Ariel chugs down her tea, holds down her chin, closes her eyes.
Searching her memories.
Staying like that for some time, suddenly Ariel reopened her eyes.
"Derrick Redbat was my Guardian Magician. He would always lecture me on the path to kingship."
"Yes."
"Back then, I didn't care about fighting against my brothers for the throne, and to be honest, I hated Derrick's lectures."
"So you didn't want to be king then."
"Yes. Back then, I would rather have tea like right now, and scheming with Luke on how to bed the palace girls. That was enough."
"Huh?