Impractical Magic

I M Chapter 47

The King collapsed and was taken to his room to rest. Howard asked me about the details and I told him what had happened.

The three of us waited in our room for the news on the King's health.

"Where's Jose? I haven't seen him since we met with the King." [Maria]

"He said that he's going to meet up with someone." [Blake]

(Knock-knock)

"Is ms.Angelica there?"

"Yes, why do you ask?" [Angelica]

"Your majesty wants to speak with you again."

"I'll be going." [Angelica]

"Okay." [Blake]

"Take care." [Maria]

Outside his room, were two knights standing guard by the door. As I came nearer, they bowed to me and opened it.

Inside, I saw Howard sitting in a chair by the bedside. When he saw me, he stood up.

"Please tell him to rest after this. He's already too weak." [Howard]

He said that as he tapped my shoulder. I walked, then silently sat at the chair.

"How was Elaine?" [King]

"Pardon?" [Angelica]

"Your mother." [King]

"She's fine, but she now calls herself as Michelle." [Angelica]

"And Terrence?" [King]

"Did mother have any othe-." [Angelica]

"Elaine, loved no-one other than Terrence." [King]

"Just confirming it... They are now content in living at a small village." [Angelica]

"It seems that all of my worries are for nought." [King]

"Hey..." [Angelica]

"What is it?" [King]

"Can I ask a few things?" [Angelica]

"Go ahead." [King]

"This may sound rude coming from me, but I still don't know your name..." [Angelica]

"Alexis. Others just call me Alex." [King]

"Is it fine if I called you grandfather?" [Angelica]

"It is alright." [King Alex]

"Then grandfather... how did mother and father, got to know each other?" [Angelica]

"Go to my desk and take out a green book." [King Alex]

I did just that and brought it to him. He flips a few pages and handed it back to me. There I read the history of my parents, the entries aren't dated...

~~~King Alex's Diary~~~

Entry#?
My first child is born, it was a girl. Me and my wife named her Elaine, she was very adorable.

Entry#?
Elaine's hair started to grow, she had her mother's blond hair. After a month, she had opened her eyes, it has the same color as mine.

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Apart from that were records of the kingdom and other irrelevant events.

There are also entries of mother's siblings here. Apparently she was the oldest of the three siblings. She is the only girl and the two are boys, I skipped from reading theirs, because I was only interested in my parents.
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Entry#??
Elaine's 15th birthday. On her coming of age, I allowed her to go and explore the city.

Entry#??
After her birthday, she already wanted to go on out as much as possible, I realized that staying in the castle for too long may not be good for her health. I cannot let her leave without a guard, so in secret, I decided to make a lottery of whoever will be her personal guard from the promising knights. The one who was picked is someone named Terrence.

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Dad is one lucky bastard.
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Entry#??
I'm having second thoughts if he was the right knight for Elaine, they seem to argue most of the time. Maybe I should've picked a female knight for a change, like Kate. She seems to also have a very promising career.

Entry#??
Elaine wants to hunt down some monsters. Well, I've always told her stories of my youth, it's about time she gets to experience it.

Entry#??
At my meeting with the other royals, news came that Elaine's hunting party had been wiped out by a group of ogres.

The bodies of Elaine and Terrence weren't found, they are missing and are currently being searched for.

Entry#??
Two days have already passed, still no signs of them. I ordered the immediate extermination of all monsters, in the vicinity from where they had disappeared to.