faes glanced at ira and wondered how she knew about compensation, even her family didn't seem to know much about it.
as if sensing her doubt lady ira answered her
"you know that i have a habit to read and use magic. i am part witch so i can also use prediction and such to see things. i once found some hidden runes where i claimed a couple of records which explained about compensation. i also know someone who once went through it and became a hero for the world." ira smiled, then she went to retrive the records realising faes could use them as well.
"here, you can keep them. i don't have much use for these."
faes glanced at the records and nodded storing them in her inventory as she turned back to lady ira
"master ira, i wanted to ask you about the school of lore. i heard it was time for admission in it and we need to go enroll." faes did not speak much but ira knew they needed to go already.
the two girls were strongest in the kingdom if not the world. the school would surely want them to enroll.
ira grew solemn though at the mention of the school. at her time she and her two friends had went to the school representing the kingdom along with the royal prince at that time. she knew more than just what is in that school. but she couldn't speak freely because she was cursed to not speak about it.
all who went to that place have certain restrictions placed on them without knowing it. she had seen students kill themselves to get rid of these restrictions.
but the two girls in front of her were now going to the school. what kind of restrictions would the two face? ira wondered
"i can only say that it is a place where you can hone your skills and cultivate to a higher realm. and do stay careful, that place isn't as easy as just being a school, ahh-" ira clutched her head when she began warning faes about the school.
"don't speak" faes sensed what was wrong at once and restricted her from speaking about the school of lore. she even casted a healing spell to help ira.
"i apologize but i couldn't be of any help regarding this matter, neither the others would be" ira spoke frowning but then took a deep breath
"but you are the strongest in the past centuries, you would surely be special." she hinted that whatever restrictions there might be, would not possibly work on her. this made faes nod.
"then we thank master for teaching us. please excuse us, we need to go prepare for our journey to the school of lore and before that spend time with our family." faes and sky bowed before vanishing from the room
ira stared at the place with tears in her eyes as she remembered her beloved, who had died fighting the enemies all due to the restrictions. his soul still suffering in that place.
"if there is a god, i pray that the two princesses will be safe and if possible help the suffering souls in that place."
....
"we are back!" sky announced once they appeared in front of faes castle. all this time, they had been living here. the workers had changed for the better and they even got new servants who could stay with them just like eli, robin and others could. though they still didn't know about the space and all.
they had been going to ira's place to learn in the day and return here during the evening. after which they all did what they wanted. sky mainly went back to playing about and focusing on learning more about void magic and other herbs and ores.
while faes had to focus on her princess duties for both kingdoms, help sky with her paperwork, focus on not give in to her compensation and find out kai's soul fragment. she also sparred with her siblings once a week and made orders for nature's blessings.
she even helped her family become stronger, now both alex and nia were in elemental strengthening stage 1 while her parents were elemental strengthening stage 3.
in these few months, she had also taken care of many nobles and spies. she have even established her own army which was completely loyal to her alone.
they also have started a business chain not connected to nature's blessing but only for her and sky. not even her family know these businesses belong to her. only she and her own people know this, and probably the cult as asuna seem to know about it.
speaking about asuna, he had not appeared much in the past months, only occasionally to tell her some important messages that the sect wanted to deliver but it all came to her as a way to invite her and sky to the sect.
and now faes was finally ready to begin her school life in another world filled with magic at the age of 14.
"faes you are back! let's have a spar it's been too long since we all had a spar together" alex spoke as he and nia entered the castle and found them.
"don't cry when i beat you to a pulp later then" faes grinned
"sister faes you can't use too much magic or strength yet, your compensation still have effect on you. and you just spent lot's of your energy in the test" sky reminded her
faes sighed. after her compensation began, she had problems calming herself down. though kai had told her ways to calm herself, it was easier said than done. still, learning under lady ira had helped her keep her mind focused mostly on studying but in the last test she almost lost control, if it weren't for sky's pressence then faes would have lost it. the test was that hard!
"then how about we make rules? sister faes can only use one type of magic and only martial arts with it and no weapons?" nia grinned
"while i and nia can use both magic and weapons?" alex also grinned.
as faes was stronger they were sure she would be fine under such unreaasonable conditions. she might even win.
"sure let's do that then"