The Conquerors Path

I sat there in the cloud, feeling the wind washing against my face, just giving a glimpse back I could see my friends too enjoying their time, the happy faces on some making my day, the beautiful sight of the endless white trees filled my vision as the cloud set forth.

Around up in the sky, I could see several other clouds moving around with people on them, the sky was taken in as a road, sitting on small compact clouds, and several beastmen with colored flags lead the traffic in the skies so as to not cause any disturbance or issue since we were using the VIP passes, we easily moved through any traffic in front of us, as the first priority was given to us,

"Wow, look at that!"

Emma's exclamation brought our attention towards her as we saw a pack of special birds flying high, they were a mix of white and green and about a hand length, a shinning red crystal stuck to their head while they looked cute beyond any, just looking at the flying in the skies were a heal to the soul,

"They are the Cloian birds, found only in this region, don't let their cute appearance fool you for they are deadly birds"

Nare spoke as she too looked towards the group of birds colorfully flying in the sky, no clouds were moving towards them as the rest of the tourists gazed at this scene with stars in their eyes,

"They are extremely protective of their flock, the crystal on their head would shine bright when they attack and they don't get close to strangers, only to children would they rarely move as they would feel their pur-"

Nare wasn't even able to finish her words as the flock of Cloian birds quickly moved in our direction,

"Wa-"

Once again Nare wasn't able to speak as the Cloain birds reached our location in the blink of an eye, their entire flock of at least 30 birds surrounding our cloud, seeing this I smiled as I extended my hand forward and the most unique looking one among the flock flapped its wing as it landed on my hand.

It wasn't the only one as at least 5 different birds belonging to the flock were sitting on my head, shoulder and body, their cute green eyes looking at me as chirping sound left their mouths,

"You are quite cute"

I said with a smile as I used my free hand to pat the bird's head, rubbing the smooth gem on its head, the bird in my hand didn't reject it as it lovingly rubbed back, seeing this, the rest of the birds on my body started to rub to me, seemingly trying to tickle me,

"H-How?"

Nare's incredulous words were heard as I looked at her, who now had her mouth wide open,

"My hero is indeed loved by all"

Emma said with a gentle tone as she hopped to my side, her eyes looking at the Cloain bird for a few seconds after which she extended her head, the bird in my hand looked between her hand and me for a few seconds before which it settles in my hand, unwilling to go, seeing it Emma chuckled as her eyes softened,

"Hehehe....my hero, I seemed to have lost again"

Emma said with a proud tone, not at all discouraged at the fact that an animal rejected her advances, well it was normal after I had become the prince of life, the successor and child of Orpheus there's no animal in the world that will reject my kind will, especially if it's one that focuses on purity and the feeling of life.

But even though the one in my hand rejected Emma's call the rest of whom she called came close to her while the rest of my friends didn't even get to touch them, the moment someone tried to get close to them the red crystal on the top of the birds started to heat up, especially the poor Alex who at least got pecked by 15 different birds,

'Hehe.....it seems that birds could feel more inner malice from him'

I chuckled at Alex's current display, as his head and face were now red with pecks, where all he could do was only curse, its rare to see him on the losing side, my eyes then turned to the rest of the birds that are surrounding my group, most of their eyes focused on me.

I let my group have a few minutes to admire the flock of birds at close for a few minutes before which I whispered to the bird who still sat on my palm,

"You can take your friends away, it was nice to meet your family and I hope you can visit me any time you want"

"Chirp!...Chrip!...Chrip!"

"Sure, I will have lots of food for your family"

I nodded my head while pretending not to see the weird glances from my friends, as they saw me chatting with a bird, another perk as I am able to feel the intention when I chat with animals, a very welcome power that I use to keep more in touch and control of the crazy girls that I keep targeting,

"Chrip!.....chirp!"

"Good day to you too"

And as soon as I finished speaking the bird flew away from my hand, they together forming a team of a single bird and flying away,

"They were cute..."

Sana spoke to which I patted her head,

"Indeed they were"

Saying so I turned to Nare who was now having stars in her eyes while a heated blush filled her cheeks, I am sure that whatever interest she had in me had just been tripled,

"Shall we go?"

I asked to which she quickly got off her daze before nodding her head and driving the cloud further,

"Puff....Haha.....Alex, you look really pecked!"

Jacob screamed and laughed as he held his stomach as he looked at Alex, laughing at his face that was filled with scratches,

"Damn that birds! next time I will roast them all!"

Alex spoke with a grudge as he drank a healing potion, quickly getting well,

"I didn't know that you were so good with animals, it's hard to believe that the Cloain birds were so close to you"

Suddenly Rina asked as she sat beside me, her hardened gaze traveling to Nare,

"Yeah you could say that and what's so special about the Cloain birds?'

I spoke and asked back,

"Well they can sense the goodness and will of others, hence they are only close to children with a good heart,"

Saying so Rina gave me a smile to which I just smiled back, I myself know how 'good' I am inside, about the things I have done but I have learned not to let the guilt hold me down, I do what I have to survive, that's all and in doing so I just try to find love and peace in what I do,

"Did you add one of them to your familia?"

I asked to Emma who was happily humming,

"Indeed, some of them are very happy too, granted they get to see you! mou~my hero is a bully!"

Emma said her final words with a pout making me chuckle, after I gained my title over life I visit Emma more and spent time with the animals, my ability of being close to animals and her families only made Emma love me more and more,

"Here are some sacks for you all to enjoy"

Suddenly Nare spoke as some snacks and drinks on small clouds started to float to us,

"Will you like a special tea?"

Nare asked to which I nodded my head, hearing so she held several cups in her hand as she started to make several juggling and moving motions with the up high in the sky, the tea making a rainbow motion as she kept throwing them from one cup to another, it was a treat to the eye and after half a minute a special sizzling tea was ready, I blew on it a little as I took a taste,

"It's good"

I earnestly replied making Nare smile, leaning back to the cloud I took some sips of the tea that kept warming my body.