Chap 1: Out of Sleep.

Huuuuu,

It was spring and the wind was blowing. The birds were chirping. Some birds had sticks and flowers in their beaks like they were preparing to stack up a nest. Inside a cave, there was a big nest made of those sticks and flowers.

"Ugh…"

A person groaned while trying to get up from the nest. That person's white hair fell on their shoulders and face. Their hair was extremely long like it had not been cut for years.

"How long have I been asleep?"

That person looked around while squinting their eyes to adjust to the light inside the cave. The cave was made of rocks and dirt, but it was well-lit and clean. Only a nest and some clothing were inside that cave. A floating light came toward that person and stopped on their hand.

"Hm? It's been 267 years?"

That person's eyes opened wide and looked at the floating light on her palm. That floating light was a bird spirit.

"Thank you for telling me, Nara. You have been with me this whole time."

That person looked around to see little birds looking at them.

"This is your family?"

That person looked at the floating light again.

"I see. Nice to meet you all. Thank you for taking care of me for this entire time. My name is Kiara Allevonz."

Kiara smiled and the bird started chirping like they were all greeting her.

"I feel like sleeping beauty, Nara. But, 267 years… that is way too long, I have to get going."

Kiara got up from the nest and then she snapped her finger. The clothing pieces that were next to the nest floated up and flew to Kiara thanks to the spirits. Her hair was also floating up and got cut at shoulder-length. After 267 years of sleeping, Kiara still looked like she was in her 20s after washing up and dressing up. She walked out of the cave with a robe on and completely covered herself.

"Do you have any clues where it is?"

She spoke to the spirit that was next to her. The spirit floated around Kiara and stop in front of her face.

"The church of Dark God…"

She frowned and started shouting angrily.

"Those bastards! How dare they! Ugh…"

She staggered a bit and was supported by the spirits. After 267 years of inactivity, her body became extremely weak and fragile. Besides, she had not eaten anything during her hibernation but only water and juice brought by the spirits.

"Huuu.."

She breathed out to steady herself. She needed to calm herself and not to overwork herself to find her precious treasure. When she woke up, she realized something about her body. Her body was not stable at all, she could not use her powers like before. She wondered about her fragile body and how much time she had left. She then shook her head.

'These thoughts are useless. I need to find my precious before my time is up.'

She then headed to a small town under the mountain.

It was the evening. The atmosphere in this town was very festive as there were many decorations were up in the town square and every house. People were chattering and doing their respective work. Some people stand out from the rest as they were wearing black robes with gold lining. People of the town greeted them happily every time they walked by.

'The uniform changes a bit, but it looks like the church of the Dark God.'

Kiara was inside a 3-story inn. She booked the most expensive room as it was the highest and had the best view of the town. She was enjoying her steak and wine that was by the side of the window. Kiara finally tasted food after being asleep for so long. She could feel the goosebumps on her skin because of how delicious this meal was.

'Man, this inn serves some good food and the room with the view is nice too. Totally worth the money.'

She then brought a glass of wine to her mouth and gulped it down.

Knock knock.

"Come in."

The server of the inn came in to clean up her dishes. Kiara looked at the server. He was a young man with brown hair and yellow eyes. He looked just like the inn manager that she had met but younger. She felt some emotions looking at the boy and thinking about the manager, but she then suppressed those emotions down. Kiara asked the man that was pouring more wine into her glass.

"The town looks very festive. What are they celebrating?"

The man looked back at her with a surprised gazed seemed like asking why she was asking something so obvious. She concluded that this festival should be so popular that everyone should know about this. The man fixed his expression again and politely answered.

"A new child of god appeared in my kingdom for the first time in 50 years."

Kiara flinched but the young man seemed to not have noticed.

"I heard that this child of God was sent by God himself since she suddenly appeared in the Moontear lake. She was visiting around the kingdom to give a blessing from God."

A new child of God. This phrase made Kiara's inside boiled up. She could only feel pity for this new child that was clueless in this new world and having to follow other people around because the child did not have others to lean on. That child would only have the church as her people at first and the church would put shackles on that child by saying they must fulfill their duty. And payback for their generosity. Kiara scoffed at the so-called blessing tour. That was new.

"Do you know what the child looks like?"

"I heard that she has the extremely rare black hair, Lady Mai."

"Will she appear in public?"

"She would be at the center of the square tonight at 8 to give blessing to the town's ground."

After some questions about the new child of God, the server finally went outside and left Kiara alone. Kiara was deep in thought at that moment. A new child of God that was sent by God himself? Children of gods were rare but not too rare, each kingdom would have around 3-5 children of gods. Most of them were born here and were appointed by gods when they became 5 years old. Only a selected few were people from another world that were sent here. They had different powers based on the gods they served.

"Children of gods, my ass. Blessing, my ass. Those little brats are just spies for the gods."

Kiara scoffed at the clueless children that believed they were chosen. She shook her head and looked at the town square.

"Let's meet the Dark God since it has been a while."