4 Chapter 3 - Mystery Girl (1/2)
Miyu was going to try again without Arata's consent when Arata's ears perked up. Concerned, she also listened to her surroundings. She heard sweet laughter and footsteps, and Miyu knew she had to hide.
”Can you teleport me to one of the bars holding the roof up, please?” Miyu asks Arata. He nods, and wraps around her legs before Miyu feels a sensation that gets her light headed. Her eyes automatically closes, and when she opens then she sees the dummies and weights and ground far below where she is standing.
Arata looks at her, a little annoyed, ”I'm too lazy to teleport you everywhere all the time, you need to learn how to fly and land better.”
Miyu pouts, ”I am doing better than before! Just give me time.”
Arata sighs, then rolls into a ball and glances downwards. A couple of girls and very colorful kimonos walk into the training room, laughing and giggling. The first thing Miyu thought, 'How can you possibly work out in a dress?'
There were around four girls, her sisters and their friends. Hanae was in the same neon yellow kimono she was wearing this morning, which made her already bright green eyes even brighter. Miyu's eldest sister, Kasumi, is next to her in a lavender colored kimono with a deep purple belt and flowers that are in enormous quantity at the bottom of the dress and lesser at the top. Their two friends, Shimizu Ahmya and Amano Orino, are next to them. Ahmya is a very normal looking girl, black dull hair and black dull eyes and dull face with even a very dull kimono. Orino is more colorful, even with her decent looking features. She wearing a white kimono that looks like paint has been splattered all over it and she has her hair pinned up with a barrette that has all the colors of a rainbow.
Kasumi giggles with her hand in front of her mouth, ”I can't believe that you were able to threaten Miyu so long to do your homework. You're not even that powerful!”
Hanae frowns, ”I think I'm quite powerful. I'm better than he at least.”
Miyu whispers to Arata, ”See, I'm a shield.”
After her comment, they continue to listen to the girls.
Ahmya blushes, ”Did you hear about the first Prince escaping his meetings again? I hope one day he'll escape just to see me, and we'll be alone together and in love.”
Kasumi harrumphs, ”I'm sorry Ahmya, but he's mine!”
Orino nods, ”Kasumi is the most fit girl to party the heir! She's the most powerful young lady in the empire, with gifts of metal, Earth, wood, and water! Kasumi is also very intelligent and is great at strategy! She's also very beautiful.”
Miyu smirks, 'Sure she's all that, but the one who is truly the best young lady that has ever lived is right here, listening to your conversation, and keeping it hidden!'
Though Miyu thinks this, she doesn't voice it, liking freedom more than praise.
Kasumi sighs, ”I just can't wait till Father will talk with the prince on my 21st birthday for our marriage! I bet that's why he hasn't married when he turned 21, maybe he's waiting for me!”
The girls squeal, loving how romantic it is, but Miyu knows the truth. Everyone in the royal family and their maids talk about it, how Ryota has never found a girl attractive, not a man either. Miyu once sneaked into the castle for some documents and maps for her escape and listen in on the maids gossip.