am 3 and half years old now. And we are visiting mom's side of the family"
"So Today we are going on a trip to the elf kingdom,the elf royal family"
"Mom says she really wanted to introduce me to her parents..ahem my grandparents"
"We couldn't go before because of a giant gate which spring open in our kingdom"
"And I am a older brother now"
"I have a younger sister who is 6 months old right now. So she is always with mom. Her name is Aelwyn, it means "fairy from another world.""
"We are here! At the teleporter everyone."
The family was going to use a teleporter for their travels, though it was expensive it wasn't much for a duke.
The family entered the mana circle of the teleporter, and then with a bright flash. They are teleported to the elf kingdom. Where they could see the world tree at a distance
"Hello there little ones"Said a woman who looked no older than the boy's mother.
"Who.."
"Say hello kids these are your grandparents"
"Huh..but you look like you're in your late 20s"AshBorn was surprised,he expected to see someone old but to see someone who looked his mother's age ,being his grandmother was the last thing he expected.
"Ohh… I know I look young, but late 20s huh. Haha.."the woman said in a Joyous tone.
"Cut it off mom"said Feronia who felt a bit embarrassed at her mother's child-like behaviour.
"We elves age slower than humans, even though we roughly live the same amount" a tall man who looked 190cm tall said in a warm voice.
"And this is your grandfather"
"Wow you are tall"
"Haha.. I know but your dad is till taller than me"said his grandfather. Gray Dragonheart, the boys father was a one of the tallest in on the continent, he was a 201cm tall.
"Let's go..we are getting late for the banquet".
The elf king had hosted a grant party at his palace, afterall his grandchildren were coming. The party was grand and after the party in the royal garden…
"You see the world tree,over there grandson"
"Yes.. it huge"
"Yes.. we protect the world tree and it protects us. Legend has it it supports the 9 realms with its branches"
"Wow"
"It also gave life to many life forms, they some and go.."
There, looking at the garden's pond, they saw a fish get eaten by another bigger fish. "Grandpa look it ate the other fish"
"What do you think about the Circle of life?."The elf king didn't really mean to ask a 3 year old such a deep question. He just wanted to see a cute reaction from the child..
The previous elf king had also asked him the same question when he was 10 years old,and that's how he was able to break through his Spirit Control ,and he became the new elf king.
But Somewhere in his heart it was also a test of character.
"Circle of life huh.. I think it just makes life more precious". The elf king was taken aback by the child's sincere and deep reply. He just wanted to see how the child would react, not expecting a genuine reply.
The boy continued
"Hunting and being hunted, I think it just makes you more grateful to be alive, otherwise won't life become boring, and you will just keep wasting your life."
"A deer tried to escape a lion to live. Whereas a lion hunts the deer, to feed his belly. This situation of uncertainty where you don't know how long you will live… won't it just make life more precious to hold on to?''
The elf king was surprised. To get such a deep reply from a 3 year old. From his own grandson at that, he felt a sense of accomplishment, he forgot he had felt before. It was the same feeling when he saw his daughter win the best archer award.
The elf King stood in silence for a moment. "AshBorn come with me"
The little boy follows. After walking for a while they reached a cliff.
"Grandpa, where are we going?"the child asked. He felt that his grandfather was about to take him somewhere important.
"You'll see"
The elf King releases some of this spirit aura and then with a loud whistle he calls for a mysterious glowing creature. It was a Jeldo, AshBorn remembers seeing a similar creature. It looked like a glowing Jellyfish he had seen in a deep sea creature documentary in his previous life but a lot bigger and it floated in Air.
"It's a Jeldo. They only come out at night. He will take us to the world tree"
Ashborn, taken aback, quietly followed. They stepped on the Creature and it slightly glowed where they had stepped.
The creature flew above the city landscape towards the world tree. The city was lively but the journey was silent.They had reached their destination.
"Let me introduce you to the world tree"he said, with a slight smile.A small branch flew towards the elf king as if greeting a friend.
"This is my GrandSon, Feronia and Gray's son."
The Branch flew towards the little boy. It touched the boy's head, soon winds started to blow and it circles the boy's body. He started to float, AshBorn surprisingly felt calm, he instinctively felt that the world tree was not going to hurt him.
The leaves of the World Tree started to Glow in bright Green as if it had been waiting a long time for this moment, the whole city was surprised by this. Creatures woke up and birds started singing. This had never happened before. Patterns started to appear on AshBorn's body, they glowed in a green hue. Finally the symbol of the world tree appeared on the the boy's forehead and everything went back to normal.
The World Tree had given his biggest blessing to AshBorn.The Elf King was left speechless.
"To Think I would experience such a moment in my life" he said
Feronia together with the rest of the family rushed to the world tree.
"Dad! What just happened? Is everything ok"she asked in a concerned tone.
The elf king looked behind and walked over to his daughter.
"You did great raising that child"he said to his daughter.
"Thanks…?" replied his daughter, who was surprised by the elf king's sudden behaviour. He hardly ever complimented someone.