146 One Month Later, Zack And The Wind Spirit
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It has been a month since my mother discovered she was pregnant. Although her belly had barely grown a bit, she had begun to feel more tired and sleepy. Nonetheless, we had still gone to Aquarina’s place to stay for an entire week. However, I fear that the more my mother’s belly grew, the weaker and more tired she’ll get, so we wouldn’t be able to travel around the skies with her.
It would be possible that this might result in us not being able to visit Aquarina and Zack as much. Perhaps, in the final months of her pregnancy, it won’t even happen at all until she gave birth.
I think I could go with father to Aquarina’s place, but my father doesn’t want to leave me alone nor does he want to leave mother alone. He wants all three of us to always stick together.
After all the things that we had gone through, such a thought process is more than reasonable, so I cannot really blame him. In any case, Aquarina and her family can still come here occasionally, although it will take them time. Also, they’ll need to go back after some time. After all, leaving the village without their protection is not something they liked to do.
However, for the moment, I should cherish this time I could still keep in touch with them until those months come. Aquarina and Zack have become my most beloved friends and the people I hold dear a lot, probably the most after my parents.
We were currently sitting around that one special stone near the Amazon village, which was the spirit stone or something like that… I don’t remember the name anymore.
Anyways, this special stone had a lot of spirit energy. Recently, while I wasn’t here, Aquarina told me that Zack got his spirit when she was wandering around with him.
“It happened without me realizing it… we were hunting horned hares and then I stumbled into this stone. I ended up touching it because it was glowing so bright… it was like, attracting me or something… well, after that, I heard the whisper of something, a little voice… then, I got this thing,” explained Zack.
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His palm opened as his spirit appeared. It was a small, white-colored mass of… floating clouds? That was his spirit, which was classified as a… wait for it… Sylph!
Yes, it had my name. Elemental Spirits had “classifications”, which named them according to their element. Wind attribute spirits were called Sylphs, and my name was Sylph too, so I was named after Wind Spirits. Then again, I haven’t even learned Wind Magic in detail.
Maybe I should honor my name and really get into Wind Magic… there are some useful stuffs on it… but as of now, I am trying to learn more of Fire, Light, Life, and Nature, which are the primary elements supported by my spirits and my skills.
The cloud floating atop Zack’s palm suddenly opened an eye as small amounts of lightning came out of the eye slightly…
“It’s quite a pretty cloud!” I said.
“Yeah, I guess…” replied Zack while blushing a bit.
The cloud looked at us with its big eye and instantly flew towards me. Then, its eye fixated on my face. What’s wrong with this spirit?
“…”
Spark!
Suddenly, a spark of lightning hit my nose, shocking me and making me fall to the ground!
“Ouch! What was that for?!” I asked.
“…”
The cloud flew back to Zack in silence.
“Cumulus, why did you do that?! Apologize!” said Zack angrily.
“Sylphy! Are you okay?!” asked Aquarina.
“Yeah, I’m fine. It wasn’t much,” I replied as I quickly got back up.
The little attack was shocking more than anything, but it wasn’t painful. Maybe my sense of pain has become a bit duller over time… whatever’s the case, if I have survived getting dismembered alive, I’m sure that I can survive this much without problems!
“Sorry about that again, Sylphy…” Zack apologized with a sigh. Cumulus was the name that he gave to his spirit. He had always had an affinity for Wind, so it fit him to have a Wind Spirit, just like how Aquarina got herself a Water Spirit named Undine.
Spirits help us wield the elements better and more easily, which was especially good for children such as ourselves who were still developing our powers. All in all, they help us in many ways.
“Don’t worry, Zack. I’m just happy to see you with a spirit. I hope it can be of great help in the future…” I said.
“Sure! I’m going to train with him and one day, we’ll get as strong as you and your spirits!” replied Zack.
“Haha, we’ll see about that!” I said defiantly, so he could feel encouraged and competitive.
“You’ll see!” Naturally, Zack wasn’t going to relent. He was getting pumped.
Aquarina quickly summoned Undine to show it to us.
“M-My Undine had grown up since the first time I met her. Wanna see?” she asked as she looked at me with her pretty aquamarine eyes. Soon, she opened the palm of her hand as a wave of water emerged, which turned into a fountain moving upwards, spiraling around, summoning a small little mermaid-like spirit.
It had the upper torso of a cute, blue-skinned girl, with long blue hair, and bright blue eyes. On the other hand, the lower half was that of a fish with shiny scales. She was also holding a trident, surprisingly.
“Wow, she has indeed grown! I remember she used to be the size of your hand, but now it’s almost half your body size!” I said.
“Right? Undine has gotten big!” replied Aquarina with a nod. I’m glad she got a friend to be with her even when I’m not here for her, Undine has helped her a lot at using and mastering her Water Magic.
“Hehehe…”
Undine lightly laughed. She wasn’t able to speak but sometimes would giggle sweetly when she got happy. She was also an infant spirit, the same as Zack’s Cumulus and my Naturia.
Ignatius was not an infant, but he was definitely far from reaching maturity now that he was back to an egg, which he hasn’t grown out from even after trying many times to break out of his own shell…
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