Star trails litter the night sky. Polished topaz eyes scanned the sky, plucking the stars.
They took one and bleached it clean before burying it in the ground, and a Night Phlox grew out of it. "Another soul sent back." Her words were laced with boredom.
Her eyes turned up to the sky again, scanning it.
Scanning the sky, one star caught her eye.
"!" She immediately plucked it from the sky and held it preciously.
Holding the soul in her hand, a smile grew on her face. Her topaz eyes have gained a luster to them.
"You... you will lead to great change." She covered the soul in her hand with a transparent veil. "My veil will protect you from the gods' eyes." The veil then slowly blends with the soul. "We will meet again **** ***. Or would you prefer ******? Well, when the time comes, I will know."
With a warm smile and hope in her heart, she kneels to the ground and buries the soul.
"It will be a bit rough, but you will meet someone very special. She will be the one to truly set and help you on your path."
She buried the soul in the dirt, and from it, a green cloud-shaped flower sprung up.
"Farewell. Until we meet again. I hope you can make it to Elysium."
Seven years later. Time marched on and the end of an era came.
Clatter!! Clatter!! Clatter!! Clatter!!
Clatter!! Clatter!!
'There seems to be a lot of noise outside…'
A young boy closes the book and walks to the window to look out and sees several people on their knees crying. In the corner of his sight, he could see someone committing a crime. Given what was currently happening it might as well be the perfect time.
"… Fels, are you there?"
From the shadows, a hooded figure came out, removing its hood and revealing a skeleton. Despite having no flesh, it didn't bother their adopted son. "I am here, Cirrus." They said they were standing looking at a 7-year-old child with brown hair that covers his emerald eyes in a room littered with various books, all fitted together like Tetris blocks.
He had a feminine beauty to him which is problem when the city is filled with crime at every street corner. He had grown out of his hair to hide it for both safety and personal reasons.
"What happened? This is the first time I've seen so many people so devastated?" said Cirrus.
"That is because the Guild had announced that the Zeus and Hera Familia have failed to defeat the One-Eyed Black Dragon, resulting in their strongest having died… they will most likely be replaced."
"It appears that Loki and Freya Familia will make their move and take their place," Cirrus lamented. Cirrus then goes and sits back down to read his book.
"Sadly, yes…" Fels, despite not having a face, looked hesitant to say something, but they mustered what little courage they had to tell him. "I wished to tell you this earlier bu--"
"You are my parent, Fels." He smiled at their parent, the person who took him in from the rain. "Nothing will change that fact."
Fels was taken aback by this. Over the years they have taken care of Cirrus they couldn't exactly call them mom or dad for Fels does not even know their own original gender anymore as they have had to replace bones every now and again after a fight goes poorly for them. Nevertheless Fels didn't pick what they wish to be called and Cirrus left it at that as it was Fels who should choose how they wish to be called. Cirrus' smile of non-existent heart.
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"You have raised me for all of my life. You clothed me and fed me, gave me knowledge and lessons. I may not see my birth mother, but… I have you. I have no regret about that." This was a bit of a lie.
Cirrus had plenty of time to figure out who his mother was over seven years. After all, he saw her every time he looked in the mirror. He had inherited his mother's face, a major problem considering she died while fighting the Black Dragon. Truth be told had it not been the fact that was reincarnated with all of his memories he would have gone and met his biological mother. Unfortunately Cirrus did not throw caution to the wind and remained where he was raised for his and his mother's sake of safety. "You are always a smart one. If I still had my flesh, I would cry rivers…"
'I felt bad I won't be able to speak with my mom's Familia but... I guess that is how brutal Freya and Loki had to be to take over the power vacuum Hera and Zeus left. Maybe it's finally time to make my way through the world. I can't keep staying cooped up inside reading books, remaining passive will do me no good in these trying times.'
Cirrus closed his book and looked at Fels and spoke with firmness in his voice.
"Fels. I wish to be an adventurer. "
Fels looked deeply into their son's eyes, the empty sockets and emerald eyes gaze intensely at one another. "… Is that what you truly wish?" They did not want to wish their child to risk his life, to be an adventurer is to willing go into the lions mouth. "You can easily make a living working as a guild employee and live a fulfilling life? You are a smart boy I am sure there are plenty of safe careers you can go into."
Cirrus was smart by a child's standard, his previous' lives memories are what allowed him to be so 'smart'. Though maybe because he is a child again he noticed that he has been absorbing knowledge rather fast, the perks of being reborn with a child's brain.
"A fulfilling life is subjective to the person, is it not Fels? I seek to find my 'fulfilling life', whether it be in the dungeon or even out in the world on my terms."
"I see…" They nod, though not happy about it they will accept and support his choices. "Then follow me. It is too soon to reveal your face and origins to a Familia, so I have someone in mind."
"I know, I have kept myself hidden since before I could walk."
He followed Fels downstairs, where Lenoa was brewing her cauldron. She was an old friend of Fels who runs a magic shop tucked away in the streets of the city. Her customers where regular's and recommended people, or by luck, how she stayed in business is something Cirrus never figured. She wore stereotypical witch's attire.
"Going out Fels-sama?"
"I am. He is of age and he wishes to be an adventurer. "
"Kehehehe!! Is that so?" The looked to Cirrus with a wide grin. "When you become rich, make sure you come by and buy some of my stuff!!"
Lenoa also served as a parental figure for Cirrus, she took care of him far more than Fels did as they still had a job to due despite their condition. But Fels did financially support Lenoa to cover Cirrus' expenses.
"Aunty Len, you know I will still live with you, right?"
"Kehehehe! One can never be too certain! Kids these days grow up too fast."
"Here." Fels handed Cirrus a cloak. "Let us be off."