Grey and Elara were currently seen flying above the forest that made as an entrance and exit to the elve town. From above, Grey could see that the destroyed trees had all been regrown and were as lush and beautiful as ever.
They were all fully grown and enhancing the forest making it beautiful while the craters had all been fixed along with the broken grounds all around.
He could even see more animals running around the forest adding to its charm. Seeing this, he smiled as they could see the outskirts of the forest and where Grey had been attacked when he first came here.
"So how long till we get back? I can't wait to see the human world!" Elara said excitedly.
"We will go to the human world and will get there in a few minutes but you are not staying there." Grey replied.
"What? What do you mean by we are not staying there?" Elara asked.
"I said you are not staying there no we." Grey replied.
"Do you think the humans wouldn't notice you are different? You will attract so much attention and then what? Hunted and chased all your life since you are different." Grey said.
"You make a point there. I didn't really think about that. But where am I going to stay?" She asked.
"I got that settled, so don't worry." Grey replied as the volcano was now coming in view.
'I remember that my journey here was daunting and treacherous. I had almost died too until I unlocked mana skin. Wait! But I have another person with me.' Grey thought as he looked towards Elara with wide eyes while they approached the volcano at immense speed and from there, the heat and magma from the volcano was getting strong and on instinct, mana skin activated shielding Grey.
But looking towards Elara, he was surprised that she wasn't facing any sort of discomfort and was humming silently.
'Huh? Isn't the heat affecting her in the least? But how? No worries, I'm sure she would begin sweating buckets when we are directly above the volcano.' he thought and he smiled as they had fully left the forest and the volcano could be seen a few metres away.
Speeding up more, they were rapidly approaching the volcano and in a few minutes, they were flying above it and the heat along with the magna got intense but of course it didn't affect Grey because of mana skin but turning around, he could see Elara still humming.
"Okay I can't take it anymore!" Grey said and Elara stopped humming while looking at Grey with a confused expression. "How is the magna not affecting you?"
"Oh that?! My body is being shielded by mana skin so I'm alright. Wait! Don't tell me you humans don't know how to use it." Elara said.
"Of course we do know it. I just didn't know that the elves knew how to use it too." Grey replied and then they continued on their journey as they crossed the volcano fully and were speeding back towards the forest of the human side.
'Come to think of it, my trip back is faster than when I was heading to the elven town. It was hard before because of the heat but now because of mana skin, I was able to get back faster.' Grey thought as the somewhat dead trees could be seen coming in view.
"Yikes! You humans sure do not respect nature." Elara commented as she could see destroyed trees everywhere with some having scorched marks on it.
"Well that is because unlike your beautiful world, our has beasts running around." Grey replied and then he continued forward at immense speed trying to cross the forest.
'Shit! How am I going to locate mum and Jesse now. I remember before I embarked on my trip, they had gone out in search of a house in the better parts of town.' Grey thought as the speed with which they were flying doubled.
"Woah! Slow down darn it!" Elara said as the wind was hitting her face hard.
"I can't. If I slowed down, the people would spot us and I wouldn't be able to explain so this is the best." He said as a gust of wind hit the tree behind him totally uprooting it and in five minutes, Grey could be seen standing in front of their worn out, broken home.
And the gust of wind from landing hit the door swinging it off its hinges.
'Huh? My wind magic has grown more stronger? I guess this is the perks of being a 3 star mage.' he thought as he walked in with heavy breath expecting to not see his mum and Jesse but contrary to his thoughts, he could see his mum in the living room arranging some things with Jesse helping her.
"Mum… I'm ba…back." He said stuttering in fear as his mum along with Jesse looked at what caused their door to be broken.
"Grey?" She said in surprise as the last person she expected to see was her son.
"You… where have you been you dumbass son of mine?!" Clara shouted as she looked around and picked a shoe of hers throwing it at Grey with force but he easily avoided it.
"Hold on mum, let me speak." He said but his mum picked the next available thing and threw it at Grey who swiftly dodged it by the skin of his teeth.
"Do you know how worried I was?" She said as she picked another strong shoe and was about to swing it when she saw someone enter.
"Hello." Elara said and Clara froze while Jesse screamed.
"Arghhhhhh! A demon with pointy ears!"
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