Recollections Of A Lone Tarragon

~Section 8~ C'est la vie

July 22 (Evening)

Cordelia looked around at the huge entrance of the castle, which was the ballroom. The water mirrors and the torch within them looked stunning with the sunset. In her hand, Cordelia held to a luggage bag that Iris pushed onto her. "Woah..." She exasperated in surprise. "Before, I thought this kind of entrance was dull, but now, it's so grand!" She smiled to herself. In the distance, she spotted Kren walking through the path leading to the courtyard. She waved, but he immediately went upstairs to the servant quarters.

Huh. That's weird. Did he not see me and had business with the servants? Or he is just ignoring me? Before she can think of it even further, she heard a gasp.

"It's great to have you back, Big Sister! It's been nearly two years!" Robin shouted as she tackled Cordelia with a hug.

Cordelia giggled. "Hi Robin! It is, but did my room seriously get messed up from the trainees?"

"It did, at least that's what Big Brother Kren told me! Anyways, it's fine! Big Sister Shuumei said you can sleep in her room!"

Cordelia raised her eyebrow. "Are you sure that was Shuumei that was talking?"

The door opened and revealed a sighing Shuumei face-palming. "Seriously Cordelia?" She then put her arm around Cordelia's shoulders. "You must be tired from that ride and it's getting dark. I have dinner prepared in our room."

Cordelia gasped. "You didn't have to do that, Shuumei!"

Shuumei huffed. "Well, you're still frail, so it's alright for right now." Shuumei turned to Shuumei and smiled. "Good night, Robin. Knock on my door if you need anything."

"Alright. Good night!" Robin yelled back excitedly.

Cordelia looked at the walls as Shuumei guided her into her room. The teal walls that once seemed like a distant memory brought only nostalgic feelings to her. The ice floor, the gold floor, and the dull grey floor brought the feeling of warmth to her. "It's nice to be home."

Shuumei raised an eyebrow. "Really? Even through all that you've been through?"

Cordelia laughed. "Well, excluding that, it's nice." Shuumei giggled which made Cordelia tilt her head. "Is something funny?"

"It's just that you never seemed to be this happy before."

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"So, then Prince Diem was like, "What the heck, Iris?" and Iris was literally standing there with a smirk saying, "Yeah, that's right. You just got roasted." I tried sooooo hard not to laugh." Cordelia told Shuumei as they ate their dinner.

Shuumei was laughing hysterically. "To think that those things could happen with the serious-minded Prince Diem. Oh my gosh!"

"I know, right? To think underneath that cool demeanor that he'd be very startled!" Cordelia laughed. "Anyways, what about you?"

"Well, when they were making Tora's wedding dress, they were measuring her, right? When she read her measurements, she was so mad at the tailors for recording that she was that big that she made them change it!"

Cordelia laughed. "Of course she would! She's definitely the type to do something like that!"

Shuumei giggled. "Anyways, we should get ready to sleep right about now."

"Alright, just tell me what to do!"

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"Hey, Cordelia?" Shuumei turned to Cordelia while being tucked in the bed.