Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 212: Always By Your Side

At that very moment, a great shaking began to occur all over the capital. Alicia who was currently hugging her sisters and crying, whole body shook, making her quickly snap out of her current state and release her sisters.

"Blake!" Alicia yelled and stretched out her hand. 

"I felt it too but what happened!?" Blake came into the room and grabbed the outstretched hand in front of him. As soon as his hand came in contact with Alicia's, they were transported to the room where she had the levitation magic circle going. 

"Someone broke it! Where are the guards!?" Alicia yelled causing the men from outside to come running in. She looked at the two guards who looked as if they had just woken up and frowned.

"What happened? Explain everything!" Alicia yelled, her anger very apparent.

"We, we do not know ourselves, Princess. We were standing guard as usual and suddenly felt very tired. Next thing we know we felt the great shaking that woke us up!" One guard hurriedly explained he did not dare lie.

"Great, just great! Someone used sleeping magic on you and knocked you out! Did you not see anyone come down the hall before you passed out?" Alicia asked. She was doing her best to keep her anger in check. She knew since it was sleeping magic that was used the guards were not at fault here.

"No, Princess, we saw no one." The guards both lowered their heads in shame. 

"Okay, go and bring as many mages as you can! If we do not stop our descent everyone in the capital will die including us! We will put my all into slowing us down for now. " Alicia wanted to slap herself. She did not think to put a barrier around the magic circle. She made such a mistake and now millions of people might die because of it! 

"Blake, I still have so much more to learn I need you to work on the magic circle while I do my best to hold us in the air." Alicia looked at Blake, her eyes filled with determination.

"I will work as fast as I can." Blake replied. He knew he couldn't stop her and that it was the best decision at this time. Not wasting time he began weaving his arms about trying to reform the magic circle as it was before. 

Alicia's body disappeared from where she was and reappeared above the capital. A large amount of magic power burst out of her body spreading out over the entire capital and around the entire floating landmass. Stream after stream of Magicules formed thick ropes made of magic shooting out in all directions wrapping itself around the entire landmass with Alicia at its center. 

Luckily the magic circles that were placed at the edges of the landmass were still intact. But the main magic circle was very intricate and a lot of it Alicia did not understand. She needed help from the senior mages in order to create it. But it would take time to find those mages which they did not have right now. This is why she left Blake to start the formation of the main magic circle since he also helped make it. Only she had the power to hold the capital in the air while they waited for the main magic circle to be rebuilt. She hoped that the remaining magic power within the smaller circles would be enough to reconnect them to the main circle without the additional magic power being infused into it.

But Alicia never realized how hard this task would be. Once she wrapped the capital in her ropes made of magic that were all attached to her, she felt like her whole body was going to break apart. She stood in the air using everything she had trying to keep the capital afloat. All her concentration was completely focused on this one task and this one task alone.

Sweat filled her brow as she continued exerting her magic power. Her eyes had already become completely black. There was a hint of a starry night sky in her eyes. It was faint but it was visible if one were to look closely. But even with her surge of magic power from her celestial blood, Alicia was still struggling to hold on. She could feel her body on the verge of giving out. 

"I have to preserve!" Alicia cried out through gritted teeth. 

A drop of sweat dripped from her chin. She started to feel herself becoming overwhelmed with tiredness. The starry night sky in her eyes was becoming more and more visible. But even still Alicia felt like she was going to collapse. Her body felt frail, the capital she was so desperately trying to hold up was lowering by the second. Until finally her body couldn't hold on any longer and everything began to grow dark. She felt her body suddenly lifted up and pulled into a warm embrace. A familiar scent filled her nose.

" I can't hold on..." Alicia said softly.

"It's fine now, I am always by your side Akari No matter how far away I am, I am always by your side." 

Golden light spread throughout the capital, the magic circle that those below were desperately trying to create instantly reformed, and changed into an even more sophisticated design. Everyone who was in the rooms was forced out while a blue barrier that seemed thicker than the castle walls surrounded it. Inside dozens of magic circles appeared all spinning in unison seemingly all part of one another. The barrier that once surrounded the capital was now bigger and even better than before. The landmass the capital sat on rose even higher into the air and hovered steadily as if nothing had ever happened. 

"Remember Akari, my darling daughter. Mother will always watch over you."

"Mother..."

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