Chapter 740 Taika…?
[Eon's POV: ]
"Heya. What are you two up to?"
Dad was here so I let mom go down by herself.
He was smart enough so when he sees her all by herself, he should try a little something to make his homecoming a little special.
"Hmm? Eon, weren't you working? Is it done? Can we go play now~?"
Only Rein turned back to look at me before leaning over the edge of the wall of my terrace once again.
They were looking down at the garden, perhaps something good was happening so I joined them as well, and as soon as I did, a unique scene in our usual garden met my eyes.
"Is this normal, Lady Elle?"
"If we are talking about our Anna, then yes. This is pretty normal… just that there are too many of them this time."
"She looks pretty." Quin mumbled to herself as she continued looking at my sleeping beauty under her favourite tree.
"And happy." And I added to her words, surprising her with my sudden appearance.
"M-m-master Axion? When… when did you arrive?"
She neither perceive me coming here, nor did she have any idea I had been standing beside her for a few seconds now. She had been completely absorbed in the scene before her… but it was obvious.
"It's alright, it's alright. I know she's amazing so there's no need to be so worked up. Let's keep watching."
Anna was sleeping under the shade of her favourite tree in the front garden, her favourite napping spot. And, just like always, she wasn't alone.
'Povpois were around her on one side, while on the other side were her new slime friends.
Celes, Branwen, and all the other familiars of our friends were around her as well, Titania's big wolf as well.
Even Luna's ever angry shark was there, quietly and peacefully sleeping beside Quin's large egg, even Zuroro.
Captain Alpha's salamander, Prince Claud's miss kitten, even Carla's heroic horse… all the familiars were sleeping all around her, filling the shade of her tree.
Their masters, stunned by this phenomenal sight, were just looking at her, at their familiars, at this scene the same way as Quin.
'We did not have the president and vice president here, or their partners would have been there as well.'
It's just a natural thing that happened to all the energy beasts that meet her.
'Her innate powers attract them, she plays with them, befriends them, helps them with their negative emotions and fills them with her own positivity.'
She enchants the creatures without using any kind of magic or spell and every once in a while, we see her taking a nap with all the creatures of the house in that exact spot.
It's always fun seeing this scene when there are guests around.
Just like right now, there is a more unique scene in that same spot, and the expression of the others, as well as the emotions they feel as they look at this enchanting scene speechlessly, is a picture worthy scene.
"Oh, there he is."
"Hmmm? Oh, your daddy came back, hun?"
"Hai."
"That's why you are here, hun good boy bastard."
She looked over Quin and gave me a quick smirk, before suddenly a thought stuck her.
And she winked at me.
'No.'
'Please?'
"I should go down now."
"Oy! No. Stay."
She was suggesting something not-appropriate for the moment even though she knew I wouldn't do it when Quin was around. Especially since it was Quin.
It was difficult to maintain her views on us already and if she starts having doubts that we weren't completely different from her dear friends Uriel and Lucifer, there will be quite a bit of problems for us when we go back to the academy.
"Hmm? Miss Elle? Who is that person?"
"Hmm? Who?"
There was a nonverbal argument going on between the two of us over what she had suggested a moment ago when Quin suddenly pointed her finger at something… or someone.
"Hmmm? Who's that? I don't think I have ever seen someone like that here… and how did she get in?
Eon? Do you know her?"
Some distance behind dad, there was a woman—a beast person with feline ears, an orangish tail, and a tough looking lean-muscular body covered in short clothing that revealed her solid abs, her arms that were as big as some high ranking knights here, and her eyes…
Her eyes… they were as deep as a predator who had lived for centuries.
"Taika…?"
And were so familiar I couldn't not recognise them.
"Hmm? I didn't catch-"
"No way! Are you serious?! She evolved already?!"
Her physical appearance was like that of a humanoid beast person, but she was extremely beautiful.
Her short hair, those eyes, her physique, and how she carried herself all resembled a beast who had lived as a ruler all their lives.
It didn't require a genius to know just how powerful of a being she was, and she also didn't need long to figure out someone was trying to check her out with their special skills…
"That person just smiled at us, didn't she?"
"She sure did…"
Rein must have tried seeing her with her eyes and the result of her attempt on one side, the way She looked up directly at us was all that I needed to confirm my suspicions.
"Yup. She's definitely Taika."
"Damn…"
Quin was stunned since she saw Rein shout out loudly, something completely out of her character, and now that she was showing her genuine surprise as well, Quin couldn't help but wonder at this scene.
She saw Rein as a model figure that knew how to control her emotions, but if even Rein was like that right now, Quin couldn't help but look back at the strong and pretty lady walking a little behind my dad.
'Lucy? Any thoughts?'
[[ *On her evolution? Certainly. On the uncertain reason for her evolution? Certainly not.* ]]
'Well, of course. The evolution isn't in the creature's hands anyway so I wouldn't expect you to know why it happened when even Taika herself wouldn't really know the reason for it.'
But I was more concerned about this evolution itself.
Lucy and Rein both knew the reason for my concern, and I know for a fact everyone present in the house right now will know it soon as well.
"And there goes your mom."
"I should have gone with her after all."
"Yeah. You should have… this is going to be complicated now."
"Let's pray Taika didn't force herself on dad after evolving and was sane enough to think straight."
"Yeah… I am curious how mother Nol will deal with this. She knew a day like this would come someday, but now that it has arrived already, what will she actually do?"
"Let's just-"
"Ummm. Excuse me? Can someone tell me what is going on? At least who that person is?"
"Right."
We forgot for a moment Quin had no idea what was going on in this family yet. Poor girl must be trying her hardest to get even a little clue of what we were talking about but in the end, she had no choice but to ask us directly.
And she was almost in tears right now, so both of us can tell she did not enjoy being the only one in the dark here.
"Quin… it's alright, Quin. Please don't cry like that. Take a deep breath, and calm down alright?"
Rein liked her so much that her tears were uncomfortable for her. Especially since they were indirectly caused by our actions.
Thankfully though, Rein acted calmly and took care of Quin better than how her Uriel persona could have handled it.
And, by the time mom was by the side with everyone else, looking at our little sleeping beauty, Quin had returned to her normal self.
"I see… so, she's Lord Brian's familiar Miss Taika."
And after we told her the gist of everything that was going on, she finally had the understanding of why we were behaving like this.
"Hmmm, so, in simple words, Miss Taika wants Lord Brian to be her mate, but since he already has a partner, Lady Nolan, they cannot be together even though they like each other without her consent.
They knew a day when she evolves and gets a humanoid form would come, and had decided to talk or think about what to do afterwards.
And, now that the time has arrived… Lady Nolan will have to make a decision.
Hmmm. I see… this is so complicated I can't just watch it from here."
She bowed to us, and just walked inside the room, with a certain intention of watching what happens down there from close.
"I didn't think she would be into this kind of stuff."
"The other girls spoiled her, especially Titania. Thanks to her, all the girls are now into these kind of things, oh that reminds me, since Tia is here, do you think Ast will be around?"
"Oh, didn't I tell you? Grandpa said Ast is in the town and will be visiting tonight."
"What? No you didn't tell me that-"
"Oh I did, alright. I know I did… you were just so busy carving my back that you didn't pay attention to it."
Last night was long for most of us, especially for the two of us.
She was being too creative with… the 'stuff'.
"Anyway, we should go down as well."
"Yeah, sure."
She moved some of her Mana into her dress as the long dress became short and then, she climbed onto the wall of the terrace.
And then, she just jumped down.
"You should've at least taken me with you."
She could step on air so she didn't really have any need for magic like I did.
"You wanted to be carried like a princess? Hehe, why not? Let's do it after we go up again."
I could only shake my head at the way she was smirking with weird ideas again. She needed to be punished for being so dumb…
"Haaa. Anyway…"
Mom, dad, and Taika.
This was now about the three of them.
Especially mom and dad.
They will have to decide what they are going to do with the wish of a poor, innocent creature like our Taika.
'It's going to be difficult, for both of them.'
And depending on their decision, we will either have another mom or, an aunt that had one sided feelings towards my dad…
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