Always here

Yuno was done with the last touches on my hair at about the same time she finished filling me up with everything. She had also informed me on what the emperor planned for our next move.

My questions on how Nightshade acquired the Quintessence had been answered. I had thought that maybe he was a child of a god as well. But my thoughts ended there every time I reminded myself that the rest of the gods died during the War of the Gods. All of them, except my mother.

Unless, she had another child while she was here. And this was more unlikely.

At noon, when Anette came to give me a letter from my father, she had dropped the envelope at the sight of my hair which was now up to my chest. I expected her reaction. It was indeed a lot shorter than she saw it a few hours ago.

"Does it look strange?" I had asked with a nervous smile.

Anette had hastily shaken her head, "No, no, of course not, young lady! It looks lovely, really! I-it's just that—"