After eating together, the others and I immediately returned to the palace with our respective lanterns of hope. The same scene is still visible here. I walked beside my two best friends, Kayora and Yora.
"We'd better get to the palace as soon as possible before it's too late!" said Yora.
"Why late? Is there a problem?"
"Ah, yes. Sorry, I forgot to tell you, you're new! So it's like this: Queen Mayleen will visit Princess Leena's meal at midnight. We're going with her entourage. Are you coming?"
"Yes, of course, I will come!"
"Well, let's hurry up! We don't want to miss Queen Mayleen's entourage, do we?"
I nodded my head. Then Yora started running like a child, followed by Kayora and next was me. I don't want to lose my two best friends.
The four men walking with us also observed, then spontaneously, the also-ran.
Kazame excitedly ran ahead of his male friends and tried to overtake us in the front.
"Aah... I'm so excited! I haven't run free in a long time," he said excitedly.
Irranix, who saw his friend leaving first, was just silent, then he wanted to run fast to race his friend, but Akira did it first until he started to fall behind with Bai. Irranix didn't want to lose either. He began to make arrangements to outrun them. Irranix was trying hard to get ahead of them without any magic power at his disposal.
Not long after, I saw the palace gates that stood majestically. And two of my friends were excited because soon we would arrive at the palace. We tried with the rest of our strength to get there first. But unexpectedly, Kazame preceded us, followed by Akira, Irranix and Bai. Then lastly, it was the three of us. Arriving at the palace, I tried to regulate my breath while walking towards Queen Mayleen's group, who had prepared.
Kayora and Yora, who saw me go first, also followed.
Still gasping for air when Kayora said to me, "Huh... are you still strong?" he asked me.
"Yes, of course! Which part shall we join?"
"Yeah, I guess we're behind, Queen Mayleen in front."
"Okay!"
Then we all lined up at the front waiting for Queen Mayleen to come with her ladies-in-waiting and an event leader. When lining up, Akira was beside him. For some reason, I suddenly embarrassed myself in front of my husband. Yes, even though my husband and we are often together. I kept my distance from him, taking a step to the side.
Kayora and Yora, who were behind, also saw that they whispered to each other.
"See?"
"Yes, of course!"
"Are they fighting?"
"I don't know, or maybe it's awkward!"
"Ah, yes...." Kayora spontaneously bumped into Moon and Akira until Akira moved away from a little. Then followed by Yora and again made Akira away until finally Akira was lined up behind. Akira lined up with Kazame and Irranix.
"Moon, are you okay?"
"Yes, of course," I replied, smiling.
"You, is there a problem with him?"
"Who?" I asked, confused.
"W-k-i-r-a!!"
"Nothing"
"Then why is that?"
When asked when I blushed, "Yeah... it's nothing! You guys are just lining up with me, aren't you?"
"Of course"
"Don't worry, Moon, we will accompany you today anyway!"
"Really?"
"Yes!"