"You know, Calista, Now that I think about it I don't really know that much about Charlotte, Some of her memories were blurred when I took a sneak peek and I didn't have much time to think much of it since she woke up in the middle of the spell I cast..."
"You know, I think you're intrusive, You should never peek into a girl's memories, you never know what you'll find,"
"Hm?"
"Nevermind. Be glad that Allea isn't that type of girl."
"Come on tell me! What is it? What type of girl is Charlotte or well-- Allea?"
"Why should I tell you? You should figure that out by getting to know her. You've been with her for a year and a half and you still don't know her that well?"
"Well..."
"The type of person she's always been though huh...You know when I first thought I knew her, I actually knew nothing about her at all. I scolded her once and said: I know you're just like that! You're the type of person to do that, I know you. and you know what she said?"
"Wait! wait! wait! Don't tell me she said something like: shut up why do you care?" He said mimicking a sassy voice, The spirit sighed and palmed her face, and the Archmage just tilted his head baffled by her reaction. [Was that not what she said?]
"You really think she would say that? You really must not know her that well."
"WHA..!!?!?"
"SHe said: Aw you caught me! but her expression was so empty and dull, When I thought about it, I really didn't know her she did things that would seem malicious and evil to everyone but, in the end, she was smiling when she did it. One time I asked her why..." The spirit in the form of a woman beautiful and the color of light.
"What did she say..?"
"She had an emotionless expression on her face like always and she said: You might not understand why but, to me it means a lot seeing a person happy, even if it's not my own happiness. I'm used to it, used to feeling everyone else's emotions and figuring it out for them and their problems but, the thing is, I can't Solve Mine. So it's kind of a shame but, I don't know what it feels like to have my own. I've been cursed for life, Whoever I am to love they will not love me back. Sorry, Calista for not telling you sooner. She's actually quite ambiguous...She does things that would be called malicious but she never leaves a mess behind, and in the end, she always had someone following her continuously to solve their problems, it's unsettling and disturbing to watch her act like she's stupid." The spirit grabbed her head and panicked groaning in confusion and bewilderment to her friend's actions.
"That sounds a lot like Charlotte. Yep."
"Shut UP stupid Mage."
"Only Charlotte can shut me up you should know that by now, Calista."
"Ugh, Idiot..!" She slicked back her hair and sighed, she looked back up at him as he was doing formulas on a paper. "What's that, Idiot?"
"Oh, It's for charlotte, the only way we can mend her soul without her dying would be to sacrifice another."
"Wait--- Don't tell me- You're going to sacrifice that stupid princess?!"
"What? What princess?"
"Oh that one princess that keeps bothering Charlotte and planning to overthrow her from her status as an apprentice but, if you're not then I hope you've prepared yourself."
"Ooooookay..? Anyway, the one I'm sacrificing is myself, I've lived too many years I have no need to keep staying here."
"You...Why would you do that?"
"Because...Well-- Even I don't understand why... I just can't stand watching her suffer again from afar."
"You know you're quite smart for an Idiot." She pouted and flew over to where he sat, light particles following behind her, his desk papers poked out meticulously annoying the spirit as she ordered them more.
"But why go so far as to blow up your own existence to do that?"
"I don't know! Hahaha! I guess I am stupid!" He laughed but Calista watched over this human cautiously as he carelessly took rash decisions concerning his best friend, or maybe more than one.
"Do you love, Allea?"
The Archmage flinched his eyes widened in shock as he caught the spirit's eyes, he then averted his eyes as they wavered at the spirit's question. [I never thought that question would pop up...Do I Love her? What does it mean to love someone though? Is it really that nice to love someone like they say? But many people say that when you love someone you would know but I don't know...]
"Hah...You're quite strange, even though you've lived so long you have no idea how to tell the difference between loving someone and liking them. You really have no idea..." She sighed and flicked her hand, "Go to sleep little one..."
"Khaled! You Idiot! You can't just enter someone's room when you feel like it!"
"Huh? But the door was open that's why I came in."
"KHALED!!!!"
"Khaled! Be careful you'll burn a finger off Idiot!"
"Nnghh..!"
"Here lemme see! Oh no...it's a third degree burn! Let's go! We need to get you a cast!"
"Charlotte...It's too big. I'll be fine I can just use a healing spell."
"NO! You can't always rely on magic to fix things! Just rest and you'll be fine."
"Gasp! Khaled! You've come with a fever go to rest!"
"Aww, Are you worried about me?"
"IDIOT! GO TO SLEEP!"
"Don't worry I'll be---"
"You won't be fine! Shut up and go, rest Idiot! You're a human for god's sake! You're not a god or something!"
"I--"
"No more excuses! go to bed!"
"Here I'll help out with your work while you rest!" She beamed a smile, she always smiled beautifully her dimples highlighted her young and cheerful face, I didn't realize this before but in all of my memories, the ones I have with her are the happiest. I have this weird feeling and sensation in my heart, that time when they poisoned her I felt this unsettling feeling of bloodlust, Like I would kill everyone in the room but when she groaned in pain it was different. I killed the people who poisoned her and stripped the nobles that were present of their titles.
"IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, I WON'T JUST STRIP YOU OF YOUR TITLES."
Every single moment I spent with her was of pure happiness, as I didn't know the meaning to love someone because I was always alone in my childhood. I didn't know the meaning of friendship or any of that type of bullsh*t. I thought it was stupid and a waste of my precious time, but I found myself making friends when I arrived at the Magic Tower and became friends with most servants and nobles.
Especially Charlotte.
"Hahahahaha! I'm so stupid! Anna, how do you get a man and a woman together who are unaware of their romantic feelings for each other?"
"Uh, W-Well M'lady! Behind you!"
"AAAHHHH!!!" I flinched and jumped backward, I closed the magic com and found a man with beautiful features, a diamond-shaped face, poreless, with black smudges coveting his beautiful face, with small sharp eyes, bright eyes unlike 4 years ago.
"Y-Your Highness? I'm so sorry! I didn't see you behind me!"
His face turned a deep red color and I looked at him anxiously, "Your Highness! Are you sick? If you're feeling unwell I'll call the Doctor!"
"Ugh..." He walked over to me pinning me to the wall his face grew closer and that's when our lips touched and I could feel his shaky breath as if he were afraid something would happen as if it were wrong.
I looked at his face filled with dark smudges and marks covering his face with no shame, I stared at his face as his eyes were closed and smiled I kissed him back as if it were natural but his hands were shaking as if they were afraid.
I unconsciously intertwined my fingers with his and the shaking stopped and he gripped onto my hands, his hands were bigger than mine and were warm and hard. The blisters on his hands were still present they were soft and definitely human.
[WAIT--- WHAT'S GOING ON?! This isn't--!]
"Mary, I have a plan, bring me a pen and paper. We're sending a letter to Crown Prince Lancelot of Afec, He's going to regret pushing me away like that."
[That's right that wench has no power. So what if she looks like his long-lost lover and sh*t I'll make that b*tch grovel at my feet for trying to take my things away from me. Just you watch, Charlotte. I'll make you suffer without end.]