At that moment the doors to the mansion burst open a little girl with brown hair about the same age as Alicia came running out with her arms spread wide open. "Father, you came bac…." When the little girl spotted Alicia, her eyes went wide, she stopped in her tracks and blurted out: "Oh my G.o.d! Father did you cheat on Mother!?"Alicia almost burst out laughing when she heard this. She couldn"t help but sneak a peek at Dalton to see his reaction. Dalton"s face was black as he looked at his daughter. "Of course not! Where did you even learn about stuff like that?"
"I saw it on the Magivision!" The little girl replied.
"Sigh… From now on you are not allowed to watch so much Magivision. It seems to be teaching you the wrong things! Anyway, this here is Alicia. I owe her a great debt so she will stay here while she is in Parith. You best be nice to her, she is my guest. Alicia this is my daughter Rebecca she is a bit of a brat but she is a good girl." Dalton gave a smile to Alicia as he picked Rebecca up into his arms.
"Father, when am I ever a brat!? No one has ever told me I was a brat!" Rebecca looked up at Dalton with her big confused eyes.
"Well, I am telling you now! Come on let"s go in!" Dalton rubbed Rebecca"s head as they entered the mansion.
The main hall was huge with a cathedral ceiling. Two sets of stairs led up to a balcony that looked over the main hall that connected to the hallways on the second floor. Between the two sets of stairs on the first floor was another large door that led into the kitchen. To the right and left of the two sets of stairs on the first floor were another two hallways. "On the first floor is a dining room, a meeting room and the head servants quarters. On the second floor is where my family sleeps. The third floor has my office and my wife"s sewing room. There is a small cottage in the back in the garden that is well taken care of that we use for guests. That is where you will be staying while you are here in Parith."
While listening to Dalton"s explanation, Alicia heard a faint whine coming from the top of her head and felt a bit bad since Frey had been stuck hiding this entire time. "Sir Dalton, can you say that your home and family are safe?"
"Yes, you can say that. All of the people here have been with my family for over twenty years now. If there are any issues I can give my word as a knight that I will give my all to solve them." Dalton said righteously.
"Then I will put my trust in you… Frey, come on out and say hi to Sir Dalton." Alicia said with a smile.
"Mother!!! It was so hot under Aunty Loeri! Frey thought she was going to be cooked to death!" Frey completely ignored Dalton and voiced her complaints and flew down and plastered her sweaty body against Alicia"s right cheek.
Alicia felt even worse now seeing how sweaty Frey was. "I"m sorry Frey! I know it was hard but you really toughed it out for your mother. Mother is very proud of you. Here eat this and cool off a bit." Alicia formed a ball of Magicules and handed it to Frey. Frey"s eyes quickly lit up and took the ball of Magicules before quietly sitting on Alicia"s shoulder munching away on it.
Dalton looked at the little human figure with wings. His eyes went wide in shock. He was so surprised he almost dropped Rebecca who was in his arms. He pointed at Frey with one finger as he tried his best to get his words out. "ThThat"s a..."
"Hey, Uncle it"s rude to point. Mother said you should never point at someone since it is very rude." Frey said earnestly.
This statement caused Dalton to break out his shock and into a fit laughter. "You are right! Haha! I am sorry little lady. Your name is Frey correct?"
"Yep! My mother gave me this name, isn"t it cute!? Just saying it brings a smile to my face!" Frey stood up proudly as she stuffed the last bite of her Magicule snack into her mouth and placed both hands on her hips tilting her head up proudly.
"Father she"s so cute! What is she, why is she so small!?" Rebecca who had been staring at Frey in shock this entire time. Finally came back to her senses.
"She is Alicia"s daughter and because of an accident, she was transformed into the state she is in now. So do not be mean to her okay?" Dalton came up with a white lie quickly. He knew that someone finding out that Frey was a fairy would cause a stir throughout the land. Dalton put Rebecca down before pulling Alicia to the side and said: "Alicia it would be wise if you do not let Frey come out in public often or I am afraid you will be targeted."
"Sir Dalton I know this but Frey is my adopted daughter and I will not allow her to be hidden away like this again. She had already suffered trying to come into the city. Now I do not wish to hide her any longer. She is Frey, I, Alicia"s daughter! What comes, will come. I will protect her with everything I have!" Alicia"s eyes were filled with determination. She would never let Frey suffer. Since she had agreed to take on the task of raising Frey she would do so no matter what the risks were.
"Alright, I see you have decided but…" Dalton let out a sigh before yelling out: "Hey, brat get out here now!" As soon as his words finished a figure walked out of the dark corner of the main hall.
"Looks like my skills are still not good enough to hide from Sir Dalton." The person who walked out was none other than Blake.
Rebecca looked at the handsome youth who had just appeared then looked at Alicia then Frey. Suddenly an idea popped into her head: "Are you Frey"s daddy!?"