142 Ch. 142 'Flynn, The Soul Eater'

Niken gathered with the villagers to watch and enjoy the mermaid's performance. The mermaid's song was so enchanting, and they danced elegantly.

The singing voice, the musical instrument, was the same when Niken saw the performance with Kazuto and others in her era. The difference was there is no barrier in this place, and the human children can be free to play water with the mermaid who does not sing.

Jokes and laughter, warm and harmonious atmosphere so wondrous, made Niken not stop thinking how this atmosphere can change drastically in the future?

What made everything change? Niken still doesn't understand.

Niken was standing as she leaned her back against a tree a little away from the crowd. As she recalled, she did not feel any elemental energy in the people around her in her era. But now almost everyone who lives in this village has elemental power.

It seemed that there were more Elementalists in this period than in the future. What made the number of Elementalists so drastically reduced? Have they all moved or perhaps... died?

After staying in this place for almost a week, she felt like she was home and did not raise her caution. Niken was utterly unaware that another creature was approaching her from behind.

The next thing she knew, Niken felt something sniffing her hair made her body shivered in fear.

Niken immediately turned around and held her hair to look at the culprit who had dared to sniff it. She saw a tall young man bent down as he was sniffing the top of her head with his eyes closed.

The young man's hair was jet black and very long to his feet' tips, and there was a small horn on his forehead.

Who is this person?

"Hm..." moaned the man. "You smell good." said the young man making Niken break out in a cold sweat. Is this person a pervert?

"Who are you?" Niken activated her magic and gets ready if this person was about to attack her.

The young man opened his eyelids and instantly Niken frozen in place. The color of the young man's eyes was very different from other creatures. One was red while the other was blue. Niken remembered one of the stories her mother had told as her bed-time stories.

The only creature that had two different colors was the daemon. This person is a daemon!

"Hey, can I taste that? I have never tried such a sweet taste of magic?"

Niken swallowed nervously as she stepped back every time the daemon stepped toward her.

"What will you do if I don't allow it?"

"Aw, that's a shame. Maybe I will force you." a dangerous glint on his eyes made Niken trembled.

Niken changed the shape of her indigo magic circle into a sword and prepared to attack this pervert daemon. But before the daemon had stepped forward, dozens of large coconuts fell from above, hitting the daemon's head hard.

"Knock it off already. I will throw you into the dragon's lair if you dare touch her."

Niken was stunned to see her adoptive sister suddenly appear next to her while enfolding her shoulders.

"Don't be afraid, my dear sister. I won't let him touch any hair of yours."

"Ah?"

Bam!

Niken instantly put on a vigilant stance when the daemon had risen to his feet by destroying the coconuts.

"Since when do you have a sister? Why not invite me? What ungrateful friend you are!"

"Since last week and I didn't invite you because I didn't have to do the adoption ritual. I just introduce you officially now. Niken, he is my silly best friend, Flynn, and Flynn, she is my adopted sister, Niken. She is a time traveler and comes from the future, you know."

Niken and Flynn's eyes widened at the last remark from Merylin but for a very different reason.

Niken did not understand why Merylin revealed the secret of her identity to this daemon, while Flynn had no idea that he would meet one of the time travelers.

"Is it true? Are you a time traveler? What does the future look like? Has anything changed with this place? Are women in the future as beautiful as you or still as ugly as Merylin? "

"Hey!" Merylin protested.

"Will a future woman be as fierce as her?"

Dug! Once again, a gigantic coconut fell right on Flynn's head.

"You know, I will hold you accountable if my head breaks."

"Tsk! The daemon's head won't break even if thousands of coconuts fall."

"Of course it will break if you conjure these coconuts into giants!" growled Flynn in exasperation, but his expression immediately changed in excitement as he glanced at Niken. "Poor girl, why do you have to be a victim of her persecution. You can refuse to be her sister, you know? Aaaaaa ..."

Niken was stunned when she saw Merylin floating in mid-air only to tweak Flynn's sharp ears without mercy. They were bickering with each other, like very close relatives made Niken chuckle softly.

"I'm glad you find it funny." sneered Merylin while putting on a frown.

"Ah, that's not what I meant. It's just that I didn't think you would be best friends with a daemon. I hear daemon is an evil creature who likes to torture humans to eat their vitality."

"Yeah, that's right. But the color of their left eye was purple, while mine is... "Flynn pointed to his left eye, "Blue. All daemons that have blue eyes are not human vitality eater. We eat souls instead. Well, preferably evil spirit."

"Evil spirit eaters?!"

"Yup. Sometimes I imagine Merylin being an evil mermaid, and I will eat her while running away from me. It's really mouth-watering and makes me jump in excitement."

Niken shuddered to see Flynn's sparkling eyes as if he imagined a very tempting meal. Niken glanced at Merylin, who turned out to only be putting on a nonchalant face as if she wasn't affected by the daemon's imagination.

"Yeah. In your dreams!" said Merylin. "Where have you been anyway? Why you just show up now?"

Niken raised a white flag in her heart. She would never be able to fathom their relationship.

"Ah, I just remembered. There will be a war in the kingdom of Zeed. I came to warn you."

"Since when do you care about humans?"

"Who cares about humans? I care about this particular spirit."

Niken had to rub her eyes to make sure she didn't see wrong. This daemon just flirting around with Merylin? After imagining the mermaid as his food? Seriously?

"Are you flirting with me? In your dreams!"

Bug!

Niken winced as Merylin used her knee and immediately struck Flynn's precious thing. Instantly Flynn's face turned pale, and his mouth frothed as his body lay on the ground.

"Let's go."

"But he…"

"He will wake up soon."

And so, the poor daemon just left by the lake, while the same daemon in the year x904 was swimming down the dark lake bottom.

Flynn stopped in front of Merylin's evil mermaid, who hissed harshly at him as if to frighten him. But neither Merylin nor the other evil mermaid dared to approach or attack Flynn. They all hid inside a rock or cave, and only Merylin still dared to groan in a challenging voice.

"Merylin, what do I have to do to get you back?" said Flynn in a somber tone.

***

That night Niken finished explaining all the conditions and the situation to Flynn. Although Merylin and Flynn often quarreled and made terrible jokes, apparently, their relationship was far more profound than she imagined.

Merylin really believed in Flynn, that's why she didn't hesitate to reveal Niken's secrets to Flynn because she was sure Flynn could help Niken find her way home.

"So what do you think? Did you find something that could bring Niken back to her time?"

"Hm... I don't know. But something is up from your story. You said some barriers can prevent mermaids from trapping humans, but to my knowledge, other than the wizard, no one can match mermaid magic in this place. I am more suspicious of the identity of the Lord of this place in the future than this evil mermaid problem. Besides, it won't be easy to make a mermaid become an evil spirit. Mermaid is not a weak spirit that can be controlled by the dark emotions.

"Ah, that's right. So the Lord in your day has deceived everyone and spread this false news." agreed Merylin.

"Alright, we can assume that. So what's the reason for future Merylin to call me here?"

"Maybe Merylin wants to give you something?"

"Give her what?"

"I have no idea. Something that can break a barrier or maybe something to reveal false rumors about an evil mermaid or something."

Merylin was silent again to think hard what items could have destroyed the barrier or anything that could bring Niken back home. But she did not know the answer.

"Sorry, I have no idea." Merylin felt useless. She had promised to help Niken find clues for her way back to her time, but when it was her turn to look for clues, she couldn't even find them.

"No problem. We will definitely find it sooner or later." comforted Niken softly.

The three of them were still discussing to find something that would be a way of Niken's return. It's been more than a week since Niken was in the past, and she really missed Kazuto. Her chest felt tight as if someone was holding her lungs.

Niken stroked her chest while taking a deep breath. At the same time, Kazuto also experienced the same pain and was rubbing his chest area.

"You're okay?" Zehell asked, noticing Kazuto's rather pale face.

"I'm fine," Kazuto answered flatly as he looked towards the lake. He wondered when this daemon named Flynn would appear? He hoped Flynn would bring them the good news.