Chapter 189: Secret Reveal As A Gift
[Forest East Of Endroga Kingdom]
The journey towards their destination might take a while so In order to accommodate 6 women and one boy, they prepared atleast two royal carriages with multiple troops guarding them like a caravan
During their travel and first time experience of going to this type of the kingdom, the group actually saw many different animals from little heavy armoured armadillo to a huge trench horn deer with a height of a huge bus and a width of a small car
Along the way they also saw beautiful scenery such as the river not far from them, including weird looking trees and some mountains that shaped like humans or ancient creatures from the past
Upon seeing all of this only one word came out of Ingrid's mouth and that was
"Beautiful!"
When she exclaimed that Queen Vivian who was inside the courage smiled at her as she added
"Your right! It is beautiful indeed"
Inside the carriage with the queen are the Queen Vivian herself, her son the Hero Elijah, the royal princess of Ingra Kingdom Ingrid, and Ingrids assigned bodyguard daughter of General Stone Sarah
At this Elijah smiled wide and clear as he proudly stated
"It's amazing alright! Even I can't still get it through my head when I got here or better yet when I remembered my past life, even though my old self have went here multiple times, I would still get excited especially now that I remember my past, it seemed like I'm seeing this anew"
"Ah yes! You did say that you remembered your past right?" Asked Ingrid
"Yes! The moment I turned 15 last month is the time I recovered my past memories and officially asserted as the hero" replied Elijah
This time Queen Vivian started talking about it through
"You know it's actually really easy to know if one is a hero" said Queen Vivian
"Huh really?" Exclaimed Ingrid
"Yes! In this world only gods can grant otherworlder access into this world so every hero's are here are watched upon by the gods and this event always happen after every millennia" stated Queen Vivian
"And why millennia?" Asked Ingrid curiously
"That is because every hero has an influence that can affect the world every millennia, that is just how much big it's influence are" answered Queen Vivian
"And plus when a hero is summoned that means that there is a problem in the world whether they are Demon kings, world ending crisis, or catastrophe level monsters rising... . . There are different reasons why the gods summon Hero's into this world" added Elijah
"I see! So your saying that if one had memories of a past life in another world then that's mean that he's a hero" pondered Ingrid
"That's just how it is" confirmed Elijah
"And also one thing we noticed on every hero that is summoned here" added Queen Vivian
"!!!"
"???"
"They are depicted as they're always a highschool student or at the age of 13-30 person and they always say that they came from a world where powers don't exist such as supernatural powers or magic" she stated
"A normal world that is" said Ingrid
"Yes! A world.dominated by what they call science" confirmed Queen Vivian
As they were talking they finally got passed some trees that seemed to move on its own which even earned exclamations from the other carriages, Ingrid can even hear Sui's gasp upon seeing moving trees
Of course Ingrid was surprised by this too but she actually didn't expect the explanation given by the Queen upon this monstrous giant
"Fufufu! That is called a treant, a kind of species that can only be found deep within the forest of this kingdom" said the Queen as she chuckled in delight
"A species?!?! I thought it was because of magic" exclaimed Ingrid
"If that was true then no elf could ever lived a normal life as they are being drained, that thing has a huge Mana reserve that is equivalent to a high class mage" added Queen Vivian
"!!!"
"It is titled as guardian of the forest" added Elijah
As they were talking both the Queen and Elijah seemed to have noticed that only the three of them were conversing but they haven't even heard Sarah talking at all
When they asked the reason for it, Ingrid just simply answered by
"She's in duty mode so it's hard to converse to her like normal compared to me"
Originally Sarah was assigned to guard Ingrid every single time and since they were in a unusual place and in unusual time, Sarah has kept being vigilant throughout the whole process
Not long after the carriages finally stopped as the group got off their ride and gathered to where the Queen and her son are going
When they went deeper into the forest on foot, some of the guards heightened up their senses in case of danger and followed behind them
After walking for a while the group finally was able to arrive in a huge flower field much bigger than the flower field where Sui's mother was buried
The area was so wide as countless colorful wisp were roaming around, the scenery was truly beautiful as if it were meant for children to enjoy
Soon upon by the presence of the Queen of the elves, many beings started to appear starting from the huge pinkish colored spirit wisp that suddenly reshaped itself into a beautiful woman
"Greetings my Queen! On what way may we accompany you?"
"Oh! Nononono... . . I called upon you for a certain reason and of course it wasn't to prank you or anything but to atleast serve as a gifting presence for the child that lost almost everything from her" replied Queen Vivian
"Child? You mean that Siren child?"
"Yes this Siren child" confirmed Queen Vivian
"Oh my! Just when did you adopt such a child?"
"Hah? Ah no! It's not my child but rather a child of a deceased mother and a restrained father" denied Queen Vivian
"The mother is dead? While the father is restrained? To where exactly?"
"One of the roots of the world tree" answered Queen Vivian
After saying that the bright lighted woman exclaimed
"I see, so he's that powerful"
After saying that Queen Vivian suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to introduce her friend to the guest, so with ease she turned around and introduced them to each other
"Ah! My apologies, where's my manners, this is the great spirit of these forest that governs all other spirits, she doesn't have a proper name so you can call her anything you want"
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Name: Great Spirit
Age: 1040
Gender: Female
Race: Spirit
Job: None
Title: Overseer of other spirits
Skill: Highly advanced spirit magic
Blessing: None
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As that was finished other species started to crowd over that immediately caught the attention of the group
"Since this is her Majesty's gift to the small unfortunate child, then my gift for her is the presence of other species" said the great spirit
Soon a small creature by the size of a finger but shaped of a human with wings passed by their sight
Seeing this Sui was quite surprised, even Ingrid was surprised as she asked
"Are these fairies?"
But the moment she asked that an unfamiliar voice answered her from the side
"Wrong! Fairies are different from those tiny pest, they are called pixies while we are fairies"
Upon hearing that Ingrid jumped out in surprise as a fairy in a size of a child appear beside her followed by other fairies
Seeing this even Sui exclaimed as the word beautiful can describe them
After wards huge treat started to.move closer as they presented themselves and even some plant-humanoid type species appeared like a rose-humanoid type person, or a tree-humanoid type person
The scene that they were seeing was totally ripped out of a pictured book of fairytales, which even mesmerized by other children
Of course the scene also made the people in the group to exclaim in shock, what's more some nature spirits also came such as nature spirit of water, air, earth, and fire
For the first time in quite a while Sui was overwhelmed by the amount of gift that she received and due to this she turned to the group including the spirits and the Queen as she bowed and thanked them with all her heart
"Everyone! Thank you! I know I haven't helped you guys out that much and sometimes I've been a burden for both you guys and papa but still thank you for being there with me" she said as she cried tears of joy
Seeing her like that the other female groups gave in and rushed to Hera's they gives her a huge warm and comforting hug, even Ingrid and Sarah joined in
When Elijah tried to join in too, his mother quickly grabbed him by the scruff as she said
"Oh you better not if you don't want to be labeled as a lolicon"
Realizing that Elijah immediately pouted which made everyone laugh
Soon Sui announced that she has officially turned 9 and in order to celebrate her birthday, series of performance was played out by different species infront of her
Of course some of the guards joined in the fun as they drank wine made by the spirits themselves
For quite a while the scene can be called harmonious as they enjoyed every last bit of their time together
During those times Queen Vivian even blurted out that Sui was a daughter to a Siren and a human
Of course the great spirit exclaimed after all she felt that Sui was pure Siren, and in order to confirm that suspicion they in turn asked Ingrid about it
Of course they received the real reason why is that and Kaido was only a look alike like her original father
After some quite some time of drinking and partying Queen Vivian called out to Sui as she asked her deepest desire and her response greatly intrigue everyone that made the whole atmosphere excited and nervous to learn the truth
"Sui! Granted by the authority of my ancestors, tell me your greatest desire" stated Queen Vivian
Upon hearing that of course Elijah immediately scowled
"Mother! Your using your authority in a wrong way again"
Well understanding them, it seemed that this wasn't the first time the Queen exagerate her authority
"Oh please just let me be" argued Queen Vivian
Afterwards the whole vicinity turned quiet as they listened to Sui's deepest desire
"My deepest desire" pondered Sui
After thinking for a while Sui answered
"I always saw Papa quite troubled at night sometimes, when I see him like that I'm also quite troubled that I can't even do anything to ease his burden"
When she said that Melfina immediately agreed
"It's true! As a shadow of Kaido-sama I also always see him sometimes in a daze while at times day dreaming as if because of so much stress he is currently experiencing that"
"Is that so? I wonder just what is thinking" pondered Ingrid
Of course the others followed suite as they nodded
"I want to know Papa! I know that my real father is dead after thinking it through during my time here after all my real Papa never had any grand power unlike my current Papa" said Sui
"But since he looked like my real Papa then he's my papa through and through, so please I want to help him m and understand him more, so my request is that I want to know Papa more even his secret that he's been hiding" added Sui
Upon hearing that everyone was eager to know more about Kaido so they immediately pleaded to the great spirit about that
And upon seeing their resolute gaze, the great spirit slowly nodded as she went off and made them wait until she returned, she even assured them that she had a way to make known to them about Kaido
As she left they quickly and happily guessed what Kaido's secret may be
"I guess he is cheating Ingrid" teased Sarah
"Wha... . . Sarah!!!" Pouted Ingrid
"I guess is that he has a giant scar on his body since he's a great fighter and powerful mage" exclaimed Melfina
"True!" Nodded Zia
"I bet he has another child somewhere" snickered Elijah
"Or maybe he's not a human but a doll instead" fantasized Queen Vivian
"Eh! You guys are getting overboard of your imaginations" exclaimed Ingrid
"But nevertheless whatever he's hiding, we will accept them" said Sui
Naturally when Sui said that everyone nodded the same as they felt like what Sui said was a fact
After the atmosphere turned joyful again, the great spirit suddenly returned as she announced the person who can know about Kaido was coming
Soon a portal appeared infront of them as Horus came out
"Old man!" Exclaimed Elijah
"Brat!" Said Horus
Afterwards the Queen bowed down in respect for the old person, upon seeing this everyone followed suite until Horus stopped infront of Sui
"So you want to know more about the man named Kaido?"
Hearing that Sui immediately brightened up as she nodded firmly
"Yes! I want to learn about Papa and he's secret!" She answered eagerly
Of course everyone anticipated this as they listened carefully but what Horus said next greatly stunned them
"If that so then don't blame me for revealing something you shouldn't have learned, child something's are meant not to be known but since the great spirit insisted and it's your birthday, as a respect for that person I will answer you by telling you his greatest secret"
At that everyone listened carefully even Elijah and the Queen herself
"He supposedly shouldn't exist in this world, he's an anomaly, an outer, he's a person from another world"