328 Return To Phantasia Part One

After taking a small rest to regain her strength, Alicia entered her space with Grandpa Mu. The first thing she saw was the image of Farlan in the skies over head. From what she could tell the original landmass with her cottage on it was not affected in any way. With a sigh of relief seeing how things were as normal as ever, Alicia flew up into the sky with Grandpa Mu to check on Farlan. 

In the dark abyss, the planet of Farlan slowly spun in place not moving at all. Alicia looked down at the continent below to see that it did not seem to be cast into darkness. She flew through the atmosphere and stood in the sky. She saw the barrier she placed was still holding strong. The seas were as calm as ever and the weather was as clear as the day she first arrived on the planet. 

Landing in the large square that she had been to previously she saw that the city was completely intact and looked to have not been damaged at all. Tereax who had been nearby heard that Alicia had come to check up on things and quickly came to greet her. "Alicia… No, I guess I should call you Princess Alicia. I have done an investigation and the city sustained no damages. Though many ships did wash ashore. It seems these people had left without notifying anyone. We can only estimate that there were around thirty deaths all were out at sea."

"That is a lot lower than I had expected. I did give everyone a fair amount of time to return. I will send their souls off so they can reincarnate later. Have the loved ones of those who have died, meet me on the beach in a few hours." Alicia would not let those who died because of her selfish actions go in vain, she would make sure they could at least be reincarnated.

"You are too kind Princess Alicia, I will gather the families at once." Tereax was glad that he had decided to follow Alicia. The People of Farlan would use every bit of their talents to help support the one who returned their lives to them.

Later that day Alicia performed the sending ceremony allowing the souls of the dead to rest in peace. With everything settled and checked on she said her goodbyes to Tereax after leaving some things for them to research and reverse engineer. 

Back in outer space, Alicia stretched as she looked out towards the distant stars. "We should be arriving at Phantasia soon right?"

"Yes, roughly two more weeks. By then you should start to age again." Grandpa Mu answered.

"Mmm… Might be a little longer. I need to rest every time I take in a planet and we need planets and asteroids for resources." She did not want to destroy Phantasia for her plans to mass produce her new technologies. Just the spaceships alone would take up tons of resources. Luckily Grandpa Mu suggested this earlier or she would be at a loss as to what to do for the materials.

"I wonder how much time has passed since I left." For Alicia seven years had passed. But when she returned to Phantasia she would be as old as the number of days that had passed since the day she had left. 

"Should be no more than a day or two. When we get back, spend a month with your family before going on your journey as Alex. With your current strength you should not run into any more problems unless you meet with one of the greater powers." Grandpa Mu said.

"I will do that. I am sure Royal Father would like that as well. I miss my sisters and brothers too." Alicia said as she floated down in the skies of Alastine. She felt the refreshing air of her world and smiled brightly. This was her world. The place where she was reborn. The place where she would live her days taking care of the kingdom she loves as a knight and princess of its lands. 

The first thing she saw when she broke through the cloud bank was the floating capital city. She did not fly down from the sky right away. Instead, she used magic to amplify her voice as she shouted out: "Alastine, I am home!"

Grandpa Mu who was standing behind her smiled seeing how happy Alicia was. She had been through a lot in her journey on the cultivation world. She went through a lot of ups and downs. But through each experience, she was able to grow stronger than she was before. He was proud to say that he was able to witness her growth from a little girl who had not much knowledge of the world to a leader who grew stronger than anyone around her. But even with all these experiences, she still wants to better herself before allowing herself to reach her main goal of becoming a knight. If only she realized her own strengths she would see that she was already good enough to be a knight and a princess who could rule this kingdom on her own. 

Hearing the voice that boomed across the sky. King Augustus who was in his study reading a book, eyes went wide and a smile formed on his face. He tossed his book down on to his desk and stood. "She's back!" 

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