Athy in Another Land

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And I'm back! Thankfully, after reading some cute, cute moments from WMMAP, my eagerness to write is back. No more angst, yey! Uh..I think?

Enjoy this chapter!

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(Obelian Empire)

What happened last night was a blur for her after talking to Athanasia.

A group of maids had arrived in the princess' room to pack up her things and move it to a vacant room in the Emperor's Palace, even Felix himself had helped them moved a couple of stuffs. She remembers him trying to ruffle Lily's feathers, but the Head Maid had simply shot down his advances ruthlessly.

("Miss Lilian, have you heard the Emperor's words earlier? Thanks to my endless compliments about you, the Emperor—"

"If that's the case, thank you Sir Knight Robane. But can you move for a moment? I have to carry that books behind you. " )

Athanasia carried her in her arms all the way to the other Palace and in the midst of her fighting back her drowsiness, she remembered the simple exchange of greetings with Claude but in the middle of everything, she had fallen asleep again.

And lo and behold, after waking up in a comfy bed, the first thing that comes to her mind is;

"This is my second day here already, " she said to herself, staring at the plain ceiling above her. "Does that jerk even plans to bring me back? "

Yesterday, she was feeling at ease because as long as she went along with the flow of events, Lucas would eventually bring her back but a day had already passed and yet, there was no sign of him.

"I could already use my magic anyway. " she murmured to herself, looking at the spark of mana in her hands. The bluish wisp clumped together to form an orb that reflected her face.

But she can't simply use a random spell to form some sort of portal to connect her back to her world, because the only spell that she knew to go to other places is a short term teleportation.

"This seriously sucks, " she huffed, changing the mana orb for a mirror-like surface. "I can teleport somewhere, but I can't change my age itself. There's no way that a child would roam around the town that easily. "

And as expected, a small face bounced back from the mirror, as if mocking her current situation.

"Oh god, " she winced when her large, chubby cheeks stared back at her. "I'm seriously going to make Papa punish Lucas once I'm back. " Even her current clothes felt a bit large for her, the sleeves too long in compared to her arms.

"Athy, " she jolted from the sudden knock at the door. "Are you awake?"

"Athy is awake! " she let the mana orb dissolve in her hand just as the door swung open, revealing the older blonde.

"I'm sorry if I didn't woke you up, " Athanasia smiled sheepishly. "But I can't wake you up because you look like you're having a good dream. "

"Hehe, Athy dreams of Athanasia-unnie and Lily! " she slipped out of the bed before running towards the blonde.

"Oh my, " Athanasia smiled. "I am very honored to be a part of your dream. " the older blonde offered her hand. "Let's go get some breakfast? "

"Breakfast! " she cheered, taking the offered hand just as a couple of maid slipped inside the room to fix the bed.