Rebirth: Childhood friend of the heroine-Chapter 205 - 204- Departure

"Sarah's birthday?!

Amanda was surprised to see Alex being unaware about her sister's birthday.

"How rude of you. You don't even remember her birthday." The green-haired complained.

Alex wryly smiled at that. He actually remembers Sarah's birthday but it was of the previous life.

"She never told me, actually." Alex voiced, trying to skip over her scolding

Amanda sighed in slight exasperation. Guess, there was no help in it.

"Fifteen days from today, we have planned to celebrate her birthday at Lockwood's mansion." Amanda told him everything she has discussed with her parents.

Since this was the first time after years that they could celebrate Sarah's birthday with the person present, they were not going to hold back in celebration this year.

Even Count Lockwood was also quite involved in this matter.

"I was about to ask you to somehow bring her there, but then I heard from Edric that you already are planning."

Alex nodded, "Yeah. In about a week, I hope to be in the human realm."

Amanda clasped her hands, "Perfect then. Enjoy your vacation and without letting her know anything, bring her home that day."

Alex nodded, "Got it."

Amanda was about to get up when she suddenly recalled something and instantly told him, "And don't tell about this to anyone, especially Celestria. She couldn't keep things to herself. Big mouth, you know."

The girl chuckled near the end, but Alex didn't share the laugh.

He just smiled. Dryly.

Reason?

**CLENCH**

"Ou, ou!" Amanda winced as Celestria, who appeared out of nowhere behind her, sandwiched Amanda's head between her fists.

"Big mouth, huh?! How many secrets have I kept yours! And now you badmouth me!"

Alex chuckled this time, seeing Celestria on fire.

Amanda was apologizing but to no avail.

Finally, Alex had to intervene as he soothed his girl's mood and brought her to sit beside him.

Amanda rubbed her temples as she said, "It doesn't suit a noble lady like you to act so brutish."

Celestria 'hmphed' with her arms crossed, "You are lucky that Alex saved you. Calling me big mouth..."

Amanda decided to leave soon, considering the Princess might turn aggressive again, as she got up and said, "Don't forget about it, Alex. We will be waiting for you."

The silverhead gave a soft nod before Amanda walked out of the room.

Celestria turned towards Alex and asked, "Will you be able to manage?"

Alex hummed, "Just to be on the safe side, let's tell Rebecca as well. If we three are aware, we can easily manage things and bring Sarah to her home on that day."

Celestria excitedly smiled, "I will prepare a gift for her."

Alex nodded, before he told her, "For now, pack your bags since we would be leaving in a few hours."

Saying so, Alex got up and walked out of the room.

"Ah!" —only to come across Sarah who was about to enter the room.

"How was the outing?" Alex asked as he took the shopping bag from her hand

Rebecca and Sarah went out today to buy something...or more like, they just went to roam around the market.

Sarah shrugged, "Not that great. Appearing in public here caused trouble."

Sarah went out without a veil. She thought that her face might not be recognized here, given how disconnected the Blood Domain is from the world.

However, because of her natural features being too attractive, people started glancing her way, and soon, someone shouted, 'Isn't she the Saintess?'

Apparently, someone in the market, possibly was there in the elven region when she visited that realm or saw her in Cathederal, since those are the only places where she showed her face.

"Did they trouble you?" Alex asked with a frown.

Sarah shook her head, "Angelina appeared there and escorted us through the market. She is quite infamous here, it seems."

Alex heaved a sigh of relief and decided to thank Angelina later.

"Do you want to walk around a bit?" Alex suddenly asked, out of the blue.

Sarah blinked in confusion, before nodding, "Yeah, sure."

Alex first placed the bag in the room before he led Sarah to the garden.

The atmosphere was pleasant. Although there wasn't any sunlight, it was not too cold too.

The pair walked side by side, with the lady hugging her man's arms.

They barely get anytime together alone these days, that's why, Sarah was visibly enjoying herself a lot.

"Sarah...do you like this life?" Alex asked in a hesitant voice.

Sarah hummed in confusion, before answering him, "Yes, I do. I have a family, friends...and I have the man I always yearned for." Her lips got in a brief contact with his cheek once she finished speaking.

Alex sighed, "And if you get the chance to return to Earth...what will you do?"

Sarah slowly came to a pause, and naturally, Alex paused too.

The duo looked into each other's eyes, and the way his eyes remained unmoving, it was apparent to her that he wasn't joking.

"Do you really have a way?" Sarah asked; her tone laced with doubt.

Alex gave a soft nod, "I talked to the Curse this morning...asked about if he had any skill which could allow cross-dimension transportation. Earth is in a parallel universe, so I thought maybe...and guess what? He said that he might have."

Alex was casually asking the Curse about it in the morning. He originally just wanted to visit a different world for fun. But when the Curse mentioned Earth, Alex went blank.

The Curse informed that Earth was like those billions of planets that exists in the multiverse, and since the Curse has been there once, he could bring Alex there too.

Sarah remained silent after hearing his answer.

Her eyes were drawn to the ground and her hands, holding his.

"You know me in the last life as well. An orphan, working in a church for a living, zero friends because of my personality and a single pet I had, but he is right here with me."

Alex chuckled hearing that.

Sarah also smiled, as she continued, "I have no one waiting for me back there, Alex. And in comparison to that, I have so many people for whom I care about. Mom, Dad, Amy, Cela, Rebecca...so it feels stupid if I return there."

Sarah's answer was direct and held no hesitation.

She didn't have a reason to go back. Rather, she has more than one reason to not to return, now.

"My reason is the same. I never considered going back...but I thought I should ask you."

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Sarah nodded, "I understand."

They resumed their walk, as Alex asked, "Did you pack your bags?"

Sarah nodded, "Took a few sets of clothes since I would be buying some after returning."

Sarah mostly have worn the uniform of a nun so she actually didn't have many dresses. And shopping clothes in Blood Domain was completely out of the question. The fashion sense of these people is still a thousand years behind.

"I will take you shopping. It has been a while." Alex promised her as they soon returned to the castle.

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Edric and Amanda left in the afternoon. They planned on visiting Amanda's home first then Edric's hometown followed by the academy.

Alex and Celestria were also invited for the farewell celebration, but it was highly unlikely they would be able to join the celebration.

Well, nothing was absolute right now. Everything depends on how many days Alex has to stay in the Beast realm.

Now that Alex was also about to leave, the Monarch came to meet them and introduced two people.

"These two will always be by your side as your guards. And they will listen to your command...hopefully." The Monarch added that last word because one of the two guards was none other than Natasha.

And the other person was someone whom Azeroth himself trained.

A young vampire named Quinton.

Azeroth still doesn't know why but his daughter also wanted to go with them.

Although it was still a guess, Azeroth feels that Natasha has a special place for Alex in her heart.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Alex gave a brief bow before the seven of them walked out of the castle.

There was a big carriage waiting for them considering they naturally wanted to travel together.

Quinton decided to sit with the carriage driver. The journey was only a few hours long that's why he said he would manage.

Alex stored the bags in the carrier before helping his ladies to climb the carriage.

When it came to Natasha's turn, he held her hand and said, "Your father is happy that he got some more time to spend with you."

The Vampire Princess narrowed her eyes, "Stop making nonsense. I know he won't say something like-"

"He is telling the truth, though." Suddenly, dark engraving appeared on Alex's face as he voiced.

Natasha's face turned red as she hurriedly climbed the carriage.

Alex chuckled seeing her reaction as he said, "It would be a fun trip."

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A/N:- Thanks for reading.