After I locked myself in my room, Terry followed shortly behind me and started to walk up the stairs. Once he reached the top, he walked over to my door and gently knocked, "Sasha, I'm sorry I got so frustrated with you. I never wanted to show that memory crystal to you. I wanted you to realise who you were falling for on your own, but I got so frustrated with how blind you were being." I didn't hear a word he said since I'd gone straight into my bathroom to wash up since I was still covered in the drinks that were spilt on me, but I couldn't concentrate on that at all and ended up crying in the corner of the bathroom. Not knowing I couldn't hear him, Terry assumed I was ignoring him. As he turned around to leave, he saw Walter standing to the right of my door. He had overheard everything Terry said, so he asked, "What exactly happened? What did you show to my daughter to upset her so much?" Terry started to get nervous seeing Walter's intense glare. Swallowing back his fear, Terry
The next day, Terry visited the estate early in the morning. When he arrived, one of the maids showed him in and led him to the dining room where I was. When he walked into the room, the moment he saw me, he was stopped in his tracks by the shock of what he had seen. As Terry stood there, he watched as I finished a large plate of food, and as he looked across the table, all that could be seen were empty plates. Terry cleared his throat and asked, "I see you're feeling better?" When I looked at Terry, he could see my skin was still somewhat pale, but I looked much healthier than I did the other day, "Yes, thank you. I was just finishing my breakfast." A bead of sweat went down Terry's forehead as he looked at the piles of empty plates, "That was just breakfast?" I looked at him, slightly confused, "Yes, why?" "No reason! Since you've finished eating, shall we go pick up your dress for the wedding tomorrow?" "Of course, I'll tell the driver where to go." Terry and I then left the
The next day, Terry visited the estate early in the morning. When he arrived, one of the maids showed him in and led him to the dining room where I was. When he walked into the room, the moment he saw me, he was stopped in his tracks by the shock of what he had seen. As Terry stood there, he watched as I finished a large plate of food, and as he looked across the table, all that could be seen were empty plates. Terry cleared his throat and asked, "I see you're feeling better?" When I looked at Terry, he could see my skin was still somewhat pale, but I looked much healthier than I did the other day, "Yes, thank you. I was just finishing my breakfast." A bead of sweat went down Terry's forehead as he looked at the piles of empty plates, "That was just breakfast?" I looked at him, slightly confused, "Yes, why?" "No reason! Since you've finished eating, shall we go pick up your dress for the wedding tomorrow?" "Of course, I'll tell the driver where to go." Terry and I then left the
The next day I was woken up early in the morning by Jasmin, "Miss, it's time to get up! Today's sir Dan's wedding. We have to get you ready!" I tried to ignore Jasmin and go back to sleep, "Give me a bit longer..." After I said that, I tried going back to sleep, but Jasmin pulled one of her usual stunts and stole my blanket. After she stole my blanket, I sat up and looked over at her with a half-asleep, half-annoyed expression, "You never let me sleep in...!" Jasmin stood there and smiled, "I'm glad you're finally awake, miss. I'll start doing your hair if you wouldn't mind sitting at your dresser." After I finished getting ready, I went downstairs. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, Crimson was waiting for me there and dragged me off to the dining room, where she made sure I sat down for a while and ate a few plates of food since she still wanted to fatten me up. A few hours later, Terry arrived at the estate precisely at the time he said he would. But, as Terry made his wa
After the ceremony was finished, we all headed over to another area of the arboretum. It was another large clearing of trees where Crimson had set up a space for Dan and Angela to share their first dance as tradition and let everyone else join in after. Once everyone migrated to the new area, Dan and Angela made their way onto centre stage. Once they were standing in the middle, the band started to play. When the music started, they began to waltz. As Terry and I stood there and watched them, I still couldn't control my emotions and continued to tear up. Finally, seeing my emotional state, Terry handed me his handkerchief to wipe away my tears, "Here, you should dry your eyes, or they'll get sore." I timidly accepted it, "Thank you..." While I wiped away my tears, Terry continued to talk to me, "You need to try and forget about the prince. It's not healthy for you to be this affected by him." I stared at Terry, annoyed, "It's not that easy, you know! I can't just turn my emotions
After that, we all sat down and discussed the details of the trip. Finally, Walter asked me, "How long do you plan to travel for?" I thought about it, but I didn't have an answer, "I'm not sure. I first want to visit one or multiple human cities and see what they're like." "Travelling to the nearest human city will take you three weeks by carriage, so even if you only visited one city, you'll be gone for at least two months. Not to mention travelling just to the border wall of kiddra will take you a day in one of our carriages." "What about if we fly there? I'm sure flying is much fTom than any carriage, isn't it?" "It is, but you know full well that even flying to the border would take you five hours. So you would be exhausted when you made it to the wall." "Dad, my stamina isn't that bad. I'm sure I can make it there with energy to spare. I'm prepared for the long journey, so please don't treat me like a child." "You may have had your coming-of-age ceremony, but if I compare yo
In the end, it took Terry and me six hours to get to the border gate. However, unlike trying to enter the capital, the guards freely let us exit through the gate without issue. Once outside Kiddra, Terry took out a memory crystal and displayed a map of the continent that also showed us our current location on it, "Alright, we're currently here on the map, so we'll start heading that way towards Vosha territory. There are many small towns where we can rest on our journey." "How far is the closest town?" "About an eight-hour flight from here. Do you have enough energy left to fly for that long?" "Probably not eight hours, but I should be able to make another five before I need to rest." "Alright, we'll fly until you get tired and then rest, then continue once you recover your stamina." After that, Terry and I took on our full forms and started to make our way to the first town. We arrived at the town after ten hours and rented two rooms at a local in since it was late in the day.
We continued on foot for a few hours until we were far out of sight of the village and then took our full forms and continued on towards the next town to find an inn for the night. The next day, we stopped at another town, and while there, we bought ourselves new clothes to better blend in with what humans wear since our clothes were clearly too high-class for the average human and even some noble humans. After another two days of travelling, we finally arrived at the Tralux capital city. The city was vastly different from the towns and villages we saw on our way. As we entered the city, Terry asked, "Was there anything you wanted to do here in particular?" "Not really. I mostly wanted to see how humans live. Are they really as bad at magic as everyone says?" "They're not bad at magic. They're just not suited for it. Most humans are born without mana, and the ones that are, are born with next to no mana, making it hard or even impossible to practice. The ones that overcome the odd