
“Today we will spend the night here!”
“Good..”.
It was already evening, a bright yellow twilight light began to spread throughout the sky replacing the bright blue color of the eyes, the combination of colors produced a soothing scene, soaking, see the moment when the light starts falling in the darkness.
Elena and the dragon god, stopping by the small clear river bank, decided to rest and spend the night there.
“Ummm I will collect firewood...”.
Elena immediately put down her luggage and took the initiative to collect wood as fuel to load the campfire, with a faint expression of face he began to pick up dry branches scattered nearby.
It seemed that Elena was still unable to forget the incident that had happened to her earlier, it still seemed obvious sadness on her face, yet she tried not to think too much about it now.
The dragon god let Elena do her job, and she immediately formed her red sword and went to the river to hunt for fish.
After a while Elena had finally collected enough firewood, she took it to the camp and immediately set up a campfire before sunset.
Elena piled some wood into one and placed small stones on the edge of it in a circular fashion as a barrier, after everything was done, Elena took out a pair of small daggers in her bag.
“Huhaaa... huhaaa...”.
As Elena clasped the dagger, her hands began to tremble, and her breathing began to pant, she again imagined the moment she took the life of someone with both hands.
But as soon as she tried to control herself, Elena began to re-regulate her breathing while closing her eyes.
After she calmed down, Elena went to the pile of wood she had prepared
preceding.
“Haaahhhh.
Cheess~
He took a deep breath and tried to get the fear out of his mind, elena then started banging the two daggers in her hands so strongly that they produced a big enough spark.
Elena repeated the action continuously until the sparks began to hit the firewood and at once the smoke appeared, the fire was finally lit very quickly and burned the wood
those.
“Eh?"
As Elena turned towards her index finger as she was a little surprised, there was a small scratch that caused fresh blood to flow out, Elena did not realize that her index finger had been injured, it was probably caused by the dagger that slashed at him the moment he hit him earlier.
Elena immediately gulped the blood flowing on her index finger, and in the blink of an eye the wound that had imprinted on her hand had regenerated completely to the point of leaving no marks at all.
“Elena, is the bonfire ready?”
“Ah, right, I have lit a bonfire sir...”.
Not long after the dragon god came back with some fish that had been caught, then Elena immediately cleaned the fish and put it on the bonfire.
The day had turned dark and the moonlight was shining brightly above the sky, Elena and the dragon god were sitting in front of the campfire while waiting for their food to ripen.
“What's Elena?”
“Ah, not nothing...”.
“I'm just daydreaming..”
Seeing the pensive Elena staring at the bonfire, the dragon god called out to her, and when Elena was surprised to hear the call, she responded in a stammer.
“You must be exhausted, eat this!”
“Te-thank you very much..”.
Then the dragon god gave her a baked fish that had matured, Elena accepted it with pleasure.
“Don't be too sorry for something that has happened!”
“Because it will overload your mind!”
“I'm sorry...”
The dragon god advised Elena not to feel overwhelmed by her trauma, Elena listened to him quietly while bowing her head.
“Elena rest!”
“We will continue the journey tomorrow!”
“Ah good...”.
A little while later Elena had finished eating her food, then the dragon god immediately told her to rest because Elena looked very tired, with a slow tone Elena also obeyed the order.
Elena laid herself down near the bonfire and began to close her eyes, while the dragon god was still awake and watching the surroundings.
The night continued, darkness had dominated the entire place, there was only the moon that became a lantern in silence.
When Elena was asleep, the dragon god mash woke up from his sleep, he looked up at the starry sky with his flat face.
Grsskkk~
Suddenly a loud voice came from behind the bushes, the dragon god immediately turned his gaze towards the voice.
Then the dragon god saw a shadow resembling a fox with fiery red eyes, he immediately sharpened his gaze.
Not long after the fox came out of the bushes, there was nothing strange about the fox, only it had 9 tails fluttering in the air.
“Are you Shikigami?”
The fox immediately sat quietly before the dragon god, and he asked the fox in a soft tone, but there was no answer from him.
The fox bit a bamboo in its mouth, then it put the piece of bamboo on the ground and in a blink of an eye it disappeared into shadow.
The dragon god immediately got up from his seat and took the piece of bamboo, he saw a paper scroll inside, then the dragon god took the scroll and read it.
After he finished looking at the contents of the letter, he returned to his seat.
The next day they went back on their way, Elena and the dragon god walked through the dense forest, around them there are large lush trees with overgrown with various kinds of outstretched plants that dangle like yarn.
“Elena stop!”
“Huh?”
Suddenly the dragon god told Elena to stop, right in front of them were two gigantic trees growing parallel, and, the branches of the trees grew connected to each other forming a gate that looked very natural, but strangely the path they passed was also cut right in front of the two trees.
Behind the gate were only shady trees filling the place, there was no other route they could take, this was truly a dead end.
“Log in...”.
“Eh?”
Suddenly Elena heard a whisper from someone telling her to go inside, which surprised Elena, then she saw some specks of green, blue, light, and yellow flew around him.
“Come in, red-hooded girl..”.
Elena heard the whisper again, and this time it was very clear to her, she turned to the dragon god, but she acted as if she had heard nothing.
Then the specks of light began to spread towards the gate and his spirit disappeared just like that, without him knowing slowly his feet began to step towards the gate.
“Elena!”
“That light...”
The dragon god who saw him immediately followed Elena, but this time he did not
stopping him, the two of them continued walking towards the gate and instantly a light emanated from within the gate covered their sight.
“What is this place?”
As Elena opened her eyes she was startled by the vast expanse of grass, there was only a green scene adorning the surroundings, the strong gale of wind making for a refreshing cool atmosphere.
“Welcome to Alfheim!”
Then the specks of light began to shine brightly and slowly formed a shape resembling a woman, the women had a pair of wings similar to a butterfly on her back, the color of their dresses was different which symbolized one of the elements of life, they welcomed the arrival of Elena and the dragon god with great pleasure.
“Gift...”
“It's nice to meet you, dragon god!”
The dragon god seemed to know the fairy, and so did they, the fairy also saluted the dragon god with great respect.
“Peri?”
“True, we are the nation of fairies!”
Elena seemed to be puzzled by the current situation, as she had never seen a fairy before.
“You are the chosen one O holy girl!”
“Eh, me?”
Suddenly the elf said a shocking thing to Elena, and it left her a little confused.
“That's right, you are our new queen candidate!”
“Queen?”
Elena was increasingly clueless as to what the elf said, in the moment when she suddenly met the elves and became a candidate queen for them.
“Queen Peri is a girl who is the leader of the fairies!”
“He was the mother figure to the fairies who created living beings and kept the balance of nature, but his existence is never seen again!”
“Quickly!”
“The queen of fairies has long since died, and now she has reincarnated back into the body of a girl!”
Then the dragon god explained it to Elena, and slowly Elena began to understand what he was saying.
“Ta-but why should I?”
“Because you are the girl who has the soul fragment belonging to the fairy queen!”
When Elena asked why it was she who should be chosen, instantly the tiu elf answered her excitedly, there was not the slightest doubt in her heart.
“Be-really?”
“Yes, allow us to escort you to the tree of life place!”
“Ba-fine...”.
After a long conversation, the fairies finally drove them to a place.Elena and the dragon god walked down the meadow with the fairies, all around them there were many herds of wild animals running around and birds with colorful feathers flying over the sky, what an amazing sight.
“Look!”
“That?”
After they walked for a while, suddenly one of the fairies pointed forward, which stunned Elena.
“It was the tree of life!”
“Waahh..
What was ahead was a gigantic tree of enormous size, it grew towered like a mountain, its thick leaves clumped up in the sky like green clouds.
At the top of the tree was a building that looked like a very magnificent palace, perhaps it was a residence for the fairies in Alfheim.
“Ah...”.
They continued to walk up to the tree of life, there was a bunch of little birds flying near Elena, seeing that Elena stretched out her hand trying to grab them, finally, the birds began to perch on Elena's fingertips and shoulders.
They looked very docile before Elena, the dragon god only looked at her with a flat expression as usual, while the fairies smiled cheerfully watching that.
“We're here!”
Finally they stopped right in front of the big tree, Elena was surprised to see two large mounds lined up like a gate in front of them, one of the mounds is a large stone that has been mossed while the other looks like a tree embankment that has died with overgrown tendrils wrapped around it.
“Ah they are Guardian of Nature!”
“They are in charge of protecting the tree of life to keep it safe from harm!”
“Be-so...”
Then the fairies explained to Elena about the two mounds, they bliang that it was the guardian of the tree of life, but it seemed like they were only active when danger came.
“Look!”
“Your majesty has returned!”
Suddenly a group of other fairies started coming towards them, the fairies flew very quickly from above the sky and landed right before Elena and the dragon god.
“Welcome back your majesty!”
“We've been waiting for you back!!”
“And glad to meet you Dragon God Ozario.”.
Then the fairies scattered and bowed to Elena and the dragon god, with happy expressions, welcoming Elena like their own family.
“Eh, ummm..”.
“Bless your face!”
“Good..”.
Elena became a little nervous about it, but she knew what to do to them, and Elena told the fairies to raise their heads.
Finally the fairies stood up, although Elena felt a little awkward but she also felt happy to have been greeted by them.
“Alright we will escort you inside!”
The elves immediately lined up giving way to Elena and the dragon god while
bowing his head, suddenly there appeared a road uphill towards the top of the tree.
“Please pass here!”
“Good..”.
The transparent path like a glass was stretching connecting them to the top of the palace which was on top of the tree, Slowly Elena and the dragon god started walking towards that place.
The cold air started to pierce their skin, even the clouds were now under their feet, the dragon god and Elena continued walking until they finally arrived in front of the castle gate.
Then the dragon god and Elena entered the castle, immediately they were presented with a very beautiful view, a room that was so spacious and magnificent with flowers that decorated the room like a garden, so spoil the eyes.
“Please sit down your honor..”
In front of them was an empty throne, then the fairy invited Elena to sit there as a sign of their queen's return.
“Ah sorry, looks like I want to rest!”
“Once...”.
“Alright we will prepare a room for you..”.
“Thank you very much.”
Elena refused the offer on the grounds that she wanted to rest, but the real reason was because she wanted to honor the dragon god and let him sit in the throne, then the fairy immediately guided Elena towards the room while the dragon god sat on the throne in her place.
“Please enjoy your time!"
“Good.”
Elena rested in her room.