Chapter 963 An Old Portrait And Nostalgic Memories
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As mom started cooking dinner, I explored the house of my early years with my friends and my little brother, looking at every nook and cranny. There were many things left behind in here, including the wooden toys I was given when I was a baby, some of my baby clothes, my bed, the large bookshelf where my parents used to find fairy tales to tell me before sleeping, and also their bedroom, which even had a few things left behind as well.
There were even large portraits of the three of us, looking at my tiny little baby self-made me feel rather nostalgic… My dad looked much younger here, before he got that beard he's been having these last years. And my mom… looks exactly the same, haha.
"Oh wow, so this is big sis when she was baby?!" Asked Zephy, looking at the few portraits. "You were so tiny and cute!"
"Was I?" I giggled a bit.
"Yeah… big sis was very cute!" Zephy seemed fascinated.
"Your dad looked much younger here…" Celeste pointed out. "Compared to your mom, who looks the same!"
"I don't know what to think about his beard yet, but I guess he likes it." I shrugged. "He did had some charm on his younger years, though his personality hasn't changed at all! He's still slightly reckless, overly cheerful, and sometimes a bit dumb."
"Oooh… S-Sylphy, look!" Aquarina called me, as I ran to her side.
Right over my bedroom's little table right at the side of my small bed. There was a portrait with me and Aquarina sitting over a big red chair.
"It's us?! Oh right, I did had this little portrait…!" I laughed, grabbing it. "Oh my, you were so little back then! And those big eyes!"
"Hahah… And my face looks all timid and afraid." Aquarina laughed as she examined the portrait.
"Yeah, you were always like that. I had to always stay at your side to give you some confidence." I smiled.
"Thank you for that…" Aquarina said. "I don't know if I would had been able to reach this far without you being always at my side as my best friend."
"Well, now we're best girlfriends, hahaha." I laughed a bit too much there.
"I guess…" Aquarina smiled rather sweetly. "You know? Since then that I liked you… I think you were my first crush and my only crush ever…"
"R-Really?! You never liked anybody else?" I asked her with a surprised expression.
"I… Well, maybe not." Aquarina said. "Now that I think about it, since I meet eyes with you that… My heart seemed to always belong to you."
"That's quite embarrassing to hear about…" I admitted, I couldn't help but blush at her honest words.
"Did you liked someone else back then?" She wondered.
"Hmm, not really." I admitted. "Though as I grew up, I did find some people atractive, or liked them a bit… but I did like you at the end. I just never thought you liked me like that, so… Hahh, this is embarrassing to talk about."
"No, no, tell us all the juicy details." Celeste spoke behind us.
"Go on! I never knew your love story was so long!" Lara said. "I also meet Luck for many years!"
"E-Eh? Are you admitting you like me?!" Luck asked in surprise.
"Eh? I thought you knew?" Lara tilted her head in confusion.
"W-Wha…?!" Luck suddenly started growing redder. "I-I thought you didn't liked me yet! Aagh, how couldn't I tell?!"
"You're really quite clueless…" Zack facepalmed.
"A-Anyways, I'm not going to talk about that!" I said, quickly going back to the previous topic. "But I can talk about other things we lived… Oh, like back then when Beelzebub showed up! Remember?" I asked Aquarina.
"Yeah… I was so afraid I couldn't stop hugging you." Aquarina felt embarrassed remembering that. "And then I… I think I peed myself."
"A-Ahahah…" I giggled a bit at that. "I remember that our parents defeated him quite quickly too. Even back then they were really amazing."
"Hmmm…" I could hear Beelzebub's voice from within my Soul Scape, groaning angrily.
"Anyways, there's a few other tales!"
I spent the half an hour telling about our past adventures to my friends and my little brother. I told them about the first time I defeated a Walking Radish Monster, and that other time I hunted several Six-Legged Lizards when I was like five.
Or that other time when I almost set ablaze the house because I was practicing my usage of [Ember]… Among other things.
"Kids, dinner's ready!" Mom called us.
We rushed downstairs to be welcomed by a huge feast of delicious looking food. Mom had prepared a lot of recipes she hadn't made in years, especially a triple-cheese pizza which looked amazing. There were also chocolate shortcakes, strawberry cheesecakes, and even cupcakes filled with whipped cream.
And naturally, a lot of roasted meat that dad had prepared outside, which he was bringing on large quantities with Shade, Nepheline, and Ninhursag. Uncle Arafunn had helped mom cook the rest; he was a rather amazing chef actually. Of course, whenever he actually felt like cooking, which was once every 1000 years or something…
"Mom we're not kids anymore though!" I said. "We're over 14 now, so we would appreciate if you didn't addressed to us as kids…"
"Oh… Well, you're all still so little." She giggled. "But okay, I get what you're coming for… And who is this? Y-Yggdra?"
My mother noticed Yggdra sitting over the table at my side, beginning to taste the food and being amazed by all the flavors.
"Ah, yeah, with Lara's help, we discovered a way to create some sort of manifestation of her!" I said.
"Yeah!" Lara nodded. "She can come with us anywhere now!"
"T-That's… well, amazing." My father was munching on a huge roasted bird leg. "I really didn't thought that was possible to begin with…"
"It must be because Yggdra has evolved into a Spirit Tree, most likely…" My mother said. "Ancient Spirit Trees have the power to create Spiritual Avatars, but to think Lara could help this young one develop a Spirit Avatar so early on her life! Lara, your abilities are truly befitting of a Saintess."
"Ahahah, I barely did anything." Lara giggled while stuffing herself with sweets.
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