Vol.3 Ch.208 I Miss My Mom.


    <span ss="userText">"Why did you want to look at that thing anyway? It''s just<span ss="aiText"> a regr contract," Quinus said.


    Rya was concentrating on the blood contract, as her eyes started adjusting to the magic particles floating through the parchment.


    <span ss="userText">"I want to know what kind of Blood Contract it is and its potency, Quin. I think you have<span ss="aiText"> a rare kind of Blood Contract," Rya said.


    <span ss="aiText">"I highly doubt that. It was just a standard contract. Nothing fancy<span ss="editText">,<span ss="aiText">" Quinus said.


    "Why do you say that? Do you even know how potent this Blood Contract is?" Rya asked.


    "Of course, I know how potent it is... Back home in the Royal Vault, there''s a crate full of those same pieces of paper that you are holding. I don''t know much about the history behind them, but my ancestors used to use them a lot."


    <span ss="aiText">"So, you don''t know where your ancestors got the Contracts?" Rya asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Well... There was an old kingdom in the east, that tried to invade Fiafyr during the early years of<span ss="aiText"> our founding. <span ss="userText">They lost the war and the east coast joined Fiafyr. My <span ss="aiText">ancestors found the<span ss="aiText"> blood contracts from the conquered kingdom," Quinus exined.


    <span ss="userText">"Who created the blood contracts in the first ce<span ss="aiText">?" Rya asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Well, they... Um<span ss="aiText">... <span ss="userText">You know? I don''t know to be honest... Does anyone know<span ss="aiText"> where blood contractse from?" Quinus asked<span ss="userText"> the rest of the carriage.


    <span ss="userText">Tayna and Johan just shrugged<span ss="aiText"> their shoulders.


    <span ss="aiText">Percy <span ss="userText">shook his head while Dalia was asleep.


    <span ss="userText">Nieren looked like she was thinking<span ss="aiText">, <span ss="userText">but wasn''t<span ss="aiText"> sure.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana was the one who answered.


    "Blood Contracts are made on the Lumen Fae continent... T-They are created by High Elven Clerics... From what I was told..."


    <span ss="editText">Everyone''s <span ss="aiText">head<span ss="editText">s<span ss="aiText"> shot up at this information.


    <span ss="aiText">"High Elves?" Rya repeated.


    "Yes. From what I remember... A few high elves traveled to other continents and sold their services to the human kingdoms about a millennia ago. I don''t know if they still do. I-I haven''t seen a high elf since my husband left us before my kingdom fell..." Yuliana said in a quiet voice. Nieren looked at her mother with sadness and anger. Her father had much to answer for.


    <span ss="userText">Rya''s face softened, "I''m sorry... I didn''t mean to bring up any painful memories. But I need to ask... Did your husband use a blood contract on Nieren?"


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana''s <span ss="userText">head snapped towards Rya while everyone else who was awake<span ss="aiText"> stared at her.


    <span ss="aiText">"I-I don''t know.<span ss="editText">..<span ss="aiText"> I-I don''t think he did<span ss="editText">. Why are you asking, Lady Rya<span ss="aiText">," Yuliana answered<span ss="userText"> as she sat on the edge of her seat.


    <span ss="userText">Rya looked over at Nieren<span ss="aiText"> who looked confused.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Nieren... I think we should tell your mother about your mana vein<span ss="aiText">," Rya said.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana looked between the two women.


    <span ss="aiText">"W-What are you talking about? My daughter <span ss="userText">is perfectly healthy<span ss="aiText">. Is she not?" Yuliana asked.


    "Oh, no, no. She is healthy. But what I''m about to tell you all needs to be kept a secret. Can everyone agree to that?" Rya asked as she looked around the cabin.


    <span ss="aiText">Tayna<span ss="userText"> looked at Johan<span ss="aiText"> and nodded. Percy <span ss="userText">had a questioning look.


    "Have you kept this secret from His Highness?" Percy asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">This is something Rya told me, Percy. I believe Dalia and Nieren both know<span ss="aiText"> as well," <span ss="editText">Quinus <span ss="userText">reassured his retainer<span ss="aiText">.


    <span ss="aiText">Percy just nodded.


    <span ss="aiText">"Alright. But, mydy. How is this information going to help us? What do the high elves have to do with anything?" Percy asked.


    <span ss="userText">Rya reached in between her cleavage to pull out the demonic-looking monocle and held it out for everyone to see.


    <span ss="userText">"So I need to give you all a bit of a backstory before<span ss="aiText"> we begin. <span ss="userText">This is an artifact that I created with the help of Nieren and Dalia. It''s called a Seer Stone. And it lets me see what type of mana vein everyone has," Rya<span ss="aiText"> exined.


    <span ss="userText">The four of them couldn''t believe what<span ss="aiText"> they were hearing.


    <span ss="aiText">"Are you serious?" Johan asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"Yeah.<span ss="userText">.. That''s how I knew you were an Illusion Mage with an Elite ranked mana vein,"<span ss="aiText"> Rya answered.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">What!? What is my level, Lady Rya!" Percy<span ss="aiText"> shouted<span ss="userText">, causing Dalia to wake<span ss="aiText"> up.


    <span ss="userText">"Gamma!? I was sleeping<span ss="aiText">," Daliained.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Ah! Come here, Dalia... I''m sorry, I wanted to know what level my<span ss="aiText"> mana vein was," Percy exined<span ss="userText"> as he hugged her.


    <span ss="aiText">Dalia looked at Percy''s eyes and could see that he was curious. She just sighed.


    <span ss="aiText">"Alright, alright,<span ss="userText"> but keep it down... I''m really tired for some reason<span ss="aiText">," Dalia said<span ss="userText"> with a yawn.


    <span ss="aiText">"Don''t worry... Just go back to sleep, my love," Percy said.


    <span ss="aiText">Dalia''s ears perked up when Percy called her his love.<span ss="userText"> She nuzzled<span ss="aiText"> against him and fell back asleep.


    <span ss="userText">''Aw!<span ss="aiText"> That was so cute,'' Rya thought.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Lady Rya?" Percy<span ss="aiText"> asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"Right... Um, your mana vein is <span ss="userText">strange.<span ss="aiText"> I''ve never seen it before. But your mana vein<span ss="editText"> level<span ss="aiText"> is a<span ss="editText">n <span ss="editText">Elite<span ss="aiText">," Rya said.


    <span ss="aiText">Percy <span ss="userText">was excited to know<span ss="aiText"> that his mana vein was at a higher tier.<span ss="userText"> But he wasn''t sure what she meant by<span ss="aiText"> ''strange''.


    <span ss="aiText">"What do you mean by my mana vein is ''strange''?" Percy asked.


    Rya was a bit nervous, "Well... A person''s mana vein runs along their spine, and what makes a person a mage are these smaller veins thate out of your mana vein. They run through the rest of your body and this is what makes it possible to cast spells... But then there''s your mana vein, Percy. It sorta has those mage veins that areing off the mana vein, but instead of having them go throughout your body it''s running along your mana vein and spine."


    <span ss="aiText">"So, <span ss="userText">that isn''t normal?<span ss="aiText"> So does that mean I can''t use spells<span ss="editText"> or am I only a Maja<span ss="aiText">?" Percy asked.


    "I don''t know... You have two different sets of them wrapping around your mana vein. So I''m not sure if you can even use magic. But one of them looks like electricity is pulsing through it while the other has a dark shadowiness," Rya said.


    <span ss="userText">Percy was dumbfounded<span ss="aiText">.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">What the<span ss="aiText"> hell does that mean? Does that mean, I''m some sort of freak of nature?" Percy asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"No... But it makes you a very powerful man, Percy<span ss="editText">... I''ll see if I can find out what you can do in the future<span ss="aiText">," Rya said with a smirk.


    Percy was speechless as he tried to process everything that he just learned. He really wanted to know what the hell was going on with his mana vein.


    Quinus on the other hand, had an idea of what one of the strange veins might be, "Percy? I think I know what one of those things might be... You know about your mother, right?"


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">About her being your wet nurse<span ss="aiText">?" Percy asked.


    "W-What!? No!... I don''t mean that!... I meant... Your mother is an assassin. She was one of the best in Agon... I think the veins you have running alongside your mana vein are from her," Quinus said.


    Percy looked at Quinus with a questioning look as he tried to recall thest time he saw his mother and father. He was eight years old at the time and he was watching a sparring match between Quinus and Sir George. His mother told him about how she needed to travel north to destroy the Assassin Society. So they would stop trying to hunt her down. His Father was joining her and would be gone until they finished their goal. But that was ten years ago.


    <span ss="userText">"So you think it gives me some assassin<span ss="aiText">''s <span ss="editText">abilities<span ss="aiText">," Percy said.


    "Yeah... That would be my guess and for the other one? I''m not sure... Maybe it has something to do with your father?... I mean, he was the best knight in all the Kingdom... I hope they are doing okay... It''s been ten years, right?" Quinus asked.


    "Yeah... They have a lot to answer for when I find them... For all I know, they could be dead... But, it doesn''t matter right now. What is it about these, blood contracts that have to do with this Seer Stone and Lady Nieren''s mana vein?" Percy asked.


    <span ss="aiText">Rya <span ss="userText">nodded and decided to get back on track, even though she was more curious about Percy''s parents. S<span ss="aiText">he will have to ask him at ater date to get some answers.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Okay. So when I tested out the Seer Stone, I noticed these strange rune-like seals on Nieren''s<span ss="aiText"> mana vein.<span ss="userText"> And I couldn''t see them without the artifact. So, I was able to heal them and it took a lot of my mana to<span ss="aiText"> do it. <span ss="userText">And once it was removed, Nieren''s Mana Vein level went from being a Grand Master to a Demi-god," Rya<span ss="aiText"> said.


    <span ss="editText">Yuliana''s<span ss="aiText"> mouth dropped and <span ss="editText">s<span ss="aiText">he looked over at <span ss="editText">her daughter<span ss="aiText">. <span ss="userText">Her green eyes looked starry as she held both of her hands together.


    <span ss="aiText">"M-My Nieren... <span ss="userText">Y-You''re a Demi-god<span ss="aiText">!?" Yuliana eximed.


    <span ss="aiText">Nieren was shocked,<span ss="userText"> she''d never seen this side of her mother before.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Um. Mom? You''re scaring<span ss="aiText"> me. Please calm down," Nieren begged her mother.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana shook her head<span ss="userText"> before she jumped up to hug her daughter.


    <span ss="aiText">"O-Oh my! I-I''m sorry, Nieren... But my sweet baby is a Demi-god! A DEMI-GOD!" Yuliana shouted in joy.


    <span ss="aiText">Nieren looked over at Rya for help, but Rya just gave her an ''I''m sorry, but I can''t do anything about this'' look.


    <span ss="userText">"If only I knew you could have saved our kingdom—" Yuliana halted herself when she realized that her daughter couldn''t help at the time<span ss="aiText">.<span ss="userText"> Someone had done something to her daughter without her<span ss="aiText"> knowing.


    <span ss="aiText">"Who did this, Nieren?" Yuliana asked<span ss="userText"> as she grabbed the sides of Nieren''s head and looked<span ss="aiText"> her in the eyes.


    <span ss="aiText">"M-Mo<span ss="userText">m?<span ss="aiText"> What''s going on? Why are you acting this way? Why is everyone staring at us?" Nieren asked as she tried to get her mother''s hands off her head.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana<span ss="userText"> didn''t let go<span ss="aiText">.


    <span ss="aiText">"Mom! <span ss="userText">I don''t know! I never<span ss="aiText"> knew my mana vein <span ss="userText">was sealed<span ss="aiText">!" Nieren shouted.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana''s expression changed to sadness as she loosened her grip.


    <span ss="aiText">"N-Nieren? W-Was I a bad mother?" Yuliana asked.


    <span ss="aiText">The cabin became silent.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">What!? No<span ss="aiText">!<span ss="userText">... You are a little overprotective<span ss="aiText">, but that doesn''t make you a bad mother... Why would you ask me that?" Nieren asked.


    <span ss="aiText">Yuliana had tears in her eyes, "Why didn''t I notice someone had sealed your mana vein...<span ss="userText">"


    <span ss="userText">Rya was feeling ufortable seeing a 400-year-old<span ss="aiText"> elf cry like a baby.


    ''Ah, crap! This is too much! I need to say something. Or this is going to be a cliche from a drama in an anime or a TV show,'' Rya thought.


    "Okay. Enough! You are making it more dramatic than it needs to be, Yuliana. I was hoping you knew how Nieren''s mana vein got sealed because it prevented her from using her Mage Veins as well. That''s why she couldn''t use the green word or her light magic," Rya stated.


    <span ss="userText">Yuliana looked at Rya in shock<span ss="aiText">.


    "Did you say Light Magic!? Nieren can use light magic?..." Yuliana asked Rya as she was making sure she wasn''t hearing things.


    <span ss="aiText">"Ye<span ss="userText">s, <span ss="userText">Nieren''s a Light Mage on top of being able to use<span ss="aiText">the Green Word," Rya stated.


    <span ss="userText">Nieren noticed her mother''s bodynguage and she knew what was about toe.


    <span ss="userText">"Oh no," Nieren muttered as she tried to stop her mother. "M-Mom. It''s not that big of a—"


    <span ss="userText">Yuliana hugged her daughter tighter and started swaying<span ss="aiText"> her from side to side.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="editText">By the Gods and Spirits!<span ss="aiText">... My baby girl is such a genius! You are the pride and joy of the Royal Family!<span ss="editText"> This is the greatest gift we''ve received in decades!<span ss="aiText">" Yuliana shouted<span ss="userText"> causing Dalia to<span ss="aiText"> wake up again.


    <span ss="userText">The Wolfkin had a groggy<span ss="aiText"> look on her face after falling asleep.


    <span ss="aiText">"Fricking, <span ss="userText">Wood Elves... Alpha! Can I use those earplugs<span ss="aiText">?" Dalia asked with an irritated tone. Rya could tell she was pissed off more than normal.


    ''Damn? Dalia is way more tired than I thought. I better give her the earplugs.''


    <span ss="aiText">Rya nodded and gave her <span ss="editText">the <span ss="editText">wooden <span ss="aiText">earplugs. Dalia thanked her and ced them in her ears. She then went back to sleep.


    Rya looked back at Yuliana who was smothering Nieren''s head with herrge breasts. The blonde wood elf was ring at Rya as best as she could as her face began to disappear into her mother''s cleavage.


    <span ss="userText">"R-Rya... You''re—making—t-things—worse!" Nieren tried to yell but her voice was being muffled<span ss="aiText"> by her mother''srge bosoms.


    Rya grimaced due to secondhand embarrassment, ''Yikes! W-Well, I failed to stop the cliche... But I''m d I''m not in the spotlight. So this is how a mother''s love is portrayed. Damn! Wood Elf moms are scary.''


    Nieren''s face started looking blue from her mother slowly suffocating her.


    <span ss="userText">"Um? Should we try and interfere, Lady Rya?" Tayna<span ss="aiText"> asked.


    <span ss="aiText">"Uh... I<span ss="userText">''m not sure if I''ll make things better or worse<span ss="aiText">, Tayna," Rya replied.


    <span ss="editText">Quinus looked away and felt really ufortable. It reminded him<span ss="aiText"> of his mother and h<span ss="editText">ow she would <span ss="userText">suffocate<span ss="aiText"> him in her chest whenever she was proud of him. He had forgotten how annoying it could be<span ss="editText"> while at the same time how nice<span ss="aiText"> it was to <span ss="editText">have his head buried<span ss="aiText"> between a woman''s chest.<span ss="editText"> But it was his mother<span ss="aiText"><span ss="retryDeletionText"><span ss="undoDeletionText">''s chest, so it was weird.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="editText">Is that how I look when my mother hugs me<span ss="aiText">?..." Quinus asked in embarrassment.


    Percy looked at his friend, "Yeah. You are a real momma''s boy, Your Highness."


    <span ss="editText">"Fine! Fine... I''m sorry I asked," Quinus said while<span ss="aiText"><span ss="retryDeletionText"><span ss="undoDeletionText"> waving his hands.


    <span ss="userText">After a minute of nonstop hugging, Rya knew she needed to step in<span ss="aiText"> and get Yuliana to let go of Nieren.


    <span ss="aiText">"Excuse me, Lady Yuliana, but could you let go of your daughter now?<span ss="userText"> You might not have one if you continue<span ss="aiText"> hugging her," Rya said.


    It took another minute, but she finally released her daughter. Nieren fell back in her seat gasping for air. After a few deep breaths, Nieren''s face returned to a normal color.


    <span ss="aiText">"Are you okay, Nieren?" Rya asked.


    <span ss="userText">Nieren hurried over to the other side of the cabin and squished herself in between the wall of the carriage and Rya. She was using the Dark Elf as a shield from her mother<span ss="aiText">.


    <span ss="userText">"Gah! N-Nieren!? What are you doing<span ss="aiText">!<span ss="editText">?<span ss="aiText"> Get off me," Rya said<span ss="userText"> as she was shoved into Quinus.


    <span ss="aiText">"Hah. No. It''s safer over here. Plus, I need to be away from my mother," Nieren said<span ss="userText"> as she hid behind Rya while her mother approached<span ss="aiText"> the two.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">You... L-Lady Rya has done more for me and my<span ss="aiText"> daughter than anyone else. I-I owe you my life," Yuliana said.


    <span ss="aiText">"Um. It''s okay, Lady Yuliana. I didn''t know that Nieren was a Light Mage<span ss="userText"> until I healed her<span ss="aiText"> mana vein. I was just trying to do the right thing. You don''t owe me anything," Rya said.


    <span ss="aiText">But that didn''t stop Yuliana from <span ss="userText">looking at Rya<span ss="aiText"> with admiration and respect.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">How could such a young elf-like<span ss="aiText">yourself have such kindness and beauty?<span ss="userText"> Your mother must be proud<span ss="aiText"> of you," Yuliana said.


    <span ss="userText">Rya was going to brush off herment until she thought about her mother back on Earth. It started to sink in that she would never get<span ss="aiText"> the chance to see her mother ever again.


    She had so many memories of her childhood with her mother and father. They were very close, and her mother would always give her words of encouragement whenever she needed them. And her father would give her the tools she needed to reach her full potential back when she was a man.


    Even though she had fond memories of her parents, they weren''t perfect. Rya still remembers the time when her parents fought with each other and almost divorced at one point in her life. She was in high school and didn''t know what to think when everything happened. Luckily for her, they stayed together and helped her and her brother through their teenage years. They made sure that he and his brother had a good education and were happy.


    <span ss="aiText">Rya was grateful to her parents and wished that she could see them onest time and tell them how much she loved<span ss="userText"> them and wished<span ss="aiText"> them all the happiness in the world. But that''s no longer possible for her<span ss="userText">.


    <span ss="userText">Rya''s face looked nk<span ss="aiText">, and her eyes began to water.


    <span ss="userText">Quinus, Johan, Tayna, and Yuliana<span ss="aiText"> all saw the change in Rya''s expression.


    <span ss="aiText">''What happened? One minute she was fine and the next she''s sad?'' Quinus thought.


    <span ss="aiText">"<span ss="userText">Rya? What''s wrong," Quinus<span ss="aiText"> asked.


    <span ss="userText">"I''m never going to see my parents again..." Rya whispered<span ss="aiText">.


    <span ss="userText">Yuliana quickly hugged Rya<span ss="aiText">, which surprised her.


    "Sshhh... You''re a brave child, Rya... I''m sorry, I didn''t know about your past, but it''s okay. We''re here for you," Yuliana said as she rubbed her hand over the back of Rya''s head.


    <span ss="userText">More tears started to fall from her eyes as she felt the warm<span ss="aiText"> embrace from the older elf.


    <span ss="aiText">"I-I <span ss="editText">miss them so much<span ss="aiText">..." Rya cried<span ss="userText"> as she hugged Yuliana back.


    It was the third time she cried since arriving in this world. She was stronger now and thought she had left the past behind her. But she couldn''t stop the flood of emotions that wereing out.


    <span ss="aiText">''How can I forget them<span ss="userText">...<span ss="aiText"> They were everything to me... and I have to let them go... I want to go back home and see them again... Mom, Dad... I''m so sorry...<span ss="editText"> If it wasn''t for Quin, I would be lost.<span ss="aiText">'' Rya thought<span ss="userText"> as the motherly<span ss="aiText"> hug helped her grieve over the loss of her own parents.


    Yuliana let her cry her eyes out and keptforting her. While Quinus understood what Rya was going through. He wished he could have said his final goodbyes to his first parents too. But he was blessed to have new parents in this world that he was reborn into. Johan wanted to help but didn''t know what to do, while Tayna didn''t know that Rya had this side of her. This made her realize that Rya was more than just a powerful Dark Elf. She had feelings like everyone else and wanted to be her friend more than ever.


    <span ss="userText">''If everyone ever talks bad about Dark Elves behind her back<span ss="aiText">. I''ll be sure to teach them a lesson,'' Tayna thought as she saw how Yuliana was handling the situation.


    Nieren watched from her hiding spot behind Rya. She felt sorry for her but didn''t know what to say. Percy couldn''t see what was happening, but he had a good idea based on the reactions of everyone around him.


    ''God... Yuliana is a good mother... I feel like I could stay like this forever.'' Rya thought as her emotions started to calm down and her crying had stopped.