Chapter 172 – Journal Entry 21: The Mistress of Fernery Island

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After discussing things about my new house. I immediately went there. Apparently, it is just next to the Inn as I was told. It is a small cottage house with a tiled roof and marble walls. Entering inside there is a soft bed, a table by side, and there is a small kitchen that has an oven, a pan, and a pot.

I inspected the place around but it seems cozy. I put my bag on the table near the bed, after that, I laid on the bed, rested my back before closing my eyes. While doing so, my thoughts revolve around the island. I like this island, the prospect of living here and tending to a farm excites my soul.

Something about that makes me happy. As if there was a time in my past that I was able to live peacefully without any care. It is so ingrained in me that thinking about it makes me calm. I can't wait for it so, for now, I decided to take a nap.

"How conceited butcher...to be so carefree with the world on a curse..."

I opened my eyes and stood up immediately. My hand readied up, I take a look around only for the image of that bluish haired woman disappearing like thin air.

"Who are you?"

I could only say that out loud. The image didn't stay I wasn't able to get any answer. All I hear was the was blowing through the window. I don't know what image is that or why it appears to me but even so, I could only try and deduce.

I went out of the house.

I could see the general store of the island. On my right is the building of the Inn. Behind my house is the wide open sea, and there is a small path there that leads to the white sand beach of the Island. There is a changing room there, apparently, they have built a habit of swimming with swimwear here.

I went down the stairs. I saw some travelers going out of the Inn. Fernery Island is quite full of journeyman and adventurers. They do not stay long here but it seems that staying in this peaceful land is quite a hobby for these adventurers. I heard it in the Inn how many are drawn here because of the mefinami light and the Ymir giants.

I walked down the road, I arrive at the tree lined street where I could see a big house, no a villa more like it. On the left side of the road, I could see the building that was quite large itself too. This building has a chimney on top, it has a giant wheel on the side that helps in circulating the water.

This is the forge built by an island that supervises in building golems and their cores. This is where Elena and her brother lives. She told me to wait for her so I did. It took about five minutes of waiting before she appears with her work uniform.

Her work uniform consists of clothes that cover her limbs. She is also wearing an apron like cloth on her torso that allows her to fend off the fire. Elena seems to be covered in dirt, at least her face is covered in coal stain. She noticed me staring so she approached me.

"Let's go and greet the mistress."

"So the mistress that you have been speaking about will finally be revealed."

"The mistress is lax, in fact, don't be too polite or she might just casually cast a geas curse upon you."

"That is quite something...to say."

Cold sweat ran behind my back.

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Our destination was on the top of the island. Elena told me that there was once a dragon shine here but when the last arch dragon left, the mistress of the Island demolished the shrine at the request of the arch-dragon. The age of the arch dragon was too long to count. He wanted to disappear so seeing that the mistress was strong, the arch dragon left the island's protection to her.

"We have arrived."

We indeed reach our destination. In here we saw a shrine-like house that encompasses a field. There is a field of sands in front and there are craters all over the place. Huh, what the hell?

"Oh, they started huh?"

Elena suddenly rolled away, she put her hand on the ground, summoning a wall of iron. I did not get why she would do that. But the moment I felt a cold glint of energy coming towards me. I rolled at her summoned wall and asked her.

"Okay, what is happening?"

"Training."

"Who?"

"The Mistress and Uncle Grom."

With that, the chaos ensued on top of the island. Various energy came about and the feeling of an explosion came about. I went to take a peek and saw a white haired lady, wearing a robe that exposes her collarbones. She wears an emerald necklace on her neck, and her appearance overall was just alluring. She has purple eyes, a jade-like skin, well endowed and a slender.

She is floating on the air.

In front of her was Grom holding up a short sword filled with runes. He wasn't wearing his metal skin but his eyes was that of maddened beast. I can tell that he is not in the right mood to be called as sane.

"What is this? We have done this for hundred years yet cannot even touch the sole of my feet. disgraceful!"

She slams her hands down at Grom. Grom planted his left hand and with an explosion flew out of the way. The explosion shredded his wooden skin but it regenerated, crawling out of his skin. It hurt just to looked at so I can't imagine how painful it is.

The battle continued with most of the time Grom struggling against the presume mistress of the island. She was merciless, every blow, and every spell she threw at Grom made it look like she was torturing Grom. But even so, Grom, whose eyes were glowing red didn't stop at all. He fought like mad, and only until the mistress noticed the wall Elena built thus she squeezes her first and pummeled Grom to the ground.

Brutal, without mercy.

That was how I saw it.

But to my surprise, Grom floated along with the Mistress. She then sat on the balcony of her house, smiling in our direction.

"Good morning Mistress."

Elena came out of the wall, I followed.

"Good Morning, so are you the one that will inherit that old place?"

The Mistress gave Grom her lap as she heals her injuries. The 'light' that glows in her palm spreads across Grom but somehow I feel like it doesn't do much with how his skin was getting sewed with black veins. It looks painful, and I can only pity Grom.

"I am...My name is Ramiel."

When I said that the Mistress took a glance at me with her eyes widened. She then smiled and said.

"How rare...the thunder of God eh...Nice to meet you Ram'am El"

She said that as if she knew that name. I wondered if she knew the guy in the monolith? I then bowed my head, and as Elena to sat near the Mistress.

"I am Pandora...Welcome to Fernery Island."

And so, I met the Mistress of Fernery Island, Pandora.