A/N: I know everyone misses Althea and Alterra (I do too~) but yeah, we got a lot of future arcs to set up and the setting can't be told in Althea's limited POV while she's safely in Alterra. xD
Wait a little more, my loves~ We'll finish this mini-arc soon! Probably!
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Octavia went to Orion's study and saw him writing in his study, surrounded by documents. Her heart clenched again—just by the sight of him.
The current image overlapped with the ones decades ago, when he was much smaller.
Orion started doing documents early on and was trained as the heir from as early as he was 15 years old.
Because he had the ability and the level-headedness, he was also given more responsibilities early on. Even at that age, he was an admired 'golden boy' in the city.
He had become the 'standard' of what an heir should be like, and people forgot how weak Zaol was.
