Chapter 7: Author-nim [1]
"So that's why I have been telling you, we need to visit the kids back at the orphanage, and even Kimberly would cry every night because you didn't come to see her." Charlotte had been talking to me throughout the entire journey back to the school.
Since I was exhausted, she couldn't just fly me with her talent, so we had to return the traditional way.
From our one-sided conversation I was able to deduce two things—
Firstly, Kaiser Vanguard was an orphan, and he and Charlotte were the only ones in Roswell Orphanage to ever awaken.
So in a sense, their duty was to grow stronger, secure employment after the academy, and help the other children who were like their siblings live a comfortable life.
Charlotte also explained her talent to me, which, as I had already surmised, allowed her or at least granted her the potential to move at light speed or even faster, which was part of the augmentation archetype.
It was also made apparent, even though I already knew, that this was indeed my novel.
'Tales Of Heroes And Demons' followed the journey of Matthew Von Silver, the protagonist, in a world that was exactly like Earth—only with a different name both for the world itself, its continents, countries, and even down to streets and customs.
The only difference between Meltonia and Earth, which could be considered a significant one, was the presence of mana that originated from gates—sky-blue portals that resembled a warp or rupture in space.
When these gates, which led into dungeons that were part of the demon realm, first appeared, humanity was nearly driven to extinction until the first mage emerged, those capable of wielding the same mana that was devastating humanity, and defeating the same beasts that even nuclear bombs couldn't harm.
That marked the beginning of the age of heroes and their struggle against demons.