faes decided that she would make three spells from each element she had and upgrade them with the increase in power. faes took paper and pen and began to write her ideas for the whole morning. when she was done it was lunchtime and Aiden had come searching for her.
after lunch, with Aiden and another class of world history language and other subjects, faes was back in the training room in front of the dummies but she was not sure if she should try her skills here. last time her basic spells damaged this place badly and ever since Aiden had placed a more powerful protective shield around this place. still, faes didn't want to worry Aiden too much by damaging this place as he was the one who fixed it after every practice session.
faes decided that she would ask Aiden to go outside the cave to practice as it will be safer and now she was also used to go out and hunt with Aiden though they mostly hunted the rabbits and deers which didn't give her much exp now.
faes was going to search for Aiden when she heard a ding making her pause
[space is updating you cant enter the space for the next 12 hours, please cooperate and enjoy the new update] a robotic voice was heard making her eyes go wide.
'system what is this? why did it suddenly have an update?' faes asked
[you met the necessary criteria for the update don't worry host it's normal and you will be able to go in there again soon.] the system replied
criteria? faes was confused as she didn't do anything so she shrugged and decided that she would study today instead of training as her study have been delayed.
faes opened her books Aiden gave her and began to study in her room. though it wasn't as comfortable as that one in space it was still better than nothing.
Aiden noticed that faes today was not practicing but studying and he wondered what happened. faes was always more eager to learn how to fight than studying but today without saying anything she began to study?
he didn't disturb her as he was slightly happy as this way she will get some rest and also more knowledge. when dragons were born they have some specific knowledge about the world and their family but this does not go for humans like faes. she have to study to know everything.
faes continued to study until Aiden called her for dinner and then was going to practice sometime but was stopped by Aiden.
"no practice anymore today," he said making faes confused. 'why is he stopping me?' faes thought but Aiden continued
"We are going to hangout today don't you want to have fun sometimes?" Aiden asked confusing faes even more. 'how were they going to hangout in the middle of a forest?' she was still not sure if aiden's mind was fine or not anymore
"do you have a fever? maybe you caught a cold" faes asked aiden who finally realized that faes was making a weird face. he just wanted to have fun and make her relax that's it no need to make a fuss about it.
aiden explained to faes what he meant as he knew that she was not sure what he meant. "we will call various people and then prank them what do you think?" aiden was hoping that faes would agree. it had been a long time he pranked anyone. when his love died he was only alive because of their children but they were attacked and killed too. it not for faes his last child would have died too along with him that day. ever since he took faes under his wing he realized that he was more opening up and getting out of depression. he was thankful of her but he still wanted to prank someone badly.
"exactly what are we gonna do and with whom?" faes asked looking at excited aiden who was giving her a hopeful look. initially she was going to reject it but when she saw his face faes couldn't bring herself to deny so she accepted.
'it wont hurt right?' she thought as aiden began to grin and explain his plan.
"we will randomly pick someone from the contacts and call them then we will prank them come one lets go" aiden took faes to the living room and turned to tv on before connecting it with his watch.
many contacts were displayed on the screen and aiden told faes to pick one.
faes gave aiden a glance then turned to the screen randomly picking a name.
"ha ha! great the person you chose is my brother's second son blake. a nice kid but he can be sometimes way too serious, it will be fun alright lets call him you talk first" aiden called and them moved to a side out of the range so that blake cant see him.
faes stared at him with wide eyes as aiden left her alone to deal with someone she barely knew. before blake can pick up the call faes too ran behind aiden and held the hem of his shirt which he never tucked in. no way she was going to prank someone who she didn't knew at all and that too alone. if aiden was going to prank this blake then she would have supported him but she wont do it alone!
"hey what are you doing hiding behind me?" aiden asked trying to pull faes off but she was holding his shirt tightly
"I am not going to meet someone I don't know alone!" faes protested.
"but what about our plan?" aiden asked
"there wasn't a plan at all from the beginning! or if there was you didn't told me" faes replied.
they both were so engrossed in fighting each other that they forgot that they had called someone and he have picked the call. blake who was wondering why did his uncle have suddenly called him out of nowhere was not sure what to think. when he picked the call he was kneeling and was ready to greet king aiden when he saw that there was no one in front of him. there was just a simple sofa set and tea table and that was all! this made him bewildered, if kind aiden didn't want to talk to him then why did he contact him in the first place?
he was going to say something when he heard king aiden and faes talking. this aroused his curiosity as he tried to think who king aiden was talking to. it sounded like a small girl's voice and it was melodic that he began to feel at ease just by listening to it.
"ahem! is there someone?" blake asked finally as he realized that if he didn't interfered they would continue to bicker.
"see what you did now go and talk to him he is your brother after all!" aiden said finally managing to pull faes off his back and pushed her back in front of the screen.
faes who was feeling betrayed pouted then turned towards the screen and gave a curtsy to whoever this blake was. "greetings prince blake may you have a good day" faes said in a small voice. she have heard aiden say that blake was his brother's son hence she called him prince.
"greetings my lady may I have the pleasure to know your name?" blake's soft voice was heard, he had talked nicely because the girl in front of him seemed so cute and fragile that she evoked an urge to protect her in him. he had heard aiden call him her brother. 'does that mean that she is his daughter?' but he dismissed the idea as the eggs laid by the former queen were not even two years old yet and faes looked to be around 9 to 10 years old, and also that when dragons are born they cant shift in their human form until they get five years of age or cultivate until a certain level of cultivation. the royal dragons also have special means to make their children transform but it cant make the child older in age.
"ah i apologize your highness i forgot to introduce myself, my name is faes monesterio de altai second princess of kingdom altai and adoptive daughter of king aiden" faes finally snapped out of her trance and introduced herself. when she saw blake she found him good-looking despite his age. golden hair and blue eyes which shined reflecting light, he seem to be 3-4 years older than her but he was also tall for someone his age. he was also dressed in simple black shirt and pants along with other accessories making her enter a trance.
blake finally knew who faes was and began to wonder why and how his uncle adopted her. he wasn't against it but was just curious. if faes was going to be his sister then he would protect her at all cost. not even her voice but her appearance was good. hair black like night sky and eyes gray not showing much emotions but giving a sense of mystery.
"uh excuse me!" faes turned red from embarrassment and again ran behind aiden this time pushing him towards the tv screen. aiden who was having fun watching faes and blake interact was not expecting her to push him and because of that he ended up in front of blake blinking to hide his shock.
"greetings former king aiden how are you?" blake greeted bowing.
"yeah i am doing good you grew up i see" aiden replied scratching his neck and giving faes a glare telling her that he will get back to her.
"it has been about two years that we last met uncle aiden of course i grew up" blake said
"yeah! who is that behind you?" aiden suddenly asked causing blake to go on alert and turn around. he was sure that there was no one in the room other than him but when king aiden pointed it out he checked alert. he found no one behind him! heck there was no one in the room other than him. he turned back to face king aiden but he was gone and in his place faes was standing looking nervous.
aiden had done it intentionally to slip away and go to faes.
"you go and prank him" he whispered and without waiting for a reply pushed faes back. faes was not sure what to talk about with blake at all so she was looking around trying to find a topic.
"uh weather seem nice today isn't it?" faes finally spoke, to hell she will speak whatever she wants.
"yes the weather is nice and warm, princess faes may i know how you and my uncle aiden met and how did he adopted you?" blake though confused asked curiously
"papa will tell you right papa?" faes asked and went back to aiden pushing him back in front of blake.
"what no! i am a bad storyteller you narrate it" aiden tried to pull faes but she ran away behind the sofa and then they both began to play cat and mouse.
blake watched them amused and began to chuckle. he finally recalled how aiden was and now he found someone who was just like him though not exactly but familiar.
"alright stop it you both are making me dizzy just by watching you run everywhere" blake stopped them.
"so how are you both?" blake asked when aiden and faes sat down on the sofa finally
"having fun" aiden replied
"we are doing good how are you your highness?" faes asked
"i am fine, no need to call me from title just call me big brother or brother blake will do as you are my sister after all!" blake smiled sweetly at faes making her blush
"how are everyone there?" aiden asked turning serious
"everyone is good and the kingdom is missing its pranking king" blake said with a soft chuckle
"i am sure they arent as you are still there" aiden grinned and blake shook his head
"wait you are also a prankster?" faes asked
"not to his level but yeah i like to have fun sometimes you know tease a few people" blake replied.
"really i don't think the kingdom is doing fine who is that with you i saw a shadow move behind you again, is the security that weak now?" aiden said seriously making blake turn and check again. but again there was no one not even a single dust particle.
"there is no one here" blake replied
"oh i saw it you should be careful there might be someone waiting to get you alone" aiden warned and blake nodded not suspecting anything amiss.
"anyways don't tell anyone about faes yet keep it to yourself and take care of her in future i am counting on you" aiden said
"i will don't worry uncle aiden she will be safe with me" blake raised his head high and patted his chest proudly.
"see ya then i am sleepy" aiden said yawning.
"good night then uncle aiden good night little faes" blake greeted with a smile
"good night and there was no one behind you papa was tricking you but still stay alert and safe" faes gave aiden away and they ended the call.