Fortune teller: OK, it's done.

Lord: .....

Fortune teller: In the past, you are the most powerful swordsman who is called by everyone "Swordmaster". You traded all of your power, swords and memory for an yggdrasil seed. The seed has grown and is creating maidens and trents like you see today. Fair trade, isn't it. Also, one of the side effects is that everyone, too, seems to forget who Swordmaster is. That's all.

Ruby: Wow, you traded all your power for our life? Love you so much, my lord. You are so kind.

Lord thinks: [Uh...maybe my old self just wanted some harem]

Lord: Greatest trade I ever made, Ruby.

Ruby: Love you.

Iris: Hmm.. Forgotten Swordmaster, right? Fortune teller, you know anyone named Swordmaster who lived 2 years ago?

Fortune teller: No, the first time I heard the name is from this vision.

Iris: What about you, Angel?

Angel: No idea.

Iris walks to Luna, who is also standing in the room and asks her.

Luna: Nope.

Iris: Lady Priscilla, may I ask you about....

Priscilla walks away.

Iris: ....... hmm....it's obvious that she must know something.

Almond: So, it seems practically everyone forget the old self of our lord "Swordmaster"

Lord: Doesn't matter. I'm happy with my life. Let end this memory quest and go home.

Ruby: Or enjoy this town a little bit more, as we're already here, right?

Lord: So, you are the best fortune teller after all?

Fortune teller: My true specialty is memory observation and manipulation, not seeing the past itself, nor the future. However, I can do all of these to some extent. Fortune-telling is one of the advanced courses in the magic university that everyone can try to learn. In this world, there are several magicians who are better than me at seeing the future. We call them 'Oracle'.

Lord: If you say you are not good at seeing the future, who are good then? [Memory manipulation huh? Sound scary. Better not piss her off]

Fortune teller: The most powerful oracle I know is the guardian of magic kingdom Lady Priscilla, whom you have already met. Don't be confused by the word guardian though. She is a ruler, a queen, the big boss, you name it, of the country everyone calls magic kingdom.

Fortune teller: There is another one named Parma, who is a ruler of small town northeast of your castle, and another one named Isabelle, who is a maiden and a guardian of your vassal state, residing in her Windy castle in the north. Some of your maidens should know her well. Maybe there are more but that's all I know.

Lord: May I ask you why Priscilla has to close her eyes all the time?

Fortune teller: It's what oracle do. To see the future better, I guess. Don't worry they can still see the walkway through their mind. Even me can walk blindfolded.

Lord: We still don't know your name, fortune teller.

Fortune teller: I'm sorry. I still refuse to tell you my name.

Angel: Rene, why don't you tell them your name.

Rene: Angel! You broke the mystery of my character. Grrr...

Angel: Oops.

Angel teleports away.

[Somewhere near Windy castle]

Purple: Can't I just dip normal sunflowers into a bucket of blue paint?

[In Peony's room]

Pink bird: You seem so tired. You don't sleep well last night?

Peony: Last night...oops, [blushing] ...I ...uh... no, I was thinking about the kingdom's affairs late at night.

Several blue birds outside are chirping noisily as if they don't like someone lying.

Pink bird: Take care of your health. Sleep a lot, OK?

Peony: So, what's news today, Meadow.

Meadow: Giant worms are eating our tomato trents again. It seems our giant tomatoes are irresistible for them.

Peony: Deploy all available trents and eradicate them all at once.

Meadow: Yes, my queen.

Peony: Never call me queen. We already have Queen of Rose.

Meadow: Oops. I forgot again.

Meadow flies away.

Peony: Queen, huh, with my lord....no...no...no... dirty thought again. I have to go out and exercise or something.

[On the Magical kingdom's castle grounds]

Ruby: Everything went on so smoothly, sis.

Iris: I'm sure this is all Priscilla's plan.

Almond: Yes, but that's not a bad thing, right? We've got what we want, quite easily.

Violet: These oracles are scary. They know everything. They predict every move. It's better if we have one.

Lord: Eh? Didn't Rene mention that we have one. Isabelle or something. You girls don't know her?

Ruby: Errr.....

Almond: I don't know.

Iris: Quite sure she lives somewhere in our northern territory. We don't contact her much. Sola or Peony should know better.

Ruby: Can we stroll around here a bit. This castle is so beautiful, like it is in heaven.

Astille: It is emitting holy aura too.

Jasmine nods.

Iris: Oh, is that Luna? If I remember her name correctly.

Luna is approaching with a young girl who has short light-blonde hair, decorated with jewels of various color on her head. She carries a one-handed straight sword on her waist.

Almond: Thank you for everything. After a short walk in this garden, we will travel around this city for a while, then probably go home.

Luna: [giggle] ...are you forgetting something? It would take about 4 months to travel back to your home.

Violet: Oh yes! I totally forgot about that. That would be a really tiresome journey.

Iris: Ain't there any teleport service in the magic kingdom at all? Angel said something like she is expanding the teleport network.

Luna: As you might have some suspicion, it's her ploy to get you here. There is no such thing as a teleport network, not yet at least. Only a few magicians who were born with the gift like Angel can teleport.

Almond: Too bad, then I hope Angel will appear and help us again.

Luna: I will give you one white stone. It is a magical stone we use to call her whenever we need a teleport. Just throw it on the floor and call out her name. A stone can be used only once.

Iris: You saved my life. I thought we might have to spend 4 months of our life on a wagon.

Almond: Four months on a luxurious wagon with a lot of money to spend along the way ain't that bad, but people at home might really worry about us.

Luna: It might be a little too late for an introduction. The girl with me is Ira. She can use elemental magic and imbue them on her sword to enhance its power.

Ira: Hello, nice to meet all of you. The queen sent me to be your guide in the magic kingdom, but Luna wants to come along.

Luna: [giggle]...who wouldn't want to stay with these flowers. They are beautiful and smell nice too.

Ruby: Thank you. Let me hug you. You are so lovely too Luna.

Luna: Oh? Is this a doll, right, Iris?

Iris: It's....

Luna: You're lucky it's a doll. Trents similar to this one are strictly forbidden to enter our kingdom, let alone in this royal palace's area. If we catch one, there is a severe punishment to both the trent and its owner.

Iris thinks: [Hey, hey, you made that up, right? OK, have fun harassing my doll]

Luna: Come here, Ira. Let me check if this is truly a doll.

Ira: You know full well that...

Luna: You tickle its left side. I tickle its right side, OK? Start.

Ira: Oh, I get it. You are not gonna survive, little doll.

[A few minutes later]

The doll's eyes are full of tears from the tickling but still doesn't make a noise.

Luna: I'm so tired...haha.

Ira: This is so fun, Luna.

Iris: OK, let go already, you girls.

Ira: Where should we go first? What about our grand library.

Lord: Sure. I think Almond is smiling.

[Grand library]

Almond: Wow. So many books. Too bad I can't borrow them.

Iris: Let apply for the membership or something, Almond.

Almond: But I wouldn't be able to return the book in time, since our home are 4 months away.

Luna: Librarian. Go get a really big sack for us.

Lord: Huh? For what?

Luna: For books. Take as many as you want, Almond.

Almond: SERIOUSLY?! Isn't that against the library's rule or something.

Luna: I certainly have the authority to change the rule as I see fit.

Iris: Uh...what is the name of your position again?

Luna: Grand advisor to the queen.

Iris: Oh, yes. I should have realized this sooner, and don't tell me Ira is a general or something.

Ira: Grand general of the army and admiral of the fleet.

Iris: And the queen sent her grand general to be our tour guide...damn.

Ira: Your position in your kingdom isn't far away from mine, Iris.

Iris: Come to think of it, that's quite true. I usually think I'm just his concubine and a bodyguard.

Almond: You girls continue the talk. I will go get the books. Can't really miss this opportunity.

Ruby: You look like you come to rob the place, Almond. Sounds fun, I go too.

Almond and Ruby scurry away.

Lord: You look so young, Ira. Something like 17? How come have you got the highest military rank?

Ira: 16, my lord. It might sound arrogant but I'm here just because of my fighting ability and intelligence.

Luna: Our queen is a powerful oracle. She got Ira from her family since she was 5, and train her well since then.

Violet: That's so amazing.

Luna: [giggle] ... Don't say that. You flower girls are not even 2 years old and you are as good as Ira in fighting.

Ira: You should have realized by now that we know practically everything about you.

Iris: Oh, all these assistance and hospitality. What the queen wants is the friendship between our kingdoms, I guess.

Ira: That's right, Iris. Come here. Let me show you something.

[On a big magical board in the grand library]

Total Military Strength:

Magic Kingdom: 25

Yggdrasil North: 29

Yggdrasil South: 13

Dark Kingdom: 12

Ice Kingdom: 9

Midland: 23

Water world: 21

Ira: This is the closest estimate we can get, from our various sources of intel.

Violet: Yggdrasil North? That's us? South? Probably, Queen of Rose? How come we are so strong in the chart, my lord.

Lord thinks: [Yeah, yeah, one of you can fight 10 giant trents. No wonder we are strong.]

Ira: We want to be as transparent as possible. Magic kingdom is a peace-loving country. In order to maintain peace, we need strong alliances.

Lord: Sure. As the lord of yggdrasil, I accept your peace offering. But if you want to joint attack someone, let me think again at that time.

Ira: Thank you. That's all we want.

Lord: I can surely play with this screen for a while, right? ....Aha.

Total Economic Strength:

Magic Kingdom: 52

Yggdrasil North: 7

Yggdrasil South: 19

Dark Kingdom: 2

Ice Kingdom: 10

Midland: 147

Water world: 19

Iris: That's why people say Midland's vault contains half of gold coins in the world.

Lord: Dark kingdom: 2. Probably there are only undead around there. Brain...brain....

Iris: Don't eat me like this my lord. Take off my clothes first.

Ira: [giggle] You guys seem fun. My lord, do you need more concubines?

Lord: Uh...hmm... I ... I....

Iris: She is joking, my lord.