The response was still strong however before they even had a chance to react all three nations had sent emissaries to not only return their former assets.
Be it businesses, cities, palaces, and even some ports and mines that each had previously owned.
Resulting in the case where both had semi-autonomy while they were allowed members in their Elder Councils as either a lifeline or simply a form of representation and authority.
Meaning said cities, and ports could share security responsibilities among others with The Light Elves, Demons, and so forth?
Which in itself is unheard of due to how trusting and generous the two Empires and The Kingdom of Light truly were resulting in there still being some tension since, after all, it was never that easy, to begin with.
However, The Light Elves, Demons, and Bright Elementals enjoyed both diversity and individuality!
The Bright Elementals were among the diverse since they had Bright Inari, Feless, Bos, and any other tailed equivalent.
Meaning said races were quite excited to hear this! All the while what surprised everyone, even more, is The Temple of Light or in other words The Temple of Aurel!
The Temples of Selphine, Aurora, Celestia, and even Silvanus, Inari, Lilith, and Fluffle along with a few others had new statues and shrines! While The Temple of Aurel also had shrines and statues dedicated to all of them as well!
Of course, they were ranked depending on which was closer to the Altar of Aurel.
In any case, the news coupled with that of The Return of The Demons in a neighboring sub-continent shocked many!
Especially after learning that Lord Aurel had played a part in it meaning he or she clearly favored or perhaps even felt sympathy for them?
And what was even more surprising was the fact that there was a massive black statue in front of each temple dedicated to Lady Kayda The First Black Dragon of Destruction as if another shrine.
However, that wasn't all the news relating to Lady Kayda.
There were also rumors that The Grey Elves and Dragons had also returned! Surprisingly enough the young prince had kept that, especially a secret due to the simple fact that Ada asked him to resulting in them returning.
And Ada quite literally attempting to find their goddess.
However, Ada was quite secretive about it all and he didn't even know 'all' of the details let alone meet that goddess.
What especially confused him was the fact that they wanted to keep it a secret resulting in Ada eventually reassuring him causing him to then simply accept it.
Mind you this was planned further after Aurora had given them to him meaning he simply trusted Ada and didn't talk about it further because he trusted his forever partner! Meaning he simply allowed her to handle it as she did for his creations?
But this wasn't all, Bradley had hoped to sneak in the news of him having other daughters within the confusion however no one allowed that to slide and gossiped about it!
Which in itself was quite humorous however what wasn't was the other news about The Vestial Empire's recent reforms.
And The Kingdom of The Celestial Vale's sudden changes to indeed have formal relations, ultimately ending the formerly strained and nonexistent one?
However, no one knew why, let alone why it was all this was happening now. Not to mention the two Senex Empires which was another topic entirely!
Seriously the fact that so much news magically appeared at random made many mages question their life decisions or rather if they'd survive whatever this was.
However for now none of it truly mattered! Resulting in the young prince sleeping into the afternoon to then finally waking up.
Before then happily hugging Elyris's tail waking her and causing Molly having rushed into the room to then immediately shake both.
"Tak-Take me to the imperial quarter! Qu-Quickly! I-I need to hide! Don-Don't ask questions! Ple-Please wake up Aurel!"
Molly adorably panicked surprising both the young prince and Elyris resulting in both quickly getting dressed and rushing out the door.
Surprising Gemma and his personal guard causing the young prince to then adorably shush them and whisper into Gemma's ear causing her to then gently nod.
Before then leading the way, until finally, they made it to the entrance of The Imperial Quarter!
Causing the young prince to then adorably contemplate for a moment before then whispering into Gemma's ear surprising her and resulting in her asking his eight or so personal guards to stay at the entrance.
While the young prince adorably grabbed Gemma's hand and opened the barrier before then rushing inside with Elyris and Molly!
Causing Molly after the doors had closed to then finally breathe before then looking to all three causing the young prince to adorable whisper into Gemma's ear before then revealing his squad leader.
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"I-I want mommy Gemma and big sister to explore Imperial Quarter! Imperial Quarter has the be-best library! Aurel is safe with big sisters!"
The young prince happily reassured causing both then gently nod, soon enough the young prince knocked on Hanah's door surprising her and Celes, who felt bored.
After getting comfortable Molly could finally explain her panic.
"I'm scared.. m-my mommy's The First Vestial Empress and my father is.. my father's Malik! He was the one who stole me from my mommy! Why did it have to be him?! And I only have one daddy and that's daddy Theodore! Malik isn't my daddy!"
"But my mommy.. my mommy missed me an-and that Malik lied to her so she couldn't find me! I hated her but she didn't do it! She looked for me! Sh-She mourned me.. but now that she's here I'm scared? Why am I scared? And why did I run away?"
Molly tearily explained with a strangely calm yet indifferently teary pained expression it was as if she didn't know how to feel or react surprising everyone especially Hanah and Elyris causing Hanah to then angrily pause.
"I knew it! And from what I remember The First Empress of The 'Vestial' Reject Empire should be my mother's third cousin?! That bastard needs to stop abandoning his daughters every chance he gets! But now I have two little sisters and an estranged empress of a cousin?!"
Hanah angrily remembered before then wrapping her arms around Molly.
Causing the young prince to suddenly hear whispers coming from the ring Jade had given him.
Causing him to shudder and go pale causing him after calming down to then adorably nod before then adorably whispering into Hanah's ear.
Before then going into her bathroom confusing her having wondered what changed so suddenly.
The immediate paleness and shuddering.. what could have terrified him? Causing Celes having noticed all of this to then lazily yawn.
"I'll go check up on our Aurel. You three should talk!"
Celes playfully yawned having felt tired but her curiosity got the better of her.
He was her celestial prince and holy consort so she had to!
Resulting in Elyris, Hanah, and Molly who were now worried to then try their best to talk knowing Celes will check up on him.
All the while back with the young prince after washing his face and looking into the mirror something looked back at him..
To put it simply one of those dimensional horrors wanted to have a staring contest which not only absolutely terrified him but he wanted no part in it!
Causing Jade having remembered the side effects of holding onto such 'things' to then helplessly smile while Mora immediately became pouty!
Soon enough however Celes came to the rescue causing her after entering the bathroom to then adorably pause after looking at the young prince and the mirror.. she wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry because she saw it too!
Causing her to then immediately look into its eye and simply laugh her heart at it!
As if she was about to bully it immediately after the laughter ended? Causing her after calming down to then adorably hug the young prince.
"I'm not going to ask about where you got that 'ring' but three Sacred Dimensional Void Horrors dead or 'alive' aren't fun to deal with! Even if you 'kill' one they're still alive to an extent, at least their crystals are. With enough time and void energy, it'll go through a rebirth!"
"Since an irresponsible 'someone' had gifted it to 'my' holy consort on his birthday week then I'll tell you what you should know! Aside from being anti-magic and having 'some' magic immunity, they're extremely intelligent and 'very' patient, if they truly wanted to upon their 'death' they could self-destruct?"
"However most times they don't, they are fully capable of communicating and diplomacy and even working 'with' you if you have the same intentions"
"Much like 'my' little Auri they 'also' have inbuilt lie detectors and could sense emotions on top along with looking into the outskirts of your mind but in most instances, they simply choose not to?"
Celes adorably explained while pointing at the monstrosity in the mirror while it indifferent just stared uncaring how much it terrified the young prince and perhaps even did it on purpose.
Surprising the young prince and causing Celes to then adorably continue.
"I've studied the void and experimented on those Dimensional Void Minds or in other words Void Monarchs? In most instances, they simply don't care as long as they could replace said fledglings, not to mention all of them are capable of humanoid forms by default but simply choose not to use them?"
"They were born High-Level Legendary Powerhouses with capabilities of The Sacred Realm so you having three that were simply born into The Sacred Realm obviously would mean as long as you wear that ring they'll 'play' with you?"
"Either to infect you, promise you treasures, give you a title, or even give you an incorruptible form of their bloodline if nothing else works to either help with their rebirth or to simply control you with benefits or fear?"
"But from what I see.. 'she' or The Void Monarch had deliberately established a connection and simply forgot about it or funnily enough left it there on purpose!"
Celes adorably explained further before then dispelling the monstrosity in the mirror and adorably whispering into the young prince's ear.
"But it'll be for the best for you to ignore her, she's a void monarch, lesser void lord and void lords aren't even threats in her eyes so let's 'let' her spy on us while 'we' experiment on the other two!"
"What? Did you think I didn't know what my precious holy consort was thinking?! Don't bully yourself by underestimating me!"
"Now let's visit Malik's own monstrosity of a lab while those three sort out their emotional trauma! Don't worry we'll check on them after our experiments"
Celes adorably whispered before then writing a note explaining they'll be experimenting in Malik's lab and 'not' under any circumstances come in unless they wanted to have nightmares.
However, if they wanted to she wouldn't mind and simply wanted to warn them beforehand before then teleporting to Malik's Lab.
Causing the young prince having adorably rummaged through the surplus experimental mana reactors to then adorably nod before then taking five in an ornate black and golden chest.
Before then snatching a dented one that looked intact and creating a shadow using that one?
Surprising Celes especially since the shadow itself was simply the original fourteen-year-old Aurea? Mind you they were still the same person albeit Aurea was still Aurea meaning she was simply roaming in his unconscious mind.
They were semi-separate to begin with and the young prince found it easier since it'll be confusing if it was just another him.
Causing both the young prince and Aurea having no idea how it worked to then adorably shrug while Celes adorably sighed.
"You'd be surprised how common it is for people who had 'those' kinds of inheritances to use their shadow in such a way? You two should be completely independent and of the same mind with the original technique and that mana reactor would hold quite a bit so I won't mention it further?"
"Now.. let's move that alchemy titan out the way and experiment! Oh and with you two being semi-separate after all let loose?"
Celes playfully added having wanted to see how different her holy consort and Aurea truly were.
Causing both the young prince to then happily nod and Aurea being Aurea to then playfully smile before then blowing into his ear causing him to then immediately pout and Aurea to laugh.
"I suppose remaining semi-separate is a lot more fun this way? Of course, for all intents and purposes, I'd prefer it that I remain as just a shadow, for now, two minds are better than one whatever that's worth. For now, I chose to remain a Mid-Level Archmage and Master Assassin for obvious reasons?"
"It's a weird feeling being a shadow? My body feels normal if not for the mana reactor that replaced my warm heart?"