Sorry about the late upload. A good portion of this is unedited but i'll come back in a few hours to finish it. Just dixnt want u guys to go without your chapter. Been kind of out of it week but here is your regular chapter.

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I tumble through the cloudy thunder tunnel. Now that i have a chance to think i finally realize quite a few things like how am i supposed to explain another guest to the Princess, i forgot about the green glowy asshole book, what am i supposed to do about laying low when i am supposed to be getting ready for a formal dinner with some big shots.

‘Did i leave the stove on?...Yep, I’m coming back to a blaze…’

Far ahead in the distance i could see a bright portal into the room i had previously left. Everything was frozen as if time had stopped when i was sucked into the mirror. Something instinctively tugged me in that direction. As soon as i touched the edges of the portal everything turned white and i closed my eyes.

When i opened my eyes i found myself on the ground in front of the mirror with Silva standing over me fighting with Mirana. Back in the Labyrinth, as soon as Mirana had gained her former memories she had changed her appearance to match her old personality so she didn’t look like a carbon copy of me anymore. The long hair i had was in a braid down her back, she had a sash wrapped around her waist and a magic staff with spear point on her back. A memoir of the sword throwing incident. Silva was holding a broom with a sharpened point and keeping Mirana back with it. 

“What did you do with the mistress!” Silva cried.

“I already told you she should be here soo-”

I try to move but find everything sore and painful to even sit up. 

“Uuugggghhh, why does everything hurt?”

“Mistress!”

Silva upon seeing awake dropped the broom and picked me up and carried me to the bed. She glared at Mirana as if it was her fault i had just gone through a time space portal that made her me disappear for a few moments. 

“Mistress when you collapsed i caught this intruder in the room. She was trying to get close to the mistress but i prevented her. What are your orders.”

“Hey! Don’t make me sound like some sort of criminal!”

Being picked up made everything hurt even more unfortunately so i was temporarily blinded by pain. But we still have a dinner to get to and i want to find out more about what’s going on in the heavens. I also need to close the deal with the princess. Hopefully the little show i put on in the arena was enough to convince the dissenters.

“Not now! Silva all you need to know is that she is a friend. Now what i need you to do is go and find me something to wear tonight.” i tell her while sitting up.

“Yes mistress!”

She gave me a salute and dashed out the door.

‘I hope she doesn’t go find some ancient cursed dress or something…’

In the meantime we need to deal with the Mirana and the cats. We had found the pair sitting right next to the exit portal just waiting there. They appear to have snuck back into the temple and waited by the exit until we came there. Why? I don’t know. All i can guess is that once they were freed from Zamora’s control they defaulted to the exit since i hadn’t given them any commands. Thinking back on it i sort of am glad that they hid by the exit. Wouldn’t have wanted Gluttony to eat them and get Hyuna and the shadow god is on my back as well. Speaking of the ice lady…

‘Hey Hyuna, i found your cats.’

‘What are you talking about? I've been here with you the whole time and you never went anywhere. Moreover my precious kitty witty is still in my personal realm so there's no way you could have gotten her.’

Ah thats right. It felt like no time had passed to them but to us we spent who knows how long in there.

‘Oh really?’

“Hey Mirana where are the cats?”

“Oh i put them in your inventory. One sec”

She reached out her hand to summon the Spatial portal but nothing happened. She tried again but still nothing happened.

“Fraxia! I thinki broke the armor’s spatial storage…”

“Well check your menu. Did you get a status condition or something when we crossed back over?” i asked.

She blinks and her eyes read a menu screen i can’t see. Her eyes go down the line of stats and her face goes pale.

“T-T-This...All my stats have been reset!” she cried out

“What? What do you mean reset?”

“All my skills, levels and stat points i had acquired when we shared a bond are gone. Moreover i don’t even have my old stats back from when i was alive. It’s like i have reverted to the stats of a baby!”

For most humanoid species the status begins at 10 in all stats, 100 HP, 100 MP and 5 extra skill points. Some cases differ but the general case was stats begin low and grow as the individual matures, trains, and levels up. My guess? Without the soul bond her body that was reborn in my shape has reverted back to normal and no longer has access to skills like my gauntlet.

“It’s fine. I’ll level grind you on a later date but for now we need to concentrate.”

I open the spatial portal and pull Kitty and snowdrop from the rift. As soon as i did they started mewing at me.

‘Snowdrop! Kitty what happened to you and kitty! Its OK, mommy’s here!’

Hyuna jumped into existence and grabbed the two from my arms and started petting them.

‘She doesn’t even come out to talk to me normally!’

“It’s OK. Did the bad women hurt you? Mommy won’t let that happen ever again.”

The cats seemed to explain what happened to them and how they met up with me and Mirana. I am part beastmen so i can roughly understand the intentions of animals. Just like how elves and faes are good at communicating with spirits and dwarves are with metal, Beastmen have an innate talent for understanding other animals.

Silva came back with my dress. A beautiful green and blue dress with matching jewelry of gold and mana crystals. Pretty fancy stuff.

“You sure someone at the dinner isn’t going to accuse me of steal or something?” i ask Silva.

“I have borrowed these items from my fellow maids and left them compensation. Even if they recognize them they will not say anything.”

“Try em on Fraxia.”

I take the dress and jewelry from Silva but before i can change into them Silva stops me.

“Mistress, we must clean and beautify your body first. I will prepare i a bath and the necessary products before hand. I will be back shortly.”

She dashes right back out of the room.

‘Why do i need a bath? It’s not like i’m...well i guess i am meeting royalty.’

Unlike blake, i had never shown any interest in regular girly things like boys(I used to be a boy and i refuse to even approach that conversation.), pretty clothes they wanted to buy(I would rather make my own leather tunics and gear.), and last but not least, makeup. In my old world it usually took a woman longer to prepare for a date than the date actually lasted. So why the hell would i be interested in that?

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“Fraxia, i know you're thinking that it's a waste of time but sometimes the occasion demands a certain appearance.”

“Why does royalty even wear stuff like crowns and gowns? All that fabric and jewelry must weigh a metric ton. And how much does a crown weigh anyway?”

“Trust me, it's as uncomfortable as you think. Luckily it only lasts a few hours.” she said.

“...So, it sounds like you remember an awful lot about your previous life.”

When our soul bond broke her memories returned to her. How much of those memories is the question.

“I can remember some...my favorite food. A hug from an old friend. Sitting on a throne next to my mother...Why?” she asks.

“Just curious...So what do you remember of my life?”

“Everything, but at the same ‘time i can’t. Like a big door in my head. But it’s weird. All the memories are vivid all the way up until your birth. I can remember every thought and action but i don’t understand why?”

So she can remember as far back as my birth but nothing more. At least that is good. But i can’t say that her knowing i am the chosen of a death god puts me at ease. Usually it’s the animal instinct to avoid death and while i don’t actively practice death magic not everyone would see it that way.

“Listen i-”

Before i could answer Silva dashed in.

“Mistress. While this one was preparing your beauty treatment i saw the carriage bearing the symbol of the Stone kingdom parked inside the main avenue. It seems a delegation has come to investigate the strange happenings within the capital. Amongst the delegates is the 3rd prince, master Lupus.  Word among the staff tis that he overheard of your exploits and wishes  to meet you in private. He has already sent his envoys ahead to summon you. Mistress, this person reputation is no good. He is known to take multiple wives and drop them when he is done playing with them. Mistress, i caution against this man.

Aw shit, Maybe i made too much of al splash at the arena. How did another fucking kingdom hear about it so fast? I thought it would have taken at least a good 2 days for information to reach anyone. And to meet me? If the staff heard of it before the envoys even got here then the he isn’t concealing his actions. But why? He can’t possibly think that i would defect from another kingdom to be his wife?

“How long until they get here!”

“They were already headed this way when i rushed over. No more than 2 minutes mistress.”

“What are we going to do?”

‘Can we slip out the back gate? No, how would the princess view this right when a delegation is sent from another kingdom. I would be branded a spy. But i still don’t want to have a private meeting with a highborn asshoe.’

“This is simple. Just tell him that you are getting ready for a dinner party with the princess.” Mirana said.

“The first princess has asked the second princess to invite the delegates as well as herself.” Silva responds.

“The dinner is unavoidable, but we can avoid this. Silva, take me to the baths.”

I grab a piece of paper from the desk and write down some instructions on them then took out another piece and wrote a letter. For extra measure i tie the letter to one of the boar teeth.

“Mirana here. Follow this and you will find yourself at the blacksmith shop in the business district. Ask for the owner and give him this. He should let you stay for a while until this guy leaves.”

“What about you?”

“I’m going to practice my lying and play down my performance as much as possible...Fooling royalty probably isn’t easy you know.”

“If you get caught lying to royalty then the penalty will be severe.”

“Then don’t get caught.”

I push them out the door in a hurry and grab Hyuna and the cats.

“Come on!”

We run out the door but hear footsteps coming down the hall. Silva leads me to a corner with a bookshelf and some art nearby and pulls me behind her.

“One moment mistress and the door will be open.”

She waves her hand in front of a book and the bookshelf swings open to reveal a torch lit corridor.

“Servants passage. They will take us to the baths mistress.”

She pulls me in and we rush down the corridors and up flights of stairs. We reach baths with no trouble and Silva proceeds to strip me bare and push me into a bathtub with a mountain of bubble.

So many bath salts, perfumes and lotions in the air. It didn’t smell like this when i last visited?

“I prepared a special mixture for today because you are attending a dinner party with the princesses. Please accept it mistress.”

After about an half an hour of time spent in the mixture Silva pulls me up and dries me off and sprays me with some sort of perfume.

"I feel like a piece of meat…"

"In that case mistress i shall be the highest quality butcher to maximize your beauty and attractiveness.

Please no!

POV 2nd Princess

When merrick contacted me via telepathy and said he was bringing in a suspicious person i was honestly surprised. A little girl beastkin female, no more than 10 of their years old. Merrick reported of a battle and how she decimated his teams in combat using a strange artifact. After a few details i told him to stand down and bring her in for questioning. A strange artifact in the hands of a small girl? I told myself that i would somehow obtain this artifact and bolster dear Gram’s position as a ruler candidacy.

I observed the little halfling. She seemed confident in her power to prevent me from obtaining the artifact through force, not that i would resort to force automatically. I prefer to try negotiating first and if that doesn’t succeed, if you put pressure on certain points or grease the right hands then almost anything is possible.

I ask dear freelia to keep an eye on her and take her around the capital tomorrow. I debate the issue with some of my advisors. They insist that we dispose of her and keep her weapon. Fools, while i doubt this girl has a benefactor i am cautious about that artifact of hers. If it turns out that there is some requirement or key to using it then i would prefer we keep her alive and willing to help us.

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She blew up the arena! I suspected she was stronger than she was letting on but to this extent...rescue teams are saying that the ice is as hard as stone and tougher to break. It’s going to take a few hours to dig everyone out, but i must focus on the delegation from Stone kingdom that is arriving. They have been wanting to discuss it and the strange event that took place in the capital. According to the guards a path was cut through the ground by something moving at high speeds.

I doubt the Stone kingdom is going to sit idly by and watch the Iron earth kingdom benefit from these strange happenings. Strange artifacts, ancient powers, so many new pieces coming out of the wood works. Currently the Earth faction capital is in Rilang city and centered around the Iron Earth kingdom, but any of the kingdoms would jump at the chance to shift the center of power within the faction.

I’ll assign shadow guards to keep watch on both the girl and the delegates while their here. Something is off about that girl and i want to know what it is. Wouldn’t want anything to happen to the future of our kingdom.