Minerva was at her home sitting on her couch. She couldn't help but think back on her life. Growing up she was well aware that Her father, the former guild master of Sabertooth wanted only the strongest. It didn't matter to him if the strongest was by blood or not there was space for weaklings. He had abused her and hammered his ways into her without mercy. To be honest she had no one else to go to because she never knew her mother and she was an only child. All her life she did whatever she could to make her father proud of her, even for a litte but then she finally learned that it wasn't going to happen because he had forced her to become a demon.
Speaking of demons, Minerva remembered how Kyouka confronted her saying something that caught her off guard, by knowing who she was.
FLASHBACK
Minerva was confronted by Kyouka who was looking at her. Minerva knew that there were demons but she didn't expect to be that close to one.
Kyouka looked at her as if she was examining her about something then smiled.
"My, you sure did grow up. I didn't that much time flew by."
Minerva just looked at her.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm just saying that time flew by quickly. I almost didn't recognize you, Minerva."
Minerva's eyes widened.
"Wait, how did you know my name?"
"That's simple, you're the daughter of the man known to be human side of the devil himself. Well more like the second child."
Minerva raised a brow.
"I don't have any siblings."
Kyouka just closed her eyes as she smiled.
"So it is true. You really don't remember anything."
"..."
"I can tell you that you look just like her."
Minerva blinked.
"Her?"
"Yes, but are you worthy to in our guild?"
A green aura surrounded Kyouka as she smiled wickedly at her. Minerva becoming scared tried to get away but a sudden large wave of pain came over her body.
FLASHBACK END
Minerva hugged herself at the painful memory. After a few moments of silence she got to her feet then left to her home.
When she got home she got out a box that had things from her childhood that she found in the attic of her previous home. Of course she stole it because her father never allowed her to go in the attic but whenever she could Minerva went inside the attic whenever her father was at a guild master meeting.
Minerva opened the box and saw a thick black book that looked to be old because of how the pages were and she saw a blue cloth that looked to be a scarf. She pulled it out and then she saw another thing in the box. It looked like a journal of some sort. Minerva raised a brow then she picked it up. She saw that it was a small box as if it was supposed to hold a key in it. She opened the box but her eyes widen when she began to hear a soft tune playing. It was so soothing and Minerva picked up the eye necklace.
She put the necklace on but then she put the necklace in her space magic then looked at the journal. She looked at it then used her thumb to brush the dust off so she could see the title.
Tarvagus
Minerva just looked at the title then she put the journal in her space magic as well. She saw that it was almost noon and decided to go to the Sabertooth guild and check for any quests that might be good.
In the Sabertooth guild Minerva had gotten a job request that was out of town. She figured that the quest was simple so she went alone. It was simple job that was to scare away a few bandits so it was going to be fine just to go alone.
She had to leave town to head up to the mountains which wasn't going to be a problem but she did however wonder what it was that these bandits were doing there.
After a while Minerva arrived to the mountains and sure enough so the bandits that had a little kid as hostage. Minerva frowned to that and charged at them without giving any warning to them. After beating a couple of bandits without using magic and stood with one heel on one of their backs she looked at the leader who she was standing on. The leader bandit just had his eyes closed as he spoke.
"You got it all wrong, the village people asked us to take that brat from them. They're the ones who told us that the brat was a nightmare. Instead of beating us up, why not beat the kid up?"
Minerva frowned then looked at the kid who just happened to be a little boy who was hiding behind a tree. Minerva looked back at the bandit on the ground.
"He's just a kid that clearly doesn't look dangerous."
"That's what the village people said, if you go to their village right now, you would see where damage has been done!"
Minerva got off him then went to the boy but the boy backed away and Minerva didn't force him as she walked on ahead.
Minerva arrived to the village only to see that it was destroyed just as the bandit had said but she didn't believe that it was the boy who did this but at the same time the bandits couldn't do this because they weren't wizards.
Just then Minerva heard one of the villagers yell.
"There's the little demon! Get him!"
Minerva looked behind her to see that the boy was hiding behind something then he got scared and turned around to run with the villagers chasing him. Minerva frowned and activated her magic making the boy to vanish before anyone could harm him. When it was over the villagers began to look for the boy as if to hunt him down while Minerva just left out of the village as if nothing happened.
When she was out of the village and in the mountains she sat down and had the boy to appear before her. The boy was sleeping and Minerva had placed his head on her lap. She looked at him and if she had to guess she would saw that this boy was at least 14.
Minerva just looked at him then she stroked his head which she assumed had woke him up because he stirred. Minerva smiled at him as he turned his head as if to look at her.
"Hey there."
The boy shot up from the ground and hid behind a tree. Minerva just looked at him then stood up.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
She went to the tree and the boy backed away until he bumped into a tree and slid down. Minerva just went to him and crouched down to his height and reached out to rub his head.
"It's okay, you're safe now. I won't let anyone harm you."
The boy just looked at her then Minerva drew her hand back. The boy just looked at her then Minerva stood up and turned to leave. She was about to go but she stopped when she felt a hand grab her dress. She looked behind her to see the boy.
"What is it?"
"..."
He grabbed her arm and led her through a forest.
"What is it?"
The boy stopped then pointed at the sky. To Minerva's surprise it was getting late then she followed the boy to where ever it was that he was leading her to.
It wasn't long before they arrived to a lake that had a boat ready to go. When Minerva saw that she wondered what the boat was for then she and the boy both climbed into the boat and rowed away. It didn't take long for them to see a large cabin manor there.
When they got to it they both went inside. Minerva saw that the boy walked into the family room then he called out.
Minerva just looked at him then she heard two other voices and saw two more boys running into the room. When they got there Minerva was surprised at what she saw.
Minerva saw that the boys were identical triplet brothers that had cream tone skin and black hair that hung to their mid back covering opposite sides of their faces, except for one that had his hair in the center. All three wore a short black poncho and black harem pants. They all wore toe pointed boots and black arm bands.
The triplet that had his eyes covered looked at Minerva then at his brothers.
"She will be staying with us."
His brothers just looked at Minerva then all three of them went to Minerva and Minerva looked at them.
"I'm Minerva, what are your names?"
The triplet with his eyes covered spoke.
"I'm Nodan, the one with the left parting is Novak and the one with right parting is Noxas."
Minerva smiled then rubbed their heads. All three triplets just looked at her then their stomachs growled. Nodan lowered his head.
"I'm sorry guys, I wan't able to bring back food because the villagers attacked me."
Minerva looked at them then looked away.
"Where's the kitchen, I could whip something up."
They grabbed Minerva's hands then led her to the kitchen. When Minerva got there she tied her hair back and put an apron then she got got started on the cooking. When she was done all three boys were eating. Minerva smiled as she watched them eat. When they were done eating Minerva saw them at the sink.
"We'll clean up."
"Yeah."
"You're our guest."
Minerva nodded then she went upstairs. She was soon joined by the triplets who had her to stay in the large bedroom and that it had a large bathroom connected to it. Minerva was impressed then she looked at them.
"You three are serious about wanting me to stay?"
All three of them lowered their head as the spoke one at a time.
"We get lonely here."
"No one has ever been so nice to us."
"We like you."
Minerva smiled softly at them then rubbed their heads again.
"Alright I'll stay but maybe you can visit meat my guild from time to time."
The triplets ran to her.
That night as they all slept Minerva was in the middle, literally. Nodan was on her left, Novak was on her right and Noxas was sleeping with his head on her stomach. Minerva didn't complain but she smiled at the three boys and had a thought go through her head.
'Maybe this is what it's like having three younger brothers.
