Chapter 52: Meeting Frostine

It's almost been a week since those events occurred, and nothing much has happened. The investigation is still going on from last I heard of it and no one has stopped by my house to pick me up.

Right now, I am sitting with Cordelia on my bed, waiting for Vane to arrive as it is his turn with her now.

I had put her in a black and white baby dress with a black ribbon on her head, to make her cuter. By the way, these clothes? I bought them from the city and my god, they are one of the most expensive things I ever bought. The entire market in the city is a scam I tell you, a scam!

I gave her a bottle of milk, and she refused, to which I said, "Now, now, if you don't drink this, big brother will be mad."

Hesitantly, Cordelia took the bottle and drank the milk.

Soon, the doorbell rang and I immediately jumped down from my bed.

I opened the door, expecting to see Vane, but I only saw a woman with platinum hair and blue eyes.

"Hello there, little boy~. I am Frostine, and I am here to take you with me," She said, smiling as she leaned down a little to my level.

I said, in a monotone voice, "No. Now get out of my courtyard before I call security on a pedophile like you," Then I closed the door, only for her to stop it.

"You're just as rude as the ninth elder said. I am no pedophile, little boy, I am simply here to take you to the patriarch. He wants to talk to you about something, probably connected to the incident at the tournament a week ago," She said, trying to convince me that she isn't a pedophile.

But I know that she is a pedo. I don't have the evidence to back up my claims but there is no way that a grown-ass woman would suddenly just show up in front of the house of a 4-year-old and a baby.

Take my words with a grain of salt.

"Hmph, don't lie! All you pedos are the same. I haven't met a pedo but I know that you're a pedo, so go away and never come back!" I just don't want to come with her since I still have Cordelia with me. I am still waiting for Vane to arrive to take her with him, to which after I would go to the beast tower to grind for some Kill Points.

She sighed, feeling a headache coming, "Little boy, you have to know that I am the daughter of the patriarch, so you have to at least show some respect to me."

I raised an eyebrow, and said, "So what? I don't care about anyone's status. You can go and f*ck yourself with that, just don't bother me."

'Yup, this kid is going to be a huge headache for me,' She said in her thoughts.

As we were chatting in a very "civil" way, I saw Vane coming from a distance and shouted, "Hey, Vane! Get this woman away from me, will ya?"

Vane entered the courtyard, having a very respectful look in his eyes as he noticed who this woman is.

"Greetings, young matriarch. What can I do to help?" He asked, bowing a little.

Oi! Why are you bowing to this woman!?

"Oh, who are you?" She asked.

"I am Vane, his brother," He politely replied.

A bit joyful that somebody actually respected her around here, she said, "Then can you convince your little brother to come with me? The patriarch, my father, wants to talk to him for a bit. Your little brother has been calling me a pedophile for some reason."

Shocked, Vane dragged me inside the house by the arm, and politely said to Frostine, "Can you wait for us a little, young matriarch?"

"Of course."

Then he closed the door, and whispered to me, "What the hell are you doing!? That's the daughter of the patriarch of the sect! You can't just disrespect her like that! And a lot of rumors say that she is more powerful than the elders of the sect for the sole reason of her heritage! She is a half-dragon, Auguste, A HALF-DRAGON! She can annihilate us both in a few seconds!"

Wait… she's a half-dragon? What? Do the most powerful species of monsters and demi-humans exist in this place? Does that mean that the patriarch is a full-fledged dragon?

Scratching the back of my head, I laughed a little, "Sorry, didn't know."

Maybe I should've read a little about the patriarch but I thought of it as a bother...

He sighed, and said, "Nothing can be done about that. I'll take Cordelia with me and you follow the young matriarch. Apologize later."

Crossing my arms, I said with a pout, "Fine."

He patted my head, then went to the bed to take the crawling Cordelia with him.

(Later…)

Vane left my house after taking Cordelia with him. While here I am, stuck with this woman.

Awkwardly, I stood in front of the older woman, fidgeting, as I said, "U-Uh, s-sorry, y-young matriarch."

Smiling, Frostine just pinched my cheeks, and said, "It's alright, as long as you don't do it again," She extended her arms towards me, "Come, we'll fly to district 1 to see my father."

A little hesitant, I grabbed her hand and she pulled me to her embrace as two huge light blue dragon wings erupted behind her back.

I was surprised.

'That was rather unexpected,' I said in my thoughts.

She looked at me to say, "Surprised, aren't you? These are my wings, my most beautiful possessions. Not even the most precious of gems can be exchanged for them. Now, let's fly!"

Her wings flapped so hard that the ground under us caved in as we burst up like a bullet, almost piercing the ceilings of the underground sect.

She did a flip and flew towards district 1 as if she just kicked the air.

Meanwhile, here I am, almost ready to puke. This is the first time somebody carried me to fly, to which I am not used to yet. Fortunately for her, and me, I didn't puke anything and just swallowed it.

I am not letting her carry me while she flies, ever again!

Soon, we landed in the courtyard of the huge mansion of the patriarch.

The courtyard was large, larger than my entire house and land. I am in awe of the mansion in front of me as it was the biggest house I've seen in my 4 years of life! It may have 4 to 5 floors, too many windows to count, numerous rooms, and a lot of servants working around the courtyard.

There were many statues made of small leaves and a single paved road that leads to the front door. By the side of the paved road were filled with statues, aside from the leaf-made statues.

"Good afternoon, young matriarch," One of the male servants said as respectfully as possible.

She nodded at him, and then retracted her dragonic wings.

Turning to look at me, she said, "Let's go inside, father must be tired of waiting."

I nodded, keeping my mouth shut, lest it says some inappropriate things again.

When she opened the door, a bunch of maids bowed before her at the side with a familiar butler waiting for her in front of the staircase.

Walking towards the butler, she said, "Is father still upstairs?"

"Welcome back, madam. And yes, your father, the patriarch, is still in his study room. From the child beside you, I presume you have completed your task?" Laystine said, as noble as before.

"Yes, it was a bit hard but I managed. I didn't know that children these days have such sharp mouths."

"Hmm, I hope he did not offend you that much. He's one of the children a friend of mine is taking care of, it would be a shame if his vocabulary is as savage as the barbarians of Albion Empire," Laystine said, worried that I might've offended her milady.

She chuckled, "Not much, he just called me a pedophile, that's all."

Everyone around me, the maids specifically, gasped.

*Cough* *Cough*

Laystine coughed, weirdly embarrassed.

"On behalf of my friend, I apologize for his actions. I'm sure it must've been awkward, madam," He said, trying to stay calm as possible.

"Dude, you don't have to apologize," I said, a bit taken aback that he would suddenly do that.

"Shush, the adults are talking," He said, to which I immediately became angered, but I controlled my emotions.

I am trying to control my emotions since that incident, knowing that a slight misconduct would f*ck me up really bad in a real battle.

"Don't worry about it, Auguste here has apologized. You should've seen it. He was fidgeting around, he was so cute!" She said, further embarrassing me.

Coughing a bit, Laystine said, "I-I'm sure the patriarch is already tired of waiting, please go on."

"Then, nice chatting with you."

Then we went upstairs, with her carrying me against my will.

Why must women find me cute??? Why can't I just be a normal baby!?