faes felt tears form in her eyes. she had always wanted parents in her first life, when she died she even asked for parents to the god. he sent her to her papa- king aiden. but he died too, but she still had a family in reptiliance. but it was merely an adoptive family and was real family of sky not hers.
but right now she saw her own parents, the parents that gave birth to her and raised the original owner. faes couldn't help but feel a sense of family. real family! she finally had her own family but two members on the side did not know about it at all.
"really? you are willing to come back?" alicia asked delightedly when she saw faes nod. even augustus was happy and hugged faes.
faes hugged her father back but then her eyes met with two confused ones. nia and alex were staring at this interaction in confusion. they could not understand what their parents and lady aster were talking about.
their confused gaze made faes realize that she was yet to tell them the truth. she squirmed in her father's embrace and augustus reluctantly let go of her.
"lady aster, what are you all talking about?" nia asked. she was closer to aster hence she asked directly.
faes sighed just like her parents who gave her a pointed look as if she was the only one responsible to tell her identity to her siblings.
"i'm tired let me sit first" faes sighed as she moved past her family and walked to the throne.
she had not sat on the throne meant for her before but it was still empty and waiting for her. made of gold and rare metals there was intricate designs and runes on it. the seat was made of red velvet just like the backrest and armrest.
faes did not hesitate and sat directly in her designated throne.
[it's comfortable!]
"you look amazing your highness!" asuna had the audacity to even click a picture of her while ignoring the royal family.
"and i would look more amazing while i have your head on a platter and feed them to dogs" faes glared at him but he merely chuckled.
"before that i would make you fall in love with me~" saying that he vanished. faes who was successfully angered was left behind. asuna had taken a new quest and that was to make her fall in love with him. but faes knew he would fail- badly because her heart was already getting filled by someone else.
"how dare you sit on my sister's throne!" alex glared at her but he stayed put where he was standing. but his sentence brought faes back to reality.
"why can't i sit in my own throne, brother alex?" faes grinned taking her mask off.
both nia and alex were stunned when they saw faes and stared at her in silence for a while. faes did not disturb them but her parents were amused watching from the side.
"sister faes?" nia was the first to come back to her senses.
"yup! i'm back" faes giggled. she was satisfied with her sibling's expressions.
"it was you the whole time?" nia asked remembering the times she had interacted with faes as lady aster. how could she not recognize her own sister?
"yes, i noticed that you didn't recognize me. thinking it would be fun to see when you would realize it's me, i would have made it more fun before telling you but it was interrupted due to special reasons" faes sighed. if it wasn't for alex she would have had more fun with the two of them.
"faes? no wonder! no wonder" alex mumbled but due to her sensitive hearing faes heard him clearly.
"i felt that you had a weird connection with me, but couldn't point it out. now i remember we always had a weird connection that kept me sane. when you left, that triggered me but now that you are back, i'm fine again" alex smiled as he walked to faes and gave her a tight hug.
"my little one is back" he grinned but then he paused pulling back and stared at her seriously.
"but why did you leave in the first place?"
faes was stunned by the sudden hug but then she smiled when she heard alex question
she was waiting for it but it will have to wait. faes suddenly turned delighted as she stood up running towards the door followed by eli and gray.
"don't you want to know? but before that let's welcome our guest. oh we still have time let me change first and call sky!"
.......
above the capital city of kingdom altai, a huge dragon was flying towards the royal palace.
it was blake. he had arrived at kingdom altai to give the news of his engagement to faes but when he arrived he got to see the news and that the royal family was in a problem. worried for faes he transformed into his dragon form and sped up his journey. now he was almost at the royal palace but he paused. glancing around, he was surrounded by the nobles who had just left the royal palace.
it were these nobles who forced sister faes to suffer disrespect. blake was angry and wanted to attack these nobles but he paused. if he just killed these nobles the royal family would have even more trouble handling the matter. and blake was also confused as to why these nobles were even surrounding him.
"dragon! why are you here? who are you? how dare you attack our royal capital?" one of those nobles who were able to stand under his aura asked.
blake finally realized that he was in his dragon form and these human nobles couldn't identify him in this form.
but he didn't need to explain it to them because the royal family of kingdom altai appeared. though they were wary of him, they looked unharmed. watching how the royals were unharmed and the soldiers moved to protect them respectfully. blake's anger diminished.
on the other hand king augustus who was stunned by faes running away from the courtroom was given the news of a dragon attacking their royal palace and understood faes action.
if faes was so happy with this dragon's arrival either he was a royal dragon or a good friend of her. if they had heard of the news of this court session and what happened then they might have come to get faes back.
augustus couldn't bear to leave faes again. just like him alicia also understood and both exchanged worried glances before going out to greet the unknown dragon.
alex and nia followed them confused.
but when they arrived outside they saw the nobles surrounding the dragon which was clearly pissed at them. when they arrived the dragon focused on them and surprisingly his anger decreased making augustus even more certain of his identity.
"greetings your majesty, i prince blake am here to meet my sister princess sky. also i was wondering where the second princess of kingdom altai princess faes is, it had been a long time i met her."