(A/N - I just wanted to stop and say thank you to those who have sent power stones and added this book to their library and have been viewing this book. I'm going to try make a longer chapter but I'm bad at doing just that. Anyway thanks)
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A tall man exited the stone door practically identical to our own. He was tall at about 6'3 and wore a smart black tail coat and black trousers. He had a simple black necktie and a smooth white shirt with a nice collar. His red hair replicated blood and had two black eyes as if I was looking into the void, his wings could be seen neatly closed on his back and his tail was swishing left and right on the floor. His tail was red with black tint towards the top of it and had no spikes nor a spear like tip like mine and our family. In additional that his wings were not feathered either but they had scales that had light from the outside bouncing off. By his side was a sheathed sword with a red wrapped handle.
"What do you need Anne? Oh and who is this? I assume your eggs hatched with no more trouble like before, yes?" Kein asked with a smile on his face and a deep voice.
"Ah, yes, this is Kiera and all of the eggs hatched safely with no troubles though Kiera here hatched a year earlier which was unexpected." Replied my mother looking at me.
"I see, that is a little odd. Is there any problems with her?" Kein asked looking serious.
"No no, no problems other than she seems to struggle showing emotion. I haven't seen her smile much if not at all. Ah also the reason I'm here is because I need some maids in my mountain to help the kids."
"Okay I'll go ask some if they want to serve you, I'm sure they will have no problems regarding this occurrence. Follow me I'll show you to, let's say 4? Maids will that do?"
"Yes that will work fine." Mother replied, "is Adele still working for you?"
"Yes she is, she still likes you more though. She's still upset you didn't let her work for you but she try's to not show it." Kein chuckles.
We headed inside where there was a long red carpet stretched out to the staircase and had rooms going off to the sides, 2 on the left and 3 on the right. There were maids and servants here and there preforming simple tasks such as dusting, watering plants of cleaning things. We walked up to the staircase and took a left turn where there was a hallway with 4 rooms on the left and one at the very end of the hallway. The right side of the hallway was littered with paintings of scenery like a lake or flower fields, walking to the room at the end of the corridor was a painting next to the door which was a painting of Kein in a smart shirt and he was seated on a comfy chair. Kein still had a sword next to him but it was propped up at the side of his chair spreading a shadow moving forwards in the direction Kein was facing.
As we reached the wooden door with a golden circular handle positioned on the left side of the door, Kein opened it not bothering to knock on it and when the door was half opened he proceeded to say,
"Adele, Annalise and her 1st born daughter have come to collect some maids. Could you call some over and of course if you want to you can go as well."
"WHAT?! Annalise is here? Oh my gosh!" A high pitched voice came squealing out from behind the door where they proceeded to yanked the door almost off its hinges and running up to my mother. She bowed down and said,
"Annalise it would be my honour to serve you and your child ," she spoke taking a quick glance at me, winking and turning back to mother " is there anything you would like the maids to be proficient in?"
"Hi Adele," mother said softly tilting her head to the right a little with reminiscent eyes "would it be alright to find some that are good teachers, both in weaponry and general stuff. Also just the regular everyday stuff and child care."
"Of course, I'll go now then. Excuse me then." Adele said smiling.
Adele was practicing skipping down the hallway whistling with her hair swinging side to side. Adele was at an average height of 5'5 and had blonde hair tied into a ponytail and green eyes, she wore a simple maid outfit and had heels on. Her ears also ended at a point rather than round like human ears.
"Kiera would you like to have Adele as your personal servant? I think she's the most capable out of all the servants in this mountain. What do you think about her?" Mother said looking down to me.
Turning to face mother I gave a nod of affirmation telling her I don't mind. Kein then said to follow him to the waiting room where the servants will meet us. Along the way we saw two servants polishing giving me a nod where I nodded back.
After walking for 2 minutes, where I was carried by mother, we arrived at the waiting room and what I found when I entered was a nicely decorated room which was practically sparking at me.
There were two sofas facing each other and a square table in-between them and a chair facing the door. On the left side of the room was a fireplace and a shelf with 4 books piled on. The right side however had 2 small tables with vases on with different coloured flowers prettily arranged in. By the door where I entered was a bigger vase with a big purple flower lighter than my eyes but stronger than Violet's lavender hair. At the very back of the room behind the singular chair was a desk and another chair but this one was wooden like the desk. On the desk was a bunch of papers, pens and ink scattered around and a picture frame at the corner. Behind the desk was a window which had a beautiful view of the outside.
"Please take a seat. Anywhere will do." Kein spoke gesturing for us to sit.
Mother took a seat on the left sofa closest to the door and had me on her lap. We waited for 5 minutes and mother was currently engaged in a conversation with Kein about what they've been up to which I have decided to ignore because it was too boring. I was currently looking at the door waiting for Adele and the other 3 maids that would be coming back to our mountain.
Funnily enough as soon as I thought of that there was a soft knock of the door followed by a,
"May we enter?" That sounded like it came from Adele.
"Enter." Kein replied resting both his elbows on the table one palm over his other hand currently balled into a fist and rested his head on his hands.
Adele and 3 other maids all in maid dresses just like Adele's entered the room lining up and bowing before lifting their heads back up.
Adele started introducing them from right to left,
"Starting from the right we have Lynda,"
I inspected the maids after each of their names were called. Lynda here had green hair tied into a messy bun and had glasses on with clear frames. Her eyes where an amber colour with a subtle yellow tinge towards the pupil.
"Then Kate," Adele continued.
Kate had black hair that was cut about shoulder length that wasn't tied back and had deep blue eyes that were calming to look at.
"And lastly Sophie." Adele finished and they all bowed slightly then straightened up.
Sophie had brown hair and forest green eyes like Adele, her hair was long reaching to halfway down her back and was slightly curly towards the bottom.
"Greetings lady Annalise" They all said in unison.
"Hello, you already know my name but I'll say it for the formalities. I am Annalise and this here is my daughter Kiera whom Adele will be serving. You will all be serving one of my children but that will be decided when we are back at the mountain. Any questions?" Mother said standing up and placing be beside her before slightly bowing, looking up and smiling causing Kate to blush a bit, turning her head and covering her mouth with her eyes. Before being pinched on her arm by Sophie who was also slightly blushing.
" *sigh* hello I'm Kiera, please treat me nicely" I said calmly with a straight face sighing, thinking that my mother is too pretty for her own good as she can pull both girls and boys and she's already made the maids fall for her.
The maids snapped back to attention and Adele gave me a soft smile.
"Thank you, Adele, Lynda, Kate and Sophie and of course you too Kein, as always," mother gave a quick thanks "I'll be going now if that's alright Kein."
"Of course but can you not spend anytime for refreshments?" Kein asked.
"Sorry Kein, I've really got to go, my children are waiting so I've got to go back quickly." Mother said then adding, "You can visit Alper when Kiera will have her transformation with us and tell the others too. Bye, Kein."
Mother lifted me up and gesturing at the maids to follow us out the door and with that we were done visiting Kein's mountain and we're heading home, but there was one problem,
"Mum how's everyone getting back?" I said looking into mothers eyes stating my confusion at comprehending how we would all get back.
"Well I can either teleport them back and fly you home or transform and carry you all." Mother said shrugging.
"Why can't we all teleport is there a limit at how many you can transfer at ounce?" I asked once again confused.
"Haha well honey, dragons under the age of 3 are more sensitive to mana and may have backlashes after using mana or having been part of a spell. Being attacked, defended and moved can lead to backlashes by physically and mentally taking a toll on you." Mother explains in a serious tone stating I shouldn't use magic until I'm three.
"Okay mother."
We exited the cave and mother turned around saying to the maids,
"Would you like to be teleported or flown back?"
"Whichever's easier" (Kate and Adele)
"I agree with Kate" (Sophie)
"I think teleportation seems easier but whichever you prefer." (Lynda)
"Alright teleportation it is, please prepare yourselves it'll take like two seconds." Mother said warning them.
A magic circle glowed from underneath the maids with runes floating around them in a DNA pattern before the magic circle drifted up teleporting the maids making their body disappear in a split second.
"Alright let's get going Kiera." Mother said looking as if she just did something as simple as breathing.
We started flying back home in the sunset bathing the clouds and I in a soft orange and pink colour. I looked out to the sunset with a gentle gaze, closing my eyes resting my head on my mum feeling the cool breeze brush against my feathers and across my skin. It was peaceful. Quite nice indeed.
We swiftly returned home ending my relaxing journey and entered the mountain that I called home. Mother quickly walked to the bedroom door with me in arm and opened the door revealing Violet, Azazel, Aiden and Leo being fed by Kate, Lynda and Sophie in that order. Lynda was feeding both Azazel and Aiden in turn. They looked comfortable in their positions already and the children looked completely unfazed by meeting new people and content with just being fed milk from a bottle.
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Time passed quickly after that and it's already been a year and it's currently my birthday and tomorrow would be Violet's, Azazel's, Aiden's and Leo's birthday as they were born on the same day unlike me. I've grown up quite well and I'm the size of a 4 year old despite being two and mother told me to meet in her study as she had some news for me.
Adele who seemed to adore me like everyone else I've come to know was dressing me in a small black dress that reached just below my knees and combed my hair, slipping on my small shoes before exiting with me eagerly showing me the way to mothers study.
Mother was already waiting giving us the 'okay' to enter as Adele opened the door and I walked over to mothers desk. Mother clicked her fingers making a wooden box appear out of thin air and passed it to me.
"Happy second birthday sweetheart" mother said bending down giving me a kiss, "open it up, I think learning this now will help in the future. It was made to match your height and it's enchanted to grow with you making it the perfect size even if you grow."
Curiously I opened the wooden box to reveal a silver bow that was stunningly designed in a velvet cased inside of the box.
Looking up I gave mother a hug whispering, "Thank you mother."
"Give the weapon a drop of blood and it will be contracted with you soul. When you grow it will grow both in size and power. In addition to that when you think of another weapon you want to use it will transform to your will."
"Woah." This was pretty exiting stuff.
"Adele will be teaching you the basics that you will be doing over this year until your 3rd birthday along with some general knowledge lessons. If you don't want to just say, okay?" Mother said giving me a wink.
"Of course mother, thank you."
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(A/N - I made this chapter about 2.3k words and it's currently 2:15am.. oops)
(Edited a little as I forgot Leo)
Thank you for the support.
(A/N - thank you to those who continue reading this although it's not the greatest, I appreciate it.)
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I exited mother's study and Adele led me outside to the smooth stone surface where targets had been set up.
Surprisingly the bow was easy to carry, I thought it would be heavy. I assume my stats have improved while I was growing.
'System.'
<*ping*>
Name:[Kiera]
Age:[2]
Race:[Dragon]
Gender:[Female]
Level:[0/30]
EXP:[0/5]
HP:[60/60]
MP:[350/350]
SP:[40/40]
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Strength:[15]
Intelligence:[60]
Endurance:[20]
Mental force/power:[ERROR]
Agility:[15]
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Skills - [Scratch] , [Thrust] , [Inspect]
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Titles - NONE
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Blessings - [Blessed by goddess of reincarnation] , [Blessed by goddess of space]
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Ah ok so it seems my stats grow as a I grow older and the average human HP would be around 100-120 but since I'm a dragon I wonder how much I'll have when I'm grown up.
"Alright Kiera I'm going to show you a basic stance to take while shooting."
"Okay where should I stand?"
Adele drew a line about 12 metres away from the target in chalk she took out from the pocket in the front of her maids outfit.
"Stand on the line sideways on. If your right handed have your left side facing the target if your left handed have your right side facing the target."
I positioned myself lie Adele told me with my left side facing the target and my left hand holding the bow. Turning my head to Adele I tilted my head at what to do next.
"Good now hold your left arm straight with the bow firmly in your hands on the little groves meant for your hands. Ah wait I forgot the arrows I'll be right back!" Adele said rushing off inside to come back out 10 seconds later carrying a small black leather quiver and 15 arrows neatly inside.
Adele gave me the quiver which I slung over my back angled so the top was at my right shoulder and the bottom of the quiver was on my left lower back.
"Take out and arrow and there should be a very tiny wooden part that slightly sticks out to resting the arrow on there and make sure the fletching when the arrow is released will move smoothly if the bow."
I did as Adele said and positioned the arrow on the bow before looking back again signalling I've done as she said.
"Now use 3 fingers and pull back the bow string and make sure the right arm is pulled back and your hand is aligned with just below your chin."
Adele came over adjusting my position a little then saying,
"Perfect, now if you will, could you aim the arrow at the red circle in the centre of the target. That will be your aim for today, just hit that once and you've accomplished your goal. Alright? I'll be sitting over there so call if you need me."
'Alright sounds easy enough I can do that, yeah.'
Adjusting the trajectory I aimed the arrow at the red circle in the centre but once I released the arrow the aim tilted up a bit hitting the wooden wall conveniently placed behind the target.
'Ah okay so once I release the string the power from drawing back will move the bow a little. That's going to be a problem.' I thought, racking my brain on how I should stop that.
I positioned myself again and this time fully concentrated on all factors that could change the trajectory of my arrow. Taking a deep breath and closing my eyes, slowly breathing out I sharply opened my eyes and drew back the arrow releasing it. The arrow flew across those 15 metres easily and hit the target on the yellow ring just outside of the red centre point.
"Okay so I was close let's aim a lit-"
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<*ping*>
New skills learnt - Skills: [Bow mastery: 5%] , [Perfect aim: 5%] have been added to your skills list.
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I was interrupted by a system notification telling me about my new skills. I further inspected the skills giving me a short description of them both.
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[Bow mastery: 5%]
You are learning to master the bow. Your skill in training with the bow has been doubled making it twice as always to master. Once full mastered you will be a natural with the bow with unparalleled skill.
[Perfect aim: 5%]
Your aim has improved significantly and once this skill is at 100% you will never miss a target.
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'This is actually really good. If I was able to show my emotions I'd be grinning like a fool right about now.'
I then continued to shoot arrows, adjust myself and slowly improving until before I knew it 4 hours had already passed and it was time for my lunch.
My skills had improved a little and they were both at 7%. Adele and I walked back inside and Adele led me to the dining room where mother was already seated Along with Violet, Azazel, Aiden and Leo seated with their maids behind them. Violet had Kate as her maid while both Aiden and Azazel had Lynda as theirs as Aiden always was around Azazel. Leo was quite timid and he had Sophie as his maid and he was still warming up around her.
"Hello everyone." I walked into the room but was swarmed in a second.
Azazel ran and jumped at me into my arms while Aiden hugged me with Violet and Leo was pinching onto my sleeve then holding my left hand
"Again? You really don't need to do this all the time." I said patting Leo with the hand he was holding onto.
"We're still going to to this anyway." Azazel said pouting. "You're comfy and warm plus your really nice to us."
Everyone nodded in unison and mother giggled. Turning my head to mother she stopped instantly and went back to eating her food.
"*sigh* Come on back to the table." I said taking them all back to their seats and planting myself down in a chair with Adele behind me.
Mother snapped her fingers and a steak appeared on my plate with some carrots and mashed potatoes. The steak was cooked at a nice medium rare and had its juices flow out whenever I cut into it. I wolfed down my food, fast but with proper etiquette and a blank emotionless face. Once I swallowed all my food mother said to me,
"Kiera how did you do with your bow today? Did you enjoy it?"
"Yes mother, it's very nice and I'm starting to get the hang of it but I still need to go back once everyone is finished so I can reach the aim Adele wanted me to try and accomplish."
"Very well, you don't need to wait for us to finish you can go now sweetie."
"Thank you mother, I shall take my leave then."
"Mommy can we go and see Big sissy training?" Violet said with Kate wiping her mouth with a napkin.
"Kiera darling is that alright with you?"
"Do as you wish, I do not mind." I said shrugging as I left the room with Adele rushing up behind me.
I really didn't care if they watched or not but I'm not used to being around people and my memories from before being tortured by those scientist guys in my past life are all hazy and I can't recall any of it, so I don't really know how to treat people.
"Princess you should show your emotions more you know?" Adele said looking at me moving her cheeks with her fingers making her smile.
"Adele, I've already told you not to call me princess."
We arrived back at the training area and I continued to shoot arrows at the target while adjusting my aim little by little until one arrow flew towards the target board and hit the small red circle in the centre.
Feeling a little smug I went back to collect my arrows and going again and again and again.
"Sissy!" Violet shouted running up to me hugging my leg.
"Be careful, I'm holding a weapon you could get hurt if your not taking enough care." I replied sternly making sure she knew.
"Okaayy." Violet said giving me a big grin before running back to mother where Aiden and Azazel waved at me eagerly.
Sighing I returned my focus to my body, it's position, my heartbeat and breathing pattern then shifting my focus to the target, it's size and our distance.
Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly I opened my eyes and drew back the string of my bow and fired off the arrow. My aim was on point and hit the target dead centre yet again.
I turned round when I heard a gasp and I saw everyone mouths agape and mother covering her mouth, blinking in disbelief.
"I think we can move onto the next stage since you hit the bullseye, very well done princess." Adele said clapping.
I turned my head back round and pulled another arrow from the quiver.
"Not yet, I haven't hit the bullseye 100% of the time. I just got lucky. Let me do this for another day or two and then we can move on. Is that alright with you, coach?" I said before releasing the arrow hitting the yellow around the red centre but it was extremely close to being another bullseye.
"Sure!" Adele said looking very cheery.
I continued practicing until dinner and did some more studies after my dinner in mother's study. I was doing some reading until my mother came in telling me I should sleep, so I did.
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The next 2 days I continuously shot my arrows, collected and repeated until I hit bullseye every shot I took.
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<*ping*>
Skills [Bow mastery] and [Perfect aim] have reached 20%.
Warning: when aiming you may find your vision becomes sharper until your shot is taken.
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'Great now I can move onto the next stage of training as this seems at a good point to switch methods.' I thought on my way walking towards Adele whim was sitting down asleep. She obviously got bored waiting and watching.
Stepping up to Adele I poked her head with my tail which woke her up startled, instantly drawing her hands to her head.
"What was that for?!" She asked switching her vision from my eyes to tail and back. She lifted up her hand moving my tail away while laughing nervously.
"Well you were sleeping so I needed a way to wake you up and this seemed most effective. Anyway I'm ready for the next training method." I said yawning.
"Riiight.." Adele said. "Okay we are going to start stage two right away then. This time the target will simply just be moving left to right. Just hit bullseye like before."
Adele walked over to the target and cast a spell on the target then making it move side to side slowly.
"Once you hit bullseye and your alright with hitting the bullseye multiple times in a row with the target moving this speed tell me and I'll increase the speed."
"Alright got it thanks." I said walking back up to the line.
I pulled an arrow from my quiver and drew back my bow's string. I felt my vision grow sharper along side the rest of my senses, it felt like the surroundings became slower. Looking at the target it looked like it was moving slower than I could walk, even a slug could move faster. I released my fingers from the string letting the arrow fly. I hit the bullseye with ease. I did that for the rest of the arrows that were inside my quiver, all of which hit the bullseye.
"Hey Adele, can you make it go faster it's too slow?" I asked scratching my head.
"What! Already?!"
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