The sun is blocked by the moon today. It's the first eclipse since the start of the empire, and I've been in bed, sick all day. I guess today was the day that the eclipse was feeling better. I am not blessed by the eclipse, I am blessed by the sun and the moon. I am not weak, but I keep getting flashbacks of my past, and I've learned more than enough. I know one thing for sure though.
I want to stay here forever.
"What shall we have for dinner Magi?"
"Meowt"
"Meat?"
"Mew"
I unfreeze the meat, and I toss it onto the pan. I want steak... that sounds so good...
A knock at the door interrupts me and I sigh. Magi hisses while I cover my hair.
That's new-
"Good day sir, I am far too tired to deal with shit today as there's a literal war outside my house right now. What brings you here-" A man carries a wounded soldier on his arm and another on his back.
"Are you the witch in the forest?"
"My house is protected by an invisibility spell what on earth are you doing here-"
Ah. He's part of the seventh prince's soldiers. He's wearing that brooch. Ah. ARGH WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME I FEEL BAD I MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS-
Wait it's... he...
"Are you... the eclipse's blessed one?"
A golden strand sticks out from underneath the black of his hair. His eyes are yellow, and his pupils are a dark blue.
"The seventh prince said there's a healer in the forest" He grumbles. I spot a red gash in his abdomen area.
"Ok you can speak once you aren't on the verge of dying." I have him set the soldiers onto the couches, and Magi comes to me with a potion in his mouth. "Thank's baby,"
"Will... they be alright?"
"I assure you. They'll be fine." I mumble. "Magi help me press the wound while I convert the house."
"Miao!"
I snap my fingers, and the room turns white. I prop up a dozen beds, and I set the soldiers on them.
"Thanks darling," I grab a needle, and I start sewing up the wound. "Do you know how to heal?"
The soldier shakes his head.
"Eclipse arts can use the sun and the moon's powers combined. It's much less meticulous." I mumble. "It's like giving stitches but it heals instantly without wait."
I place my hand over the wound, and my light arts heal the injury on one of the soldiers.
"I see..."
"Your highness!" The door opens, and a flood of other soldiers make their way in.
"Morning Greg," I grin.
"Oh thank goD the witch was you."
"Bestie the other witches are dead," I deadpan. "The royal family killed them all."
"Hurry and help us out!" Greg helps settle the soldiers onto the beds, and I start healing quicker.
"The cat has the potions. They're all labeled. I'll handle the ones sliced by the shadow."
"Up front!" One of the soldiers call. "Will potions heal the others?"
"Yes. Go to the cat for the potions I still don't trust you!" I call.
"Alright Blackie!"
I grumble. "How's the fighting outside?"
"Zachary is holding up pretty well." The eclipse's blessed one speaks.
"Just Zachary? Which prince are you?"
"The fifth prince Albert!" One of the soldiers call. "He looks completely different from what the media used to draw him as right?!"
my head hurts. "Y-yeah I didn't recognize him."
I grit my teeth and finish healing the last soldier, and then I summon a couch to stumble on to.
"You good Blackie?"
"N- yes." I grin. "I have a huge migraine. Magi can you grab me the potion?"
The cat bites onto a smaller potion, and I drink it.
"The sun and the moon are weakest when their daughter is out," I mumble. "Shouldn't the eclipse's blessed one be out on the battlefield?"
"Eclipse... blessed one?" the soldiers look at me in confusion.
I point at the prince. "LIKE THE ORACLE?? BLOND HAIR UNDER BLACK??? NAVY PUPILS???"
The prince slams a hand onto my mouth, and smiles. "She's a bit confused."
I lick his hand and he lets go in disgust. "Your hand tastes like metal... like the oracle about the eclipse blessing someone?"
"Oh that one!"
"We tried looking for them, but then eventually the seventh prince said to stop." the soldiers shrug.
I stare at the fifth prince and he smiles. "What else is there to explain?"
"something smells burned."
"mY STEAK!" I snap open a door to the room, and I rush to my kitchen. Magi runs behind me, and the soldiers freeze. "MY STEAAAAaaaAaaakk... wAAAAAAAH!"
Magi curls up into my arms, and we cry together.
"THAT WAS FRESH WAGYU BEEF TOO!" I scream in tears. "YALL ARE GOING TO PAY!"
The soldiers that are healed completely bolt out of the door back to the battle to avoid my wrath, and the fifth prince smiles at me. "Please tend to the hurt while we continue fighting the battle."
Now that I think about it... wHY WASN'T HE OUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE???!!! HE WASN'T EVEN INJURED??? He walks out the door, and I send a gust of wind to make him stumble slightly. Royalty using others as they pleased, what pieces of shit.
The door slams open again, and soldiers come in and out for healing. I could really use another healer right now. And just as I think that, someone barges in unannounced.
"I'M HERE!!!"