The situation from then on unfolded in a normal family-like manner, with all four of us just talking about the days we had. Nora talked about her current training, the little skirmishes she had in her faction, the new advances she made in her bloodline’s abilities, the small fun times she spent with her friends, and her current studies.
It was the same with Elda as she spoke about the time she spent with her friends, the round trips she went on, the classes she was learning, and the small fun details of her life over the past two days. Afterward, my mother went to speak about her time, how her teaching was going, and the time she was spending with her friends.
She talked about the enjoyment she gets from teaching the students, and the rush of her training. My mother had already made it clear that she had stepped back into her own training, which is going well with my gifts for her and the subtle life energy I infuse into her at times I can.
Overall, we didn’t talk about any more dangerous or dark subjects after this. It was just our family time spent in each other’s warmth, just enjoying the time we had with each other. A scene that would have been impossible a few years ago and even in the game, it wasn’t a good, happy family within the Lionheart dukedom.
It was more fractured and hated, the setting being more useful to the players, which helped us take advantage of the weaknesses around to make our play on the characters, but in real life seeing that everything was good and seeing them smile only made me feel a sense of peace. Of course, I know that hidden behind this is still their worry for me.
And among the topics they didn’t speak of is the amount of training they are doing to become stronger. Right now, Nora is pushing her control of mana and her bloodline to the limit, Elda is training like a freak in her own healing powers, trying to maximize it and get full control over it such that she will be able to heal me in any situation.
