Aulelia
December 1488 PD
I GOT A LETTER FROM RORA!
Calm down, Lia. Calm down. You are a royal princess and must act like a lady, after all...
No, I won't calm down. At least not right now. I will later, when I can't be showing so much excitement without a reason.
I came into my room after dinner to find a strange envelope with my nickname—Lia—on it. It was odd, and I made sure to perform a few spells Wil had taught me a few years back, to check for harmful magic. There was nothing, so I picked it up, opened it, and started to read.
First things first, I learned that Rora's married! That's why she left—to elope to a entirely different world, Terra (I'm still shocked to learn it's actually a real place, not just mere faery tales!). She's got two little boys, Johnathan and Matthias, and is pregnant with a third child! Her letter explained why she left and what she's been doing, and she apologized for not sending anything sooner. She was afraid that someone would come and snatch her back and force her to get married to that cruel, but incredibly rich, man she was engaged to, Bertolt (Of course, we always called him Berdolt.).
I wish I could tell Wil. Oh, how I wish! But Rora begged me not to. She said that he would use it to track her and bring her back, and that at this point it's better to just let him recover without her. Because knowing that he could still possibly find her hurts him—if he knew she could be found and that he couldn't take her back, it would break him. I don't like it, but I understand where she's coming from. I'm still going to try a few times and get her to reconsider, but after that I think I'll give it up.
From her words I can tell she regrets leaving us, but she's content where she is. Her husband, Randy (she hasn't told me her new last name, yet), sounds like a wonderful man. She's entirely smitten, and I'm shocked she never told me about him before she left. The name doesn't even sound familiar! But I suppose that's all right. Rora is no silly girl who loses her wits around a handsome man. She was never fooled by flirtation.
From what she says, Randy is a very smart man. His magic is apparently very interesting, though neither he nor she can use it much where they live. Apparently, magic isn't naturally a part of Terra, so any magic they use they have to draw it from personal reserves, meaning it's a lot harder to use it.
I feel that if I don't tell someone I shall go mad! I will probably tell Conrad—I'll swear him to secrecy first, but I know he'll keep it. He's very smart, and will see what telling others will bring, just like Rora did.
She said that if I wanted, the two of us could be something like penpals, because she said she really missed talking to me. All I have to do is reply. It feels so simple, too simple, but I'm not going to question it. It's the closest I'll ever get to having my sister back. She's happy, with Randy and her children, and they clearly need her. Wil and I, we've learned to live without her, but those little children leave their mother. It's a lot harder to lose a mother, especially so young, than it is to lose a sister.