LUNARIS EMPIRE, The Imperial Capital.
The Imperial Palace was the place where the emperor and his family stayed.
Ariana lay in her bed staring at the ceiling.
The room was both luxurious and refined. It had a high ceiling and arched windows that opened up to the vast beautiful gardens outside, the walls were covered in tapestries and the floor was paved with polished marble.
The room had a grand bed in the center. It also had a writing desk, chairs and a large mirror which was where she did her studies and writings.
The room also had priceless artworks, vases filled with fresh flowers, leather-bound books and decorative touches.
"Knock! Knock! Your Highness! "
There was a knock on the door. Ariana knew from the voice that it was Zoe, her maid.
"Come in."
The door opened and Zoe entered.
"Your Highness the empress is waiting for you in her room."
The empress was Ariana's mother and the wife of the emperor of Lunaris.
Ariana knew her mother would want to meet her to make sure she was safe after the incident in the forest.
"I know. I will go now, Zoe. "
She got up and went outside.
The emperor and the empress stayed on the Eastern side of the inner quarters of the imperial palace whereas she stayed on the western side of the inner quarters of the imperial palace.
She walked through the corridors. It had high, vaulted ceilings supported by intricately carved columns or arches.
The corridor opened to the vast beautiful garden on one side.
The inner quarter of the imperial palace was accessible only the the royal family and their maids. It had heavy security from outside and nobody else was allowed in.
Soon she reached the room where her mother stayed.
A maid was guarding the door.
As soon as she saw the princess come, she bowed and said, "Your Highness, the empress is waiting for you inside."
Ariana nodded.
The maid opened the door and she went in.
A beautiful young woman could be seen sitting on the chair doing some work.
It was the empress of the Lunaris Empire, Elena Thornwood.
Although she looked young, Ariana knew she was over 70 years old. The reason she looked young was because she was a Rank 8 warrior and also had taken beauty pills to look younger.
It was common for the upper-class women of the empire to take beauty pills to look young and beautiful. In fact, some men do it too.
Her mother was also one of the geniuses of her generation.
As soon as Elena saw Ariana come in, she got up from her chair and quickly hugged her.
"I am so glad you are alright. Do you know how frightened I was when I received the emergency signal from your escorts?"
Ariana's heart warmed. She knew her mother cared for her a lot.
"I am sorry Mother, I will be more careful next time."
"Tell me everything that happened." She said, her face becoming serious.
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The empress stared outside her window thinking of the things that Ariana had shared.
She had obviously omitted the dream part. It was not like she didn't trust her mother with that information.
It's just that she felt her mother wasn't strong enough to do anything about the things she heard in her dream and she knew that her mother would be worried about the various possibilities.
And the main reason she didn't say anything was because she was afraid that someone might be listening to their conversation.
Although her mother was a rank 8 warrior, she knew that it was nothing for a Transcendent to spy on anyone below the Transcendent rank.
There were many Transcendents present in their Royal family.
It was not like she didn't trust her ancestors and other transcendent members of the family but that she had not met any of them in her life and so she wanted to be careful as she had been warned by that God like being in her dream.
Yeah, she trusted that being to some extent. After all, he let her live even after knowing her physique.
She knew he wouldn't do anything harmful to her..... at least not for now.
'I wonder if I can be as strong as him someday! He did say that my physique was the greatest physique that there could be. ' she wondered.
She knew that even Transcendents could not make her feel even a fraction of that feeling she felt from that being.
She knew it because she had been in the presence of a transcendent before.
Her Father, the emperor of Lunaris!
Adrian Mooncrest, the emperor of Lunaris, was a Transcendent. He was over 80 years old but he still looked extremely young.
It is said that he was the Lunaris Empire's greatest genius of his generation.
'That being must have been someone above the Transcendent rank!'
'If I can become as strong as him, I can definitely make my parents and ancestors accept Darius in the future!'
She was excited thinking about it!