Phantasia: The Princess Knight

The next day Alicia and her group decided to take a tour of the land of the Fey. "Angelina, I must ask, are there any fairy tribes in the Nhoshara Kingdom?"

"This I would not know myself. The lands of the Fey are vast, much larger than the human territories. Those that you have seen on the council are just a fraction of those in hiding. The cities of the Fey are only filled with those out in the open. As for fairy races, I am not too sure." Queen Angelina answered honestly. She could tell Alicia was asking this question for her daughter's sake. 

Alicia let out a sigh she knew it would not be so easy but it was worth a try to ask. She wanted to find more Fairies in hopes that maybe someday when Frey grew up she would be able to find a loved one. Of course, this loved one did not need to be a fairy either but she felt that it would still be good to find some of the fairy race so Frey can learn more about herself. "Then do you mind if we do a search for anomalies in the area and see if we can find any of these hidden races?" 

"I don't mind but can you do that?" Queen Angelina had no idea just how powerful Alicia was. She knew she was strong but not what her actual strength was. Just to search the vast area that is considered the land of the Fey it would take an absurd amount of magic power.

"I can search the whole planet if I wanted to. The only problem is that there are hidden forces in this world that are very powerful so in order to not provoke them until I had a chance to make contact with them, it would not be good for me to just search willy nilly. I would prefer to not start a war with an ancient race or powerful beings. Which is why I am asking you for permission since you are the ruler of the Fey. Just like I did earlier when I asked if I could search for demon spawn." Alicia was being very cautious ever since Grandpa Mu's warning when it came to searching. She did not want to cause any issues with any ancient races or other hidden powers. This is why she asked for permission first. Her earlier search was a bit unique since she knew what she was looking for and could adjust her detection to only affect the demon spawn. 

This was because the demon spawn did not have any way of blocking her magic detection. Now she was searching for any anomalies that would cause her detection magic to go find an area out of ordinary and worth checking out. Even if the anomaly blocked her detection outright she would at least see a blank spot in the detection zone.

"That is really amazing. It makes me wonder just how powerful you truly are." Queen Angelina said with a bit of envy in her tone. 

"Mmm… Let's just say that destroying all of Phantasia is as easy as snapping my fingers if I wished it. Of course, I would never do that since this is my home world. I will do a scan now." Alicia ignored the stupified and stunned look on Queen Angelina's face and went about casting her detection magic.

Queen Angelina looked at Loeri and the rest for confirmation on what Alicia just said only to be stunned even more when they lightly nodded their heads. Loeri even leaned over and whispered: "If she wanted to move to another planet just because, she could even take Phantasia with her if she so chooses to." 

Queen Angelina had a shiver run down her spine as she let out a long sigh of relief. She was very happy that she was nice to Alicia and did not anger her. There was no telling what would have happened if Alicia truly got mad and decided to wipe out all of Nhoshara.

"Alright, I have pinpointed a few areas that seem to be obscured by some kind of magic or something else. One is actually quite close to the city here. Let's head there first." 

After about an hour of traveling through the forest of the Fey, Alicia and her group came upon a large cliff that cut right through the forest. Trees overhung the cliff and a thick dense fog blocked the view of the bottom. To an ordinary traveler, one would look past this area and not try to descend the cliff. While more adventurous people would be very cautious of descending it. What was at the bottom was only for those who have yet to venture down. If they were able to venture down without issue that is. But Alicia felt that there was something off about this place.

"I am going to head down to check it out. I want you all to wait and for me here. Frey will be the only one to come with me for now. I will come and get you if things allow it." Alicia did not know what was hiding at the bottom of the cliff and she did not want to put anyone in danger. There was no way of telling if this was an area where a powerful race lived in seclusion. 

"Be careful Alicia, contact us as soon as you can." Leroi said with a nod of her head.

"Yes be careful. There is no telling what is down there." Queen Angelina and the other girls also expressed their concerns. 

Alicia smiled and nodded her head before jumping off the cliff. Frey held on tight to her mother's hair as she flew up off Alicia's shoulder. Alicia gently grabbed Frey and tucked her into a special pocket she had sewn into her armor. It was positioned right behind the metal breastplate and would cover Frey from any attacks of any kind if needed. 

As they were falling down, Alicia heard Frey's tiny voice say: "Mother we do not need to find other fairies. Frey is happy to be with Mother, Aunty Loeri, and everyone else. Frey knows you wish to find more of my race but Frey is not bothered by this. Frey is already very happy."

"I know honey. Mother knows you are okay with this but as a mother, I wish for you to know more about your own kind as well. It may help you in the future. And you never know we may find you a cute little husband as well." Alicia replied with a warm smile.

"Humph! Frey is too young to get married!" Frey puffed out her cheeks faking her anger. But the tinge of red that spread across her cheekbones gave away her embarrassment.

"You are indeed too young but I still wish for you to meet some of your own race. you can learn from them about your race's history and many other things. I just wan…" Alicia stopped her words when she heard tiny sobs. 

"Mother doesn't want Frey any more? When you find more fairies will mother leave Frey behind?" Frey's little eyes teared up and dripped down her cheeks. This sight made Alicia stop her descent and begin to panic. Her heart hurt seeing Frey cry like this and hearing her words. She never meant to make Frey feel this way.

"Frey, dear, Mother never thought about abandoning you anywhere! I only wished to find more of your race so that you knew that you were not the only Fairy alive. I never meant to make you think I was trying to get rid of you! You are my precious daughter whom I love very, very much! When I was on the cultivation world it hurt knowing I couldn't see you for long lengths of time. You only need to remember one thing. Your home is always with me. Wherever I am that is also your home. You are my precious daughter that I love dearly." Tears began to fall from Alicia's eyes as she said these words. 

Frey came out of her hiding spot and flew up to Alicia's cheek hugging her as best as she could while planting a kiss as well. "Mother, I'm sorry, don't cry. Frey knows Mother loves Frey the most!" 

"That I do!" The two laughed and talked a little longer before continuing their descent. Alicia was glad that Frey said how she was feeling and did not keep it all bottled up inside. She knew some people especially kids would keep such things hidden from their parents in fear that they would be hated even more. This was probably something that every child went through at some point and time. Just the thought of your parents not loving you or not wanting you was a scary thing.

Alicia and Frey made their descent deep into the ravine. The light from above was beginning to be blocked out by the thick fog making their surroundings dark. But this did not bother Alicia at all as she pushed forward not caring for the darkness. She could see that the area she had detected had been getting closer and closer. Until finally after another hour she felt her body pass through some kind of membrane and the darkness disappeared and a blue sky filled her eyes. Below her, was a lush forest with treetop houses. contemporary romance

These houses were not that tall, about three times as tall as her. Which told Alicia that this was not a fairy domain. As she looked around she saw a few figures walking across a long bridge. They were furry, cat ears, and long tails. "Cat Sith!" 

Cat Sith, a race of sentient cats different from Beastmen. These cats kept their cat form but walked on two legs and had a spoken language. They were thought to be extinct during the war of devils and gods but Alicia now realized that they must have gone into hiding. "This world truly has many hidden races." 

"You there! How did you pass through our barrier? No one except Cat Sith are allowed to pass through it!" Alicia turned her head towards the voice she just heard yelling at her to see a small balloon type flying vehicle making its way over to her. He was a kind of airship that only sat one person. It had a balloon that looked to be made of animal hide strung up to a small cockpit with a pedal powered propeller and rudders to control its speed and direction. 

Alicia couldn't help but be amazed at the design of the craft, it was quite ingenious. "Umm, since I was little, barriers of this world don't stop me… I pass through them with ease."

"Mother, look! A kitty!" Frey suddenly jumped out of her pocket and flew over to the Cat Sith as she yelled out.

Alicia reached out to stop her but she was too late and Frey was already pulling on the Cat Sith's ears and tail.

"Ahh! Stop pulling on me you damn oversized fly!" The Cat Sith yelled out waving his paws back and forth trying to shoo Frey away. But Frey was much quicker disappearing and reappearing yanking and pulling the Cat Sith's ears and tail.

"Frey, that's enough, let the poor Cat Sith alone, he looks like he's about to cry." Alicia chuckled seeing the distressed look on the Cat Sith's face.

Frey pouted and dejectedly flew back over to Alicia's shoulder sitting on it before making a face at the Cat Sith. "Sorry for my daughter's actions, she can be naughty at times. I do apologize. My Name is Alicia, Alicia Von Alastine. I am from the Kingdom of Alastine. I am currently here in the Nhoshara Kingdom to form an alliance with the Fey. May I know sir's name?" 

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