Side Story: Enter the Dragonoid! By Aria, The Goddess of Creation – part 1
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After the end of the Denar'an Trials, the RabbitKind King was talking with Seya in his Throne Room. A majestic and traditional room, with the King, sited high up on his wooden and steel throne, on top of five steps. The central part of the room where Cemil, Sully, Null and Seya where standing, was surrounded by majestic columns that supported the high levels. Engraved on those columns, Seya noticed many faces with crowns and armour. Former Kings, he supposed. On the right side of the Throne, with one hand resting on top of the headboard, was a real size statue of Taly Denar’an. On the left side, also with a hand rested, there was Rocyn Denar’an.
It was like the two Legendary Ancestors were showing their support to the King sited on the chair. It really hit Seya that his own father was not only an adoptive brother of the King and Sully Denar’an, he was also their real brother.
The King smiled at Seya, feeling very proud of his amazing nephew. “Seya, tomorrow I will choose the Rabbit Warriors for you to teach. Today I just want to introduce you to some of my Advisors and let you rest until dinner, okay?”
When the King said those words, as if responding to some hidden command, an Elderly RabbitKind appeared from behind one of the columns. “My King, you summoned me?”
Seya was intrigued by the sudden appearance of this RabbitKind. He felt an enormous amount of Magic and he immediately started to analyse him.
Following the path of the Magic Flow, Seya sensed it was coming from the ground, it engulfed this strange RabbitKind and the Magic then returned to the ground. It was like the World itself was gently greeting him.
“||…Oh...so...much Magic Flow is going to him... who is he? ...||"
The Advisor sensed Seya analysis and he suddenly turned to him. “And why is this little one here sensing my Magic Flow?”
“What? Did you notice? How?”
“Let's just say that you are not the only one with strange Magic...”
As soon as the RabbitKind said that, the Magic Flow around him acted as if it had a life of its own. It started going up, like a shadow that instead of reflecting on the ground, went up. And on the very top, Seya saw a Dragonoid head forming.
Seya looked at the enormous eye made by the Magic Flow, and when he looked back at the RabbitKind eyes, he saw the same determination and Seya whispered after a quick thought, “||…Such a menacing amount of Magic...|| “Dragonoid... a Dragonoid... so cool...”
The RabbitKind King heard Seya mumbling, but he didn’t understand. “What did you say, Seya?”
“Nothing... I just... Who are you?”
“I am the Royal Advisor, Eriban. Nice to meet you, young Seya 'Taly' Denar'an Hinamoto!”
When the RabbitKind introduced himself, the Magic Flow that was forming the Dragonoid head went back to him, and Seya immediately understood. “Advisor Eriban... Of the RabbitKind... It's an honour.”
“I was very surprised with those new Dark Magics that you showed here. Who taught you that?”
“No one...”
As soon as Seya said that, he immediately sensed his own Magic Flow being analysed. It seemed that this Dragonoid disguised as a RabbitKind was carefully seeing what Attributes Seya was able to use. “And it seems that you can also use other Attributes! You were truly blessed by the Goddess! I won't take more of your time. If you wish, we can talk more, later. I am curious about you, young one.”
“Yes... me too...”
Seya was so surprised by this disguised Dragonoid, that he couldn’t take his eyes off him, even when he was going back to behind the column from where he first appeared.
Seya was still thinking what a Dragonoid was doing there when a sudden wake-up call made him avert his eyes. “Seya, I have more people to introduce to you, don’t space out like that!”
“Of course, my King!”
…
At night, in Seya’s bedroom, Seya was still thinking of the events during the day. Even after all that happened, he was still wondering about the disguised Dragonoid.
While Seya was sitting in his room provided by the King, he sensed the same amount of Magic coming from the other side of his room door.
Knock, knock, knock!
“One moment... Oh, Advisor Eriban! What can I do for you?”
“Young Seya, I just wanted to talk a little more with you, if possible.”
“Of course, please enter.”
“Thank you, young one. I noticed before that you seemed like you wanted to ask me something, so I came here.”
“Yes... why is a Dragonoid with a RabbitKind appearance doing here?”
Eriban smiled. “So, I wasn’t mistaken. You could see my Magic Flow Dragonoid form... You were the first, on all these Millennia, to notice that. You are truly remarkable, young Seya.”
“You didn’t answer my question, Master Dragonoid Eriban...”
“Oh, you know well the proper greeting... Good... But continue on calling me Advisor Eriban, will you? I don’t want my cover to be found out.”
“Of course, Advisor Eriban. But can you answer my question? I am rather curious about this situation.”
“Have you ever heard of the Four Dragonoid Protectors?”
As soon as Seya heard that, his Gift of memory kicked in. Seya started to remember a book that his mother read to him when he was four years old. It was a book of the Legend of the Dragonoids, the Protectors of the four Races, carefully created and chosen by the Goddess herself.
“I once saw a book about that. They are Elder Dragonoids, entirely made of Magic that for the last 10.000 years have been protecting the four major Races, Humans, BeastKind, Elfians and Dwarfs. They are considered as the Goddess’ Hands.”
“You know well your history. Let me introduce myself again. I am the Elder Earth Dragonoid Eriban, Protector of the BeastKind.”
Seya was stunned. He was in fact, face to face with the oldest being that he ever met, in all his life, including his Earth life! “... Amazing... but... Why is Master Dragonoid Eriban telling me his true identity?”
“Because, young Seya, I can recognize a Great Sage when I meet one. You are the Great Sage of this Era, are you not?”
Seya immediately was put on the defensive by the sudden question, but because he thought it was too soon to acknowledge such an obvious fact, he preferred doing what he always did when cornered, he didn’t say anything and his facial expression was like of a statue, with no emotion at all.
“I see... You don’t need to answer, of course. I have an offer for you, young Seya, that I am sure will help you in your future.”
“I am listening, Master Dragonoid Eriban.”
“I want to invite you to visit the Dragonoid Island. There, I will show you our Ancient Dragonoid Library, filled with the History of this World, since its creation. In there, there's also some Ancient Magics that you can study, that I think will help you in the task that the Goddess granted you. What do you say?”
Seya had his mouth wide open. “That's an honour that I don't know if I deserve! But... it's a one-time visit? Because I suppose there's so much to see and learn, I would need to stay there for a long time or visit the Dragonoid Island from time to time, for the next years!”
“I understand... Okay, you can come and go as you please. I think that I just need to take you there one time, right? On the next time, you will be able to go there with your own Dark Magic, correct?”
“Yes, I can do that.”
“Later on, I will introduce you to the other three Protectors. I just need to warn you one thing. Besides us four, it would be better if you don't interact much with the younger Dragonoids. They don't like Humans. And despite the fact that you are half RabbitKind, your appearance it's of a Human.”
Seya made a slight frown, not completely understanding what he heard. “Are those younger Dragonoids aggressive?”
“They could be. I would prefer if you only got in trouble with them after you learn some Ancient Magics that could help you in case a battle occurs with one of the younger ones.”
“I see... I will do as Master Dragonoid Eriban advises.”
“Good, shall we go then? … “Door!”
With these words, a strange Dark mist started to form from a single Dark point. It started to spread its clutches like a living organism and it soon was the size of a door.
A scaring door, completely black, with rough edges, that surprised Seya. “Oh, similar to my Gateway Magic, it seems.”
“Not really. Yours is more beautiful, actually. You can create an actual door, since one can see on the other side, to where one is going. On mine, you can see only Darkness.”
“I see... This one is scarier, actually.”
“Well, follow me then!”
- Writer
