After the light had dissipated it revealed a much young Annie around the same age as Amber of all people surprising everyone causing the young prince's nose to unknowingly bleed causing Annie to then proudly smile.
All the while causing Molly to then both quickly and worriedly plug it as if terrified anyone else would notice before then worriedly feeling the young prince's head causing her to then thankfully sigh with relief.
Before then immediately freezing having remembered the instincts she had hoped to have forgotten having remembered her own training in the hellish sanctuary with the rest of the dozens of children and their awful conditions.
Causing her to then quickly close her eyes as if the young prince would see through them surprising all three and causing the young prince to then worriedly feel her head as well before then adorably sighing with relief.
Causing Molly to then frown before then shaking her head having felt embarrassed enough all the while causing Annie to then playfully shake her head and Amber to then adorably pout.
"Annie you know that's my thing! Bu-But your right.. It'll look weird if you hadn't-"
Amber adorably confessed all the while hugging both Molly and the young prince before then being cut off causing Annie to then adorably giggle before then both effortlessly and swiftly kicking the legs out from underneath all three.
Surprising everyone causing the young prince, Molly, and Amber to then adorably fall onto the padded mat before then being cut off once more.
"Th-That might have been too much huh? I blame mother! An-Anyways first rule of Assassin school!"
"Whenever you 'feel' you have a chance to strike.. no matter where you are or what everyone's doing at the time you should take it, even if you fail you'll gain experience!"
"The rest of the rules are pretty much the same! I'll also be teaching two all about poisons be it detecting them, making them, enhancing them, curing them, and adding them to normal day-to-day objects and plenty more!"
Annie proudly explained with an adorably playful expression before then offering a hand to both Molly and the young prince causing Amber to then helplessly sigh having learned the same during her childhood.
Causing both the young prince and Molly to then adorably look to each other before then nodding.
Causing the young prince to sacrifice himself having taken the risk of accepting Annie's offer causing Annie to then playfully smile.
Before then being cut off causing Molly to then immediately strike causing Annie to effortlessly jump up avoiding her kick.
Before then playfully tossing the young prince at her surprising both causing Amber to then sigh before then going to both set up the schedule and organize everything including the near-infinite potions.
After what felt like thirty minutes had passed both the young prince and Molly now laid sweating and out of breath on the padded floor causing Annie who had neither sweated nor wasted any of her energy to then to playfully giggle.
Having essentially 'harmlessly' teased the two the entire time all the while tossing both at each other at times and avoiding everything they threw at her causing her to then playfully shake her head.
"Good effort! You two did a lot better than both Bradley and Bromley did when they were your age, but I must say.. I'm quite disappointed in you two!"
"Aurel was an overused decoy and the only sneak attack displayed was the one shown at the beginning! Overall despite the 'decent' teamwork you two jury-rigged together it was still super lazy and not at all creative!"
"Thankfully today is only introductions and the real five months on how to 'become' an assassin starts tomorrow! Now that that's out of the way.. I'm so proud of you two!"
Annie adorably explained having seen the potential in both especially the young prince who had a quick memory and could even attempt similar actions.
However never truly possessed the expert techniques himself and instead used both its much weaker Semi-Counterparts.
Which in itself had the potential of one day becoming the same however despite Molly's own Quasi Expert Techniques it wasn't in fact the same as if she had only learned the beginnings of a similar technique.
That was in fact leaning more towards its own Pseudo-Counterparts of the same techniques that were never meant to be anything more or in fact purposely restrictive resulting in Molly unconsciously viewing it as the real thing.
Resulting in the apparent lack of progress and improvements causing Annie to then helplessly sigh before then reassuringly pouncing on both.
"Molly, Aurel.. tomorrow we're starting from scratch! As for Molly, I'll review all of your techniques, if they're only going to restrict and possibly stump your development then they're useless and I won't have my previous Molly have such useless things!"
Annie adorably reassured surprising both causing Molly to then surprisingly nod having felt no matter how she tried to add and improve her techniques none of it worked all the while the young prince adorably shook his head.
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Before then playfully kissing Molly's cheek surprising both her and Annie before then being cut off.
"Molly.. Molly won't lose to.. to useless tech-techniques!"
The young prince adorably reassured having tried his best at expressing his words causing Molly to then surprisingly kiss the young prince's cheek as well causing Annie's heart to then adorably melt before then being cut off once more.
"Auri.. Auri will lose to me and mommy.. bu-but Auri won't lose to anyone else!"
Molly proudly reassured as well causing the young prince to then pout all the while causing Annie to finally break before then adorably kissing both of their cheeks repeatedly.
After the adorable antics, Amber couldn't help but sigh before then figuring out the time schedule.
And what time it is in this timeless space through both the young prince and matching that of both the day and night cycle until finally getting an answer.
Before then quickly remembering something causing her to then both quickly and adorably pout.
"Annie since today is only for introductions.. then I should get a turn! I know It'll probably take a while for me to enter the Sacred Realm as a Mage but I'm still a Low-Level Legendary Assassin you bully!"
"So I'll help with their training too! An-And you'll also help with magic research with me! And since Assassin's stuff is going to take up to sixty-five percent of a day, every day 'starting' tomorrow then today should be for magic research, you bully!"
Amber adorably pouted surprising everyone causing Annie to then playfully pout herself before then nodding having already had her fun causing Amber to then proudly smile causing everyone to get up.
All the while the young prince had still lazy laid on the ground causing Molly to then helplessly shake her head before then offering a hand herself.
Causing the young prince to then happily accept it causing both Annie's and Amber's to then adorably smile.
After the adorable antics had ended everyone had soon gone to take a bath surprisingly enough the massive Stone Celestial Atrium contained many things from The Imperial Quarter.
Be it the Celestial Baths, gardens, courtyards, and ect however not entirely the same or complete.
Soon after arriving to the baths, everyone had soon begun getting undressed causing Molly to then shyly get undressed as well before then noticing something on the young prince surprising her.
Causing the young prince to then shyly blush having noticed Molly stare before then being cut off causing Amber to then curiously nod.
"From what I heard from Selphie.. Aurel's mostly a girl bu-but he has a male part! S-So for unique situation and to keep the majority of his feminine qualities he wears special undies no different from girls?"
Amber worriedly explained having not wanted to explain to much having also heard of Selphie's own impossible explanation that perhaps only gods could truly understand.
Surprising Molly before then being cut off once more causing Annie to then playfully pinch the young prince's waist causing him to then immediately become flushed.
"See! His body is like ours in every regard, even his bosom! However, apparently, it's permanently flat? At least that's what Silas said!"
"Anyways he's practically a little Elven Princess with a 'male' baby maker, soo he won't be muscly like a man or have a body of one? In any case.. he's a girl in every sense and aspect but since he has 'that' part he's actually a boy!"
Annie teasingly explained surprising Molly even more having had surprisingly understood it all the while Annie had continued her playful poking session with the young prince's body.
Causing him to then tearily blush having yet to hear some of it himself before then tearily pouting.
"I-I'm a boy.. an-and I like girls an-and gold too! Bu-But I like.. I-I like dresses! An-And boots and girl things! I-I'm me.. an-and I won't change me! I-I'm The First.. 'Prince' of Th-The Elves s-so no-!"
The young prince frustratingly explained with an adorably serious expression having felt his boyhood was at stake having also thought been confused that he could be an 'actual' boy but still be called a girl made him pout the most righteous pout.
All the while ignoring the reasoning behind it in a manly manner as all men should!
Especially after remembering Bradley himself along with both Theodore and Silas saying something much of the same as well surprising all three causing Molly to then reassuringly hug the young prince.
Before to then curiously whispering into the young prince's ear surprising him causing him to then adorably nod as well all the while Annie couldn't help but guilty hug the young prince from behind having allowed her child self to go too far.
Followed by the now glaring Amber who had her original subtly thrown out the window by that bully Annie before then being cut off herself.
"Hm-Hmph.."
The young prince pouted causing both the young prince and Molly to then quickly get finished with unchanging and finally leave for The Celestial Bath surprising both Amber and Annie having had taken their time.
Causing Amber to then adorably sigh having had felt ignored on purpose because of Annie all the while causing Annie to then helplessly smile having also felt ignored by both of her celestial teddy bears.
All the while after both had finished getting undressed as well they had soon arrived to the baths surprising both after noticing both Molly and the young prince bonding by taking turns washing each other's hair.
Before then finally joining them and into the hot bath causing the young prince to then adorably pout before then quickly ignoring them and instead focusing on Molly.
Causing Molly to then curiously send him a mental message surprising him before then being cut off.
"Sin-Since you want to ignore mommy.. we can talk through this?"
Molly nervously explained via mental message surprising the young prince even more causing Molly to then adorably rinse out his hair causing him to then adorably pout before then nodding.
"Molly's amazing! I-I.. I try not to talk like this.. I-I'm sorry! Mommy.. Mommy was being a bully, I'm still a boy yo-you know?"
"I-I like my body.. I wouldn't change it, an-and I love dresses! Elfine wants me to wear a-a dress for m-my birthday.. bu-but I'm scared yo-you know? Bu-But mommy didn't say sorry.."
The young prince adorably confessed surprising Molly causing her to then curiously shake her head.
"Wh-What are you afraid of?"
Molly curiously asked surprising the young prince as well before then worriedly shaking his head.
"I'm afraid.. because.. bad things a-are going to happen an-and I can't do anything to stop it, th-the gods, the void.. I-I'm not scared of the gods o-or the void.. I-I'm scared because I-I don't want others to get hurt like you!"
The young prince teary confessed causing Molly to then immediately freeze before then calming down causing her to then adorably shake her head.
"I-I'm scared too.. bu-but people will always get hurt! I-I.. the other kids.. It was awful! The-They took us.. an-and they took our magic, an-and they wanted us to kill, th-the other kids who were sick were taken away.. i-if we asked the-they hurt us.."
"I-I hated them! An-And I-I failed my mission bec-because I saw her stupid eyes.. sh-she wasn't like us, sh-she didn't deserve to die s-so I-I didn't.. an-and now those kids are gone! Th-They're dead! I-I lost my family.. an-and now I-I'm supposed to be happy?"
Molly tearily confessed causing the young prince to then adorably rinse off her hair before then poking her forehead.
"Not your fault.."
The young prince seriously reassured surprising both Molly and even himself having had already thought of a long list of things to say in the hopes of making her feel better.
However no matter what he thought his words just came out discarding all the others.