Kendra and Isaa already knew Xara"s s.p.a.ce as it was their design. Unfortunately, Kendra spent most of the materials automatically when she uses it for her own s.p.a.ce, so Xara was just small but beautiful garden with a tiny house, little river with fishes, some fruit trees, a bee stock, tiny vegetable garden and flowers everywhere.
Under the cherry tree was recliner and next to it table with few books. Few birds and bees gave a lively feeling. All in all, a small world.
He entered the house and saw a room with a big bed and nothing else. Other room contained a big pool where she could even swim if she wanted.
He looked surprised. It seems Kendra is getting better in making s.p.a.ce inside s.p.a.ce. The room from outside should be smaller but it was ten times bigger than the sleeping area.
He opened another door and it was a kitchen. It was neither small or big. He saw one more door and when he opened it, he almost fainted.
The storage was not as big as his but big enough to store food for years. And it was filled with all kind of meat, seasonings, fruits, vegetables and grains. And all of them were filled with energy.
He knew that Kendra probably emptied all her storage and almost half of her stock and put here. He sighed. This child is overthinking everything. But looking her sincere smile and big eyes he couldn"t even reprimand her.
He stroked her head and gathered a big smile from her. "Father, I knew your thoughts. But my s.p.a.ce has enough food for all of us and there is still plants that get more fruits vegetables and grains. Please don"t be worried. We still have gold. And if we really feel like life is hard, we will come back home. OK?"
She held his hand and lightly shook it while making a begging face. She even used the face Isaa made when she wanted someone to change their minds. She made big puppy eyes and send countless stars at him. ( bdw.my daughter does that...a lot).
He couldn"t handle so much cuteness and just sighed while patting her head. "I know your worries. Sometimes you act as you were the parent and we the children. But to tell you the truth, I liked it for a while. But now is a time we switch the roles. Let us become real parents."
She nodded and hugged his waist. "I will try to become more child. And enjoy it. But don"t be angry later on if I become spoiled."
He laughed and Xara and Isaa that were standing there heard their conversion and just joined laugh. Xara hugged Kendra and Isaa and winked at Lord Ca.s.sian and hot them out the s.p.a.ce.
"Mother, the s.p.a.ce on the cloud is your living s.p.a.ce where you can recover every day. We used the best materials, so please use it every day. And another thing, come to the observation room." She saw their faces full with questions. "I didn"t open this room for you, or you would have being here more than with each other."
She slowly walked towards pavilion she made and with a wave of hand new door appeared on other side of it. Isaa took Xara"s hand and Kendra just looked at the three people and with wave if hand invited them in.What they saw were two cloud chairs and multiple mirrors floating in front of them. She let the two grown-ups sit down and then the mirrors gathered around them in a circle...
Suddenly the mirrors lightened up and under their stunning eyes, they could see parts of the fief clearly. They looked at Kendra and were flabbergasted.
"Actually, this was Isaa"s idea. She once mentioned that it would be nice if we could see most parts of fief from one spot. So while we traveled I used the clouds and left them there. Unfortunately, I realized the range is not far. You will be able to see the school, but not the forest. Or you will be able to see the village before the pa.s.sage to our fief but not borderline itself. I told hidden flying soldiers about this and told them the spot if invisible transmission cloud. In case they want to report they will fly there. Everything will be transferred here. Here these mirrors will record and then you can watch it. I made one more room like this in the palace where you can put people of trust inside to watch over the fief."
She had an idea from the past world and one of the novels she read. The power stones that had certain Cian color could be used actually to record things. She found millions of tiny pieces and integrated them into the clouds.
She tried it out but actually, she never could imagined that those are connected and by the amount of the stones in clouds and mirror the transmissions are possible.
But to make one that could be sent transmission so far from home....the mirror should be humongous and it was not really needed.
She knows they will worry even more if they travel around in some strange places. Kendra heard stories from Lais. There are beautiful places but there are as well strange and scary enough places even for Lais.
She wants to travel the continent, but she has no plan to get to close to troublesome people or situations. Kendra sighed inside, such things are never predictable...
Xara and Lord Ca.s.sian used the mirrors as she explained them and were quite happy. In days of peace, they can just stay here and just check on fief from time to time through the mirrors.
Xara looked at Lord Ca.s.sian"s smug smile and had a strange premonition about the future. But then she remembered her ring and gave him a smug smile.
He looked at her ring and looked with grief at Kendra. But she completely ignored him. After all, the mother is pregnant. She will have mood swings. It"s better if she had a place to hide or she could burst out in anger for a tiny reason at him.
She personally had never had children but she read a lot about it, and had lots of friends that had children. She saw them changing their mood from rain to suns.h.i.+ne in a sec and the other way around.
Xara has fiery temperament AND has powers. It"s better for father not to be around her when she gets mood swings. But the other reason is to give them some safety, just in case of an emergency.
Kendra flew down to the palace and found Ada. The girl was busy in the garden. Kendra saw her big smile while she tended flowers. It seems Thalis found her appropriate job, and not far away was her father as well.
Thasil seems to have good feelings about these two, putting them together. The father would smile at Ada from time to time and she would go and help him take some bigger things. Maybe this is good for the two.
She stepped forward. ""Ada, come here. I have something to say to you."
Kendra"s face was serious but her eyes were warm so Ada came quickly without fear. She knew that Kendra could ha her with a snap of her finger but she didn"t.
Kendra smiled at her complete trust in her. ""Ada, the school will start officially in couple days. I will give you a choice. You can let your father stay here and work here or do you want him to go to work at school. His friend from the room, the gardener, asked for a transfer and I had the idea to let your father work together with him there. If you feel ashamed for him being simple Gardner, I will let him stay here."
Ada shook her head and gave a big smile to Kendra. "No, no...Father likes plants. I am sure he will love the job. I would be glad to have him near. Can I get a job in the garden as well?"
Kendra nodded. "No problem. I will let your headmaster give you a job with healing plants. Learn well, but don"t forget to gather and cultivate your powers."
Ada nodded and when she saw that Kendra was done with her she hopped like geese towards her father to explain him. He looked at Kendra with grateful eyes and bowed deeply.
She turned around and saw Tyra looking at them hatefully. She took long strides towards her.
"Tyra, if you want you can go and join them. You can work in the garden as well." She gave her at least a better option than cleaning the streets.
But Tyra wrinkled her nose. "No, thank you. I not a friend with plants. If you could give me a better job here like a servant..."
Kendra shook her head. ""Only those that have families for generations here in fief can get the job as a servant in the palace. And even that after big consideration. "
Tyra didn"t want to give up. ""But Thalis..."
Kendra waved her hand to stop her. "He is a different story. If you didn"t choose the path of your cultivation to be darkness I might have given you a chance. But your mins didn"t change. Even now you found feel as anything is wrong with your thoughts, right?"
Tyra got silent. A glint of annoyance pa.s.sed her eyes and Kendra saw it. She sighed inwardly. "It seems you will never learn your lesson."
Kendra turned around and just went away. It"s her own life. She could give her suggestion but not more.
She found the secretary and explained to him that Xara is pregnant so he has to make changes. He was so happy and made a huge amount of plans but Kendra stopped him.
"Sir, I know that you were the best friend of the late Lord. Us getting adopted by the Lord was against your wishes. I hope you understand me now." She looked at him with a slight smile.
He nodded."The Lord and the Lady will never be able to go to the other world. You doing all this is just preparing for their future life. I am sorry I was a bit biased. The old Lord on his death bed was always worried that someone with an impure mind would take over the fief. To tell you the truth, I wouldn"t mind if you stayed here and became a new Lord. "
She saw the sincerity in his voice but still shook her head. "I worked hard now only for their sake. In the future, I hope you will teach them to become more independent...uncle."
His eyes became big and he suddenly had tears flowing down his wrinkled cheeks. ""Not even Ca.s.sian knows that, how did you find out?"
"The library is big but has mostly only the diaries of past Lord"s, some random knowledge and family books. Your name is there. Lord Derrick of Caledon Valley. Son from the first wife of the late Lord. You gave up being the Lord. It didn"t say why." She was curious about that.
"When I was younger, I got in love with a woman that couldn"t sit still. She wanted, just like you, to travel the continent. At that time we already were in war with demons but she never felt like they are a real treat. I didn"t want her to be alone so I followed." His eyes became absent as he remembered his past.
Kendra sat on the chair and was quite curious about the story. The expression he had on his face looked quite pained.
"Father at that time was still young and with his new wife, he had my late brother. Even tho I loved my new stepmother and my brother, I felt bound and it felt uncomfortable. Under her urging, we escaped in mid of night. We traveled for months with the money I brought and when I didn"t have any more she just disappeared one night, leaving me in debts." He smiled ironically.
"I worked the debts off and found out that I have the power of water. So I choose to join the fight as one of the unnamed soldiers. Later on, I found out he went back home. I followed him and with time he found out my past. Father was so angry that he never told my little brother about me. He tried to find me and I had to stop him and explain to him that I had no wish to become Lord. So I stayed at his side. I let them call me Secretary as I didn"t want to let people use me against him. As I have no children, I actually adore Ca.s.sian as he was my own. Kendra, even if we share no blood, I like you. Please, forgive me for being mean before."
Kendra stood up and hugged the old man. " Uncle, I actually found out you are one of the rare humans that genetically live a very long time. I will heal your age relayed sicknesses. If you want you can finally travel with me, if not help father and mother. I will come back home from time to time. I will send messages as well. But uncle, you should tell father. He went to war when he was just a baby. He never had a chance to revive real parental love. Please, tell him."
The old man and the child held each other in an embrace as their eyes were filled with tears.
He finally nodded and as he sighed she took him by the hand and walked slowly towards the main office...