##Chapter 2##
~Flashback~
"Your Majesty, may I have a word with you?" Teagan said after he knocked the door of his quarters.
"Come on in and sit down. So what do you want to talk about Teagan?"
"Umm… Your Majes-"
"Stop with the formality Teagan. It's just the two of us here" He smiled.
"If you insist. Anyway the 1st anniversary of the end of 5th Blight is near Alistair. So I was wondering that it is time for us to go to Amaranthine to invite Commander Neria for the celebration, after all she is the Hero of Ferelden."
Alistair rubs his temples.
(This is going to be hard. I tried not to have any connections with her just to forget our past but now I am going to meet her. Oh, this is torture! Wait a minute-)
"We could just write an invitation to her telling to attend the occasion. We don't have time to go to Amaranthine."
"You have a point Alistair, but it's also been a year since Commander Neria became the Arlessa of Amaranthine and we still don't know what kind of improvement she done in the city."
"She always report to me what is happening out there."
"But it is much better to see the actual improvement of Amaranthine rather than reading about it only in her letters. So what do you think Alistair?" he smiled at him.
(He is a persisted one. Sigh. He has no choice but to go there and meet her.)
"Very well then, early tomorrow we're going to Amaranthine."
~End of Flashback~
He regrets saying those 9 words back then. This is torture to him! He hasn't seen her for a long time and his head is going nuts! Alistair doesn't even know what kind of approach to do to Neria. He doesn't even know if she's mad and throw fireballs at him. This is really torture to him!
"Your Majesty, Welcome to Vigil's Keep" greeted by a gray haired man.
"You must be Seneschal Varel, nice to meet you."
"Pleasure is all mine your Majesty. Please enjoy your stay here, we also prepare the guest rooms for your party." He said while bowing at him.
"Thank you. Anyway, where is your Commander?" he asked nervously. Oh come on Alistair, don't be nervous! You can do it!
"I'm sorry sire but Commander Neria is still not feeling well after the fight with the Brood mother. She still needs to take some rest first."
"Oh I see, that's unexpected of her. I must visit her later." He said worryingly, forgetting his nervous.
"That's very kind of you sire. Anyway it looks like you travel quite far so we already prepared a meal for your party, your Majesty. Please come in."
"Thank you". This is going to be a long day.
*A.N.-I know you all wondered Varel is still alive in my fanfic when he died just before the battle of the warden to brood mother. Well I don't want him to die, so I made him survived in my fanfic, after all he really is a nice old man right?^^
