In order to maintain their stand and to prevent their race from complete extinction, humans had to heavily rely on technology, martial training and scavenging for rare magical treasures. This was why Eluraa's present dad was slightly disgruntled. Every family wanted sons and they wanted to groom them as top combat experts. These combat experts protected their colonies of small villages and cities. The really good ones were even recruited by the different combat organizations called guilds and the top-level experts were invited for the king's exploratory squad. Very few had the affinity for using magic spells or controlling demons based on the rare magical treasures obtained. So, people were mostly training to use strong weapons and guns. Men had natural talent and that raw strength for direct combat. That is why most household expectantly looked forward to their grandsons and sons. However, no matter how hard he tried Eluraa's dad couldn't be disappointed with her in the slightest. She looked like an angel with her deep blue eyes and her magical smile. They were still worried about baby Eluraa though. They haven't come across any baby who slept for such long hours.

Eluraa finally woke up from her long relaxing sleep after 4 years. She noticed that she had already grown so much and hoped she wouldn't have any sleeping spells like this again. But she felt completely relaxed and could feel her soul and spirit slowly healing themselves. She still had a long way to go if she needed to reach her former strength but she had time. After all, she was still a toddler. Eluraa parents were overjoyed that she was finally normal like every other child and that nothing was wrong with her. That night they had invited their family relatives and friends and held a feast to celebrate their beautiful daughter. Eluraa looked really cute in her matching blue toddler outfits and smiled brightly at all the guests playing with her. Everyone was so happy to meet her and praised their parents for having such a pretty baby. Mom and dad were so happy and that night Eluraa's mom sang her good night lullaby and put her to sleep. Before leaving, she told kissed Eluraa on her cheek and whispered that her baby would grow up to the most beautiful woman on the planet. Eluraa suddenly jolted up and realised something. "Oh no! I am not going through this again"

She silently tried her best to collect all her newly healed soul and spiritual strength and reached out to the elemental energies. She could barely feel them and was slightly disappointed. They were the only connections she had for over a million years. Suddenly she felt alone without her elemental connections. But still she could muster enough energy to cast a small disfigurement spell on herself. She no longer looked beautiful or cute. She rather looked not so pleasing even for a baby. Her eyes were now dull grey in colour and she lacked the bright s.h.i.+ne and l.u.s.ter of her smile. Satisfied with the changes, Eluraa slept peacefully that night. Surprisingly, her mom and dad didn't really notice much difference. Of course, parental love is unbiased. However, the neighbours did notice but kept quiet about it. And thus, the ugly duckling was left alone to grow in peace.