chapter 6 : history of the world (1) elves (1)

After Laura disappeared to bring my father I was fidgeting on my chair in anticipation, ' when can I learn to do that ? ' it was really cool how she faded without a sound , looking at my mom I saw her giggling and was about to say something when there was a buzzing sound and yellow blinding light shone and before I can blink it disappeared, and I felt like I was hugged by someone.

opening my eyes I saw my father hugging me with a huge smile and put my cheek against his ' damn this is gonna be painful ' I thought.

and I'll be dammed if it wasn't, his beard is so ruff going up and down my skin " dad stop , your beard is itchy !" I Said pushing his face away .

" come on son , you are just too cute that I can't stop myself, hmm, should I shave my beard to make it more comfortable for you ? " he said whith a huge grin .

"" NEVER DO THAT AGAIN DAD/ AUDRA "" me and mother replied immediately with a look of horror on our faces.

my father shaved his beard once because I complained about it , and imagine our shock when he came home looking like a 16 years old with none of his usual charisma and charm , a kid that even my mother couldn't recognise.

let's just say that my mother's smile that day gave us the shivers and my dad had to apologise for an hour wich is long if you consider how much of a lovey dovy couple they are .

' apparently the beard makes the man huh '

my mother cut the banter short by looking at him with a serious expression saying the infamous words " we need to talk "

the words that every man dreads to hear from their woman .

my dad flinched , straitened his back and immediately put me down my chair and took an empty chair next to my mother .

she started telling him about my encounter with zeus and his warning, by the end of the summary he had a severe expression on his face and was clenching his fists .

he looked at me and said " son , what we are about to tell you is very important so listen before asking any questions okay ? " to wich I nodded hurriedly.

" the sons of Ash are the elves , or at least they were elves " this revelation shocked me to no end , why you might ask , well because I wanted an elven lover since I came to this fucking place !!

and before I could even gather my thoughts my father said " 4000 years ago or so the four races appeared on this continent, the humans , elves, beast men and dwarfs .

of course at first they had their issues and deferences but their leaders worked together to keep the peace , they all lived in one kingdom to protect each other against monsters and provide the weak with shelter and food .

that all changed however when the the first elven leader managed to utilise mana .

he used it to grow food , make water from air and form the soil into homes creating shelters .

he tried to teach the mana application to all races but only the elves managed to use it .

this caused the other races to feel jealous and gave the elves a sense of superiority, which became arrogance, they saw themselves as loved by nature and so they sought a place with a great mana concentration in the great aldea forest and they found it at the bottom of giant tree wich they called it the world tree yggdrasil ."

he stopped for a moment to sip some tea that Laura had made and I took this chance to ask " are the elves truly as beautiful as they say ? "

my mother looked at me weirdly and said " yes juli they are really beautiful but that's besides the point now isn't it ? "

I scratched my cheek and was about to reply when she dropped a bomb saying " even if you find an elf and fall in love , as a spirit branded you are not allowed to marry them or you will be hunted down by all the three races and their spirit branded " I was in shock and my heart was breaking, my first dream was shattered by my own mother , I felt like I was about to cry and couldn't stop myself from asking in a shaking voice " Why ?"

my mother only ignored me and looked at my father telling him to continue.

" you see my son, after the elf found the world tree , they realised that it was guarded by a huge snake , it was a powerful monster with black scales so tough that swords and arrows did nothing to it and only magic can actually hurt it slightly, their leader and a few brave followers fought the behemoth for days and killed it , but during the battle they lost alot of warriors and their leader suffered great injuries that took decades to heal .

during that time all the elves around the continent heard about this achievement and gathered at the great forest to build their own empire, and because of their long lifespan and high fertility at the time, they grew in numbers quickly and after he recovered, their leader named himself asmund alva and founded the caras galadhon empire , all is well so far right son ?" he smirked at me and I nodded to wich my mother just sighed and shook her head .

I had a sinking feeling that what he will say next will truly change my view of this world but I just didn't know that it will totally destroy it .

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(A/N) sorry I had to at least add 1 cliffhanger 🤣

I couldn't help myself