Free The Beginning After The End (Early Years Book 1) by TurtleMe Page A

few questions?”

 
    “ Go
ahead young one, although I may not be able to answer everything .”

 
    I
suddenly rattled on all of the questions that have been on my mind ever since
waking up and after meeting Sylvia.  “Where is this place? Why are you
here all alone?  Where did you come from?  Why do you have that huge
wound? … Why did you save me?

 
    *Chuckle*

 
    “ You
must have had a lot on your mind.  The first question is easy to answer.
 This place is a narrow zone that is between the Beast Glades and the
Forest of Elshire.  No one knows of this place because I’ve been warding
off anyone who comes close, although the cases are rare in the first place.
 You, young child, are the first to enter into this domain. ”

 
    “Please
call me Art! My name is Arthur Leywin but everyone calls me Art! You can too!”
I interrupt before shutting my mouth with my tiny hands.  Why am I acting
like an excited child? Control yourself!

 
    “ Kukuku…
Very well child, I will call you Art! ”  Her red eyes glazed, looking
afar while answering my next questions.

 
    “ Continuing
on to your second question.  I am here alone simply because I have no one
left to be with. While I do not think telling you everything would be wise, I
will tell you that I have many enemies that desperately wish for something that
I have; my last battle with my enemies left this wound.  As for where I
come from… very far away haha. ”

 
    There
was a moment of pause before Sylvia continued on, this time her eyes looking
straight at me, almost studying me.

 
    “ As
for why I saved you…even I do not fully know the answer to that question.
 Perhaps I have been alone for far too long and I simply wished to have
someone to talk to.  I first noticed you when your party was engaged in
battle with the bandits.  When you fell off the cliff to save your mother,
I felt compelled to save you, thinking it was a waste for such a good child to
die.   You are very brave.  It is rare for even an adult to be able
to do that. ”

 
    I
shook my head. “I was scared too and I didn’t know what to do.  I just
wanted to save my mother and my baby sibling inside her.”  I don’t know if
it’s from the gentle way she talked or because of how big and powerful she
seems but in front of her, I seemed to turn into a child.  No, I was a
child in front of her.

 
    “ I
see… Your mother was pregnant.  You must miss them dearly.  Rest
assure, your family and party are safe.  As for where they have gone, my
senses cannot reach far enough to tell anymore. ”

 
    “…”

 
    I
felt my cheeks get warm as tears unconsciously rolled down.  I see.
 They’re safe.  This new life that I've been given has allowed me to
express emotions I thought I never would in my previous life.

 
    *Sniff*
“Thank God” *Sniff* “Th…they’re alive…they’re okay...” I say half mumbled
through my hands that covered my face.

 
    Sylvia’s
giant hand reached down and she softly patted my head with a finger.

 
    The
day passed on with me conversing with Sylvia, picking up some roots that looked
and tasted very similarly to potatoes but were black in color in between to
eat, before conversing again.

 
    We
talked about all sorts of things to pass the time as she prepared to open a
portal.  She asked me how I was able to use mana so well at my age.

 
    “I
was under the impression that amongst humans, the earliest mage to have
awakened so far was the age of 10, and even then, because the child couldn’t
grasp how to use it, there was very little he could do.  Yet, not only
have you already formed your mana core, but, by the way you use your mana, you
seem to be more efficient than most adults. ”

 
    I
just shrugged, feeling oddly proud by her compliment. “My parents say I’m a
genius or something.  I can read really well and I get what the pictures
and words in the books are saying.”

 
    A
few more days