Alma POV 4/5

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It has been four months since I revealed things to Dagger, a lot of things had gone by and my little elven girl body had developed a bit more, I have reached 7 years of age now, so I was way taller than before.

Of course, my parents had finally come back after their long trip, they came to visit me every day, while my brother was nowhere to be seen, studying somewhere else…

Due to my parents being back, things went back to normal until my mother was to give birth, I believe.

For this little time, I was able to do some freer things now, and I used this opportunity to finally request my parents to let me go into the city down below. I have been confined in this gigantic palace for 7 years! Are they not thinking right in their minds?

"But dear… Your mana is sealed, and you're so little and delicate, and you're the princess! If you go to the city, something might happen to you. Us elves is a very respectful and good society, but there are always certain individuals that try to take advantage of everything…" sighed mother.

Seriously? I just want to go! And I won't try to escape, I lack the power to escape, and if I were to escape, I would be leaving my young sibling behind in my mother's womb, and… I don't want to.

And I will also leave my parents to whatever that sicko of Greenwood could do to them, and I don't want that either!

I gave her the cutest puppy face I could muster, but she seemed unfazed.

"Please, mother, I want to explore the outside world… Being enclosed here for all eternity is so boring… Can I at least go to an academy or something?" I asked.

"Due to your conditions, Alma, it is not possible to put you inside an academy. Your Unique Skills are too dangerous… And we cannot risk your life by letting you go out." Said father.

"But you two can come with me, let's have a trip outside together… Like a family!" I said.

The two looked at each other.

They seemed to not like the idea… Ugh, why my parents must be so weird compared to other normal parents? Is it because they're very old? It is like talking with bored grandpas. Seriously…

"Sigh… When is Greenwood coming to pick me up then? I am all in the blue here… I wish you could be more open with me and spoke to me about these things… I didn't meet you for three months and now you have barely come to see me… Am I that much of a failure?" I asked.

The eyes of my parents became wide open after my words, as my mother hugged me alongside my father.

"Alma, you're not a failure… Despite what you think, mama loves you a lot…" sighed my mother.

"I… I didn't know we were lacking so much." Sighed my father.

"We had been concentrated too much on trying to save you that we had not realized we barely spend time with you…" said mother.

"There are things we needed to assess, and other things we had to do first so Greenwood could help you. But we had finished that business…" said father.

"R-Really? But… I don't want to go with Greenwood. He's scary, and there's something telling me he's not good… He's not a good person, you shouldn't trust him! I-I feel something within my abilities. He has… something so repulsive about him…" I muttered.

"What?"

"Yeah! Haven't you feel anything? And you were acting so strangely when he was here… My abilities were telling me that he was no good… Perhaps the Main Character one is doing something? It can even give hints about my fate." I said.

I had to give it a shot, I had to convince my parents.

My parents looked at one another. And suddenly felt strange.

My mother felt a sudden headache as she touched her head.

"Ah… I…"

"M-Mom?"

"There's… No…"

"Father?"

My parents suddenly felt as if there was something annoying them… as if they were having a headache…

What is going on?!

"No, we are fine… It's nothing." Said my mother.

"Alma don't talk… such things about Greenwood… He's a man we can trust." Said father.

"But…!"

"No buts!" they said at the same time, looking at me angered. As if I was just being a spoiled brat.

But I am saying the truth! Greenwood is way too suspicious!

"(Oof, they're really bad…)"

Suddenly, Dagger speaks to me through Telepathy.

"(Eh? What's wrong with them?)" I asked him through my thoughts.

"(I can feel something odd on them. They're Rank 6 Magus but… They're below some kind of spell. A spell that makes it very faint, but it is enough to make them very trustful of that man as if he were their childhood friend or something… This is bad, Alma-chan…)"

"(SHIT! I knew it! Fucking hell! Agh! That damn fucking elf asshole! He did something to my parents! I bet he's asking them to do nasty stuff for him with their strength or to give him resources while blackmailing them about my safety and that of my sister coming in the future…)"

"(It is a strong spell that creates very slight changes that accumulate over time. It is quite flawless… Only a very good Illusion or Emotion Magic Attribute User could do such a spell!)"

"(Can you do something for them?! Like… slashing them and break the spell?)"

"(No… I cannot do such a thing, my abilities are limited too, if I had something like an anti-magic artifact to devour, then maybe… Maybe I could get somewhere, but like this, we can't do anything. They're strong too, so whatever made them this way was at least stronger than them, if not even more…)"

My parents walked outside of the room after some time, I thought mother would bring me outside, but in the end, they were angry because I insulted Greenwood…

Seriously?

I am going to fucking kill that Elf!

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