1 prologue

It was a spectacular scene of the sun setting behind the horizon, along with cold breeze indicating the approaching night. The tranquil night gets disrupted by small crunching and cracking noise. However other than the huge towering ancient trees and small timid creatures it was heard by the only human figure walking into the forest.

He was wearing some light purple coloured mage robe, had purple hair with grey hue at the end of his short hair, a white face with a light red glow, reaching 6'4 feet and compared to a late 20's young man, other than that just one short stick in his hand which he kept fiddling and tossing in the air and with his eyes closed he was balancing it on his one finger and having a smug smile on his face from time to time as if he was proud of himself, other than that there was nothing special. Except for that, he was walking but the grass underneath his feet, the leaves he passed by or the varies small animals nothing was disturbed, alerted or moved.

Hearing the sound he looks in its direction and without the slightest expression and disappears from the spot he was standing. When he reappears he was standing by 100 meters distance of a boy around 2-3 years old holding a black stone size of his two fists combined, and with much difficulty munching it.

As he continues to swallow the broken pieces of the black stone, the air around him stops as if to isolate him from the surrounding so that he may continue eating without any interruptions. After some time changes begin to appear as the boy's hair which was light brown at first but as time passes starts to transform into lighter colour slowly towards lighter shade, so were his deep blue pupils they too were turning into deep purple with light purple irises. After some time his hair transforms completely into white reaching his shoulder's length.

Even as all of this was happening the man still just stands there as if there's nothing happening in front of him with the same expressionless face, however as time passes a slight smile appears on his face. He just kept watching the scene with much interest, but even with all the attention he was giving to the boy, he didn't neglect his surroundings.

The surrounding scenery of the boy was just as interesting there were dozens of bodies lying in the pool of their own blood motionlessly, of both males as well as females. The closest body around the boy was a female's whose both of the legs could not be distinguished from all the mud on the ground created by the blood.

The female was in her early 20's at least by her facial features, she had long brown hair reaching her hips length, she still had her light green eyes open. Just looking into her eyes and one would be mesmerised, even with all the injuries her expression was tranquil. Some distance away from her there was a male figure whose only body part that was intact was his one arm and head apart from his torso, he was just like the woman in his early 20's having short blonde hair and light blue eyes just like the sky.

In his hand, there was pendent which looked like he pulled out from inside of his mage robe. It looked nothing special, it was black coloured metal carved into a Z shape, however, the string attached to the pendent looked extremely stunning which was transparent, but still reflecting some of the orange sunset light which gives it its splendour.

But the surrounding bodies were not so much lucky as all of them looked as if being skinned showing all the blood vessels and muscles, and most bizarre was that they were still being melt layer by layer as if they were ice.

Even in front of this hell-like scene, the man did not even flinch as if it were some everyday event. As time passed and the moon comes looming over the forest the little boy finishes his stone and looks satisfying. After he finishes eating the stone the barrier around his shatters soundlessly and the boy looked at the sky with his clear purple eyes shining. He then slowly turns his head and searches for his mother and comes to her side and slide into her embrace to sleep.

The man looks at the scene unfolding in front him which would make anyone shudder with an amusing expression and murmurs "Hmm it should be that poison kid's saliva's work. Well, even dragon that weak should have this much power or he's just stupid." Then he looks at the man lying beside the woman and snaps his fingers. And just like that, his body floats in front of the man. After some moments the dead man opens his eyes and looks towards the man in purple as if understanding in a few blinks he politely says.

"Sir I Hotys the third from the house of Grenteville and my wife Zelai thanks for your generosity. And just hopes for my son to just live healthily, I plead that sending him to any orphanage may suffice. As I know that my lord does not require any of these mundane things in our possession consider it as my dying selfish wish and hopes to spare my child if I or my wife may have shown any disrespect toward your lordship." Just after saying his last words he wordlessly closes his eyes and takes his last breath.

The man wearing purple looks towards the Hawk's body and lightly smiles puts him on the ground and the pendant in his hands floats into his palm. Then he comes to the boy's mother's side. Again he snaps his fingers and woman who was lying on the ground opens her eyes and looks at the man then towards pendant in his hands slowly towards her husband lying distance away and all the bodies lying around and lastly toward her own son who was sleeping soundlessly. She lightly smiles and says

"I hope the lord may tell my son we both loved him very much and always will. His name is Zed, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience but this was the only way we could follow and do as shown in the prophecy I acquired." after saying her words she just draws her last breath just like the father

The man in purple just stands there and looks toward the mother and says "What an interesting and intelligent human" then he looks towards the sleeping boy "Well it should be interesting and worthwhile to raise a child who can eat the Blackseed fruit at his age. Hmm, it should be because of his terminal ether pulse." after saying so the boy suddenly floats and comes to his side still sleeping and cuddling to himself.

The man then waves his hand and all the bodies disappear, the mother and father comes in front of him and he waves his hand again and just like that they all disappear.

Into the deep forest near a huge tree reaching almost 20 meters of width and height reaching thousands of meter in the sky. The man in purple looks toward the tree and two holes size of the couples appear on its trunk, he waves his hand and both of the bodies get placed into the holes and who knows how both of the bodies were completely intact and clean as if sleeping peacefully just like after taking a bath. After placing them both inside the holes get closed and features similar to them appear on the tree trunk. He looks towards the trunk as if pleased with himself, he smiles lightly and nods to himself and together with the boy disappears again.

Shortly after he disappears a figure comes to the side of the coffins in the tree, it was a huge figure but still smaller than the huge ancient tree. The recently arrived figure was reaching 15 meters high and looked like deer with antlers which looked like branches intervened to each other and 5 meters huge and whose age hard to tell. The deer was completely covered in silver-coloured fur with dozens glowing orbs of light with a different colour.

"so lord ether is still around, sigh" he looks towards the figures in the trees again "I should stay near these coffins maybe he will come by after some time." After that, it disappears out of thin air too.

Similarly, many creatures with strange and different features from each other came looked at the coffins and disappeared shortly after as if they were on the routine. Even as all this was happening no disturbance was made.

After dealing with the bodies the man in purple appears beside a three-story building size tree, beside the tree there was a small pony with long grey mane sitting peacefully with eyes closed. As soon as the man in the purple appears the pony opens his eyes stands up and comes near him and looks towards the slipping boy with much interest then he looks towards the man in purple.

"He seems interesting whom did you kidnapped him from?" the pony asks.

"Do I look like some kind of paedophile or what?" he asked back.

"Huh....!? Sigh... you still do not realise this obvious thing even after all the millenniums? I am getting worried about your poor life again and again." the pony makes a sad face.

"Yeah right; says someone who tortured someone just so he could eat herbs and spirit plants in their own backyard" the man rolled his eyes and says.

"That's a different thing I asked their permission before I moved on to the plan B; humph they deserved it." replied pony with a righteous face.

"It was the 2 century-old silk moss, raze shoot, nettle roots and who knows what precious things you devoured." the man says in disgust look.

"Humph,.. don't look at me like that. It was mine, to begin with as I was the one who threw them there some time ago." the pony still says with righteous expression.

"Sure....." the man stopped saying further and walks toward the tree.

"So whose kid is this? Queen of Khaipan kingdom or Atroupis empire's empress? Or don't tell me it's the empress of Avritineian? Ohhh she's a feisty one." the pony says while wagging her tail left and right.

"I think its the Atroupis's house of Grenville's little prince." the man says ignoring other hidden remarks.

He then not wanting to say anything further with her comes beside the tree and says"hey little sprout make some room for this creature"

Just after his sounds fade away the tree which silent all along shivers slightly and there comes a voice of young women somewhat embarrassed "Please at least just call me sprout why do you always call me little? I'm not little anymore even history books call me ancestor world tree"

The man looks at the tree and rolls his eyes and says "Grow some pair of fruits then talk to me about your maturity even your ancestors called me ancestor don't compare me to those idiotic human's intelligent. Now make some room would you"

The tree feels wronged it sways slightly and makes its leaves drooped. But the man walks towards its trunk unbothered.

As soon as he reaches near the trunk it becomes slightly transparent and lets him enter it without any obstructions.

The little pony too walks slowly swaying her tail and raising her head towards the sky. As she nears the trunk she stops and says "Don't worry little sprout you will get used to it after some years or ......... maybe some centuries." After saying her speech she too disappears into the trunk leaving even more depressed tree.

After the two entering the world behind the trunk, the forest regains its tranquillity again and leaving only the sigh of a lonely little tree.