"WHAAT?!"
"wait Lylas"
"You're Leaving too!?"
You might want to ask How this happened...
Me and Mom were home, she's just arrived from an Important meeting with the rest. we're currently playing something called chess. It was really fun. But i always Lost.
Sometimes later we slept since we're tired. Well more like Tired Mentally not Physically.
The next morning i woke up and ate the Breakfast Shuna-san has provided. After a while i decide to take a stroll in the city, and i saw Mom walking with the Trio.
"So when we'll Depart?" Mom said to them
"As soon as possible" Caval-san said
'Wait depart? Mom will be leaving!?'
"Mom What do you mean by Depart?!"
Once she heard my voice she suddenly froze and looked back.
"W-w well... I uh.." Struggling to spell few words
"Well.. well what!?" I shouted
She gave up and sighed
"I supposed to tell you about this, this noon" she stopped for a sec and then continued "and you suddenly showed up here, so i will tell you what will happened"
I sat down and wait for Mom to talk. Where did she want to depart? Did she hate me? No she didn't hate me! But what did i do recently?! No wait is it because i stole Mom's cookie jar yesterday? I need to Apologize!!
"Im-" as i tried to said something, Mom cut my words
"I'll leave Tempest so i can travel to Human Nations"
"WHAAT?!"
"wait Lylas"
"You're Leaving too!?"
Now we have reached the part where we left off at the start of this chapter. Are you curious with what will happened afterwards?
Yeah me too
"I can explain!"
Mom noticed my Expression
"Hmm, Why do you seemed so sad?"
"I thought you want to leave me..."
"Why is that?"
"Because i stole your cookies yesterday?" I said while touching my fingers
The trio behind mom just watched with deadpanned Expressions
"No of course not" she said while laughing
Fiuhhh, so its not about the Cookies!
"I will never leave you, just because something so simple. You can ask for Cookies any time you want" Mom said while patting me
"ehehehe..." Getting patted is fun!
Then i snap back to reality and asked Mom, why did she decide to leave this country.
"Mom..."
"Yes?"
"Why are you leaving?..."
Noticing my worried expression, mom decided to Comfort me.
"I have something important to do, its a promise i made to someone..."
"Can i come with you?"
"No, i must do it myself..."
After saying this the Trio behind Mom started to looking down. I noticed Mom's sudden change of expression, she's sad... Im starting to feel...
Bad
"*sigh* If it is something important..." I said to Mom
Mom looked at me in the eyes
"...then Promise me you would come back"
"I will" mom said while hugging me
"In the meantime, you can contact me using this Crystal" Mom said as she handed me an Orb.
"Thanks Mom..."
Time flies and today is the day Rimuru will depart from Tempest and entering the human territory, everyone cheered for him and Lylas can't stop hugging him and won't let him go. It took like 10 minutes to separate himself from his daughter's hug. little did he know someone is following him the whole time without him noticing it...
Somewhere in the forest
"fufu, if you won't take me with you, then i shall take myself with you" said someone with low voice
"Did you guys hear something?"
"Probably just your imagination"
"No Gid, I really hear something"
"Oh come on Caval you and your imagination"
"Not you too Eren..."
"Oi, what are you guys doing over there? Come on!"
"YES BOSS!" the trio said in unison
They started their walk through the forest, but they suddenly got lost after few hours...
[BACK IN TEMPEST]
Few days later...
"Say... Has anyone seen Lylas-sama?" Shuna said to everyone in the room
"I haven't seen her" Benimaru said to his sister
"Neither do i" Hakurou said
"Where is she anyways?" Gabiru said in thinking pose
"So, souei any news?"
Souei just shook his head
"No, huh..." Benimaru said looking down and holding his chin.
Of course this smart one horned ikemen knows about Lylas's whereabouts. Lylas told him to keep it a secret. and of course Souei won't let her go alone in the forest. So he decided to send a clone watching her from Afar so she won't be able to detect him.
"Then, we need to form a search party!" Gabiru suggest
"I agree to Gabiru-dono" Geld said while nodding
Everyone nodded.
"We must keep this a Secret from Rimuru-sama" Souei adds
Everyone agreed
"Very well, Operation Missing Princess is starting Right... NOW!" Benimaru said
Everyone left the room at that moment and started searching for their Missing Princess. can't blame them though, they can't let Rimuru know or else he will be furious.
At that day, the biggest searching event in Tempest has begun...
The event to find the Missing Princess
[BACK TO LYLAS]
As i left Tempest, i already knew that they've already went searching for me.
'fufu good luck finding me'
I followed Mom and the Trio, watching from the forest. Yesterday they got lost because of a certain flower that make people lost in the forest. They rested on Geld-san's House and continued tomorrow.
At the morning i still watched Mom. She got outside and Talked to Geld-san, untill she suddenly Pointed her hands towards the forest im standing in...
⟨⟨Warning, the use of Unique Skill {Gluttony} detected. Suggestion: Escape at all cost⟩⟩
'crap crap crap crap crap crap'
Suddenly a dark purplish Vortex sucked the entire forest i was standing few minutes ago. Right now im falling to the ground and starts panting as soon as i land, wait why do i pant?
'Uwaah, that was close...'
Anyways
You might wondering why Mom hasn't noticed me yet...
Well its because i asked Great Sage to hide my presence from Mom, since Great Sage is connected between me and Mom, it can easily be done (By Great Sage).
Back to present, Mom is currently cooking for the Trio. Food... Wait i bring cookies, i grabbed a Cookie jar from my Storage.
I watched them while munching my cookies.
'these cookies are the best'
Few days later...
Or to be exact "Back to the Present"
I keep following Mom, and there i saw it...
"The Human Nation"
I keep following her from behind, using a cloak and a clone of her Mask Great Sage made to hide my Presence and Appearance. She entered a Building, i noticed the word written Guild.
I can't enter it because Fuze-san will noticed me and told Mom about my Presence, Seriously there's something about that guy, i get a feeling that he's not called a guild master for nothing and i think he's not just a guild master... Meh probably nothing. So i decided to wait outside while sitting in a few spare boxes available...
Ahem anyways back to the story
While i was sitting, some rude guy decided to bother me by calling me "girly" or "hey do you want to play with us?" I said "No" to them but they forced me, so i kicked their butts so they know not to mess with me.
At that day, a Rumor spread in the Human Kingdom called Blumund about little Cloaked figure defeating a bunch of A Ranked adventurers and left without getting scattered, they decided to call that little figure as "The Little Assassin" because that figure attacks silently without anyone noticing it.
Meanwhile im just walking and wondering about the recent rumors
'Wait are those Rumors about me?'
I shook my head off
'Nah...' while laughing akwardly
'its not me... Right?'
'right...?'
The next day i still watched Mom, she goes to the Castle. I can't enter it so i will have to wait again, and yeah some Bad Guys decided to kidnap me but fear not, i beat them in an Instant.
I walked around the area where the Trio won't noticed me, i bought some skewers on my walk using the Dwargon coins i got from Mom. These things are come in handy.
As i walked i can notice several gaze Pointed at me and people talking
"Hey isn't that the little assassin?"
"Huh no way, but..."
I just ran away from those weirdos, now im reaaally sure that im their Little Assassin somehow...
The Next Day
Mom left the Town using a Carriage dragged by Ranga. As much as i wanted to come, i must stand still and watch from Afar.
Ninja style
I still followed them. they finally reached a city, a Really Really Really big city!!
Mom stopped midway to suck the Carriage to not raise suspicion, and Ranga hopped onto her Shadow. They walked untill they reached the gate, wait i don't have any ID card What should i do!!.
Should i tell them that i lost my Card because of Monster attack, I Don't have any... Or...
Ah forget it i'll just told them the first one
I walked untill i reached the gate, i also wore the Mask mom has. I also put down my Hood, revealing my Bluish silver hair.
'Crap, i forgot i have the same Hair color as Mom' if i can sweat i would've already filled a bucket right now.
"Hey didn't you just walked here, and why are you... shorter...?" A guard asked me, oh right i looked like a 7 year old right now.
"Uhhh, what?"
"Nevermind, hand over your ID please"
"Im sorry, but i lost it on my way here, those Giant Ants just won't leave me alone"
"Huhh, is that so?"
"Yup" i said while nodding
"In that case, please touch this crystal"
According to Great Sage that crystal can detect if someone has an evil records. Luckily for me, I Don't have any, but I'm a monster so i figured it can detect Monsters too. So i with my superior intelligence has finally found a way to bypass this Crystal ball.
(Great Sage-san...)
⟨⟨...Understood⟩⟩
I touched the crystal and it glowed white, does that means im clear?
"You can walk over, and make sure that make your card again at the guild"
'fufufufu, Im smart'
I nodded towards the Guard in front of me, left the gate and finding the guild, after minutes of walking i finally found the place.
Oh well, time to enter. I didn't knew they also had their guild here.
After few minutes i got outside while holding my ID card
"ID got!" I said Pointing my hand Upside while holding the ID card i recently got, wait i forgot there are people here, i immediately ran away from the scene.
'that was embarrasing'
This is awesome, i entered a Human City and Mom hasn't noticed me yet.
Its almost night so i went to find a Nearby inn, When i entered the inn. Surprise Surprise, Mom and the trio was there. Phew good thing they didn't notice me as they walked towards their room already. Seems like they've just had their dinner.
I ordered my Room have some dinner and got to bed.
Finally at last my sworn ally
THE BED!
I yanked myself with the blanket. And then i rolled myself and made myself into a human burrito. Wait IM NOT A FOOD!!
I never got a chance to eat one in my past life though...
Maybe i should ask mom, hehe~
Having already enough of excitement, i decided to close my eye.
(Great Sage-san)
⟨⟨*sigh* Understood⟩⟩
(Did you just sighed?)
⟨⟨this is a waste of my skill⟩⟩
(No, this is the best way to use your skill. Sleeping is the best thing and you can't argue with that! Also, hey! This is the first time we had a real Conveeer...ssaaat... ion...)
"*Yawn* Good Night" i said as i closed my eyes
⟨⟨*sigh* Good Night Lylas Tempest...⟩⟩
[DREAM]
I woke up in a grassy field, there's nothing here...
I tried saying hello but there's no response...
"Is this another dream?..."
My voice echoed the whole place...
Suddenly i felt a tap on my shoulder.
"HIYAAA!!" i got shocked from the sudden touch on my shoulder. I mean i thought i was alone
The person behind me just chuckled, she just sat beside me. I noticed her face were... Familiar? Wait is that Me?!
"Who... Are you?" I asked the person besides me
"I'm You" she said to me, wich shocked me ()
"Pardon?"
"I'm You"
"Please say that again"
"I am You..."
"...Lira...?"
"Took you long enough"
"Wait, how are you in here?"
"Like i said, I'm You"
"So what are you doing in my Dream?"
"Our"
"Our dream?"
"I exist because you exist, we're the same. Altough im just a remnant of your previous life"
"Oh" i said shortly
"Hello?" She waved in front if me
"Did i broke you?"
I suddenly snap back to reality and shook my head.
"So why are you here?"
"I Don't know? Probably the same reason you're here?" My previous self said to me
"Huhh"
"You want to learn more about your past life right?"
I nodded "i don't even know who am i few months, if it wasn't because of those weird dreams occuring in my head"
"You know..." As she said that she hugged me "...Overthinking about our past won't do anything good..."
she rested her head on my shoulder "...you just have to move on..."
She hold my hands "...and let go about our past..."
after that she lifted my hands
"make a new memories, a good one..." She kept hugging me
I started crying at that moment, because i haven't felt this emotional on my life, I mean i can't just forgot my past. Few minutes ago i made myself into a Human burrito and the next few minutes or hours im crying...
After few minutes i finally calmed down slowly muttering
"Forget about past life... And move on" i said as i gazed above the sky in my dream.
I looked behind, and the next thing i knew is...
...She's not there anymore.