When Anna came to her senses, she found herself in mid-air.
"Huh?"
Even if a short, questioning sound were uttered, it would be instantly blown away by the strong wind.
"What's going on?!"
Anna had no idea why she was there, or about the astonishing height and the feeling of falling.
An unprecedented sense of crisis mixed with fear arose and enveloped her.
"Ugh... Ahh..."
I tried to shout, but found that the sound quickly disappeared, and the air pressure made it difficult to breathe.
"What should I do! What should I do!"
Anna knew she had to do something; if she just fell straight to the ground, she would surely die!
Even though she was only a few years old, she still knew this basic common sense.
"Ahhh..."
He swung his arms upwards with all his might, trying to change the direction of his fall.
But this was completely useless.
After all, how could humans possibly fly freely with their arms outstretched like birds?
"Leon! Leon! Tell me what to do!"
I could see that I was getting closer and closer to the ground. If I didn't do something soon, I would definitely die!
The anxiety and unease stemming from fear caused Anna to unleash all her magic at once, including a wind spell that caused the wind to rise from below, thus providing a buffer.
This is a method Leon taught him when he was teaching him magic: when falling from a height, one can use the reaction force of the wind to reduce the impact of the fall.
"It really works!"
The descent speed was noticeably reduced, but only for a moment before returning to normal.
"Ugh... Ahhhhh..."
What to do! What to do! What to do! What to do!
Anna's thoughts were in turmoil. She tried to wrap herself in magic, but what could she use to wrap herself?
Soft soil?
But she couldn't create soil in mid-air.
Soft water?
That's right! Soft water will definitely work!
She hurriedly cast water magic, trying to wrap herself up, but the water magic was immediately blown away by the gale. No matter how much magic she expended, she could not condense enough water magic to protect herself.
What else? What else?
fire……?
No, no! My mind is so confused, I have no idea what to do.
"Ugh... Ahh ...
What should I do? I'll die if this continues! I really will die!
We're getting closer and closer to the ground!
What magic?! What magic?!
Out of fear, Anna could only unleash all the magic she could think of, gathering various spells in her hands. However, most of the spells were blown away by the wind before they could be cast, and only a few wind spells managed to hit an object.
"Ugh... Ahh ...
Finally, Anna collided with the hard ground.
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"Waaaaaah!"
A scream suddenly rang out from the staff lounge on the second floor of Lucia's bedroom in the Royal Palace of Kylorans.
Immediately afterwards, a girl with a youthful face fell off the chair, her bottom making intimate contact with the ground, forcing her to curl up on the floor in a grimace.
"Ouch! It hurts!"
Bang!
Hearing the noise coming from inside the room, a girl who looked to be about sixteen years old and had just come of age pushed open the door and bumped into a girl who had fallen to the ground, clutching her bottom and crying out in pain!
"Vivian! Are you alright?!"
After helping the girl up from the ground, you could hear her moaning whenever her buttocks touched something hard.
Left with no other choice, the young woman could only help the girl to the side onto the soft, large bed where the staff could rest.
"Vivian? How could you be so careless?"
“I’m so sorry… Caitlin… I was trying to look into the disaster in Collins Town… but I ended up falling asleep…”
This was the first time the girl had ever encountered books like this. Looking at the books filled with dense text, her brain started to feel sleepy. Despite her efforts to concentrate, it was to no avail.
"Did you have that dream again?"
"Uh-huh……"
The girl called Vivian nodded hesitantly, as if this wasn't the first time she'd had such a nightmare.
"There's really no way around it... Anyone would have nightmares after that experience."
Caitlin rested her right hand on her chin. She was a knight who had just been transferred from the service of the sixth prince, Alisa Rand Croggs, and was temporarily assigned to serve as a bodyguard alongside Vivian to protect Princess Lucia.
But from the first day she met Vivian, the girl was plagued by the same nightmare every day. Although she knew in advance that the girl was a king-level mage who could chant without incantation, she never expected that the girl would be one of the victims of that disaster.
"I'm sorry... Caitlin... I've caused you trouble..."
"Don't apologize to me. Even if you want to find your family as soon as possible, you can't not get proper rest."
"I...I understand..."
"Let's get ready. Princess Lucia is waiting for us. Today is the day we're going to the Lanqiluo Garden to admire the flowers."
After Caitlin finished speaking, she turned around and went to the table to pick up the books that had fallen to the ground. They were all about barrier magic, and it seemed that Vivian had a general idea that the disaster was probably related to such magic.
On the table was a map of Kylorans, covered with dense markings written in red and blue pens.
Caitlin knew exactly what those markings meant. From the first day she spent with Vivian, Vivian had been investigating the disaster almost every day.
To be honest, it was quite surprising to Caitlin that a girl who looked only about ten years old could do something like this. Although she had known for a long time that some kind of disaster had occurred in Collins Town, she was not a victim of that disaster.
Vivian used healing magic to soothe her bottom while putting on the sorcerer's robe that Princess Lucia had prepared for her.
It is said that this robe is made of a special material that can not only defend against a certain degree of attack, but also amplify magical power.
"Let's go, Caitlin!"
The two had just stepped out of the staff dormitory when Vivian suddenly remembered something and turned back into the room.
"I almost forgot..."
As Princess Lucia's guardian mage, white gloves and sunglasses are essential.
Vivian always knew her background and, in order not to cause trouble for Princess Lucia, she would always wear white gloves and sunglasses.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!"
"It's fine."
Then, after leaving Princess Lucia's palace and arriving at the entrance, a very sweet-looking woman in a white dress will accompany the two of them to the Lanqiluo Garden.
Although the garden was severely damaged by the previous attack by "Garuula", Princess Lucia has restored it to its former appearance.
The reason she went to Lanqiluo Garden to admire the flowers was no longer to escape the so-called power struggle, but to remember the experience of that day.
Our Vivian was a victim of that disaster.
They were transferred to a place in mid-air.
Like a miraculous angel descending from the sky, the random magic he unleashed just happened to save Princess Lucia and the sixth prince.
Despite struggling in mid-air, he suffered multiple fractures and nearly lost his life. After all, he was hundreds of meters above the ground, and it was a miracle he didn't die from the fall.
Princess Lucia's healing magicians exhausted their magic to pull Vivian back from the brink of death.
Then, when she woke up, she had lost everything.
The great disaster in Collins.
It caused her to lose the Segers, and the home that had given her everything.
Her only remaining family member was Leon, who had chosen to work to raise money for her tuition.
At just nine years old, she was once again all alone, with nowhere to go and nowhere to rely on.
Fortunately, Princess Lucia chose to take Vivian in under these circumstances.
It wasn't just her ability to perform magic without chanting that attracted them, but also the miracle angel who came to their rescue.
So she stayed in the palace, living her life as Vivian, the guardian mage of Princess Lucia, while gathering information about Leon.
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