THE TOUR CONTINUES in the sapphire palace as antanasia being their tour guide. "i want to stay here forever, adopt me, nas," valkyria spoke as she hugged nas' right arm.

antanasia rolled her eyes. "no thank you, i don't want an annoying pest around the palace." she bluntly said. valkyria gasped and shouted at her. "this girl dares to call me a pest!" but antanasia just ignored her.

the others just looked at them with their another bickering session. "is there a day where these two don't fight at all?" lucas asked them.

"no, so get used to it." royin said.

lucas looked at them then spoke. "you know, since it's only the two of us here in the back, i wanted to ask you, do you perhaps... like antanasia?" royin looked at him for a second then looked away.

"if you're still questioning me because of what happened a while ago, as i said, i don't mean it, okay? i just like her as a friend." lucas looked at him in a cold gaze then spoke. "good,  because i don't want you to like her at all, because you don't deserve her at all."

royin raised an eyebrow by this. "and you? do you think you deserve her? right, i don't think so." the two stopped walking as they looked at each other with a cold stare.

"how would you know that i do not deserve her? i knew her since we're kids and i even gave her a gift when she left to study in arlanta. yet, you didn't even give her anything because you're nothing but a commoner~." after lucas finished those sentences, royin punched him which made the girls look at them.

"hey, stop that! we're not in arlanta you dumbass!" akari said as she tried to stop them.

"you two are an embarrassment, please stop." yua said.

"what is happening here?" felix said as he heard the chaos happening in the hallway.

"ah- sir robane, please help me stop this!" akari pleaded with the red-haired knight.

"please stop this or his majesty will come here for you two." felix said as he yanked them apart.

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"seriously you two... are you being immature? why would you two suddenly fight in here?" antanasia spoke furiously as she looked at the two as their face full of bruises. "we're sorry..." the two boys said.

"i'm glad that only felix saw what was happening or else if some maids or other knights knew what happened a while ago, dad might know and banned you guys from coming here." while antanasia was lecturing the boys, the girls were just looking at them while eating.

"a lot happened on this day, huh?" valkyria said as she took a sip of her tea. "yeah, i'm exhausted right now." akari said as she stretched her arms. "I felt that." yua said as she ate her steak.

"now, explain to me why you would two fight so suddenly?" antanasia said as she crossed her arms. "are you that scared that you won't look at me?"

"It's not important, we'll just apologise to each other and call it a day," lucas said as he slowly stood up. "did i say you could stand?" antanasia looked at them with a cold gaze which made them shivers.

"her cold stares kinda remind me of his majesty," akari said, which made the others agree. "well, what can i say? like a father like a daughter." valkyria said as she finished her tea.

"i'm guessing they fought because of her highness." yua casually asked which made the two girls look at her.

"What do you mean?" the two girls spoke at the same time.

"well, remember what royin said when we were meeting the emperor?"

"oh, the time he said he wants to marry antanasia? yes, i remember." akari said.

"you see, i kinda saw the magician there listening to what he said, so i'm guessing he likes nas." yua said as she ate another steak.

"well, i'm not surprised if they both like nas. i mean, she's beautiful and kind, but i know that royin doesn't like antanasia romantically." valkyria said as the two girls agreed.

"i'm disappointed in you two." antanasia said as she sat down with the girls.

"calm down, girl. you might get old too early," valkyria said as antanasia glared at her. "shut up, i'm not in the mood for your annoying tactics right now."

the three looked shocked. "i think it's the end of the world, nas didn't argue back with val," yua said as she ate her sixth steak.

"yua dear, i think you should stop eating steak. some people here also might want to eat." akari said as she struggled to take the steak to the younger girl. "noooo, let me be with my lover, we're having a lovely time," yua whined as she gripped on the plate.

"let her be. i can just ask nana to bring us some more steaks." antanasia mumbled as she looked at the two boys who were still sitting on the floor.

"should you let them go now, nas?" akari asked her friend who's just looking at them.

"let them be for an hour, i don't quite care if they're going somewhere." she said as she drank her water.

"sometimes i forget that you're related to his majesty because you don't get angry much," valkyria said as she also looked at the boys. "not only that, she sometimes doesn't act like a part of a royalty at all." yua added as val agreed.

"come to think of it, aren't you engaged with the crown prince in the castina empire?" Nas asked the purple-haired.

"how do you know that?! i never told you guys that, and it hasn't even been announced in the empire yet." she looked at her friend in shock but immediately looked at yua.

"my bad, i accidentally told them that you're engaged with eric," yua said as she already finished eating.

"eric? you mean eric lu shana castina?" akari asked val as she just nodded.

"he also studied in arlanta too, right? i got to talk to him because we are seatmates. though, too bad that he suddenly left." antanasia said as the purple-haired girl looked at her.

"oh about that, he left because of his tight schedule that's why he went back to the palace." she said which made the others just nod.

"i never met him at all, what does he look like?" akari asked as val suddenly got excited. "well~ he has a midnight hair colour that shines with his eye capturing amethyst eyes and his pale skin made him more handsome~." valkyria described him as antanasia annoyed her.

"you have a handsome fiance yet, you still flirt with some other guys." she teased the grape girl. "I just do that for fun, and for your information, eric is okay with it." val huffs as she looks away at them.

"are you sure?" antanasia asked her as she slowly came closer to her.

"yes! now, get out of my face."

the two start fighting again as akari and yua are just minding their own business while the boys are talking to each other. "this is your fault," lucas said as he stared at the floor.

"how is this my fault? you're the one who started all of this." royin said as he rolled his eyes. "i was just telling the truth, and i simply just thought of her as my sister and nothing more."

"you kept telling me that, but what if one day you might try to get her? if you do, then i won't hesitate to kill you." lucas smirked as he looked at royin. "are you two starting a fight again?" antanasia asked which made the two startled and looked at her.

"no, we're just apologizing to each other, we're friends now right, dear lucas?" royin nudged him then lucas nodded.

"yes, we're good now."

"i see, then you both are excused."

"then I shall go now as i still have a lot of work to do." lucas said as he stands up and leaves the room, not before flickering nas' forehead. she was about to yell at him but stopped. 'eh? my body feels light right now and i feel refreshed.' antanasia thought as she held her head.

"my legs are quivering, you're so harsh ' crown princess'." royin sarcastically remarked.

"well, this wouldn't happen if you two didn't punch each other like a fool," antanasia said as she tried to drink tea but put it aside as she didn't like it even a bit.

"pfft- no need to force yourself to drink tea you know." valkyria teased the girl.

"shut up grape girl." when they're about to fight again, akari suddenly stands up and about to leave the room. "where are you going?" nas asked as the two stopped arguing.

"i'm going to practice." the bluenette said. "by practice, you mean swordsmanship?" yua asked as she drank her tea.

akari nodded. "yes, if you guys are interested feel free to join." yua then hums. "hm, it's been a while since i practiced." yua said as she also stood up and the others followed.

"well, since you guys are going there, i might as well visit my sister so I'll talk to you guys later." antanasia declared as she left the room as amana followed her.

"why would she just leave us when we don't even know where the knights train at." valkyria said as she crossed her arms. "i'm here, i know where they train so just shut up and follow me." akari spoke as she rolled her eyes.

antanasia kept walking around as she finally saw her lovely younger sister. "oh, why are you here, sister?" athy asked her older sister.

"i'm just exhausted with all the things happening, that's all." antanasia spoke in a tired tone as she massages her forehead.

"where are your friends?" athy asked her as nas looked at her. "oh, they followed Akari on the knight's chamber to train." she said as she read the book in her hand that she picked on the way. "i don't want to join them because akari might challenge me, and i'm too lazy to do that."

"of course, you haven't changed at all." athy laughed at her sister as antanasia just chuckled.

"you see, just because i left for too long, it doesn't imply that i change at all." she said as athy suddenly hugged her.

"you know, i've been lonely these days. i mean, i know lucas and papa are here with me, but it feels a bit different when you're not here," she spoke in a sad manner which made antanasia feel guilty.

"my apologies for leaving you, athy. but you do know that i always wanted to explore the world here." antanasia said as she snuggles athy tightly.

'explore the world here?' athy thought as she snuggled with her sister.

time passed by and it was already midnight. all the people in the palace had already fallen asleep except two people. "that guy a while ago, who was it again? royin akuwaze was it." claude said as the knight nodded. "yes, your majesty. are you somehow interested in princess antanasia's friend?" felix asked.

"what he did a while ago impressed me. he even dared to make fun of me." claude smirked as the atmosphere around the room changed. "he even dared to say that he wanted to marry my daughter. no one is allowed to marry my daughters, not until i die."

"but your majesty, what if princess antanasia wants to marry someone, will you accept it?"

"I won't repeat myself, leave already, i'm tired."

"yes, your majesty. blessing and glory upon the obelia empire." felix said as he left the room.

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fun facts about
antanasia

001. she only allows people who are close to her to call her by her nickname.

002. she loves having attention because she never experienced those in her past life, but she sometimes gets annoyed about it too.

003. antanasia is bisexual.

004. she adores each and every single one of her friends and would like to treasure them for the rest of her life.

005. antanasia has a small crush on akari.

006. she's actually very good in swordsmanship, but doesn't practice that much because she's lazy.