"Thank you."

~"I really don't know where to ask, but I felt like drinking tonight. Can I ask for your help?"~

Was her question after asking if she was disturbing Raven.

"Oh, it's milk?" she asked after seeing the contents.

"That's much better. Just drink it, it will calm you down as well."

With her first sip, "I didn't know milk had such an effect."

'Though even this feels nostalgic,' she added in her mind.

Raven sat across her and drank from his own gla.s.s, he just poured the same as her, milk.

"I've heard of what happened today," his words stopped Eureka from her drinking.

After just two gulps she placed the gla.s.s down and looked at the map, "Yes, I was completely shocked at my capabilities that it scared me. Though that was all it is."

Hearing her words, Raven chose not to ask more. The two of them just quietly sat there drinking.

After that, she sat more for about an hour or so before bidding goodbye, "I'm sorry for this I really don't have that much yet, I troubled you again."

"It's fine, go and rest now. You will have to report back in just a few hours."

Eureka nodded before going to her house. She only stays here once in a while, most of the time she would have to stay in the castle.

Raven watched from the outside until her lights were turned off before returning inside his own house.

'Why don't you just ask?' was his thought as he too decided to go and turn for the night.

*****

"Security were improved for the birthday tomorrow," Hideyos.h.i.+ said as he, Mamoru and Rino were walking around the venue for Hikari's birthday which was where the b.a.l.l.s were always held.

"Brother!!" they then heard Hikari's voice.

Looking up she was in the second floor waving at them.

"Be careful there you might fall," was Rino's reply before turning to Hideyos.h.i.+ and Mamoru.

Hikari pouted with the little attention, when she looked up, she could see Eureka walking with a few things on the third floor above her.

"Sister!!" she happily waved as well.

Eureka looked down and saw her, "Princess be careful you might slip, I'll come down in a bit."

Hikari smiled waving, 'See that brother, that's how you should interact with me.'

She was leaning on the railings and she kept waving at Eureka. She was in her tip toes that the force of her happy wave made her slip.

"Waaahhhh!!"

"Princess!!"

Hearing these two shouts, the three of them looked up. What they saw was Eureka jumping off from the third floor. She used the pole of the flag that was hanging just below her to give her momentum.

By twisting her body she was able to reach the side of the stairs that was on the other side, she used this as platform to jump in order to catch Hikari and lessening the impact of their fall. Her movements were fast that she was able to get to her before she completely fall off to the floor.

She was kneeling on what one upon landing, Hikari on her arms.

"Are you okay princess? I told you to be careful, it was just yesterday when you experienced that."

Hikari was first shock of what happened before she started crying, Eureka stood up and pat her back, "You're safe now. Please don't scare as like that."

"Hikari!! Eureka!!" Rino and the other two finally snapped out of their daze.

"Are you two alright?"

"Yes, your highness. But the princess must be in shock right now," Eureka politely replied.

"Are we going to postpone your birthday party?"

"*sniffs* I was just shock for a bit, you don't have to postpone it," Hikari replied as she wipe her tears.

"I'm amazed at your reflexes though," Hideyos.h.i.+ interjected.

"I too was shock by how well I could move sir. Though it's pretty scary looking up now. Everything I did was purely in instinct after all," Eureka replied as she looked up.

In reality after what happened yesterday, she already had an inkling that she must be someone with prettu good agility in the past. But with the glimpses, she felt even more terrified.

"Thank you, once again you actually saved her," Rino said.

"It is my duty, your highness. I vowed to protect the princess after all. No matter what."

"Your kindness is indeed very genuine," Mamoru replied.

'But I am not.'

Just as she put Hikari down, she suddenly felt a sharp pain when those words appeared in her mind. Then blurry snippets of people being impaled by ice spikes appeared in her mind.

She knelt down once again as she held her head, her face contorted in pain.

"Eureka?"

This pain was something she had been feeling since the events yesterday, something was knocking strongly in her mind as if wanting to escape.

The last snippet she saw was her cold ruthless look as she looked at the people impaled with ice spikes.

"SISTER!!" Hikari called after Eureka collapsed on the ground.

"Call a doctor this instant," Rino commanded Mamoru as he carried Eureka himself. Position or whatever, this is his sister, he will just cut the tongues of the people who would gossip about her.

*****

The doctor, Akito, found nothing wrong with her and could only prescribe a medicine. Seeing her contorted face, Hikari gently patted her forehead.

"What should we do Akihiro, could it be that staying here would hurt her still?" Haruka asked as she lean on Akihiro.

"I don't know, I myself no longer knows. If we want her to be fine then we could only send her away where she wouldn't have to face so many things that involves her," Akihiro replied as he placed his arm around Haruka's shoulder.

"Kaoru will be arriving in three days, I have already sent the letter and development to the other two kingdom. We will have our votation once their replies have arrived. For now, if she still wants to stay with Hikari, allow her to do so," he then looked at Rino and said.

"The replies might return quicker for I sent the fastest bird only used during emergencies. It's maximum flight speed is three days for one way. Tell everyone to prepare by then, in six days."

*****

Despite the heavy atmosphere of that day, the next day was still a joyous one. After waking up from her slumber she apologized for her incompetence but didn't bother saying anything more.

On Hikari's birthday she was also able to meet Azusa and Mamoru's children.

And she felt tremendous happiness upon seeing this children. She felt fulfilled somehow as she watch the celebration go on.

She didn't want to remember what she saw yesterday, if that person was truly her and she just killed those people just like that. Then she would be truly scared of herself, at the same time she has no idea of why that thing happened as well.

"It seems that everytime I see you, you would always look pale," a voice said beside her.

When she looked at the one who spoke, she was momentarily shocked to see that it was Raven.

"You have returned!!"

She heard that he went to the borders once the day broke yesterday.

"I can't miss the princess's birthday or she would get mad at me," was his reply.

Both were standing on the side, just watching the celebration.

"You guys are so kind to me," Eureka started, shaking the gla.s.s on her hand, filled with juice.

"I had a very vague background, but everyone still showed me kindness. Everyone accepted me openly, that I really am very grateful. But at the same time this scares me."

She looked up at the celebration, some children were playing, unlike normal n.o.bles or royalties, the current celebration was not that formal and the children could also play.

"It feels like, everything was surreal. And it would suddenly disappear in front of me. Especially when I have my memories of the past."

"You..."

"It's fine, I would like to stay in the present for now. Enjoy this moment to the fullest and live here and now."

Raven could only close his mouth as he stood beside her.

'She must have seen something yesterday again. Something that scared her.'

*****

"So they have tight security inside the castle? To actually stop the attack of one of our best archers," the one who glared at Eureka during the wedding said.

He was speaking with another person.

"Then our only chance is once they go out, be attentive to that," he gave one final instruction before turning around. Leaving the dark alley.

*****

"To actually have glimpses of the past, I thought hearing words from the past was already strong enough for you. Who would have thought that you actually have such strong mind fort.i.tude," he shook his head in astonishment.

"Anyway they will be voting in six days span of time, soon you'll have to remember everything."

He then opened his arms and looked up at the sky, "I am finally leaving *laughs*"

"I never thought my stay would actually be this long. I think I'll just rest after this."