Magical Readathon Diaries

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Faraine #11: Obsidian Falls (Part 3)

Part 3: The Concert

Day 1 | Day 2 | The Concert After I have eaten I got thrown out by Vala. I went back to the campfire where I met Nyxia and Ayla they both were pretty nice to talk to and since Rudy probably already invited every stranger she met I had no problem with inviting these two to the concert too. Half an hour later it was time to make myself ready for the concert. That was when Vala made her great entry, yeah there is really no other way to describe it. Vala likes to tell everybody she meets for the first time that she is Vala Silverview Crown Princess of Ossory. However tonight she hardly had to tell anybody that she was a princess(She still did it but it was really unnecessary). Vala appeared in the most expensive and beautiful dress that I've ever seen and wore more jewelry then was appropriate anywhere then in a palace. I was prepared for anything to shock me, but this went way over everything I could have imagined. I was stunned. Now suddenly I was thankful that I could play music and get my thoughts away from her. When I first stood in front of everybody with all eyes locked on my I felt a little of my anxiety coming back, so I had to remember myself this was not a concert, not the kind of concert that destroyed my live. Not the kind of concert that took my first love (the music) from me. This was only a little play in front of friends. So I just closed my eyes and started to play. I was no longer on this path I was back in my room at home and just played for myself, like I did a thousand times before. I played my favorite song, that song that was played the very first day on this path. I have no idea how many songs I played or how much time was passed but when I was back on the path in front of my friends I felt great. I knew that there is no reason to be scared to play in front of them. I see how much they enjoy it. They dance with each other and while the music played all problems were forgotten. When I later, were it minutes or hours, I have no idea, stopt playing and gave my magic control over my instrument. I went into the middle of the crowed and just enjoyed the atmosphere with everybody dancing. And just when I wished I could dance with somebody myself Vala joined me and offered me a dance. We both danced with each other until my feet could no longer support me. Vala lead me to a silent place and we talked much more. (Yes we only talked). I really liked her there was no more denying of that. We talked until I fell asleep next to her. The remaining days we passed in the falls went by pretty fast. I spent most my time with my friends or had a more private time with Vala, where we talked about our past before the path, our present here at the path and our plans for the future. In this time Vala really awoke a new dream in me the dream to teach music. It was the one way to stay close to my love to music but with no pressure of being a music star. These talks gave me so much clarity but one answer I even after a week here in Summer Camp Obsidian Falls, still didn't know is the answer to the question what do I feel for Vala. I really liked her, she was a great person to talk to and is one of the most attractive person I ever saw. But do I feel more for her then friendship mixed with physical attraction or is this whole thing not more then a little summer camp romance? I really don't know and I really should figure it out if only to be fair to Vala and myself.

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Faraine #11: Obsidian Falls (Part 2)

Part 2: Day 2

Day 1 | Day 2 | The Concert The next morning Vala proposed a fresh start an opportunity I gladly took. She apologized for her behavior on the previous day and we had a good talk. That was until I got tricked by her and Rudy, a young iltirian, who joined us here at the falls. Earlier I promised Rudy to play her some music but, since right then I had no instrument with her I promised her to play some that evening at campfire. What I didn't thought is that Rudy would go out and inform the whole camp about me playing music in the evening. And of course Vala supported that idea. Before I got my protest out and that I didn't say I would do it for the whole group, Rudy was already on her way. So with the concert pretty much arranged I had a couple more hours until I had to prepare myself. I spent more time with Vala talking until we saw Lira, my nickname for Adalira(she calls me Farsicle), with some stranger. Turns out that stranger was her overprotective Brother Darien. Let's just say I don't like him, the reason for that might be that he threaten to take away my best friend and bring her back to their mother. Turns out he was not only an overprotective brother, but an overprotective Brother who has fire powers that he can't control. Because when I stepped between him and Lira he suddenly threw a fireball out of his hand. He looked as shocked as everybody else and the fireball didn't hit anybody, so it was all fine. Or would have been all fine if Vala not suddenly found a protective side and shoved me out of the fireball trajectory(In which I not even was) and I fell and injured my ankle. It was really painful but it was in the same time also cute to see how worried Vala was and how she went into total control mode to take care of my injury. She didn't relax until it turned out that it was only a sprain. I got a healing potion and then fell asleep in Vala's tent. When I woke up I got some food from Vala, who took according to Lira good care of me while I was asleep. Lira and Darien where by then already gone, they had some catch up to do, so I was again talking with Vala alone. After I was done eating. Vala threw me out of the tent, cause she 'had to prepare to impress the musician of the concert tonight'. I had no idea what that meant but it didn't help to calm my nerves before the concert.

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Faraine #11: Obsidian Falls (Part 1)

Part 1: Day 1

Day 1 | Day 2 | The Concert I still own you the rest of my story from the Obsidian falls. When I arrived together with Insiya, Fantasia, Eira and Adalira the Obsidian Falls the sun already set, so our first experience with the Falls was beautiful. The water of the falls was glowing in all different kind of colors. So you can understand my shock when I woke up the next morning and the water suddenly was pitch black. I can't understand how this works but apparently, the water of the falls turn every evening colorful before they turn back to black when the sun rises. And like my swimming later learned me it still behaves like normal water even if the color is wrong and no I didn't try to drink it. They may say I'm immature but I'm not stupid(not that stupid anyway). All in all we had a pretty nice time at the falls as a group. That is when you ignore the whole part where we nearly died cause we suddenly were all poisoned at the same time. But thanks to Eira, her potions and Vala's fast reaction we got through it. But after that incident we had a pretty good time at the falls, our own little summer camp. I even got closer with Vala, you know the one about who I wrote a whole rant. Yeah turns out she was not so bad.  But let's get to one after the other. Back to the day after we arrived here. The rest of our friends group has also arrived at the falls a bit later the night before. So in the morning during breakfast we were able to convince Eira to give us a little crash course in potions. She was a great teacher and who would have though that course couldn't have been at a better time. Because moments after we ended the course the first of us started to feel sick, and some even fell unconscious. Vala reacted the fastest and started to give the fresh made antidote to the people on the ground and called that everybody who feels sick should take it. I think she saved all our lives with this fast reaction. But you already know how negative the rest of the day with her went. If you look back at this it was really a horrible day,so let's end this day here.

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Ayla #4: Entry 3

The Mist took a lot out of me. The first moment of relief when I got out didn't last long and the last few days I've had this pending feeling of unease. I guess fear doesn't go away just because you want it to. But, as my grandmother always says: "Emotions are allowed to accompany us on our travels, but they are not allowed to force our way." So on I go, with fear, loneliness, and a sense of dread as my companions. Wonderful.

It's gotten a bit better though. I still don't really feel like getting close to anybody, although I'm getting used to the amount of futures around me. Some of them seem to know each other quite well already, they travel in pairs or groups. Right now I'm just...observing...some people might call it stalking or eavesdropping. I don't. I observe.

On the upside, the stars have been visible a lot more. It feels comforting. They help quiet my thoughts and calm my body. As do my books. I was only able to take three with me and have read all three multiple times at this point, but it doesn't matter. There are quite a few interesting theories in them that I'm trying to incorporate into my calculations. It's gonna be amazing, being at the academy and having access to all that knowledge.

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New Tweet! End of the Novice Path!

✨The Magical Readathon Novice Path has ended! I wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has joined, I hope it was fun! I was nervous trying to re-birth this into a new thing and I hope it's been okay so far! Don't forget to log your books, will note a number tomorrow🥰

— Magical Readathon: Orilium - The Novice Path (@MagicalReadthn) October 2, 2021

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Notion Templates

This readathon has brought out the creative energy is so many people. Some of them create beautiful notion templates. Here is the link to a notion page that compiles those templates in 1 place (like this tumblr!). Please give proper credit and respect the wishes of the owners. Huge shoutout to Lulla for compiling all of these!

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Google Drive Updated!

Hey! If you haven’t checked in a while, BookRoast has updated the Magical Readathon google drive! There are new folders and new files, including the Novice Path story, guild banners and updated transcripts. Check the link out! https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1Yxt3yHOUo4CfHHu4FnAZfOs9AW_mwEKO?usp=sharing

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Daeven’s Backstory

Daeven Thelron is an abandoned and orphaned Skaimorn, living in Dark Meadow. He doesn't remember his parents, doesn't remember the circumstances that lead to him being orphaned, doesn't even know if anyone even knew about him. But Daeven didn't let that fact weigh him down, he accepted his fate and decided to make the best of it. So for a while, he lived alone, exploring and the learning the secrets of the dark mountains. When he met other Skaimorn, he enjoyed their company, traded stories, shared a meal... some would even teach him some magic. Over time, he made some friends and even came to enjoy the occasional party in his nomadic life. For a century, he was happy. But after the first century, Daeven grew tired of the life he had once so cherished. It became... Predictable. Mundane. Boring. He looked to the other Skaimorn for guidance, but no one gave him a satisfying answer. The best he got was to exchange his wisp form for a corporeal one but... what guarantee did he have that life would or could change? Dark Meadow certainly didn't. Then, one day, he spotted white-haired girl climbing around the hillsides. No one with corporeal form ever wandered this deep into the mountains. Intrigued, Daeven followed the girl. Her white hair was tied up into a high pony tail and she wore a determined look on her face. When she got to a high point, she would look back, survey the area and write something down on her notebook. What was she writing? It turned out she was trying to map out the mountains, an impossible task unless you were a Skaimorn, which this girl most definitely was not. When the girl, unsurprisingly, got in trouble, Daeven rushed to help.. which got him stuck in a sticky situation. They worked together to save themselves and get the girl - Leilyn - back to her home.After that, Leilyn would come to visit him and Daeven would hang around the entrance to the Great Libary so she wouldn't need to wander to deep into the mountains. It wasn't easy but eventually they came up with a shorthand to communicate. Leilyn described a world much larger and much more exciting than Daeven imagined and Leilyn herself, made the world a much more interesting place and based on their first adventure, Daeven knew that life would never be boring ever again. So, at the (relatively) young age of 104 years old, Daeven decided to go through the transformation. He still preferred to live in the mountains when he was in Dark Meadow but he started following Leilyn and her family around. The Thistleshadows welcomed him into their family, treating him like he was one of their own. They schooled him everything from history to magic to fighting, these lessons gave him his love for books and invention. He can always be spotted either in the library researching or in the workshop, tinkering on something new. (Where do you think Leilyn got her gadgets?) When he wasn't doing that, he was scheming and getting in trouble with Leilyn but also getting her/them out of it. Leilyn and her family gave him a life he never knew he wanted and he vowed to always be loyal to them. So when Orion Thistlecrest approached him and asked him to be an extra set of eyes on Leilyn, to be her bodyguard, Daeven didn't hesitate. Plus, Orion never said he had to keep Leilyn out of trouble, just help get her out of it. Daeven's has had 2 very different lives, and he's about to get a 3rd.

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MRD Guild Members

Curious to see which guilds our MRD characters were invited to? Scroll to see! I will be making new profiles with all the new information closer to the next readathon, since there is so much still up in the air. (Disclaimer: Guild banners by BookRoast, the headers were designed by me)

Daeven Thelron

Mairwen Ó Séaghdha

Larkspur Amaranthys

Rhain Valence

Seraphina Morrow

Terberis Aeres

Aurin Beileth

Dhami Ceontom

Djali

Irwyn Gaerotan

Vala Silverview

Zinnia

Ayla

Faraine Rora

Feofil Zhukov

Flynn Viljar

Leilyn Thistleshadow

Lucia Arian

Moira Ravensmoor

Rudella Rubrum

Violet

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Ayla #3: The Mist

At first, the mist almost seems welcoming, soft. I can hear people not far from me sigh in relief and begin to venture further. Maybe it's gonna be fine. And then something changes. I'm not sure what it is. A feeling, a sensation, the beginning of a thought in the depths of my mind. The hairs on my arms stand up, the mist seems to become thicker, more invasive.  I feel panic start to rise, there doesn't seem to be enough air, it's suddenly too hot and too cold at the same time. I look around and there is nothing but mist. It feels like it's creeping into my ears, muffling all sound. The mist gets even thicker and I can't see the ground anymore, can't even see my hands in front of me. I blink, rub my eyes, blink again. But it's all just white. I haven't been able to see out of my right eye properly for years. But I can see shapes and light and movement. This is different. I haven't been able to see out of my right eye properly for years. But I can see shapes and light and movement. This is different. How long have I been here? I haven't been able to see out of my right eye properly for years. But I can see shapes and light and movement. This is different. I am lost. Lost in time, with no way out. A sob catches in my throat and I feel tears stream down my face. I have had nightmares like this. Nightmares where I woke up screaming, convinced they were my reality. And now they are. They are my present, my future. There are no stars to guide me, I am all alone. But I am not alone. Never. The thought is just a whisper, but it's enough. I feel my grandma's arms around me, her soft voice humming a song, the same way she has done so many times before. I take a few deep breaths, try to calm my body and my mind. I remember what my grandmother has taught me. Being scared is allright. Emotions have a right to exist, they are to be respected. But they do not have control over me and they do not get to dictate how I behave. My thoughts are thoughts, they do not always tell the truth. I may feel alone, but I am not alone, not ever. I might feel lost, but that doesn't mean I can't find my way. I am on this journey to learn, to understand and to explore time. But I will never control time. No one can, no one should. If this is my future, than that's what it is. I am not alone. Never. I am not lost. I am finding my way. I take another deep breath, get to my feet, open my eyes and take a step forward. And another. And with every step the mist seems to get clearer. And with every step the mist seems to get clearer. 

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Ayla #2: Entry 2

We made it to the Ashtorn Tree. It felt heavy and light at the same time. Quiet and loud. So loud. Overwhelming. When we first stepped into the forest, I thought the whispers were the pasts and futures of the people around me, amplified by the power that surges all around us. But here they are again. Louder, trying to get our attention, trying to tell their stories. Some people seemed like it took all their restraint not to go straight to the tree and touch it. I don't need to look at the futures to know that this might be a bad idea. Not that I'm not intrigued. But it's not the power I'm interested in. Not the symbols, although they did look fascinating. I didn't even take a closer look at them...because of the whispers. Oh, the whispers. Could this possibly be an equally bad idea as touching the tree? Totally. But I am not here to pass on an opportunity like this. To ignore this future. The whispers have stories to tell. And I am willing to listen.

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Zinnia was born and raised in a hidden temple on an Island of Kerador. She has always been surrounded by the wilderness and her secluded human clan, who reveres their special martial arts as much as they revere their god. Soon, Zinnia will be baptized at age 12, given the honour of going up in the hierarchy because of her strength, at the cost of her beloved freedom outdoors. But her grandparents, who already went to Orilium and joined the clan because of their daughter later in life, smuggled her out. And so, on her 12th birthday, Zinnia finds herself on a visiting merchant's caravan, on her way to the novice path. Zinnia is blonde with silver eyes, and carries gold jewelry that each have their meaning. She is peace loving, kind and soft spoken, but can often find herself in trouble because of her lack of understanding of the world.

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Vala #4: The Escape

Ganada was not stupid, she made sure there is no way for Vala to get some fun out of her punishment. Every servant sent to her was male and ordered to not to talk to her. The only positive contact Vala had now was Lini but she also was only allowed to visit her when she was to prepare Vala for a court meeting. Vala knew maybe she should have listened to Lini and not provoke her sister so much, Did she regret flirting with the prince's handmaiden surely not. But maybe the whole talk with Ganada could have gone better. But what happened happened and is not to change, so she has to live with the consequences. At least Vala was lucky and got her book about the Orilium Academy out of the library before she became a captive in her own room. Lini felt bad for Vala. Vala looked terrible whenever Lini was sent to her to prepare her for a meeting with another prince. But that girl was to proud to give in in anyway. Oh no if the queen thought she would get Vala to finally cooperate with her to get out of her prison, the queen couldn't have been more wrong and everybody who knew Vala good enough could have predicted that. Only problem Lini is really the only person in this palace who knows her sweet girl good enough. Meeting after meeting Vala flirted with some servant girl, and Lini was convinced by now Vala would, if no woman was available even flirt with male servants just to annoy her sister. However doesn't matter what Vala shows to the outside Lini knows how much her little girl hurts inside, she always needed her human interactions and now she is most of her time alone in her room. Today Lini was sent again to Vala. Vala was to meet an elven prince. Lini entered Vala's room. The girl was again studying the book about the Orilium Academy. “How are you my sweetheart?” Vala asked. “I'm fine Lini. Don't worry about me. But I need your help today. I decided I will visit this Academy and learn about magic.” Vala said confidently. “Vala do you really think the Queen will you allow that?”-”Oh no she won't allow it to me if I ask my sister. But I already wrote a letter for her explaining how this is best for both of us. The only thing I need from you is for you to give this letter to my sis tomorrow morning.” Vala said. You could see this girl already has a full escape plan ready in her head. And if this girl has a plan that she is sure will work, it will work 11 out of 10 times. “So I guess that means this will be the last time we see us before you leave.” Lini asked- Lini felt sad about the thought to lose her “daughter”, but she was also happy for Vala to get out of this and fulfill her dream. Maybe at the academy she will finally learn to get real friends she can really trust and have no interest in using her.. Two hours later Vala was ready to meet the “prince”, who was part of her escape plan. What nobody, not even Lini knew, is that Prince Fanta is no real prince but an escape plan she planted a long time ago. Fanta is in reality a brother of one of her paramours. He will get her out of the palace in exchange for some gold. Vala is sad that she had to use Lini as unknowing  accomplice, but to Lini's own protection she couldn't know about the plan. Lini herself delivered the start signal to the escape plan, although Lini thought she delivered some kind of love letter to one of my paramours. The whole plan relied on her sister searching very desperate for some prince to marry her off. So that was one reason that she had to turn down and upset every prince. That and her just enjoying the flirting. Now Ganada was at a point where she accepted every prince she got and not really check if the prince background really is true. The goodbye with Lini was harder then she hopped it to be. Lini would find a letter from Vala later in her room where she will get everything explained. And Vala promised her to come back to her and that she will always love her as much as a daughter could love her mother. One hour the plan was on. Vala has left the palace and the city for the first time in years. and 2 weeks later they left Ossory long behind them and have reached the coast of Daerune. Last night Ganada got news that Prince Fanta kidnapped Vala and escaped with her out of the city. But now Valas former nurse brought a letter to her. The nurse told her that she found that latter today in her room and that it was address to the Queen. Ganada took the letter and read it: “Hey Sis, sorry I mean Good day my Queen, by now you probably realized that I'm no longer here and you might even be angry. That's why I wrote you this letter. Let me explain to you why you shouldn't be angry. My disappearance is a great chance for both of us. I for one get my freedom back and you on the other hand got rid of your biggest trouble. You can now say I got kidnapped or died and in the end you can just forget about me. I'm no longer a dark spot in your perfectly silver life. So don't be angry and just enjoy a live where I can no longer embarrass you. Love Vala PS: okay who do I try to trick here. We both know there is no Love between us. PSS: Please give good care to my dear Lini, I know you don't owe me anything but Lini served the royal family good for all our live.” Ganada had to read the letter multiple time but she has to admit Vala had a point.  So Ganada let the letter burn and is ready to move on. After Vala left the palace and Lini brought the letter she got to the Queen. She found a letter herself in her room, that explained Valas whole plan. Vala even organized a nice house outside the city walls for Lini to move on to a new life. Lini was even more surprised when the Queen offered Lini a life long pension for all her service she did to the royal family. Lini knew this pension was Vala's last good bye to her.

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Feofil Zhukov, or short Feo, is an urban Iltirian from Kerador. Grown up far away from his birthplace, Darkmeadow, Feo is not the typical Iltirian one could possibly meet if they meet one at all. He came to Kerador as a child of only five years old – under unknown circumstances.  He instantly found a new family in a merry band of thieves and other criminals, who had a quick gasp on his unusual talent for the Art of Illusion. Of course, his ability to shapeshift into a crow is also pretty beneficial in the most dubious situations.

Due to his upbringing, Feofil has probably not a lot in common with his people, the Iltirians. He is a cheerful soul, bringing a laugh on everyone’s face. In all likelihood one will come across Feo in one of the various establishments of the city, always being the centre of attention, singing, dancing, drinking and frolicking his way through crowds of the tavern guests.

He felt the pull to Orilium at age 29. He always knew that someday, someday he must start his very own journey – but when this day was there, he felt devastated. Feo has to leave everything behind he knows, and most importantly: his best friend, a human man called Estrik.

Encouraged by his friend, he finally left Kerador for the Novice Path Outpost. To discover what he truly can do with his magic. What he is supposed to do. And possibly learn more about himself. Picrew creator: MiseMiseP

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Ayla #1: Entry 1

The first few days have been alright. I'm mostly getting used to being active during the day. I miss being awake at night. I miss the peace it brings, the freedom. The feeling of being connected to the stars, to time, to everything around me. It takes a lot of energy to go against what your body and your mind are telling you to do, but, as we have been told, travelling druing the night is not advised. I've kept mostly to myself, just some talks here and there. It's a strange feeling, beeing in the company of so many people who all have the same goal. So many differnet journeys, different lives...but one common goal. I tried to explore some different futures last night. To see what to expect and who to avoid. But there are too many people, too many variables, too many possibilities. We've also been mostly in the forest and the stars have felt further away than usual. The futures are too many to count and too dark to see.

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We Go On

Okay so this isn't Haikyu!! (I'm sorry...), but in September I will be taking part in a readathon created by Book Roast on youtube - the Orilium: The Novice Path Readathon. I thought of this scenario while listening to the playlist I had made for this readathon, based on my Earthling character Treya, and I hope that I've written it well. The characters and story are mine, but the world and species (Earthlings, Iltirian, Skaimorn, etc) belong to Book Roast. If anyone else is participating, best of luck on the path!

Warnings: some gore

Word Count: 4124

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Writings from @crazyasacupcake​ based on their Magical Readathon Treya. Take a gander and make sure to give them a follow!

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Vala #3: From Freedom to Prison

6 years later 3 weeks after the death of King Egar

Queen Ganada Silverview, Queen of Ossory and Protector of the dwarfs, sits bored in her throne room listening to her advisors about the problems of the drought. It's not like she doesn't care about it, the problem is, it is a problem that returns every year and every year her advisor have to share their opinion how to handle it best and in the end Ganada just has to decide to do it the same way they did it last year. Ganada doesn't understand why they even have to do that process if everybody already knows the ending. But the only explanation she gets is it is the protocol. As a Queen she should be able to change protocols but like all laws of Ossory a change of protocol needs an agreement of the council of the seven wise dwarfs. So it won't happen. After that meeting she will have to look after her trouble-making half Sister, Crown Princess Vala. Since her father died 3 weeks ago Vala is one big pain in Ganadas neck. She misses most of her meetings with emissaries and is not very cooperative when Canada is trying to find a good husband for her. If Ganada is honest with herself her sister probably did not change it's just that she now is a crown princess and should fulfill more duties. But Vala is the same for years. She reads books and meet's girls.  Right now she is probably in the library or with some daughter of a foreign emissary, instead of being here where she should be. Vala is trawling through the library. Two days ago she heard of an academy in Orilium where they can teach magic. This is what she was looking for.  For as long as Vala can remember her main goal was always to understand Aeldia and everything on it. And when she says anything she means anything. If Vala has to think of one weakness she has then it is that she is obsessed with learning every single thing there is to know.  And now that she heard about that school of magic she has to learn more about it. For that reason Vala spent the last few days in the library, at least the time she had free between royal missions, get to knows with princes who are potential marriage partners, to her sisters and the princes discontent, these meetings end mostly with her flirting with their cute handmaidens and them leaving upset. As much as she enjoys these prince meetings, it still leaves her not nearly enough time to study. But today she is lucky she found a book about the mysterious Orilium Academy. She immediately starts reading in it when one of the queen's guard comes by and tells her: “The Queen wishes to see you, your highness” “Say to my sis that I will be there in fifteenth minutes” Vala says and dives back into the book. “I'm sorry, your highness, but the queen wishes to see you know and gave me order to pull you with me if you don't follow.” the guardsman states. “Okay as fun as it for everybody would be when the princess was pulled behind one of the queen's guard. I think we both prefer if I walk by my own. Then lead me to her.” Vala says to the waiting guard. “As you wish, your highness” the guard says and leads her to her Sister. Entering Ganadas private rooms Vala knows that her Sister might not be in the best mood and is not happy with her. “Hello my dear Sister, How can I help you today.” Vala says as if everything is normal. “Don't dear Sister me after you missed the big meeting with the advisors this morning” Ganada said trying to suppress her anger. “Oh was that this morning sis. I'm sorry I thought I had a meeting with some noble prince this evening and had to prepare myself” Vala says calmly. “First of all don't call me sis. You can call me “my Queen” or “Your majesty”. Understand?” Ganada says now without suppressing any anger and adds before Vala could answer “Secondly what do you even need to prepare for your meeting with Prince Nigewin? With which of his servants do you want to sleep this time?” Vala had to suppress a smile and then says: “I'm so sorry to disappoint you, my Queen, and prince Nigewin. I would very much like to not disappoint you. So how about we give the prince a good evening with good food and a nice dinner companion.” Vala says and makes a little break before she adds: “And I meet in the meantime his cutest servant and give her a good evening” Vala knew she shouldn't have said that but just couldn't resist. “GO OUT IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TONIGHT WE WILL TALK AGAIN TOMORROW” Ganada shouted. Vala left with a curtsy “As you wish my Queen” Vala says in a normal volume and after turning around adds in whisper:” I guess we talk again tomorrow” Vala back in her room let her guard bring Lini to prepare her for dinner with the prince. Her sister was definitely right Vala was already looking which of the prince's servants she liked most but despite her sister's view on this thing Vala doesn't plan to sleep with any servants most of them are probably not even into women. She only flirts with them lets them blush and annoys the prince with it. She would guess that the princes are mostly jealous anyway. Not about her flirting with the servant and not with them, most of them by now know her interest and want to marry her only for political reason anyway. No, they are jealous that the one servant they probably only hired because of there looks flirts with Vala instead of the prince. While Vala was in thought when Lini, who now that Vala is too old for a nurse took the job as valet of the Crown Princess. “Hey, sweetheart how are you doing?” Lini said lovingly. “I'm good thanks I finally found a book about Orilium I was able to take it with me before my dear sis called me to her.” Vala told Lini. “Good to hear. But I was talking about the rumor that the Queen threw you out of her room and was pretty angry with you.” Lini said. “Oh, you mean that. Yeah, she was not the biggest fan of sending a nice dinner companion to the prince while I had some fun with his handmaiden.” Vala laughs. “Vala you should really be more respectful to your sister she is Queen now and she no longer can ignore if you disrespect her all the time. You might force her to punish you.” Lini adds sadly sounding to the discussion. “Have no worry dear Lini. Ganada won't do anything she just needs me to get out her frustration of the rest of her day. Anyway Lini I need you to prepare me for the dinner tonight I need to look my best if I want to blush that girl she looks like she is not as inexperienced as other ones” Lini only rolled her eyes and said:” So you already found your woman of the evening” “Lini you should know me. When do I go unprepared into an evening like that.” The next morning Vala has like expected a Queen's guard waiting for her who leads her directly to the Queen. “Good morning sister. I assume you heard about last night's dinner?” Vala asks innocently. “Oh don't even talk I have no time for your crap. So you go out of that discussion with me yesterday  and go directly to seduce a random handmaiden of the prince?” Ganada asked rhetorically. “Oh, that's just not true. First of all, Tri was not a “random” handmaiden, she was carefully chosen. Second I did seduce nobody. Tri is even married and definitely not into women.” Vala clarified “So you want to say you didn't flirt with her last night?” Ganada asks provokingly. “Ha flirt I did indeed, and to be honest with you she was a pretty hard challenge I needed to pull pretty much all stops to get her to blush. I nearly...”-” STOP IT, you let down your duty and instead are only hanging around in the library and flirt with women all around the court. Since you are not a responsible person I will take all rights of you to freely roam the castle. Guards will bring you to meeting and back to your room otherwise you stay there.” Ganada ordered. “So I get grounded from my sister? My Younger sister?” Vala knew that last part was too much but she was also pretty angry now. “I'm not your Sister you are just the daughter of some dirty lowborn who wanted to trick my father to get to wealth. And yes you are grounded and I might as well keep you grounded until you are married, maybe then you will try harder with the princes! Guards bring her to her room. She is not to leave until I call for her.” And with that Vala was brought into her now prison of a room.