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Volume 1: Arriving at this game like fantasy world!

The world of Veran…

A unique world that we usually find in works of fiction, a world where we usually describe it as full of clichés, and a world where we'll find our main protagonist struggle…

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The Kingdom of Maltis is in its festive mood as everyone began preparing for the upcoming festival.

Many beings could be seen with smiles stuck on their faces.

Their happy faces wasn't just because of the nearing festival, they were happy about the fact that this is their first time to celebrate the new holiday.

Various stalls, decorations, and events had already been set up even though it is still a few days away.

The cost of this might be because of the sudden influx of tourist or because of everyone's excitement.

Among the crowded streets, a group of children could be seen running through the thick wall of people.

"Hurry up slowpokes!" (Elrick)

"B-Brother! Y-You're too fast!" (Ericka)

"A, as expected of a demon…" (Zion)

"Speak for yourself… Aren't you from the beast tribe? Man up!" (Kate)

"Urgh…" (Zion)

"Hahaha~" (Clover)

"Let's hurry up!" (Aaron)

They shouted as they continued to run, heading towards the odd mountain located at the center of Maltis.

As similar to the other kingdoms in Veran, Maltis has a very unique feature.

The whole kingdom was built around a gigantic mountain.

It was done so as no beast nor monster would ever dare approach it.

People say that the whole mountain is home to a God.

The group of children arrived near the Tree of life.

The Tree was bigger than the church beside it, the trunk was all twisted, the leaves looked darker than coal, while the fruit it bears was pure white and perfectly round.

It was more eerie rather than holy and it looked odd no matter how you think of it.

Underneath that eerie tree lies a young girl reading a book.

The young girl made a charming smile as her silver hair flutters because of the wind.

It was quite the scene were anyone looking at her would forget about the eerie tree behind her.

""""""Good morning!"""""" (Children)

"Well, you guys are up early? Why not participate in some of the festivities? We still have time later"

"Everyone is too excited! The celebration is still days away!" (Kate)

They can't help but laugh when they heard Kate's retort.

As they continued to talk amongst themselves, one of the kids asked something out of curiosity.

"Why is there so many black colored flags and why does it have the same symbol as the blue ones?" (Elrick)

As to why Elrick asked such a question, it was because the flags held such significant meaning with them.

Each flag represents either a country or a person and those flags are decorated along the streets.

In the cases of the blue flag and black flag, it was to represent the most respected person.

But with all the decorations here and there, the black flag were overwhelming in number.

The blue flag represents the Goddess whilst the black flag represents another God.

The blue flag is widely known throughout Veran meanwhile the black flag is only known by the minority.

It was quite the sight for the tourist like the child group to see the blue flags overtaken by the black ones. By some, it might look like an insult towards the Goddess.

"You guys still don't know… I guess it's understandable… It's fine right?"

The young girl gave out a dry laugh but looked somewhat happy as she slightly blushes.

Because of her actions, the group stopped talking and stares curiously at her.

The young girl seemed to be embarrassed when she came to her senses.

"*Cough* …Apart from our Goddess, did you know that there was another God that lives in the mountain?"

When she asked that question, everyone shook their heads in response, except for one.

One of the children, a girl from the nymph race, raised her hand and said:

"I… I only heard rumors about that God… but I really hate him. Because of him… other people avoids me just because my name is similar to his… and the adults in my village even joked about that I'll be offered to him if he ever becomes angry…" (Nerin)

Hearing this, the young girl panicked and started flailing her arms around while looking around her surroundings. Looking closer, her face was drained of all its color.

The group became somewhat worried because of her actions.

She then let out a dry laughter then releasing a sigh.

"Uh … how to say this… He's a bit… unique? Yes… Let's call it like that…"

Saying words that looked suspicious and unconvincing only made them worried.

Finally having some thoughts, the young girl continued talking.

"How about this… Do you know how the previous war ended?"

"Ah! I heard that a gigantic monster appeared out of nowhere and started destroying everything. In order to stop it, the 6 largest kingdoms join forces" (Aaron)

The young girl tilts her head from left to right as she goes "hmm~ hmm~"

She stops and provides a little more info on what Aaron just said.

"What you've said is true but that's just the general summary of it"

The young girl casually said that making the group quite shock.

It wasn't like there was some sort of secret event that had happened during the war but the information about it was just wasn't talked about that much.

"There was another reason for the war to end quickly… He, I mean That God was very angry-"

"So That God created the giant monster just because he was mad!? Isn't he an evil God then!?" (Elrick)

Elrick interjected as he jumped into conclusions making the young girl unable to finish her sentence.

Nerin became even more depressed as the other children became angry as they started making a ruckus of "Remove those stinking black flags!" but was stopped by the guards that patrolled the area.

After apologizing to the guards, the young girl continued her explanations.

Her face looked more drained of color except for her yellow eyes that seemed to glow, making her look a bit intimidating.

"T-That's… that is also wrong… but"

Is what she said, but it looked more like she was trying to convince herself rather than the kids.

If she was sentenced to court, everyone listening to her would say that "she's guilty".

"What do you mean?"

Everyone was thinking of the same thing.

"He… made an example… of what will happened to Veran if we were to continue the war"

Though she seemed to have trouble speaking at first, she was able finish her sentence.

Various expression could be seen on her face as she continued to talk.

She made gentle smile, then a dry laugh, then a sigh.

"What kind of example did he give?" (Zion)

"He… How to say this… 'Played Around' with the giant monster until it broke… it was truly pitiful… for the monster that is…"

The shocked expressions the group had could be seen clearly.

They heard stories about the gigantic monster and the destruction it had caused.

The group was somewhat thankful that they didn't destroy the black flags and disrespected the God.

Nerin finally understood as to why she was being treated like that.