VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"Misha?"

The sudden look of fear was somewhat shocking to both of them.

"Th-the bird… it talked!"

She stepped back as she shouted that, and hid behind Alex.

She was shaking, as if she was genuinely terrified of a talking bird.

{ "Her senses are good." }

And when Sera spoke again, the shaking she was feeling intensified again.

"What…?"

Elio did not understand what was happening with her, but Alex had an idea about what might be happening with the young girl.

"She doesn't know much about herself, Sera."

{ "I can tell that." }

"...hun?"

This time, when the bird spoke, Misha stopped shaking and instead, looked up at the bird with a confused expression.

"The bird… talked?"

She wasn't afraid because the bird was talking, it was an involuntary response of her unique body to the special kind of Mana that the bird was using for her speech.

"Chirp."

[{ For a young child, her perception is quite formidable. }]

Sera was complimenting her, but Elio was confused about what she was talking about.

Alex understood her, but since both of them could tell Elio was still lost here, they explained the situation to them as he placed Sera down to the ground.

"You know how there are blessed individuals and people who could naturally control magic- the sorcerers?"

"Yes? What about them?"

The bird approached the young girl.

[{ There are a unique kind of individuals that are born with a little unique power among these special kind of people, master. }]

The girl was afraid of a talking bird a moment ago, but, when the bird approached her this time, Misha looked at it, in its golden eyes, and crouched down before the bird when it stood before her.

"Misha is an Ichorborn."

Beings born with the blessing of nature, beings born with a unique connection with the world, and beings who are inhuman in many ways even while being physical beings like the rest of the mortals.

[{ Since ancient times, they have been called the <Beings born from the womb of Nature>. Creatures not humans or part of their own race who receive more attention, more grace, more privileges and freedom from nature than the rest of its children. }]

Misha was not afraid of Sera anymore, and even Miu and Az approached them when she had finally gathered some courage to touch the pretty bird.

The soft feathers caught her attention quickly, and then, the understanding and intelligent nature of the bird washed away all her fear she had towards this unique being.

"Do you remember the town quest and how it asked us to protect an important person?"

Alex searched far and wide for any clues regarding this important person.

All the people that she had listed as the protected individuals were taken care of by the strong groups and at the end, even with the trolling attempts, no one was harmed.

She did not think much about it later, but after she dug deeper into the identity of the helper that was assisting the dark magician, the one that dies with the magic circle, new suspicions arose for her.

"That person was also a mage and a magic researcher who was researching natural magic and the origins."

According to her findings, she was able to get some information on how the research of this person was somehow connected to the Ichorborns, the unique beings that are more powerful, privileged, and talented than the other beings of the same kind.

"I still don't know what that person obtained the information that there was one such being that he was looking for in this town and convinced a dark mage to destroy it in the name of the dark powers."

She had no idea what he was even up to after he suddenly vanished from the magic tower that he was part of, but at the end, she was able to guess how the whole quest might be referring to Misha.

"She does not experience Mana poisoning when touching Miu directly, can sense Mana even though she doesn't have her Mana channels opened, and even though she is young, she has this unique potential to her that even Az finds interesting."

The slime was a little too friendly with her for some reason and Miu was the most comfortable when it was around her.

Misha was special, Alex had guessed that much already. But when the angle of an Ichorborn was raised, she connected the dots and came to the conclusion.

"Hehe, hello there~."

"Chirp~."

Sera was a unique being of the past so even though she might not know much about her past self, she had all the basic knowledge of the world that she needed.

[{ The reason she was afraid of my voice at first was because of the purity and refinement of Mana that I use to speak. }]

Sera explained to him how she used her own Mana to directly process the environmental Mana and turn it into a voice that one could understand.

She did not use the direct Mana voice of her own like the librarian had during the announcement of the library event.

The way she used Mana was much more unique and personal than what one could imagine. And, to the senses of someone like Misha, an Ichorborn, that highly refined voice was like the bloodthirst of a creature tens or levels higher than them.

"How can you speak~? Are you really a bird, Miss~?"

{ "Not really, dear. I just look like this for now." }

"Wohhhh! But your voice is so pretty~!"

When she stopped using her refined technique and used her Mana directly, her voice became something her senses accepted and liked much better.

"It's quite unique, actually."

The senses that she has worked quite differently when it comes to Mana, Aura, her mom's Holy power, the demonic energy, or something else.

She was especially sensitive to those things, perhaps that was the reason she mostly stayed inside the house with her mom when the dark mage invaded.

She was in a constant fear of that dark power, and both of them knew how bad it was for her back then.

So…

"Oh, looks like you have already made a new friend, Misha darling."

Elio was here to ask her how she would like to come with us.

And, he could only ask that sensitive question when her mom, the real guardian of this little one, was present with them.

"Misha."

She was playing with Sera's pretty feathers when he crouched down before her.

Az and Miu had arrived there as well and were now standing beside him, looking at him with new curious expressions.

They would like it if their fun friend comes with them as well, so he looked at Alex, then at her mother who understood what was going on here, and after receiving a nod of permission from her, he asked the special young girl.

"How would you like to join us on our journey?"

Their time in this town and their time together had been fun.

But, now that they were about to leave, he wanted these two special individuals to come along with him as well.

But, he would not force them. Neither the mom, nor her child.

Everyone had their freedom of choice. So, unless she wanted to, he was not going to force either of them to follow them on this certainly dangerous journey…