Epic of Caterpillar

"Looks like we\'re already close!" Luminous said, pointing down at a large snow-covered mountain. On its center, there was an enormous fortress-like castle sitting there, connected with many other smaller buildings.

"That must be the Dwarven Country? This is the first time I\'m seeing it myself!" Elfina said. "Incredible…"

"I think it might be." Frank nodded. "They were right in the fortress thing; it is indeed a giant fortress sitting over a mountain… And right in front of the Demon Kingdom territory."

"A large fortress indeed." Ryo nodded. "Though it still cannot compare to the entire Realm we used to govern."

"The Realm of Vida is probably bigger than any country in here, hahaha!" Amiphossia laughed.

"Realm of Vida?" Asked Elfina confused.

"It is the Realm where we come from." Sol explained. "In our World, Genesis, the Realms were born when the world was shattered into pieces due to a war between the Ancient Gods. The surviving Gods took over these pieces and shaped them into their own Realms."

"Woah, Genesis sounds like one hell of a world to visit!" Elfina was surprised.

"Right? Maybe we\'ll bring you along!" Amiphossia giggled.

"I don\'t think we will." I said. "Elfina has to stay in her home… When it is the time to depart, we\'ll have to say our goodbyes."

"O-Oh…" Amiphossia sighed.

"We can\'t go with you?" Brunhild sighed.

"I\'m sorry, but that\'s something I\'ve decided for a while now." I smiled. "I don\'t want you guys to get involved in a war you don\'t belong, and it would be dangerous too. You should stay here once all things are done and protect your world."

Maybe I was being too rough here, but it was important to let them know right away. I don\'t intend to put them into unnecessary danger, the problems of my world… Shouldn\'t really bother theirs.

Once the Demon King is gone, this world will be hopefully at peace, and I want for that peace and tranquility to remain, for that purpose, I don\'t want to put them into more unnecessary danger.

Though… remembering what Ervas said in the letter about the "Usurpers of Destiny" made me rather worried, this world seems much more than what I thought originally.

"Kireina-sama…" Ariant sighed. "I guess… she\'s right…"

"Y-Yeah… Hahah… S-So anyways! Let\'s go see the dwarves!" Eriant tried to lift up the spirits.

"Yeah! The Dwarves from my world were small beardy guys, I bet they\'re the same here, isn\'t it?" Laughed Ryo.

"More or less." Elfina giggled. "I\'ve heard they have developed amazing magical tools and magic technology never seen before."

"Really? Like mechs and stuff?" Asked Amiphossia. "It\'s a pity we couldn\'t carry over our own mech armors! Mom, can you make mechs yet?"

"Ah, not yet. Though I think I could try making them if I learn a few new Skills, but for now I don\'t really want to focus on that." I smiled gently. "Once we get back home, I\'ll regain those powers anyways… Though if the necessity calls for it, I might get some related Skills, who knows?"

"Well, they were more like decoration for us anyways, I like to fight with my fists rather than with a huge piece of junk stuck to my body." Ryo smiled.

"Yeah but they were cool pieces of junk!" Amiphossia sighed, crossing her arms. "Oh well~ I have gained a lot of strength in this world already anyways. My Phantom Legion has grown much stronger too."

"Ah, me too." Ryo nodded. "My body feels like it is strengthening a lot each time I level up, I missed that feeling a bit."

"Right? It is a fantastic feeling." Frank nodded. "Oh! We\'re getting closer. Luminous, are you descending?"

"Yeah, hold up." Luminous nodded, slowly descending in front of the road leading inside the fortress city. The passerby\'s didn\'t panicked seeing a giant dragon descend because I used Illusion Veil to cover us up and make us near invisible.

FLAAASH!

Once we were down into the floor, Luminous quickly used his "Humanification" Skill, transforming into a tall and muscular white and silver scaled lizardman-like being. Even as this Skill reached a higher level, he still didn\'t looked like a human at all…

"Well, we\'re ready, let\'s go." I nodded, as we walked into the road to the fortress city.

The people entering the city was a mixed bag of multiple races. Not just the more common Dwarves, who seemed to come specially covered on dirt and carrying buckets filled with precious ores, but there were also elves, from magicians, knights, and civilians, to humans and beast-kin too.

"So many races together… Though none\'s a Giant." Brunhild sighed in disappointment. She was currently in her shrunk down form, and so was Amiphossia, these two girls were so big they would scare the people.

I know it hurts that I cannot show my beloved daughter in her gigantic, glorious size, but it is a price we must pay to keep it low.

Though, our party was so peculiar that everyone ended glaring at us. From my own appearance resembling a dark and mystical fairy, to the huge Luminous as an albino lizardman, to the beautiful elven girls, to the heavily armored humans, the desert elves twins, and our gray skinned small giantess.

And of course, how to forget the bunch of Familiars I had at our side. Most of them didn\'t wanted to hide, so I brought them along. Ah, and about the Umbra World? It is slowly developing, so for now I\'m not letting anybody inside there yet. I\'ll have to inspect it on my own later.

"Look, such a big, mixed party!"

"Indeed, that\'s quite incredible."

"Desert Elves, Wood Elves, a Lizardman, and… a fairy? And Humans too… They\'re just missing a dwarf!"

"Hahaha, been a while since we\'ve seen such a big Adventurer\'s Party."

"The women are so beautiful…"

"And those young men are also quite handsome."

They were quite open in their comments, everyone could hear them, which only made everyone even more embarrassed… Thankfully, once we arrived at the gates, we were greeted by someone I didn\'t expect to see so soon.

"Hello, Kireina. We meet again in much different circumstances."

"Oh my! You\'re much more stunning than I imagined…"

It was Ervas and Veronica, waiting us at the gates!

For Ervas and Veronica\'s story, make sure to check: Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!