LUNARIS

PROLOUGE

The red-haired, human-elf Crey Octa walked from his usual fish-catching activity from the Salionas River, the largest river of the island of Sarias.

He had caught no more than 5 fishes and he sighed in disappointment.

Mother would understand, wouldn't she?

He thought to himself.

What good was 5 fishes to a large family of 8? It would mean they would halve the family dinner for tonight.

He sighed again and wished they weren't that poor so he and his family will not have to survive on halve fishes for dinner and one small tiny cup of sparkling water everyday.

He wished he had some royal relatives or maybe he could be a royal himself like the family of Her Highness Vakysha, the Royal Princess of Lunaris.

He smiled at the thought as he gazed up the mighty, soaring castle which tippy top touched the clouds.

He wondered what would it feel like to be living in a castle. How his life would be from rags to becoming a powerful ruler.

Crey crossed the ancient hanging bridge which stood for probably a thousand years.

Crey wasn't afraid of heights. He wasn't afraid of the unexpected wild creatures roaming around the kingdom.

He was brave, yes. But could he even-

Whoosh-

Wham-

Crey looked behind him, his face alert. He slowly seized his whip and dagger and looked around for any sign of danger.

Swoosh-

Crey took a small step forward, his breath heavy and dangling in the foggy surroundings like little puffs of dragon smoke out of its nose.

But, he wasn't paying at attention at that, his eyes were flickering from left to right for any sign of an enemy.

But there wasn't which left him totally confused.

He put down his whip and instead he took a deep breath.

" Who's there? " He asked in a small voice.

No answer.

" Who's there? " He repeated this time he shouted the words to the empty air.

The swooshing sound came again along with hooves and he knew something was coming for him as it was directing towards him.

Without any warning, Crey immediately broke into a sprint, occasionally looking behind him, ducking under branche, sloshing twigs and vines that were protruding in his way.

The hooves came faster along with the mysterious swooshing sound.

Crey ran faster and didn't dare look back. He found a suitable cave and hid inside. The hooves and the mysterious sound passed the cave.

He closed his eyes and peeked out cautiously, in case they might come back. But they didn't.

He scrunched his eyebrows and cautiously made his way back home, his elf ears pricked up for any tiny sound.

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That night after the halve fish dinner, Crey couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about the hooves and the mysterious swooshing sound he encountered back on his way home. He didn't bother to ask his family what was that.

They wouldn't care anyway.....

He thought and before he could think of anything else, sleep overcame him and the next moment, he was fast asleep.

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『 NOTE 』

CHAPTER 01 TO BE POSTED ON MAY 28, 2022

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