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Chapter 80: Return

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

After settling the villagers into their new homes Alicia and the rest headed back to the capital. Luckily the travel time to get to the capital was only six hours from the new village so it was still earlier morning when they arrived at the city gates.

"Starla, what are your plans now that we are back? Are you going home or do you want to come to my house to rest?" Alicia asked. She could see Starla's eyelids drooping down as she did her best to stay awake.

"Well If I go back to my house my father will make me go train with my brothers so I will take you up on your offer and rest at your house." Starla said softly. She was truly struggling to not fall asleep at this time.

The group had been awake for almost thirty six hours and had to deal with not only the stress of the situation but also had to fight. Even with the small rest in between the whole ordeal was enough to tire one out. "Then I will have Alfred prepare you a room."

On the way back Blake did not go into hiding. Instead, he followed alongside Alicia as her guard. Although Alicia told herself she would concentrate on advancing her skills she still couldn't help but take a few peeks at Blake every now and then.

As soon as they walked through the gates of her estate Alicia let Frey and Claire out of her space. "Mother!!!!" A teary eyed Frey smacked into Alicia's face wiping her tears and snot on to her cheek.

"Frey!? What's wrong?" Alicia asked as she looked over at Claire questioningly. It was one of those looks that asked: "What did you do to my daughter?"

"Young Miss, I do not know what happened since last night Frey wouldn't stop crying saying something bad was going to happen to you. Since we were stuck in the space and could not leave, Frey held herself up in her room for the entire time crying." Claire explained. Distress was written all over her face. No matter what she did she could not calm Frey down.

Alicia nodded and patted Frey on the head trying to console the little fairy. "Frey, why are you crying. Mother is here perfectly fine."

"But... But… Frey had a dream where Mother was killed by an evil man who flew in the air." Frey said through her sobs. Hearing this not only stunned Alicia but also Starla and Rose. Since there was no way Frey could have known what had happened last night.

Blake walked to Alicia's side and rubbed the top of Frey's head. "The fairy race is known for their clairvoyance. She must have dreamed a scenario of where you were killed by the devil… Because she is young she is not able to see the entire scene play out so her mind and what she was seeing mixed together in a bad dream."

Hearing the tiny sobs from Frey made Alicia's heart sink. She could only gently pat Frey on the back to try to comfort her. It was not long before Frey fell asleep and Alicia took her into her hands before continuing towards the house.

On the way, Alicia asked Blake: "Will she continue to have these types of dreams?"

"Yes, but over time they should not be mixed with dreams and she will not have such nightmares any more" Blake explained.

"That's good to know…" Alicia looked down at the peacefully sleeping Frey in her hand and let out a sigh. "Claire, sorry I put you through a rough time."

"Not at all Young Miss. I just did not know what to do since Frey would not stop crying no matter what I did or said. It should be me who should be apologizing since I was unable to help Frey..." Claire said as she gave an apologetic bow.

"It's fine, this is not your fault. If anything it would be my fault because I did indeed do something reckless last night that could have gotten me killed." Alicia said with a smile. Now that Alicia thought about it. The happenings of last night were mainly linked to her. If she did not use translocation magic the devil would have not tracked her down. Flora and the other guards would not have gotten killed either. Just thinking this caused a few tears to roll down Alicia's cheek.

"Huh, Alicia!? Why are you crying?" Starla asked as he walked over and wiped Alicia's tears with her sleeve.

"I was just thinking that last night was actually my fault… I owe everyone here an apology." Alicia said as she looked at everyone.

"Brat, that is far from true!" A voice sounded out behind Alicia. Just hearing this voice caused Alicia's eyes to open wide.

"Master!" Alicia turned around and ran towards the old man who was standing behind everyone.

This old man was Berlin. Alicia wrapped one arm around Berlin's waist to give him a hug while at the same time being careful not to squish or drop Frey. "Haha! Wait… Did you get taller!? Seems I will need to make you another set of clothes." Berlin said with a smile as he rubbed the top of Alicia's head. "Alicia I want you to know last night was not your fault. The devil race is very powerful so they can see a lot of things. When you used your magic last night it was done in a life or death situation which does not make anything your fault. More of just bad luck that a devil was watching..."

Chapter 81: Return Of The Training From Hell!

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Hearing Berlin's words caused tears to flow from Alicia's eyes. She had been wondering if she had done the right thing. Now hearing these words of comfort from Berlin, saying that she was not at fault caused Alicia to finally let out her grievances. She buried her head into Berlin's stomach as she let her tears rain down.

Berlin patted Alicia's back letting her cry as much as she wanted. For him to see her cry like this showed that she was still just a little girl. Although Berlin wanted Alicia to be strong he did not want her to be someone without emotions. Emotions were a very important aspect of being alive. If she did not have these emotions she would be nothing more than a human puppet. This was something Berlin would never want Alicia to ever be.

Berlin comforted Alicia as he looked at Starla who seemed to be sweating bullets at this time. She went to drop down to one knee but was quickly stopped by Rose. "Don't… We will explain to you what is going on in a while but right now do not say anything to Alicia on who he is."

Rose's tone of voice was kind yet not. It held a power that said 'if you tell Alicia anything you will not see the light of day again'. So struck with the fear of finding something out that she should not have, Starla quickly nodded her head to show that she agreed.

"Mmmm… Mother's Magicules are so yummy… Nom Nom..." Frey who was sleeping peacefully in Alicia's hand voice floated out causing everyone to laugh. Even Alicia cheered up a bit as she heard Frey's voice.

Alicia petted the top of Frey's head gazing at her with a warm gentle smile. When she looked up and saw everyone staring at her, Alicia's face instantly turned red. She really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She had actually cried her eyes out in front of everyone!

"Hmm? Starla are you okay?" Alicia noticed that Starla was sweating a lot and her face seemed to be a little pale.

"Huh? Ahh! Yes. Yes. Very good..." Starla said as she nodded her head up and down as if it was about to come off. Alicia was not convinced so she had Rose take Starla to her room to rest a bit before retiring to her own room. She had found it somewhat strange but did not dig too deep into it. Since Starla said she was fine then she would not pry anymore.

In the back garden, two men stood tall as they looked out over the man made pond. "You released your seal?"

"Mmm… I had no choice. If I did not release the seal she would have died. They all would have died." Blake let out a long sigh. He had never wanted to release his seal for his entire life. But the situation last night did not allow him the luxury of doing such a thing. Not when it was her life that was in danger.

"What do you plan to do now? Are you going to return?" Berlin asked. He knew that the Gods race still existed, he had known for a long time. He also knew that once the seal on their powers was released they were supposed to return to the main clan before setting off to a new land.

"No. I will stay here by her side and protect her. Until the day she is able to know everything." Blake answered.

"This girl must be really important for you to go against the clan rules like this." Berlin could only shake his head. He had no idea who this girl was that Blake was waiting for but he could see the determination to go against everything to be by her side. On this thought Berlina asked: " Is it okay for Alicia to know of your true identity?"

Blake put on a rare smile as he said: "If it's her it is no problem."

Seeing this smile Berlin's face started to go black. "You brat better not have any thoughts on my Alicia! I thank you for saving her but God or not I will drop your pants and spank your ass if you have designs on her!"

Berlin let a humph before turning around and walking back towards the house. He didn't even want to look at the smelly brat anymore! Blake let out a low laugh as his gaze looked out over the water. 'If only you knew… If only you knew...'

Alicia's eyes flickered as she felt a small hand pushing against her cheek. "Mother! Mother!"

"Hmmm… Frey, what's the matter?" Alicia asked. Her eyes were still heavy and were hard to open.

"Mother Frey is hungry…" Frey said as she pouted her lower lip and rubbed her belly.

Alicia smiled warmly: "You know Frey your cuteness will be the death of your Mother." Alicia formed a purple Magicule ball on the tip of her finger and handed it to Frey.

"Hehe… Frey's cuteness will only heal mother! How could it hurt her?" Frey kissed Alicia's cheek and sat down after taking the Magicule ball.

"That is right. My little Frey's cuteness is the cure all for any illness! When you're done Mother is going to get dressed and start her training. Do you want to tag along or do you want to go with Claire?" Alicia asked.

"I will go with Mother. Frey hates being away from Mother..." Popping the last bite of Magicule into her mouth Frey got up and stretched her little body before flying into the air to allow Alicia to get up.

"Okay! But I will have you sit off to the side. This way you do not get drenched mothers icky sweat." Alicia sat up on the bed, reached over to the nightstand, and picked up her hair tie.

When she got out of bed she put on a set of leather armor and walked downstairs with Frey perched on her shoulder. But when she went to the main hall her face sank as he looked at Berlin who had seemed to be waiting for her. The smile on his face sent shivers down her spine because this smile always hid an evil old man who would force her to undertake hell training. Sure enough, she was no more than a few meters away from him when Berlin gave her an even wider grin as he waved his hand and a set of metal plates fell to the floor breaking the floor tiling!

"I heard you were going to help the little Wymane girl do some training. I figured since you were helping her I would help you. This is a set of new weights I made, they are very comfortable and only way seventy kilos each!"