East Meet West

78- Armelia's story

“I am a Lamia.”

Wait, what? Not waiting for me to process the information, Armelia continued,

“Ever since I was born, I have been raised in the dark forest and I have practically spent my whole life here. I always wondered how big the world was.”

“And one day, I heard that there were humans who lived outside of the forest and few stories related to them. As I had nothing to do here in the forest, I collected information related to places outside the dark forest. Gradually, my wish to explore the outside world increased so much that I could not control myself and went to my mother.”

“But when I asked my mother about this, she denied me and warned that I should not step out of the dark forest. But I was not able to control my feelings and ran away from the home. But I did not know the way out of the forest and so I was stuck, but I finally met you.”

“After that you know the story.”

So, practically she was bored of her everyday life and she decided to explore the outside world, but since she does not know how to get of the forest, she was lost?

What the heck?

And that is not the main point. The main point is that she is a Lamia?

According to what I know, Lamias belong to the branch of serpent family and their upper body is that of a woman and their lower body is that of snake. They have a beautiful appearance and it is rumored that they seduce young men and after satisfying their sexual needs, they consume their flesh.

And the Lamias have been mentioned in the Greek mythologies, Japanese stories and different cultures too.

But the fact that Armelia says that she is a Lamia but she does not resemble a Lamia, is confusing.

So, instead of believing in rumors, I asked Armelia directly,

“Armelia, what is a Lamia?”

Hearing this, Armelia had a confused expression but she said,

“Did you not here about Lamia’s who have half woman and half snake body?”

“I did, but I don’t see any resemblance between you and a Lamia from any angle, right?”

“Oh, actually when I ran away from my home, I used a medicine called (Zammarst leaf). It is a rare medicine that can change one’s body structure. And with its help I turned into a human, because it would be dangerous to let others know that I am a Lamia, right? I have the basic common sense that I should not expose myself.”

I nodded involuntarily but I was lost in thoughts and was processing the information that Armelia said.

But when then I remembered about the rumors about Lamia, which made my body cold. That is – Lamias consume human flesh, especially a young men’s flesh.

So, instinctively as a defense, I wanted to get up and get away from her but suddenly the movement caused me pain and I groaned in pain.

“Ahh...”

“Orochi, what happened to you. I told you right, please don’t move. You are still injured.”

Hearing Armelia, I calmed down and realized that I am no position to move and even if the rumors are true, then I am in no position to defend myself.

So, after calming down, I asked Armelia,

“Armelia, I don’t remember anything other than the pain when my bones were broken and how did we get here?”

Hearing this, Armelia’s face became pale as a sheet of paper and her eyes showed that she was scared about remembering the events, but nonetheless she took a deep breath and started speaking,

“After the burly monster (Burly guy) dragged me by hair, I was extremely scared but suddenly a huge light flashed and I felt my vision being cut off. And when the light was gone..

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‘Boom’

The bright light slowly dimmed and 4 figures were standing near the burly guy and Armelia.

All of the 4 figures were beautiful women. But the peculiar thing about them is that their upper body was that of a woman and their lower body was that of snake.

They were Lamias.

In the group of 4 Lamias, there was a woman who excluded a powerful aura and the other 3 Lamia’s aura was pale in comparison to her.

That women wore clothes which were extremely seducing and if one looked at her then any man’s throat will go dry, with lust. But currently her face told that she was extremely angry.

While the other 3 Lamias, wore the clothes similar to a guard and they were each holding a weapon in their hands. And although they looked exceptionally beautiful but they were still not comparable to the other Lamia. And their expression also looked murderous.

Seeing these four figures, the burly guy's body trembled and the hand which was gripping Armelia’s hair was loosened. And Armelia who was struggling to get away from the burly guy’s grip, took the chance and tried to get away from the burly guy.

When she got out of his grip but she felt something was wrong, and she saw that the burly guy was looking at someone. So, she looked in the direction in which he was looking and she saw that 4 figures were standing.

But when Armelia saw one of the figure’s face, her body trembled and her eyes were filled with tears and she ran toward that figure while shouting,

“MOTHER...”

Armelia ran into the beautiful women’s bosom and hugged her and started crying.

Seeing Armelia crying, that woman Lamia’s expression softened a little and she gently stroked Armelia hair. And then she spoke,

“Armelia, it is alright now, your mother is here. Don’t cry, I will not let anyone harm my Armelia.”

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Author's Announcement:

Sorry, there was a small delay.

So, here is the mass release.

Another thing, I am glad that we were almost able to reach the goal of 140 power stones. Which means that the number of readers are increasing and I am happy with that. Hence, I have decided to take the goals to next level.

Let's make a few goals.

Mass Release on Monday:

150 Power stones = 2 Chapters

175 Power stones = 3 Chapters

200 Power stones = 4 Chapters

(Only if I reach this goal, will I be Mass releasing the chapters. Because If I could see your support through this, I can reassure myself that ‘Yeah, I can still work on this novel and can also start new works’ for my readers. And I am a graduate who is required to find a job; hence your support can give encouragement. I hope you people understand and continue your support.)