Chapter 09

When I reached my room, I quickly opened one of the three books that I have not read. The third book is about the geography of this world.

If I make a summary of what I have read in simple explanation. The place where I am at right now is the Great Continent. The human race in this continent is divided into a few countries. The Draconia Empire where I lived in was the greatest country that leads and protect the human race. The location is in the centre of the continent.

Five other countries surrounded the Empire. The Despoina Kingdom in the north is an ice country that has an eternal winter. They are the ones who keep the borders with the demon race that lives in the continent's northern mountain range. The people who live in Despoina Kingdom are having a larger body and are more violent because of how harsh their country is. And they are in constant war with the demon race.

There are two countries in the West. The Gefion Merchant Union is a free country that is led by the merchant group in that country. It's a small but prosperous country and known as the richest country in the Great Continent. And the Silvanus Magic Kingdom where they are living harmoniously with the elf race that lives in the Great Forrest of Druantia.

The legend says that the first magician in this world learns magic from the elf race. Magic in this world is a power to control nature. It was given by the Goddess to help the race she created fight the evil and monsters in this world.

After the great war of the Great Continent that happened around six thousand years ago, the elf hide themselves in the Great Forests of Druantia. Nothing is known about them except for their ability to control nature and how they hate other races.

The Gofannon Alchemy Kingdom in the east is a country that mainly doing trade with the dwarf race in the barren land in the east. It has a bad relationship with the East part of the Empire because of the doctrine of the Temple of Light. The teaching of the Temple of Light has human race supremacy and discrimination against other races, especially the people without blessing from different continents.

It's strange...even when people from other continents are similar to the human race but without any blessing, but that religion teaches their followers to discriminate against them. Are they different from the human race?

Let's continue with my reading first. I think the Gofannon Alchemy Kingdom are the richest because there are a lot of mines in the east. But I also understand that they have a lot of trouble getting the food from that barren land. The merchant seems to be using it to raise the price of food.

The last one was the Archipelago Country, Olokun Kingdom where the human lives with the beast race harmoniously. The rulers or Kings of Olokun Kingdom are half human half beast to show the unions of the two races.

...Maybe it's similar to the beastman race in the fantasy novels that I read in my previous life. Could I meet with a cute beast race with a dog or cat ear? Is there a mermaid? Right now I could only imagine the information that I get from the books.

There is also only one other continent, it's the one my mother's family came from. There's not much known about that continent but it's called the Spirits Continent because of the abilities of the inhabitants from that continent. The book also writes that the people from the Spirits Continent are having black hair and eyes because they lost their blessing from the Goddess.

Hmm?! Did it mean my mother is part of the descendants of the race from the Spirit Continent? Let's call it a Spirits race for now.

The inhabitants of the Great Continent's characteristics are the colour of their eyes and hair which shows their strongest attributes. Red (Ignis) for fire, Blue (Aquarea) for water, Green (Ventus) for wind, Brown (Terra) for the earth, Yellow (Luminas) for light and Purple (Caligo) for darkness.

That's why we able to predict the attributes they are good at or what is their weakness. For example, the Viscount Ruach who has green eyes and hair is good at using wind magic, but he will be troubled if he meets with an enemy with an earth attribute. Although there are also some exceptions like the unique power of the Duke Kadaklan. The head of the Kadaklan family was always born with white hair, but their eyes still show their attributes.

If we use these characteristics, we can also predict their second name. For how Ruach family's middle name is Ventus, and brother Winslow is Aquarea. Brother Winslow is able to easily learn water attributes magic if we deduct from his characteristics. I think his attributes will help him with his job. Water is really important for cooking.

But there was nothing about people without any blessing. Nothing could be found about anything that relates to the people with similar conditions as mine. I look like a human race but the book said that the people from Spirits Continent is different from the human race. Then What are the difference?

...If my mom and my characteristics are different from the people on this continent. Why can't I see the difference? But there's limited information about the Spirits Continent...should I ask my mom about it? She might know about it from her family. If I can get out of this hell-like place, I want to search for the truth. But if only I am able to do so.

Alright, let's read another book. I took another book.

The fourth book that I read is about the rank and details of the Empire.

Right now there are two dukes in this country. Both of them are related to the Royal family. That's why they can use parts of the dragon as their family's symbol.

Then the four Marquist families that helped the creation of the Empire. Most of their family symbol shows their weapons such as sword, bow, shield and spear. They are legendary warriors that followed the first Emperor to create the Empire.

They followed the first Emperor when he was still a commoner. The history book writes that they respect his personality and decided to follow him to see how he will reach his goals. I could only feel like reading a fantasy adventure story.

What will happen if I turned it into a bro-romance story? Will there be any readers of such stories? I decided to write it in a note to remind myself of what to do if I was able to run away from this place with my mother.

I continue my reading after writing my idea in my notes. The ten Count families that help to maintain this Empire-wide territory. They're using beasts as their symbols, such as; tiger, bear, lion, wolf, snake, eagle, gorilla crocodile, fox and bull.

Then the Viscount and Baron families that help the Marquis and Count to govern their territory.

There were also Baronet families that were given to the people who buy their noble status. Usually, it was done by some merchants who want to have connections with the noble families.

There is also a knight and lord who is chosen from the commoners to help them to protect the territory or help them govern the villages.

The book contains all of the existing nobles and their symbols.

When I see the Ruach family symbol, I realize that they are already a psycho for a long long time ago. It's like an abstract or surrealist painting that pictures a tree that grows while piercing something that looks like a heart. I don't know how to describe it in a better way because I am lacking the artistic sense to describe it.

Growl...

I look out the window and I just realized that the sky already turned dark.

I missed my lunch.

I'm too focused on reading this book.

Let's grab something to eat before I read the last one.

I left my room and went to the kitchen.