Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 382: Hope For Nomi

In a room within her cottage, Alicia walked in with her mother and father. Before them, was an ice block that encased a young boy. This was Nomi, Alicia's adopted son. In the room was also a little fairy who was asleep on the table next to the bed. Frey normally spent her time here when she was alone, watching over her little brother. 

"This little one is Frey, and the boy is Nomi right?" Tang An asked.

"Mmm My adopted daughter and son. Frey has been with me since I was young and Nomi was adopted by me before I was transported to the cultivation world. He is a good boy who works hard for his dreams. He wanted nothing more than to protect those he cares about and prove himself to me. But those damn rogue Machine Empire bastards!" Tears welled up in Alicia's eyes as she gazed warmly at the young boy. "If only I was stronger at that time he would not have been reduced to this state. He can only live because Grandpa Mu sealed his soul into his body I didn't know if Mother might have a way to revive him..." 

"I can only take a look. To think my precious grandson was in such a horrible state. Ming, remind me to wipe out the machine empire the next time I go to the inner worlds." Tang An said, her voice cold. 

"Mom it was not the Machine Empire's fault. It was a rogue section of the empire that was bent on taking over. As a matter of fact, I have the leader of the Machine Empire's, daughter under my care. In a few years, the leader will also come to Phantasia to form an alliance with us and give us a bunch of numbers to use and redesign as we see fit." Alicia explained. Her explanation seemed to have calmed Tang An down.

"I see I had noticed their movements had been strange of late. Anyway, let me look at my grandson." Tang An sat next to Nomi and waved her hand a transparent screen with many symbols and images appeared in front of her. It looked like a computer screen. Tang An's hands moved back and forth as she inspected every inch of Nomi. "Hmmm From what I can see we would need a herb that can help restore his soul. But these herbs are hard to find since they only grow where the living dead reside." 

"Hmmm, then the southern half of the continent then..." This was where the undead gathered and formed their own country.

"Do you plan to go?" Tang Ming asked.

"Not yet. I will send some people out first to gather information. Mom if you can write down all the characteristics of these herbs that would be great. I will only go if these herbs do indeed grow there." Alicia did not want to run to the southern half of the continent to find out that these herbs did not exist there. That was why she was sending people out first since she still had duties to attend to here.

"I will. If we can get these herbs and fuse them into Nomi's body we can revive him, after his soul has healed and refused to his body. The only other option would be to use the ancient magic spell Soul Revival which I have only heard of and even I am not powerful enough to use. Unlike you, where I created vessels for your soul to seek out, I can not fully fuse a soul to a body unless it does it on its own, as yours did. During that time when I had no idea if you were able to revive or not was probably the worst time in my life. Every day I could only hope and wish that your soul was able to find the vessels I prepared for you." Tang An had no idea what she would have done if Alicia had not revived.

"As long as there is hope that is all that matters. If I can not find the herbs then I can always search for information on this Soul Revival Spell." 

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Now knowing that there was hope to heal Nomi, Alicia felt very relieved. She spent the rest of the day slowly planning out the city and was helping to draw up plans for a few buildings she wanted to build. She wanted to create the first skyscrapers ever seen on the continent. She couldn't say on Phantasia ever since it was confirmed that there were other continents she did not know the level of their societies. She did not want to create the simplistic ones that could be found on Earth but more unique and science fiction looking. 

As the day went on night fell and Alicia retired to her space. Blake showed up around midday to help out with the city. The five of them, Alicia, Blake, Frey, and her parents all had dinner and talked well into the night. Alicia had decided to spend the night in her space so she had set up a residence for her parents close to a scenic area within her space so that they could have some privacy. Blake and Alicia only went to bed after Frey had fallen asleep. After soundproofing their bedroom and a few rounds of intimacy, Alicia laid in Blake's arms taking in his warmth. "Blake about what I told you earlier..."

"Don't worry. Even if they do come, we will pull through. No matter what happens we will find a path that will allow us and those we love to survive." Blake said, trying his best to ease Alicia's worries. He would not allow Alicia to try to sacrifice herself again.

"Your right I will do whatever I can to protect those I love. " Alicia lowered her eyes to her stomach and rubbed her belly. "I wonder if we should wait on having a child now..." 

"It's up to you. But we might be too late on waiting. We can hold off on our intimate actions until things calm down for now. If in three months you show signs of being pregnant then we will have no choice but to be extra careful." Blake hugged Alicia tight and kissed the top of her head. They were in difficult times and their lives were about to be threatened. He hoped that no matter what happened they would be able to pull through.

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