The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

One morning like any other morning.

One blonde young Noble was brushing his hair while his mother was choosing his clothes for the day. He wasn't ugly, but his chubby cheeks and low height didn't make him notable. He had problems with his weight since he was a child, because of too much pampering from his parents. He was the second son of the Viscount Satyl of the Royal Kingdom of Rohan and his family lived in a small portion of lands, outside the Capital.

Despite his low Noble rank, he was so full of himself. His parents craved to go up in the ranks of Nobility. As soon as they noticed that their youngest son was able to use Wind and Earth Magic, they pampered him. To be able to use two Attributes was very rare so they thought that when he grew up, the entire family could benefit from his fame.

But Zak knew. Deep inside, he knew that his Magic was low. But he was lead to believe that as he got older, he would be able to use more Magic's. And more powerful ones.

- Mom, I think this is enough. My hair is already shining, it can't get any more beautiful than this. Have you prepared my breakfast with that blueberries juice?

- Sorry dear, I couldn't find any blueberries on the market yesterday. It seems that there's a shortage of it because some bandits are raiding all the merchant's caravans that bring those berries from the BeastKind Kingdom. But your father already made an order for that. And it seems that a big caravan is leaving today to sell some products on the BeastKind Kingdom and on the way back, they will buy a lot of those berries. It seems that they have many security guards, so I'm sure that it will arrive fully packed with those delicious berries. But it will take a full month for them to arrive.

- A month? But I want that juice today! Maybe it was better if I went along as an extra security guard. I'm sure that with my Magic, I can escort them here safely!

- Of course, you would dear, but I can't allow that. I don't want that my precious son takes any kind of life-threatening risk! Remember, we have high expectations for you!

- … Yes, mom…

Zak had a sad face. He wanted to travel and fight with his amazing Magic. Those bandits wouldn't stand a chance, against him! Thinking like that, he smiled a little, but he hides it, or else his mother would scold him, for having such an unfitting dream for someone as powerful as he was.

On another house, a young girl was doing a ponytail on her beautiful green hair and choosing her clothes for the travel that day, with the help of her childhood friends, Myra Calcym and Hina Motoama. She was looking at her mirror and making funny faces at herself. She had a slender figure, but full of curves on the right spots that sometimes makes her friend, Myra, sigh a couple of times when looking at her in a very suspicious way. Myra always hides it, but she sometimes dreams about hugging her friend very closely. Very, very, closely!

Myra was taller and more muscular, because of the amount of training and weight lifting that she did every day, to improve her skills, because of her part-time job as a security guard. She was also extremely beautiful, with her blue hair and blue eyes. Because of all that, a lot of boys and girls had fallen for her, over the years.

Hina was the complete opposite of her two friends. She had blonde hair and green eyes, but she was shorter and chubbier. Hina's appearance sometimes leads people to misjudge her, but her proficiency in Wind Magic and her speed and dexterity with a sword made her unbeatable when in a fight. Their friends thought of her as the most frightening of them, when she gets serious. Her weakness was cakes. And tasty biscuits. And meat. And fish. Or anything eatable.

Myra hides her smile while looking at Ryn. Myra was already fully equipped and she was in a hurry.

- Ryn, come on already! I want to leave or we are going to be late!

Ryn Mycym quickly grabbed her sword and shield and she runs, leaving her room.

- What are you talking about? I'm ready! Ahahahah!

Hina followed her, leaving Myra alone in the room.

- Come on, you! Or John will go without us!

Myra runs after them, yelling.

- John can't do everything alone! Hey! Wait for me!

Ryn Mycym was the daughter of the Representative of the Mycym Merchants Association, and because she was able to use an astonishing amount of Water Magic, she started to travel on the long course caravans since a very young age, as a security guard and provider of fresh water. Myra Calcym with Water Magic and Hina Motoama with her deadly Wind Magic always went with her.

John West was the other member of their team. With his Light and Healing Magic, he was the obvious choice to backup them. And his Light Spear was terrific if he decided to attack. He was the youngest and the shortest of the bunch, but his blonde, long hair, and light blue eyes, along with his kind nature and his Attributes of Magic, always made his own parents suspect that he had some Fairy blood running inside of him.

Because of the previous attacks on caravans that were coming from the BeastKind Kingdom, there was a lack of products in the Kingdom of Rohan. So, one caravan was put together by the Mycym Merchants Association, and along with some adventurers, Ryn's team was called as a backup. The adventurers were the front line of defense, and Ryn and her friends were the long-range attackers. With their Magic, they could defeat any bandit that tried to attack the caravan even before the adventurer's team had to do anything.

A few days have passed since the caravan left the Capital of the Royal Kingdom.

A team of five adventurers riding horses was at the front and five at the back of the caravan. Seated on the rooftop of the first caravan was Ryn, Myra was on the second one, John after her and Hina was on the last.

- Everyone, look out! Something is coming from the forest!

Ryn stood up and the caravan stopped. The adventurers at the front took a defensive position. From the forest and at more than 50 meters ahead, one tree fell. A huge bear stomped on the falling tree and kept on running, crossing the road and along the prairie, trying to reach the forest at the other side. Right behind him, was a little girl, fully armored and with a sword on each hand, trying to catch him. At her side was a boy, also running, with a big spear and something that looked like a sword, attached to the tip of the spear.

Ryn was dumbfounded. What was that? A bear that size running from a little girl?

- That's wrong, that's just wrong! What are they doing?

One of the adventurers scratched his head, he too was surprised.

- I never saw two hunters so young making a bear that size running for his life. They must be deadly! Well, one could also look to Lady Ryn and her team and underestimate them. And then, one dies.

The adventurers were smiling at Ryn. Despite being so young, those four extra security guards, always made everyone feel safe whenever they were assigned to a caravan. Ryn blushed and she did a deep bow.

- Thank you for your confidence in us. We'll make sure to not disappoint you.

The caravan continued the travel towards the BeastKind Kingdom. Ryn was looking at the direction where that strange group entered the forest, wondering what was that about.

The rest of the travel was quiet. They stopped from time to time to rest the horses and the riders, with John using his Healing Magic so that the stops didn't take much time because they were on a tight schedule. Ryn or Myra were in charge of creating water for drinking, for cooking or for baths. Because some of the adventurers could use Earth or Fire Magic, they were able to create a small pond from time to time, on the side of the road. Ryn would fill it with water and with Fire Magic provided by the adventurers, hot baths were available to everyone.

Normally, Ryn's team created those ponds on all of their travels and leave it there, for the next caravan. They were famous and appreciated for that, by the merchants that traveled on long course caravans. Every caravan that followed the same course that Ryn's team took previously, were bond to found a campsite marked by a pond of clear water, near the road. With that, the merchants knew that course was the shortest and the safest one.

After one week, they entered the BeastKind Kingdom. Because of the good relations between the Kingdom of Rohan, the RabbitKind Kingdom, and the BeastKind Kingdom, there were no physical boundaries and no border checkpoints. Anyone could enter or exit each Kingdom without any problems, authorizations or bureaucracy. It was as if they were just one huge country, made of 3 small kingdoms.

Village after village, the caravan sold all the products that were brought from the Royal Kingdom.

The BeastKind Kingdom was were Myra Calcym always loses her mind. Ears and tails everywhere she looked. And they all looked so fluffy and squishable! Myra had her eyes sparkling, looking at every DogKind, CatKind, WolfKind or LionKind that she saw. Hina, on the other hand, was crazy about the BirdKind. Birds were her favorites, as everything that had something to do with wind or open air. Ryn was more into SnakeKind. Those scales and the way the sun reflects on them were her doom.

John, as usual, was always busy in the Healing House of every village they visited. He didn't mind helping to heal some bruises or wounds when the merchants were doing their business and the rest of his team, was guarding them or sightseeing. He used those opportunities to watch closely other Healers working, and he always tried to learn some new way or technique, to improve himself. Unknown to him, he was already very good on sensing or understanding Magic Flow.

Three weeks after they left the Royal Kingdom and with the carriages of the caravan filled with the famous BeastKind products, like the blueberries that Zak Holstrem loved or the vegetables that were so well appreciated, Ryn and her team were returning.

Ryn was again on the rooftop of the first carriage and five adventurers were on horses ahead of her. They didn't encounter any group of bandits. Some weeks later, they would find out that a young girl and a boy saved a merchants caravan, by fighting a group of more than 15 bandits, killing every single one of them and because of that deed, the roads were safer. But no one knew their identity.

Suddenly, almost at the same spot where on their way to the BeastKind Kingdom the bear appeared, a loud noise of trees falling and a brushing sound was heard in the distance.

- Everyone, look out! Something is coming from the forest! Again!

Again, Ryn stood up and the caravan stopped. Again, the adventurers at the front took a defensive position. Again, from the forest and at more than 50 meters ahead, one tree fell. But that time, it was a Gigantic Snake that was crossing the road and going through the prairie, trying to reach the forest on the other side. Again, behind it, was a little girl, fully armored and with a big spear, trying to catch the snake. At her side was a boy also running, but with a sword in his hand. Ryn had her mouth open.

- Again? Who are those two?

One of the adventurers pointed at that strange group, he looked impressed.

- I think it's the same two hunters that we saw chasing that bear! This time it's a snake! I don't know who that little girl is, running in a dress and with all that armor, but the poor snake knows that if it gets caught, it will die!

Ryn was looking at that strange duo, running in a distance after a snake five times their size, without giving up or slowing down. They didn't even notice the caravan, they kept on running after their prey.

Months later, they all would meet again. But it took a while for Ryn to recognize Seya and Princess Heiji as the duo that she saw twice, on her last travel before entering school to improve her skills.