The Dragon'S Blue Gem
Chapter 3 [Meeting a Teacher ]
The arrival of ant monsters that were incompatible with their territory was something strange. This commonly used path should not be visited by monsters. Even if there were monsters, those monsters would have been F or E rank monsters.
Not only once, the horse carriage that Aqua was riding on was again attacked by monsters as they were near the forest. But this time their opponent was not an opponent that Rank D mercenaries could face.
"The Lightning Wolf"
That's what's attacking them now. Although there were only 4 of them, in a short period of time the mercenaries in charge of escort were exhausted instantly. That monster was a rank B monster whose difficulty level was too high for them.
Passengers of the train immediately ran out of the carriage, trying to run as far away from the wolves as possible.
"Run!!!!!"
"Quick!!!!!!!"
Aqua pulled Ashlan to run faster. Although it ran as fast as anything, there was no way an ordinary human could be faster than the Lightning wolf. Everyone who ran out quickly at the slaughter of the Lightning Wolf.
Ashlan knew, they couldn't escape anymore. He pulled out his back to Aqua and stretched out his arms to protect Aqua.
"Aqua!!! Run as fast as you can! I'll hold them!" ashlan Jerrits.
Aqua stayed in place and thought.
"Even with my abilities as Intel. It would be impossible to defeat all those wolves. But leaving a girl on her own with them is a bad act."
The four wolves surrounded them. Neither Aqua nor Ashlan could move from their place.
"I've never tried to use magic. But it's a terrible situation, inevitably I have to try it," Aqua thought.
"But how to use magic?!" ask Aqua to herself.
Stretch your hands forward. Close your eyes and imagine a fire coming out of your hand.
A word was written in front of Aqua. It was one of the Dragon's Eye's abilities. In addition to being able to judge something, the eye is also called the eye of knowledge that can answer the questions of its users.
Aqua obeyed the text. He closed his eyes and imagined a fire coming out of his hand. Like Aqua's shadow, a sizable flame shot out from her hand and burned the wolf in front of Aqua. Ashlan was surprised to see Aqua and retreated a little so as not to hit the fire.
"Damn! My eyes were blurred. My head was dizzy.." complained Aqua.
Aqua collapsed after scorching the two wolves in front of her. Ashlan catches Aqua before she hits the ground. Then carry her into his arms.
"I found something interesting," Ashlan's sly smile.
The two remaining wolves tried to attack Ashlan and Aqua. But with just a flick of Ashlan's finger, the two wolves seemed to burst into pieces. Ashlan then walked away from the body and disappeared with Aqua.
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Aqua slowly opened her eyes, she woke up and found herself in an unknown place. Despite turning his head several times, he still could not remember the place.
"Where am I?"
"You awake?" greet a woman.
Aqua searches for the origin of the sound, a woman is busy writing something on the desk right next to the mattress where Aqua is lying. Aqua was no stranger to that woman, of course. She was the woman he met in the horse-drawn carriage, Ashlan. But there is something different about before.
"Dox ears?" ask Aqua inwardly.
"Is he really a beast skin?"
Since Aqua's gaze looked very clear, it was inevitable that Ashlan would notice it.
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Ashlan, a witch from the fox race" she said.
"Witch?!"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Anu... What brother saved me?" ask Aqua.
"Who else is it? Only you and I are left there."
"So so. Thank you for saving me," Aqua said as she lowered her head.
"Of course it's not free."
Ashlan smiled cunningly while looking at Aqua.
"Hey son, do you want to be my student?"
From the very beginning of seeing Aqua, Ashlan had been like looking at a rough gem that had not been polished before.
"If this kid is trained, I'm sure he can be stronger than a great witch."
"Murids?!!" startled Aqua.
"Yes. You also have no definite purpose, right? Rather than wandering aimlessly, it was better to practice magic under my watch" Ashlan said confidently.
"..... Why me?" ask Aqua suspiciously.
"Hmm. There are many reasons. But the most important thing is magic without neatness. There is hardly anyone on this continent who can do it. As far as I know, only 4 people can. That person was me, the only daughter of Marquess Arsilla, the second daughter of the Elf race and the Demon King. That's why I'm shocked to see you can do it" Ashlan replied with a big smile.
"Well, no one would have thought that the Second Princess of the Vittacelar Kingdom had a son with a human. Moreover, that human was the emperor himself," Ashlan said with a sly smile.
Aqua was startled, she immediately saw her own hair. His brown hair color returned to silver. And he also just realized that his blindfold was off. As soon as he regained consciousness, he immediately retreated and put a wary face on Ashlan.
Ashlan didn't bully him and just stared at Aqua. "She's like a kitten" he thought.
"What do you want?" aqua asked with suspicion.
"Don't I already say. I want you to be my student. Finding a rough gem like you makes me want to polish it. That's it," Ashlan replied casually.
"... What's in it for you to teach me?"
"Hmm, I honestly haven't thought about that. As soon as I saw you back then, I was already thinking of making you my disciple. And again…"
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"How can I silence a child as sweet as you under the guidance of others."
Ashlan smiled and her face flushed red. He was currently looking at Aqua's priesthood as something to be protected.
"Ah... this woman..she's a shotacon," Aqua thought depressed.
"So? Do you want to?" ask Ashlan.
"... Alright. I had to start learning magic to protect myself. I don't want it to happen again either" Aqua replied.
"That incident?"
"... Fainting after using magic."
"Ah. that's because you're running out of mana. If where yours runs out, then your body will be like that" Ashlan replied.
"No need to worry, I'll teach you everything. Both in material and practical terms. It seems exciting to also teach a genius," he continued.
"Okay, because I'll be in your protection. Please help her," Aqua said politely.
"Good, from today call me Master. Because I will be your master in witchcraft. No need to talk formally, just do it as usual."
"Good, master."
That was how Aqua got a teacher who would make her a great magician in the future. After this, Ashlan would become the figure Aqua admired the most. He was already like a brother and family to Aqua herself.
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Illustration of Ashlan
(Sauce: Danbooro @k_pring)
[I'm sorry if the story is a little unclear. This is the first time Cha_nyann has written a romance :v ]