Arriving at a secluded place of the town, Arianne placed the boy on the ground.
She took a stick and draw a magic circle on the ground. After finishing the magic circle she placed a beast crystal on the middle and activated the magic circle.
Seconds after activating it, a magic portal was formed.
' I'm getting used to creating a one way portal each time I go out. And I made sure to put an effect that erases the magic circle after using so no one should be able to use this again' Arianne thought
Carrying the boy on her arms they went through the magic portal. Reaching the other end of the portal she made it back to her room, Inside her closet.
Making her way out of the closet she made sure not to wake the boy up and gently lay him on the bed.
Arianne has a sweat on her face due to carrying a person nearly as tall as her.
'Sister Jade said that he'll wake up after a few hours, so I should do something else for the time being, maybe visit mother, play with Aziz or ...... I should think about those later, First, I need to change I'm drenched in sweat.'
Going to her dressing room she picked a dress that are easy to walk around since she'll be running around the palace then she wiped her sweat.
After that she took her black wig off her head and the same with her eye contacts, showing her vibrant, light pink hair and Blue jeweled eyes that match perfectly to her beautiful face.
Walking out of her dressing room with a cute white dress with blue laces, she took a short glance on the boy and run towards the door right after.
She slightly opened the door and poked his head out the slightly open door to see who's guarding her room. To her surprise there is only one person guarding. And it was Titus. Titus has brown hair and eyes and very devoted on protecting Arianne.
"Psst! Sir Titus! Why are you the only one here, where is Sir Lucas? She said with a small voice.
"He went to the kitchen to eat, your highness. He said he was hungry." He said giving a head bow.
"Then please don't let anyone come inside my room, be it my brothers, sisters or even my dad, okay? I'm going out to visit someone." She said locking the door with her key and keeping it. "You never know, my family might destroy this door if they don't see me."
" Yes, your highness. Head to the kitchen and so you can grab Lucas to escort you to the Empress Palace."
" No, I'll take Marie with me. She's in the kitchen too, right?" Said Arianne
"Yes, since you didn't come out to eat lunch she's preparing snacks for you to enjoy." He said with a happy expression
'Snacks!? Yahooh! I'll be eating a lot of snacks since I wasn't able to eat anything for lunch!' she thought smiling
Titus sighed and said "I know what you're thinking princess but you should limit eating sweet foods or you'll destroy your teeth!" Titus told her off
"To hell with that, I mean, understood, Now I'm heading to the kitchen, see you later!" She said running on the hallway.
"Be careful on your way, princess! And watch what you say!"
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Inside the kitchen, Maids and chef can be heard chatting.
"Marie I think this is enough for the princess to eat" one of the chefs said.
"This is not enough for our princess, she always have a hearty appetite ,you know, plus she skipped lunch today so she needs a lot of nutritious snacks" Said the woman with the black hair and green eyes.
Her name is Marie, and she's Arianne's nanny. Even though she's not a noble woman she has the beauty and grace of one. The way of her speaking is gentle and warm her black hair is on her shoulder level and has a side swept curtain bangs.
"Alright, if you say so" the chef said
"Thank you" said Marie
Suddenly the kitchen door opened and a person was seen coming inside, it was Arianne.
All of them gave a bow and greeted her.
"We greet her highness, the Princess"
Arianne smiled at them "You may raise your head everyone! By the way, how are all you doing?" Arianne asked
Everyone listened to Arianne and Raised their heads and then replied
"We're doing great, Your highness"
"Better than ever!"
" As healthy as I was yesterday"
They all replied with a cheery tone.
"How about you, princess, have you been doing well?" Said a maid
And at that moment everyone looked forward to her answer.
"Im doing great as well everyone! Thanks for your concern. I'm very happy to know that you all are doing great too." She said
Everyone was pleased with her response and went back to work.
"Princess! Over here!" Marie called to her waving her hand at the back.
"Marie!" Arianne said excited and run to her. Arianne gave Marie a warm hug and said "Are you finished preparing snacks for me? She said giggling.
"They're almost done, let's just wait for 3-5 minutes" Marie answered letting each other go. "Umm.. Princess why didn't you came out for lunch?" She asked
"I lost track of time hehehehe" Arianne replied "I was so intrigued to a certain book that I even forgot lunch" She said making an excuse
Marie was relieved "That's good to hear, so why did you come here? I was going to your room anyway"
"I'm going to visit the Empress Palace. So can you pack those snack for me."
"Certainly, princess."
After waiting for 4 minutes the last snack was ready, And it was an apple pie.
"Hmmm..... Smells delicious. We better hurry up, I told her yesterday that I would be joining her for lunch."
"It's ready, let's go" Marie said holding her hand.
Making their way through the hallway they saw Lucas carrying a bag of food.
"Sir Lucas, where are you headed?" Marie asked
"I'm heading to the princess room" turning around he saw Arianne and immediately greeted her. "I greet her highness the 3rd princess." And gave a head bow.
"I was already heading back to your room princess" he said rubbing his head, then he noticed the stuff they're carrying and couldn't help asking them " Princess Arianne where are you heading?, If you are visiting the Empress then I shall escort you to your destination." He held out hands
Grabbing Marie's shoulder Arianne run through the hallway dragging Marie and shouted" Don't worry about us! we'll be okay, since we're in a hurry we'll be going ahead. Ask sir Titus about the things I told him, he'll tell you, bye!"
And with that said Lucas was left alone, not sure what to do, if he's gonna chase them or listen to the.princess. A few seconds passed and he just decided to go back to his post.
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The emerald palace is where the princes and princesses of the imperial family lives. Usually they would stay to the palace they received at the age of 10, but the siblings decided to sleep in one palace for they enjoy each other's company more.
And now they only use their palace for studying or working mostly.
Outside the Emerald palace they continued to walk and passed a few people and a garden, until they reached the entrance of the Empress Palace. Arianne was greeted by the knights as always and they let her in without any problems.
Continuing to walk in the palace hallways, she started to reminisce about the things they used to do last year with her family. The time when they all played hide and seek, the time when they eat lunch together.
"They said the best memories make you sad, because you know they won't happen again. Telling myself that hurts my heart more." Arianne thought
Reading this you might think that someone died or she doesn't get along well with her family but that's not the case at all.
Standing at the huge door, Arianne mustered her courage to knock on the door and ready to act Happy.
*Knock* *knock*
"Mother, I came to visit you."
"Arianne, You're late." A voice said in gentle tone.
Arianne signaled the guards to open the door since she's having a hard time opening it.
Arianne entered the room with Marie. And they were greeted by a woman with Red long hair and yellow eyes sitting on the bed near the window.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Mother!." She enthusiastically said walking towards her. Arianne reached to her mother and gave her a warm hug.
The person Arianne visited is her mother, the Empress, Scarlett Sein De Astrea.