faes glanced at the forest as sky collected some herbal moss and sent them to mystic fog castle.
in front of faes a squirell was flying around, all plants and hidden animals had a tag showing their status and qualities thanks to her inspect skill that had levelled up recently.
she wanted to take everything into the mystic fog castle but it would disturb the vegetation of the forest. hence she only took one plant and tree of a kind.
"there is someone?" sky quickly stood up straight and went to blake and alex. faes went forward to see who the intruder was. they were trying to hide in the forest but faes could not find them without her magic.
she had really grown weaker. but after sky had mentioned it and faes had used her inspect skill faes found the elfs hiding in the forest.
elf were known for their nature magic. and faes also had nature magic that she had not learnt how to use. maybe she can use this chance to learn it? but will it trigger her compensation?
frowning faes took a step forward
"hey I know you are there, we know his highness prince leonardo we are his friends. we mean no harm" faes spoke. her words caused a reaction as two figures walked out of the forest. they were tall, long hair tied into plates and hands holding wooden bow and arrows.
faes quickly glanced at their information. they were elf guards named diane and dominic. both in king establishment stage of cultivation and have powers related to magic.
"you are his highness the second prince leonardo's friends?" the female elf diane asked to which faes nodded
"I am faes monesterio von altai the second princess of kingdom altai, my brother prince alexander monesterio von altai, prince blake shadowdragon de reptiliance and sky mani shadowdragon de reptiliance. we were just passing by, we mean no harm" faes introduced
"royals?" the guards quickly bowed in greeting after confirming their identities and escorted them to the capital city of elfrida kingdom.
it was a forest with large trees and houses made of wood on the trees themselves! it was more like treehouse city! faes was curious about how they have made these houses and had asked all about them to diane. diane also replied honestly to faes and sky's curious questions as they had nothing to hide regarding these.
at the royal palace (that was just a larger tree house) faes finally met with leo again this time in his royal attire
"you are a princess?" leo was shocked. he had only known faes as lady aster who worked with him and also was commander shiva's disciple. but now she came in her real identity as the second princess of kingdom altai? how can he not be shocked?
"yeah kind of" faes grinned as she dismissed the topic and asked about the school of lore and who were the candidates going from kingdom elfrida. surprisingly it was leo himself.
"after being in your influence I kind of self reflected. you, mani and others, specially alison made me trigger my competitive side. i began training and honing my nature's magic and managed to get to level 5 elemental strengthening stage of cultivation that is strongest in my generation. hence I am the only one going form my kingdom. elf do not have many children." leo explained.
"then can I also learn nature's magic?" faes asked excitedly
"only if you have affinity with nature. and even then you can only learn about the particular nature's magic that is suitable for you." elf shook his head but faes grinned
"I have affinity with nature's magic. remember when we first met? i was an elf?" faes pointed out making leo pause.
he suddenly realised that he had been ignoring faes race all this while and had forgotten that faes had been an elf when they first met. but now he could not tell what race she belonged to.
and she was also a human princess! why was she an elf then?
"this-?" leo frowned. he did not know if faes can learn about their magic or not. nature's magic was rare and was a treasure of kingdom elfrida. to teach it to others even if they were his friends and a princess it might go against the rules.
"you will be allowed to learn if you pass a test" a voice appeared. everyone turned to the source and found a few figures entering the hall. they were the king, queen, the crown prince of the elfrida kingdom and leo's family.
faes and others bowed.
"greetings your majesty, your highness"
"greetings your highnesses! we welcome you to the elfrida kingdom" the king greeted them
"no offence and not to sound rude by asking this directly but can I really learn if I pass the test your majesty?" faes directly went to the main topic eager to learn about her ability that had been dormant all this while.
"yes. you are special existence hence it is possible for you to learn. but you must pass the test" the king smiled as he clicked his fingers and a crystal ball was brought in the hall.
"we need a drop of your blood on this crystal. if you have an affinity to nature magic it will glow. it will also show which kind of affinity you have" the queen explained
faes quickly bit her finger and let a drop of her blood fall on the crystal ball. now placed on a wooden platform.
the ball absorbed the blood and began shining with a bright green light.
"goodness!" leo and others exclaimed in shock as the glow did not dim for a while. as the glow dimmed the crystal ball appeared in everyone's view again. it was filled with all kinds of plants, trees, veins and seeds. it looked like a miniature dense forest with no room remaining in the crystal ball. there were even plants growing outside the crystal ball now.
"you-" the king turned to faes who was curiously observing the crystal ball.
"huh? yes your majesty?" faes turned to the king curious about what her affinity was
"you have pure nature's magic!" the queen exclaimed
"is that something to be worried about?" alex was shocked to find that faes had nature's magic as well but looking at shocked gazes of the elves he was now concerned about faes. similarly blake was also shocked and afraid only sky was not bothering about anything she was more curious about her own nature's affinity.
"can I check as well?" sky asked. the royals came out of their shock as sky spoke. the crystal ball had also gone back to it's original state now.
"go ahead" the king gave his permission.
sky also dropped a drop of her blood on the crystal ball and the ball glowed green. but it only showed seeds and a green floating orb inside it.
"you also have nature's affinity! and it's a healing one as well!" the queen was shocked again.
faes turned to sky and smiled. it was because of their bond. sky originally only had some affinities but due to the bond, sky developed a little of nature magic as well. but it wasn't strong enough to give her a crystal. sky still only had her original crystals.
"is something wrong your Majesties?" blake asked curious about the shock.
"it's that the pure nature's magic is only gifted to the chosen one's. the tree of life is directly connected to these individuals and have their protection for lifetime. usually it is someone from the elf race but for princess faes to have pure nature's magic as well is means she can become one of tree of life's guardians naturally even if she isn't an elf-" the king paused and turned to faes who was smiling
"why are you of elf race?" the king asked
"a part of my abilities. i have little bit of elf race bloodline" faes did not explain
"I see. and well since princess faes is now a guardian of tree of life and also have pure nature's magic she is also an elder of kingdom elfrida and have a citizenship here. same goes for princess sky mani shadowdragon de reptiliance. though she is not strong enough to become an elder, her rare healing magic can make her a noble of elfrida kingdom"
"that- doesn't sound like something much troubling? does it faes? isn't it sounding familiar?" blake grinned suddenly making faes shudder
"what do you mean prince blake?" leo curiously asked. he was already shocked beyond acceptance and had already resigned to fate now. nothing can shock him anymore or so he thought
"faes is already the second princess of kingdom altai, the first princess of kingdom reptiliance, heir of commander de melee of kingdom altai and a partner of your company in nadar. if I am not wrong the devil prince alison also wants to make her a princess of devil kingdom and now she just became a guardian of tree of life and an elder of elfrida kingdom. also the red poison cult is after her to make her join them. it's just another title and more paperwork?"