"Orphen, Majic, I assume your journey has been useful.Majic, how is your
magic coming along now?" Cleao's older sister said, breaking the silence.
"Yes, it really has been useful!My magic has gotten better since the last time you saw me in action!" Majic said.Cleao snorted , Majic was beginning to act as cocky as Orphen, she noted.
"It's been seven years since we ended the jourey you know, it's obvious your magic would have gotten better although why did you leave the Tower Of Fangs anyway?You would have gotten a really good education there,"Cleao said. Sachi, Kohana and Taro were silent at the table and simply looked at their food. Well , except for Taro really.He insisted on sitting beside Cleao and sometimes leaned on her shoulder.He had his chair pulled up right next to Cleao's, and was through that able to lean on her shoulder.He tended to lean on her shoulder more at the end of diner, which was a sign he was sleepy.
"Well, I promised to be the best apprentice to master and I couldn't do that at the Tower of Fangs, even if it was a good experience.You should know that much Cleao," Majic said.
"Wait!You were at the Tower Of Fangs?" Sachi suddenly asked.
"Oh Sachi, you should know it's not polite for little girls to speak so openly at the dinner table," Cleao said, her amused expression changing to a sad one. Sachi had been stubborn all her short life, and like Cleao could not be considered lady-like.
"Awwwwww, but I just wanted to know what it was like!"Sachi protested.Cleao looked down at her food, she didn't really want to think about the journey right now.
"Excuse me, I'm not feeling well." Cleao said, standing and waking up Taro who had been napping on her shoulder. Orphen had a worried look on his face as she left, he knew it was hard for her to give up one of the children she had hoped would stay in the same city as her.She also hadn't expected for one to wish to leave to be trained far away, especially her first child.
"If she's sad, it's your fault you know," her older sister remarked quietly once Cleao was out of the room.
"What?"Orphen said.
"You've ruined her reputation around town.Having three children and not even being married. Our family name is tarnished.I hope you're happy," she said spitefully. Orphen knew it wasn't the right time to laugh, but the unexpected comment was too hard to resist.
"You really think it's about that?!" he said, laughing.
"Master...maybe you shouldn't..."Majic said quietly, but he couldn't be heard by Orphen who was rolling on the floor now.
"BAKA!" Sachi suddenly yelled.Everyone froze and looked at her. "Didn't you ever think about mommy's feelings?!Have you ever even asked her if she had wanted to get married or not?!How can you be allowed to think that you know what mommy wants when you've never asked her?!".
"Sachi!" Cleao's older sister said in a disapproving tone. "Go to bed right now!".
"I'm sorry Aunty, but he deserved it." Sachi said, looking down at her shoes.
"Maybe but you don't yell at someone in such a loud voice at the dinner table," she said.
"Hey, hey.Are you trying to turn them against me?"Orphen said. Sachi left the room, she still had to be punished for speaking up.
"I don't have to open my mouth or raise a finger to do that , you've done all the work for me, what can I say?" she said calmly.
"What's that supposed to mean?!"Orphen said indignantly. Unexpectedly, Kohana laughed. They all looked over.
"What?Funny to see big people fight so much.I'm gonna take Taro to bed now, okay Aunty?"Kohana said, standing from the chair.
"Alright, go on," she said, excusing the two. "And Orphen and Majic, you can get out of my house now,". She also stood and crossed her arms.This was always the way things turned out when Cleao wasn't around.
"Fine.You don't have to be so jealous of Cleao, Mariabelle.You really have no reason to be so angry with me, especially since you disapprove of all the things that make Cleao , Cleao.The difference is that's why I love her," He stated simply, then stood and walked from the room.
"Yes, it really has been useful!My magic has gotten better since the last time you saw me in action!" Majic said.Cleao snorted , Majic was beginning to act as cocky as Orphen, she noted.
"It's been seven years since we ended the jourey you know, it's obvious your magic would have gotten better although why did you leave the Tower Of Fangs anyway?You would have gotten a really good education there,"Cleao said. Sachi, Kohana and Taro were silent at the table and simply looked at their food. Well , except for Taro really.He insisted on sitting beside Cleao and sometimes leaned on her shoulder.He had his chair pulled up right next to Cleao's, and was through that able to lean on her shoulder.He tended to lean on her shoulder more at the end of diner, which was a sign he was sleepy.
"Well, I promised to be the best apprentice to master and I couldn't do that at the Tower of Fangs, even if it was a good experience.You should know that much Cleao," Majic said.
"Wait!You were at the Tower Of Fangs?" Sachi suddenly asked.
"Oh Sachi, you should know it's not polite for little girls to speak so openly at the dinner table," Cleao said, her amused expression changing to a sad one. Sachi had been stubborn all her short life, and like Cleao could not be considered lady-like.
"Awwwwww, but I just wanted to know what it was like!"Sachi protested.Cleao looked down at her food, she didn't really want to think about the journey right now.
"Excuse me, I'm not feeling well." Cleao said, standing and waking up Taro who had been napping on her shoulder. Orphen had a worried look on his face as she left, he knew it was hard for her to give up one of the children she had hoped would stay in the same city as her.She also hadn't expected for one to wish to leave to be trained far away, especially her first child.
"If she's sad, it's your fault you know," her older sister remarked quietly once Cleao was out of the room.
"What?"Orphen said.
"You've ruined her reputation around town.Having three children and not even being married. Our family name is tarnished.I hope you're happy," she said spitefully. Orphen knew it wasn't the right time to laugh, but the unexpected comment was too hard to resist.
"You really think it's about that?!" he said, laughing.
"Master...maybe you shouldn't..."Majic said quietly, but he couldn't be heard by Orphen who was rolling on the floor now.
"BAKA!" Sachi suddenly yelled.Everyone froze and looked at her. "Didn't you ever think about mommy's feelings?!Have you ever even asked her if she had wanted to get married or not?!How can you be allowed to think that you know what mommy wants when you've never asked her?!".
"Sachi!" Cleao's older sister said in a disapproving tone. "Go to bed right now!".
"I'm sorry Aunty, but he deserved it." Sachi said, looking down at her shoes.
"Maybe but you don't yell at someone in such a loud voice at the dinner table," she said.
"Hey, hey.Are you trying to turn them against me?"Orphen said. Sachi left the room, she still had to be punished for speaking up.
"I don't have to open my mouth or raise a finger to do that , you've done all the work for me, what can I say?" she said calmly.
"What's that supposed to mean?!"Orphen said indignantly. Unexpectedly, Kohana laughed. They all looked over.
"What?Funny to see big people fight so much.I'm gonna take Taro to bed now, okay Aunty?"Kohana said, standing from the chair.
"Alright, go on," she said, excusing the two. "And Orphen and Majic, you can get out of my house now,". She also stood and crossed her arms.This was always the way things turned out when Cleao wasn't around.
"Fine.You don't have to be so jealous of Cleao, Mariabelle.You really have no reason to be so angry with me, especially since you disapprove of all the things that make Cleao , Cleao.The difference is that's why I love her," He stated simply, then stood and walked from the room.