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IN the end, my father, mother, and I all returned home together. My mother scolded me very thoroughly. For some reason, my father was also a recipient of her wrath.
Mama’s scoldings are like a sucker punch to my heart. Enough already! I can’t take anymore!
Dee told me, “I’m glad you made a new friend.”
Huh? She’s talking about Lars, right? Definitely not that demon prince!
However, due to this incident, my parents finally noticed my unusual ability!
I suppose it makes sense that they initially failed to notice something was up just because animals tend to like me.
Lars gave it away. Turns out his species of large feline was also incredibly rare in this world.
My mother explained that Lars was a sky tiger, a type of holy beast. Apparently, holy beasts didn’t usually allow anyone to get close to them other than the master with whom they’d formed a bond. According to my mother, holy beast was a general term for animals that could use elemental power. Sky tigers primarily controlled wind and lightning and could run through the sky!
Sky tigers are incredible! Next time, I’ll ask Lars to take me for a walk in the sky!
In addition to sky tigers, earth tigers could manipulate the earth. Earth tigers were black. Additionally, golden lions, called day lions, could control the element of light, and silver lions, called night lions, could control the element of darkness. Even dragons existed in this world—they were called primordial dragons.
It would’ve been impossible back home, but I guess this is par for the course in a fantasy world. And what is more stereotypical of a fantasy world than elemental power, right?
The primary elements were fire, wind, water, and earth, and manifestations of them were called attributes. Let’s take using magic to create flames as an example. Flames are a manifestation of fire, so that would make this spell an attribute of the element of fire.
Magic users used their own personal magic to cast spells, but this world was also full of elemental power that originated from God. The practice of harnessing and using this power was called elementalism, but unfortunately, this ability was lost long ago.
Hmph, so humans can’t access elemental power? Bummer.
…Well, I hardly have any magic to start with, so I suppose it doesn’t affect me either way.
There was one exception—each continent had its own elemental kings.
If things here work like any of the novels I’ve read, there shouldn’t be just one all-powerful elemental king, but one for each of the elements.
Asdyllon had three continents, each of which had its own elemental kings. And since there were four elements, each of the three continents should have four kings, for a total of twelve.
Furthermore, light and darkness were the dominion of God alone, so there was no elemental power or magic that could manipulate them. This power was given only to the day lions and night lions, and so they were known as the messengers of God.
Oh, and there was a place on each continent called the elemental palace. You could meet the elemental kings if you went there. However, you had to be bonded with a holy beast to be allowed inside.
That means that demon prince has probably met with the elemental kings! Oooh, I’m so jealous! But maybe I’ll get lucky, and I’ll also be able to meet them someday. Yeah, that’s what I’ll do!
Oh, and Papa bought me a detailed book all about holy beasts.
He forbade me from playing with any more holy beasts in public in the future. If I disobeyed this order, he said he would get Mama to give me another terrifying scolding…
Too bad I have no intention of heeding his warning!