Rita woke up to the sound of wood creaking; she got up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She looked around and saw that she wasn't in her room back at Zaphias Castle; instead she was in a room with white walls instead of the cold stonewall of the castle and had various pictures hanging from it. Other than that it was similar to the room back at Zaphias Castle, she wondered where she was when Flynn, in his knight uniform, came in smiling, "Good morning Rita."

Then Rita remembered, Flynn had proposed to her and she had accepted it, now both of them were engaged to be married. She couldn't have been happier, after the party they had went straight to their new home which explained the creaking of the woods, "Good morning sweetie," Rita said as she kissed Flynn, "You going to the castle?"

"Yep, I need to take care of some things back at the castle, what are you going to do?" Flynn asked.

"I don't know, guess I'll clean up around the house" Rita said though she didn't had a single clue as to how to do that considering that she never had to clean up after herself.

"You sure you can do that?" Flynn asked teasingly.

"I-I-I'll have to learn don't I?"

"Okay then, love you Rita."

"Love you too Flynn."

Flynn was greeted by a carriage from the castle and hopped on board but not before blowing a kiss to Rita. She blew a kiss back and went into the house to have breakfast then went to work cleaning up the house, apparently Flynn or someone else had cleaned a bit before her as she found that there wasn't a lot of things left to clean other than the floors and the tables. Rita fumed at this, she wanted to learn how to clean things herself Rita sighed and finished off the rest of the cleaning. Afterwards she went outside and just had a walk around the area, Estelle was right there weren't a lot of knights as there would be if you lived in the main road but there weren't any unsavory characters either. Rita met with some of the neighbors who were well aware of who Rita was but they weren't too overly excited to meet a heroine but they did acknowledge her as part of Brave Vesperia.

Estelle visited the house later that day; she was alone as Yuri was too busy with guild jobs to drop by for a visit. Estelle brought some cakes that she had reserved for Rita from the wedding, "I know its been a while since the wedding but I want you to try the cake."

"Thanks Estelle how's everything back at the castle?" Rita asked as she ate the cake, it was delicious and creamy at the same time with a small strawberry at the top.

"Since you moved out things have gone a little quite," Estelle laughed, "but yes everything is just as normal as you would've liked."

"That's good to hear. Again I have to thank you Estelle for giving me this house, its wonderful and in a good neighborhood too."

"Your welcome Rita, I was just glad that I could repay you in a small way for all the times you've been my friend."

"Aw shucks," Rita said as she rubbed the back of her head, "it seemed the right thing to do at the time."

"Well now that you're Mrs. Scifo, what are you going to do?"

Rita was startled at this question and her face went red, "W-w-what do you mean?"

"Well are you going to have any kids?" Estelle asked in her usual naïve way.

"What?" Rita said in surprise, "k-k-kids? I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet, I'm just turned 18 you know."

"There's a minimum age for having kids," Estelle said in confusion then in a serious expression, "I didn't know that."

'Better let her think that way before she says anything else to me that'll give me a heart attack' Rita thought to herself.

"Anyway Rita, what are you going to do now that you're no longer a mage?" Estelle asked.

"I was thinking of doing some sewing or knitting since I am going to be a housewife," Rita said then she saw Estelle giggling, "what's so funny?"

"I just never thought that I would see the day you were knitting or sewing, I can't imagine it."

"Oh, I'll learn…eventually" Rita said also bursting into laughter.

Soon after Flynn arrived back from the castle saying that all his jobs were done and he wanted to see how Rita was doing. After that Estelle stayed for a few more hours before saying she had to go.

"Is that so Estelle, then I won't keep you any longer. Its good to see you again, hope to see you soon."

"I'll drop by tomorrow and the day after that as well, I'll be here as long as you need me."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Flynn went to get it, Rita could see the person was a middle-aged man with black hair that was starting to gray, azure-blue eyes. He was wearing the traditional robes that mages of Aspio used but she had never seen him before and to top it off he had a cane with him. "Yes is there something I can help you with?" Flynn asked.

"Yes is this the residence of Rita Mordio?" the man asked.

"Yes it is, are you a mage from Aspio?"

"Well no- I mean yes- I mean oh its complicated. Please if it's at all possible I would like to see her."

"I'm sorry but we have no idea who you are," Rita said, "and I've never seen you before in my life."

The man went rigid before relaxing, "well that is to be expected considering how long I've been away from you Rita."

"Again I have to ask-" Flynn said but Estelle held his arm, he looked at her and understood. He let the man in but never kept his eyes of from him.

"Thank you young man, you really don't remember me do you Rita?"

"I'm sorry but I've never seen you in my life."

The man nodded sadly, "Well I have been absent for most of your life, no all of your life. But I know what I will say will shock you but… but Rita I am your father."

A/N: Okay I know I said in the last chapter that that was the last one but since one fan wants it to continue till the wedding day I thought I might as well finish it off properly. So… Rita's father appear in her life after being absent for 18 years, how will Rita react to this news?