As Eden left for his room, Amelia let out a hot breath, her chest rising and falling slowly.
'This kid.' She thought, before shaking her head and starting to clean his bowl and spoon, in the kitchen's washbasin. After doing that, she dried her hands in the kitchen before removing the apron and moving out of the kitchen.
She left the kitchen, before entering the bedroom, she went near her nightstand, before opening it and retrieving a glowing orb.
The orb was palm-sized, glowing transparently, and there was a strange, shimmering liquid in it that seemed to be spinning in the whole orb, making it look ethereal, but if Eden saw it, he would call it a communication orb.
After taking the orb in her hand, Amelia transferred her Essence into it, a blue holographic screen came into view, and she tapped a few times on it, after which a number of names started showing on the screen.
After which she tapped on the screen where a name, "Leon," was written.
YOU : [ Eden has woken up. ]
After around a minute, the reply came.
LEON : [ Okay, I will try to come early. ]
YOU : [ Okay. ]
After replying, she smiled before once again tapping the screen and opening a name, "Aurelia."
YOU : [ Eden has woken up. ]
Even after waiting for a few minutes, there was no reply.
"Sigh...!"
She sighed and shook her head. She knew her daughter well, rather than replying, the girl would already be running here. With that thought, she set the orb on the nightstand and left the bedroom.
After she came out of the bedroom, she looked around before a smile formed on her face.
After Eden went unconscious, she rarely did anything, her daughter and her husband would complete the chores before leaving the house for their training and work.
She was really thankful for them, so she wanted to prepare something great for dinner, thinking that she got involved in house chores.
After around ten minutes, the main door of the house opened with a loud, "Bang...!"
And entered a figure breathing hardly.
"Ha...ha...!"
...
Kohra village was situated near the outer side of the Empire, near it's south-east territory, but still very far away from the Empire's border.
The village was under the rule of the Vaeloria Archduchy, ruled by Archduchess Celestine Vaeloria.
Kohra, being far away from the border, still faced dangers, as it was surrounded by forest, where [PHASE] (7) Essents lived, and with a very rare chance of noticing [PHASE] (6) and sometimes [PHASE] (5) Essents, who would reck havoc if provoked, which had happened many times in the histroy.
Due to the village having a large number of Essent supply, even though mainly lower ranks, the village contained a Guild from the Guild Association, which resulted in occupations like hunters, adventurers, and many more.
Essents were not only boon, but also bane too, as many villagers would get hurt or killed if unlucky while travelling, or doing their jobs.
Sometimes, Essents would breach the walls and enter the village, also resulting in many casualties. Which was also one of the reasons Eden's mom, Amelia, was respected so much, because she provided healings for cheap.
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DEEP IN THE FOREST AREA OF THE KOHRA VILLAGE
"Boom...boom...!"
A girl around 6 ft, with black hair tied in a bun, eyes that were whole black without any whites and a emotionless face that can only be said other worldly, looking around 18-19 age, wearing a white shirt stained with bloods, as it sleeves were folded till her elbow and a tight black leggings, which were also bathed in blood.
The clothes hugged her gracefully, highlighting every curve of her figure.
The perfectly shaped mounds and ass, both having the perfect proportion, that looked to be around H-size, perfectly enhancing her enchanting figure.
The girl was holding a pure black katana, as blood dribbled from it's blade, and was fighting a Essent, that looked like a tiger, with only some difference, like it being around 32 ft, having green stripes on it's skin, green eyes and a tail that was mixture of roots and branches, with the tip being made up of green looking ethereal leaves.
The tiger was fighting very ferociously, while controlling the jagged monstrous trees around it, present in the dark forest, the only difference was that it was injured.
"RRRROOOOAAARRRR!"
With a roar, the tiger once again jumped towards her, as roots and branches of many trees shot forward to trap her. But the girl moved like a shadow, jumping from one place to another, avoiding the onslaught from the roots and the branches as blue lightning coiled around her.
But as she landed once again, on the ground, while avoiding the onslaught, the ground itself turned into roots, trapping her legs, but before she can move again, many branches and roots of trees extended trapping her hands, thighs, neck, head and clamping her mouth in one place, trying to suffocate her or break her body apart, as the tiger pounced towards her to tear her apart into pieces.
Even though she was in this dangerous situation, there was not a trace of panic on her face.
Suddenly, her black eyes started to bleed, black darkness like liquid spilled from her eyes, dripping on the roots clamping on her mouth.
"Drip...Drip...!"
As though the world itself had stopped breathing and the time itself had stopped running, everything looked as though it was frozen.
Then came a sound.
"Ba-thump...Ba-thump...!"
And the Essent, that was just moments away from killing the girl, whom it thought of nothing but an annoying pest, felt something, a very weird feeling for the first time in its long life, called fear.
Its heart started to race faster, its breathing became shallow, its muscles tensed up, and it started to tremble. Its large green eyes widened, and its pupils dilated.
But before it can even act on its feelings, the girl vanished, leaving darkness and trails of blue lightning, as she reappeared around 10 ft away from its body, her black katana gleaming in the darkness.
And with a loud "THUD...!" the Essent's huge head fell on the ground, its eyes filled with fear and despair, as the rest of the body crumbled on the ground lifeless.
The girl's eyes turned to normal, depicting her black pupil and white sclera.
She shook her katana once, before sheathing it into the air itself, reality flickering as rippling waves spread outward.
"Oh, you really killed a [PHASE] (5) Essent," a mature female voice filled with roughness called out, from the distant shade of the tree, as darkness enveloped her figures.
The girl didn't say anything and started to walk towards her, completely disregarding the huge corpse of Essent.
But before she could move towards her, she felt her communication orb vibrating, so she stopped and took it out from the ring she was wearing on her right index finger.
She injected her Essence into it, and a blue holographic screen lit up.
NOTIFICATION
MOM : [ Eden has woken up. ]
"Ba-thump...Ba-thump...!"
The girl who was none other than Aurelia, Eden's elder sister, her heart started to beat faster.
'He woke up.'
As she clutched the communication orb tighter, to stop herself from trembling, and ran opposite to the figure sitting in the shade of a tree.
"Hm?
"Oi, where the fuck are you going?
"Can't she at least listen to her master once?" She said, before shaking her head.
"Must be her brother.
"What the hell am I going to do with this bro-con. Hah," She added, exhaling through her nose.