[Third day inside the Element Forest]
Xenia stilled in her sleep, smiling at the comfort that she was feeling. Moving to the side, her arms tried to hug Darius, only for them to fail as open-air greeted her embrace. At that instant, she opened her eyes, blinking as reality sank in.
"Good morning, Princess Xenia."
Xenia instantly jolted up from her bed, quickly turning her head to where the voice had come from. Seeing Devas, her eyes widened. Sitting on the other side of the bed, the guardian was staring at her with a wide smile, his human form dressed properly in one of the many Cordonian outfits she had seen being usually worn in the kingdom.
"Gorgeous, right? Cordon brought us many of these during the trials," Devas chuckled. "They're quite impressive with bribing us, don't you think? And can you guess what's the most interesting thing I got amongst the gifts I happened to pick?"
