The youngest princess was tall, slim and she had an air to her that was hard to explain. Her hair was shorter than most females in the empire, coming down only a two inches below her shoulder.
In Keith's eyes, she looked malnourished but he knew that most of the n in the empire would find her absolutely beautiful.
'Not that it's a bad thing but she should take care of her health too.' he thought as he saw her take a seat in front of Alia.
"Aliaaaaa!! It's been so long since I've seen you!" she said excitedly while the maids placed multiple dishes on the table one by one.
Alia gave her a slight smile before nodding, "Yes, it's been a while hasn't it? We were just having a debate on which is better, marrying the person you love or just a powerful person to get a better position politically."
"Hmm~" the princess said cutely, "Isn't it better to get both? Love soone who's powerful and marry them?"
"But that's not realistic now, is it? Most of the tis, the person you marry for political power just won't be as compatible with you as you'd expect. Take the second eldest, Zander as an example.
He has three wives and multiple concubines, but most of them have lovers and regularly go out to et them. They married for political power, but it's clear that they're not happy with Zander." Mathew said as he looked at his sister.
The debate continued while they had their dinner and once they were done, Mathew escorted them out personally while his sister headed back to her room.
Once they got to the palace gates, he took out a small badge and gave it to Keith.
"Here. It's the proof of connection that you have with a mber of the royal family and this is sothing that most nobles don't even get to touch. This should help you out to an extent while you're here and once the banquet is done, let's have another eting and I'll arrange a temporary residence for you to stay in for a few months."
Keith took the badge and put it in his pocked before nodding, "Thank you for the help. Also, when will the delivery be made?" he asked, not ntioning the camphor fruits since there were knights standing nearby.
Mathew thought for a second before answering, "Should be a few days. Let's take two weeks as a safe bet but you can expect it earlier than that."
The group then bid farewell and headed back to the inn before going straight to bed.
Everyone slept except Keith as he dived into his spatial dinsion to go et his daughter. He wanted to bring her out, but he couldn't find the right ti or the opportunity to do so.
"Miya, I'm back!" he said as he walked towards the small house that he had built with his powers. It was mostly made of soil, but compressed until it was rock solid. There was no risk of external threats in this place, so he wasn't too worried about the durability of the structure.
As he got close, he could hear the sound of footsteps from inside and as soon as the door opened, the rushed out hugged him tight.
He placed his hand on her small head and gave her a few pats before picking her up, "So, how was your day?"
"I played with Kimmy, Jimmy and Timmy today and Jimmy let drink her milk!"
Keith raised his eyebrow and turned to look at the goat that had relatively small horns compared to the rest of the group.
"Is that so? Did it taste good?"
Miya nodded, "Yes! But papa, you promised that you'll take to mama right? How long should I wait?" she asked as she grabbed his shirt like she always did.
Keith gave her an awkward smile before nodding, "I'll bring you to her soon. Or maybe, I'll just bring her here. What do you think?" Explore more at empire
"Yesss!!" she exclaid and looped her small arms around his neck to give him a hug before pulling back, "So papa, let's continue the story you started yesterday. We can go to the pond and grab so fishies too."
"Sure sure, let's go. I'll tell you the story after we are done playing with the fishies" he said, imitating her way of speech as he began to move towards the pond.
There were a few goats that were drinking water and even though Keith walked right beside them, they didn't move and just went on with doing what they wanted.
Keith slowly brought Miya down before spinning, making her scream and giggle as she flew in the air. He then placed her down like he always did and laughed while she struggled to keep standing.
Miya fell to the ground and instead of standing back up, she lied down as she stared up at the sky.
"Papa, the sky is spinning again..."
"Is that so?" Keith said as he lied down beside her and looked up at the sky. It spun a little for him too, but he didn't say it out loud.
Instead, he simply waited.
A few seconds later, Miya got up and looked at him, "Papa, can we eat sothing different today? Please?"
He could sense a sort of hesitation in her voice, so he turned to look at her.
'Looks like her experiences with her uncle won't just disappear over a few days.' he thought before smiling at her.
"Sure. I'll make you a new dish that you'll like a lot! And we'll also have at today." he said and the mont he did, Miya bead as a wide smile appeared on her face.
Keith then sat up and patted her back before pointing at the pond, "Go for a swim while I cook for you, okay?"
Unlike the past when she simply nodded and did as she was told to, she stood in place this ti and didn't seem to have any intention of moving at all.
"Hmm? You don't want to swim? I thought you like it."
She hesitated for a second before shaking her head, "I like swimming. But I want to watch papa cook for ."
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