Chapter 37 - On the Others’ Side 1

While Cecil and everyone were heading towards the guild, let's flash back for a bit to two months ago.

A month after Earth's mass transmigration incident, on an ever vast meadow in the No-Man's land at the center of the Midgard Continent– a very very angry wife was currently berating her husband.

Inside a large wooden cabin a loli-sized woman was currently fuming with anger at the large hulking man who was currently kneeling down on the ground.

"It's been so long now... How INCOMPETENT ARE YOU?! How can you NOT find MY SON YET?!!!" berated the short woman.

The large intimidating man could only kneel in silence. Not having any ounce of courage to argue with the lioness who was currently fuming in front of him.

It was somewhat comedic since although the man was kneeling, the woman was actually short enough to be looking straight at him instead of towering over him.

This only fueled the woman's anger. She slapped the back of the man's head and yelled,

"LOWER! You idiot!"

"Y-yes ma'am."

The man obediently bowed his head and knelt even lower. Even then, the woman was only just a head and a half taller than the man.

Seeing her husband obediently listening to her, the woman's heart somewhat softened and her anger was alleviated, though only by a very tiny bit.

It could be seen how much the man loved the woman... or maybe even feared her.

Even when the couple was back on earth, no matter how angry and unreasonable the woman was, the man would never yell or argue back with her. The man would only do his best to make sure that the woman's anger was appeased, though it was rare since the woman was normally always happy and smiling.

This couple was precisely Cecil's mother, Anastasia Silvaria, and father, Kaiser Silvaria.

"H-honey, baby. Please listen to my report first okay?" the man said. He was carefully picking his words so as to not further incite the small woman's rage even further.

The woman only glared straight at the man. Seeing as his wife was 'calming' down, the man immediately began.

"We've already searched through the plains and mountains around our immediate area. Food's running low and everyone's still in danger of being attacked by those... mutant animals. Just give us more time. We'll be sure to find our son."

Hearing the man's excus– no, reasoning. The short woman could only heave a heavy sigh.

"It's been a month now... we've gathered almost everyone that lived in Edelesta and near our area was transported to this meadow... how is Cecil and Silver not here..." Anastasia said and sat down on a chair dejectedly.

"Honey... it's like I said. Our search scope is limited to only a couple miles from our current area. We need to hunker down for a while, build a base, secure food and supplies. Only then can we broaden our search area."

The man reasoned. The small woman stayed silent and only nodded. Seeing his wife's reaction Kaiser continued.

"Those... mutant animals attack us day and night. There are even some people dying out there and even more are looking up to us for guidance. You know full well the power behind our family's name, but we can't just rely on our family's forces to search for Cecil. For now, we should gather and guide everyone here. Prepare ourselves and then use our family and anyone who is willing, to help search for Cecil!"

Kaiser was trying everything to reassure his forlorn wife. Listening to her husband's words, Anastasia came to a decision.

"Then we'll help them. The time limit is 3– no, 2 months. Then we enlist their help to look for Cecil again. I don't care what needs to be done. I want my baby boy at our side ASAP!"

Kaiser could only nod in agreement, but hearing his wife's words made him think.

'B-baby? The child could probably take down the mutant boar that was harassing us the other day with his bare hands!' Kaiser very much wanted to rebuke his wife, but knowing the consequences of such actions, he kept his silence.

Seeing as her husband was keeping his silence, Anastasia walked towards a cupboard, took down a roll of leather and unfurled it atop the dining table. On the leather was a rough hand drawn, but detailed sketch of a map of their surroundings.

Shown on the map, to the north of their current position was an impossibly tall mountain that stretched far to the east and to the west. To their south was a vast plain that stretched as far as they could see with their eyes.

A large forest was at their east. The forest stretched from the mountain's base all the way down south to a medium sized lake that was around 300 meters in diameter.

To their west was the same as their south, a vast plain that stretched as far as they could see, but there was a river that ran from the lake in the east all the way to the west going far into the horizon.

Anastasia glanced at a certain part of the map where her daughter, Angel, had drawn a cute little mark near the mountain areas. The mark indicated the area at the mountain's base.

Shown on the map, the area of the mountains formed a sort of semicircular enclosure. A small stream ran from the mountain top, into the forest at the east and flowed into the lake.

Natural barriers on 3 sides with a clean water source that ran right in the middle of the area, it was the perfect place to establish a permanent encampment.

'I have to hand it to Gabby and my little Angel. They were able to map out the area just by listening to the guards' descriptions.' Anastasia praised in her heart, but then she made a pained expression.

Thinking about her children only reminded Anastasia about her currently missing child, Cecil, who was also the heir to the Silvaria family.

"Oh Cecil... where are you..."

Hearing his wife, Kaiser immediately tried to comfort her.

"Honey, we'll find him. I promise you."

The promise only sparked Anastasia's ire.

"Instead of kneeling down there like an idiot... GO ROUND UP EVERYONE WHO'S WILLING TO FOLLOW US! We're moving."

"U-uh okay. Just give me an hour!"

"HALF!"

"Yes, yes."

Kaiser immediately got up and head towards the door.

When exited the cabin, Kaiser what comes into his view is his family, his uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers and his only sister's family. Since the Silvaria family was huge, the amount of people that gathered here wouldn't be able to fit in the cabin, so they could only wait patiently outside.

The subordinates of the Silvaria family were also lined up neatly at the back of the family's crowd. The guards, trainees, servants, every person who was a member or was affiliated with the Silvaria family had gathered here.

Kaiser's brother, Cecil's second uncle, Faren Silvaria walked up to his brother and asks.

"Patriarch... how is the matriarch?"

"She's holding up. For now, gather everyone who's willing to follow us. Bring them here in half an hour! My wife wants to make an announcement."

"Okay... then, what about the SAR for Cecil?"

"It's on hold, we need to create a base first, secure food and supplies as well as make weapons or whatever... I don't want what happened to third brother to happen again."

Remembering what happened to their youngest sibling. Faren and Kaiser go silent. Faren looks up and says.

"We'll arrange everything as quickly as we can, but where exactly are we headed?"

"To the east, we're heading towards the semi-enclosed mountain base. We'll establish an encampment there."

"Alright."

Faren immediately started ordering his branch family's members. He also went to his third brother's family and started giving them instructions.