Sleepysoul

Prologue

I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. I sense unfamiliarity, but I still cannot think straight about this feeling that makes me so uneasy. 

Who I am? Where am I? After the moment had passed, I got up from the bed and saw everything in a daze. I was in a single bed that was made from wood and a thin mattress. 

The smells of burning wood lingering and I saw a fireplace in the room. There are no memories in my head. 

I shake my head as hard as I can and hope that things will get back in place. And then I saw a piece of paper that crumbled at my hand.
 
“Dear Vierra, as you wish I erased your memory from your old life and granted you the cooking skills that will help you in this new world. And let the memory of your recipe from passed life remain. I Hope your new life will give you a better life. From me who cannot be named.”

I let out a heavy sigh. Is this some lame joke? There is a sling bag under the tiny table beside the bed. I found a diary with a name written in front of it. 

“Vierra Maverick”

World of Lost and Found

Everyone takes a short break  in the front yard after helping the merchant. 


I asked the fairies to look after him and called me if anything happened to the merchant. 


Lorcan who was eating the pancake I made for breakfast suddenly stopped eating after he took a close look at my face.


Ronan who just sat also put on a worried look. 


I shook my head at Ronan's question. There's cold sweat on my forehead. But I was totally fine, just a bit tired.


"Don't worry your sister will be okay even she use her magic to flood entire kingdom"


Both the twins were nodding to each other while I was stunned by what our mother said.


"It's almost noon… V, I will prepare the lunch for today. You should get rest for bit"


Mother gets up from her seat and I get up thinking that I should help her.


There's a sharp glare from mother that I sit back at the chair.


I watched her back who walked elegantly.


Greg was now working on the field while Hugo followed father to the wrecked carriage and gathered the merchant stuff. 


It took the merchant two days to finally regain consciousness. 


In the meantime, mother gives him enough potion to replace the lost blood. 


"The potion is from the alchemist. They are giving it to me in some time now. They needed me to fortize the magic stone, the potion was the payment for my help."


I look back at the closet mother showed back at the storage. She has hundreds of bottles of potion, there were few colors.


"I have plenty of those. Use it as much as he need"


It appears that the alchemist needs magic mana stones to operate their lab. 


They have mana but have no magic to infuse it into the magic stone. 


"Even though they have vast knowledge about alchemy it still cannot help it when it revolves around magic"


"There no one can use magic at Dranthia?"


"It's complicated. If the person cannot control its flowing mana. The body could explode into dust if its hoards inside their body"


I can hear myself gulping with my dry throat.


They give mother their potion as the payment for helping them to fortieze the magic mana stone. And to draw out their overflowing mana and infuse it into the magic stone. 


The merchant was finally awake on the third day.


"thank you for saving me. But, I don't know how to repay such kindness" 


He is almost crying with half feeling grateful to be alive but half feeling scared on how to live with lots of debts to pay.


"the carriage was to old, but i'm forcing it into the beastland as I need to deliver my last potions to them"


Father caresses his chin while thinking something.


"ah..yes..they will hold the king selection in a few days. Now, what I'm gonna do… My potion was ruined. There will be nowhere I can ask the new healing potion from the alchemist without paying the dwarf's weapon. And now I was in debt with you also" 


Lorcan eyes were wide and sparkling. Ronan just sighs, it's because lately Lorcan is into the fairytale book for children, which told about the adventure of a king who fought a bloody battle to help the kingdom from the evil.


Traveling merchant (2)