Through Unknowns

Emersyn was settling Reagan down when the baby w.h.i.n.ed, so she had no choice but to let him sleep on her c.h.e.s.t. Meanwhile, the remaining two small dragons were trying their best to distance themselves from Emersyn with a cry. Ignis tried to pacify them but failed.

"Uh… Emersyn?"

"I know. I will just be around," she said as she turned around and walked away from them.

Ignis bit his lower lip then tended on his siblings, who already lost their connection to Emersyn out of fear. When their object of fear vanished from their eyes, they calmed down and curled their body on the snow.

Emersyn was patting Reagan's back as she took a stroll around with the intention of killing the remaining pursuers looking for the dragons. She quietly brandished her sword, afraid that this would wake the baby up. Even after all this mess, this baby dragon was fearless and trusted Emersyn with all his heart. It somehow… gave her an inexplicable feeling in her heart. She didn't know… what it was, but she thought that it was good, at the least. Maybe. She shook her head anew then looked at the baby on her c.h.e.s.t, sleeping peacefully. She swept back his rich red hair and kissed his small forehead.

She mumbled, "Thank you."

Suddenly, Emersyn saw Carnash warily approaching her from a distance. She stopped walking as she waited for the old dragon to come.

"Sir Carnash-"

"No. Just call me Carnash. I may be old, but you are in the highest position now, Your Majesty."

Emersyn smiled wryly then nodded.

"Did you know how the star disappeared?"

"Because of something that happened here, it was confined in a space and soon, the moons also disappeared into that space."

"..."

"Since you are asking me this, you must have a motive to make me do something to save this planet from completely dying."

Carnash laughed then said, "You're unexpectedly sharp, Your Majesty."

"If you knew this, you are pretty old."

"Ahaha! I am! Anyway, you are right. I want you to save this planet from dying. Our resources are slowly dying out and we can't live any longer than ten years before we are completely wiped out from this place. We need to have a better future for those that are still growing."

He looked at Reagan then to Emersyn.

"For that baby too."

Emersyn furrowed her brows from the trap this old dragon laid out. She gazed at her periphery where she could see that the teleportation function of her bracelet was still jammed. If only she could use it, she would have carried Reagan with her to the planets she visited and those that were going to be visited, and ignore these people. She didn't know when the function would be available, so she was left with no choice.

She sighed.

"What should I do then?"

"Do you have a map of this place?"

Emersyn tilted her head.

"I have a way to know, but you can just tell me the place you want me to go."

"No, no. I just wanted to point you to places where I know the demonic crystals are being protected. You have to go there to revive the whole Demon Kingdom. Then, to the last place where the connection of the isolated space and this world should be broken. That way, the sun and the moons will come back."

"How about the isolated space?"

"It will disintegrate into nothingness. After all, it was a space the Founding Demon King made as a last resort for his people. If only that senile old man fought and took over this world, then this wouldn't happen," Carnash sighed as he placed his palm on his forehead. "Anyway… since there are people inside that isolated space, you have to evacuate them into this world."

"That's a problem. Everything is a problem, Carnash."

"What do you mean?"

Emersyn looked incredulously at Carnash then sighed. She gently patted Reagan's back then said, "When I first met the men from the isolated space that they called the Central Marsh, they weren't in the right condition to live in this place with a mana so dense that they felt incredibly uncomfortable. I only managed to protect them with my energy as a shell until they got used to it. It would be a great plan if I personally took action and did what I did to those that came first. However, I already made an enemy against the Central Marsh and Locruna people and earned their distrust. I can't just go there and create a mess between them. Besides, someone will definitely take the people of Central Marsh out of their home and live here in Locruna. However…"

"... Central Marsh is their home. They wouldn't be willing to come out and leave where they grew up. They also wouldn't like it if they encountered strangers stronger than them. They would fear them and the unknown before them."

Carnash grumbled.

"They are the descendants of a powerful race. They would easily get used to this environment and even live comfortably once you activated all the demonic crystals…."

Emersyn closed her eyes then nodded with a sigh.

"I understand then. I will infiltrate Central Marsh and somehow give the legacy of the castle to them. Then, after that, I will activate the crystals and will cut the connection of Locruna and Central Marsh once everyone is evacuated. Is that fine with you?"

Carnash's complexion brightened as he nodded fervently.

"Please!"

Emersyn smiled wryly at herself then shook her head.

Whatever.

"Oh, right."

"What's the matter?"

"What about those that were after you and Ignis?"

"Well… I don't know. But I am sure that it will be alright if we follow you. Right?"

"..."

"No, no. We are not really leeching off of you… I think? You can make us do whatever you d.e.s.i.r.e, Your Majesty!"

"... I don't need it."

"But…!"

"I said I don't need it."

"Then! I will take care of him when you fight!" Carnash said as he pointed at Reagan.

"I can protect him on my own."

"Please, Your Majesty, let me do something for you. I don't want to die to that evil wench Faria and her goons! If you still decline, I will follow you until the end!"

"Okay, fine. Geez."

What a pain in the a.s.s.

"Ah! If you can't infiltrate the Central Marsh, then I will do it!"

"Great, then you are coming with me," Emersyn immediately answered. "How about you, Ignis?"

Ignis flinched when his name was called then meekly approached Emersyn and kneeled before her. He placed his right hand on his c.h.e.s.t and said, "I will serve Her Majesty."

"Got it."

"Wait, why is it so easy for him? While I begged you to let me come!"

Emersyn incredulously looked at Carnash and at his suggestive phrasing. Sure enough, he never meant anything bad, but it still sounded wrong. She shrugged it off then pointed her chin towards the incoming band of monsters in the air.

"Never mind that. We have company."

***

"Is that them? I can recognize Carnash and Ignis and the three baby dragons. But who is that woman?" Ulter, a muscled man with two horns at the center of his forehead, muttered to his companion as his wings flapped angrily.

"I don't recognise her either, but since she is with them, she must be our enemy," Suria, a huge black tiger with demonic wings on his back, said as his gaze landed on the woman who he felt… something mysterious. "She… I think she would be strong. I can't fathom her strength from here."

"No matter. She won't be as strong from the last. We are the First Army of Her Majesty."

Suria grinned as his fangs showed.

"You're right, Ulter."

Before Ulter could mutter his reply, he saw the mutilated body of Suria before him. The surroundings also grew darker. Then, there was a woman in front of them with feathered wings. Also, she was the only one they could clearly see. She was carrying a baby on her bosom with a strange contraption wrapped around the baby. It seemed to be securing the little humanoid dragon on her body. Then, everything went pitch black.

There was a huge sphere floating in the air.

It disappeared and all the monster carcasses fell on the snowy ground and soaked the white snow with varying colors of blood.

Carnash, with his mouth wide, was aghast. It only took seconds for Emersyn to wipe out the rest of the army. His eyes shook from fear, understanding why the rest of the children were afraid of her. That power… was dangerous. What if she decided to completely ruin this world? No one would be able to stop her. He became more afraid of the existence before him.

Meanwhile, Ignis stood frozen with Alrich and Chelsea. They didn't utter a word, made a sound and moved even for a moment.

Emersyn quickly stored the carcasses in her inventory with a sigh. Would she be able to dismantle these monsters with Reagan? Worried, she looked over to the baby on her c.h.e.s.t and he was smiling widely with a giggle. He was wiping the green blood off her cheek that somehow splattered there.

"Mama kewl! Me kwill twoo!"

Emersyn chuckled as she patted his back, checking if there was blood on his clothes. She clicked her tongue when she felt something warm on his red hair. She had to wash him thoroughly later.

"Thank you, Reagan, and no. No killing until you are bigger."

Reagan tilted his head then nodded with a smile.

"Ung!"

"Good boy. Let's go back...," Emersyn didn't finish what she was saying once she saw her fear stricken companions. She gently smiled then took off somewhere far from their sight.