Radriel Tayloreth/Chronology

## Preliminaries

### Prodigious Elf Arc

David Petrov reawakened after his death, finding himself reincarnated in the body of a 7-month old Death Elf in the arms of his mother, Aria Tayloreth. Despite his lack of faith in anything supernatural such as reincarnation, he had no option other than to accept the fact that his life continued after death, as he experienced more and more of the new world's customs over the years he spent in the Ulgrasia Republic. He spent the first few months of his new life working on his new body's mobility, and learning the local language. He able to accomplish this rather quickly, able to read by the end of his second day of new life, and going through every book in Aria's house by the end of the first week. He soon learned how to walk after a few days of (admittedly dangerous) trial and error, and was then allowed to accompany Aria as she went to her job at the local library.

While in the library, he learned many things about the different species', terminologies and concepts in the world over the course of several days, and eventually found himself reading over a book from the Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion that showcased the basics of Elemental Magic, a parallel of Spiritual Magic, which Ulgrasia specialized in. Because of this, he was able to start on Fire Magic, initially starting as a small flame in his hand that he made in the library, but escalated to him practicing in the backyard of his home until he reached the age of 7-years-old, at which point he had done everything he could think of with Fire Magic and had just begun on Water Magic, and was running out of ways to fill time. Thus, after a conversation with Nereid, the Greater Water Elemental contracted with his mother, Radriel decided to approach Aria about contracting with his own Elemental, even though he was only 7, and typically only those 10 or above took the ceremony.

Regardless, Aria put in the request and Radriel was able to undergo the ceremony 3 years early, with his taking place right after Roxul Inudraga's. He wound up summoning Sirpa as a result, and the two entered a contract with only two strange conditions in place. The first being that Radriel would allow Sirpa to take on his family's name, and the second being that Sirpa would be allowed to rename Radriel. Radriel, despite his confusion, accepted the deal, though still not knowing the value behind a name, and the two named each other, adopting Sirpa into the Tayloreth family and establishing a Soul Corridor between the two of them, as well as triggering Radriel's evolution to Reaper Elf.

Not too long after, Sirpa began overseeing Radriel's practice sessions in place of Nereid, giving Radriel more ideas as to how to utilize his magic, despite the difference in the natures of Spiritual and Elemental Magic. An unspecified amount of months passed with the two practicing, and at the end of it all, Sirpa suggested that the two find a bigger area to begin practicing an augmented form of Elemental Magic known as Compound Magic, prompting Aria to enroll Radriel in a program meant to help those that have just contracted with an Elemental to hone their grip on Spiritual Magic. Radriel didn't end up practicing, however, as the sudden realization that a lot of people would be present for his experimentation put him off. Instead, he went to look for Roxul, as he noticed that he was not among the students practicing their magic, despite the expectations he held towards him. The two engaged in conversation, with Roxul expressing how Radriel's expectations for him were unwarranted, and Radriel apologizing for it while also revealing that his expectations formed as he watched Roxul as he ran around happy, carefree and full of positivity.

The compliment seemed to catch Roxul off guard, hitting a point that he never knew he had, and, as the two continued their conversation, and Radriel expressed how he wanted to go to the Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion, Roxul offered to "escort" him, spurred on by the giddiness that Radriel's compliment instilled in him. However, on the way there, the two wound up lost in the expanse of trees that they ventured through, and Roxul broke away from Radriel in embarrassment, leaving Radriel to navigate on his own, eventually arriving outside Sarion, but running into two members of the Moderate Harlequin Alliance, specifically the Teardrop and the Angry Pierrot, who had been sent to evaluate him.

However, because of his lack of knowledge on Skills and how to use them, he was barely able to put up a fight, only truly surviving because of the Ultraspeed Regeneration skill he was born with, which allowed him to regenerate from the damage Footman inflicted upon him. Sirpa, picking up on Radriel's fear and desperation, eventually made contact with him through their Soul Corridor, and, after Radriel explained the situation, Sirpa made his way to him using his Unique Skill, but took time as he had never visited the area before.

Unfortunately, Roxul had arrived to the area he was fighting Tear and Footman in, making himself a target as the two had been instructed not to let anyone other than Radriel see them. Seeing that Roxul was in danger, and fearing that his death would be on his hands as the two clowns were there because of him, Radriel wished for a way to catch up to Tear and stop her. This momentarily triggered the ego within one of his Unique Skills, causing it to activate its Transmutation sub-skill and transform its own Thought Acceleration sub-skill into the Extra Skill "Acceleration", allowing Radriel to propel himself forward and push Tear back. Soon after, Sirpa arrived and was able to create a portal to Aria's house in Ulgrasia, but not before Footman assured Radriel that "there would always be a place for him within the Moderate Harlequin Alliance".

Radriel passed out almost immediately after arriving back in Ulgrasia, and would spend the rest of the day, and the day after unconscious. Once he woke up, around sunset the next day, he was met by Roxul, who had been asked to look after him while Aria traveled to Jistav to confront the two Clowns. Immediately upon his awakening, Radriel asked Roxul when the last time he had eaten was, and was told that he hadn't eaten since the previous morning. Hearing this, Radriel got to work on cooking, not listening to Roxul's protests and suggestions to go back to resting, instead wanting to find a way to calm his mind and gather his thoughts on the recent fight. However, Radriel, noticing that Roxul was trying to be helpful as a means of making up for the attack he considered to be his fault, allowed him to assist, and the two eventually prepared and shared an underwhelmingly bland meal, despite all the ingredients and spices they included.

Afterwards, the two sat down and played a hand-made recreation of Crazy Eights made by Radriel, until eventually Aria returned. Aria, now under the effects of Manipulator, and given the instruction to bring Radriel to Jistav, came to him with that specific goal in mind, going as far as to drag him by the arm despite his protests and complaints, and summoning Nereid, her own Elemental Spirit, to restrain and kill Roxul when he tried to get in her way. Radriel, seeing this, once again unconsciously activated Esteemed Scientist's Transmutation to trade one of his skills for a skill that allowed him to increase his physical strength and speed enough to break free from Aria's grip and save Roxul again.

With that, Clayman deduced that his sudden bursts of power were brought up by bouts of emotional turmoil, and, wanting to give Radriel a source of said turmoil, as well as wanting to rid himself of Aria once and for all, decided to take the final step in his "plan". He crushed Aria's heart, triggering a rather violent and graphic death to unfold right before Radriel's eyes. This, however, had the completely opposite effect on Radriel to what Clayman had expected, as Radriel would almost completely shut down, falling into a state of near-complete incoherence, so much so that he didn't even notice Nereid take refuge in his body, as a means of hiding from the repelling force of the material world, drawing her back to the spiritual world.

Months after his mother's death, Radriel still finds himself grieving after having his senses and coherence returned to him, and having spent the entire time until that point reminiscing over the memories he had with her, with her final words being highly prominent in his thoughts. Throughout this entire period, Roxul had been coming to visit him, bringing him meals which he would only eat once in a blue moon (which wasn't helped by Starvation Resistance making it so that he required much less sustenance than the average person) and generally staying in his company, for hours of the day, attempting to replicate the method of communication Radriel had used to make him feel better during their first conversation, however due to him still being unresponsive, it wasn't all that effective.

However, due to Roxul's tenacious nature, he continued to visit Radriel at his home, eventually coaxing the occasional response from him, even if they typically only came out in one-word answers. On the day where the story picks back up, Roxul yet again arrives to visit Radriel, bringing with him yet another box of fresh food. Yet again, Roxul tried to engage Radriel in conversation, this time actually succeeding in getting full sentences out of him. With Radriel now seeming more conscious than he had been before, Roxul took the opportunity to talk to him about nothing in particular, answering any questions he may have had. One of the questions he had asked was if they held a service for Aria while he was unresponsive. Roxul affirmed his question, noting that Aria was a well-known and loved resident of Ulgrasia, thus a large portion of the Republic was present at her funeral.

Realizing that he was the only one not present at his own mother's funeral, Radriel asked Roxul to leave, so he could prepare to go visit her grave, in the cemetery overlooking the ocean. He made his visit, spending almost two hours sitting around the grave, until eventually Nereid, who up until that point had been dormant in his body, had awakened to see Aria's name engraved on the stone, not expressing any sorrow or general emotion, but instead addressing Radriel about the incident, claiming that she had been sorting through her own thoughts over the months he spent in his room.

Radriel, assuming that Nereid would have more information on what happened to his mother, asked her just that. He was proven correct in his assumption as Nereid unveiled the events prior to Aria's death, revealing to Radriel that his supposed father—the "Demon Lord" Clayman—was to blame, having stolen Aria's heart and put her under his control with his Unique Skill "Manipulator" after she had attempted to kill Tear and Footman for their attack on him.

Having that revealed to him, Radriel began to belief that he was the cause of Aria's death, as, according to him, his own weakness and ignorance caused her to chase after his attackers, whom he couldn't defeat on his own. It was then that Aria's final words rung around in his head again, and he resolved to do as she said and grow stronger, and eventually kill Clayman in order to avenge his mother. Without much warning, he proposed a contract with Nereid, which she didn't give a moment's hesitation to accept. The terms of the contract were that Nereid would be able to reside within Radriel's body in order to remain in the material world, and in return she'd allow him full access to her abilities, as well as explaining the functionality of skills to him.

After forming the contract, Radriel would return home and spend the rest of the day weighing his options with his limited knowledge of the world, eventually deciding that he would spend some time gathering knowledge and power. The next day, as Radriel was packing a small bag to leave, Roxul would come around for his daily visit, seeing him packing. He would ask him what he was packing for, and be shocked that he was planning on going on an adventure to kill one of the Ten Great Demon Lords. Naturally, as any sane person would, he tried to steer him away from it. However he failed in his attempts, as Radriel's habit of hyper-fixating on his goals came through in what Roxul considers "the worst way possible".

The next morning, Radriel left Ulgrasia after leaving freshly-picked flowers at his mom's grave, however, before he completely left the Republic's territory, Roxul would catch up to him, with a bag packed and a sword on his back. Radriel wouldn't give him much in ways of detouring him, and would simply keep on walking, now knowing that Roxul wasn't too far behind him.

## Empowerment Arc

The story skips forward by 70 years. Radriel encounters Rimuru Tempest as the two are waiting in line to enter the Armed Nation of Dwargon.