"I–Is that true, Addie?" the Alpha King asked, blinking as he turned to her. Addison didn't speak. Archmage Elric had already said everything that needed to be said. She simply nodded.
A brief silence followed before the Queen spoke, her thoughts clearly racing as she pieced everything together. "But if you formed a contract with the Light Fairy… then what happened to the Dark Fairies you rescued? Did they still die, or… did something else occur?"
Addison's lips parted.
"That…"
But the words wouldn't come. When the Dark Fairies had been on the brink of death, she had collapsed into unconsciousness. And when she woke up… they were gone.
She didn't know whether they had died.
Or escaped.
Either way, it should have been her responsibility to watch over them.
And she hadn't.
"Princess… what became of the Dark Fairies?" Archmage Elric asked, suddenly attentive as he turned to Addison.
