Side Story: Hunting in the Eternal Forest by Aria, The Goddess of Creation – part 1.1
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With a ferocious roar, the wolf ran towards the Princess trying to make her fall with his weight. That was a bad move, because of his injured paw, he was slower. The Princess started to run also and she suddenly jumped above him, made a flip with her body while swinging her sword to the wolf’s head beneath her.
Plof!
“There, one wolf without is head. Who’s next? Oh, so many... seems that I am surrounded... Oh, poor me, all alone in this big forest”
Seya was surprised by the Princess’ amazing movement, but he was already prepared with his Magic running underneath the soil making a perfect circle around the Princess, with all the wolves on top of his underground Magic.
“||... Dig a big trench... under... now! ...||”
Plof! Cain...Cain...Cain...
Suddenly, the ground beneath the wolves disappeared, making them fall in a circular trench with five meters deep.
In the centre, high above the danger, was a smiling victorious little Princess, looking at them. “Oh, you caught them all!”
“Seems like it. Now, a small fire on this trench to suffocate them all... let me just put a cover on top made of wood... and now we wait.”
Seya had already thought of a plan to kill the wolves without damaging their fur. He made a fire in a part of the circular trench that he then covered up with a wooden lid made with Earth Magic. The fire would consume all the oxygen inside that trench, killing the wolves without a single damage to the precious wolf fur.
Rolland approached them, dragging by their paws two dead wolves. “I caught these two that tried to run away. How are things in here?”
The Princess pointed to the trap near her. “All done. There are a lot of them on this hole that Seya covered with this thing made of wood.”
“I have set a small fire under there, we just need to wait for them to suffocate and die.”
Rolland smiled. “Seems that we made a nice catch. We just need to take the fur out of them and sell it.”
Princess Heiji made a throw-up face. “Can I be excused of that part? It sounds disgusting...”
Rolland nodded with a smile. “Of course, Princess. We take care of that tomorrow. You were great, Princess! You are well trained.”
“Thank you! I have been working hard like big brother told me, I have been training with a sword and a dagger to not rely only on Magic! I am going to be an amazing fighter when I grow up!”
“I believe you will be if you continue training. Now Seya, when those wolves die can you put them all on that Dark Magic of yours?”
“Of course, father. Let me start with those that father has... and this one that the Princess killed... and his head... done.”
Using is other Dark Magic, one called Compressed Dimension, Seya threw in there the Wolves that his father carried and the one that lost his match against the Princess.
This Magic was also an original Magic of Seya. As the name indicated it was a Magic Space made with Light Magic to open it and Dark Magic inside, that then created an almost infinite space compressed so many times, that anything put in there would just be compressed also. It was perfect for carrying animals that Seya hunted, that’s why he created that Magic when he was still very young.
Princess Heiji remembered one thing. “Can I have the fur of the one I killed? I want to keep it as a souvenir!”
Seya raised one eyebrow. “Are you sure? If the King finds out, it will be hard to explain!”
“Yeah... Can you keep it for me, Seya? I want to show that fur and tell this story to my daughter when I grow up!”
“Oh, you have already decided on a daughter? What about a son?”
“So that he turns out crazy like you? No thanks!”
Rolland laughed by that straightforward answer. “Ahahahah!”
…
After leaving his father on the Guards Sentry Office, Seya opened another Gateway to take the Princess back to her bedroom without anyone noticing it.
But someone had been watching over them all this time and was waiting for them. “Well, you are back, little Princess. Seems that no one noticed that you weren't sleeping.”
When Princess Heiji entered her room through the Gateway, she noticed an unknown visitor. “Seya... why there is a little girl seated on my bed looking at you?”
“Oops... ah... Hello...”
“Hello young Seya. I hope you had a lot of fun...”
Seya was petrified. The Goddess herself was sitting on the Princess’ bed in her little girl form that he knew so well, looking at him while giving a scaring smile. And with darkness on her eyes that Seya knew immediately that he was in danger. A serious danger.
Princess Heije asked with a puzzled look. “Who are you, little girl? And what are doing in my room?”
“Hello, little Princess. You are very cute in those clothes. Do you mind if I talk a little with that crazy boy over there?”
Princess Heiji smiled hearing someone else besides her, saying that Seya didn’t play with all his marbles, without realizing the danger that he was facing. “Seya, she knows you very well!”
“.... Is something wrong?”
“Despite the fact that you took my little Princess over here on a hunt that could have killed her?”
Princess Heiji frowned, that was sounding weird. “But it all went well! I am very strong! I was never in danger!”
“Yes, you were! I had to take some bears out of your way. I didn’t have to do that if this stupid brat didn’t take you with him!”
Seya gulped and remained in silence while shaking a lot, staring at the serious look of the Goddess. “Seya, stupid Seya... Do you realize that this little Princess is the heir to this Kingdom? Do you have any idea of the work that I had to do to put her parents together so that she could be born?”
“Well... Some years ago, she could have died because of that nasty fall. I don’t remember seeing you near her bed, at that time...”
As soon as Seya said that, he regretted it. That little girl seemed like a normal girl, but she was the Deity of that World, the one that made it possible for Seya to be born in there. Because of her gentle and harmful appearance sometimes Seya forgets who she really was. And he did that mistake again...
“Seya come here. Bend over... a little more... close your eyes and clench your teeth’s. Don’t you dare to move!”
The little girl approached Seya who was already prepared for a full knock out and she threw her small fist to Seya’s face.
He flew throughout the room because of the force of the impact and hit the wall behind him.
Pummmm!
Princess Heiji was surprised, she never saw anyone being thrown like that, just by a punch. “What did you do? Seya! Wake up!”
The Goddess poured Magic on the fainted Seya, to awake him. “Let me do that... there! A small amount of Healing Magic. Does it still hurt?”
“... Yes... Ouch...”
“Good! If you ever pull a stunt like this again and I have to save her, I am going to kill you! And the next time that you try to scold me for not intervening in time, I am going to make you reborn as a Jumping Mouse!”
“Yes... but it’s better if you just kill me now. I am going to take her again, she needs to learn how to protect herself.”
“Argh! So annoying this brat! Even after I warned you! She doesn’t need to learn how to be crazy like you! She is a Princess! She has people to protect her! Including me!”
At that moment, Seya felt anger blowing inside him. Anger that not even his fear of the Goddess could stop. He just wanted his sister to be safe! Even if she needed to defend herself in an emergency!
“Last time when she almost died, no one protected her! Not even the Goddess! And I can't always be with her! What will happen if some enemy tries to kill her and you are too late to help her? And I am not near her? I don't want my Little Sister to be hurt, ever again! I will do anything to make her strong! No one will dare to harm her!”
“Big brother...”
The Goddess made a gentle as she tapped his hands. “I see. Seems that you really care for her, like she was really your own sister. Little Princess, you got here a very kind brother. Be good to him, okay? And grow up wise and kind. Your people deserve it. Don't forget your prayers, I am always listening to you, okay? Seya, I will be watching you, like always.”
“Yes. Thank you, my Goddess!”
Flash! Bum!
Princess Heiji was surprised, she finally understood who that little girl was. And why Seya was so afraid of her. “Goddess? She... she was the Goddess? The real one? And she was here? How is this possible? But she was just a little girl!”
“You heard her, right? She was mad with me for putting you in a dangerous situation. Seems that she has been watching over you even before you were born. Better you don't tell anyone about the Goddess, okay?”
“Of course! No one would believe me, so... but how does she know you so well?”
“This was not the first time that she punched or scolded me. In fact, I think that she never appeared to me to say hello or thanking me for something! Sometimes I think that she really likes to mess with me!”
“Ahahahah! I just remembered the way you hit that wall with just a punch of a little girl!”
“Ouch, don't remind me... it still hurts...”
- Writer
