Spear Of Retribution

"The Nesinait Kingdom known as the South part of Rakkaegia Empire. A Kingdom that is known for its abundant medical herbs. It is a Kingdom of peace with no conflicts with its neighboring kingdoms. Rakkaegia used to trade different kinds of items to Nesanait in exchange for mana plants they used to combine in food. Just like how your mother does it with her pastries," Geraldine said as she took a cookie from the plate.

Both of them are currently in the living room as Alexjin asked Geraldine to continue with their lessons that have been cut a few days ago. 

They looked at each other silently as they're waiting for one of them to speak. When Geraldine noticed that Alexjin only intended to listen to her talk, she coughed and goes back to the map.

"Rakkaegia did not intend to invade the Nesinait Kingdom because they are on friendly terms and both are taking advantage of one another but something happened that changed the Emperor's mind. The open road connecting Rakkaegia and Nesinait has been closed one day with large magical barriers preventing merchants and travelers from Rakkaegia to enter."

"This caused the Emperor to burn with anger upon the betrayal of Nesinait Kingdom, that's why he decided that they will conquer every piece of their lands. The King of Nesinait didn't like how Rakkaegia invades the Drican Kingdom and the King knows that it won't take long before they are attacked as well. So, he did the first oppression and close the roads so that no Rakkaegian citizens can enter and those who are already in their land are put into prison and used them as a threat towards Rakkaegia that if they continue invading their land, they will kill all Rakkaegian prisoners."

"Well, even with that threat, it didn't stop the Emperor to attack Nesinait because, for him, he can use it as an excuse to attack the kingdom instead. With a few brief attacks from Rakkaegia, it makes the King of Nesinait paranoid and killed the prisoners one by one in fear that the crown in his head will be gone."

"Taking advantage of the weakling King. The Emperor of Rakkaegia invaded their lands and did the same in Drican. They hang the dead bodies of the royal family at the gates for their citizens to see but this time, the citizens didn't oppose the new ruler in fear that they'll be killed as well and accept their fate as war slaves."

"It's funny because the Emperor thought that they will have the source of mana in their hands, but the mages who manage the mana killed themselves as the last stand in loyalty to their land. So, till this day, the Empire still has no way of making the mana,  the same in Nesinait kingdom."

Geraldine shrugged and looked at Alexjin, who is amazed by the story she's telling him.

"Master, I'm amazed at what you're telling me right now. So, it all makes sense, I've heard from the owners I've served here before that the South used to be peaceful and abundant in mana," He writes in down with a smile as excitement flushed in his body.

"Master, I really want to know more about the two remaining parts, the West and East," Alexjin looked at her with wide eyes just like a puppy.

"For now, that's the only knowledge I can give you. I'll tell you about it when we go there someday," Geraldine stretches her feet as she sits down on the sofa.

"We'll be going there to the West and East part, master!?" Alexjin gasp loudly as if he heard it wrong.

"You need to go there and see for yourself," Geraldine muttered with a small smile.

"Yes, master! I'll be ready if it's time to go there."

"Hmm, for now, let me rest for a while. I feel sleepy," Geraldine gestured for him to go away, "You can do whatever you want," she whispered before her eyes closed.

"Yes, master."

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"You can never get the ingredients on how to make the mana pills!!!" A loud screaming voice is heard from afar that seemed in pain.

Geraldine stands alone in the middle of a dark room with no one in sight but she could hear voices coming everywhere.

"Even if you don't tell me about that. I can still have it in my hands. After all, this Kingdom that you dearly loved is already mine!" A menacing laughed echoed, making Geraldine cringed and even holds her ears to prevent the sound from entering.

"Even if you conquer this kingdom and turn the lands upside down, you can never get what you want!" 

The voice sounds confident and laughed at the person she is talking to but then it followed a gurgling sound and a flop. 

Geraldine looked around in the darkroom and took a step forward when something splashed into her feet. When she looked down, she's already standing in a pool of blood.

"Ah!" she screamed upon seeing the bright red liquid on her feet. She looked in a specific direction and saw multiple men and women laying on the ground, bathing in their own blood. Then a man standing in front of them. She cannot recognize his appearance, as it's all dark. Like a human made of shadow, but what stands the most is the weapon he is holding. It's a spear, the one they have transformed her into.

Slowly, the shadow's head turned towards her with lips forming into a smirk, "You think you can get away with your crime, Geraldine?"

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"AHHH!" Geraldine flung her arms aggressively as she wakes up from her dream, "Ow."

Holding her head, she could feel it throbbing and her chest, "What kind of dream was that, geez!"

Geraldine looked around and saw that she's alone in the house which she's thankful for. Then her eyes went straight to the map she pinned on the wall.

"Why did I dream that I was there during the invasion of Kingdoms when I wasn't born yet," She muttered while massaging her head, "Why is that man holding me… Victoria."

She referred to the name that the Emperor gave her when she transformed into a Spear. Victoria, a name that gives the Empire its victorious conquest.

"From what I can remember, the four kingdoms are already part of the Rakkaegia Empire when I became a spear and used me to invade the other kingdoms across the sea but why it seemed that I was there when the four kingdoms have been invaded?" She grasps a vast amount of her hair and pulls it out from her scalp.

She became stressed the longer she thought about her dreams as well as her past because both are not connected and she began to have doubts if her memory is even correct or something malfunctioned.

"Ah, never mind. I'll go crazy if I dwell too much on that matter. I will still know the answer to that soon so I'll focus on my goals for now," She raised her hand while making herself feel better.

She went to her room and was about to sleep when she saw the mana pills on the jar and her mind went back to the dream she had.

"I remembered a person mentioned mana pills but on my memories, these pills have been invented after a few centuries." Then again, Geraldine screams in annoyance.

"Ah! If this doesn't stop, I'll go crazy!"

Looking at the orange sky, she can't help but think of the almighty one who dragged her back to her 14-year-old body. She doesn't want to speak to him or mention the name.

"I'll get my revenge soon. So, don't give me any weird dreams again that don't connect to what really happened before," She scoff and rolled her eyes as she looked at the sky.

Instead of going to sleep, she went out as she saw Alexjin from the window of her room. He's practicing with two wooden swords with a scarecrow, then he would do solo fights as if he had an invisible opponent.

Geraldine couldn't help but smile, seeing how dedicated he was to improve his skills. Then her eyes go to the scar on his nape. She clearly remembered that there wasn't a scar on Alexjin's nape before, but now, it's there sitting uncomfortably in his skin. 

This also makes her think that maybe something change in the history of the Empire, but the more she thought about it, it becomes even more complicated.

Shaking her head, she went back into the house and entered her basement, and called out her poisonous butterflies, "Feed onto my blood my favorite pets."

As soon as she said those words, the Paru-paru's flocked into her body and drinks their fill. Geraldine no longer feels pain from the sting as her body became used to it, instead, it gives her the calmness that she needed as the sight of the butterflies gives her the courage that her plans are going base on how she wanted it to be.