Mei Ruan April 17th, 20XX
A large pile of scrolls cluttered to the floor as Lillian stood up with a jolt and presented the scroll she had been reading through to me.
“ General, I think this is it”
It was only an excerpt from a whole text seeing as I didn't have full access to the Royal library quite yet and the piece written more in a light journalistic style rather than up to any sort of academic standard but it may possess the information I needed.
“ Thank you, Lillian, but I need you to keep searching…..”
Flashes of shame ran through me as I recalled my actions in the throne room earlier but more than that I was confused.
I, who had been trampled upon for most of my life would never treat another person like that nevermind the prince of the queendom and on top of that, I had even attacked him, thinking that he had cast such a spell on me.
I had felt betrayed….which made no sense considering I had just met the prince.
While the majority of the male population could barely use magic, at best having enough to perform cheap tricks one of the more popular ones among them was bewitchment spells.
A grimace played out across my face as I recalled the various times such a thing had been used against me in the past. Even Askeli had attempted it once or twice.
I read through the scroll Lillian had brought to my attention and cross-referenced it with the research I had already completed.
….. Different people are affected by being in the presence of the royal family, with the most common manifestation of this being undying loyalty and increased efficiency in spell casting. However, there are a few other examples that can possibly be correlated with the amount of magical power both the Royal family member and the affected possesses.
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First off, the stronger the member of the royal family is the more pronounced the effect of their presence. The magnification of this effect can lead to more extreme feelings such as overprotectiveness and coddling from those that surround the royal member.
The people that would get the highest effect, however, are those with the highest perception of magic. They would be able to feel the purified magic’s effect much more strongly than their counterparts and are likely to fall under the added effect of adoring the royal family member until it becomes feelings such as Obsession, Covetous feelings and compulsive infatuation tendencies in order to keep the royal family member around them.
Very few people with heightened magic perception will be able to resist these feelings and should be kept as far away from royalty as possible for fear they completely lost control and cause harm to the crown...
This along with the ‘Book of criminals against the royal crown’ and ‘ Understanding the importance of the crown’ Told me what I needed to know.
My actions earlier were pretty much beyond my control. I could actually be commended for stopping myself before I went any further.
...And I should stay as far away from his highness as possible.
I could almost laugh.
After all, I even went as far as to push my underaged sister into the post of the duchess, thinking I could protect her from out elder sister’s counter-attacks in the future with my royal status... But as I was now I couldn't even get close to the prince without attempting to push him down.
Lillian hovered beside me and only looked on worriedly, She had probably come to the same conclusion I had.
“General…”
I cut her off, unwilling to entertain any hopes of finding a solution.
Even if I managed to seal off my magical capacity so it would affect me less I didn't trust that I would have enough Self-control to keep it sealed.. and there was no one I trusted that would be close to me at all times in order to unseal me, in case of conflict.
“ Lillian. Call for another audience with Esmarelda…..And don't let her bring the prince. for both of our sakes”
The shadow fairy began to go but I stopped her.
“ Better yet. just bring her here so we can talk. Tell her it's of utmost importance.”