"Don't forget your end of our deal." (Adnal)
"I wouldn't dream of it." (Carmen)
With that said, Carmen handed the mini-light core to Adnal, who immediately ingested it.
After playing with the new light magic for a bit, "Thank you for the trade, all I lack now is earth magic." (Adnal)
"To bad I cannot help you there." (Carmen)
"It's fine, I will wait until I find someone break through to god realm in earth, and then offer them a trade that will suit them." (Adnal)
After those words were stated, she immediately disappeared from out sights.
"So... does this mean that Carmen will live to be 1,001,140 years old?" (Dawson)
"Not guaranteed, but she will age at a rate that will make it to where if she does not die for another reason, she will die around that age." (Ernest)
"What about Dawson, I don't want him to die before me." (Carmen)
"Remember my special 'Blood Blessing'?" (Dawson)
"Yes?" (Carmen)
"I can gain way more life expectancy than you have, as long as I fulfill its requirements." (Dawson)
"I know, but do you really think you can? I mean, I know that the first two tasks are a given," a rosy hue coming to her cheeks, intertwining her hands in front of her, "but do you really think that you can do all of them?" (Carmen)
"Up to Stage 8, I know I could easily do. Stage 9 I am unsure, and stage 10 is something I could never do." (Dawson)
"You could force someone you love to hate you?" (Carmen)
"Remember, it never said that I had to keep them hating me, just to make them hate me... I would do that when they were already angered with me, then after I had achieved the next stage, I would undo what I did." (Dawson)
"If it's like that, then... I guess I don't have to worry about either of us dying before the other, save some unfortunate event." (Carmen)
"We will live together as long as we are both alive, that I promise you Carmen." (Dawson)
After a short pause, sitting back down on his chair, "Well, Dawson, Carmen, Ariko, Harrold..." ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ, "I need a bit to fully wrap my brain around what just transpired in front of me, and recoup from casting that spell. Please go somewhere else for the time being." (Ernest)
We do as asked.
After we leave the room, and are far enough from the door for father not to hear, "Dawson, do you two want us to stick around, or would you prefer us to go elsewhere?" (Harrold)
"Carmen?" (Dawson)
Carmen shrugs her shoulders.
"Do as you see fit." (Dawson)
With those words, Ariko and Harrold leave, walking a little closer than I would have expected... '๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด?' I think to myself.
--Ariko Faustina, after parting with Dawson--
Once we were out of earshot of Dawson, "I must say, I was honestly surprised when you asked me out... You have helped me so much with coping with the passing of Honey, that I never expected that the feelings I started developing towards you were reciprocated" (Harrold)
"To be honest, I held interest in you since I first met you. It just slowly changed from wanting to get to know you, and what makes you tick, to wanting to be with you." as I finish my statement, I grab his hand. (Ariko)
In response to my actions, I see his face gain a pink hue.
"Still, I would not have pegged you for the romantically shy kind of guy. In every other aria you are direct and forthcoming, but when it comes to romance, you are like a kitten." (Ariko)
"I don't think 'like a kitten' really fits, should not it be more 'liken to a small child among many strangers'?" (Harrold)
Scratching my head with my other hand, "I don't think that's right either because different kids act differently." (Ariko)
--Dawson Sen, around the same time--
"Carmen, did you see what I just thought I saw?" (Dawson)
"Our personal guards are sure getting close, but is that a bad thing?" (Carmen)
"No, I was just making sure I was not seeing things... I am happy for them to be honest." (Dawson)
Grabbing Carmen's hand, "Follow me, I have a surprise for you."
"Oh? And this surprise is?" (Carmen)
"It's a surprise, why would I spoil it?" (Dawson)
She gives me a puppy dog look.
"That won't work, you'll find out shortly." (Dawson)
With a smirk hidden behind her puppy dog look, "But I wanna know now!" followed by a childish stomp on the ground. (Carmen)
"I see your hidden smirk, you are just trying to get me to tell you, but are actually happy that I'm doing this for you." (Dawson)
Giving a genuine yet bitter smile, "You got me." (Carmen)
As she finished saying this, we arrive in the flower garden, I take her to the gazebo in the midst. This gazebo is circular, has a round table in the middle of it with four chairs around the table, and has a moat with a bridge to access it. It is white, but the table is mahogany and the chairs are blood-red.
When we arrive, I turn one chair to where it is facing away from the table and towards the bridge. I then ask her to sit in the chair.
"Now as for my surprise." (Dawson)
After that, I recite the below poem.
๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ;
๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ;
๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ,
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ;
๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ถ
๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ '๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ;
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ;
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ,
๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ '๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ;
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ: ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ,
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ '๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ;
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ;
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ '๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ.
[Author's note: this poem is written by the author, slightly edited for story purposes, for other poems like this check out https://tiny.cc/WPA]
While I say this poem to her, her cheeks turn red, and her smile widens along with her eyes. As soon as I'm done, she jumps into my embrace crying. After crying for a bit, she calms down.
Looking up at me, while still hugging me, "Thank you Sone, that was beautiful... did you write this?" (Carmen)
"Yes, I wrote this for you." (Dawson)
Burying her head in my chest, "It was definitely a different way to do a poem, did you come up with that method too, or borrow it from another?" (Carmen)
"Well, I thought it up, and decided to try it, since I had never seen anyone else do such in the past." (Dawson)
I am a little surprised, she fell asleep standing up, leaning against my chest. With this in mind I, trying my best not to disturb her, motion a servant who is passing through over.
The servant looks like he was about to speak loudly, but then seemed to notice the situation, so very quietly asked, "What can I do for you young prince?" (Servant)
Just as quietly, "I was hoping you may know, or be able to bring me someone who knows a basic magic strengthening spell... I want to bring her up to her room myself, but know I have not the strength to do so without her help." (Dawson)
"I know that the royal sorcerer is still here, and knows such spells... I'll go fetch him right away." (Servant)
"Thank you sir." (Dawson)
With a wide smile, "No need to thank me, I work for your family anyway," then he directly departs. (Servant)
I stand there, making sure Carmen doesn't fall or anything. I can't help but smile while seeing her asleep. After about 5 minutes of standing there, the royal sorcerer and the servant walk up.
Gesturing towards the servant, in a quiet voice, "He told me what's going on... I have just the spell for you. This spell tends last about 10 minutes, if one goes beyond this, they tend to exhaust their mana." (Sorcerer)
Nearly whispering, "That's plenty of time, what do I need to do?" (Dawson)
"It's simple, focus your magic on your muscles, then try to move your muscles with magic alone, not using your brains signals at all." (Sorcerer)
"I understand... let me attempt this." (Dawson)
I start focusing my magic on the muscles in my arms and back, I know I already have the leg strength. After a while, I can feel my muscles twice over. I am thankful that I know which sensation is the normal, and which is the magic. I ignore the normal in those arias, and try using the magic side to lift Carmen into a princess carry... very appropriate if I do say so.
I am successful in getting her into that position without waking her. After that, I start walking towards her room, making sure to keep the magic flowing through my arms. It only takes me 7 minutes to make it to her room, which the two follow me along the way. The servant opens the doors along the way, including the door to Carmen's room. After arriving in Carmen's room, I lay her down on the bed. We both quietly exit her room (The sorcerer staying right outside the entire time).
Not loud enough for the sound to reach through the door, "Thank you both." Turning to the servant, "Neither of us have eaten dinner yet, can you please have someone on standby in case she wakes up, ready to get her food if she is hungry?" (Dawson)
"Yes sir, right away." (Servant)
Calling out to the servant, "One moment," I hand him a Gold Coin, "Take this, as my way of thanking you for your help." (Dawson)
Shaking his head, and trying to hand it back, "No I couldn't possibly." (Servant)
Pushing his hands back, and talking over him partway through the word couldn't, "I insist, or would you rather I just bring you to my father and ask him to give you a raise?" (Dawson)
Putting the coin against his chest, "I accept, thank you, your highness." (Servant)
Shaking my head, "No, thank you," gesturing towards him with my chin when I say 'thank you'. (Dawson)
He then goes, I assume to get a maid or someone to make sure Carmen gets food if she is hungry.
Turning towards the Sorcerer, "Now for you. What is the element you lack again?" (Dawson)
"The light element, but why does the young prince wish to know this?" (Sorcerer)
"I ask because that was the element I thought it was. I shall ask Carmen to grant you the element of light... After all, she did recently become a light goddess." (Dawson)
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