The moment I first opened my eyes in this world there were three people with me: a man with an unmatched young face, a woman a little shorter than the man with an equally young face, both of them bowing by my side and finally a tall, busty woman with a pleased look on her face.

All three people have grayish hair with colored tips, the man has light blue tips, the bowing woman has a red fringe and the busty woman has light green locks... And all of them have pointed ears.

I followed her movements with my eyes the best I could, as my body didn't seem to respond to my commands. The woman places an orb she was holding on a pedestal at the side of the room, then I notice she has been holding a blindfold since the start, is that why I couldn't see until just now?

"###### #### ##### ## ########### ###. Ayliannette Ambrose? ### #####."

Wh-What? Why can't I understand? I've studied a bunch of languages, I bet I could at least discover what language they are using! That's the only reason I was so calm, after listening to them talking I'd figure out where I am.

Damn, damn! I hate when things don't go according to plan! Improvising is Aria's deal!

Aria! Of course, where is she? That useless class rep. Should deal with this!

I look around, my anxiety is probably clear on my face as the grown ups look concerned.

"Waaaaaah!"

Ah, now I'm crying, it seems like I can't control my emotions well either...

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That happened two-hundred and eleven years ago, at some point I realized I've been reincarnated as an elf in the Elven Dynasty of Aioniyos. Thanks to Aria I'm aware of what an "Elf" is and what "Reincarnation" means.

Since I became twenty years old I've used my position as a direct relative of the Elf Empress to build connections to find other reincarnated classmates of mine. It felt weird how I was the only one reincarnated even though a bunch of students were in class with me.

My efforts gave birth to the "Individual Protection Organization", I didn't name it, of course, the one who did was Claude, the first manager of the IPO, who happened to be a human. He's... Long gone, his kids followed up as members but his grandkids cut all relations with us.

He picked this name while we were but a nameless group, I was dealing with other issues, so he decided on the name alone. When I discovered the name he had chosen, I complained a lot. But now... The name is a memento, a register of his existence in this world.

The objective of the IPO is to protect everyone in need, specially those at remote locations, but the real objective is to track down other reincarnations, it wasn't since thirty years ago that I started to find some.

But things really changed 4 years ago, when I met M&M, or, as he's called now, Prince Casimir Archibald, Cass for short. Alongside him I found Elijah, formerly Pietro, a black wolf beastman. He was enslaved and bought by the royal family of Archibald, where Cass found and took him under his wing.

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Though, the real objective was always to find Aria, wherever she might be. She did so much for me, I need to know her whereabouts, even if she is dead, I just need to know!

And that's why I joined the Hero Party alongside Elijah and with Cass as the leader, he's a hero after all. This way I can look for her where the IPO can't reach.

And that's how I ended up in the Barren Lands for a giant bounty hunting.

"So, Ayla and I will deal with one of the giants while Elijah will distract the other one, you can do it without dying, can't you?"

"'Course I can!"

He definitely can, but the time is limited, the more we take to kill the thing, the more time he needs to buy.

"I'll start with terrain sorcery to make it fall and-"

"Alright, alright, don't plan too much, just do whatever you feel necessary and I'll adapt, ok? We had this conversation many times before, didn't we?"

"...Hm"

Another one who hates to plan... Why am I always stuck with this type?

"I'll be going, good luck you two, don't die" - And with that Elijah gets on the move, as soon as the giant locks onto him, me and Cass will jump into action.

"Let's go!" - Cass gives the order.

I use the terrain sorcery sinkhole to create a hole on the ground so the giant gets in Cass' range. He rushes to the monster, getting on its shoulder and slicing the neck with his legendary sword, fracturing the right side of its neck.

The giant starts to move around, causing Cass to lose his balance, then it punches its own shoulder, Cass can't dodge that!

"Wind Launch!" - I make Cass fly into the sky, getting him out of the way of the attack. He got launched half the height of a giant, but that isn't enough to kill him... I hope.

From the sky, he backflips, then sideflips and stabs his sword at the top of the head of the monster. Though... Those flips were totally unnecessary, bet he'll ask how cool he looked over there, gotta make sure to say how his face was weird up there.

With that the boulders constituting the body start to fall, Cass jumps back to my side.

"Hey, how did I look-"

"Lets go, Elijah is waiting for us"

As I look in that direction, I spot him in the air defenseless, I use wind launch to get him out of the way of a punch while also pulling him towards the ground, Cass rushes and grabs him, no fall damage sustained, we regroup, I'm fine, but these two are already tired. Neither tide nor tempest sorcery will work on a stone giant, terrain sorcery can do the trick but it is an aura burn...

I'm on my own anyways, they can't do too much in this state. Conserving aura and dealing considerable damage, that's a hard request, my skill won't make a difference either. Sigh, I lack time, so I'll just...

"Restraining jud-"

Before I finish my spell, something strikes the giant, the side of its head to be exact.

"That's... That's a demon!"

The demon has white hair and is wearing clothes, I can't spot anything else thanks to the massive amounts of red and black aura it is leaking. After striking, the demon jumps and uses something like a scythe to cut the arm off, boulders fall to the ground making a lot of noise.

Now standing at its shoulder the demon swings the weapon consecutively at the neck, then stops for a second, the scythe disappears and instead it throws a punch, forming a crater at its face. The body starts to fall down, the giant is dead.

"We... We should get out of here!"

"No! Stay still, if we run it'll see us as prey and kill us!" - I answer

"And if we stay it won't?"

"If we stay we might not die."

The demon walks and stands in front of us.

"I #### #ou t#o"

"...M&#? Oli?"

My eyes widen, demons can change their appearance, aura based creatures are shapeshifters, after all. They mimic who's in front of them, but this one has had this appearance since before, and it can talk!

"Aria?"

"Olivia, it's really you!"

"Aria!" - I jump into the demon's arms, much to the despair of my other two companions.

My two-hundred year search has reached its end.