A carriage was called to take to Aurelius mansion, I got on and slumped in the seat as I could finally relax after such a long ti.
I removed the sapphire earstud reverting back to Reina’s form feeling my body slump over the comfy seats.
My one and half year’s relaxation period brought forth the severe tension and even a life-threatening calamity to but now that I was past that, I could feel the limitations of the human body catching up to .
I almost dozed off when I reached ho and got down to have Tobias, our Head Butler standing outside along with my maid.
They bowed with a smile and I walked up to them.
"How have you been?" I asked.
"We were fine, thanks to you My Lady. Welco ho." Tobias spoke.
I walked in the house greeted by the servants who seed happy to have back, I was expecting Dad to jump on but he didn’t.
"Where’s Father?" I asked Tobias.
"His Grace is at the palace, My Lady."
"Palace, why?"
"There is a eting between the nobles so, he was invited." He told .
I nodded wondering why the palace was holding a eting all of a sudden, when I realised that it might be for . The King had promised to give the title of Marquis for my contribution in building the Magic Portal that would connect Sestia and Mordino.
Soon enough, even I would be summoned to the palace for this.
I needed to catch a break before that.
I went to my room and after a bath, I lay in my bed, I was about to doze off when a notification popped up in front of my eyes.
[The reward for completing the quest: Expose the wrongdoings of the Temple of Denril.]
Rewards: Influence over the Denril and A Wise Familiar.]
[Would you like to recieve your reward?
- Yes.
- No.]
"Yes," I spoke.
I waited for a mont before the notification disappeared and a blue box appeared with a bow as if it was a gift box. I touched the box and it glowed once before sothing dropped gently into my hands and I frowned watching it.
"An egg?"
I stared at the white egg that seed to be twice the size of a normal chicken egg.
"I thought you were giving a wise familiar, why do I have an egg? Am I supposed to fry it?" I asked.
[Goddess of Wisdom asks you to nurture the egg to get a familiar who will be loyal to you.]
"More like take care of it so that when it hatches, it can imprint on ." I corrected.
[Giver of Gifts wonders what will hatch from the egg.]
"You don’t know?"
[Goddess of Wisdom says it’s for you to find out what familiar you get.]
I sighed as I watched the egg which sat in my palms, there was nothing special or strange about it to be honest. I couldn’t feel any energy from it just the presence of the life inside. I activated the Mana Eyes and tried to look but it seed to be protected.
I groaned a bit before I lay back in my bed and placed the egg on the pillow, I watched it before I ended up dozing off.
When I woke up I felt the sunlight streaming inside from the windows and I turned to my side feeling the smooth touch of sothing hard and warm under my palm.
I opened my eyes finding the egg sitting in front of , I groaned softly before I pushed myself up to the sitting position and stretched hearing the satisfying pops from my joints.
I yawned widely and the door opened revealing Emily, she smiled as she saw and entered.
"Good morning, My Lady." She greeted and I rubbed my tired eyes before I realised sothing strange.
"Morning?"
I had fallen asleep in the noon and it’s morning.
"Yes, My Lady. It seems like you were exhausted." She said and I ran my hand through my hair.
So, I slept for more than 20 hours.
"Why didn’t anyone wake ?" I asked.
"His Grace told us to not wake you," she replied and I got down from the bed.
"Help get ready, I want to go see Father." I told her and she bowed respectively.
"Yes, My Lady."
I washed my face and got dressed in another dress which seed a little bit smaller for so reason. The maid eyed curiously before she smiled.
"I suppose you will need new dresses, My Lady."
I humd as I saw the shorter sleeves before I stepped out of my room walking up to the dining hall for breakfast. I saw Dad inside waiting for , he smiled widely before he walked up to and wrapped his arms around .
"Welco back, my little Princess." He murmured.
I closed my eyes absorbing his warmth as he held tightly to his chest. He seed skinnier than the last ti I saw him.
"Are you not eating well, Father?" I asked as we pulled away and he smiled.
"I’m all right, Reina. But you seem to have grown," he said, "You’re taller now."
I observed him carefully, his hair had so grey streaks that were even more pronounced now and he seed to have grown a couple more wrinkles on his face.
"It seems like I have been stressing you a lot, Father." I spoke and he chuckled.
"I’m your father, Reina. I’ll be worried regardless." He said.
"Co now, let’s eat." He gestured towards the dining table and we took our seats.
The feast was served and since I was famished I started right away, I could see Dad smiling from the corner of my eye.
"You’ve grown taller and healthier," he comnted, "It seems like you too good care of yourself."
I couldn’t possibly tell him why I was suddenly looking healthy nor the fact that I almost died.
"But you didn’t," I responded and he chuckled.
"I’m fine, Reina. Now that you’re here, I’ll be even more fine."
I looked down at my food, slowly growing accustod to the warmth of his affection. In my past life, I had longed for a father figure, but here, I had not just one, but two—Duke Arthur and Silas. Though Silas was strict, he still showed his concern in his own way. And as an added blessing, I even had a grandfather.
"Why didn’t you let the maids wake yesterday?" I asked.
"You were sleeping quite deeply and I knew you must have worked really hard so, I wanted you to rest well."
I smiled as I shook my head, "I slept for whole day,"
He shrugged as he ate, "It’s fine as long as you’re ho."
I nodded at that.
"So, will you be leaving for so other work soon then?" He asked and I looked at him.
"No, I’ll be staying around." I answered with a smile and his face grew radiant.
"So, how did it go?" He asked.
"It was good, I also brought back a child whom I would introduce to you and Rune soon."
"Did you go see Rune?" He asked and I shook my head.
"I don’t want to distract him so, I won’t go unless I’m really needed there." I said and he nodded looking down at his plate.
"His Majesty has decided to grant Baron Ocean the title and the estate of Marquis Clark." He said and I humd.
"Was the eting to announce that to the nobles?" I asked.
"Yes and also Viscount Jordan was executed a couple of weeks ago." He inford and I nodded.
"I heard, I didn’t ask for details but is there any information released as to why?"
"It was said that he was plotting a treason and he and his family were executed." Dad answered.
"There weren’t any details as to what exactly he did, a lot of nobles also have no idea but it seems like the King and Queen... are having issues amongst themselves." He told and I nodded.
"That’s a good thing, they should be separate, it’s easy to remove both of them once they are separated."
Dad looked at and I faced him, it was a bad thing to separate a couple, I knew that but this couple was nothing like a couple. If anything these two were better off without each other.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Dad asked.
"I have so pending work at Ryujin mansion and check on Oasis and my lair. I’ll be busy for a couple of days but then it’ll be my normal routine."
"So, you’ll be busy regardless." He spoke looking down and I opened my mouth but then closed it back.
"H-How about you visit Ryujin and Eldarf with ? I’m sure you’ll have fun." I suggested and he looked at .
"I can visit?"
"Sure, why not? Those are my places so, they’re yours too." I spoke and he bead.
"Then we could also spend more ti together!"
"Yes," I nodded and he grinned happily.
I felt the sensation of warmth spreading in my chest watching him so happy about just spending so ti with .
I might never have experienced such warmth if it weren’t for coming here.
[Goddess of Wisdom is waiting for your gratitude.]
[Defender of Divine Glory is happy that you finally realize the love of family.]
[Giver of Gifts is happy to see you content.]
Was this what one called contentnt?
I smiled as I knew I was needed to express my gratitude here.
"Thank you, guys."
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