< [Time Skip (Two Months)] >
Its been four months ever since we awaken our bloodlines and also train based on it. She also started to ask me to train on weapons proficiency, so I let her since her foundation is good enough and been enhance by our bloodline awakening to train. She tried every weapon and she has an affinity with sword staff and glaive in which I train based on my experience on those weapons in the past.
And when I look at my status, I am surprised that I have multiple bloodlines but absorb by unknown bloodline that didn't show it name except for Primordial as its prefix while showing three question mark. There is possible that I didn't know what it is or what race came from, but for sure that this bloodline has a huge origin and given by my fiancées in Mysticilia Realm.
Anyway, we reach seven years old about last month ago, also planning to go some adventuring for a while as I already reach my bottleneck for two months. And I need to breakthrough by traveling the world to change perspective, but the spirit rulers didn't approve it at first but slowly managed to approve except for Undine who is the most caring towards us.
Anyway, It currently in the third month of winter which is in another year. (A/N: There are sixteen months in the year then The months of the as follow, first to second months of the year is the third month until the final month of the winter, then third to the sixth month of the year is four months of spring, then seventh to the tenth month is the four months of summer, next is the eleventh month to the fourteenth month in the four months of falls, then finally is the first two months of winter on the fifteenth and sixteenth month of the year. If that didn't let you understand then I placing my chart here.
The month of Year - Season
1st Month – 3rd Month of winter
2nd Month – 4th Month of winter
3rd Month – 1st Month of spring
4th Month – 2nd Month of spring
5th Month – 3rd Month of spring
6th Month – 4th Month of spring
7th Month – 1st Month of summer
8th Month – 2nd Month of summer
9th Month – 3rd Month of summer
10th Month – 4th Month of summer
11th Month – 1st Month of fall
12th Month – 2nd Month of fall
13th Month – 3rd Month of fall
14th Month – 4th Month of fall
15th Month – 1st Month of winter
16th Month – 2nd Month of winter)
This happens on my and Katarina's Birthday that when I asked all of them for the start of my journey.
< [Flash Back] >
It's Katarina's and my seventh birthday, we about to start our training for the day but I immediately remember upon looking at the calendar that is our birthday. Stopping the preparation for today's training, Katarina look at me to stop preparing with questioning face.
"Katarina, let's take a day off for today's training."
Katarina: "Why we are not training today if today isn't rest day?"
'I don't think about that affected her memory about our birthday but since it is related to our family in the beginning which she forgot.'
'Now, I think about it since last year she didn't like celebrated with us on our last birthday.'
'I thought she is depressed about our mother leaving us that didn't celebrate with us since it will be the first time mother won't be together with us.'
'But I need to tell her about it since forgetting our birth might have a quite problem in the future, also it might be affected to our future and birthday should be a celebration for all people.'
"Well, today is very important to us and our parents, to begin with."
Looking outside, the weather is turning bad to worse for us to train in. I was taken back when I use <Spirit Eyes> outside and saw Undine's spirit signature energy controlling the weather outside.
'EH!?... Uwaa, Undine doing everything she could that the weather in this place even though she means it good.'
I felt someone at the door and sense the aura which is Sylph hiding behind the door.
"Katarina, it is our birthday which is the day of our birth to this world and our family."
Katarina: "But why I didn't remember it anymore?"
'Yup, something messed up during the process, huh.'
"I don't remember either since last year due to being on training the whole time."
Katarina: "Why we bother anymore since our parents aren't here with us?"
Katarina: "But it is better to use the time to train for us to reach."
'She didn't remember anything on our birthdays previously.'
"Haa… Look Katarina, I know you want to see our mother again no matter what happens."
"But it isn't excused for us to not celebrate our birthday or else, when our parent learns about it, they will be sad."
Katarina looks down sorrowfully when I look at her again.
'She probably thinking mother being sad about her for not celebrating her birthday.'
"Alright, let just wear our casual for now since we want to prepare for our birthday first."
Katarina nodded then we started to wear the casual clothing we got from our wardrobe or closet as the weather come down, after wearing our casual today, we went down to the living room and saw everything for a birthday is already arranged. Katarina looks around to our living room and surprises us to see different decorations from the usual decorations.
Anyway, they already prepare our birthday to begin which is not a surprise as Undine tried to stop us by controlling the weather to worse condition for training which shows her mental fatigue. Every food that is placed on the table is Katarina's and my favorite foods also a cake for each of us.
During eating the food on the table, I get everyone in the room their attention so that I prepare the announcement for me to take a solo journey to the outside world. And this is how it goes.
"Everyone, I can get your attention please."
Everyone looks at me and waiting on what I want to talk about, I look at their faces once until reach to Katarina.
"There something to talk about which might you don't like it."
Scratching my head and looking away from everyone since I felt guilty about it but still determined to say it. They still wait for what going to say next.
"I want to go outside, yeah, I really want to go outside, no matter what, even you won't give me your permission and of course, I won't bring Katarina with me since she is just started her training.
The first to react is Gnome and everyone followed up as they didn't want to permit me to go outside while Katarina reacts to the last statement which she immediately reacts.
Katarina: "Why Talon!? Why I can't follow you outside!?"
Gnome: "Even we give you permission as we would not do, we won't let Katarina go to the outside world."
Gnome: "But, if you truly want to go to the outside world, then you need to pass the test we are giving to you."
"What is the test, Grandpa Gnome? No matter what is the test, I will take it and passed it"
"Also Katarina, you just started your training for a few months and don't have any experience fighting yet."
Katarina: "But!"
"No buts, Katarina and probably Sister Undine and Sister Dryad won't let you anyway."
Katarina looks at Undine and Dryad with cute and sad puppy eyes. But Undine and Dryad immediately rejected it without moving an inch even though they slightly struggle a bit.
Undine: "Katarina, we won't let you and as Talon said, you won't be any help to Talon but a burden."
Dryad: "That's right, we don't want you to be hurt also we might be… no, we will be worried about you instead since not every time Talon can be your side and protect you."
Katarina sat at the side with pout expression but she knows that it will be detrimental for her to join me. After that, Gnome told me that he will decide what test I will take. It probably a fight test since the outside world will be dangerous for me to travel at an early age.
And the next day, it was announced on what test it which is a different test with different conditions that are given by different people. Some of them are a form of fight, survival, and knowledge. I will fight against are Salamander, Gnome, Shade, and Sylph, then a test of survival in the dangerous part of the forest given by Dryad while Wisp and Undine won't give me any test since they are the one who supporting on me going to the outside world.
I managed to pass them all even though on the fight category which has different winning conditions, they are at the level twenty or above with few constrictions on them and mine. On survival, manage to survive for at least seven days. Then every test manages to pass then I allowed to go out from this forest for about one year or return before Katarina and my birthday next year as promised while wearing a mask for identity protection.
< [Flash Back End] >
Now, I preparing everything including my equipment and other necessity like rations, potions, and other stuff for survival. Even my equipment is newly made by me after Gnome gave me an abundance of materials like metals, bones, and scales. Other spirit lords given me by their expertise like Salamander given me books related to different martial arts and weapons techniques which I might add to my original Sword Art Style, Sylph is movement art books for evasion or movement itself.
Anyway, last week they also had given me a ring which is similar to the rings with bloodline inheritance that Valarie, Vanessa, and Bahamut have given me before entering this world. I went to inconspicuous parts of the forest where I have taken the survival test.
When I look at the system stats on me which I add another feature that shows the bloodlines within me. It shows that one of the primary bloodlines is hidden even my system unable to show its description but keep the other bloodline in a pure state without degrading itself as the other bloodlines integrated to me when I awaken it.
I started to train to control the abilities that my bloodlines have to offer which are different forms, flight from angel bloodline, uniquely high senses from fox bloodline, and others. Whenever I use the bloodline form, I tried to learn how to control very specific energy. There are times that I manage to fuse those energies which should be incompatible but possible due to primary bloodline can cause such effect and only in my human form not others.
Anyway, there's a request from Dryad after finishing my fox bloodline awakening that I must go to the eastern country where the Inari, fox deity's shrine within eight months and as for real goal, I probably learn it there. I suspect that Inari asked Valarie and Vanessa to give me a quest that is related to her.
I already planned out my journey except for northern country or empire where the Elves lives which made me sad that I won't able to meet an elf race from my journey as the spirit lords explicitly told me that I'm not allowed to go there yet since my control on my energy is still insufficient that may detect me and cause some identity leaks.
And the day of the start of my journey has arrived, at the front of the house, all of the spirit lords including Katarina standing in front of the house while I started to leave for my journey. There is no single conversation taken place but some kind of emotional effect has happened.
Currently wearing my outfit, a light gray tunic, black trouser, iron belt, leather spaulder on my right shoulder, leather greaves with black leather boots, leather cuirass at my chest and dark fur leather long coat with a hood and equipment with a single strap leather backpack over a long sword at my back named [Mystica], wearing an arm claw that is fit on my hand named [Talos] and the bag is filled with different materials, ingredients and rations in a space of five-meter squared.
Dryad opened a path to the outside world, a series of hugging and crying before I left. Slowly as the house faded from my sight every time I look back, and when I step outside of the forest, It shows a different world to explain, and thus my journey of this world has begun.
<Third Person's P.O.V.>
Katarina still hugging to Undine while watching her Twin Brother Talon walking to the distance on the forest path created by Dryad. After Talon disappears, the forest path gradually returning to its position until the path itself disappear as if it wasn't there anymore.
Katarina: "… Sister Dryad, why my brother requests to go on a journey by himself."
Dryad: "… That we didn't know… but for sure your brother will learn about the world and find a clue that might lead to your family."
Slowly all of the spirit rulers gathered around Katarina to give some support or comforts. Giving her some attention until Dryad remembers something.
Dryad: "AH!!"
Everyone looks at Dryad who just shouts out that she has something forgot.
Undine: "… Have you something forgotten Dryad."
Dryad looks away from them and slowly walks to the nearby tree. Just before Dryad reaches the tree itself, someone blocks her from touching the tree's trunk. It was Salamander blocking her from touching the tree, everyone except for Katarina who is crying on Undine and Dryad who is tried to escape but failed, looking at Dryad with a suspicious look.
Salamander: "Dryad, what did you forget?"
Dryad: "W-well, I have forgotten something in the woo-"
Sylph: "Fufu… just tell them the truth!"
Gnome: "Oh? You know about something Dryad forgets, Sylph?"
Sylph: "YEP!"
Dryad: "Come on, I thought you promised not to tell anyone that I have forgotten to teach him something!"
Sylph: "Yep, I did promise that but you just told everyone about it right here, right now."
Dryad: "AH! Sylph, you still betrayed me!"
Sylph: "I don't know what you're talking about?"
Gnome: "So Dryad, what it is you have forgotten to teach Talon?"
Dryad: "W-well… I forgot to teach him the <Forest Walk Path> so that he can go back whenever he is at the dense forest."
Everyone except for Katarina who is cried to sleep looking at Dryad as if she is an idiot. They already know that Talon can use spirit magic on his own without any assistance from the spirit themselves. Most of them already teach Talon what he can do.
Everyone except Katarina and Dryad: "*Sigh*"
Gnome: "… Next time he came to a forest that is protected by you, just teach it to him."
Dryad: "I will do it next time."
Undine: "You should also tell Katarina about it so she doesn't need to worry to Talon for one year."
Dryad: "Sure when she wakes up."
Don't need to worry about dropping this novel since I already planned to continue this anyway. So read the schedule on the Auxiliary Volume to learn more detail and I will coming out from Haitus.
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