The rules were quite strict regarding these sorts of matters. The two of them knew this. He had some form of protection about him - the princess was quite fond of him, more so than the other royal sorcerers. Aradia, however, had no such guarantee that this tale would not end in disaster for her.
She had a connection to the ether that went unrivaled - even the man she was supposed to be guarding could not hope to face her in etheric combat. However, such a connection had a price. To be close to the ether is to be close to one's grave, her mother always said. Even if she had decided to eschew the ether in favor of physical combat, the fact remained that she was doomed to die young.
And if it was discovered that a wizard and his partner had fallen for each other - well, she had no doubt of her fate, where it to be revealed.
It was all a matter of logic, after all. The wizards were raised from birth to channel the ether - they had had their marital partners arranged as infants, as to maximize their offspring's etheric potential. A wizard's bodyguard was often one of the nobles - those who had no etheric powers (well, mostly) but had strength unparalleled. And if they were to fall in love...
Well, the queen simply wouldn't allow it.
The guards knew this well, but did not fear retribution as much as the wizards. After all, wizard infants from outside the queen's reach were discovered quite frequently. A noble could not be so easily replaced.
But her case was special. If the queen were to discover their romance, there would be no doubt that her end would be swift and painful.
And yet, after another day of hard work protecting her partner from whatever forces would try and prevent him from protecting the kingdom, when the two of them are collapsed in the resting chamber while another pair takes their rounds, when they don't have any company save for the winds and the candles lighting up the room, when she's cleaning up his bumps and scrapes while ignoring her own, sparking another one of his fits of self loathing; when she takes his hand and reminds him that she is supposed to protect him, and that he needn't feel guilty; when he groans for the thousandth time that her taking care of others rather than herself will get her killed one day...
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She had a connection to the ether that went unrivaled - even the man she was supposed to be guarding could not hope to face her in etheric combat. However, such a connection had a price. To be close to the ether is to be close to one's grave, her mother always said. Even if she had decided to eschew the ether in favor of physical combat, the fact remained that she was doomed to die young.
And if it was discovered that a wizard and his partner had fallen for each other - well, she had no doubt of her fate, where it to be revealed.
It was all a matter of logic, after all. The wizards were raised from birth to channel the ether - they had had their marital partners arranged as infants, as to maximize their offspring's etheric potential. A wizard's bodyguard was often one of the nobles - those who had no etheric powers (well, mostly) but had strength unparalleled. And if they were to fall in love...
Well, the queen simply wouldn't allow it.
The guards knew this well, but did not fear retribution as much as the wizards. After all, wizard infants from outside the queen's reach were discovered quite frequently. A noble could not be so easily replaced.
But her case was special. If the queen were to discover their romance, there would be no doubt that her end would be swift and painful.
And yet, after another day of hard work protecting her partner from whatever forces would try and prevent him from protecting the kingdom, when the two of them are collapsed in the resting chamber while another pair takes their rounds, when they don't have any company save for the winds and the candles lighting up the room, when she's cleaning up his bumps and scrapes while ignoring her own, sparking another one of his fits of self loathing; when she takes his hand and reminds him that she is supposed to protect him, and that he needn't feel guilty; when he groans for the thousandth time that her taking care of others rather than herself will get her killed one day...
Those moments are what makes it all worth it.