"Hyah!" I yelled, throwing Thoron magic at a training dummy with all of my might. The dummy fell over, with a lightning bolt sticking out of it, before the magical bolt disappeared as if it wasn't there to begin with.
I felt like taking a break, but there was no reason to. A good sorcerer tries to be as strong as possible- breaks would just weaken me. And if I took one, I would just think about her. I shook the thought out from my head, and shot another bolt.
It had only been a month since the Mad King Gangrel had been defeated, and I should be happy; I should have jumped on the table in victory, like Vaike, or baked a three-story fancy cake, like Sumia. Maybe I should have even been like Sully, and broken out in song!
But no, I just sat there and watched them having fun, with Cordelia trying to make conversation with me.
"Robin, you need to be more positive. We just saved the whole Ylissean Kingdom!" She would say, trying to make me happy. But I knew it would be useless to even bother.
I threw tome magic as quick as I could, finally running out of spells in the book to use. I picked up an Elfire, and went back at it.
By the time I was finished, it was already late, and I could barely stand. I knew it was not smart to waste all of my energy, but it helped me fall asleep faster. I limped out of the training grounds, trying to find my way towards my hotel.
Chrom made sure I got a fancy hotel room after the war, even though I begged, saying I didn't need anything extravagant. Good luck that went, because he refused to budge.
I walked in and waved to the poor guard that was in charge of night duty, and hurried toward my room on the third floor. As I stood outside the room, the smell of something delicious appeared, and I finally noticed how hungry I was.
Slowly, I unlocked the door to make sure it wasn't a thief trying to trick me. Instead, it was Lissa and Maribelle.
Lissa was busy placing food on the table, as if this was her own house, and Maribelle was running around, dusting off my furniture which I seemed to have "neglected" for the last month. Apparently my cleaning did not do for a lady of her class.
"Hi, Robin!" Lissa called to me. It seems my sneaking abilities need more work. "I hope you don't mind, I just planned on this being a surprise."
"I didn't expect me to be the one surprised, though." Maribelle called from across the room. "It's repulsing how much dust is around. do you not take the proper time to clean up?"
Well, I didn't plan on having guests today. "I guess I'll need to work on it." I grabbed a seat, happy to finally rest my legs.
On the table was almost every food you can imagine, and they all looked delicious, considering Lissa made it (She doesn't exactly know much cooking).
"I would ask you why you're here but…" I let the words fade, because I knew it wasn't needed.
"Chrom asked me to come out and check on you. Apparently, you're the only Shepard who hasn't talked to him since the wars ended, save for maybe Anna, who's been busy selling stuff around town." Lissa set down the silverware, making sure everything looked as fancy as possible. "I wouldn't have needed to if you visited once or twice. Tea?" Lissa poured hot tea into all three of the fancy cups, and set it down.
"Well, Chrom is busy, you know? He just became exalt and all. He told me a story about a former exalt or two, and how they were treated." Well, he only shared stories about her to me, but it would be best not to mention it around here.
"Ever since he officially became Exalt, he's been constantly busy with paper work and the like." Lissa continued talking, accidently speaking with her mouth full
"I could not dream of being in his shoes." Maribelle exclaimed, perusing the choices of meat. "Holding people's respect is hard being a royal, so you can only imagine being the Exalt."
Lissa sighed deeply, and nibbled on some potato slices. "He's loved by the people, but everyone seems to be anxious about the wedding that's coming up in a week." I almost choked on my tea at hearing her response.
"What wedding?!" Maribelle yelled, losing her sense of grace for a second. "Last time I checked, the only people getting married in your family anytime soon is you and Ricken!"
"Oh, so you too haven't heard of it…" Lissa said, looking down at her food. "I guess I'll explain it again today. Chrom plans on getting married this Saturday. Of course, he hasn't bothered to tell me who it actually is." Lissa pouted, poking at her green beans.
"Well, is there anything he could have possibly told you about her?" Maribelle said, finally not yelling.
"Well, he told me the person was a friend of Cordelia's, but he refused to say anything else." Lissa said, looking in my direction. "Are you okay, Robin?"
"W-what?" I say, almost hitting myself in the face with my fork. "Y-yeah, I guess I'm just getting tired."
"Well, that's good. I was starting to think you were getting interested in what I was saying." Lissa said, going back to eating her food.
I guess I have no reason to worry, anyway. It was really obvious that Sumia was the person that he would marry, and I was perfectly okay with that choice. Faking a smile toward Lissa, I continued to focus on my food.