Time x Queen

The nen beast hovered above the coffin. It had a small but humanoid body. His aura grew stronger and stronger, he seemed to draw energy from the coffin itself.

Seeing that the nen beast had a passive attitude, the two friends decided to wait a little longer before doing anything.

After a few more minutes, the beast finished collecting the aura and quickly moved away from the coffin a bit.

Shakal upon seeing the action of the beast, decided to use En to scan the interior of the coffin. In doing so, the beast nen noticed the youth's aura but seeing that there was no hostility in it, he did not step in to block it.

When his aura came into contact with the coffin, Shakal was in shock.

"Machi, there is someone alive in there." Shakal said quickly.

"It seems that he used his nen to seal himself in that coffin, he even managed to avoid the passage of time. Get ready maybe we have to fight. " - Machi replied.

Shakal simply nodded and the two waited to see the movements of the mysterious person.

After almost an hour of waiting, the mysterious person, using his hands as a foothold, managed to leave the coffin.

It was a woman, from her face and body, Shakal deduced that she would be about thirty years old, although with the nen that is very difficult to know. She had long silver hair, along with golden eyes, made her incredibly beautiful. Probably the most beautiful woman his eyes have ever seen.

The woman was very tired but still managed to gather her strength to be able to contemplate the two people in front of her. His beast nen, quickly placed himself just above his head and gradually aura was entering her body.

Shakal, without wasting time, tried to establish a conversation. He asked several questions but to his bad luck the woman did not understand his language. Machi who had more experience also tried several other dialects, they also tried body language but nothing was effective.

The woman realized the intention of her visitors, and pointed at Shakal with her finger. The beast slowly took off from its side to go towards the young man.

When he saw the girl's action, as a sign of disagreement with her, he quickly increased the aura around him.

"Because of his aura, he doesn't seem to want to attack me. The thing is, should I attack her first or wait for her to make her move. If I attack perhaps it will spoil the entire diplomatic relationship, in addition to other benefits that this woman could bring. " Shakal thought.

The young man made up his mind not to attack in the first place, so he let the nen beast approach to him.

The nen beast, when it reached a meter away from Shakal, stopped. With a quick movement, he opened his mouth and devoured a bit of Shakal's aura. Once the action is over, He returned to the owner's side.

The beast nen gave Shakal's collected aura to its user. Then she spoke.

"I thank you, young adventurers. Thanks to you, I was able to destroy the seal placed on the coffin. My name is Diane Artemira, queen of the Feneris kingdom. Although from what little I saw from your memory, young Shakal, it seems that our kingdom was obliterated from the world. " - said the queen.

The two were shocked, Machi by the queen's nen ability and Shakal by the copy of his own memory.

"Shit, it looks like it got my memory when the damn beast devoured my aura. But I do not know if he only obtained the memory of this second life or that of my previous life. " Shakal thought.

Machi, seeing that his partner, who is usually the first to speak, was silent, decided to speak.

"My name is Machi Komacine, it seems that you obtained the information from our language through your nen. It seems like you've been in that coffin for a very long time, because on this island, what I think was your empire in the past, is now only extremely ancient ruins. " - Machi explained.

The queen was silent for a few moments.

"Yes, thanks to my guardian spirit and the memories of the young man, I managed to obtain information about the state of my kingdom." Diane replied.

Shakal finally cleared his thoughts and decided to intervene in the conversation.

"Your majesty, could you tell us how you ended up inside that coffin and what happened to your kingodm?" Shakal asked.

"We were a peaceful kingdom, scattered throughout the island, with several cities that at the time represented a cultural and mystical power. Our people lived together with nature, depending on it. Over time we learned to use our guardian spirits, gaining strength like never before seen by humans. Thanks to this we managed to progress and create many wonders, but it was also our downfall. When one gains power, others gain envy. And that envy is perhaps more destructive than the power itself. " Queen Diane explained.

Both Shakal and Machi fell silent, waiting to hear the continuation of the story.

The queen quickly continued explaining.

"Several other nearby empires, seeing our prosperity, began attacking us in various ways. First they cut off all kinds of contact with us, our merchants did not have permission to trade in their empires. Then, seeing that our kingdom was still prospering, they began to attack us. At first, thanks to our guardians, the results of the wars were in our favor. But with the passage of time, we were losing more and more warriors. We endured another couple of years, until a huge invasion decided our fate. Seeing ourselves facing extinction, we decided to create a portal to another dimension, where only spirit users can access. Several warriors sacrificed their spirits and their lives to create these rooms. Inside the portal, unfortunately, there was no way to get food or go out, since once outside you cannot go back inside in any way. Of the two hundred spiritual warriors who managed to enter, one hundred and ninety sacrificed their power and life to seal ten of us in various coffins. Sheltered from time. " - I finish explaining the queen.