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After breakfast, I went to visit my grandmother's room, where I found her resting. She was fine and had just recently woken up. Zephy came with me this time, he seemed like he hadn't had any nightmare this time either, so I was grateful and relieved he was fine.
Aina and Susanna were with us as well, they were the first people to have evacuated to a safe zone yesterday, as they ended not being involved in the fight at all. Aina was worried about her mother, but more about her daughter, so she carried Susanna underground.
They had been attending her since this morning and were glad to see us. Aina gave us a motherly smile as she saw us enter the room.
"Oh my, Sylphy, Zephy! You're here." She said, greeting us.
"Hello!" Susanna said. "Did you had breakfast? I had in the morning earlier! I ate a lot of pancakes and I'm now stuffed…" She rubbed her belly.
She reminded me of a certain little system.
"We just had!" Zephy said, greeting Susanna.
"Yeah, we had some cheesecake." I said with a giggle.
"Oooh, maybe I can have some later!" Susanna said.
"Susanna, you've eaten enough dear, no more pastries. You have to eat your vegetables when lunch's ready." Aina reprimanded her.
"Muhh…" Susanna sighed but didn't fight back against her mother's orders. I guess she might act a bit clueless, or spoiled, but she's an obedient daughter, nonetheless.
"Sylphy… Zephy…" Grandmother seemed very tired still, overusing her magic powers exhausted her tremendously.
"Grandma!" Zephy jumped over the bed and cuddled with grandma. "Are you okay?"
"We were worried." I said with a sigh.
"Fufu, I am fine dears." She said with a gentle smile. "I… I am just very, very tired~ Hahhh~ But maybe cuddling with this little prince might hasten my recovery!"
"I'll take care of you grandma!" Zephy said. "Don't worry!"
"Oh my! How reliable! Heheh." My grandmother quickly got happier.
"Grandma I…" I muttered. "About yesterday…"
"O-Oh, about that…" She sighed. "I-I guess I was being a bit… foolish. I spoke with my dear Faylen earlier this morning, and I apologized…"
"Apologized?!" We all asked in unison.
"Yes… I've realized I've been… How to say it? Too in the clouds? Completely devoid of common sense… Ah, she put it that way or something… She reprimanded me a bit, but I understand she did it because she loves me." She sighed. "A-Anyways, I had originally thought you were fine! You all looked so alright… But I was foolish, I was about to just say that there was no need for the help or intervention of the Kingdom, mostly because I wanted my daughter to take reigns on her own country without us pestering her… I guess I was wrong."
Incredible, grandmother went through a whole change and development through that battle. She was so clueless and childish before but it seems she changed and became much more conscious.
"Then you're going to support us?" I asked.
"Indeed." My grandmother nodded. "It has already been sent to my husband. He responded very quickly through our telepathy device. He has already sent an airship with over a hundred elite knights of our Kingdom, all of them had gone through rigorous examination so they're not being controlled either."
"Hahh… Thanks, thank you so much." I sighed in relief.
"I-I'm sorry for being so selfish." My grandmother apologized. "I… I always saw everything from afar, from a distance. I never experienced the pain, the suffering, the anger… It was all new to me, despite how much I've lived."
"Mother…" Aina sighed.
"I saw the agony of war, the bloodshed, the pain and suffering of battles, how the heroes put their all to fight and protect us…" She said. "I ended becoming paralyzed, but Faylen woke me up, and said that if I didn't acted… I would regret it for the rest of my life. I realized it in that moment… What war entails, what everything… is truly about. I'm sorry for being so clueless, so na?ve…"
"G-Grandmother… You've really changed so quickly." I was shocked.
"I-It could be said I am being a bit melodramatic, hehe…" She suddenly giggled childishly again.
"D-Don't trick me like that!" I cried, crossing my arms.
"No, but she really meant it." Aina said. "Mother has always been like this; she has lived for so long that her accumulated experience might cause these sudden mood shifts. Now that she has learned so many new experiences, I guess she has finally matured a bit more."
"Geez! Is my own daughter calling me a little girl or something?!" Grandmother pouted while crossing her arms. "Well, I've always thought that being immature is cute too, hehe."
I am beginning to doubt if she really changed now…
"I hope Agartha can be kept protected while we are out to find the other future heroes." I said. "It is not as if we want to force them to be heroes either or something, but I feel guilty that they're being persecuted for having been branded as them, so I need to save them."
"You're quite the heroic girl, Sylphy." Grandmother said. "I'll be rooting for you! Never has there been any woman in our family as bold, heroic, and tomboyish as you, hehe. Human blood is really miraculous."
"What about mother?" I wondered.
"Oh! Well, right…" Grandmother sighed. "Your mother fits all of that too. I can tell why you're just like her, and also like your father. Such a unique combination! My Divine Powers are telling me you'll one day reach very far… You might even change the world, dear."
"You're exaggerating again…" I sighed.
"Oh no, it is the truth! My powers do not lie, dear." My grandmother giggled, giving me a head pat. "Anyways! I am feeling much better now! I think I could fly for a bit!"
Grandmother tried to fly but was unable to carry her exhausted body with her wings, quickly falling into the bed again.
POOF!
"U-Ugh… I can't move…" She sighed.
"Mother I told you not to move around rashly!" Aina sighed.
"Grandma!" Susanna and Zephy panicked.
Meanwhile, I took out of my Inventory a few green leaves overflowing with spiritual power and vitality.
"Here, eat this, grandma!"
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