Chapter 609 - Transmigration is No Big Deal
“Your Majesty, Princess Babla has disappeared!”
In a lavish palace, a middle-aged man with a crown on his head sat on his throne. He had just been informed of the news of his daughter’s disappearance, and an urgent look immediately appeared on his face.
“What?!” The king abruptly rose to his feet and rushed over to the messenger as he said, “Babla disappeared? Haven’t you been with her this entire time? How could she have disappeared?”
“Your Majesty, I was away from the palace for an hour today, and the princess had maids to look after her, but when I came back, I couldn’t find the princess, and the maids didn’t know where she was, either. I immediately came to inform you of this news,” Gloria said with an apologetic expression.
The king forced himself to calm down as he analyzed, “Babla is a little rebellious at times, but she would never leave the palace without permission. We have guards all around the palace too, so she’s most likely still somewhere in the palace. Guards, hurry up and find the princess for me!”
“Your Majesty…” An elderly man hesitated momentarily before making his way over to the king and whispering something in his ear.
“Is that true?” The king’s expression abruptly changed.
The elderly man nodded, and replied, “I once saw Her Highness enter that place, but she told me that she was only going to play there for a bit, so I paid it no heed. If we can’t find the princess anywhere in the palace, then I believe she might have gone there.”
Before the elderly man had even finished his sentence, the king had already rushed out the door.
Before long, the king and the elderly man had reached a vast and spacious cave. There was an ancient spell formation situated at the very center of the cave with a very series[a] of cracks lining the formation. There were also many signs that the formation had been recently repaired.
However, it appeared that the entire spell formation had since been destroyed, and a new set of cracks had appeared. Only the white jade stone pillar at the center of the spell formation remained completely intact.
“Your Majesty, the spell formation has been activated; from the magic waves, it appears that it was activated no more than an hour ago.” The elderly man turned to the king with a grave expression, and said, “Only Her Highness could have activated this spell formation. If the teleportation was successful, then…”
“How could this have happened? She’s still just a child…” A distraught look appeared on the king’s face as he looked at the wreckage of the spell formation. He was the only one in the royal palace who knew where this spell formation led to.
However, this spell formation had been abandoned countless years ago; many attempts were made to repair it, all to no avail. In the end, it was deemed that the teleportation spell formation on the other side must have been damaged, and no further attempts to repair it were made thereafter.
However, Babla had somehow managed to successfully repair and activate it.
“Someone might have repaired the spell formation on the other side, and Her Highness just so happened to activate it on our end.” The elderly man’s expression was also quite grave. He knew how important Babla was to the king. If she really had been teleported to that distant continent, she would have to fend for herself there, and the consequences could be catastrophic.
“Would she be able to teleport back?” The king turned to the elderly man with a desperate expression.
“This teleportation spell formation has already been severely damaged, so Her Highness wouldn’t be able to come back unless it was repaired.” The elderly man shook his head in response.
The king clenched his fists and was silent for a moment before commanding, “Broadcast my orders to the entire moon nations: all magic casters who are proficient in spell formations and spatial magic are to be summoned into the palace.”
“Yes.” The elderly man took a concerned glance at the king before quickly departing.
“Wait for Father, Babla. Father will take you home!” A grave yet determined voice echoed in the quiet cave.
“That… seems like overkill?” Mag looked at Amy with a peculiar expression.
“But didn’t you say that we should be fiercer to freeloaders? Like this…” Amy raised her fist in what she thought to be a menacing display as she put on a serious expression, and snarled, “You have to pay for your meal! Otherwise, we’ll kill you!”
“Amy is so adorable.” Yabemiya chuckled as she pinched Amy’s soft cheek.
“Big Sister Miya, I’m super fierce!” Amy bared her teeth at Miya to make herself appear more menacing, but she only looked more adorable as a result.
“There’s no hurry to do anything. Let’s see if this princess can even go back.” Mag shook his head with a smile. Committing murder over four kebabs was far too brutal. At the very least, it was something that he was incapable of doing. If this princess could successfully teleport away, then she would become the first transmigrator to return to her place of origin. Mag wanted to see if she was capable of doing that.
The silver light became brighter and brighter, and Babla had become almost entirely enshrouded in it. A series of complex symbols began to appear on the spell formation below her, and it was as if she were about to fly away.
“The spell formation here works!” An elated look appeared on Babla’s face. Her worst fear was that the spell formation here would be damaged. In that case, she would be well and truly stuck on this foreign continent. However, it appeared that this spell formation was in far better condition than the one in the royal palace, and she had been able to successfully activate it.
“Splutter…”
All of a sudden, the silver light faded, and the spell formation disappeared in the blink of an eye as the floor reverted back to its original condition.
“It… It failed? How could this be?” Babla stood rooted to the spot with a dejected expression. She looked at the ground, then at her wand, and was unable to accept such a cruel reality.
“It failed!” Amy’s eyes lit up as she put down her wand, and began to eat her beef kebab again.
“Won’t she be unable to return home now? That’s so sad.” Yabemiya wore a concerned expression as she looked at Babla.
“The teleportation failed, which means that the spell formation on the other side is most likely dysfunctional. In that case, she really would be unable to return home,” Sally confirmed.
“It’s alright, look on the bright side; at least you’re still alive, right? It’s just transmigration, it’s no big deal.” Mag offered words of consolation to Babla, who was on the brink of tears. He had transmigrated after dying in his past life. At the very least, she had never experienced what it felt like to die.
“You make it sound so simple! I won’t be able to go back, so I won’t be the moon nation’s princess anymore. I won’t be able to live in my castle, and I won’t have all of my pretty dresses anymore… I… I’m so sad… Waaah…” Babla glared at Mag before sitting back down in her seat, sobbing while she feasted on kebabs.
“Um… That is indeed quite sad, but you have to pay for what you’re eating, you know.” Mag looked at Babla with a sympathetic expression.
“Pay?” Babla’s sobs came to an abrupt halt.
[a]Sounds like a missing word (words) in between, or a typo