Lilac's Purity: Beyond Story

A boy that seemed to at his 8 with simple luxurious clothes walked at the riverside along with a little girl.

Both of them had similar features, face and all.

White hair, purple eyes, and beauty faces that lacked imperfections.

"Brother, where are we going?" The little girl asked with pure curiosity.

The little boy intertwined their hands.

He closely looked at their environment before opening his mouth.

"We're going to searching some treasure, Lana."

He showed an old map in front of the little girl that, seemingly, named Lana.

Lana's amethyst eyes lighting up.

"Treasure?"

Her enthusiasm is palpable.

Seeing how interested Lana to the Map, the little boy felt some portion of satisfaction and proud.

He began to explain their intention in this place to Lana.

"I found this treasure map in the old storeroom backside of the Mansion. Surely it would led us to some shining treasures!"

His spirit infected Lana, too.

"Brother is cool!"

Two kid, both innocent and not aware yet of the danger that world can bring to them, go deep to the forest while keep tracking the riverside.

They did not aware of a certain folklore in this northern border of Empire.

The folklore about a certain woman with serpent down part that once terrored this northern border—Medusa.

"There is it, our treasure!" The little boy exclaimed.

After hours of walk, they finally reached the final destination of the old map.

It's already precisely in front of them.

In this eerie cave.

Lana clutch at the little boy's hand, her older brother, tightening.

She found herself shiver at the view of this cave.

It is as if she sense subtle hidden danger from this cave.

Up there, dark cloud already covering entire sky.

Thunder keep occur time to time now, enhance the already creepy cave to start to seen as something more eerie, like, forbidden.

"Are we really... G-going inside, Brother?" Lana asked with trembling tone.

He glanced at his sister.

It's easy to see that Lana is scared now.

Maybe they shouldn't go further and went back home.

After all, rain seems like would down anytime.

However...

"Don't worry, Lana."

He felt natural calling from the deep of this cave.

It's feel like the very existence of him is supposed to be here.

This is why he born.

So, he ignore the eerie feelings that shade this very cave.

He, Arcide Lilac, the prodigy and the proud of Lilac county, felt he can't stop, at least not now.

"Are you forget who I am?" Arcide smiled, patting her head to comfort this little sister of him.

"Brother..."

Lana tense expression a bit relaxed by Arcide words and comfort.

"I am the one who master a bunch of mid-level magic and can even use the High-level one! I am the genius!"

"Brother!"

"Nothing to worry and fear about! Forward, my sister! Let's go and claim our very treasure!"

"Yeaay!"

Lana, Rilana Lilac, always tracking her own brother step.

Whereever him go, she with him, right at his behind.

It is not just about blood-related and family matter.

His very presence is like a light for her, a pioneer in this very world of her.

She felt a priceless trust, almost reliance, to this brother of her.

Her believe that if it's her brother, nothing could stop, restrain, or hindrance him.

He is strong, so strong—very powerful to extent that even all adult in the Town can't match him, not even scratch his clothes.

Even their Father, the very Count himself, already acknowledge his talent and power.

He is someone who destined to be the light of the world, someone significant, someone that mean to brilliance.

So...

Why?

Why, and how could this happen?

"B-Brother..."

Lana can't move, even speak is difficult.

Her eyes locked at Arcide, her brother.

Her lovely, genius brother nowhere to be found.

In front of this monster, even him is insignificant.

"Lana... Run..."

This monster, a women with half-down of her body is serpent, stood 5 meter tall high with her serpent body stretched along to 35 meter long.

This massive, monstrous women, playing with her prodigy brother as if her brother is mere kid with wooden stick.

In this monster hand, her brother covered with blood, can't even spell any magic because of this monster very Cursed eye.

The monster's Cursed eye, filled with eerie energy and malice, corrupt and contaminate Mana around, seal any magic that her brother tried to use.

Without magic, they, her brother, is just a normal kid at age of 6 and 8.

No way they can harm this massive monster with their untrained physique.

Their fate is sealed right after they stepped in at this cave, at this monster very lair.

Medusa, this formidable cursed monster, is something that kids like them should not offense in any way possible.

Yet, there them was, overconfident with new mastery of magic of her brother.

Ignorance and innocence, is pure, but it was the biggest sin when you fully encounter with the world.

The world is harsh.

This very place is not a place where fool childrens can play as much as they want.

"Ha... Ha... Ha..."

Lana can feel it.

Slowly but surely, her body began to transform to stone.

Despair.

For the first time in her life, she feel the most terrifying specter that haunted all living being in this world.

Thump... Thump...

She can hear it.

How noise her heartbeat was.

Her body desperately trying to defy the incoming death.

Blood pumping all away her body in attempt to resist the curse Medusa put down her.

But it is vain effort.

Medusa's curse is too strong to just primal instinct of Human body can against.

She need something.

Something more powerful.

"Ha... Ha...!"

She need power.

Magic.

Yes...

She need magic.

Lana's amethyst eyes suddenly lit up with purple bright.

Mana around her began to shake.

It is the awakening of Rilana Lilac.

The protagonist of Novel [Lilac's Purity].

"Risa, here explained that Lilac family longage is blessed with high affinity to magic, so..." A kind-looked man asked Risa, the author of the novel, "Why only Arcide is lack the talent?"

"That was..."

Risa smiled at the question.

"Well, Senior, Arcide detailed background would be fully revealed as the story going, about the reason why Rilana value him so much and why he lack talent in magic and everything..."

The man nodded.

"I see."

Risa take a glance at him.

She hesitate for a moment before opening her mouth.

"Um, Senior..."

"Hm?"

"J-Just for you, maybe I can give you some spoiler... The reason why Arcide lack talent in magic, or more precisely, why he lost his talent is..."

Lana's body tremble when she hear what her mother said.

"W-What? No... I-it's can't be... B-brother... Brother is..."

Her amethyst eyes wet of tears when she slowly ingesting what she heard just now, word by word, sentence by sentence.

Her mother patt her head after seeing how shaked Lana heard about the recent circumstances of her brother.

Honestly, even she can't simply accept this bitter truth.

"Arcide..."

As if she could feel and see how this truth would affect and burden Arcide's life, she can't help but felt her chest tightening.

"Medusa... Why..."

Why you should seal my little boy's talent? It is no different with...

"... Worst curse."