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"What do you mean she's nowhere to be found? please don't tell me that between the three of you you can't take care of one person!" Laslow paced back and forth.
"She's known to trick people, even Lord Xander knows-" Jakob tried to defend himself but was quickly interrupted by a third voice.
"She had help from Leo that time," Xander pointed out.
"I doesn't matter! Why doesn't anyone know where she is now?" Laslow was shaking.
"Laslow please stay calm, this isn't like you at all... we'll find her," Peri comforter him.
"And just where do you suggest we begin looking?' Laslow's voice was brittle.
"Has anyone talked to her about anything strange over last few days?" Xander asked.
Jakob felt embarrassed at his own negligence. How could he possibly let something like this slip his mind? he had talked to his liege every day for hours and taken care of every possible thing she needed, why did he not know where she was?
"Milord," the butler called as Xander walked past him.
"What is it Jakob?" Xander's stoic expression never got old.
"I'd like to apologize for using you to justify my incompetence. It was wrong of me to do so, and as much as i hate to admit it, Laslow is right to doubt my competence."
"No, don't worry about it," Xander reassured him, "we've all seen how dedicated you are to my sister, the truth is you are right, she is known to trick people into not following, or following her on her crazy adventures. The issue now is that everyone is arguing over it when we should all be working together to figure out where she went."
"Is there a possibility that she may be in Hoshido?" Jakob asked after a short pause.
"'I'm sure Kaze would know if she was."
"Jakob, Lord Xander!" Peri called from inside the mess hall.
In the Mess Hall Leo stood in front on a decent sized crowd, he was holding a piece of paper and Elise was standing next to him.
"Big brother!" Elise greeted Xander, "Look at what Leo found!"
"There is one portal we have never gone through." Leo began, "I have a feeling that based on what we know about it, Corrin might have gone there."
"You mean the Dragon's Gate?" Flora asked.
"Yes that is what i'm talking about. Before Lilith died, Corrin had mentioned visiting this place with us. Of course, many of us advised against it. i just realized it's still open, so my theory is that our sister went through it."
"You're saying she went to a parallel Nohr?" Xander's worry began to show.
"At least that gives us a place to look, Laslow commented.
"How com so many of you know about this and we don't?" felicia asked.
"We all knew about the parallel world. We don't know that it is, but it looks very similar. If you forgot about it that is not our fault." Jakob answered.
"There is no need to be rude!" Felicia protested.
"Then we must all go at once!" Kaze said, paying no attention to the ongoing argument.
"I don't think a large group is a good idea," Xander gave his opinion, " I say only a few of us go, it'd be safer that way."
"Then count me in!" Camilla exclaimed, "I need to find my dear sister."
"i want to go to!" Elise volunteered.
"It's clear that everyone wants to go," Leo said, "but if we are to have only a small group go on this expedition, we should put one together based on skills and abilities rather than desire to find Corrin."
"Well, i'm a healer, so I can help whoever gets hurt!" Elise beamed.
"My siblings and I will go looking for her, as well as Kaze and Jakob." Xander announced, "we'll be taking our retainers, I think that will suffice."
all the people involved nodded in agreement.
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"This place looks exactly like Windmire," Elise commented as they walked down an alleyway.
"We need to keep our guard, there is a possibility we may not be welcomed," Xander advised.
"Why not? we're royals of Nohr!" Elise clapped her hands together.
"We could easily be accused of being impostors, it's better to not risk anything." Leo told her.
"I mean, that is a good point, but then how do you suggest we disguise ourselves?" Camilla asked.
"I can help with that," Niles offered, "i can go see if the places i would frequent in our world for these things exist here and get something."
"Please do," Leo said.
"In the mean time Beruka can watch our back," Camilla suggested, the quiet assassin simply nodded in agreement.
A few moments later Niles and Beruka were escorting the group down another alley into an underground shop.
"Do these exist back home?" Xander asked,
"They do," Niles informed him.
"I hope that now that I'm king people won't feel like they have to hide.
"That might be hard, people are costumed to living this way now, you would have to offer them very good ins times to get them to come up," Niles commented.
"It doesn't help that a lot of the slums are above ground, so it's simply safer to stay under." Beruka added.
"You have a lot of things to change brother," Leo said as they entered the shop.
"Nice to see you Zero!" the shop keeper greeted the outlaw with glee.
"Nice to see you too," Niles kept the name the girl had called him by fresh in his mind.
"Who are your friends?" an older woman asked, "Princess Elise came in asking for some outfits, but she failed to tell me you were coming," the woman had a flirtatious air to her.
"I think the butler and maid outfits will do," Niles continued.
"Glad to be of help," the older woman said, "but you still haven't introduced your friends. How am I supposed to know what fits them if they don't come over here for measurements?"
"They're for me!" Elise came closer, almost crashing into Niles, "I'll pick them!"
"Are you sure?" the young girl asked.
"Positive!"
"That was close!" Elise sighed with relief.
"Next time don't make us walk into places where we might stand out," Leo hissed.
"You look so cute in that butler outfit and that face you make!" Camilla teased him,
Leo simply grumbled and looked the other way.
"Now what?" Xander asked.
"Niles got some wigs we can put on, once we have everything we should be able to walk around freely." Beruka said handing out brunette wigs.
"You guys are the best!" Elise smiled and put on a long brunette wig.
"You look very pretty with curls," Camilla complimented her.
"And you look great with brown hair!" the young princess said without hesitation.
"Ok so now we go to the underground Windmre," Niles suggested, "It's the most likely place you would find an average person n Nohr. only aristocrats and thugs hang out up there," he pointed at the ceiling.
"That sounds ironic," Xander said.
"A lot of things in Nohr are," Niles answered.
"Any luck?" Xander asked as he came across Elise at once corner.
"no, I asked a caricaturist to draw her for me and used the picture to show people but no one has seen her!" Elise held up the drawing.
"That's a wonderful idea!" Xander complimented his sister.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing, I asked Elfie and Arthur to come back to me if they found something but I can't even find them now." Elise looked around.
"These outfits feel great, so much lighter than what i normally wear," Elfie said as she came around the same corner Xander had come from.
"You should be a maid then," Arthur laughed,
"Nonsense, these skimpy dresses could never protect me from an enemy's spear!" Elfie shouted,
"quiet you too!" Elise urged them.
"Milady, I am sorry we did not see you there, I-" Arthur was fixing his pose to address the princess properly but his foot missed the edge of the wooden floor and he fell sideways into the water.
"Arthur are you ok?" Elise leaned over the edge as Elfie puled him out.
"You can't even move one step without getting in trouble!"Elfie puled him ut with ease and Xander watched in awe.
"I'm guessing you two couldn't find anything." Xander said after a short pause.
"I regret to inform you that we did not," a shivering Arthur said.
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Corrin walked along the outer wall of the northern fortress. She was surprised that no one had come around to tell her to go away. She pulled her hood over her head and continued walking until she found a large gate. She recognized this gate, it was the main entrance to the fortress, the one her siblings used. "this place is exactly like home," she whispered to herself as she walked through the large bars. "Why is no one guarding it?"
The princess made her way through the stables and found that only a few people were tending to the horses. She proceeded with caution, making sure she wouldn't be seen by any one until she found an entrance to the tower. Inside, the halls were desolate and a few candles on the corridor were burned out. She moved slowly through the halls and made her way to what was supposed to be her bedroom. On the way she could hear a familiar voice in the distance.
"I'm so happy for lord kamui!" Felicia said, her voice was coming form inside the bedroom.
"Yes, he will finally be able to leave the fortress and see the world!" Flora answered her.
"It's not like he hasn't seen it before, but you know, he'l never have to come back here again, hopefully," Felicia said.
"Oh don't remind me about that one time, I got in so much trouble for not saying where you went." Flora said.
"I'm sorry sister!" the room went silent for a moment.
Corrin deduced that the two maids must have been talking about the time she went to see the shooting stars a few years back. Leo and Flora had been the most influential people in making sure the plan worked. Even though it had gone wrong and she had fallen into the water with Felicia and gotten lost, the princess was glad she had experienced that day. She continued listening to the two maids while hiding in a small alcove, it was a blessing that this place looked exactly like her own home. The two maids were reminiscing of the years spent with Lord Kamui, Corrin was curious to see this Lord Kamui as she could already tell he was her counter part in this strange place, but where was he now? Could it be that dreadful moment in her life where Garon had asked her to come back to Krakenburg? it had to be.