"Thaddeus, a survivor of the old house of Baron Aric Starfall, Sol’s father, starts his day with a brief pause on the balcony, breathing the fresh morning air with an expression of relief and worry. Dark memories of the past haunt his mind, and he whispers to himself: 'May it continue like this,' wishing fervently that the nightmares of the past do not come back to haunt them."

"Thaddeus knocks on Alyssa’s door firmly: 'Wake up, Alyssa, it’s time to start the work!' His voice is loaded with determination, reflecting the deep fear that the dangers of the past may reappear."

"Alyssa opens the door, greeting him: 'Good morning, Mr. Thaddeus.' Her sharp gaze perceives the tension on his face and silently shares his concern."

"As they walk together towards the next quarters, Thaddeus breaks the silence with an anguished sigh:

'How was the night, Alyssa?' His voice reveals the hidden anxiety behind the question, as if he were looking for some confirmation that the past is not repeating itself."

"'Quiet, calmer than the fields,' Alyssa replies with a cold expression, but her eyes reveal a restlessness similar to Thaddeus’s."

"Thaddeus, with seriousness, declares: 'Great, we must protect this place, whatever it takes.' His fixed gaze reflects the determination of a survivor determined not to allow the horrors of the past to repeat themselves."

"'Yes,' Alyssa agrees, with a firmness in her voice that echoes Thaddeus’s determination."

"Alyssa Shadowblade, initially a royal assassin trained in the dark arts of war and espionage, left behind her life as an assassin to become the silent shadow of Eldrick Duskwood in search of redemption and protection. Now, as the protector of Thoth Duskwood Starfall, Alyssa combines her gentleness as a nanny with her determination as a warrior, being a relentless guardian, determined to protect those she loves at any cost."

"As they arrive at the door of the next employee, a slight tension arises in the air."

"'Me or you?' Thaddeus asks Alyssa."

"'I’m not a maid’s nanny,' Alyssa complains."

"'She’s your subordinate then. Wake her up yourself, then. I’ll be in the young master’s room,' Thaddeus replies, dividing the tasks."

"The annoyance is noticeable on Alyssa’s face."

"'Knock… Knock…' Alyssa knocks on the maid Agnes’s door."

"Agnes is a young anthropic girl of delicate appearance, rescued by Eldrick and Sol Duskwood after losing her family to cruel nobles. Raised with affection by the Duskwood family, she is working as a maid in the Duskwood mansion."

"After several attempts, she loses her patience, then opens the door by force and sees Agnes sleeping sitting between the bed and the floor."

"Without calm, she shouts to wake Agnes up, with a threatening expression:

'Wake up! Soon, you little squirrel-female!' The scream was so loud that it ended up waking almost everyone on the property."

"However, Agnes just looked around, picked up her pillow that was on the floor and soon went back to bed. Furious, seeing that little squirrel-female lying down, Alyssa soon loses her patience and throws her out the window of the room."

"'There, now we have one less, and can hire another one,' Alyssa says of Agnes."

"Agnes quickly comes back through the window and kneels in front of Alyssa and asks for forgiveness. Alyssa just tells her to get ready and start her work. Before leaving, she speaks with a threatening tone:

'Don’t even think about going back to sleep, or we’ll choose another maid.' Agnes feels threatened and continues to apologize. Alyssa closes the door and goes straight to Thoth’s room."

"Now let’s see, my little Thoth! Her expression of annoyance soon disappears and becomes a smiling and cute face, showing how much she likes Thoth."

Heading towards Thoth’s room, Alyssa sees Thaddeus looking at the door, visibly scared. Upon hearing noises in the room, she soon thinks that he lowered his guard by being distracted by Agnes, and then Alyssa runs and opens the door by force.

Thaddeus, seeing that Alyssa was normally a little altered, takes responsibility and speaks.

"Masters, I believe it’s time to come with me, right?" Thaddeus addresses his lords.

Alyssa soon calms down when she realizes that it was only Eldrick and Sol, and soon returns to normal, breathing deeply. "Phew…"

They manage to have a lot of fun until a certain moment when Thoth feels hungry, a scene of cuteness and beauty at the same time.

Heading towards the kitchen, Sol comes out of a door in front of Alyssa and Thoth.

Alyssa had already noticed Sol, but tries to pretend to be surprised.

"Miss, Sol?"

Alyssa received orders to keep her powers secret until further notice. So, she pretends to be surprised by Sol’s speed in picking up Thoth.

"Ma’am, Thoth is hungry. Could you feed him?"

"Sure, you can leave him with me. I’ll take good care of him."

Alyssa watches the two, keeping a guard to protect them.

Thoth falls asleep in his mother’s lap, Sol Starfall, who soon takes him to his room and puts him to sleep in his crib.

The encounter with the Lady of the Moon.

"Hello, Thoth. Have you gotten used to your new life?" Selena, the Lady of the Moon, asks him, using her power to communicate with her faithful through dreams.

"H-h-hi," he replies, with a trembling voice, soon realizing that he can’t see anything.

"Uhm? Where is… What… An?" Why… In the darkness, he hears a sweet voice talking to him.

"You can’t see, no matter how hard you try. I will explain when the time comes, but now we don’t have much time here."

"The time here is different from your new world; dreams are quick and fleeting. After today, it will be difficult to communicate with you, as we will be very busy.”

Thoth pays close attention after hearing that beautiful voice, making him calm down instantly. Then, Selene begins to speak.

"You, Thoth, will be my representative in Alandria, but I want you to keep your crest a secret, without showing it to anyone, except for those you really trust, as it may create enemies and unwanted looks."

"I will be transferring my blessings from now on. You will suffer a little pain, grow strong and be the pinnacle of the Moonlight, young one."

"I hope our next meeting will be longer…" Surprised by what is happening, he feels a great pain that makes him open his eyes slowly. Soon, he can see a beautiful figure in front of him. Thoth can’t compare Selene’s beauty, as he has never seen anything like it.

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The more he opens his eyes, the more that presence fades away until his eyes are fully open, and a small tear falls from them, because of that beautiful scene he witnessed.

Two months have passed and Thoth, who is now one year old, can walk on his own.

"It seems that there is no one here with me! Now that I can walk on my own, maybe I can go there, hahaha!"

"Hello, little one, where do you think you are going? There is no place for a child of your age, young master. Come here." Alyssa stops Thoth from going to the mansion’s library, taking him to play with his toys.

Thoth, in his thought: "I’m not as weak as I was ten months ago." Thoth uses his crest…

Two months ago, Thoth acquired a skill after receiving Selene’s blessings, and he dedicated himself during the day and his dreams to try to learn what that blessing was.

Thoth shows one of his first skills given by the Lady of the Moon, the 'Touch of Forgetfulness.' This skill can temporarily induce the loss of consciousness in an individual with just the power of his mind. This subtle skill allows Thoth to enter telepathic contact with the target’s mind and influence it to enter a state of torpor, resulting in the momentary loss of consciousness.

However, this ability does not work on beings that are in a stage of magic equal to or higher than Rank Gamma, which demonstrates a resistance to more subtle mental influences. It is a powerful technique to incapacitate opponents.

"What… I’m fainting…" Alyssa loses consciousness completely, her body collapsing on the floor like an empty sack.

The silence takes over the environment while she pretends to be immersed in a state of deep unconsciousness.

Thoth smiles like a great villain and soon begins to sneak around the corners, heading towards the library as if nothing could stop him.

Alyssa takes care of everything about Thoth, even changing his clothes; then, she had already seen the crest of the Moon Goddess, keeping her guard high always near her young master…

"Huh!? Do you think I’m that weak, young master? That disappoints me… He-he! Let’s see where you should go?!" She enters Thoth’s shadows to watch him in secret.

"Where are you going, young one? To that side, there is only the library…"

"Huh!? Library? Library… This will be interesting!"

Alyssa watches Thoth through the shadows.

"What a huge library, maybe here there is something more about this world or about things that can teach me about magic!?" Thoth speaks with great determination to learn.

"Where should I start?"

"First, I should look for a book that explains more about where I am."

Thoth enters a random section of books and there he finds the “Primordial Chronicle”, a special book that shows a certain area when the person holding the book looks at it, revealing details and additional information.

"It seems that where I am is known as the death zone. Besides. It is one of the most isolated places in the Kingdom."

"This land was inherited by a warrior who served the KING directly." "Services to the KING?!" "Then, my father must be very strong, right?" Thoth is perplexed to imagine that his father already served the king or fought in war, either option is impressive.

Thoth looks for routes that are usable. "Through the forest, it is impossible to advance without the permission of the anthropic people."

"It seems that they are really well hidden," Thoth comments, without knowing the history of his family.

"This can be good, if it is a Dead Zone, it means that there is no leader yet, so only we can manage this territory," Thoth, excited by the news he just got and already preparing plans for his future.

"There are two routes that can be used. First, I need to initially fix this property and make the business flow. As far as I can tell, I will have a lot of work here."

"Coming here today was good. I need to go back now, Alyssa must be awake…"

Thoth leaves the library and heads towards the room, but before he arrives, Agnes sees him leaving the library alone.

"Young master?" Agnes is confused when she sees Thoth alone.

"Wow! What a cuteness! Snout, ears, tail and a… What are you anyway?" Until this moment, Thoth did not know Agnes the maid.

"What are you doing alone? Is your nanny so bad that she left you alone?!"

Alyssa appears behind Agnes and hits her hard on the head. "Have you finished your service, Agnes?" Alyssa asks with a tone of disdain, but soon grabs Thoth and asks if he is interested in horse.

Alyssa sacrifices Agnes for fun, putting the little one’s hands on Agnes’s ears. Thoth squeezed her, making her walk like a little animal. Alyssa found this very funny and started laughing. Agnes, seeing that they were having fun, starts laughing with them…

The fun ended when Thaddeus arrived to allocate the two in their proper place. When he was leaving, he said something to Alyssa.

"Alyssa, the master wants to see you tonight in the meeting room. Is the report ready?"

"Yes, it is, I will take it as soon as Thoth falls asleep…"

"I will inform the master as soon as possible," Thaddeus leaves with a serene look.

They had no idea that Thoth was able to understand the situation with extreme clarity.

"Report, who are you really, Alyssa?"

"I think I have to be more careful from now on."

During dinner, Thoth sits in a chair specially made for him, adjusted to be able to feed properly. Thoth’s parents talk and have fun watching Thoth trying to eat like an adult.

After the family dinner, Alyssa and Sol bathe and prepare Thoth for him to fall asleep. Sol, while making him sleep, sings a little song, making Thoth fall deeply asleep.

Sol then manages to make Thoth sleep and notices that Alyssa was also a little sleepy.

"Boo!" Sol tries to scare Alyssa, who was almost asleep on her feet.

"I think you must be tired. You can go for today."

"I wish I had you at my disposal, miss," Alyssa praises Sol for her hard work.

Sol, for her erudition, became the treasurer of the Duskwood house and assists in the commercial activities of the Duskwood.

"Everything I do is to guarantee a future for him." Looking at Thoth, Sol smiles and comments. "Now, let’s get out before we wake him up again, he-he!"

The two leave in opposite directions. Sol, heading to Eldrick’s room and Alyssa, returned to her quarters.

Sol enters Eldrick’s room.

"Good night, Eldrick. It looks like you’ll have a lot of work today…"

"Good night, my little Light. Yes, today will be busy, haha!" Sol smiles, her cheeks blushing.

"So, I could help you today…"

"No need, I couldn’t concentrate with you here."

Sol gets embarrassed and says goodbye to Eldrick, leaving the office, with steam seeming to come out of her head…

"Haha…" Eldrick smiles, also embarrassed.

"How much did you hear?" Eldrick asks, noticing that someone had entered his room.

"Sometimes it’s good to be different, master." Alyssa makes Eldrick blush for a moment. But soon she gets serious and changes the subject.

"Did you bring the report on them?" Eldrick asks Alyssa.

"Of course, who do you think I am?" She mocks, considering the work easy..

“I only had a setback in the spying. There is a race that I couldn’t identify; they are very perceptive. I couldn’t get close to their territory before being noticed and had to retreat.”

“Don’t do that again. We know how easy things can get difficult, especially now!” Eldrick scolds, with a mix of anger for Alyssa’s attitude and concern for the existence of a race capable of perceiving her from afar.

“Let’s see who our neighbors are… Huh? Haha!?” Eldrick, as he begins to read about them, smiles with an expression of despair.

Eldrick’s territory is surrounded by four species: the anthropics, Skorpyans, Xanaris and a fourth undetermined species, quite powerful.

The anthropics live in the forest near the property. They are a unique and fascinating species, known for their distinct appearance that combines human and animal features. A striking feature is the ability to temporarily assume an “animal form” during moments of great emotion.

“The anthropics can be difficult to deal with, but at least we can communicate. This is getting quite complicated…” Eldrick murmurs, worried.

“I’m starting to think that we were placed here just to be silenced. Maybe I should investigate that too.”

“Let’s continue the report, ‘Scorpyans’”

The Skorpyans are fascinating creatures, with the upper body humanoid and the lower part reminiscent of a scorpion. They have an imposing and lethal appearance, combining the strength and agility of a human with the ferocity of a scorpion. Their shiny armor protects them from attacks and reflects the light in a dazzling way, making them threatening and majestic at the same time.

“This species is very complicated. They are warriors who follow one of the great lords, specifically Thalos, the Warlord. We must be very careful with them. Take care of this border and warn about any movement.”

“Yes, sir master.”

Then, Eldrick comments with Alyssa.

“Anything else you want to add?”

“I think you already noticed. Thoth has a gift for learning. Besides, he visits the library constantly.”

“And he was graced with the crest of the Lady of the Moon. Maybe it would be better for me to help him instead of just watching him study.”

“Lady of the Moon? It is rare nowadays to exist someone who has the crest of the Lady of the Moon, but maybe this is our chance.”

“Maybe it’s not a bad idea. From today on, Alyssa Shadowblade, you will be Thoth’s tutor. This will be a difficult job, as he still can’t speak, but that will soon change. You are dismissed, you can go rest now.”

“Yes, sir. But aren’t you forgetting a species, master?” Alyssa asks Eldrick.

“The last and perhaps the most dangerous: the Xanaris.”

The Xanaris are a mysterious and powerful race, originating from a parallel dimension millennia ago. Endowed with incomparable wisdom and transcendental powers, they are known for dominating the secrets of the cosmos and the primordial energies that permeate the universe. Their ethereal and radiant appearance reflects their connection with the universe, while their advanced magical technology and ancient knowledge make them guardians of ancient secrets and sacred artifacts. Preferring isolation and secrecy, the Xanaris are revered as silent observers of cosmic events, silently influencing the destinies of entire worlds while remaining shrouded in mystery and power.

“They are all very powerful, but which will be the species that Alyssa couldn’t get information from? I must investigate soon. I will organize this paperwork fir

st, and then I must focus on our neighbors.”

“Lady of the Moon…” Eldrick expresses a great hope for the future of his territory.