"And what happened to your children, grandpa?" the little pointy-eared one asks, excited and impatient.
The child's grandfather, marked by unforgettable scars on his face, remains stunned and thoughtful. He looks down, looks up, and with a sudden movement, grabs the smiling child by the hip and sits him on his shoulder, raising his hand happily, with the same smile a child would have when achieving something, and says:
"With the assumption to the throne of the granddaughter of Queen Calginia I, we will be great again."
"Oh!" the little one exclaims, excited. "The daughter, of the daughter, of the daughter of the maiden of… of tears?"
"Well… not exactly, but yes, my little one, now that you mention it, let's go on an adventure."
And he responds with a question that calls to his clumsy sweetness of those who are still discovering words, moving his little hands with uncoordinated gestures, as if his thoughts also passed through them:
"And what are we going to do, grandpa?"
And with a big smile, he replies:
"To hunt monsters."
For a child, they would surely be dragons, chimeras, dangerous monsters, but perhaps for the grandfather, he was referring to an even worse one, one that can speak and shake hands with a false smile.
The Day of the Assumption of the Next Elven Queen
Today is a new day. Today represents the new beginning for the elves, who were once feared and respected by other races, those who raised their fists to defend the lands of Zephyria. Today, in Elenar Square, more than half a million elves gathered to receive and acclaim the next queen who promised to once again raise the elven power in the world before taking power.
Men and women, boys and girls alike, presented themselves in that emblematic place, which houses the statue of the maiden of tears, a beautiful 12-meter-high sculpture made of marble and small fragments of precious stones like red diamonds and blue kriftones, very rare gems, with strategically placed holes to connect it to a fountain. And just in front of this fountain stands the queen's palace and all her high-ranking guards protecting it.
While everyone impatiently awaits the ascension of the next royal descendant of the legendary maiden of tears, in a massive murmur, many wondered what the next queen would be like, since all descendants of Queen Calginia I are raised in strict environments. The sons and daughters of the nobles go to royal schools, where teachings about magic, elven history, and their importance in the world are cultivated. By convention, only girls and the true…
Everyone longed to hear her speech. Since the previous queen, the granddaughter of Calginia I, according to the writings and whispers of the common elves, Queen Elysia Calginia III, was branded a coward and traitor to her nation when she ceded elven lands to ally with their enemies, the humans, but was even more criticized when she ignored the expansion of the corruption of the forest of the 7 kingdoms before it represented almost 60% of the lands lost by the elven empire at that time. Although after more than 2 centuries of peace between elves and humans, the elves, being a supremacist race, did not realize that they began to adopt human customs and socialize like them.
But today, today will be different. The sun had already set, burning away a ruinous past full of revenge to make way for a new future for these brave pointy-eared ones.
In the State of Zephyria, always in the ascension of the queen to the throne, this beautiful nation has a tradition, and they call it: Luin'Lára.
Upon the arrival of the next queen, the blazing sun lived its moment of brilliance, because unexpectedly it was overshadowed by the presence of a being with an almost divine appearance, who barely made her appearance. Her walk to the royal balcony was serene and graceful, so much so that it was impossible to reject the possessive or even lustful looks of some guards. It is said that the beauty of this queen is worthy of aspiration, it is said… that her cunning is admirable, and that her being exudes and attracts goodness. That is why since her childhood she has been considered the true successor of the maiden of tears, her great-grandmother.
"Considering that elves, around 100-200 years old, are perceived as still in their adolescence, due to their longevity, similar to a human of 12-14 years."
The elven rite in the ascension to power ensures that the future queen must be accompanied by her personal guard, the most powerful being on the face of the earth must be at the service and orders of his queen, a pact between an elf and a being from beyond, the world of spirits or better known as… Menifesi.
This guard renounces his body to be possessed by another, abandoned his family to serve the kingdom, and left behind his own will, desires, and longings to fulfill the prestigious task of protecting the queen under his exclusive existence. He is worthy of the highest rank among the elven defenses, he is and represents a valuable piece of power against your enemies. His presence is terrifying, and his appearance from the shadows is even more imposing than that of any king in this world. And as if they were reborn, they were stripped of names and surnames, and became known as Index, the hand of power. But what is not told in public, as classified defense information, the elves created 2 personal guards, Index and Minimus, but what no one knows is about the existence of Index, though they do know of the lower rank Minimus. The enemies of Zephyria are not even informed of his existence, which could be an ace up the sleeve for the kingdom of Zephyria.
Minimus, silent and obedient, approaches his young queen and offers his arm, a gesture of courtesy and respect. She looked at Minimus, analyzing him from head to toe without exchanging a single word, accepted to be led; it was her first encounter with him, but Index has not yet been called since his spirit tends to be so violent and expansive that he only obeys the royal blood, as in some way he finds peace for his soul in the almost direct representatives of the ether flow, "the children of Inocensy."
In her appearance on the royal balcony, the murmurs softly disappeared, the facial expressions of thousands changed in an instant, the air seemed to purify in her presence, the animals bowed before her, and nature itself wrote on the leaves carried by the wind to the lost corners of the world, that the world would know a new order, that from today, the immeasurable power from the hands of the new elven queen, adults, like children, knelt in silence, not to mention that the other continent felt the difference, when she called in front of everyone her vassal Index in the overwhelming silence that had been since her arrival, revealing to all the existence of a guard more powerful than Minimus.
She looked at the audience, with indifference and much coldness, and began:
"My name is Eldoria Calginia IV, daughter of Elysia Calginia III, granddaughter of Elenor Calginia I, descendant among the children of Inocensy and protector of the eternal lineage of the Calginia.
I swear loyalty and to protect with my life as my mother every living being of this kingdom. Like my ancestors, I can see and hear what many of my elven brothers here cannot see. This statue in the middle of the square of my great-grandfather represents a struggle that we must not forget, we lost relatives, brothers, children, and some others their marriage partner, we were massacred and exiled from our lands, those who lived and grew up in those dark centuries," she continues, raising her head with anger and contempt, "you understand the rage that boils our blood for the crimes of humans towards our brothers and sisters, enslaved, raped, and others kidnap us to perform atrocious experiments.
But today we know a little more than before about the corruption that kills and transforms our brothers into abominable monsters that wander lost in a forest, we do not know why this happens, nor how it was unleashed. But we do know how it feeds, and my elven brothers know that we are not exempt from blame, the corruption was fed for centuries by anger, revenge, lust, pride, greed, sloth, and envy, we mixed with human customs and lived with them. I declared war on the latent corruption within the forest of the 7 kingdoms and we will take the lands that were always ours from Eldoria to the failed kingdom of Tordontos, this is my reason to ask for strength from the holy Inocensy and may she have mercy on my enemies and anyone who stands in the way of the greatness of our people… they will have to step over my dead body!" she intoned, stepping gravely with her threatening message.
And Minimus ended the speech by striking his spear three times against the ground, and each one created an expansive shock that boiled with heat to all present and its influence expanded for hundreds of kilometers.
Millions of elves in Zephyria and in the world felt the call of their queen, a proof of the reach of her power of her royal blood, then everyone was allowed to rise and everyone felt and acclaimed the change, everyone chanted the same chorus repeatedly: "Eldoria, Eldoria, Eldoria." The children jumped, ran everywhere, the adults celebrated, but some of the ancestral elves of more than 500 centuries of life remained neutral to her speech until…
Once again, Minimus struck his spear against the ground again, creating an expansive heat shock that caught the attention of all the elves present, but this time, everyone remained silent and attentive. Many of them were lost in the beauty of their queen's features, some think, no one is so much that her beauty is comparable to the maiden of tears, the Eldoria family has been a rather peculiar family, none had the typical ears of a normal elf, theirs were more drooping, their skin was whiter almost pale, their long hair, pointed bangs with two braids falling over her chest, highlighting her cleavage poorly hidden under a black dress, decorated with emeralds and its unique design, manages to perfectly outline the beautiful femininity of Calginia IV, her phosphorescent green eyes stand out from the ordinary morphology of all other elves, hers are more immersive, soft and pale, as if the void itself took possession of a living body, but radiating firmness and presence everywhere, as if she could see beyond the normal, the color of her irises confirms, her coldness and her cunning, but not a supposed kindness that should truly radiate from her own being.
She lowered her gaze with her head firm, looking here and there, analyzing slowly, the silence soon became an uncomfortable tension for the audience, but she remained mute. But as if she and Minimus were connected without exchanging a word, Minimus raised the spear and was going to create a shock wave this time with destructive intentions, and she raised her index finger in front of her face, to stop him before doing so.
And she began:
"I want to introduce you to our ally, my brothers, I don't want you to be scared, but his presence is very… imposing." And she proceeded to conjure: "Heed my call. I claim your contract. Index."
Although it was impossible, she unknowingly unlocked a spirit according to her ambitions and powers, but the one who received her call and accepted turned out to be…