Progress VI Surprises III Midnight Camping I

"I'd imagine.. it seems the severed links are likely permanent? We'll have to await Lady Vina to see if such a revival is possible, thankfully mother Kethyllia reassured Auriana. If not I'd imagine Avery's Fragments might have worsened the situation"

Aurene gently whisper not wanting to wake Sienna causing Lady Salen to then nod while the now awake Aurelia hugged the sleeping Iva.

Having popped up after ensuring the godly aspects went by smoothly while she now played with the young prince in his dreams.

Soon enough the entire day had passed and the young prince had finally been told the truth resulting in his mood souring after the tears.

He simply didn't talk to anyone, mental message or otherwise, it was as if he was drained and simply couldn't.

Resulting in Jade delaying their meeting outside of her room while trying her utmost best alongside Mora while Iva and everyone else did the same until finally, he had finally returned to his own bed with Selphie, Noel, and Iris, Stella, Rory, and Elisabet.

While Aubrey and Audree wanted to share a room resulting in Amber, Elyris, Iva, Ayla, and Mela joining them since they loved the bonding.

All the while back with the young prince, he couldn't sleep and adorably sneaked out of bed after putting his boots on and making his way to the iconic always convenient balcony.

He simply wanted to go there however unbeknownst to him Octavia followed him having felt worried.

Albeit everyone was worried but Octavia couldn't sleep either and had a gut feeling her only little brother would wander off somewhere.

Resulting in her ultimately following him.

Resulting in the young prince simply looking at the stars for quite a while until finally Octavia finally joined him, surprising him before then simply nodding causing Octavia to playfully flick his forehead.

"Hmph! Shame on you Aurel! Not taking advantage of your wise and benevolent big sister should be a crime you know?"

Octavia adorably reminded causing the young prince to then immediately hug his pink-eared big sister.

Before then simply crying causing Octavia to then adorably nod while rubbing his back until finally he simply couldn't bear it any longer and simply unleashed his pent-up frustration.

"I-I don't want to die! I-I don't want sisters or mommies to die! S-So Aurel did everything Aurel could but Aurel did nothing! I-I love big sister so much! Please tell what Aurel to do!"

The young prince adorably cried while looking to his favorite pink-eared big sister causing her to then adorably flick his forehead once more.

"My little brother shouldn't burden himself so much you know? No more timeless whatever and more normal dreams! No more perverts, cheating, conjuring up mortal whatever, and no more overthinking! Freak accidents aren't something my little brother should cry about!"

"And I haven't seen you playing with your magepad lately? You loved it and yet you stopped playing with it?! Did your wise and benevolent big sister teach you for nothing?! No more antics! Did you think your favorite big sister wouldn't notice?!"

"Ask big sister Selphie to read you stories before bed too! And there's nothing wrong with being my adorable little brother you know so never stop!"

"And Noel misses you during training! And I know my little brother doesn't like change but you should give it some time as you did with me you know!"

Octavia adorably ranted before then ultimately talking about everything that had changed and what she thought of everything resulting in the young prince taking it in strides.

And ultimately explains his fears and reasons behind why he usually went so far, surprising Octavia who gave him several more flicks to the forehead for an added measure!

To put it simply Octavia pointed out how silly it was to go so far when he was emotionally happier when he took his time and wanted to spend time with his mommies and big sisters.

Resulting in him having forgotten that to then adorably become teary and doing a one-eighty.

Until finally he realized what and when he went wrong and made a new list of what to do and what not to do from now on.

All the while taking suggestions from Octavia resulting in her squeezing in big sister time while everything else was returning to normal aside from the new faces.

Causing Jade to then ultimately sigh having realized sometimes you just need your bunny big sister to come back to reality!

All the while causing the young prince to then lovingly compliment Octavia's ears, tail, and ultimately fond over her much as he had done with Aldra.

Causing Octavia to then proudly smile before then remembering something and looking around the balcony as if sizing it up before then finally nodding.

"Let's camp here! You can camp anywhere you know! And this balcony 'is' huge.. so it'll be perfect if it doesn't rain! And even if it does we'll use a tent! For now, do you think anyone would stop us if we had a campfire?"

"Wai-Wait you should know after going through that survival whatever! As your favorite big sister, I want to know everything!"

Octavia excitedly suggested causing the young prince to then excitedly nod and pouncing on Octavia once more resulting in another forehead flick and giggling session.

All the while both looked for the perfect spot to set up their adorable camp and campfire.

The young prince explained as much as he could starting with his survival stories, and mentioning he refused to eat or kill bunnies, foxes, and leopards resulting in instances he had to scavenge for berries.

All the while also hiding from those pesky legendary and sacred beasts! Which in itself was very difficult even if he stockpiled as much as he could and lived in abandoned places until finally finding Lady Frostma's Palace.

Surprising Octavia having realized it was bad but not to this extent! Why would a stupid Lightning Eagle who had already entered The Sacred Realm and could literally speak target her little brother?!

She now had newfound hate for lightning eagles!

Almost killing her precious little brother is unforgivable! Same with rude priestesses! Resulting in Octavia now keeping a careful watch over her little brother, be it from goddess perverts, list applicants, and even from himself?!

Innocent antics are one thing but recklessness is another! Her little brother kept getting hurt because of it! Or perhaps he was simply unlucky?

Neither of which mattered now that his favorite pink-eared big sister was on the case! She'll become his lucky charm and ward off those bullies!

Starting by telling her mommy and other sisters! At least in the morning? Made no sense to do it now! Until finally everything was prepared!

Be it the soft pink rug, the large futon that resembled both a playmat and a bed on top of it, alongside the spare large pink tent with a surprisingly translucent room that appeared to simply not have one until you looked at it from a different angle?

Which in itself made the young prince's eyes sparkle and of course there wouldn't be camping without a fire pit!

Thankfully there was already one hidden away on the balcony and only needed to be uncovered and activated making it even more ideal due to the smoke-warding magewreaths being in place!

Resulting in Octavia after several moments of stargazing with her little brother to then adorably pausing.

"We could use some snacks you know.. let's raid the kitchen! I know you didn't eat dinner you know! I never thought that shameless cutie Ayla would ever offer away her cake! She even offered to eat your vegetables! We were worried, you know!"

"And reading some scary artisan book isn't dinner! Even if my newest little sisters tried to distract you with alchemy talk while sneaking in those spoonfuls of curry into your mouth? Thinking of which.. Aubrey and Audree are geniuses! If only I thought of that.."

"Any-Anyways, let's sneak into the kitchen, grab some food and post it on Gildergram! Who's gonna stop us?!"

Octavia excitedly whispered causing the young prince to then excitedly nod, soon enough after leaving a note on the door they had soon made their way to the kitchens! Albeit the one Sura usually used?

Unfortunately, they were soon greeted by both Lady Vina and Lady Salen who I kid you not strolled around the palace aimlessly all the while going over what had happened.

Resulting in Lady Vina after getting a glimpse of the young prince immediately pouncing on both her little sister and the cutest pink bunny.

Soon enough Lady Salen led them to the kitchen while Lady Vina happily went over what had happened after she inspected her little sister's bodies, however, the news wasn't extremely positive.

But still positive nonetheless, surprising Octavia having not known the finer details all the while causing Lady Vina to then adorably nod.

"The good news is that I've successfully revived all three of our little sisters! But big sister isn't a goddess, so big sister could only do so much! All three will need to return to cocoons for seventeen years to completely recover.. I'm so sorry little sister!"

"Even if big sister Frostma helps using the spaces between time and space they'll still need two years of rehabilitation in real time! So until little sisters fully recover and go through those two years of rehabilitation, I'll need to find three replacements and add eight more to little sister Salen's unit!"

Lady Vina adorably explained surprising the young prince having felt a sense of relief especially after Vina explained the rest, of the seventeen years will inside of Lady Frostma's space.

Not only that Lady Frostma will visit their connected dream, personally teach them, and go over any manner of topics.

And allow them the freedom to decide on their fates, what hobbies they will have, and so forth. Essentially focusing on progress and the obtainment of individuality something Lady Vina had trouble implementing herself.

Outside of them all becoming priestesses of Selphine and obtaining individuality through faith, she had very little idea on how to give them any real form of individuality?

Lady Austine was an obvious anomaly that greatly helped in this regard, while Lady Vinny was and still is a Void Dragon Aspect.

So there simply wasn't much room while Lady Bona was being trained as a Blight Dragon Aspect all the while wanting to visit the young prince but not being allowed to due to the strictness of training.

And funnily enough, Lady Vinny also wanted to speak to him but had chosen to instead assist and train alongside Bona, while Lady Vina had even gotten word from Ladies Ravania and Ravinia as well as Vulpes funnily enough?

At least she heard of Vulpes from Selphie having apparently visited alongside Silas during the godly reconciliation process before then returning to visiting auction houses! Meaning everything was quite hectic and fun for her?

As for Vulpes apparently, he hadn't chosen to stay in his gifted form even if he still had access to it.

Rather after spending time with his mother, brother, and his sisters and meeting modern-day royalty, albeit quite a few due to The Empire of Vulpes formerly being several, while he had chosen his much younger form?

Meaning he looked to be around sixteen and showcased his mother's beauty he had inherited, having chosen this, he had to rego through his training as Imperial Prince of Vulpes meaning he was ultimately snatched.

Resulting in Lady Vina ultimately updating him on everyone from that apparent training, Priestess Laphine had become a Priestess of The Light Elves and would be visiting eventually due to her experience with both The Temple of Selphine and so forth.

The Shameless Fairy Princess Faelin Fae had finally returned home since apparently she was once or still may be The Crown Princess of The Fairies and would also be visiting after her grounding.

Ladies Vin, Val, and Vee debuted their Idol group and would eventually visit as well!

Causing the young prince to then adorably blush before then shyly nodding and listening to the rest, Lady Gospel had returned to The Temple of Selphine, and apparently, she was being considered a position as a Saint by a certain Holy Spirit.

Meaning she may return but not as A Temple Guard Commander?

While the others of The Secret Blight Facility had gotten what they were promised and may or may not visit?

Fortunately, everyone had kept contact since the majority essentially got their hands on mage pads and added him as a friend on Gildergram funnily enough.

They even had a messaging group! Unfortunately, the young prince had yet to check his magepad and had no real idea that all of them had casually been commentating the entire time and wondering if or when he'd ever see it.