Back to southern Tower (1)

My Body was shivering; It was so cold-wasn't the afterlife supposed to be warm ?

I could smell wood burning; Birds were chirping nearby- I opened my eyes !!

you have got to be kidding me !!

I looked at my rusty blanket- wait my hands are small; I touched my face- WAIT, WASN'T I SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD ?

"Master !! Master !! " called Peter.

"Master Sylvia, are you awake ?" said Undine

They both hugged me; Peter is High ranking wind spirit and Undine is Mid-ranking water spirit whom I contacted in my previous time.

wait ? previous life - that means

" I clearly died...so how am here ? and why are you two still with me ? "

The spirit contact is a lifetime contact but once the person who contacted dies; The spirits that were contacted are free.

" Master, It's most likely because you have silver core. " stated Peter, " Though I am not sure but when you died, It felt like..."

" A near death experience" I sensed Undine's fear.

But that can't be possible - To reverse time !!

" Undine, Peter, are you guys alright? " I asked,

Contacted spirit feel what the person who contacted them feel and vice-versa.To think they experience death with me.

Most contacted spirits connection break as the person's death looms over; thus contacted spirit are freed from their connection with their contactor few days before their contactor dies and once the contactor dies; The spirit reunites with Nature .

Undine and Peter both sensed my death, so their connection with me should have been broken; so why ? what could have happened?

" we are alright master !!" replied Peter

" If I died, you should have been freed !!"

They looked as shocked as me- Even if time was reversed; The spirit contact should have been broken.

" Even we don't know" Undine said, " but maybe its because master is silver core candidate."

*Is s***il***ver core that special* ?

" By the way, where are we ? And why am I so small?" I asked,

I looked around, the room had a rusty wooden door, a big faulty window, a small cupboard and a cracked mirror.

I picked the cracked mirror and looked at my reflection- I had the same tangled dirty blonde hair, my face looked young and small - it's as if I had returned to my life at the Southern tower.

" Peter, go and find out which imperial year it is ?"

" yes master " He disappeared

Judging from my surrounding, I am sure I have returned to the time when I was at the Southern tower, when I turned 12, Duke came to pick me up.

I looked around the tower; Trash has been taken out, The rooms have been cleared and food supplies had left ;that means the maids have gone through their monthly visit.

Once in a month, The maids, chef and along with knights come to Southern tower and leave the necessities for my survival.

Good!! then I will be alone for quite sometime.

" Undine, you can change to your animal form, Nobody is here in the tower for the time being "

Mid- ranking spirits cans change their forms depending on their power; undine's animal form is phoenix- Blue phoenix.

" I am back master," Peter said, turning to an handsome green haired boy.

High- ranking spirits can change to human form . "Master, It's imperial year xx60 "

" That means, we have gone eight year back in time before I died and that means I am currently 10 years old."

Undine sat on lap and started rubbing the back of my hand with her beak.

" yes, master !! " Peter sat opposite to me, " what are you going to do now ?"

'Castillo !! I wish to see you again...I wish to redo everything!! '

" I am going to change my miserable life." I rubbed Undine's feather, " I don't know how or why I came back but when I was about to die; I desperately wanted to redo my past life- I wanted to rewrite my fate...I don't want to be cursed child anymore...No- I am not a cursed child...so, Peter and Undine, will you help me change my destiny?"

Back, when Castillo used to say I had given up on myself and my fate - I used say that I am a cursed child and this is my fate... But now, things are different- Because if I let things go on like this: Castillo will die because of me !!

I don't want to give up on myself now .

" As my master wishes" Peter said

Undine changed back to her spirit form, " we have waited for you to rely now us like this ..master we will change the future together.."

We know the future events to some extent; So, to change the future, we have to make a pathway.

" I need to get as strong as possible before Duke comes " I concluded, " If I am going to change my destiny, I have to at least protect myself."

"Master, If I may suggest, why don't you contact another High-ranking spirit ? " Peter suggested,"Both Undine and I, are offensive spirit; so we won't be able to protect master but if master contacts a defensive spirit then the problem will be solved."

That's right!! Undine and Peter are my offensive attack cards. They work together perfectly and that's why when we are to be surrounded; I would be defenseless.

"Spirit of Darkness is specialized in defensive magic; I, once had a fight with a dark spirit and could not break through it's defense " said Undine recalling.

spirit of darkness?

" Alright; then let's contract a spirit of darkness"

" I will make the preparation right away, " said peter.

" Peter, I have a task for you..." I need to find information on elves . " Look for any elves nearby or any news related to them."

" yes, master" peter disappeared

" Right undine, let's make preparation"

The spirit contact ceremony is prepared by drawing spirit circle with a chalk and poured my spiritual power into it ; Fundamentally, there are seven spirit that originates from gods and goddesses-

• Wind

• Water

• Fire

• Earth

• Darkness

• Light

• non- attribution spirits

The age of spirit differentiate their ranking. undine is 429 years old while peter is 890 years old. Castillo's spirit- Arnold was 907 years old.

Castillo ? If we go back in time; that means you are still alive.

I stepped in the spiritual circle, I spoke the incarnation," O, The great spirit of Darkness, I call upon thee to answer my voice, To become one with me, and swear life time fealty to me- Answer my call! "

*The spiritual circle glowed and erupted smoke of black, In front of me stood, a cloud of endless darkness.

" you were the one who called me; human !" spoke the deep resonating voice*.

" yes, Great spirit of darkness- form a contact with me. "

The spirit remained silent; There are cases when the spirit declines to form a contact with the contactor. It's just as said, Spirits chooses their master according to it's contactor's spiritual core.

While I may have a silver core, I can't help but feel nervous. Judging from clouds voice, it is either a mid or high-ranking spirit .

" Name ? "

To uphold, The ceremony of contact, The contactor must give the spirit a name that will serve as a connection between the core of the contactor and power of the spirit.

" Nyx "

The cloud of darkness swirled around me; pulling my spiritual core and adjusting its power- i felt exhausted. and spiritual circle evaporated- This ceremony was completed . l could feel its energy- Nyx is a high- ranking spirit, higher than peter.

" Master " a handsome black haired boy enveloped in black called, " I shall serve you with devotion from this day onwards." his eyes sparkled under the moon.

" welcome Nyx" I smiled

" I have never heard a human or a spirit reverse time. " said Nyx pouring me tomato soup, " only god or goddess are able to reverse time... "

Nyx is a high- ranking spirit who is 967 years old. Oddly, he says that this is the first time he has heard of time reverse.

" You mean to say that unless I am a god or some god helped me; I can't reverse time "

" Yes, Nature follows the rules of god but god is the creator- The power to change the flow is that of the creator ." he said while sitting down, " But if you ask me, you are the first human with silver core that I have met in 967 years. strangely I feel as if I am connected to your soul rather than your core..."

" Even you " undine called, " Peter and I had that same feeling...maybe the silver core is special."

For the next few months , we had a strict routine- I woke up early and ran around the outskirts of the nearby forest to increase my stamina, so that I can run as fast as possible if my opponent is strong. Nyx teaches me self -defense, sword swinging and crossbowing . I practiced in the afternoon with undine and peter creating and perfecting our offensive attacks and practiced spiritual power concentration .At evening, I practiced with Nyx to improve my defense. By nightfall, peter taught me history, medicine, mathematics,theology and etiquettes.

The maids came by as usual and never suspected a thing; according to peter, They report to Duke about my lifestyle and how I am faring. Half of what they say is lie but I have no intentions for Duke to know that.

I need to get a lot stronger; before I enter the Dukedom- Before the real struggle begins.

Today is one of few sunny days, The southern region where only one can see clouds and snow. This view of sun is a blessing .

Nyx, peter and undine planned to celebrate new year with meat of boar. Boars are common animals found in the forest but hunting them is

tenacious, though with my current ability I am capable of killing it but it also makes my body tired. I dodged it's claw, aimed my arrow to hit it's forehead but the wildboar jumped at me. I rolled over, " undine, water slash !! "

Undine shot water slash from behind and diverted boar's attention. I refocused the arrow and shot it to the boar's head- Thaack!!

" peter, now seize it's air supply." The boar is injured but not dead, if its air supply is cut, then it will die in seconds.

The angry boar threw a tree which was double my height at me. I froze - even if I moved: I won't be able to dodge it. In the moment of spur, I close my eyes. " Master, 30 lapses from tomorrow." Nyx said holding the tree .

" WHAT?" I yelled, " Do you want me to die ?"

" Nyx, I think it should be 50 lapse, master's stamina is still poor. " said peter, lifting the dead boar. " To think, you made such a small mistake. "

It's true, I should I have ran or at least called Nyx but all I did was freeze at that moment. If it were enemy, I could have died.

" seriously!! you guys are worst !!" I said sitting down.

" master, don't worry!! after you eat, Boar's meat you can run 100 lapses " undine was trying to encourage me but it didn't help.

Since then, one year had passed peaceful. My training had been fruitful lately, Now I don't get tired even if ran 60 lapse. My bow and sword technique are nearly accurate.

" 121 " I was swinging my sword, " 122, 123, 124, 125, 126"

" master, why don't you contact a weapon spirit ? "

"127.." I stopped swinging, " weapon spirit? I have never heard of one ? "

" One of my previous master had contacted a weapon spirit. Is it uncommon ? " questioned Nyx, " Never mind that master, a weapon spirit is a type of non- attributed spirit- like the name of the spirit- weapon spirit materializes itself into a weapon like sword, crossbow, spear etc."

"It would be quiet helpful! " If i contact such a spirit; I will never be weaponless.

" prepare for the ceremony " And because I have the silver core; there is no limit to the number of spirits I can contact- It's said that the goddess, who had silver core had contracted three spirit king and twelve high- ranking spirits.

The ceremony was the same, I drew the spiritual circle and poured my spiritual power into it and began the incarnation, " O, The great spirit of weapon, I call upon thee to answer my voice , To become one with me, and swear life time fealty to me- Answer my call! "

*Crystalized smoke formed around me and begun shaking violently.

" Finally, a human called!! its been 790 years since I made a contact with a human- was it 800 or 790 years?... anyways human, you should feel blessed, for I, the great spirit of weapon will accompany you till the death and for life ...Now give me a name* ?"

good lords, This spirit is a little lively than the rest .

" Livia " The smoke pacified and spirit changed to it's human form- By the pressure on the core- I knew it was high- ranking one.

Now, I have three high- ranking spirit and one mid- ranking spirit .

" Wow!! Humans have civilized; The last time I saw, They wore clothes of tree leaves.." said the beautiful purple- haired girl, whose skin was white as snow," Your name, master ? " She smiled like an angel.

" Sylvia " I smiled, " welcome to my family, Livia"

" Was this weasel the one who told you about me ? " frowned Livia

" It still looks like you haven't civilized, Livia " commented Nyx, " I heard you haven't been in contact for the last 600 years, you should be happy to be contacted again... "

" Shut up, you poophead!! " scowled Livia

and soon, The southern tower became lively; Livia and Nyx though kept arguing from time to time but I can sense no hostility for each other.

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