"As for you", his mentor once again glared at Ivan, "You better behave or I will be doubling your training."Ivan"s face went white and he hurriedly promised to behave himself. His training was already abnormal hard, so doubling it would be the same as killing him.
"I"d hope so. Anyways originally I planned to let you do some easy missions this week, but now I think it is better for you to accompany your daughter this week."
"Yes, daddy. I already got it all planned out."
"Huh? You already got it all planned out?", he was quite surprised, since he was aware that she only got to know him today. The others too were surprised and openly showed their interest in what she had planned.
"Yes, after I started to feel your presence I started to plan out, what I want to do after we meet."
"Wow. Your foresight is awesome.", he praised her and once again her face lit up.
"So there are four main things I want to do. First of going to an amus.e.m.e.nt park. Preferable the Tailan Park. I heard that it is awesome."
Ivan could only stare blankly at her, since he had no knowledge concerning this amus.e.m.e.nt park, but Lara nodded, to indicate that it was ok for her to go there.
"Second the Kei Lan Zoo which is famed for its great a.s.sortment of monsters and their family friendly policy."
Once again he had no clue so he threw a look towards Lara and she once again nodded.
"Third the cinema, to watch a film."
This time Ivan didn"t have to check if it was ok, since he was sure that there was no problem with that.
"Then what is the fourth?"
"A picnic with the full family."
This time both Lara and Ivan stare at her, not sure what to say but finally Lara was the first to relent.
"Then let"s do that tomorrow, since doing it at a Sat.u.r.day would be best."
Now that Lara agreed Ivan too could only nod in acceptance.
"Great."
"Then have you decided where you want the picnic to be held?", Ivan asked her, while being sure that that was the case.
"Of course daddy.", his daughter threw him a condescending look. She felt that her father often asked unnecessary questions. She then told them where she wanted to have the picnic, "I think the Berg Park would be a great location. The best would be at the meadow near that little lake where me and mommy went before."
"Darling, I don"t think it would be a good idea to bring Ivan to the Berg Park. If my father would get to know about it, before uncle tells him it will be a disaster."
"Oh.", she looks dejected but soon looks bright again. "Daddy is uncles student right?"
"Yes.", Ivan answered, not knowing where his daughter was going with this.
"Then can"t uncle come with us and daddy comes as uncles student?"
Lara looked thoughtful and then turned towards her uncle. "What do you think?"
"Sure, that could work. But wouldn"t it be easier if you just find another place?"
"No, I really want it to be that place, besides having uncle with us is even better."
"Alright then let"s do it like that. Uncle will you come over to meet us tomorrow at 12 then?"
"Of course. That way I can too check if this rascal has behaved himself."
They chatted a bit more before his mentor left and after that Jane had to go to bed too.
"No, I don"t want to go to bed. I want to stay with daddy."
"Don"t worry, you will be able to spent lots of time with him from now on. Now let me bring you to bed.", her mother firmly reprimanded her.
She held onto him refusing to let go. So he had no choice but to gather her in his arms and stand up.
"Tell me where is your room?"
"First you have to brush your teeth.", her mother reminded her after she had told him that her room was the second from left on the top floor.
"Oh. I forgot."
Ivan couldn"t see her face, but he was absolutely sure that she didn"t forget but just didn"t want to do it.
"Come on, show me the way to the bathroom."
Jane used her arm to lead her father towards the bathroom, while enjoying the feeling of being carried by him.
After he had finally managed to get her into her bed she still had another request.
"Daddy, can you read me a bedtime story?"
"Sure."
He then took one of the books lying on the bedside table and asked her if it was alright, After getting her confirmation he then proceeded to read one of the stories in the book.
He wasn"t even halfway through with it when she was already deep asleep. He guessed that the emotional stress must have tired her out.
He then left the room and silently closed the door. When he turned around he found out that Lara was already waiting for him.
"Let"s talk.", without waiting for his reply she then went back down towards the living room.
After both of them sat down she then started, "Mr. Hope, there are a few things I have to explain."
She then took a deep breath, "First of all I need to tell you why we are married. You might have already realized that we didn"t really know each other, right?"
"Yes. It is quite obvious from your reactions."
"Alright, then I will tell you about how we met. It happened when I was out adventuring. We went a bit to deep into the forest and where surrounded by goblins. One of our party members had already died and the others where all injured. I too had a deep wound which would have been lethal without timely medical attention. When we were about to give up all hope you appeared."