Some of you might wonder why I divide chapters in many parts? That's because I want to make chapters of around 6000-10000 words long and make books of around 10-15 chapters.

But writting a chapter this long take time so I prefer to divide them into a few parts and update them when they are ready.

Well that's all for today. Enjoy and don't hesitate to leave a comment behind !

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A little girl played in the forest, running barefooted and jumping from a tree to another like she was gliding in the wind with a bow in her hands. From time to time, she fired an arrow at anything which caught her attention, sometimes it was a fruit, sometimes just for having fun.

The young girl looked like she was having fun, a large smile formed on her face as she spoke to her necklace which consisted of a simple pitch black marble. Each time she spoke to it, the marble replied by blinking a few times like it was understanding her.

A few dozens of meters far from her stood two young adults, a young man with silver hairs and a woman with black hairs and crimson eyes. The man was lightly smiling as he watched the girl play around, but the woman, on the other hand, was harboring a worried and concerned expression.

“Arsal, you’re really, REALLY sure that’s it’s safe?”

The man chuckled at the woman’s anxiousness which earned him her anger as she threw at him with a deathly glare.

“There shouldn’t be any danger, ‘Kiel’ lost most of its power during the fusion. And even if it wanted, he wouldn’t be able to harm her since its life is directly linked her. It’s safe...”

“Even if that’s the case, I can’t help but worry after all… We don’t even know what this exactly is capable of.”

Arsal sighed as he looked at the woman.

“Whatever it evolve to depend on Shina alone, but I know for sure that it won’t betray her.”

The woman looked angry like she was on the verge of exploding at the man.

“How can you be so sure about it?!...What if it severs their link after growing stronger and kill her?!”

“...Tell me, what do you see when you look at them?”

Hearing Arsal’s serious response, Mystel expression returned to normal. She closely observed her daughter and especially the marble blinking happily.

“They look happy and innocent…”

Arsal’s expression relaxed as his eyes seemed to be smiling.

“That’s right, they look innocent… Kiel is just like a newborn child without any parents, it didn’t have anyone to depend on as it was dying in a somber room. Before Shina arrived, it was all alone for many years. If it wasn’t for Shina interacting with them, they wouldn’t even have been able to move at all and would simply have died. But Shina saved Kiel, her good intention saved it and it deep inside knows it. For Shina, Kiel is maybe a friend or a member of her family… But for Kiel, she is his savior and mother which gave him life, its only light in this world.”

Mystel became silent and simply gazed straight ahead, appearing to be in deep reflection while staring at the little marble.

“...Now, if you truly wish to dispose of Kiel then you are free to do so. I won’t interfere, but don’t expect me to help you in any way, I am just interested to see how you will manage to convince Shina to hand over her first friend for him to die…”

As if someone had poured a bucket cold water all over her body, Mystel could not help but click her tongue.

While she didn’t want to admit it, Mystel indeed couldn’t do anything about it. The shock Shina who had opened her heart to them after some difficulties would receive would be tremendous, they would most likely lose her trust.

Moreover, Shina might be acting as a child… But she wasn’t stupid and gullible at all!

Even if they were to take care of that secretly, Shina wouldn’t be fooled by her. Her intelligence exceeded her peers and could already compare with an adult’s one. With no other living being than them in the area, she would instantly understand what was going on.

Mystel’s expression relaxed as she sighed.

“...Then lets at least keep an eye on Kiel, if it were to put her in danger then I’ll dispose of it. That girl isn’t simple minded, I am sure she would understand.”

“That’s right, let’s simply watch over them silently…”

After speaking, Arsal’s eyes suddenly flashed with seriousness.

“By the way, it’s time to decide who's going to take care of Shina today.”

As Arsal finished speaking, Mystel also started glaring at Arsal with killing intent. Both of them looked ready to jump at the other’s throat and kill him on the spot. A large aura surrounded them and some of the trees surrounding them violently shook from the pressure emanating from their bodies.

Both of the lifted their hand, unwilling to make the first move, but after a long silence, Arsal suddenly opened his mouth.

“3...2...1…”

“ “Rock-paper-scissor!” “

Soon after, a woman’s scream resonated in the forest. On the other hand, Arsal’s face wore a wicked smile as he proceeded toward his daughter, today’s victory was far more important than any others...

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As Shina was jumping from tree to tree, as she was in middle air Arsal suddenly appeared at her side.

“Waaah?!”

Losing her calm, her body shifted in midair and she lost the control of her trajectory, making unable to safely arrive at her destination as her foot lost all stability on the branch. But as she felt her body fall, Arsal extended his hand, grabbing her by the collar.

“...Careful.”

Swiftly vanishing, they both appeared on the ground and Shina felt her body loosen up as her knee touched the ground.

“Is it lunchtime?”

A few days had passed since Shina encountered Kiel, during this time her parents had given her a few free hours in the morning for them to play together while they were quietly analyzing Kiel.

Her reaction made Arsal slightly exasperated, his own daughter forgot what day today was.

“Is there something you want for your birthday?”

Shina looked surprised for a few seconds before a large twinkling smile formed on her face.

“A large cake and some food!”

“That’s a given, but… Is there nothing else you want?”

Taking a few dozens of seconds to think, when Shina was about to shake her head, Arsal suddenly threw her on his back. His legs kicked the ground with such strength that it left a small crater behind.

The next second, Arsal was flying in the sky, giving Shina a piggyback as he flew through the clouds at a tremendous speed.

The clouds slightly impaired Shina’s vision, making her only able to distinct the main aspect of the scenery. But with a simple swipe of Arsal’s his sleeve, the large cloud faded away as though it came across a tornado which ripped it in pieces.

Without the cloud restricting her vision, she could perfectly see the world around her. The forest in which she lived and never left for four years was actually very tiny and was localized in the heart of a far larger forest.

The main forest trees far exceeded the size of the one she knew, they were all at least one hundred meters tall. They stood there stood for many hundreds of years, strong, majestic and unyielding.

Arsal sneakily glanced at Shina and realized her eyes were shining, constantly moving right and left, looking at the landscape.

“Hooooh!” She unconsciously let out unable to hide her excitement

Arsal’s speed slowly began to fall until he completely stopped rising in the sky, but he didn’t fall down either. He simply stood in the airs like he was standing on the ground and looked around, countless monsters were flying around the forest.

They were swarming not only the sky but also the forest.

Some of them were even taller than the trees of the main forest, seeing them made Shina look at them with surprise. Those monsters were living so close to them, but she knew that none of them would even dare set a foot in their forest, because for them… her parents are probably the real monsters…

She had seen the corpses of monsters even more impressive like the phoenix she had eaten recently. While those monsters indeed looked impressive, how could they compare to a phoenix? And most importantly, how could they compare to people who enjoy eating phoenix at lunch?

Just the mere sight of Arsal made the flying monsters spread out, terrifying them to the point that they lost all control over themselves and started making way while colliding against each others.

Scanning the area, Arsal’s eyes landed on a large brownish flying lizard at least twenty meters large; a wyrm.

“You’ll do…”

With a movement of his fingers, the wyrm was forced out of the crowd and stood in front of him, not daring to resist the force pulling him, he simply abandoned himself to Arsal.

Arsal simply flew to the wyrm’s back on carefully dropped Shina on it before sitting down and tapping the wyrm’s back with his hand.

The strength preventing the wyrm from flying suddenly vanished, allowing the wyrm to fly to the horizon.

Shina stood up on the wyrm’s back, despite being in the airs, the wyrm’s scales reduced the wind pressure to a level bearable enough for her to play around.

The landscape changed many times, they flew over large mountains with snow at the top, flew through canyon and valley. They were all scenery that Shina had only seen on television in her previous life, she often dreamed back then of one day traveling the world and seeing them with her own eyes.

Deserts, ocean, grassland… Each of them brought a different emotion and a feeling of fulfillment.

She wasn’t the only one excited by such displays, Kiel who was directly linked to Shina could feel her emotions and happily blinked with bright light every time she discovered a new place. It merely shared her happiness without second thoughts.

A vicious smirk formed on Arsal’s face as he thought of Mystel’s expression when she lost.

“Dad, thanks for this present!”

Looking at Shina’s smiling expression, Arsal felt that taking a detour and not kicking the wyrm’s slow butt to speed up was indeed the right thing, but he also looked quite surprised by her thanks.

“What are you talking about? That’s not your birthday present.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“We are simply going to visit a city and look for something you desire.”

“A city?... Really?! What does it look like in this world? Is it like a medieval one? Can they use magic as well?”

Not having left her forest, Shina hadn’t seen a single living being aside from her parents. While she had bad memories of her previous life, it didn’t mean that she didn’t want to socialize and make some friends at all.

“No need to ask so many questions, you’ll see for yourself soon.”

Arsal quietly dismissed all of Shina’s interrogation as he pointed at the horizon, Shina followed his finger and gradually a small city revealed itself to her eyes...