An Arranged Marriage

Time to go

Once the sun had finally set and the moon was high in the air, it was time to put the plan to action. As you wandered around your room getting everything ready, you tried not to let your mind wander to the people you cared about. If you did, you knew you would consider backing out. However, you couldn't back out now, this was very important to the magi after all.

During your small meeting with him, he had told you many things. However, the main thing that captured your attention was how he spoke of your power. He said it was special. As the conversation replayed in your mind your eyes wandered down to your hand as you willed a small magic circle to appear.

Despite knowing how to use it, you had no idea how it worked exactly. It was crazy to think you'd gotten this far with it. You had thought you were never going to use it again after that night.

You shook the thoughts and memories from your mind. You reminded yourself there wasn't time to dwell on this right now. Besides, there was no guarantee you were going to get the answers you wanted. It was always just a mystery.

You sighed and wrapped your cloak around your shoulders after you got dressed. You made sure to put on your djinn as you took a seat at your vanity.

As you stared at your reflection, you silently thanked whatever deity was up there that Kouen had fallen asleep in his study again. If not for that, this whole sneaking out situation would've proven difficult. You tried to ignore the feeling of guilt pooling in your gut as your thoughts drifted to how upset he'll probably be.

You groaned and grabbed the pen sitting on your vanity along with the piece of paper you had gotten earlier. Just because you were in a hurry didn't mean you couldn't leave a note. Kouen at least deserved an explanation for your disappearance.

When you finished writing it and read it, you let out another sigh. You were doing quite a lot of those tonight. Satisfied with what you wrote you pressed a small kiss to the end of the note, leaving a lipstick mark. You folded the paper in half and stuck it in the mirror.

You wished it didn't have to be like this, but Yunan insisted only you along could do this. He had put a lot of faith in you and you didn't want to let him down.

You didn't know whether to be nervous or proud of the fact that Yunan seemed to only trust you with its power. When you had asked him about other "Kings candidates", he didn't seem to want to answer your question. He even went as far as to avoid your eyes. You didn't want to press further when you caught a glimpse of the look in his eyes. They looked... disappointed.

You shook off the memory and glanced at your reflection once more. You laid your hand on your vanity and ended up absentmindedly grabbing the hair stick.

When you realized you had grabbed it, you lifted it up to your eyes. A solemn expression grew on your face the longer you stared. You had been planning on leaving it, fearing it would break or worse if you brought it with you. But as you gazed at it, you couldn't deny the urge to bring with you. As a reminder... Of Kouen.