For the next five days, Koumei loads me with information while I regain my strength with food and light exercise. After which, he feels I'm ready to interact with others so he has me sit on the throne in the grand hall with all the officials discussing what feels like trivial matters to me. After they adjourn, he has me and my household stay.
He informs them, "My Sister and Queen has suffered from memory loss due to the coma, which is why you were not allowed to see her before. We were hoping it would return but it has not yet. But never fear, her determination of world unification has not wavered. If you have any exclusive knowledge that is imperative for her to know, now is the time to relay that to her."
Unlike my idea, Koumei stays present for them to tell me what they feel is important. So they keep things formal as the prince and the rest of the household can hear them. Their tones do give off the air of a master-servant relationship between me and each of them. Even Seishuu acts more reserved than the other day.
Mostly what they share are their favorite memories of me in battle. When done, I thank them for their understanding and that I wish I could remember those experiences. They seem to pass Koumei's approval so afterwards I am allowed more interaction with them.
~*~
I was not very athletic in my past life; I blame the "benign" barbed wires all inside me that made most physical activities excruciating. Thankfully that is no longer a limitation, but my muscles in this body did deteriorate some while in a coma so I need to work hard to get back to where Princess Kouen was. At least I'm not making up for a couple of years like Alibaba did! ...or will in the future if we don't get a hold of Hakuryuu.
Still, time to put my Mulan on while training! The song "Be a Man" constantly runs through my mind as I spar with a sword, run obstacle courses, and practice martial arts.
Currently En Shou is overseeing my archery retraining. It's a bit frustrating that my body seems to instinctively know what to do, but I no longer have the strength to back it up. Still, it's wonderfully amazing that I can see so far without glasses; it was always annoying taking them off for things close up like eating or talking to people then needing to put them back on for watching t.v., driving, and things like that.
Alone, I ask him while notching another arrow, "So...has En Shou always been your name?"
Yes, yes, I can't seem to let my Drakon's-Brother-Theory rest. From what I heard so far, his family has served our nation for centuries and are well known for their special abilities. He has been by my side for a long time, almost since I was a child and is like a brother to me. He also got a household from Astaroth shortly after I conquered that dungeon; although I think Seishuu got his first?
"As far as everyone is concerned, yes," he says cryptically.
"Kinda funny that we both have 'En' in our names. I can't help feeling there is some connection," I press, "I didn't give that name to you or anything, did I?"
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