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Princess Lyra Belle de Anemoi
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Chapter 20
After Dylan had gone back, Lyra and him started exchanging letters at least once or twice a week. She would receive Dylan's letters through Solon and would write him back as soon as she could.
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"ℳ𝓎 𝒹ℯ𝒶𝓇,
𝒟𝓎𝓁𝒶𝓃,
𝒟ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝒟𝓎𝓁𝒶𝓃,
𝒢ℴℴ𝒹 ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓃𝒾𝓃ℊ,
𝒟𝓎𝓁𝒶𝓃"
After scratching off how to address Dylan, Lyra finally settled on simply writing 'Dear' before his name.
"𝒟ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝒟𝓎𝓁𝒶𝓃,
ℋℴ𝓅ℯ 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁ℯ𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓇 ℯ𝓃𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓃𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓈 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁. ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝒹ℯ𝓁𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇 ℴ𝒻 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒶𝒻ℯ 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓁𝓈. ℐ 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝓈𝒶𝒻ℯ 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓁𝓈 ℴ𝓃 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓅 𝓉ℴ ℬℴ𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓈. 𝒜𝓁𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽 ℐ 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒶𝓎, ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷ℯℯ𝓃 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓉ℯ 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝒾ℴ𝓊𝓈 𝓉ℴ 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓁 𝓉ℴ ℬℴ𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓈. ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝓉ℴℴ 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝒷ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉𝓈 ℯ𝓍𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉ℯ 𝒷ℯ𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎. ℰ𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒽ℯ𝓃 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈𝓃ℴ𝓌𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓁𝒶𝓀ℯ𝓈 𝒻𝓇ℯℯ𝓏ℯ. 𝒮𝓅ℯ𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ ℴ𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽, 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝓉 𝓃ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇 𝓈𝓃ℴ𝓌𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝓎, 𝒾𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷ℯℯ𝓃 ℴ𝓃ℯ ℴ𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒹ℯℯ𝓅ℯ𝓈𝓉 𝒹ℯ𝓈𝒾𝓇ℯ𝓈 𝓉ℴ 𝓈𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉 𝒶 𝓈𝓃ℴ𝓌𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁 ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓃 ℴ𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻ℯ. ℐ 𝓌ℴ𝓃𝒹ℯ𝓇 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈𝓃ℴ𝓌 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓂𝒾𝒹𝒹𝓁ℯ ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈ℯ𝒸ℴ𝓃𝒹 𝓂ℴ𝓃𝓉𝒽 ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓎ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓃 ℬℴ𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓈? ℐ𝒻 𝓈ℴ, 𝓅𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓈ℯ 𝒷ℯ 𝒸𝒶𝓇ℯ𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓁 𝓈𝒶𝒻ℯ𝓁𝓎. ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝒸ℴ𝓂𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓂𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈𝓃ℴ𝓌. 𝒯𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ𝒻ℴ𝓇ℯ, 𝓅𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓈ℯ 𝒷ℯ 𝒸𝒶𝓇ℯ𝒻𝓊𝓁. 𝒜𝓈 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝒹ℴ𝒾𝓃ℊ, 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝒶𝓎 ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓀ℯ𝓃 𝓊𝓅 𝓁𝒶𝓉ℯ 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓃𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓅ℯ𝓃𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇. 𝒯ℴ 𝓇ℯ𝓋ℯ𝒶𝓁 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁ℯ 𝓈ℯ𝒸𝓇ℯ𝓉, 𝓌ℯ ℊ𝒶𝓂𝒷𝓁ℯ𝒹 ℴ𝓃 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓁ℴ𝓈ℯ𝓇 ℊ𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒶 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓃ℯ𝓇'𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽. 𝒮𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ ℐ 𝓌ℴ𝓃, ℐ 𝓇ℯ𝓆𝓊ℯ𝓈𝓉ℯ𝒹 ℱ𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝓉ℴ 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾ℊ𝓃 𝓂ℯ 𝓈ℴ𝓂ℯ 𝓅𝓇ℴ𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ𝓃𝓉 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒷ℯ𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹ℴ𝓌𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓇ℯ𝒸𝓀ℴ𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉? ℐ 𝒶𝓂 ℴ𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓇ℯ𝓈𝓅ℴ𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀. 𝒜𝓁𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒸ℯ𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓃𝓀ℯ𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒾𝓃𝓃ℯ𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓁𝒶𝒸ℯ 𝒶𝓇ℯ 𝓃ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒶ℊℯ𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒜𝓊𝓃𝓉 ℳℯ𝒹ℯ𝒶. ℋℴ𝓌ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇, 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒸ℯ𝓈 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝒸ℯ𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃ℊ ℴ𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓃ℴ𝓌 𝒷ℯ 𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓂ℯ. ℐ 𝒶𝓁𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉ℯ𝒶𝒹 ℴ𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝒾𝓃 ℴ𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝒻ℴ𝓇ℯ. 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓂ℴ𝓇ℯ 𝒶𝒹ℴ, 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷ℯ 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓂ℯ ℴ𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎. 𝒜𝓁𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽 𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓁𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉 ℴ𝒷𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓁ℯ ℐ 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓇ℯ𝓂ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓂𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓎. 𝒩ℴ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓇𝒾ℯ𝓈. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝓂ℴ𝓇ℯ, 𝒶𝓈 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀 𝓌ℯ 𝒶𝓇ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ ℴ𝓃, ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝓈𝓊𝓇ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒸𝒽ℴ𝓁𝒶𝓇𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓌ℯ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝒹ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒹ℯ𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝒢𝒶𝒾𝒶 𝓉𝓌ℴ 𝓌ℯℯ𝓀𝓈 𝒶𝒻𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽𝒹𝒶𝓎. 𝒯𝒽ℯ ℯ𝓍𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓉ℯ 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷ℯ 𝒹ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒹ℯ𝒹 𝓊𝓅ℴ𝓃 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝓋ℯ𝓃𝒾ℯ𝓃𝒸ℯ. 𝒪𝒽! ℬℯ𝒻ℴ𝓇ℯ ℐ 𝒻ℴ𝓇ℊℯ𝓉, ℳℯ𝓇𝓈ℴ𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓈𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒶𝒷ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓎ℴ𝓊. ℋℯ 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌 𝒾𝒻 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ 𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒸𝒽ℯ𝒹 𝓈𝒶𝒻ℯ𝓁𝓎 ℴ𝓇 𝓃ℴ𝓉. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℯ𝓁𝓈ℯ...𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℯ𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ 𝒾𝓈 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝒻𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃ℊ. ℐ𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝓇ℯℯ𝓏𝓎 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃ℴ𝓉 𝓉ℴℴ 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓎. ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉ℴ 𝓅𝓇ℯ𝓅𝒶𝓇ℯ 𝒹𝒾𝓃𝓃ℯ𝓇 𝒷𝓎 𝓂𝓎𝓈ℯ𝓁𝒻 𝓉ℴ𝓃𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 ℴ𝒻 𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓇𝓈ℯ 𝒽ℯ𝓁𝓅 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝒟ℯ𝓁𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒽. ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃'𝓉 𝓎ℯ𝓉 𝒹ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒹ℯ𝒹 ℴ𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉ℴ 𝓂𝒶𝓀ℯ. ℰ𝓋ℯ𝓃 𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽 ℐ 𝒶𝓂 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉ℴ 𝒸ℴℴ𝓀, ℐ 𝒻ℯℯ𝓁 ℯ𝓍𝒽𝒶𝓊𝓈𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝒹ℴ 𝓈ℴ 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓁𝒾ℯ𝓇 ℐ 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓂𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓇𝓎 ℴ𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝒶ℊ𝒶𝒾𝓃. ℐ𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 ℊℴ𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒽ℯ𝓃 𝒜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝒦𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇𝒾𝓃ℯ 𝓌𝒽ℴ 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ ℴ𝓋ℯ𝓇 𝓉ℴ 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉 ℱ𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇, 𝓈𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓂ℯ 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻ℴ𝓇𝒸ℯ𝒹 𝓂ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝒽ℴ𝓇𝓈ℯ 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃ℊ. ℐ𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂ℯ 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃ℊ ℴ𝓃ℯ 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈ℴ𝓇𝓉 ℴ𝒻 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓈ℯ 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℐ 𝒻ℯ𝓁𝓁. 𝒜𝓁𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽 ℐ 𝓌ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓉 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓈ℯ 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓉ℯ 𝒶 𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ𝒹𝒾𝒸 𝓈𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉. ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊ℊℊ𝓁𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉ℴ 𝓈ℯ𝒸𝓊𝓇ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ ℊ𝓇𝒾𝓅 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒽ℴ𝓇𝓈ℯ 𝓀ℯ𝓅𝓉 ℊ𝒶𝓁𝓁ℴ𝓅𝒾𝓃ℊ. 𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝓀𝓃𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒽ℴ 𝓌ℯ𝓇ℯ 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉ℴ 𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝒽ℯ𝓁𝓅 𝓂ℯ. ℬ𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈𝓃'𝓉 ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓃 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇𝒾ℴ𝓊𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉. ℐ 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒿𝓊𝓇𝓎 ℴ𝓇 𝒷𝒶𝓇ℯ𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓈. ℬ𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽ℯ𝓃 ℐ ℊℴ𝓉 𝒹ℴ𝓌𝓃 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒽ℴ𝓇𝓈ℯ, 𝒶𝒻𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓂ℯ𝓇ℯ𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓉𝓌ℴ 𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓅𝓈 ℐ 𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓅ℯ𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝓉ℴ 𝒶 𝓂𝓊𝒹 𝓅𝓊𝒹𝒹𝓁ℯ. ℱℴ𝓇 𝒶 𝓂ℴ𝓂ℯ𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ, ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓎ℴ𝓃ℯ 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓏ℯ 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓂ℯ. 𝒲ℯ 𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃ℴ𝓉 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓅𝓇ℯ𝒽ℯ𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅ℯ𝓃ℯ𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂ℯ𝓇ℯ𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁ℯ 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 ℐ 𝒻ℯ𝓁𝓁. 𝒮𝒾𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁ℯ𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ 𝓁ℯ𝓃ℊ𝓉𝒽𝓎, ℐ 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 ℯ𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ.
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RISE OF THE CROWN PRINCESS
RomanceIn the Kingdom of Anemoi, the neighboring Kingdom of Helios Youngest Prince Dylan de Helios comes to visit along with a diplomatic envoy. Seven years ago, they had lost contact with the Crown Princess Lyra and the Eldest Princess Astrid of Anemoi. S...
