Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 80: Return

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..." 

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