chapter 2 past hulucuast

Wistert's First Months

Ah, where am I? I thought Linnert was coming for me again.

Who are all these people? There are quite a few who are my height. Are they children too?

Linnert told me there were other children like me but from different races. Like humans, half-beasts, entities, and demons. My memory gets fuzzy sometimes.

Wistert walked through the grand halls of the Academy, admiring its mix of postmodern and ancient decorations. Paintings and crystal chandeliers hung from the ceilings.

Each room represented a child's magical affinity. Inside the Academy, there was a transport train to other branches, and on the other side, an older train carried materials.

The branch I'm in is designed to simulate the outside world, providing quality of life and training.

Look, that's a Gorho tree! Rare to find; I read about them in a book, but this is my first time seeing one in person.

This area seems to be the magic zone for Driads. We can study all types of magic here.

There are other sectors too.

Wistert was interrupted by a senior confederal.

"Hello, Wistert. It seems you're exploring the facilities. Let's take you to your room."

As we walked up the stairs to the second floor, I heard small voices—other children like me—but they looked at me with fear. They whispered among themselves, never breaking eye contact.

What's this strange feeling?

The confederal touched my face, her warm hands causing a strange ache. "Wistert, are you okay? You seem a bit down."

All their voices echoed in my mind now. "I'm fine, thank you, Miss Nushimite."

"You're such a polite and adorable child. But let's drop the formalities. From now on, I'll be your caretaker."

We entered my room—it was marvelous. But there were no mirrors. Linnert said it was for my own good; I'm still too young.

I'm three years and eight months old now.

Every confederate child has a caretaker who provides knowledge of Phase 1 universal magic and the affection they missed from their parents.

There are 200 branches in the Confederations' Academy, each controlled by the great founder you've met.

Unlike other constructs, these fauces were created for something better.

I never thought this place was a fauces. Linnert used to tell me bedtime stories about them.

Fauces are living places or things you can create with neutral magic. They don't serve a specific purpose like other spells.

Exactly, Wistert. You catch on quickly.

Let me tell you more about it. Mei Tsuki, the creator, arrived here from the human world in the year 1367 of the Ninth Titan. Our years are different; we count them based on the age of the last dead Titan down to the first.

We know little about her spell creation for the fauces, except that her sole assistant eventually became her wife.

She said she was escaping from a disaster She said she was fleeing from a disaster that happened in a place called Hiroshima, and when she got close to another territory with strange names, it was called Nagasaki.

She said that when she was near, something exploded, there was an impulse that pushed her, and as she was being pushed, a symbol shone above her, opening a door. She went through that door because of the explosion, and the little she saw was the door chaining up, and then she fainted.

When she woke up, she looked around and noticed that this was not her world.

So she walked and saw a city. When she arrived, the inhabitants were dazzled by her dress called a kimono and other things she carried in a bag she took from her home.

When one of the inhabitants approached her, he asked with a very dry and tired voice,

"Can I ask you a question? Where am I? What is this place? Where are those airplanes, warships? This is not Japan."

"What Japan are you talking about, little one? This is the world of the God Titans or the world of the Dead Titans."

"But I have never heard of any nation called Japan, and the only ships I have seen in my life are the ships of the Red Moon Empire and the Silver Moon Empire."

"Which are now at war."

Suddenly, a girl from a library ran out,

"Wait, I know what she's talking about."

"What are you talking about, Kusi?"

"Well, at the Academy, I presented the theory that God created other worlds and that the messages were clear in the ruins of Nunsmer, and

Now you said you are from a country,

Right? From which world do you come?"

"Well, where I come from, all people, even of another race, are called human, and you have those gods that Europeans and Americans worship."

"See, if she comes from that world, which from what she said we can call the human world, my theory would no longer be a theory but truth."

Everyone: "Well, if that girl affirms it, besides, her dresses and things are different."

"What's your name?"

"My name is Mei Tsuki, I'm Japanese, and I'm 13 years old."

"Wait, you understand us?"

"Well, girl, this is not just any world; this world is magical. Our translation spell translates everything a person from another nation says in different languages."

"So you're Japanese, well, for the first time in history, I, Fisginro 3, declare this girl a free person of the kingdom. You can access everything you need to live."

So she was the first human to be in our world and the creator of the maws, so there are more maws today.

"Yes, but before her, there was a maw, but it had a purpose: to lock its prisoners in a nightmare, to lock them in a world with their worst nightmares."

"This was created by the demon duke Anrot to punish the moons for rivalry."

"And Mei Tsuki, what did you create the maws for?"

"You decide what you want that world for."

"Today, Wistert, there are 8 maws:

- The maws of the main moon families, which if an intruder enters, subjects them to an inner world of nightmare and horrors that the normal mind fears. To escape, you have to reach Radio City; there is a painting of the golden moon. You have to break it so that the paint absorbs you and takes you to the real world.

- So if ever a relative of the moon wants to punish you by taking you to the maws, now you know how to escape.

- The maws of the Silver Confederation Academy, where we are now, have 5 entrances and 2 exits; it works the same as the previous one.

- The maws of the Western Continental Moon Union are a series of maws of various moon families that separated from the main family; this is unknown until now.

- The maws of the sun families are also a series of maws that are unknown until now; any intruder who enters never returns.

- The maws of the Train Engineer, this maw is the most mysterious; it has been operating for 370 years since the death of Mei Tsuki; it is not known how the train's energy is maintained.

Wistert: "Excuse me, Nushimite, what if the engineer gives energy to the train?"

"You said that the houses of the main moon families have maws and are maws at the same time, right?"

"Yes, correct, Wistert."

"I always saw my father sitting on a great throne; at the back of that throne, there was a great heart beating; its sound was heard. The heart turned red when my father sat down, and a rod shone when it reached the color green, and the heart was completely red. My father would stand up from there and leave. There were times when he didn't arrive in time; the heart would stop beating, and everything in the house and place would turn gray. Everyone said, 'Don't leave the main maw; it's dangerous; any enemy can take advantage of the opportunity.'"

"Well, Wistert, if you knew that the house and family you come from, the house has maws, and the house is one of them."

"Well, as we were saying the maws of the Train Engineer, each wagon is a maw; when at some point we go on a mission to hunt rebel demons, we have to be careful not to run into that train. To know if it is that one, its style is like an old-fashioned steam train, a bit modern; its paint has strange symbols that are not seen anywhere. There is a particular symbol to notice it, which is a fusion of pentacris

it is a pentagram with a crystal that moves as if it were a compass.

"This has been seen more in the Cannibal Kingdom."

To be continued...