I was walking down the darkened paths of the ancient basin as I reminisced of the time I spent here when I was training my void,the rough training I had to go through with the dreamers in soul manipulation and how I had to bathe in the void lake below the lighthouse though I never stayed for long for some reason

"Tell you what I should go and swim there are again for all times sake"i said as I walked down the path which led me to the most disturbing part of the trip there

The abyss,completely filled with the shells of so many siblings I could've had so I started floating so that I wouldn't step on them

"Heh,I'd love to imagine mom take care of millions of children"i said trying to take my mind off the experience

But it was Impossible,with something like this no one could keep their heads in check

Which is why I swore that if I ever found the pale king I will punch him to death and throw his corpse in the void lake that he feared so much

And so after a while I finally arrived there,I decided to fly all the way up to the lighthouse As I removed my shirt,my jacket and my shoes

I looked at my body

"I suppose a few exercises during this winter break wouldn't hurt anyone"i said as I then ran to the edge of the lighthouse and jumped out into the lake

'Maan I feel so at eat'I thought as I felt like I was one with thr lake

Wait but I am,am I swimming in myself?

Am I made of the lake?or is it made of me

So I screamed and got out for I didn't know

"Yeah I remember now"i said as I immediately went back to the light house and picked up my shirt and shoes back and decided to continue with my journey

I flied for a long time in the abyss when I reached my egg

To think I came out of this,things change quickly

Next came the temple of the black egg,that's the place where my old self sealed the radiance before she escaped once again and I killed her

Well more like created my own one that I married later on

I visited the temple to find my old body lying there on the ground lifeless

I took off my jacket and put it over the vessel

"You did what you had to do,it's okay to rest now"i said as I covered him with my jacket

I looked around

Hollow had to endure something like this for who knows how long

And then I had to do that too

All that because of a king who couldn't protect his people and sacrificed his own son

I shook that away,this wasn't a problem anymore everything is fine the way it is

And so after clearing my head of that I decided to go back up obviously not passing by a certain place which if I could I would have blown up the first time I saw it

I slapped myself

"Come on,just move on already"i said as I went back to the surface to see hollow and grimm holding each other,rocking back and forth while tears flowed down their eyes or in hollow's case,his eye sockets

"Oh god"

+++++++++++++++later++++++++++++++

I was walking back to my room after dropping grimm with his comrades with terrible back pain from the intense hug courtesy of hollow

I opened the door expecting to find nyarla there but instead it was sarah who was wearing a black sleeveless dress which didn't cover her legs too

(Still debating if I should put it or no)

"Sarah?what's with the fancy dress?"

She approached me leaning down

"I just thought it might be a good way to show off,can you imagine all the jealous nobles when they see me with you

And that's just me,imagine if they saw the other girls with you

You'd have a target on your back from all the men"she said

"That's something I'd rather avoid,but in a way it's true that everyone knows your my wife,and it's not like you'd want to hide it,but you have so many other dresses,why limit yourself to only one when you have so many more option to choose from?"I asked her

"Well while considering the primary  reason I thought of a secondary one which is that it's more practical for when we want to do it on the fly"she said

"Somehow I feel like this IS the primary reason"

"I want to loosen up a bit can you blame me?"she asked me

"In your case where you want to loosen up every single day?kinda"i said as i sat down tired as she sat very close to me on my right

"Oh really?I don't remember you fighting against it much half of the time"

"Hey!"

She giggled

"Geez,and here I thought at first glance that renka was the lustful one"i said

"Looks can be deceiving you know?"

"Yeah she's the one who has the most self control out of all of you"i said

"So what now?the ball is tomorrow,aren't you bored?me and the girls are going to go out,hornet is going to show us some neat places"she said as she was about to leave

"Wait before you go"i said as I then picked up a long puffy jacket as I wrapped it around her and covered her with it

"I don't want anyone to give you weird looks"i said

She looked at it as she then gave me one of my favorite smiles ever as she then kissed me a kiss devoid of lust and only pure love

"This is why I fell in love with you,you're so nice and you still have that tsundere act going for you"she said as she left the room

Well then I suppose I should sleep now,and nyarla is gone to pick something from her house

And tomorrow I'll take the students out to the white palace