Three days later.
The weather forecast was rain. Rain. Rain. Rain.
Sai was comfortably in the coach wagon drinking the finest Mountain Frog Poison, while waiting for the rain to subside.
Meanwhile Rowana was the source of a lot of information about the Ironthrown Forest. Like how they were many Magic Beast, Divine Beast and Fairies residing in the forest.
Rowana lived with her three sisters and her four nieces.
Rowana’s family live in a town or village located in the Ironthorn Forest.
Sai was more interested in meeting the Fairy Queen who ruled over all the fairies in the forest.
Rowana also was informed about poison. Like she would talk and talk until Sai ears would go red.
Rowana was giving details about another lecture about a deadly poison. “Have you seen a Sandbox Tree? Depending on the species that can produce different types of poison. I traveled around the world and collected dozens of different samples, however there are three that I considered super useful. Red Sandbox Tree Poison, it is a slow and painful poison, great for interrogation. Yellow Sandbox Tree Poison it is fast acting paralyze. Orange Sandbox Tree works on magical beings such as fairies, golems and spirits.”
Sai enthusiasm has withered while listening to Rowana talk constantly. The only conclusion that he reached is that needed to avoid the Sultron Desert. Some reason that region had some very scary species, Sultron Scorpion, Sword Ants, Colossal Wasps, Giant Gila Monster and even the Horned Dogs evolved to spit out poison.
Everything was trying to kill you in the Sultron Desert, however Rowana described the place like it was paradise.
Rowana ended her talk about deadly poison and silently looked out the coach wagon window. “I was hoping to fly in better weather, it doesn’t look like the storm is going to stop,” Rowana got up and held her hand toward Sai. “We’ll go around LavendarSprings City and head straight to Ironthorn Forest.”
“In this weather?” Sai said as he took Rowana’s hand.
“A little rain won’t kill me,” Rowana said with a smile.
Rowana left the coach wagon and into the rain. She pulled the reins and had Bart and Lisa move. The coach wagon was moving once again.
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Sai saw LavendarSprings City wall, but they moved around it.
A couple hours later they were in front of a forest.
“Great, we’re here,” Rowana says and gently stops near some trees. She tied the horses underneath the tree where they wouldn't get wet.
Sai left the Coach Wagon in the rain.
He easily spotted the famous Ironthorn Bush that covered the forest.
The bush would often tower over trees and other vegetation in its surroundings. One of the more noticeable aspects is the white flowers against the dark green foliage.However, it is the thorns of the IronThorn Bush that truly set it apart from other plants. The thorns are exceptionally long, resembling swords in both length and sharpness. The thorns are so sharp that they can easily puncture skin, muscles and bone. The plants are a formidable deterrent against potential threats.
The entrance of the forest was covered in these menacing plants.
Rowana slowly moved into the forest. “Come along, we still have a distance to cover until we can reach my home.”
“Goodbye Bart and Lisa,” Sai said to the horses.
Rowana and Sai left them tied to a tree.
Sai journeyed through the forest. Occasionally he would see Magic Beast walking about. A lot of ducks, turtles and frogs seemed to be enjoying the rain.
Sai didn’t lower his guards since all the Magic Beast he encountered were level 10 or more.
There was even a tiger that gave a Sai a hungry stare.
One glance from Rowana and the tiger sleek back into the woods.
“We finally made it home,” Rowana said with a hint of fondness.
Sai and Rowana were still standing in the middle of the Ironthorn Forest. Sai didn’t know what Rowana was talking about.
Sai took a step forward but an invisible barrier was stopping him.
“Wait here, I will get Penelope to open the barrier to let you in,” Rowana instructed.
Rowana flew into the barrier and disappeared from Sai view.
A few minutes later, a child fairy with black curly hair stepped out of the barrier. Wearing a white silk robe. She moved toward Sai and stared at him with glowing blue eyes. “Are you Rowana’s Godchild?”
“I am Sai Giri and yes I am Rowana’s Godchild,” Sai said resting his hand on chest.
The child fairy touched the barrier. “I am Penelope and I welcome you to our home!”
A circle portal opened up in the barrier separating the outside world from the fairies home.
“Come step inside,” Penelope beckoned with her hands.
Sai took his first into the home of the Fairies.
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The Fairies home had clear weather, not a single cloud in the sky. Sai was soaking wet in the middle of a peaceful grass field. Rowana and Penelope were floating in the air.
“So he’s your godchild?” Penelope's voice asked as she circled around Sai. “He’s really built like a castle with those numbers.”
“Yes he’s my Godchild. The bond is connected to him. How about some juicy gossip? Any news I should know about while I was away,” Rowana asked.
“Your the hottest gossip in the entire forest .Other than you guys, we got new neighbors, the Land Dragons have migrated from the west,” Penelope answered.
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“What is the Patriarchy of the Dragon Clan even doing? Did they get kicked out of the Dragon Clan?” Rowana asked.
“The Baboon is taking care of our new scaly neighbors. Oh yeah, Victoria has bloomed, she now the mother of three faelings.”
“I didn’t even know she had matured!”
Rowana and Penelope gossip as they fly in front of Sai.
As Sai moved deeper into the fairy home, he saw all the stages of a fairy lifecycle.
Faelings were flying through the air, chasing each other and playing games. Sai thought they looked like bright colorful spheres.
Child Fairies were lounging around or talking to each other and doing other activities like playing instruments or other activities.
Mother Fairies were rare but they were typically surrounded by their Faelings or Child Fairies. They were all extraordinarily beautiful. With their hair having flowers in full bloom.
The Mother and Child Fairies wore typical wool dresses. Some had flowers and other animal designs on them.
Baa. Baa. Baa. Baa.
Sai truly wondered why they were so many sheeps grazing on the grass.
There were few trees in the area. Fairies were sitting on large quilts. Sai didn’t see a house in sight.
“Aunty! Aunty! Aunty!” Faelings were flying around Rowana quickly. There were so many Faelings and they moved fast enough to be a blur.
“Where did you go!”
“Do you bring gifts!”
“Did you bring candy!”
Rowana gave a large smile. “I brought the best gift of all!” Rowana waved her hand toward Sai. “This is your new cousin! The hero! And he would love to play with you!”
“Really!”
“He’s a Hero!”
“Let's get him!”
Sai was surrounded by the faelings like a middle of firefly twisted. “We want to play!”
“We wanna play!”
“We wanna play!”
Sai looked over to Rowana for help. But he only received a warm smile. “Have fun kids!”
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Sai's hair and clothes were disarrayed. Playing tag with faelings were recipe for disaster.
While he was playing with the faelings, Rowana had created clones.
One clone had hair with twintails.
The other clone had a neat single bun.
There was even a third adult clone that had roses flowers in her hair. She was beautiful. The faeling approached the grown-up Rowana and glided into the flowers, which lovingly closed around them.
“You did a pretty good job,” Rowana said to her godchild. “Those faelings are a handful.”
Sai looked at his poor clothes. “I will keep that in mind.”
The grown-up waved at Sai. “Hello I’m Rachel, I’m Rowana sister and you could say your aunty.”
The twintail Rowana raised her hand. “Yo Hero, I’m Rose.”
The bun hair Rowana went next. “I am Rosa,” She says with a single nod.
Sai coughed. “I am Sai Giri, it is nice to meet you all.”
Rose started moving. “Follow me! I am going to show you our spot.”
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Fairies didn't dwell in conventional homes. Their closest semblance to a house was the quilted blanket that covered the grass, which they shared with their family and friends whenever they rested or slept at night.
Baa. Baa. Baa. Baa.
Sai also learned they live with sheep for some reason gazing on the grass.
Sai then said to his godmother, “Rowana... How am I supposed to go to the bathroom?”
Rose answered happily. “Don’t worry! We built an outhouse next to that tree!”
Sai looked over to the tree and indeed there was an outhouse next to the tree. “How am I supposed to get any privacy?”
Rowana then said. “You can share whatever you want with us. We’re your family.”
Sai opened his mouth then closed it. He gave up and admitted defeat.
Sai looked at the fine handiwork on the quilted blanket and decided to lay down on it.
Sai felt like laying on the cloud. He had one thought, ‘This is an introvert's worst nightmare.’
Rowana nodded and then started moving back. “Stay here, I am going to get someone to take care of Bart and Lisa. Also I need to greet some people.”
Rosa picked up a book and started reading.
Rose started playing with his Sai’s hair, “So this is human hair. Why are there no flowers?”
“Humans need a partner to reproduce” Rachel drank tea. “Sai, would you like some tea?” Rachel asked.
“I’m good,” Sai looked at the sky above. There was probably no need for shelter since the weather was being controlled by some kind of magic. There was no need for privacy since the Fairies were all female species.
Rachel nodded, “As Rowana's sister I know more than anyone how difficult she is. She means well.”
Sai looked over to Rachel. She was really beautiful, with red locks and green eyes. Sai considered that a positive when living with Rowana’s family. Rachel would make a man happy to marry her with just the beauty alone.
Sai then said, “Rowana never once let me down. I’m fortunate to have her as my Godmother.” Sai meant every word.
Sai had spotted many many problems in the future living with the fairies. Even so, he saw that his future was bright and hopeful.
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“Let's go slowpoke!” Rose said.
“I’m coming, I’m coming,” Sai said.
The sky was dark as the moon and stars lit the sky.
Rose was enthusiastically pulling Sai toward the welcoming party. Rose was animated talking, “There will be cake, roasted meat and all the blueberries you can eat!”
Rosa was following behind the pair then said. “There are too many people for my taste. Let's go back to the spot and have a quieter dinner.”
Rachael letting her faelings zoom around her said. “It's good to celebrate once in a while.”
“Music!”
“Dancing!”
“Play!”
The faelings screamed in excitement.
Sai was already seeing a huge crowd of fairies up ahead. Rachael’s faelings wasted no time to start flying toward the party.
There were hundreds of fairies at the celebrations. The ground covered in a white blankets that stretched on the ground.
Music was humming through the air.
Faelings were zooming through the sky, their laughter and giggles accompanying the music.
The child fairies and mother fairies were either dancing or were clustered in groups and talking. Some fairies laid on the cloth ground and ate with their family and friends.
As soon as Sai was in reign of the celebration a group of child fairies of various hair colors flew toward him.
“Ooh so this is Hero!” A blue-haired child fairy zoomed closer to check Sai's face. She then started to pull his left arm to get him closer to the celebration.
“Are you going to battle those cocky direwolves!” A blond haired child fairy started to pull Sai's right arm. “They've been trying to hunt our precious sheep! Let's show them who's boss!”
“Do you have a crush!?! No, do you have a girlfriend!? Are you married!” A pink-haired child fairy asked.
“Juliana, how forward, do you want to marry him,” Another fairy snickered.
“He needs to at least double his cuteness,” The pink-haired fairy replied with utmost seriousness.
“His Durability is stronger than Light Silver! Is this the power of a hero!” Someone was feeling Sai’s chest muscles, Sai lookback and saw it was a green-haired child fairy with glowing eyes.
Sai maneuvered out of the hands and reach of the child fairies that ganged up on him. “Not so handsy. We humans appreciate our personal space.”
“What’s personal space?” The blonde haired fairy asked.
“They don’t like being touched,” the blue-haired fairy answered.
“What about baby sheep! Everyone loves baby sheep!” The pink-hair fairy asked.
“Tell us about your gift! No, let me witness its power!” The green-hair fairy demanded.
The child fairies started to talk at the same time and Sai couldn’t keep up.
Rosa tugged his shirt. “Come mister popular we need to go greet the Fairy Queen.”
Sai looked over at the child fairies. “Sorry we can talk later,” Sai looked over to Rosa. “Lead the way.”
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The Fairy Queen was three times taller than the average man. That was the first thing that Sai noticed. She was very tall.
The Fairy Queen wore a skirt draping her lower half and a cotton top that discreetly covered her chest, leaving her shoulders and midriff revealed. Resting atop her head was a white witch's hat, concealing her sandy blond hair beneath its brim. Her eyes were a mix of violet and blue.
The Fairy Queen was an astounding level 91 and used a sheep as a makeshift throne.
Godmother Rowana was sitting near the Fairy Queen when Sai arrived.
Rowana smiled warmly at Sai, “How are you enjoying the celebration child?” Rowana asked.
“It is nice,” Sai replied lying, he would rather describe it as hectic. Sai wasn’t someone who enjoyed parties.
The Fairy Queen seems to smile. “That’s good to hear. Have you found anyone you fancy?”
Sai only meant child fairies and since he knew he wasn’t a criminal he replied. “I prefer older women.”
“My my my my. It would warm my aching heart if you found a nice fairy to marry and lived here with us.” The Fairy Queen said. “Heroes are always so helpful and there are a lot of benefits to living with us.”
“Don’t you think your moving too fast,” Rowana said. “We just arrived.”
“I will leave the decisions up to the hero,” The Fairy Queen said. “Sai Giri, some heroes do not accept a fairy as their Godmother. Humans and fairies are both complicated creatures. Thankyou for accepting Rowana as your Godmother. This is your home and you have the support of the fairies for your endeavors.”
Rowana bowed her head. “Thank you Fairy Queen.”
Sai also bowed his head. “Thank you, I won’t forget this.”
“Welcome to Ironthorn Forest Sai Giri,” The Fairy Queen said. “Enjoy the party.”
[author] Hello readers and welcome to the Ironthorn Forest the home of Magic Beast, Divine Beast and Fairies. I hope you enjoy the chapter and leave a comment, review or rating. I sustain myself with feedback! See you again ^__^[/author]