Story/Side Story/Ara's Story 1: Difference between revisions

*''Northern Empire is a giant empire located at the south of the Fluone Desert area. It developed independently at the south of the once whole Elrios continent during the period before the El's explosion without any particular exchanges with the Elrian Kingdom.''

*''This was possible because of giant El's influence and the powers of native Spiritual Beasts that dwelled in this region. El's influence made each year's harvest bountiful and Spiritual Beasts protected the people that treated them sacredly and followed them from invaders.''

*''Nine Tailed Fox 'Eun' was one of those Spiritual Beasts. 'Eun' destroyed many towns in order to seize human souls but she was finally 'sealed' by a warrior from the Haan family. After that, Haan family became a martial artist family that protected the seal of the Nine Tailed Fox 'Eun'.''

*''Haan family's power was marginal. There was nothing Haan family had to show for themselves except for protecting the seal of the Nine Tailed Fox 'Eun'. Then one day, the moon El flew into Haan family's territory. It was because of the great El explosion.''

*''Haan family became able to wield the power of the moon El and gained reputation as fierce warriors in the Northern Region. Other families in the capital weren't too pleased by Haan family's achievements. They tried to quell Haan family's power by coming up with a likely excuse of imposing a law that appointed eldest son of the family to a position of 'capital's guard captain'.''

*''My mother was 2nd wife of my father. Father fell in love with mother at first sight after seeing her jump in front of a running carriage without any regards for herself in order to save an old woman from harm. Father immediately visited mother's home the next day and proposed to her.''

*''Father didn't give up easily despite mother's refusal. He tenaciously and sincerely protected mother's side at all time and mother finally accepted his proposal after recognizing his righteous character. Two got along harmoniously as much as the difficulty they had in becoming together. They were always together and held each other very dearly.''

*''But my other siblings didn't seem too pleased about mother and me being in the Haan family. Siblings treated mother rudely and teased me out of sight of the adults. Mother had a soft-hearted personality and was always worried if her actions might hurt the feelings of other siblings.''

*''Because of my mother's personality, I tried my best to not to talk about other siblings teasing me to her. I thought that I had to become more courteous and perfect child in every way so that other siblings couldn't find any faults to tease me with.''

*''Only one who treated me equally as their sibling was Elder Brother Aren. He was the prop of the household who was loved by the entire Haan family. He acted courteously towards everyone and didn't discriminate me like the other siblings.''

*''The more Elder Brother Aren treated me kindly, the other siblings teased me even more but I could withstand them. I could stay strong and withstand them because there was someone who trusted me and treated me dearly.''

*''Children of the Haan family were required to master martial arts. This was because they were born with the duty of protecting the seal of the Nine Tailed Fox 'Eun'. Ever since we were able to walk, me and my siblings learned from our martial arts instructor how to handle weapons and how to control the power of the moon El. I wasn't particularly good at other things but was confident at least in my spear skills. But...''

*''I had to think about not just my opponent's movements, but my own movements as well. Read the enemy's moves and break through their opening to land a finishing blow. The image I drew in my head was close to perfect but my body didn't move according to my thoughts.''

*''I jumped up high to dodge Second Brother's spear and landed behind his back. The moment I was turning around to sweep across his defenseless leg, my hand stopped for some unknown reason.''

*''I couldn't look straightly into instructor's disappointed face shaking his head left and right that I turned around on the spot and left the training gym. I could hear other siblings mocking me from far away. I will certainly get scolded by instructor for my disrespectful behavior but I couldn't go back.''