Deranged Writer's Afterword

“ Why would anyone willingly stay in this miserable place ?”Lydia asked as we made our way through the cave.

The cave seemed never-ending, Lydia used her [Torch] to light up the dim cave, just like she said it was hard to believe that anyone would actually live in this place. To sum it up, the place was a dump.

‘Lub’

But none of that registered properly within my mind, I was too nervous.

‘Dub’

I could literally hear my heart beating out of my chest.

‘Calm down….things are different now.’

I stared at Lydia’s back as she slowly made her way through the cave, that’s right….things were not similar to how it was in the novel,

Lydia was alive and well.

I bump into Lydia as she stopped abruptly,

“ Why did you stop ?”, I asked even though the answer was clear to me.

We had reached our destination.

Moving to the side, I pass Lydia and take a step forward but stop in my tracks stunned.

‘Beautiful….’

In front of us was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Somehow a hole had been formed above her, moonlight slowly seeped through the hole and bathed her entire body, her black skin seemed to glow under the silver glow of the moon and her light blue hair ran past her wide shoulders. A single white cloth covered her body while she meditated cross-legged.

‘Natura……’

This must be the rumored final form of evolution for animals adapted to mana, it’s beautiful.

The both of us stood there confused about how to approach her, in the final stage of evolution the animal would attain a human form, they would transcend normality and reach a higher plane of existence.

That was how I had described their final evolution in the novel, only a handful of mana beasts had ever attained this form, and Luna Caerus was one of them. Their control over mana increases ten-fold in that form and their overall strength is also boosted.

“ Ah…hello ?”, I said moving forward while Lydia stayed glued to her spot.

I’m sure she heard me….but there was no response.

“ Hello ?”I speak more loudly than before.

This time she does open her eyelids revealing a set of deep blue eyes that slightly glowed, she stared at me without an ounce of interest in her eyes and continued to do so until I decided to speak,

“ Uh….well, it’s very nice to meet you, we were sent by the current chief because….we need your hel-”

“ Not interested.”, Luna said passively, her voice was soft but managed to echo throughout the cave.

……..

“ But I-”

“ Why aren’t you interested ?”, a firm voice asked from behind me.

I turned back to find Lydia, who should have been fuming but she strangely looked very…calm.

It was kinda unsettling…

I move to the side and watch as Luna’s eyes widen upon catching sight of her daughter.

‘Hehe…now you have to accept…”

But contrary to my expectations, Luna’s surprise faded in an instant. I was sure that she knew that Lydia was her daughter since her black fur was proof of her lineage.

“ I renounced my ties with that village long ago, I don’t intend to go back just because they need my help.”

….

Lydia didn’t seem too surprised by her mommy’s harsh words.

“ The lives of children might be in danger, without your help they could die…..do you still not want to help ?”, Lydia asked, a glimmer of hope passing through her face.

Luna thought for a moment, her eyes met with mine and I instinctively looked away…che.

“ If they die….that is their fate.”

…….

“ Let’s just go.”, Lydia said turning around to leave.

…….

“ Adam ?”, she asked finding me rooted to my spot.

…….

“ If you can’t help the village….then help us right now…..teach us.”

…….

“ Leave me be….I have no interest in your matters.” Luna proclaimed, returning to her meditation.

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“ Well….that was a bust.”, I say walking back to our respective rooms.

“ What are we going to do now ?”, Lydia said avoiding my gaze.

She seemed to be doing a lot better than I had expected, I thought she would be bawling right about now but instead, she seemed to be more worried about the problem at hand.

Hmmm.

How mature of her…

“ You don’t have to worry about Luna….she’ll come around.”

“ How could you possibly know that ?”, Lydia asked, a bitter smile encompassing her face.

Heh.

Even if our initial confrontation lacked some luster….Luna failed to realize something, this was just the beginning.

Our anti-climatic meeting was not going to be the end.

A smirk naturally spread across my face as I said,

“ She has no idea….how annoying I can be..”

Lydia sighed hearing my answer and left me alone with my thoughts.

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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter and for not uploading for a few days, I was down with a fever.