chapter 5 : breakfast with mother and questions

After waking up and calling for my personal maid to help me start the day , I was led to my mother's room for breakfast, wich was strange considering we always eat in the dining hall , then I remembered that my dad said he'll be busy from now on so it will probably be only me and mother having meals together for while.

After knocking the door I got permission to enter,

the first thing I saw was my mother sitting near a large window her green hair flowing down her back and its brown tips almost reaching the floor , her golden eyes shining like the brilliant sun behind her .

wearing light green dress and a golden necklace with a rectangular emerald in the center , when she saw me she turned her head to me and a loving gentle smile was drawn on her lips , the sun shining on her side through the window created an image so beautiful and serene , she looked like a goddess of nature and beauty .

I was in awe of her beauty, I stood in a trance for a few seconds before breaking out of it and walking to her smiling at her saying " good morning mom , you look truly beautiful today " this is all I could say to my goddess of a mother .

her smile widened and a soft laugh escape her lips before she huged me and said " thank you my adorable juli, you look especially cute today , did something happen?"

in her embrace the smell of jasmine assaulted me , giving me a great sense of peace and comfort

" yes mom I've had a dream today and it's really important so I want to talk to you about it "

a curious expression coverd her face at my reply , so she nodded and told me to talk after the meal to wich I nodded.

she sat me on her lap feeding me like some small animal wich made me pout , only for her to laugh and kiss me on my cheek making the maids smile at our display.

After our meal my mom dismissed all the servants except for Laura who was my maid / guard, who stood behind me with a stoic expression.

so I asked the question that's been bothering me since I woke up , " mom , who are the sons of Ash? "my mother and maid froze at my question and Laura released a heavy dark aura .

the atmosphere froze in a second After my question and the air became so heavy I was struggling to breathe.

just when I thought I would faint my mom was the first to react shouted " Laura stop , you are hurting juli !!"the dazed Laura quickly stopped releasing that oppressive aura and I was finally able to breath .

After she calmed down a little she came and apologised saying " I'm truly sorry for my blunder young master , I'll accept any punishment you deem appropriate " while bowing in a perfect 90 degrees angle.

shaking my head I answered" it's okay Laura, you didn't mean to hurt me but I need to know what are they and why you reacted this way "

Laura looked at my mom , seeing her nod she snapped her fingers and small translucent dome expanded with us at the centre covering the room , I was truly shocked because this is the first time I saw something like this .

yes I've seen our servants using fire magic to start the stove , wind to dry the laundry and other daily applications, but I've never seen this kind of magic because our Knights train in thir barracks wich is outside the castle and mom and dad always refuse to show me more than a small wind blade that splits a few leafs or small candle like fire on the tip of their fingers .

I tried to perform magic but no matter how hard I try , I can't sense any mana , and I was told It was because of my seal so I'll have to wait till I start training under father , cause we have the same affinity .

leaving that aside I turned to my mom for an explanation but she spoke first and asked me " so you met your deity? "

I froze for a second until she smiled and continued " so you finally met them , what is their divinity and did they tell you about the sons of Ash? "

I was astounded ' how did she know?, what in the absolute fuck is going on ? '

when she noticed my strange behaviour she said " well juli , all spirit branded in history share the following similarities, they are born with a mark on their bodiesthat representtheir deity ,their berth is celebrated by the spirits and all magicians around the world could sense their berth and finally, they meet their deity at a young age to know what elements or concepts their mark represents, most of them meet their deity by the age of 7 and we thought that was supposed to be the case for you as well , that's why we wanted to break your seal at your 7th birthday, but looks like it's not meant to be " her smile disappeared by the end and she heaved a deep sigh .

' so that's why... , it was the standard procedure huh , well now at least I don't have to worry about hiding anything from her.... about hiding almost anything from her , there is no fucking way I'll tell her about zeus's degeneracy, I don't want to be branded as pervert by my mom at the age of three thank you very much ' so I told her about the ability to control the weather and about his role as the protecter of humanity and chief deity.

what's that ? I'm leaving some things out ? nah I'm not hiding anything , I'm just protecting my reputation as the cute lovable young Duke Ramiel.

After listening to me narrating my encounter with the chief degenerate , my mom had a serious expression on her face , after a while she turned to the stoic Laura and said " please call Audra , he should be by the docks talking to the shipwrights right now " After receiving the command from my mother , Laura bowed and disappeared in the blink of an eye , leveing me staring at an empty space with wide eyes .

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[A/N] my longest chapter yet , hope you all enjoy it 😀