"Your Divine Highness! When is she going to wake up?"
"I have no idea,"
"Aww, but she's been asleep since I got conscious…"
"Patience, tiny,"
Huh…? What's that? Is Asher talking to someone? I still don't want to wake up. I feel so exhausted because of all the happenings yesterday.
"However, you've been saying that for six hours now, Your Divine Highness,"
That voice sounds so tiny, and the pitch is a bit high, don't you think…? Who is he talking to? And is there someone else besides me who calls Asher 'Your Divine Highness'?
I slowly opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw right after I did that—
"Ahhh!"
"Ouch—"
Ahh…? I held my forehead when someone bumped on it, but she felt so light?
I blinked a couple times as I stared at the tiny little creature floating… no, flying in front of me. She's got tiny white linen to cover her body, and she's barefooted, had white glowing wings with white dusts coming from it… she has silver hair—
Ehhh? Why do we have the same eyes?! Is she an Odilia?! And she looks so cute as well… how adorable!
"Hehe… you're finally awake, Master," M-Master?!
She spread down her left arm and her right hand went across her chest as she bowed.
"Greetings, Master. I am the guardian born from your holy flower. I have been waiting for you to name me, Master," Huh?!
The reason Asher gave me a holy flower…
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Explain?" I spoke.
"As she said," should I freaking smack his face?
"Please, let me do the honor. Master! I am a mana guardian, here to help you with your overflowing mana. We are born from the holy flowers that grow in the Holy Garden. Giving mana to the holy flower develops the guardian inside it. And when given enough mana, the guardian will finally be born," the guardian explained, giving me a wide and bright smile. S-she's really cute…
"You explained well," Asher replied.
"So, you were feeding her mana?" He nodded his head.
"Your mana,"
"My mana?"
"Yep. Your overflowing mana goes to her. Otherwise, she wouldn't see you as her Master," Err…
"Can you just explain it properly? Do I really need to keep asking you to explain everything?" I asked, looking at him with disbelief. Goodness, this guy…
"Well, whoever is the owner of the mana fed to the holy flower, they'll be the owner of the guardian that will be born later. So, instead of absorbing your mana, I fed it to the holy flower to develop the guardian within," But…
"Why is she asking me to name her?" I asked.
"You're her master, you're to name her," Wow… I get to name my own mana guardian?
"T-then…" but I know nothing about naming people.
"But, if you don't want it you can just call her 'hey',"
"Heyyy! That's rude!" I said, which made him laugh. The heck is wrong with him?
"I'm fine with it, Master!"
"No, I'll name you," I gave her a smile. I don't really know how to give names but, I wonder if there are any names I can use that are related to the word 'fairy'? Hmm…
I stared at the fairy. She looks really adorable…
"Why does she have the eyes of Odilia?" I asked.
"You're an Odilia. She was developed using your mana," Ohh…
"I see, then… your name should be…"
The fairy looks really excited. She looks really pretty and adorable. I feel so happy… I didn't know Asher planned to give me a whole fairy as his birthday gift…
But, I think he only did this to help me with my mana.
"Avi, you'll be Avi," she giggled, and then all of a sudden her body started glowing gold and then after a few seconds her clothes, hair, and the glow of her wings changed color as well! Wow…
Ever since I came here, I noticed how gold is the significant color of most magic I've encountered. Or is it because it's Asher and Eri which are both related to divinity? After all, Asher is a God incarnation, and Eri is born from the holy flower.
"I greet you again, Master. The name is Avi, Master's mana guardian. I will be responsible for controlling the overflowing mana within your body, that way His Divine Highness, Prince Asher will be able to teach you how to control your mana," W-wow…
"Eh? That means I can control my mana now?" I asked, looking at Asher excitedly. He smiled and nodded his head—
He actually smiled. A genuine one. Not the usual smirk or smug smile.
"Hehe ~ I'm so excited!"
"And I'm finally resting from looking after that mana of yours," he said, sighing in relief. How annoying!
"Oh, she called you 'Prince'?" I asked when I remembered Eri's words.
"Don't mind it. Right, Avi?" Asher asked, smiling at Avi. My little fairy blinked a couple of times and slowly nodded her head, then faster.
"Y-yes!"
Hngg… kinda sussy.
***
*Knock knock*
"Dad, it's Aliii!" I announced after knocking twice to Dad's office. I'm with Themis and Asher right now. Asher decided to come with me, maybe he wants to answer any questions that my family may ask.
The door of Dad's office opened, and a masked guy greeted us.
"Greetings, Princess Alina, Astra," who's this? He wears a fox mask, and his hair… despite its base being a hazel brown, there are different streaks of colors. Is that his natural color? There are white, yellow, green, and red…
"Ali, greetings. And you're with the Astra too… have you already told Ali about your investigation?" Huh? Investigation? That means Asher already investigated the mister that harmed me yesterday?
"I haven't mentioned it yet. The Princess has other things she plans to do right now, and I think it will only ruin the mood," Eh? Is he serious? Isn't his investigation much more important?
"Is that so? Then, we shall hear our princess," brother Aeli said, giving me a smile. I blinked a couple times as I turned to Dad, and then to brother Heli, and brother Dae.
Is it really alright?
"No need to hesitate, my dear princess. What is it that you want to do?" Dad asked. I took a deep breath and smiled at them.
"I wish to introduce everyone to my new friend," I said. All of them looked at me curiously. My brothers even exchanged looks.
"New friend? You have a new friend, Ali?" Brother Dae asked. I nodded my head excitedly and repeatedly, looking forward to introducing Eri to the whole family!
"Avi, reveal yourself," and when I said that, a little golden fairy appeared beside me. My family were all surprised to see her, and their expression relaxed after a few seconds, as if they already knew what this creature was.
"I humbly greet the Imperial Family. I am delighted to meet my Master's family. My name is Avi, a mana guardian. It is my responsibility to look after Master's overflowing mana," Avi gave them a proper bow mid-air—that's because she's currently flying, okay?
"I see. It looks like the holy flower has bloomed beautifully. We leave our princess' mana in your capable hands, little Avi," Dad said, giving Avi a smile. She nodded her head as she replied.
"Leave it to me, Your Majesty!" she replied, giggling.
"My sister's mana can be quite troublesome. I hope you don't get exhausted trying to get it under control," brother Dae chuckled. How dare he? It felt like he was attacking my poor mana!
"There's no need to worry, Your Highness! Absorbing mana is the thing I can do best!" Ohh, so she's going to absorb my mana, huh? Like Asher does?
"May I ask, Avi? What will happen to the absorbed mana?" brother Aeli asked. That's right. What's going to happen?
"It will be in my divine core, Your Highness. I cannot allow it to go back to Master because it may cause her core to overload and… uhm… e-explode… which is extremely dangerous," Overload… explode?! I get why she was hesitating to say it!
"That is… indeed dangerous. But, how about you, Avi? Won't your divine core end up the same if it carries too much mana?" Wait a freaking minute, aren't they asking why Avi has a divine core?! In this world, the only people I know with a divine core are the Astras!
"It won't, Your Highness the First Prince. Master's overflowing mana is a natural mana, my divine mana will engulf it instead," Wow… so Avi's divine mana will eat mine? That way, my mana won't fill her divine core?
But, why does she have a divine core?!
Is she also a sacred being? Was it because she was born from the holy flower? I don't understand, what is the holy flower made from? I'm so curious!
"Alright, that's good to hear. We're glad no one will be harmed with it," Dad, I don't think my mana's harmful… or is it?
"Hehe… what do you think of my new friend, Dad?" I asked.
"She's really adorable, like our princess. She even got the eyes of Odilia. I'm sure it's because she was nurtured using your mana," That's right! So Dad knew!
"Seeing a fairy with the same eyes as us felt a little strange…" brother Dae said, walking towards Avi. Avi gave her a smile as she stared back at him directly.
"Yup, you're as cute as my sister. You can call me brother as well," Eh? Is he for real? He's asking my fairy to call him brother?
"Ahh…" Avi blinked a couple of times and turned to me.
"Fine by me!" I replied. Avi looked at brother Dae again.
"If that's what Your Highne—"
"Bro.Ther,"
"I-if that's what brother wants…" Avi forced a laugh as she scratched the back of her head.
"Then, you can call me brother as well," even brother Aeli join…
"I as well," and brother Heli—
And a few minutes later, they are now surrounding my little fairy and interrogating—I mean, getting to know her.
"Looks like your brothers found another sister,"
"Ahahaha…" I replied. I hope Avi's alright. Well, she seemed to be enjoying my brother's company, and Dad looked like he was happy with the view as well. That means I've got a younger sister? Should I also tell her to call me sister? Maybe I should! I'll ask her later since I don't want to ruin their mood, hehe.
"Oh, right Asher. What was it that you're supposed to tell me?" I asked. I'm talking about what Daddy said earlier.
"About the mister you encountered yesterday. I investigated him, and he's a Viscount, named Arthur Louien. Well… I'll tell you later once we've got enough time. As of now, you should try to help your little fairy who's looking at you right now," I turned to Avi and saw her—
Is she asking for help?!
"Ahaha! I'm so glad my brothers liked Avi so much! Thank you, big brothers! However, I'm planning to show Avi to my other friends as well, so if you'll excuse ussss!" I spread my palm and Avi immediately flew towards it, she quickly laid on my hand and took a deep breath.
"Ohh, looks like Avi's exhausted from all of your questions," brother Aeli said. My third brother gave him an 'are you serious?' look before he replied.
"You were the one with the most questions though?"
"I don't think so? It was brother Heli,"
"I only asked her basic questions… Zain's the one showering her with questions,"
"Why is the blame back to me?!"
Are they seriously arguing right now? I prevented myself from sighing. They don't usually argue in front of Dad but it looks like they want to tease each other right now. I should bid goodbye and explore the palace more.
***
"So, Asher… there's something you need to tell me, right?" I asked. Asher, who's sitting on the couch of my bedroom nodded his head. He told me last time that he'll be extremely busy but he was with me this whole day. Was he observing Avi and evaluating her skills if she can actually take care of my overflowing mana?
"First, congratulations for having a mana guardian," I gave him a smile.
"Yup! Thanks to you!" then took a deep breath.
"Second… I asked the cathedral to help with the matter of the items imbued with dark magic. They were able to find the ones who purchased the items, however they had no idea at all that they bought it. All of them gave the same answer… 'It felt like it's been with me for a long time', they said," What…?
"There's this issue with the intruder in the imperial library as well. We've already investigated him, and we found valuable clues—but no leads at all," Asher explained. I sighed as I look at Avi sleeping on my palm as I leaned on the headboard of my bed.
"You should sleep. I'll ask your father to hold a meeting tomorrow to talk about all these," Asher stood up and snapped his fingers. A super tiny and cozy white bed suddenly appeared under the lamp of my bedside table, and Avi was transported to it.
"Sleep well. You need plenty of energy tomorrow," he said, walking to the glass doors of my balcony and personally closing the curtains. Wow, what's gotten into him? That's the first time he didn't use his magic for something like that. A development?
"Aight… good night, Asher,"
"Yeah, good night," he said as he disappeared.
Maybe because Avi's here now that he did not need to stay here as I sleep. But, aww… I'm kinda used to it now—but it's alright! Avi being here will still give me a comfortable sleep.
Hah… I do need a lot of energy tomorrow. I hope we don't have many bad news during the meeting. I'm kinda nervous…
***