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Prologue

Yfilios. That's 'world' in Greek and that's the name of the island the story is

about.

Perra, the butterfly goddess, created the humans, the butterflies, the phoenixes

and the animals.

On the island Yfilios there is only one human kingdom. The country is called

Meraki. The one above the royal family is the butterfly queen, Mierra.

Every year, a trial from the queen herself is held for the humans. The winner

gets to fulfill one wish. The losers don't get anything from the queen, but they

get something from the king. If you are one of those who was fighting in the last

trial, then you'll get a chance of being invited into the royal army.

Not everyone can participate in the trials. Only those chosen by the magic

butterflies get to participate. But the reason the butterfly choses someone

depends on the butterfly. It cab chose you because you're strong or just because

it likes your appearance. But being chosen only gives you a chance to

participate, it doesn't guarantee anything. Even your life could be in danger at

the trials. It's your choice to participate or not if you are chosen.

The girl, Uri Vermillion, who can see spirits, has a wish that is more than

unique. Will she be chosen or not, will she get the chance to know the truth?

Chapter 1

On December 15 1326 of the Lyrin calendar my village was destroyed. I was born on February 17 in 1317 in the village of the Ignis tribe. My tribe has

a special trait that everyone has, except for me. Every person of my tribe is born

with red hair and red eyes and has fire magic, while I was born with grey eyes.

Even my twin brother has red eyes. But that was never a thing I had to be sad

for, the people of my village were always kind and accepted me with open arms.

Because of our special traits we sometimes get attacked, so we always keep an

emergency bag to run away as quickly as possible.

When I was about to turn ten something unexpected happened. On that day my

brother went missing. I was helping my mom wash the clothes when we heard a

shriek coming from the village. We ran as fast as we could back home, but

when we arrived the village was already burning. The fire was as black as the

darkness of hell. There was nothing to be done at that moment, especially by the

young me who was trembling of fear. I saw men in black robes murder every

one of my friends and family. In an instant my mother appeared before me and

gave me the emergency bag. With a face full of tears she held me tight and

ordered to run as fast as I can into the woods. "I'll catch up," she said. That was

a lie. While running I only turned once and in that one glimpse I saw my twin

brother, Uriel, standing alongside the unknown men who were murdering my

mother. He stood there with a face without any soul to be seen. That is the

moment I want to forget the most in my entire life.

That day I hid myself in the woods and waited until it was nightfall to continue

my journey. My eyes that were a different color, had a special ability. I could

see at night as if it were day. I continued to walk through the woods without

knowing what to do. I had lost everything that was dear to me and didn't know

what to live for. I just walked as far as I could as my mother ordered me to.

When the sunrise came I fell. I fell asleep, in the middle of the woods.

The next morning I woke up in a warm bed in an unfamiliar house. I heard a

noise outside and hid myself under the blanket. Someone came in. When I

peeked from the opening of the blanket I saw an old woman with a kind look on

her face.

"Don't be scared. You slept for a whole day, so you must be pretty hungry. Eat

this soup while it's warm," said the woman with a kind voice and brought a

bowl of soup near the bed.

The smell was amazing. Without thinking I came out from under the blanket

and started eating the soup. It was so delicious that I thought of my family and

started crying while still eating the soup. The old woman looked at me with

kind eyes and smiled. "Don't haste, I have more."

After finishing eating and wiping off my tears I sat down and looked at the

woman. Then she started talking:

"Me and my husband live in these woods. On our daily morning walk we found

you laying on the ground unconscious. We brought you here to help you

recover. You are free to go wherever you want, but you are also free to stay

with us."

After hearing those words I started crying again and the woman came to sit next

to me and hugged me tight. While sobbing in her shirt I uttered: "Can I really

stay here, Grandma? Won't I be a bother?"

After hearing those words the old woman let a few tears slip and said: "Of

course, my girl. We will be more than happy to have another family member.

We can teach you many things. Welcome to the family."

I was truly happy that I could stay. Later I was told that the elderly couple

didn't have children and were really happy to receive me in their family. From

that day on I started calling them Grandma and Grandpa.

I learned a lot of things while living there. Like hunting or surviving in the wild.

I also learned to control my fire powers a little. And my eyes, I learned one

other special trait of them. I can see a spirit. Not spirits, but only one. His name

is Nero, he is my friend. Nero looks like a blue ball with cat ears and a cat tail.

He really likes to talk and to tease me. Only I can see him, but Grandma and

Grandpa can sense his presence, so they also know when he is with us.

After five years I decided to leave for the capital. My goal became to uncover

the truth of the attack on my village and to avenge my family, and to find out

what happened with my brother. I am going for my journey with my two short

swords and a dagger as weapons, my emergency bag and my friend Nero.