Your Highness!
I finally saw the magnificent city again. The last ti I saw it was about half a year ago. Previously, Id spend an entire month here with my mom and Lucia, but it felt distant to upon seeing again.
The guard below the city wall respectfully saluted , Your Highness, Her Highness has already told us to take you back to the imperial palace once you arrive.
The guards wouldnt question my whereabouts. They allowed and the White Deer King into the city. I shook my head: Dont rush; I still have sothing to do. Ill head to the imperial palace once Im finished with business. Dont worry about .
Understood.
Duargana felt foreign when I saw it, but after entering the city, the past vividly returned to . Elves and humans had different concepts of ti. For that reason, the elven city didnt change in the slightest. The White Deer King trotted along the blue stone path with her head held high. It was clear that the White Deer King was elated to return. I didnt plan to go and die, but since I was in Duargana, I needed to visit soone I was familiar with and was also my good friend.
I arrived at the village of the dark elves in the city. Elves didnt like to co to the area, as they considered it to be an inauspicious and revolting place. Nobody wanted to live or do business in the area, either. Thus, Mommy Vyvyan hadnt decided what to do with the place. As a result, it was desolate for the anti. It hadnt been a year, yet all except one house had beco dilapidated.
I went up to ras house. The flowers still blood. Everything remained in the sa state as when I left. ra nearly killed , but Mommy Vyvyan fulfilled my request. A long ti had passed; even so, her house was maintained as though it was still inhabited.
I went inside. There were no traces of soone living inside. Still, it was neat and tidy. I went into the bedroom. I was familiar with everything inside. The traces of ras ti in the house had already vanished long ago. Her scent was no longer detectable. Even her furniture had been swapped out. I knew they had to swap the furniture out owing to the poor condition of the originals, but I surprisingly lost the sense of nostalgia back then.
ra once lived there, yet it surprisingly felt foreign to when I visited again. As a matter of fact, I felt as if I was in foreign territory. I knew ra lived in the ho, and I knew who she was, but I couldnt connect the two.
I didnt lie down. After a short silence, I softly expressed, ra, Ill visit you again. I dont know how many more chances Ill get to visit you, so I always try my best to visit you when I co back, but the traces of your life continue to disappear. Im already feeling that its foreign to .
I choked on my emotions. I looked around at the silent house and asked myself, If I forget to visit one day, will I never co again? Ill forget you, wont I? Im now a dragon, but my mory and mind hasnt changed. ras traces can no longer be found in her house, so how will I rember her in the future?
I took out the small book in my shirt. ras book of formulas was the most valuable asset she left with, and it was the mark she left in this world. If I lost it, how was I going to rember her? Luna had returned to my side, but ra no longer had anything.
The house sparked poignant mories. I desperately tried to recall the traces of ras existence. I wanted to rember them more vividly to make the mory last longer. I wondered, I might have very few chances to co back in the future. I wont see her house, and if I dont use pharmaceuticals, will I forget ra forever?
I walked over to ras bed and carefully sat down. I pressed my hand down onto the bed sheet. Noticing sothing odd, I stood back up and stared at the mattress. I analysed, Theres sothing bizarre about this mattress. Nobody would co into ras house when Im not present. To be precise, nobody would live here even if they did co in. Theyre just cleaners, so they wouldnt live here, but the mattress is warm for so reason.
If I was an elf or a human, I definitely wouldnt be able to detect it, but my scales were sensitive to heat. As soon as I touched the bed, I felt warmth, albeit faintly. Sobody apparently slept there and then did the bed before they left.
I tried to figure out what happened: Sobody lives here? The elves wouldnt live here, would they? Could it be a dark elf? That seems implausible. They were declared extinct when ra died. Mommy Vyvyan couldnt possibly have spared a single one. Mommy Vyvyan wouldve killed every last one of them, as they attacked . Mommy Vyvyan wouldnt slip up, so I dont need to worry about that. So, who was it?
I suddenly heard rumbling downstairs. I left the room. A guard nearly struck with his spear. Well, he actually did make contact with his thrust, but my dragon scales protected . Shocked, he shrieked and then threw his spear down and imdiately dropped to his knees. I shook my head to indicate that I didnt mind. Instead, I looked at a group of guards holding down a body. I queried, What happened?
Sorry!! Your Highness!! I am very sorry! I did not think that it was you! I am very, very sorry!!
Its fine.
Sorry! Sorry!!
I irritably pulled him up then questioned, I asked, what happened?
He lingered for a mont then straightened up: The truth is is is that sobody trespassed on the property. It seems to be a tramp has been living here the entire ti. However, due to this place being sealed off, no elves are permitted to reside here. It took us a long ti to catch her. She is relatively ruthless. She has stabbed several of our comrades with her dagger. That was why I was very tense. I apologise. I apologise.
I shook my head: Im all right.
I looked at the girl donning a small and tattered cloak the guards were holding down: What are you going to do with her?
We will probably lock her up for so ti, and then arrange housing for her As Her Highness is benevolent, I am sure she would handle it that way.
In my mind: If you ask , if Mommy Vyvyan finds out that you stabbed , youll die.
I nodded Thats great. Do that. We should provide the holess with a ho. I wont interfere with the matter, then.
I am very sorry, Your Highness.
I told you Im all right.
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