A murky shadow covered the morning sky as one fiery redhead awoke. While the sun had yet to rise, Fei would waste no time in her training. She threw off the soft pink, silk sheets and threw on comfortable brown pants and a white, laced collar shirt. Jessi, Eleonor, and herself had all been set to this foreign mountain house to rest and relax after their reckless adventure in the desert. Of course, Fei wasted no time to get back on her feet. She would need all of her strength if she wanted to take her revenge. As soon as her mother became well and healthy again, Fei would leave the mountain home, alone. Part of her felt a little guilty for not telling Jessi any of her plans but she wanted to take absolutely no risks for this mission. It would be better if she left alone, anyway. While she knew Jessi could pull his own in any fight, and she would never admit it out loud, he would be safer if he didn’t come with her.
Grabbing hold of her double swords, Fei tied her hair into a ponytail and quickened her pace to the training area of the village. With everything on her mind, the only time she felt truly relaxed was out here with her swords. Despite having rescued her mother and ‘finding’ the legendary relic, she felt empty. Everything was supposed to be mean something, supposed change her. Yet, it hadn’t. Fei supposed she had a new respect for Jessi’s fighting ability and perhaps she was more open to teamwork but all of her life all she had wanted was to make her mother proud, make a name of herself. And hadn’t she done just that? Why did she feel so normal then?
Hitting the dummy standing in front of her, she let her strikes be drowned out by her thoughts. Perhaps finding revenge for her mother was this strange feeling holding her back. Once she finished off Emilia, would she feel different? The Jester had indeed promised she would get the chance once everything was over but Fei was beginning to wonder if making the deal with him was a wise decision. It had saved her life, that was true. Now that she wasn’t so absorbed in saving her mother, even she was surprised at how quickly she had accepted the terms of his deal. What would he make her do? Whatever it was, it couldn’t be so bad...right? Since he worked for the Imperator, he could never make her kill her mother or Jessi or anyone she cared about. Now that she thought about it, what could the Jester possibly want from her? She was the daughter of Asgard and a mighty warrior, true, but even she paled in comparison to the Jester. The thought pondered in her mind for a few moments before she continued back to training. Fei wasn’t sure what her future entailed, but what she did know was that Fei would never give up until Emilia’s corpse rest in front of her.
A few hours later as the sun was beginning to bring color to the sky, Fei slowly walked to dining hall where she was first to sit down. She hadn’t even bothered changing or washing, quickly forgetting all forms of manners and etiquette. Wiping the sweat off her brow, Fei took a deep breath and relaxed as everyone began filing into breakfast. Jessi was first to enter, as he was always right behind her. Another feeling of guilt passed over but she refused to even consider bringing him. As he mouthed hello, she quietly ignored him and avoided all eye contact. He would forgive her in time, she hoped anyway. This was a mission she needed to do by herself.
Eventually, Eleonor made her way to breakfast, followed by her handmaiden, handselected by the Imperator herself. Fei wasn’t sure what to make of her. She might once have been jealous that the Imperator didn’t think Fei was enough to protect her mother but at the moment, she was grateful for another set of eyes on Eleonor. With everything that had happened, it was hard to trust anyone. Lorelai would be good, at least that’s what Fei told herself.
Of course things never seemed to go smoothly in Fei’s life. The first thing her mother spoke of was some apparent relationship between her and Jessi. Fei’s eyes widened as big as the apple sitting on her plate. She thought what? Looking over to Jessi, she noticed his face had turned bright red. Had she missed something? Fei would have spit out her juice if she hadn’t bitten her tongue. Never had her mind thought of such silly thoughts, how could it? She was Fei, daughter of Asgard, and… Shaking her head, she let the juice settle into her stomach and ignored the stomach pain.
As Eleonor went on with her conversation, she began to state Yggrasil as the reason for her capture. From the Jester’s comments of someone betraying her, it all began to come full circle. Still, it was rather shocking that she believed one of the guardians was behind it. What could Yggrasil possibly want with having the Asgard kidnapped? Someone of his status should be content with his life, why risk everything? Fei wasn’t sure what was happening but everything seemed rather strange. Eleonor continued on to ask for both Jessi and her own help, to investigate the matter personally. Fei silently cursed to herself. There was things she had to do, people she needed to find, but her mother asking her only meant it was of absolute importance. Who was she to deny such a task from not the Asgard but her mother?
If things couldn’t get anymore odd, Eleonor went on to mention having a sister. Fei had an aunt? She had grown up believing the only family she had was her mother and now there was some sort of aunt, looking exactly like her mother, walking around? Could there possibly be anything else to upset her stomach further? Fei waited for the Lorelai to leave the room before she answered to her mother.
“Mother, you have a sister?” She asked, still in shock of the whole event. Fei could tell Eleonor was deeply sorry from her quivering voice, and well, Fei was angry. Of course she was upset that her mother had hidden a family member from her, but out of respect to her mother, Fei showed none of it. Although it did make her question if her mother was keeping anything else from her.
It was only breakfast and Fei’s head already felt like exploding with questions. Perhaps a good run would take her mind off everything.
“I.. think I’m going to go for a jog. I will return later,” Fei said before she rushed out of the kitchen, past the Lorelai and a rather odd looking man, and away from the house. It was a rather dramatic exit, probably unnecessary, but Fei was too focused on leaving to care much. She let her feet guide her, taking her where, she wasn’t sure, but it didn’t matter as long as she was just going.
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