Early Afternoon - Early Summer : Bahamut Estate

"Uwwah.." With a yawn, I looked over at Ilios who was still asleep next to me. -I should check on Mother..-

It had been a few days since my nap. I spent most of my time sleeping or fiddling with space mana but I hadn't left my room at all yet.

Not long after I woke up, Mother came by my room to check on me but other than that, I was just left alone.

When Mother came by, she mentioned that she had been busy with paperwork but after a few days we would figure out our new routine for the science lessons.

-I hope we can get back into that routine soon..-

Figuring I should do something productive and move around, I slowly stood up and changed to my humanoid form.

“Come on Ilios, let's head out.” I quickly started towards the door with Ilios next to me.

*Click*

As I walked out, I noticed the floor still hadn't been strengthened. -Haah.. I wonder if they've even fixed the door yet..-

-Well I guess I'll find out now..- Figuring I would walk through the main hall to get to Mothers office, I started walking down the hallway.

Once I made it to the main hall, I noticed the area had been cleaned up and mostly fixed. The floors were no longer shattered and the pile of rubble was gone but the doors seemed to just be placeholders. -I guess they have to get doors that big specially made so it's taking a while..-

Figuring it was nothing I should worry about, I quickly made my way up the stairs and towards Mothers office.

-This should be it..- It was a fairly normal looking door with a familiar white dragon insignia on it.

*Click*

"Who is i-"

"Hi, Mother!" After scanning the room with my aura, I entered without knocking.

"Oh good afternoon sweetie!" Mother immediately shot up from her desk and gave me a strong hug. "So, what all did you do in your room?"

"Just slept a lot and played with magic a bit."

"Oh good. I'm glad you're getting enough sleep."

"Haha, so how's your work coming along?"

Mother finally let me go and walked back to her desk. "It's going well, luckily most of the family paperwork got filtered through Mother (Asimi) while I wasn’t in Bahamut so the quantity left over wasn't a whole lot."

"Oh, so are you getting close to finishing?"

"Yes actually, we should be able to figure out our new schedule now."

An inexplicable joy suddenly surfaced in my mind. "So I noticed the back of the estate has a big field, how about we do our lessons out there every other night."

Mother looked at me with curiosity. "Did someone tell you I would have more work here? I expected you to want to do it every day."

"It's not that I don't want to, I just figured that every day only worked because we weren't busy with other things, but now that we are in Bahamut, you and Father have responsibilities beyond taking care of Krystallo and I."

Mother stared at me with wide eyes. "Haah.. sometimes I forget how shockingly knowledgeable you are about these things.." Mother looked at me with a grateful smile. "Well, how about we start that routine tonight. If Krystallo isn't up for dinner, I'll go wake her up and let her know."

"Alright. Where is Father by the way?"

"Ah.. he uh.. left this morning to finally inform the elders of our arrival.."

"You don't seem too excited about that.."

"Haah.. I've never liked most of them.. Plus Eugene has an.. extreme hate for halfies which makes me worried about you meeting him."

"What do you mean?"

"Haah.. the reason most dragons hate halfies is because they are weak and inferior to pure dragons. Most dragons see halfies as something that smudges the reputation of the dragon race, but that doesn't mean they hate all halfies... There have been many times in history where there were halfies that made great contributions to the dragon race, and they were exalted just as much as pure dragons were because of such, but Eugene is different." Mothers mood darkened as anger surfaced on her face.

"Why does Eugene have such a deep hatred for halfies?"

"I'm not entirely sure but it has something to do with the death of his parents and siblings. My mother said it had to do with how his whole family was killed by a halfie, but.. I'm not entirely sure how true that is. Ever since he gained power in the Elder Hall though, a dark side of Dragons has formed, one with extreme hate of halfies."

"And the rebellion just made it worse.."

"Incredibly so... If he meets you and finds out you're a halfie, I'm worried he will try to.. test the limits.."

"Even if he does, I'm half dragon half Ancient Fenrir, I'm confident I can kill anyone I come across if I needed to!"

"Haah.. your abnormal strength can only close the gap so much when it comes to size and age.." Mothers face was covered in worry. "Hopefully your father can delay the arrival of the elders coming to greet us but I'm not sure how long they can be delayed.."

Her worry quickly filled me with anxiety. -Do I really need to get stronger..- As she looked at me with worried eyes, I shook off my nervousness to give her a childish smile in hopes of cheering her up.. "I have a few tricks up my sleeves! Just believe in my strength."

"Haah.. You wouldn’t understand... Just promise me this.." Her expression turned serious and even a bit threatening. "Never show your humanoid form to visitors.."

Slightly saddened that I couldn't at least partially cheer her up, I gave a quiet response. "I.. won't."

"Hooh.."

As Mother tried to calm herself down, I decided to stop interrupting her work. "Well, I'll be in the backyard. I'm gonna play with some magic I cant use indoors so.."

"Alright, well, be safe! I'll be out at sunset."

"Okay.." I gave an awkward smile seeing her forced cheer and quickly made my way out of the office with mixed emotions.

Mothers worry and nervousness made me feel uneasy and filled me with anxiety. -How much stronger do I need to get for her to feel comfortable..-

Not wasting any more time, I made my way down the halls and out the back of the house.

"Haah.." -Time to get off my lazy a*s and be productive.. I guess I'll start by figuring out how those void gate things work..-

- Chloe ~

"Chloe!"

Hearing my name called I quickly made my way across the room. "Yes?"

"Vasilias woke up and left his room, what are you doing?" The agitation in the older maid's voice was apparent.

"I'm helping Galen with contracts like he asked."

"Your Vasilias's personal maid and you haven't even seen him awake since he arrived. Don't you think now that he is up and moving that you should do your job?!"

"Yes Ma'am.. I'm sorry, I'll get right to it." Realizing my negligence, I quickly set down the papers I was working on and turned to head out the door. "Wait where is he?"

"He just left the Missus office, he was heading out back, towards the garden."

"Okay, I'm sorry again!"

After giving the older maid a quick bow, I made my way down the halls and out the back door in a panic.

-Im such a bad maid.. it's been 3 days and he still hasn't even seen me!-

As I made my way outside, I quickly scanned the garden. -Where is he?-

After a few minutes of looking, I finally noticed that there were large footprints in the field (backyard) but the trail just abruptly stopped.

-Did he fly off somewh..-

*Vwoom*

Interrupting my thoughts, an incredibly unfamiliar noise filled the air and a huge black sphere appeared just above the ground.

"Ah, so that's how it works.. how fascinating.."

As the black bubble dissipated, I saw Vasilias casually sitting there with his Fenrir perched on his head as if everything was normal.

I could only stand there, blankly staring at the scene. -W..wh..what?-