'Beyond the parade and ceremony, beyond the fancy dresses of grandeur, and social banquets, the princesses learn how to beco warrior angels. They are expected to ride into battle, to defend the capital even at cost to their own life. So, choose your path wisely, there is a reason that most in the empire co to terms with a more quiet existence. Being a royalty cos with a hefty price tag on your neck and, when that bill cos knocking for you, you will pay it with gratitude for your life, my dearest.' ???
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Father remained seated by my side, it was unnerving at first, yet I slowly grew accustod to his presence. He did say anything to and simply observed the large lake ahead.
For a while, a strange stillness descended on our surroundings. It was not the type of awkward silence, but more of an enjoyable one. My siblings had yet to awake and so we waited for them.
My mind however was preoccupied with a different matter, I was still thinking about my small experint. Creating that ball of energy had co off naturally to , yet when I tried to change sothing in it, it suddenly went berserk.
'Do I always need both my energy and mana to use this magic?' I wondered, my body was restless as my curiosity peaked. I wanted to try, but, a quick glance at my father's gigantic figure was all it took to throw away such thoughts.
And so we waited, side by side as we watched the sun slowly settle down in the distance, I stared at the water, lost in the rhythmic percussion of the small waves hitting the bank. My eyes steady on the horizon, as sunset blossod in an orange-gold color, stretching far and beyond, with a blush of rose petals.
'Beautiful.' I inwardly muttered.
Father must have agreed since he remained unmoving, his gaze steady as he watched the sun disappear, leaving the entire world to descend unto the embrace of darkness.
Once the last rays of orange disappeared, father made his move, his body steered with purpose as he turned to stride back next to my still collapsed siblings. His enormous palm went down and gently moved them closer to him as he settled down, he did so with so much care that I was montarily surprised, was he being careful not to wake them up? As he sat his enormous body down, this ti, his eyes remained open and alert as he scanned our surroundings, as if waiting for sothing.
He turned to glance at before speaking. 'Co.' He said in an authoritative voice. Seeing no reason to disagree, I hurriedly made my way towards my father and sat by his side to which he nodded in approval.
My siblings were all still sleeping soundlessly in from of us, the only difference was the fact that father had now pulled them closer to his side, while his eyes continued surveying our surroundings with a serious glint flashing through his obsidian eyes.
'Why does it seem like he is on the edge?' I wondered as I peeked at my father's now straight back. He seed all too ready to fight, and I did not like that.
My worries ca true when a sudden roar broke through the peaceful forest. Father's eyes were full of disdain as an enormous transparent red do abruptly appeared, protecting and my siblings from the shockwave of the roar.
'Father?' I turned to gaze at him, yet he did not seem to notice, his attention was fixed in a certain direction all the ti.
He then abruptly opened his abnormally large maw, an incredibly large spinning fireball appeared illuminating the darkness. The sheer pressure it exuded was enough to bow to the ground, yet I resisted.
My eyes were sparkling as I watched the ball appear, I could see it! I did not know how, yet I could see the flow of his energy feeding the red ball of flas, a sudden burst of strange mana, different than the one I felt before rushed from his surroundings and sent the ball flying towards the distance, leaving behind a red streak of fire in the sky, appearing as if the heavens were set ablaze.
I hastily turned my eyes to follow the fireball attack as it soared through the air disappearing in the distance. A loud explosion ensued, it seed like the attack had landed true as a wail of pain soon followed.
Boom!
"Raaawr!"
As if nothing had happened, father brought the large do-like shield which protected us down, before lowering his body and closing his eyes without a care in the world.
'That's it? What the hell, wasn't that a bit too fast? I didn't even get to see what the thing was!' I grumbled inwardly at the unexpected situation, father was already sleeping and did not pay attention to any longer.
'Does that an, it's safe now?' I wondered as I glanced at the now dimly lit forest.
The streak of red in the sky from father's previous attack slowly disappeared as everything returned to its previous state, the forest once again descending into a strange stillness.
'Aren't forests supposed to be noisy, especially at night? It's only deathly quiet when an apex predator is nearby.' Glancing at my father, I inwardly chuckled.
'I guess that's the apex predator in this case.'
Seeing at how there did not seem to be any imdiate danger and father had no problem with moving away a little bit. I stood up, stretched my limbs, and made my way towards the lake bank.
I had sothing I wanted to try after seeing my father's last attack. My eyes shone with a gleam of determination, as I stood next to the water. I closed my eyes as I called to the mana.
The gentle whisper once again reappeared as I felt the mana brush against my scales, I instinctively took a deep breath to calm my excited heart. Sensing the mana, I then tried to feel my energy as well, which ca to rather easily.
I took another deep breath, as I slowly imagined a ball of energy. With that ntal image, I slowly willed my energy out from my body while asking the mana not to intervene.
Slowly, a small ball of bluish light materialized itself in front of with the use of my energy alone, the mana in my surroundings seed to heed my request as it did not intervene.
'First step, success!' I bead.
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