After a few minutes, the waiter returned and guided us over to the table. As we sat down, he handed us a menu each, "Please take your time choosing. I'll be just over here ready to take your order." I picked up the menu and looked it over, but I couldn't recognise any of the food on there. I had never eaten or heard of anything listed on there, so I didn't know what to choose, 'Why did he have to take me here! I have no idea what I'm ordering! What even is Ceviche?' Larry noticed I was having a hard time on the menu, so he asked, "If you like, I can order something for you?" "No, I can pick for myself! I just need a minute..." "Ok, take all the time you need." I kept looking over the menu until I found something that sounded familiar. Unfortunately, since it had been a lifetime since I had fish, I didn't remember much about it other than its taste. After a minute, Larry asked me, "Have you decided what you would like yet?" I wasn't confident I would like my choice, but I still a
The next day I was outside in my private garden when Tasha came over to visit for the first time since my coming-of-age ball. When Tasha walked into the garden, she greeted me the moment she saw me, "Sash! Since I never got to see you on your birthday, I wanted to-" when I looked at Tasha, she stopped mid-sentence the moment she saw my eyes. I was confused about what she was so surprised by, "You wanted to what?" Tasha's face was both shocked and surprised, "Sash, there's something wrong with your eyes!" "What's wrong with my eyes?" "They've changed!" I suddenly realised that she didn't know, "Oh, that. Yes, I already know about that. It happened during my coming-of-age ceremony." "What exactly happened?!" Tasha came over and sat down as I explained everything to her. Finally, after a few minutes, I finished my explanation, and Tasha sat back in her chair in a state of overload from the information, "That's a lot to take in all at once... I didn't even know something like this w
As we walked into the estate, I noticed the Marquis wasn't with Terry, so I asked, "Where's the Marquis? I was told he would be visiting today as well." "My Father had some last-minute business to take care of and entrusted today's meeting to me." "Speaking of business, I thought you worked as a magic teacher at Red phoenix academy. So why are you working with your Father in the magic trade?" Terry pulled a sly smirk at me, "I don't see how that's any of your concern." I couldn't help pulling a frustrated look at Terry, "Well, I have to make sure you're qualified to judge our product and not just blindly assume things about it. I know you have a history of wrong assumptions." Terry pulled an amused but slightly annoyed face at me, "I seem to recall nothing but sound judgement on my part. However, I do recall meeting a lively child who didn't understand proper manners. As for my qualifications, all your magic talent is all the evidence I need to show my knowledge and skill of magic
Hearing him talk about this ability I apparently have, I couldn't help my curiosity and asked him, "Did your Mother tell you how to use the ability?" Terry stared intensely at the mana shard while looking like he was lost in deep thought, "No, she only told me what I could expect if I awakened my eyes. Needless to say, she was disappointed when I didn't." As Terry said that, I could see the depressed look on his face, "I'm sorry to hear that. It must have been hard on you, feeling like you let your family down." Hearing me say that, Terry let out a light sigh and put the mana shard in his pocket, "Nonsense, me not awakening my eyes never meant I let my family down. On the contrary, my Father holds my talent for magic in high regard. If he didn't trust my abilities, he would have never entrusted today's meeting to me alone." Seeing how Terry was acting, I couldn't help but think, 'He's put his guard back up. He let it down for a moment when I asked about my abilities, but now his eg
Later that night, after the maids had finished getting me ready for bed and left the room, I sat in front of my dresser mirror, staring into my eyes, 'He told me I have the ability to change my eyes, but I have no idea how to even begin.' I started to try and practice whatever I could think of to try and discover how to use the ability. Finally, I began to focus and make my mana flow around my body while focusing most of it towards my eyes. As I did, my eyes didn't change colour, but they did start to glow brightly, 'It didn't work... And I didn't know my eyes glowed when I used my mana now.' I stopped my mana flow and started to try and think of a new method to change my eyes. But, as I did, I couldn't help but think back to when my eyes were still magenta only two days ago, 'Even though my pure pink eyes look mesmerising, I just can't help but miss my old eye colour...' Thinking about my old eye colour, I closed my eyes and remembered what they used to look like. While trying to
While Terry and Larry were talking, I finished getting ready after 12 minutes. As I rushed down the stairs, I was met by Jasmin waiting for me at the bottom. When I got to the bottom of the stairs, she walked up and told me, "The prince is waiting for you in the back living room, miss." "Thank you Jasmin!" I rushed into the living room, but when I got inside, from what I could see, it was empty, "Larry, are you in here?" Hearing no response, I left the living room and returned to Jasmin, "Larry isn't in the living room." Jasmin looked surprised, "I did tell his highness that he was allowed to explore the estate while he waited. He must have done precisely that." I let out an exhausted sigh, "Ok... I'll go look for him." I looked around the estate for five minutes before I saw Larry talking to someone by the front door. Unfortunately, the way he was standing, I couldn't see who he was talking to. I walked up behind him as I heard him saying, "Of course!" Curious, I asked, "Who
I put the gem back on the shelf and kept exploring deeper into the store, but the deeper I went, all I found was more of the same, "This store doesn't seem to have a lot of variety in what they sell." Larry looked around the room, "You're right, but don't worry, this is only our first shop. We'll be visiting plenty of others. This one was designed for the common dragon in mind and not nobles like us." "I also wanted to ask you, do those mana accumulators come in different qualities like mana shards?" "They do, actually. Like mana shards and gems, these come in low, mid and high-rank. Unfortunately, the ones sold here are more than likely all low-rank." "What are the differences?" "The higher rank ones have a greater accumulating effect and use less mana to work since they're of a higher purity." "Do you know anywhere that sells them? I think I'll buy a high-rank to try at home." "Unfortunately, I don't know, but we'll be visiting many shops today, so with your eyes, you should b
After a while in the carriage, we pulled up outside the estate. As I got out, I noticed Larry wasn't behind me, so I looked back inside the carriage and saw him talking to one of his guards, "Larry, aren't you coming inside?" He turned around and smiled, "I have something I need to discuss with my guards. I'll meet you inside after I'm finished. I'll try to be done within 20 minutes." "Ok, as long as you don't leave me waiting too long, I'll be in the back living room where you were waiting for me earlier today." Larry decided to tease me a little and said, "I'll look forward to seeing you waiting in there instead of me this time." I turned red from embarrassment, "Would you stop teasing me!" Larry laughed, "But it's so much fun seeing your flustered expression." I pouted at him, "You do realise if I accept our marriage, I'll have over a thousand years to get even with you for teasing me so much." "And I'll have over a thousand years of happiness seeing you every day." His comm