DAY ONE!..

***Within the Imperial grounds..

***Imperial Consort Tamara's Palace..

***Tamara's Imperial Chambers..

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 "..She got invited.", Tamara says calmly as she washes off any irrelevant thoughts in her head while only focusing on the present.

 "Um!.", Counsel Lea makes a confused sound while urging her master to continue speaking on the matter as she is confused.

 "We got invited to the entire segment of the treaty signings and negotiations between Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans' and Continent 'Lothlòrien'(Land Of the Elven Kin).", Tamara informs her Counsel whose eyes widens slightly in surprise and shock.

 At important events like this, only the Emperor, Empress as well as a few core members of the Imperial family are allowed.

As a True Imperial princess, Seflim would soon hold the rights to also attend such events with her side of the family later on but right now,.. Seflim is just twelve!.

 Taking her to an event on the level of the dealings between two of the Nine Greats at her age is more than a bit rushed. One mistake in front of those massive people with Eagle-sharp eyes at the gathering is going to do more than a bit of damage to Seflim's standings.

 "No need to overthink it. I said she's invited not she's attending the event. The event is in three months so we have enough time to make our decision on it.", Consort Tamara says while looking at the slight look of concern on her Counsel's face.

 "The treaty and negotiations would go on for three long weeks. At most, Seflim would only need to attend a single event from it if for anything but to show her face!..

"I'll attend the rest of the event under the guidance of Ambassador Salem. Through thus event, I plan to forge good bonds with foreign powers or atleast give a strong impression. The Empress obviously holds a lot of sway in the inside of the Continent so I plan to gain some from the outside. The conference's is the best starting point.".

 "After the treaty is done, we would be off on a journey to find my daughter's shadow. With the advise I have been receiving, it seems we can't push it back any longer. The journey of manually locating her shadow would probably take around nine months or a year so we need to be heavily prepared. I'll be busy with the treaty so I'll entrust the preparation of the journey to you.", Tamara says while her Counsel bows in acceptance of her new order.

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***Three Months Later..

***In the Upper sector of the Outskirts of 'Eclipse of the Ocean'..

***In a small house built on top of a lonely hill..

***Navïælét's house.

 It's has been exactly one hundred days since Eleanora peaceful crossing to the other side and Navi is still in the process of finding peace with that.

 There is no such thing as fully letting go of someone you hold dear though one can always find peace with the believe that they are in a better place or they are wacthing over you.

 Navi's peace comes from choosing to believe that his mother is watching over him from wherever she is. Knowing she passed away peacefully and without regret brings another form of comfort but now,.. the time for mourning is now over.

 One hundred days!.

 Navi has selfishly given himself a hundred days to mourn his mother's demise from this world.

 Now that this time is up, another time begins. It's now time to shove down whatever dark feelings of loneliness, grief and sadness he has into an even darker corner of his mind.

 His mother raised a wolf not a pup!. Stupidly wallowing in self-pity for eternity would only bring disappointment to her very soul.

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 Lying on the soft wooden bed is Navi's body with his eyes closed and his breathing even.

Navi knows that this morning would have to be different from the previous one. Despite looking like it, Navi is not exactly asleep because he dares not sleep though he's not exactly awake either.

Navi is currently in a half-asleep and half-awake state.

 His body needs sleep but his mind cannot handle the strain of his dreams and so, Navi has subconsciously begun to lay down on this resting state.

It is not half as good as sleeping but it is way better than always being awake cause the lack of sleep is taking a serious toll on his mind and body.

¥BÜZZ!¥..

¥BÜZZ!¥..

 Still lying on his bed, a stone on the bed-side table gives a small buzz while prompting Navi to open his eyes almost immediately. He shifts off the blanket over his body and almost robotically, he calmly makes his way to the bathroom to take a bath.

He performs these actions too dryly fir someone who has been lying down seconds ago as he does them without even stretching or yarning.

 With icy-cold water over his skin (Evidence to a rushed bath) and a towel wrapped around his waist, Navi finds himself staring at his reflection once more in the basin's mirror.

 Although still handsome, Navi looks even sh*ttier that he's used to seeing!.

His dark circles has gotten two shades deeper, his skin is as pale as ever and his eyes are reddened from sleep deficiency. The only thing that remained the same for him is his wet ink-black hair.

 Softly sighing at nothing in particular, Navi lazily sweeps a few messy strands of hair back as he walks out of the bathroom to dress.

His daily routine for the last hundred days have been to sit at his mother's grave, force himself to eat however little for continued survival, hug a blanket with her familiar scent and then.. repeat.

Sometimes he throws a bath in the mix in order to prevent his mother from smelling his pathetic state.

 Dressing up, Navi thinks to himself.. all that is over now because today is no longer 'One day' but 'Day one'.

With this thoughts in mind, Navi walks to the cabinet and pulls out a specific set of clothes his mother had gotten for him.

 A white set of robes with a circular mandarin collar as well as an almost completely strap yet plain design that's cut to be almost perfectly fitted to his growing body alongside sleeves that stop over his wrist.

 The clothing's over Navi's fore-arm were plated with a bit of cream coloured flexible metal and so were the areas of Navi's knee and some areas of his back and torso.

 The entire attire is light, flexible and tough.

It is a full set of training armour.

Navi has never worn it before and so, it takes over an hour to squeeze his frame into its tight and sleek embrace.

His set of white combat boots are tightened over his legs. A tough open finger-glove with metal knuckles is fastened only on Navi's right hand and Navi sweeps back his messt ink-black hair into some decent style.

 Fully dressed up, Navi moves towards the only full body mirror in the house to check himself out.

His face furrows in barely noticeable amusement as he notices the complete change in his aura.

 He looks more fierce and the constract between his ink-black hair and his sharp white suit highlights his entire face even more.

His gaze looks deeper, his frame looks bigger and he even feels stronger!.

 After taking in these visuals, Navi walks up to a specific brown wooden cabinet which he calmly pulls open for his last necessities. In this cabinet, Navi finds a pair of shadow daggers in their respective brown leather sheath.

*Shing!*..

An sharp but almost silent hum of a blade bing pulled free rings out as Navi stares at the blade I'd the dagger in his hand with the sound tickling into his ears.

For some odd reasons the hum of the dagger feels oddly familiar to him and his mind even seems to miss the sound of the blade.

 Looking to his hands, Navi checks out his twelfth birthday day gift which is also the last birthday gift he had gotten from his mother.

 He swallows a little and re-sheath's the sharp and reflective blade while knowing exactly why his mother chose a weapon as the last gift from her to him.

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