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Avilena knocked on the door of Selestra's room and, without waiting for an answer, went inside. The princess, not paying attention to her, sat in a chair and looked out the window with a blissful smile.
"Selestra!" Avilena called out to her. "What happened to you?" She slowly turned in her direction with an absent-minded look.
"Avilena, come and sit with us."
"With us? There's no one here," Avilena sat down in the chair next to her.
"You don't see Ramies? It's a pity, you seem to know each other," she looked to the side, as if she was listening to an invisible person.
"Oh, yes, you don't see, because you haven't transmuted completely."
Avilena began to doubt that everything was in order with the princess's head. Communication with stellar magicians did not do her any good.
"No, everything's fine with me," Selestra smiled, hearing her friend's thoughts. "Ramies says hello to you and says that he remembers your promise."
"Where is your son Virens?" Avilena looked around. "I wanted to cuddle him."
"Lar took him," the answer sounded coldly.
Avilena noticed that Selestra's gaze became empty and indifferent.
"You doted on him, you loved your baby so much. You seem to be under a spell. Ramies!" - She shouted. - "Let her go!"
"He said: don't worry, everything will be fine," - Selestra smiled calmly.
"Okay, I better go! This is too much!"
Avilena jumped up and went to the Queen in her room.
"Kamily! What happened to Selestra? She's under some kind of spell. Why doesn't anyone take it off? We have to do something! The princess stated decisively."
"This is the phantom of Ramies, it is useless to drive him away. He has power over her because of his child in her womb. I can not do anything. The officers have too exotic abilities to fight against. Let's leave everything as it is!"
"I noticed that you're with Rohen now?" Avilena grinned. "You have funny taste! He's so nerdy. It's terribly boring with him. He probably reads poetry to you all day long."
"You have funny taste!" - Kamily teased. - "You got involved with these aristocrats on your own head. Did you see what happened to Selestra? He will assign his phantom to you in fifteen years."
***
Kamily woke up one day and didn't see Rohen nearby. Usually he
patiently waited for her to wake up, but this time he went somewhere. She found him in the garden, sitting on a bench looking sad.
"What made you so sad?" Kamily sat down next to him, patting him on the shoulder.
"I saw you with him at night, you flew away somewhere," - was his faded voice. - "I realized that the second child is not mine. How so?"
"My heart is capable of loving you both. Don't be offended, but I can't part with Lar."
"Do you love me?" Rohen perked up.
"Yes! You are my soul! My Heavenly Light!" Kamily began to kiss him tenderly.
Rohen pulled her into his arms with a blissful smile.
"You have to remember anything. Our illustrious Abode of Amriobraes."
"Who was I to you there?"
"My wife."
"Oh, am I your celestial wife? And how did we live there?"
"Everything there is made of flame: my palace, and the garden, and our immortal Essences. However, our life is not only pleasure, but also work."
"Palace? Are you the King?"
"The Lord of the Phoenix Realm! I have many servants and warriors."
"Why did I run away from the Abode?"
"So I would like to know why, but you forgot everything."
"Then who is Lariel to me?"
"Lover! Mine and yours!"
"Like this? I don't understand. Do we have a triple alliance?"
"Not exactly, dear, it's complicated... I'm a man, you're a woman, and he's an androgyne."
"Is he a man and a woman in one? Where do these come from? Why do they exist?"
"For love... pleasure... fun. They are created by the Gods."
"Like works of art?"
"Something like that, but it's better for Lariel not to know about it. Don't tell him, otherwise he will run away somewhere again. Naughty! It's not easy with him! It's a secret! He doesn't remember, but if he meets the Creator in person, he will immediately recognize him."
"So he is your property? Did you buy him?"
"He's a trophy, so to speak, and I'm not going to give him back."
"Why are you upset about my dates with him?"
"He gets more of your love than me."
"Sorry, he met me earlier..."
"Oh! It's always been like this," Rohen sighed sadly. "Your connection is stronger. When I brought him to the Abode, he immediately became your favorite toy. You spent a lot of time together."
"What? Is that how I treated him? How about a toy?" Kamily was surprised.
"Yes, he was created, but you and I are not. We are ancient entities, only I am much older than you."
"How is the age of immortals calculated?"
"By cycles: galactic, stellar and planetary. I exist on several stellar ones, and you exist on several planetary ones."
"Why did you marry me?"
"I have had many wives and you are not the only one."
"Wow - appetites!"
"Phoenixes must be born constantly, as protectors of beautiful worlds. My sons are many... And they do their work according to their legacy..."