While Cecil and his party were heading towards the guild, let us flashback for a bit to a month ago when Cecil was still at Fauxe Village and adjusting to his new life there.

It had been a month after Earth's mass transmigration incident, on an ever vast meadow in the No-Man's land at the center of the Midgard Continent–a very very angry wife was currently berating her husband.

Inside a large wooden cabin, a loli-sized woman was currently fuming with anger at the large hulking man who was currently kneeling down on the ground.

"It's been so long now... How INCOMPETENT ARE YOU?! How can you NOT find MY SON YET?!!!" berated the short woman.

The large intimidating man could only kneel in silence. Not having an ounce of courage to argue with the small lioness who was currently fuming in front of him. It was somewhat comedic since although the man was kneeling, the woman was actually short enough to be looking straight at him instead of towering over him.

This only fueled the woman's anger. She slapped the back of the man's head and yelled, "LOWER! You idiot!"

"Y-yes ma'am."

The man obediently bowed his head and knelt even lower. Even then, the woman was only just a head and a half taller than the man. Seeing her husband obediently listening to her, the woman's heart somewhat softened and her anger was alleviated, though only by a very tiny bit. It could be seen how much the man loved the woman... or maybe even feared her.

Even when the couple was back on earth, no matter how angry and unreasonable the woman was, the man would never yell or argue back with her. The man would only do his best to make sure that the woman's anger was appeased, though it was rare since the woman was normally always happy and smiling. This couple was precisely Cecil's mother, Anastasia Silvaria, and father, Kaiser Silvaria.

"H-honey, baby. Please listen to my report first, okay?" Kaiser pleaded. He was carefully picking his words so as to not further incite the small woman's rage even further. The woman only glared straight at the man after hearing his words. Seeing as his wife was 'calming' down, the man immediately began his report.

"We've already searched through the plains and mountains around our immediate area. Food's running low and everyone's still in danger of being attacked by those... mutant animals. Just give us more time. We'll be sure to find our son."

Hearing the man's excuse–no, reasoning. The short woman could only heave a heavy sigh.

"It's been a month now... we've gathered almost everyone that lived in Edelesta and near our area who were transported to this meadow... how is Cecil and Silver not here..." Anastasia said and sat down on a chair dejectedly.

"Honey... it's like I said. Our search scope is limited to only a couple miles from our current area. We need to hunker down for a while, build a base, secure food and supplies. Only then can we broaden our search area," Kaiser reasoned.

Anastasia could only stay silent because there was nothing wrong with his words and nodded in understasnding. Seeing his wife's reaction Kaiser continued, "Those... mutant animals attack us day and night. There are even some people dying out there and even more are looking up to us for guidance. You know full well the power behind our family's name, but we can't just rely on our family's forces to search for Cecil. For now, we should gather and guide everyone here. Prepare ourselves and then use our family and anyone who is willing, to help search for Cecil!"

Kaiser was trying everything to reassure his forlorn wife. Listening to her husband's words, Anastasia came to a decision.

"Then we'll help them. The time limit is 3– no, 2 months. Then we enlist their help to look for Cecil again. I don't care what needs to be done. I want my baby boy at our side ASAP!"

Kaiser could only nod in agreement, but hearing his wife's words made him think. 'B-baby? The child could probably take down the mutant boar that was harassing us the other day with his bare hands!'

Kaiser very much wanted to rebuke his wife, but knowing the consequences of such actions, he kept his silence. Seeing as her husband was keeping his silence, Anastasia walked towards a cupboard, took down a roll of leather and unfurled it atop the dining table. On the large piece of leather was a roughly hand drawn, but detailed sketch of a map of their surroundings.

On the map was the encampment that their group had made and its surroundings. To the north of their encampment was a mountain range that stretched far to the east and to the west that occupied the entirety of the map's northern section. The people who made this map believed that the mountains stretched way too far into the distance that it would be impossible for them to find the ends in their current situation. This was alright, however, because the group Kaiser and his family was leading had their backs to this mountain range, making it a natural barrier that guarded them on one side.

There didn't seem to be any monsters that would come from the mountains because of how steep the mountainside was. The only possibility would be flying beasts, but there didn't seem to be any resting on the mountain's cliffs, so it appeared to be safe. They still kept a watch on the mountain area just to be careful, but the real attention was to the south of the encampment.

On the map, it showed that there was a vast plain that stretched as far as the eye could see in that direction and this was where all the monster beasts that were endangering their group were coming from.

A large forest was to their east and this forest stretched from the mountain's base all the way down south to a medium sized lake that was around 300 meters in diameter. The forest and lake were relatively safe and was the area where the group would forage and gather their food and water from. It was also thanks to this forest that the Earthlings were able to gather lumber to create the walls surrounding their base that somewhat protected them from the monsters' attacks.

Without this forest, the Earthling group that Kaiser and his family was leading, would've likely experienced a lot more casualties in the past month since they arrived on this strange planet. It was quite evident that they weren't on Earth anymore because of the two moons in the sky and the fantastical monster beasts that were hunting them like prey day and night.

Anyway, the south was currently the only place the group of Earthlings had to be extremely wary of because no monsters hardly ever appeared from the forest to their east while to their west was the same as their south, a vast plain that stretched as far as they could see, but there was a river here that ran along there which seemed to originate from someplace in the vast mountain range.

Thanks to this river, the west side was also somewhat safe. The monster beasts rarely crossed the river since it was flowing rather fast because it came from the mountains. The beasts would only go there to hydrate themselves for a bit before turning around to leave in the direction they came from.

They believed that this river was connected to the lake through an underground path since they found water flowing into the lake, but noticed that the lake had no visible rivers connected to it on the surface. What was interesting was that hardly any monsters approached the lake in the east that this river was connected to. There was definitely something off about this, but since the water in the lake was far too important for the group, they braved whatever dangers were lurking in the lake and gathered water for the group from there.

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The lake was still marked as unknown because the people weren't sure whether it was truly safe to go there or not. No other monsters approached the lake, so it could only mean that the lake was special and it had some kind of force that prevented monsters from approaching it, or there was something in the lake that scared off those monsters.

Kaiser believed that it was the latter, so he ordered anyone who was collecting water from there to be extra careful because who knows what could happen. It'd be nice if the lake was special and it repelled monsters away from it, but it was better to be safer and think that some kind of entity was living inside the lake and preventing the monsters from approaching the lake because it was its territory.

Today marked the day where the group would be moving their encampment since they found a safer place a few days ago. Anastasia glanced at a certain part of the map where her daughter, Angelia, had drawn a cute little mark that indicated the area where they would be moving their encampment because geologically, that place was safer than where they currently were.

The marked area was close to the mountains and the group's scouting team that found the place said it was a valley with a rather sizable stream was flowing through it coming from the mountain top. There was a forest at the entrance of the valley which could act as a natural barrier and there were only a few monsters living in it. All of them were monsters that the group had previously been able to kill without too much problem, so the scouting team believed that after subduing all of the monsters in the valley, it would be the best place to build their permanent base at.

Kaiser naturally went over to the place to scout the area and confirmed with everyone that it was indeed a very good place to permanently live in. There were natural barriers on 3 sides, making it a place that was easily defendable with a clean source of water that ran right through the middle of the area. The valley's only entrance had a forest blocking it, making it an ideal buffer zone to give the people living in the valley some time to get ready in case of a monster attack.

'I have to hand it to Gabby and my little Angel. They were able to map out the area just by listening to the scouts' descriptions.' Anastasia praised in her heart, but then she made a pained expression. Thinking about her children only reminded Anastasia about her currently missing child, Cecil, who was also the heir to the Silvaria family.

"Oh Cecil... where are you..."

Hearing his wife, Kaiser immediately tried to comfort her.

"Honey, we'll find him. I promise you."

The promise only sparked Anastasia's ire instead of comforting her.

"Instead of kneeling down there like an idiot... GO ROUND UP EVERYONE WHO'S WILLING TO FOLLOW US! We're moving to the new place."

"U-uh okay. Just give me an hour!"

"HALF!"

"Yes, yes."

Kaiser immediately got up and ran towards the door. When he exited the cabin, Kaiser saw that the rest of his family, his uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers and his only sister's family, were patiently waiting outside. The Silvaria family was really big. When the mass transmigration incident happened, the entirety of the Silvaria family, including some of the people from the branch families, had gathered at the large estate of the main branch of the Silvaria family for their annual get-together which should've taken place a few days later if not for the incident.

Since they were coincidentally gathered together, the large Silvaria Family had been teleported together to this strange new planet. Since they were all together, it was easy to coordinate things when Kaiser stepped up as the group's leader.

At the moment, the entirety of the Silvaria Family were waiting for their Patriarch's orders. Since the small cabin was only just roughly built, they could all hear their Matriarch's angry remarks. She hardly ever got angry, but it was understandable since the family's current heir had gone missing.

Kaiser glanced at everyone and saw that they were all ready to move out. The subordinates of the Silvaria family were also lined up neatly at the back of the family's crowd. The guards, trainees, servants, and every person who was a member or was affiliated with the Silvaria family had gathered here. There were also quite a lot of unrelated parties from the city they lived in back on Earth that had gathered there as well, ready to move with them.

Thanks to crowd mentality, these people had decided to follow under the leadership of the family because they were the ones who had been keeping them safe since the first day everyone woke up in this strange, but dangerous place. Kaiser's brother, Cecil's second uncle, Faren Silvaria, walked up to his brother and asked, "Brother, how is sister-in-law?"

"She's holding up. For now, gather everyone who's willing to follow us. Bring them here in half an hour! My wife wants to make an announcement."

"Okay... then, what about the search and rescue for Cecil?"

"It's on hold, we need to create a permanent base first, secure food and supplies as well as make weapons and other necessities before we continue with our search... I don't want another instance of what happened to third brother to come about again."

Remembering what happened to their youngest sibling who had died because of a monster attack. Faren and Kaiser turned silent. Faren turned back to look at the crowd behind him before saying, "There's no need to wait. Everyone who wants to move with us have already gathered, but where are we going, brother?"

"To the east, we're heading towards the valley we found last time. We'll establish our new encampment there."

"Alright."

"Inform the family that we're heading out, and tell some of our people to go to those who are still on the fence to make a decision right now if they want to follow us or not because we'll be moving out. With or without them! I'll be leaving with the advance group in 30 minutes!"

"Yes."

Faren immediately started ordering his branch family's members to get ready to move. He also went to his third brother's family and started giving them instructions. Kaiser stood alone in silence for a bit, pondering god knows what. A moment later, he turned towards his other family members and started giving out instructions. His daughter, Fatima, came up to him and said, "Sometimes father, I don't know whether you're the master of the family or mom."

"...darling, you know full well who's the master."

"Yup, it's mom."

"... I'm the patriarch okay. While she's the matriarch. The Silvaria family is a patriarchal family, which makes me the master... Why am I explaining this to you when you already know?"

"This just proves that mom really is the master," Fatima said as she sent another jab at her father.

*Sigh* "Anyway, just go tell Angel to comfort your mother. As for you and the boys, get yourselves ready. We're moving to 'that' place."

Placing an emphasis on 'that', Fatima immediately understood.

"Okay... and Cecil?"

"The search and rescue is on hold, for now. With our current situation, we can't go around searching any farther than our current scope with our meager supplies and equipment."

"...okay."

Fatima went towards her siblings and began another round of explaining. She then went to the subordinate group and started giving out orders. Kaiser went towards his parent's cabin and explained their next plan of action. Hearing their decision, Grandpa Silvaria spoke up, "Hrmm... yes, this is for the best... We shouldn't repeat our foolhardy ways. Look at what happened to your youngest brother... *sigh* Anyway, we should prioritize ourselves first. Besides, that child, I bet he's off hunting and killing those mutant animals as we speak! There's no way he'll pass up the opportunity to kill monsters that came out of books and myths! HAHAHAHA!"

"You said it father, HAHA!"

""HAHAHA–GAHARGH""

Grandma Silvaria couldn't take the insensible nonsense her husband and son was spouting and harshly jabbed her fists into their sides, "Be more sensible, you old coot! What do you think will happen if your daughter-in-law hears you? She'll blow another fuse! You as well, son! Idiots! The both of you."

Being reprimanded by the old matriarch, the father and son quieted down.

"We're just trying to lighten the mood, mother."

"Yes, but use more sensible words!" Grandma Silvaria immediately retorted.

Grandpa Silvaria turned towards his son with a rather serious face and said, "Son, just remember this. As long as we haven't found Cecil's corpse, that means there will always be hope. I figure that he wasn't even transported to our region. We've nearly round up all the citizens from Edelesta, but we still haven't found any traces of him or Silver."

"...Old thing... didn't I just say to be more SENSIBLE?!"

"And I'm just stating the FACTS! It may be tactless and insensible, but at least what I'm saying is true. With no body, no corpse, then there will always be hope!"

"..." Grandma Silvaria could not retort to that, so she stayed silent.

Seeing his mother falling silent, Kaiser wrapped up his conversation with his parents.

"Anyway, father, mother. I should go now... but can you two please go see my wife? She needs comfort from more... experienced people. I'm not so good with my words like father, but I'll do all I can to support her. She's the most devastated out of all of us. She had to see her own son disappear right in front of her."

"Alright son, I'll go talk with your wife, but you better hurry. The most comfort she could get would still be from her husband," said Grandma Silvaria with a smile.

"...yes."

Finishing up his talk with the old patriarch and matriarch, Kaiser gathered his subordinates and within 15 minutes, started their trek through the dangerous plains, heading east of their location. While on the road, Kaiser couldn't help but think back to a month ago, when everything first started.

A month ago, an abnormal light had enveloped the city of Edelesta and every human being there was then sent into a 'coma' and when everyone finally woke up, they found themselves in this vast plain in the middle of nowhere. The people didn't have anything besides the clothes on their backs and whatever it was that they were holding or touching. It was quite shocking when everyone woke up and noticed that there were multiple moons in the sky above them when night fall came.

At first they thought it was just some prank, but what force on Earth could transport a whole city of humans onto the plains and cause a mass hallucination. The confusion soon turned into panic.

'It was a good thing that we quickly rallied our family. Those monsters that came during that time... it was unfortunate for third brother, but at least everyone else was safe. I just pray that Cecil's safe too'

Kaiser released another sigh and looked up into the air, wondering just where his son could be.