The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

One morning on Seya's house. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was high, not too much heat, a perfect day, one would say. Seya was already 14 years old and he was checking his hunting gear, preparing to his exit for the Eternal Forest later that day.

While thinking about what he was forgetting, he remembered that he didn't stop lately on the Palace of Rohan to see the progress of the Princess on Magic Control.

- Mom, I'm going to the Palace to make a surprise to Princess Heiji.

- Oh, send my regards to the King, ok? Don't be late. Remember that this evening you are supposed to go hunt with your father, remember?

- I would rather go alone. Father is too slow…

- He's not slow, he's careful!

- Yeah, right… Last time if he was faster, we could have caught that big bear!

- And if any of you returned hurt, I would have killed your father!

- What, do you think that father is careful because he's afraid of you?

- He better be afraid of me! Very afraid!

Seya started to gather his Magic, throwing to the empty space in front of him a Light circle that started to spread until it made a perfect door frame. He then threw a small Dark ball that enlarged in the centre of the Light frame.

- I'm going! …||…Gateway open… to Princess room…||… Hello, Princess!

The Gateway was there, a perfect connection to the Princess's bedroom in the Royal Palace at 2 days ride by horse carriage. The Gateway was Seya's most advanced Magic, it could easily connect him to a place that he remembered and it was just a perfect door frame that when the Dark Magic completely filled the Light frame, it showed the other place as if Seya was standing in front of an open door.

Inside that room there was Princess Heiji, sitting on a chair in front of her dressing table, practicing diligently her Magic Control. She was already 10 years old and she was practicing like Seya taught her, four years ago.

- Big Brother! What a nice surprise! Hello, Great Healer!

- Hello, Princess. Seya, mind the time, Ok?

- Yes, mom! …||…Gateway close…||…

Immediately following that thought, the Gateway Magic started to disperse, like if it was just smoke being blown gently by the wind. It soon disappeared, leaving no trace. Princess Heiji was curious about that strange farewell from Seya's mother.

- Time for what?

- I'm going to hunt this evening, with my father. We are going after some wolves that are attacking people that go to the Eternal Forest.

- Oh, that sounds so much fun! Can I go?

- Of course not! Are you crazy? Your father or my mother would kill both of us!

- Only if they found out… I'm not going to tell!

- Me neither!

- In that case, at which hour are you coming to pick me up? Please…

As soon as the Princess said that, Seya knew immediately. She always did the same thing when she wanted something absurd from him, looking at him while smiling, her eyes with a glow, anticipating. Seya could never say no to such eyes! After all, for the past years, she had become like a younger sister to him, one that he loved very deeply and cared for. Of course, he would spoil her! That's what a Big Brother is supposed to do!

- … at 23h00. We are going to meet my father at the border of the Eternal Forest. Dress accordingly. And bring a dagger and a sword. Don't forget that leather armour of yours, not the heavier one made of metal!

- Ok, I will finally be able to test my Magic on a hunt! Oh, I can't wait!

- Behave yourself! If you get too excited, the King will notice!

- You're right! Ok, I'll remain completely calm, just training my Magic Control.

- Perfect. I'm going, so that the King doesn't find my visit here too suspicious. See you later!

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At night, Seya went to meet his father at the Guard Sentry Office near the Eternal Forest. There were other Village Guards there, preparing to form groups for that dangerous mission.

- Hello father.

- Hello, Seya. Who is this little girl here?

- Hello. It's me! Quiet, I don't want to be found out!

- The Prin… Seya, what she's doing here?

- I went to visit her this afternoon and told her that we were going on a hunt and she begged me to come with us! I couldn't say no. And I thought that we could use some help.

- But Seya, this is going to be dangerous! Have you told her that we are going to hunt some wolves? And those guys are dangerous when they're in a pack!

- She's at a level that if she wanted, she could enter this forest all alone and burn every single wolf in there. And we wouldn't be able to sell their furs. Besides, I prefer to have a close look over this crazy Princess. I've been training her for the last years so that she can defend herself. This will be good practice for her on how to hold back when needed.

- I suppose… but if your mother finds out…

Seya strongly shook his head.

- I'm not going to tell!

And the Princess did the same.

- Me neither!

Rolland Hinamoto agreed but with a worried look.

- … Ok, let's go then. In silence! We only need to make our presence noted when we are deep in the forest. Maybe with the sweet smell of the Princess, the wolves appear faster.

- That's what I thought when I choose this perfume! I want to attract them so that they become easier to be caught!

Seya poked the Princess's nose, warning her.

- Remember to be very careful with your Fire Magic, Princess! We are in a forest, everything burns in here!

- I'm going to put to good use all my sword training with the Royal Guards!

They entered the Eternal Forest together, making their own group. The other Village Guards in groups of 5 people, started to enter the Forest at different spots. They all knew the dangers that they were facing.

The Eternal Forest was a huge and deep forest and it was the domain of the Elfians. It spread to the West until the sea and to the East, reaching the Dwarfs Mountains. It was very large, more than 300km width and with so many vegetation that some spots were impossible to cross over without Magic. And even if the trees and the vegetation were cut, because of the soil was so fertile, in a few months it would have grown again. The Elfians tolerated the Humans entering in the Eternal Forest to hunt as long as they didn't enter their hunting grounds or their villages. The Humans also knew that they couldn't kill animals indiscriminately or damage the vegetation. But hunting animals that feed on Humans and Elfians, was a consensus. They all knew that such animals should be kept in low numbers or very soon, the Eternal Forest would become too dangerous.

It was in the middle of this forest that Seya, his father, and the Princess were searching for the wolf pack. When they reached a very dark and deep part of the Forest, Seya's father whispered near the Princess.

- Princess, we are going to hide behind some trees, do you mind becoming bait?

- Great! The first wolf is mine. If I get in trouble, I'm counting on you.

Seya was looking for a hiding place and he whispered to her.

- As soon as I see a wolf near you, I'll make a pit for the other ones to fall into, using Earth Magic.

Rolland Hinamoto whispered as well, while placing one hand on the Princess's little shoulders, to reassure her.

- And I'll take care of the wolves that don't fall. Princess, if you think that you are in trouble, burn everything. Seya will take care of putting the fires out.

- Ok. Go hide, I just stay here, singing, like if nothing is wrong…

…

The Princess waited while sitting on a rock, playing with her sword while singing. Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound coming from a bush not far from her.

The head of a huge grey wolf appeared from the middle of the bush, and he started to slowly walk towards the Princess while roaring.

Rrrrrr…

That grey wolf was the first to appear, right after him, came more grey wolves that soon started to surround the Princess at a safe distance, just waiting for their pack leader to have the first kill of the day.

Princess Heiji held her sword and she got ready, lowering her back and bending her knees, like she was taught by the Royal Guards, since a young age.

- Here they are. Come here, you big and ugly dog. I have a nice toy here for you…

Aurgghhhh!

Suddenly, the enormous grey wolf jumped at the Princess' throat. The Princess was just waiting for that to happen, for as soon as the front paws where at a sword's reach, the Princess jumped to the side and aimed at one of them. The wolf was hurt, but he didn't lose a limb because as soon as the sword touched is fur, that big and experienced wolf retreated is paw, saving if from the certain cut.

- Almost got you there… Come here, try to eat me, ugly!

Auurggghhhh!

With a ferocious roar, the wolf runs towards the Princess trying to make her fall with his weight. That was a bad move. Because of his injured paw, he was slower. The Princess started to run also, and she suddenly jumped above him, made a flip with her body while swinging her sword to the wolf's head beneath her.

Plof!

- There, one wolf without is head. Who's next? Oh, so many… seems that I'm surrounded… Oh, poor me, all alone in this big forest…

Seya was surprised by the Princess' amazing movement, but he was already prepared with his Magic running underneath the soil making a perfect circle around the Princess, with all the wolves on top of his underground Magic.

- …||... Dig a big trench... under... now! ...||…

Plof! Cain...Cain...Cain...

Suddenly, the ground beneath the wolves disappeared, making them fall in a circular trench with 5 meters deep. In the centre, high above the danger, was a smiling victorious little Princess, looking at them.

- Oh, you caught them all!

- Seems like it. Now, a small fire on this trench to suffocate them all… let me just put a cover on top made of wood... and now we wait.

Seya had already thought of a plan to kill the wolves without damaging their fur. He made a fire in a part of the circular trench that he then covered up with a wooden lid made with Earth Magic. The fire would consume all the oxygen inside that trench, killing the wolves without a single damage to the precious wolf fur.

Rolland approached them, dragging by their paws two dead wolves.

- I caught these two that tried to run away. How are things in here?

- All done. There are a lot of them on this hole that Seya covered with this thing made of wood.

- I've set a small fire under there, we just need to wait for them to suffocate and die.

Rolland smiled.

- Seems that we made a nice catch. We just need to take the fur out of them and sell it.

Princess Heiji made a throw-up face.

- Can I be excused of that part? It sounds disgusting...

Rolland nodded with a smile.

- Of course, Princess. We take care of that tomorrow. You were great, Princess! You are well trained.

- Thank you! I've been working hard like Big Brother told me, I've been training with a sword and a dagger to not rely only on Magic! I'm going to be an amazing fighter when I grow up!

- I believe you will be if you continue training. Now Seya, when those wolves die can you put them all on that Dark Magic of yours?

- Of course, father. Let me start with those that father has... and this one that the Princess killed... and his head... done.

Using is other Dark Magic, one called Compressed Dimension, Seya threw in there the Wolves that his father carried and the one that lost his match against the Princess.

This Magic was also an original Magic of Seya. As the name indicated it was a Magic Space made with Light Magic to open it and Dark Magic inside, that then created an almost infinite space compressed so many times, that anything put in there would just be compressed also. It was perfect for carrying animals that Seya hunted, that's why he created that Magic when he was still very young.

Princess Heiji remembered one thing.

- Can I have the fur of the one I killed? I want to keep it as a souvenir!

Seya raised one eyebrow.

- Are you sure? If the King finds out, it will be hard to explain!

- Yeah... Can you keep it for me, Seya? I want to show that fur and tell this story to my daughter when I grow up!

- Oh, you have already decided on a daughter? What about a son?

- So that he turns out crazy like you? No thanks!

Rolland laughed by that straightforward answer.

- Ahahahah!

…

After leaving his father on the Guards Sentry Office, Seya opened another Gateway to take the Princess back to her bedroom without anyone noticing it. But someone had been watching over them all this time and was waiting for them.

- Well, you are back, little Princess. Seems that no one noticed that you weren't sleeping.

When Princess Heiji entered her room through the Gateway, she noticed an unknown visitor.

- Seya... why there's a little girl seated on my bed looking at you?

- Oops... ah... Hello...

- Hello young Seya. I hope you had a lot of fun...

Seya was petrified. The Goddess herself was sitting on the Princess' bed in her little girl form that he knew so well, looking at him while giving a scaring smile. And with darkness on her eyes that Seya knew immediately that he was in danger. A serious danger.

- Who are you, little girl? And what are doing in my room?

- Hello, little Princess. You are very cute in those clothes. Do you mind if I talk a little with that crazy boy over there?

Princess Heiji smiled hearing someone else besides her, saying that Seya didn't play with all his marbles, without realizing the danger that he was facing.

- Seya, she knows you very well!

- …. Is something wrong?

- Despite the fact that you took my little Princess over here on a hunt that could have killed her?

Princess Heiji frowned, that was sounding weird.

- But it all went well! I'm very strong! I was never in danger!

- Yes, you were! I had to take some bears out of your way. I didn't have to do that if this stupid brat didn't take you with him!

Seya gulped and he remained in silence while shaking a lot.

- ….

- Seya, stupid Seya... Do you realize that this little Princess is the heir to this Kingdom? Do you have any idea of the work that I had to do to put her parents together so that she could be born?

- … Well… Some years ago, she could have died because of that nasty fall. I don't remember seeing you near her bed, at that time...

As soon as Seya said that, he regretted it. That little girl seemed like a normal girl, but she was the Deity of that World, the one that made it possible for Seya to be born in there. Because of her gentle and harmful appearance sometimes Seya forgets who she really was. And he did that mistake again…

- Seya come here. Bend over... a little more... close your eyes and clench your teeth's. Don't you dare to move!

The little girl approached Seya who was already prepared for a full knock out and she just threw her small fist to Seya's face. Seya flew throughout the room because of the force of the impact and hit the wall behind him.

Pummmm!

Princess Heiji was surprised, she never saw anyone being thrown like that, just by a punch.

- What did you do? Seya! Wake up!

- Let me do that... there! A small amount of Healing Magic. Does it still hurt?

- … Yes... Ouch...

- Good! If you ever pull a stunt like this again and I have to save her, I'm going to kill you! And the next time that you try to scold me for not intervening in time, I'm going to make you reborn as a Jumping Mouse!

- Yes... but it's better if you just kill me now. I'm going to take her again, she needs to learn how to protect herself.

- Argh! So annoying this brat! Even after I warned you! She doesn't need to learn how to be crazy like you! She's a Princess! She has people to protect her! Including me!

At that moment, Seya felt anger blowing inside him. Anger that not even his fear of the Goddess could stop. He just wanted his sister to be safe! Even if she needed to defend herself in an emergency!

- Last time when she almost died, no one protected her! Not even the Goddess! And I can't always be with her! What will happen if some enemy tries to kill her and you are late to help her? And I'm not near her? I don't want my Little Sister to be hurt, ever again! I will do anything to make her strong! No one will dare to harm her!

- ...Big Brother...

- I see. Seems that you really care for her, like she was really your own sister. Little Princess, you got here a very kind brother. Be good to him, ok? And grow up wise and kind. Your people deserve it. Don't forget your prayers, I'm always listening to you, ok? Seya, I'll be watching you, like always.

- Yes. Thank you, my Goddess!

Flash! Bum!

Princess Heiji was surprised, she finally understood who that little girl was. And why Seya was so afraid of her.

- Goddess? She... she was the Goddess? The real one? And she was here? How is this possible? But she was just a little girl!

- You heard her, right? She was mad with me for putting you in a dangerous situation. Seems that she has been watching over you even before you were born. Better you don't tell anyone about the Goddess, ok?

- Of course! No one would believe me, so... but how does she know you so well?

- This was not the first time that she punched or scolded me. In fact, I think that she never appeared to me to just say hello or thanking me for something! Sometimes I think that she really likes to mess with me!

- Ahahahah! I just remembered the way you hit that wall with just a punch of a little girl!

- … Ouch, don't remind me... it still hurts...

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