The Duke’s Adopted Daughter - Chapter 1 Meeting In The Fores

It was a dark rainy night. The sky was filled with lightning. The sound of thunder echoed around the forest. A while later, there was a sound of running rhythm. But if there were a person who hears the sounds, they will be able to notice that the owner of those were running in unsteady manner.

All of a sudden, there was a man coming from the darkness of the forest. He wore an armor around his body. His head was covered by a helmet only showing his face.The man himself was quite handsome, but if you observe closely his face shows that he is a middle age man.The man was holding a sword in his right arm but he used it as his support. His body shows tiredness from running and his armor was tainted by blood coming from his own wounds.

The man himself was the Duke of the Green kingdom, Duke Gerald Harrington. He stumbled when he can no longer hold his ground due to the exhaustion that he was feeling. The Duke can’t believe that he was still alive. Earlier was a nightmare to him.

He was with his twenty four guards earlier when they entered the Mystical Forest. The forest itself has its own legend. There were rumors that once you entered it there was no hoping for you to come back alive. But he was desperate. His very own daughter, Sylvy was suffering from illness that no physician in their kingdom can cure. Though, they are living in the world of magic, no magic potion can cure her.

It was only recent when a doctor who visited and check his daughter stated that her illness resembles it’s symptoms to one of the Ancients. He, who found a new hope had begged him for a cure. The doctor told him that there is. But the main ingredient was a plant that only grows in the Mystical Forest.

Though there were rumors, he braved himself to lead the search. But when they entered earlier what welcomed them give his group a shiver. They encountered a group of wolves with a size of a lion. There eyes were red as if there were lasers coming from it. They surrounded his group and before they know it, they started attacking them.

He himself was quite lucky as his guards protected him. Though he was able to fight himself out he still received injuries that resulted to his current state. He was in a verge of closing his eyes. He thought about his daughter.

“Am I going to die like this?” he thought to himself.

Suddenly, he heard a melodious yet lazy voice out of nowhere.

“Ayeee..so this is where the smell of blood was coming from.”

The Duke suddenly froze.