The Siren's Lullaby (Isekai Book 2)

Caught

>>Enri

When I went back to the training ground I saw something cute.

Nana and Rose had already started teaching Mavis but she seemed a little uncomfortable. I found it a little odd because she seems very relaxed around me but right now she's turning her head constantly as if trying to find someone.

It made me smile. She sort of looked like a lost kid.

I jumped down from the corridor and made by way into the training ground when Mavis looked back once again to look for someone. But the moment her eyes landed on me a look of relief followed by a warm smile spread across her face.

Oh?!

It hit me immeteadly. She was looking for me.

For some reason it made me feel a little light-hearted. It was definitely cute and I walked over to them to personally helped her out. Plus, I had a mystery I needed to solve as well, about her origin and species.

"Is Nana and Rose not good enough," I stopped by them, "You seem distracted."

"N-no!" She replied, "I just thought you'd be teaching me..."

"Well, I will be." I extended my hand towards Rose to take the toy sword from her, "The rest will guide you when I'm not here."

"Really?" I saw her eyes glisten in excitement.

"Yes," Nana and Rose quietly retreated back and began to whisper something to each other.

"So you'll be teaching me most of the time, right?" She jumped towards me in anticipation and I patted her head.

"Yes," I smiled, "I'll be here with you most of the time." I then turned her towards the training targets, "So get ready." I raised my sword up as well and face the straw dolls, "I'm a strict teacher."

"Yes!!!"

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The sweet melody seeped through the forest. It was as if it was travelling naturally around the place, just like the wind makes its way around nature.

Today, there is less pain in her voice. Rather it seemed a little excited, perhaps she was happy about something. Nonetheless, the lullaby was doing its job.

I sat on the ground wondering things today that I didn't think about before at all. Like, is the person signing even human?

I don't know why I never thought about it before but the moment I deciphered that it might not be a human I got my answer. This is the kind of melody that just draws you in and puts you to sleep. A power like that doesn't belong to a human.

So? Is it a siren? It would only make sense if it was one but why would a siren be living in the human territory?

They are rare, they tend to stay away from human territories altogether but since on dry lands they have legs, they look just like humans and no one would ever suspect anything.

As I listened to the song I spent my time thinking about things more. Things I had to solve when suddenly loud yelling caught me off guard.

"You ungrateful child!!!" It was the voice of an older woman screaming, "Come out!!!" The singing had stopped immediately and that alerted me.

I stood up and ran towards the river that just a few steps away. Summoning a magic spell I lit up the space with magical fire.

Just then someone dipped their head deep into the water while the woman who was screaming looked at me. The same woman I was assigned to investigate. Mavis's mother, Heather.