"Haaa!"

"Tei!"

Sounds of cracking wood resounded at the break of dawn...

The sun has yet to rise, the two figures that seemed to have started a bit earlier kept on cracking their wooden swords each time their swords collide.

The silvery hair shined brightly as the sun's light had reach their position, as light grew brighter the situation of their battlefield became visible, there were countless broken wooden swords and flattened ground could be seen.

The other figure was a man, he held the sword's grip tightly as he once again aimed at the person in front of him...

This was truly not a normal situation... The girl with silver hair was running short on air as she kept on taking the man's sword head on...

"Hyaaa!"

"Haaa!"

The girl lost her footing and falls to the ground, as the sword of the man reached for her throat.

"Grr..."

She groaned in anger... With sharp eyes glaring at the man in front of her, accepting her loss soon after she rest her tired body to the ground.

"I still can't win..."

"Heh... You're hundred years too early to defeat me, Ryomi..."

The man satisfied with his victory smiled brilliantly as he retracted the wooden sword from the girl's throat towards his other hand, and reached for the girl's hand to help her up...

"Muu..."

She was dissatisfied with the result of the battle as she pouted and afterwards took the man's hand then stood up.

"Ryomi... Happy birthday..."

"Eh?"

"Hm? You didn't notice?"

The girl dumbfounded by the man's sudden remark, let out a stupid query.

"Today, you are now officially recognized as an adult... That is if I give you your [Proof of Adulthood]"

"Fue?"

"So? What are you gonna do?"

Without even waiting for her answer the man continued with a stern expression.

"I don't care what you want to do after you move out but... Ryomi, don't make your mother worry... Use the skills I taught you to help other people... Think before you do something, rushing things will only hasten your death. Also... Keep safe..."

The man, that had a stern expression on his face, smiled brightly and said.

"Come! You're mother should already have food waiting for us, we have been at it since midnight after all..."

The man walked away with the wooden sword in tow, the girl did not move as she was still processing everything...

"So it has already been a year..."

She looked towards the sun that peeked from the horizons and smiled lightly...

"So today, as of the moment I accept the proof... I will be officially recognized as an adult..."

Stretching her arms and legs she then ran to the direction the man walked to and yelled...

"Hey, wait! Father! You don't have to walk that fast!"

24th day of Xyint of the Helvic Calendar, the girl named "Ryomi Harland" has entered the stage of adulthood.

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[Proof of Adulthood], I didn't know what it was or what meaning it holds for the people of this world but I guess it was something like an acknowledgement that a person can stand in his/her own without other people to look after them...

It had only been a year since I was transferred, I met a family that accepted a hated race and was cared for, I got a reliable friend, a teacher, and a comrade... A lot of things happened, I even met a goddess... Things that seemed to be something unbelievable started happening one after another... and now comes another phase in my life in another world...

I didn't hate the pain I've been through in fact I felt grateful... I didn't become useless like I was back then... I became active something that I won't do in that world... If my memory of that world didn't exist I would've thought of this world as the one I lived in for a very long time. It didn't feel strange... I wonder how sis is doing on the other side? Is there even a way to go back?

"Ryomi! Ryomi!"

As I was in deep thought, I was called back to reality by Shim who was beside me already tearing up... That's right, I was going to leave first as Shim's birthday has yet to come...

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"Hey, don't cry... It's not like we're not gonna see each other again... After six months you'll leave this place as well... Marx will be crowned soon after... Things will get even more interesting from here on out... I'll be sure to tell you where I am, so you can find me much easier..."

"Really?"

"Nn! Really, really!"

"Promise me!"

She holds out her pinky and prompts me... So this world also has this kind of thing...

"It's a promise..."

"Ehehehehe..."

I don't know why she's so happy about it but I guess it's a good thing, so I won't ask anymore...

"Here... Cake!"

"Eh! Isn't this expensive? Even for you guys!"

"It's once in a lifetime event so don't think about it too much and besides your father and I have quite the savings..."

"Emily... Thank you so much, mother..."

"Well, even though we took you in, you don't have to force yourself to call us like that any further... After all you are already an adult as per the law of the kingdom states..."

"But father hasn't given me the [Proof of Adulthood] yet..."

As if on cue, Toni then enters with a sword and a cloak...

"Though this is the only thing we can give you as our saving were battered out by buying the cake..."

"Shh! I said keep it a secret!"

"Ah? Ahahahahaha! I forgot... Also here... Though this is only used when registering as an adventurer and entering an organization..."

It was a badge... Well, I think it is... It was made of gold with a extravagant pattern in the middle with incomprehensible writings,.. The pattern was made in a symbol of the kingdom's crest... I felt a faint magical energy coming from the pattern and it's writing... I wonder if it's only because of the symbol or... the badge itself is made up of magic metals.

"Be sure to keep it safe... You can't get another one after all!"

"Eh!? Then..."

"Just joking... Well, I guess for your race it would be hard... Since the Ylka is a hated race, only a few makes something like that... Well, I used my connections to prepare this."

"Thank you, Father..."

"Now then! Let's enjoy the night and celebrate your turning fifteen!!!"

"""YEEEEAAAH!!!"""

"Y-yes!"

I thought... "Ah... The long night have started..."

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It was later that night... No longer was the banging of the beer cups could be heard and drunken adults are already asleep... I, who only drank a few cups had a hard time sleeping as I was excited of what adventures I would find in the near future...

"Ryomi-sama..."

"Kaze? What is it?"

"It's... Nothing, it's just you seem happy..."

"How could I not be... It's a joyous moment after all..."

"I guess, for mortals aging is a joyous thing,,,"

"So? Is there a problem?"

"Nothing, I have come to report my findings about the otherworlders you speak of. Some of the spirits have contracted themselves with one."

"Where are they?"

"They reside in the city to the East... Well, about a number of them are..."

"I see... Thank you, Kaze"

"As it is my master's will..."

Kaze disappears from sight as if no one was there a moment ago...

"So they reside in the east, huh?"

I looked up to the sky and a faint smile was made visible under the moon's light...

"Maybe I can see them too..."

Aira, Ford, Tara, Leona, Grazel... Everyone... I wonder, would they remember me or are they here as well?

My appearance has changed drastically just this one year... I'm sure a lot of things happened in their side as well... I just wish I could see them again...

As I gaze through the moonlight soon after I felt tired and went to sleep thereafter... I guess... Happy Birthday to me... Randell Hall...