faes sat in front of the king of elfrida kingdom. after blake revealed her identities (thankfully after covering them with the soundproof shield) the king asked her for a private meeting.
the king had gotten so agitated that he immediately led her to a private meeting room where they were now seated.
"princess faes, truth to be told I have many questions I want to ask." the king stated.
faes merely grinned sheepishly. she knew what kind of questions the king wanted to ask and well she could not answer most of them.
"I would answer if I can your majesty. please ask" faes nodded
"first, were all those truth? i mean you really have all those identities?"
faes nodded. well the truth was already out so it won't hurt to accept it.
"how?" disbelief was written all over the king's face.
"well I can tell you but it will be a long story. in short, I saved princess sky's egg from an attack and his majesty late king aiden took me in. you know then that he adopted me so I became a princess of reptiliance kingdom. and I was already princess of kingdom altai by birth. my father sent me undercover to train under commander shiva and he made me his heir. as for devil kingdom, I am not sure about that yet. i have only met prince alison a few times." faes scratched her cheek as she explained
she can't tell them she had transmigrated.
"and what about red poison cult?"
faes sighed as she remembered asuna. he had told her that he would be leaving for a while. though he had always attacked her disregarding the original agreement and was hell bent on trying to woo her, she kind of missed him when he was not here.
"they are after me to get me to join them. after fighting for a while we kind of reached an agreement to stay away from each other's business" faes explained.
"given your position we can't afford you to be associated with the cult. i am aware about you being the one for the school of lore" the king stated making faes tense.
her being the spy was only known to altai and reptiliance royal family? or more people knew?
but how? and who else?
"you don't have to worry about this. only selected few are aware about this secret. it includes the king of altai, reptiliance and me. along with some elders and our informants in the school. though they can't do much help us though. you should already be aware about the situation of the school" the king started
"I am aware about the fact that the people who go to school either don't return ever or if they return they don't speak of it easily. their memories altered or such?" faes frowned
"yes. it is also one of the reasons I allowed you to learn nature's magic. i was not expecting you to have pure nature's magic" the king sighed making faes smile wryly again.
"but now that we know you have pure nature's magic and also little of elf bloodline. you would become the next guardian of tree of like along with another chosen one. they were chosen 150 years ago and have been protecting the tree of life and spring of life loyaly. if you want the ceremony could be done in few days but as you are going to the school of life then your training needs to be filtered accordingly.
but you are free to come and learn anytime as you are now a higher noble of this kingdom. you will have noble duties to fulfill though and an estate to yourself"
faes nodded accepting everything the king said. she had already expected it all. well other than the ceremony.
"what is the ceremony? i mean what happens in it, the procedure, story behind it?" faes asked curiously
"it is simply the official selection of the next guardian for the tree of life. it includes a bath with spring of life and then offering of blood to the tree of life which tests the guardian's motives to see if they are suitable for the position. just having nature's magic isn't enough, but loyalty and goodwill towards living beings is also required." the king explained
"your majesty I have a question" faes suddenly remembered about her condition and hesitated before asking. but her question got the king to give her a curious yet serious frown
the king motioned her to ask her worries but faes first used her magic to create a anti-spy shield.
"I have recently experience something called compensation. but I don't have much knowledge regarding it. i found some records left by master kailial but they were not complete. i was hoping to find something to help me elevate my condition so that I can freely use my powers instead of undergoing compensation everytime I use my powers above a limit" faes explained making the king give her a long once over.
he stayed silent for a good while before shaking his head.
"its not good that you are experiencing compensation. though we do have something to deal with it, but the affect it have on you will only depend on your compensation. i will send you the copies of the records from the royal library but the guardian is the only one who can help you in that case." the king explained
"I will take you to the guardian tomorrow morning. and the ceremony should be scheduled the day after tomorrow. you can consult the previous guardian regarding your compensation and if possible I will make them your teacher so that you can prepare your learning schedule accordingly"
faes nodded and presented her last request "your majesty can I use the name aster while I am here? his highness prince leo also knows me as aster, along with others in his company. it will also help that I won't be associated with my other titles as princesses of other kingdoms."