The princess and her master left the palace and as soon as she crossed the door the princess searched for me with eyes filled with anticipation and curiosity about me.
I had already thought about it on the way and came to the conclusion that the princess was probably the one the old man was talking about. After all there were only a few people in this whole world that knew me even just a bit, and in Raiken it was only the princess, who could be meant.
I didn't have to wait for a long time, but I myself got a bit curious out of the same reasons as the princess. I tried to calm myself and not look too excited, but it was easier said then done and the curiosity made me think about the two times I had seen her once again.
Both times it felt like something unnatural and something destined, but the feelings I had towards her were all kinds of different feelings, but one thing I was definitely sure about was that I had respect for her, because of the incredible superiority she had shown me at that time on the hill just outside of Raiken.
Now that I got stronger and know more about this world I can guess how she was so much faster than me that I didn't even have time to react at that time.
She probably used some kind of magic that would make her faster, because if she actually didn't even used magic and relied on her own speed it would be even more terrifying to think about, well as a princess of a whole kingdom I could at least understand it, but as someone, who looked a bit younger than me I still felt like I should be stronger, these feelings still didn't completely vanish.
I was still thinking about that encounter, but then I felt the mana of two people approach me, one undoubtedly from the old man, who I had previously encountered a few minutes ago and one other source of mana from another person.
It felt similar to old man's mana, but was also was a lot weaker.
And although I could feel like it was weaker than that of the old man it was still the second strongest mana I had ever felt and I found a little bit of familiarity in the mana, so although I didn't ever feel her mana I just felt like it was that of the princess.
I turned my head away from the direction they were coming from as to not look like I already knew when they would arrive and just stood there, wanting to see her again and find out the source of these feelings.
"He's waiting outside, right?"
I immediately reacted to the voice and clearly heard her, even while there were multiple groups of people around me talking, making it normally impossible for me to hear her out.
But my enhanced hearing made it possible and instantly picked her voice out, I could hear that she was quite excited. Her voice was shaking a bit and she sounded nervous, even more so than me.
I didn't really have a chance to think about her, because of my constant training and so I gradually forgot about her, but now it seemed like all the time I didn't have the time to think about her was washed away and I was suddenly overcome with emotions.
I could clearly make out her steps, her scent and even her breathing like everything else in this world had all been fake and everything cleared up revealing the only real thing all along.
And now she was almost outside of the palace.
Every second felt way longer than normally and the feeling of waiting was never so pressing as now.
I tried to calm myself down and could almost feel her gaze shifting to me, I had to try and resist looking at her, letting our eyes meet like the first time I ever saw her.
I waited for a few seconds while they were slowly approaching me and then I finally looked into her direction, hoping that everything would clear up as long as I only looked at her, finally able to understand what was going on.
And then I saw her.
I managed to finally see her again after such a long time and although I had previously ruthlessly killed my enemies without having to really force myself this right now felt harder than everything before.
I saw right into her blue eyes, who were uncomparable to everything else I had seen before in my life, it wasn't the same as the two times before. Both times it had been so sudden and taken me by surprise that I didn't have time to to really look at her eyes, but now I had known exactly where she was and that I would meet her.
The old man besides her and all of my surroundings seemed to flow away and it seemed like I was not able to take my gaze away from her.
It felt like the flow of time itself slowed down just for this moment, making it feel like an eternity.
If there was something like fate this moment would probably be the closest thing to it I ever experienced. Crossing the worlds and facing myself in my previous world was something that I would've only been able to explain by using fate, but now I knew that that moment was not something like fate.
It didn't compare to this situation, this feeling... it wasn't just a feeling of power like I had felt before it was a feeling that was indescribable, if felt like two puzzle pieces finally found together and were only one connection in the big puzzle, something that needed to be solved, a connection that needed to be established to fulfill the puzzle and complete it.
And all of that was what I felt in one split second, only looking at her eyes in that single moment. Looking at the rest I finally noticed her beautiful long white hair, which seemed like it was the most complete white I had ever seen and in my eyes it seemed like it was shining itself representing the embodiment of that person, focusing all of the attention on her and her alone in that moment.
But after I took one glance it seemed like I was finally able to get my emotions even just a bit under control making it able to look at the old man besides her. I could not only feel the good things anymore, but a new feeling, something unfitting of that situation was just getting even stronger in my head, something the princess did not feel.
It was fear, fear of a situation like that. A situation in which he wouldn't be able to fully do what he wanted to and rather be forced to feel certain things like right now, not being able to resist that influence.
But although these feelings were absolutely ruling and could be considered way too strong, the princess on the other hand felt these things, but even stronger.
She also felt like it was fate, but she totally got lost in his gaze and until he looked at the old man it was impossible for her to control her body, losing herself completely in his gaze, she finally realized or rather she accepted that what she had already guessed was true.
He was something that influenced her without her knowing, something that has always been there since she had been born, but something that didn't show until know, something that waited for such a moment to finally meet him. As she was still thinking about it the silence she didn't even realize she was in was broken by a few words of him, finally freeing her out of her trance-like state.
"Princess... it is a pleasure to meet you again."
The princess was finally aware of what she had been doing again and noticed the presence of her master besides her.
"O-Oh, so it is really you...Yori."
She was struggling to speak clearly and it took her a few seconds to realize that she was a princess and contrary to that he was actually only someone, who should respect her and although she didn't feel as if she really had a higher standing than him, she tried to quickly say something else as to regain her composure.
"It's been a long time since I last saw you. Were you successful in your training in the forest?"
She didn't have a chance to tell him beforehand that she told her master that he was a childhood friend, so she was worried about him not quite getting what story she thought of, but unexpectedly Yori felt like he was somehow able to guess what she had told her master.
"Yes, it was dangerous at times, but it was worth it and I got quite a bit stronger... I am sorry to have left so fast after finally coming back to Raiken."
"Oh yeah, but everything is fine now that you are back and we are about to enroll at the Academy right?"
"Oh yeah, of course."
Her master was kind of surprised to hear that, because he had already guessed that it was just and excuse made by the princess, but he was content after hearing that and finally broke the weird tension between the princess and me making us both feel really relieved and slowly getting used to each others' presence.
"Ok, so now that you two finally met again we really have to go and register you for the academy, after all tomorrow is the day the new classes of the academy will start."
"Oh yeah then what do we have to do today, master?"
Hearing that last word confirmed the relationship between the old man and the princess, which Yori had wondered about for quite some time while waiting. And thinking of the wind magic of her master Yori suddenly had an idea about how the princess was so fast back then. It was probably because of her wind magic. That could also explain the familiarity of the mana her master and she had.
"Well we have to first get our hands on a magic stone, that should be the most important thing."
A magic stone? Yori had already thought about that when he first read about magic and was really confused at that point, where he couldn't believe that to use magic you have to actually have a magic stone to imbue your mana into.
Luckily Yori didn't need a magic stone and although he only had a few theories about why he was seemingly the only one, who was able to use magic without a magic stone, it was something he shouldn't ever show someone else.
But he was still quite interested about how these magic stones looked and if they were able to boost his magic just by having them and also he needed them, so that no one would be able to find out about his unique magic.
"Oh right, Yori didn't yet awaken his magic yet, so master where are we going?"
"Well let me think... ah, we should go to an old friend of mine, he should definitely have one and then he can also give Yori his seal."
What? What kind of seal are they talking about? It should be something fairly normal considering how they speak about it, but sealing my power? Or am I misunderstanding something?
Well let's just follow them for now, I can ask everything when we are finally there.
"Ok thanks please lead the way, master."
"Sure, just follow me, he doesn't live that far away from the palace, so we should arrive quickly."
I had already experienced so many different emotions on that day, but the end of the day was not even in sight yet and it seems like there are going to be a lot of things I need to do before the end of the day.
Well suddenly this day turned out to be really interesting and honestly also a lot more fun than I would've expected, a bit weird and unexplainable, but nonetheless a lot of fun.