10| Even though I'm just a toy for him…

JONEA

I kept running to hunt a jeveric. Is his name Roka or Moka? They look almost the same.

She took me to arrive in a dark forest. A few moments later, a lot of light appeared scattered around the forest. All the light seemed to come from hundreds of fireflies uniting and spinning to form a vortex of light into the sky.

"Beautiful," I muttered.

I was really amazed to see the beauty of these twinkling lights.

I spread both hands while lifting my face to the sky. The night that was previously dark is now strewn with bluish light. Some of the glowing bugs started to surround me. It was as if I was the center of their light energy.

"What's this? Are they fireflies?"

I opened my palms and tried to grab them in my grip. One of the glowing creatures landed on my palm. The taste is very ticklish. I'm scared but also curious. What creatures are they?

"You always refer to us in human-made terms. Oh, no fireflies here. They are fairies," said Jeveric, who brought me to that place.

"Fairy?" I wa