"Princess, princess, wake up."
A maid called for Isabel, her voice low and soft, actually hoping her lady would sleep through and not hear her.
Unfortunately, Isabel woke up in an instant.
Seeing her maid sigh beneath her breath, she smiled "Actually this time, I slept better!"
Just as she said this, she looked over to Nye. Her smile deepened as she picked him up and patted him.
Last night, suddenly after he made her go to sleep, she fell asleep very fast and slept better.
It was only later that she woke up and saw Nye laying next to her, occasionally patting her face with his tail.
She was very happy and even though her subsequent sleep wasn't good, it was better than before!
As she patted him, she saw him wake up.
"Oh sorry, did I wake you up?" she asked while her maid commanded other maids to take out her clothes and prepare her things.
Nye just laid in her arms, shaking his head.
As a cat, he was fine sleeping at any time, so it didn't matter if he woke up now. He would just nap a bit longer.
Thinking of this, he jumped out of her arms and towards the bed once more, laying and hiding his face under the blanket.
Although he wasn't too sleepy, from his memories, he knew that dressing took a lot longer for women in such a time.
They would dress, apply some make up, talk, and so on. This usually took at least two hours!
Sleeping would be a lot more productive that staying awake and listening to all these things.
Not to mention that his mental power was still rather weak and needed recovery.
Seeing him act like this Isabel caressed his fur a bit before she stood up, walking towards the bathroom.
Her own living quarters were large and contained several rooms connected, such as the dressing room, a small library, a study, and other things.
Even the make-up table in her room was just to quickly look over things before she left, it wasn't where she usually put on make up.
First she went to the bathroom, then dressing room, then the make up room, and finally when she finished, she went back to her bedroom and took Nye into her arms.
The whole process, as expected, took nearly two hours.
Nye just laid in her arms without doing much. This was the royal mansion in the royal capital. It was extremely safe and he was a known figure.
He could sleep wherever he went, get food everywhere, and walk in most places.
Although he himself hadn't experienced them directly, from his inherited memories, he felt a calm feeling of home and protection, which allowed him to sleep and recover even in this state.
To be honest, his mental power was more empty than he thought, which is why he had to take every chance to sleep…
Of course being on the move, his eyes were only half-closed.
Soon, they walked through a long hallway and entered a smaller hall.
It was larger than Isabel's bedroom, but compared to the hallway, this hall truly seemed a bit small, like a side-room and not the dining room of the royal family.
But this was truly how the Silver Moon Lune family lived.
Although they were blessed by the moon, coming from a humble background, their ancestor wrote down his insight of being a mortal, a commoner, and passed them down.
Even though times have changed, the Lune family kept these records and established various laws and regulations to ensure the prosperity of the kingdom, which allowed commoners to live good lives.
Maybe it's because of this that their family has been prosperous for over three thousand years, becoming the oldest and most renown kingdom in the south-eastern corner of the continent, even rivalling some of the empires in age and deep inheritance.
Servants were preparing the room, upon seeing her enter, they bowed and greeted her.
Isabel smiled and simply said "You can stand up. Prepare another table for Nye, he will be dining with us.
Also, has father said whether he would eat breakfast here, or will he eat in his study?"
"Your highness the princess, his majesty, King Lunaris has said he will eat in the dining room today. Her majesty the queen and his highness the crown prince will attend as usual."
"That's great!" Isabel was elated.
Nye, seeing this, didn't think there was anything weird about it.
After all, although she seemed mature, in fact, she was only twelve years old!
Girls and boys her age all wanted the attention of their parents, especially a princess who might see her father only once a day.
'Fortunately I entered early. Twelve, if I recall correctly, then that guy came here when she was fifteen or sixteen, which is several years away.
And, most children enter the academy between twelve and thirteen. This time, when she enters the academy, she won't be surrounded by people younger than her and won't have a difficult time making friends!'
He truly looked out to her, as if she was his family, his little sister, so he wanted her to live the live the best way.
As for the three mentioned just now… he knew them all.
The king of the Silver Moon Kingdom was always called Lunaris, so it was normal for the servants to call him by this. His wife the queen and mother of Isabel was a renown sorceress of the strongest empire on the Grigore Continent – the Arcana Grigore Empire!
As a sorceress, she had earned the title of countess but didn't have a territory.
On her journey around the empire, she met the hiding king who was on his own journey of exploration.
The two worked together and formed an adventure group, wandering the continent and even beyond.
Finally they returned, both sixth-ring wizard and sorceress. He proposed under the blessing of his parents and became a king not long after.
Now twenty years have passed, they are still on the sixth-ring, but they got two children.
Isabel's elder brother was nineteen and dedicated as the crown prince upon his birth.
Although there was no preference over girls in the royal family, there was still the old tradition that the first born would become the crown prince, so it wasn't her turn to become one.
Not to mention that her own bloodline seemed mutated and her magic blocked, making her unfit to inherit the position later on.
Fortunately this didn't make her shunned, instead, the three family members showered her with love and sought ways to ease her nightmares.
After all this time, they only found ways to subtly restore the Star Map's magic power and allow her to have a peaceful sleep for at least half a night.
Just as Nye was thinking of the three, he heard the sound of a door being opened and saw a young man entering the room.