Causing Auriana to then playfully cross her arms before then looking to both Annie and Melly while the young prince was soon pounced on! While Octavia questioned both Aurene and Aurelia.
"It's truly unfortunate, being fragments of dear Avery while also being melded together by sweet Aurel? It's indeed quite an experience being both linked and separate! It seems it was done deliberately unlike sweet Aurea?"
"However it also seems he has all but refused my or rather her fragments! As you can see these fragments are quite dominant and with time it'll only worsen"
"It seems dear Avery made it so that if they were ever transferred over to let's say a mortal avatar it'll eventually.. no matter such matters are far too trivial to even mention!"
Auriana playfully teased before then adorably hugging both causing Annie to try her best to hold onto her laughter while Melly did the same all the while this was happening Molly patiently waited while playing with and admiring a lesser fairy.
Playful, kind, and innocent.. they lived free and without regrets and she greatly envied this beauty.
Even if lesser fairies couldn't speak they were still very much sentient and could learn to speak eventually but simply didn't, resulting in Molly sitting in the field of celestial daisies and playing with her newest friend.
All the while both giggled their hearts out.. and at this moment Molly had made a breakthrough! She had goals now!
She was going to obtain the freedom of a fairy, become a true celestial princess, and become The First Fiance of The First Prince of The Elves..
To be worthy enough, to be reliable enough, to conquer not only her trauma but the young prince! She understood the value of promises and refused to give up on hers! She had daddy Theodore, mommy Annie, and now hopefully her birth mommy.
She had a family that no one could take away! She was safe and had a choice that was only hers and she'd rather die than give it up!
Causing the fairy having sensed her happiness to then happily fly around her, sprinkling gentle fairy dust in her excitement!
Causing Molly after catching the sweetest fairy to then lovingly hold her while admiring the fairy dust radiated by the gentle gaze of the sun.
Unbeknownst to either Ayrenn watched from the distance admiring her daughter in every aspect.. she was already an Archmage and even a Master Assassin.. so young and precious!
It felt as if time stopped, Ayrenn simply couldn't believe it was true.. her daughter wasn't dead, she was alive and even talented...
And she was the most precious being she had ever seen in her life! Resulting in her after several moments wiping away a stray tear, which she had only noticed moments ago.
Before then wiping another all the while trying her best to calm down, her daughter was alive.. she hadn't remembered the last time she had truly cried and at this instance, she simply didn't care!
It was overwhelming and she tried her very best to use mana manipulation to guide the tears away from her makeup.
She didn't want to look like a mess! Soon enough after regaining her composure albeit as much as she could while the tears refused to let up before then gracefully stood up from her crouching position.
And gracefully making her way while Molly had yet to notice her presence until finally the fairy noticed before then pointing to Ayrenn and hiding away!
Surprising Molly before then being greeted by Ayrenn who tried her best to remain graceful all the while taking a seat next to her.
At this point both simply lost all the courage they had within a moment until finally Lady Ayrenn lost her remaining composure and slowly removed her crown and gracefully placed it to the side.
Before then simply giving up on the mana manipulation allowing her make-up to do whatever it wished.
While immediately embracing the now teary Molly and holding her while crying into her shoulder.
"You are and always will be my greatest creation! Nothing could ever be compared to your birth! I've lived for many millennia and throughout such a vast lifetime I had never discovered anything as precious!"
"My most precious daughter.. you were my world and after losing you to such trickery I never recovered!"
"I begged to any gods that would listen but no one had ever answered me or confirmed you were still alive and had I known I would have torn through every crevice in Divinus to find you!"
"If you had truly died I would have made arrangements before finally joining you! Nothing in this world is as precious as you! After losing you I became an empress of nothing!"
"Nothing had taste and sleep was a luxury I never succumbed to after your disappearance! I was neither worthy of it nor had the heart to see you only in a dream! If this reality was a dream I'd simply never wake up!"
"All I needed in my life was you! My most precious Molly! I have no right to ask forgiveness for my foolishness, for I was complicit! I'm so truly sorry!"
Ayrenn lovingly sobbed having no longer cared about withholding her emotions or her appearance, this was her daughter and nothing in this world could match that! As for Molly herself, she followed her mother's example and broke down.
"Momm-Mommy it was so lonely! I-I couldn't save the children in the sanctuary! The blood and the pain never stopped and I couldn't stop it! They hurt me for trying and beat me every night!"
"I-I couldn't kill my target! Grace is the cutest and the sweetest! I-I never wanted to kill anyone! An-And Grace forgave me! An-And Daddy Theodore saved me! Mommy Annie saved me too!"
"An-And without Aurel I-I couldn't be whole ever again! Sisters! Mommies! The-They all helped me and made me happy!"
"Bu-But I always missed mommy! I-I thought that monster was mommy bu-but it was a hallucination an-and I hated mommy so much for abandoning me! Bu-But it wasn't mommy! I-I never hated mommy! I missed mommy so much!"
Molly whole heartily cried as if unleashing a dam and clinging to her mommy as if a liferaft for dear life! Soon enough both unleashed their hearts, Molly forgave her even if she shouldn't have been blamed, to begin with.
Resulting in an intense bonding session that was reminiscent of a girl talking strangely enough.
Ayrenn started it off with her hopes and dreams for Daisy or now Molly while eventually confessing her own!
She even explained the reason behind the great schism and the reason behind the creation of The Vestial Empire! Secrets none other had ever truly heard all of which Molly supported and praised.
Until finally it was her turn resulting in her revealing all of the stories, her feelings in said stories in great detail be it of The Sanctuary.
Her rescue, and anything of significance resulting in her expressing her feelings for the young prince and their future duel and her wanting to be his first fiance!
Surprising Ayrenn not only on all that had happened but how it happened and how Molly had felt throughout it all!
Be it mommy Annie, Theodore, her sisters, Mili, her other mommies, and finally the young prince who she was quiet passionate about until finally she revealed the imperial trinity!
And how it started, who was in it, and why it was created! Surprising Ayrenn even more while lovingly listening and absorbing it all as if the most fervent student!
She gave Molly all of her intentions as if nothing else had mattered and supported her, reassured her, and even gave her advice!
How to win and what not in a mommy manner as all mommies should! And finally after what felt like an hour had passed.
Resulting in Molly being exhausted having used all of her energy to talk non-stop until finally her vocal cords couldn't continue and Ayrenn suggested a break!
Resulting in a loving cuddling session and Ayrenn lovingly teasing and Molly sleepily nodding or shaking her head to some of the more random questions.
Since she had long refused to stop even if she tired out her voice resulting in an adorable instance of adorable whispers and signals back and forth.
"To mature to such an extent.. If you were ever to ever feel burdened or overwhelmed you needn't worry, a child's only duty is that of a child"
"No royal duties, crusades, or talks of marriage even if your heads over soles for that sweet elven prince! Unlike Lady Avery, I refuse to force children to mature or feel such mature desires?"
"I fear the gods may have overlooked this however I'll speak to sweet Aurel's mother and that of his father, such things have no business being in a child's thoughts"
"Perhaps in a decade, maybe three? For the time being, children should remain children and should never be burdened to an extent, however, if you truly wish to become his first fiance I won't stand in your way?"
"However until you're a proper age anything outside of those innocent matters will not be considered!"
"I will make arrangements and if Celes will have me I'll request my room within The Imperial Quarter, I will remain using the excuse of healing the wounds between our two empires and in the hopes of getting in Lady Celestia's good graces"
Ayrenn lovingly explained surprising Molly causing her to then excitedly nod and Ayrenn to then lovingly nod.
"If I were to be completely truthful.. I could remain as long as either you or I wished. The Vestial Answer only answers to Lady Celestia, Myself"
"And now you.. the truth of the matter being you were always The Crown Princess of The Vestial Empire even after your disappearance.. I simply didn't have the heart to confirm you were gone so that had always remained.."
"It was always only your birthright, please don't feel pressured, the title alone is a formality so you needn't ever feel burdened!"
"Before my arrival, I had made enough arrangements to cleanse any or all influence left behind that 'man' through purges, and anyone who had ever spoken to him in private for an added measure?"
"I had also contracted Lady Liphine to ensure the 'loyalty' and such influences remained while the influences were to be purged, and the same could be said for 'sinister' Void Influences as well?"
"When it comes to your future I'll forever remain excessively protective without limiting your freedoms and choices"
Ayrenn lovingly reassured having made sure to arrange 'everything' with Molly in mind, she never had the wish to ruin her happiness or new life, far from it!
If she wanted to use The Vestial Palace as a vacation home or even a play house then she'd permit it!
If she required The Golden Vestial Legions then she'd have ten! To put it simply she could afford it and nothing be it security or otherwise.
The Vestial Golden Legions were the ones that left with her meaning they were no different from The Golden Legions!
Despite appearances, The Vestial Empire was as capable if not almost as rich as The Celestial Empire.
The issue being the newer royals had degrading bloodlines while the population itself despite slowly becoming celestials throughout every generation still wouldn't compare to the sheer diversity.
And population of The Celestial Empire, even if attempts had successfully been made due to Ayrenn being a Imperial Crown Princess Candidate trained and taught to become a future Empress.
Which was the only real reason why the creation of her empire was successful.
And retained the same albeit lesser golden age without the real support of Lady Celestia, Empress Ayrenn was a Celestial Empress in all regard, if she truly wanted to she could be called to obtain that title and surprisingly easily as well.
However she refused it even if her mother, father, siblings, and even Lady Celestine suggested it..
If she had, Lady Celestia would have stopped the degradation, thrown more support towards her temples to ensure blessings remained frequent, and so forth.
The truth of the matter being there was originally no hate and still none from the involved parties, however the unknowing future generations despite being informed of such still felt betrayed.
Even if that wasn't their own betrayal resulting in the current bad blood?
The Vestial Empire had never actively provoked or bothered anyone outside of retaliating against such aggression resulting in Lady Celestine trying her best to help all the while remaining neutral.
Causing Molly to then adorably nod having been told of this through said secrets of the past already before then clinging to her mommy even more.