Engagement

Derrick got off from his horse, on getting to the Dark's mansion, Rosetta who also decided to get down, was helped down by the soldier who was guiding her horse, The mothers of both children came outside to see their children and both of them immediately hugged both of their respective child, this made Derrick a little embarrassed, being hugged by his mother, which eventually made him become a bit stiff.

While Rosetta and her mother just hugged each other briefly and nodded towards each other, I don't know if it was due to the state of Rosetta's body, due to her unstable mana making her body feel cold to touch, or they were just being reserved in public, the woman who was riddled with worry before, now had a bright smile on her face as if her earlier expression was an illusion.

They all came to the sitting room in the mansion, with everyone present, both parents and children were present..

Derrick made a light bow toward the Earl and his wife the Countess

Rosetta also made a light bow toward the Baron and the Baroness.

Earl Holman began the questioning "Where have you been Rosetta and how did you meet the young Baron?"

Earl Holman was actually glad inward and had obtain the ferry wolf's core, the moment they got into the Dark's territory, he just wanted to rush the questioning and use the core to stabilize his daughter unstable mana, but due to courtesy and the fact that both children were found together the questioning should be done in the presence of both parties.

Rosetta began with an apology "Father am sorry for sneaking out, I was impatient, when I got into the Dark's territory, I boarded a carriage that would take me to the dark forest, but most of the coachmen refused, only one took my offer due to the money I was offering, when I got to the dark forest, the sun was starting to set, I went in with no plan whatsoever, due to how large the dark forest is I got confused and that's when I ran into an orc, after fighting the orc I quickly realized how weak I was, and I almost paid for it with my life, that's when I ran into the young Baron, who came to my rescue, he fought off the orc and carried me gently, treated my injuries, until we were found by the Baron soldiers"

The Earl and everyone in the room was shocked fought off an orc?, a kid that was only 7, Miranda was very delighted to hear this and couldn't wait to ask of the details from her son, both the Earl and the Countess looked briefly at Derrick direction before returning their gaze to Rosetta, the only one who didn't seem to make a reaction was the Baron.

Derrick looked at Rosetta in a questioning gaze, thinking 'what is this girl up to?, fought off the orc, carried her gently?, what load of baloney is this?'.

Rosetta continued her story as if the stare she was receiving from Derrick didn't matter at all.

Rosetta also managed to avoid stating what she was looking for, and that she was the one that needed the ferry wolf's core, she managed to avoid saying her mana was unstable and just said what she felt needed to be said, even thou part of what she said was a bit exaggerated, she wasn't exactly lying.

"Father, if not for the young Baron, I would have been killed or even worse"

Derrick couldn't help but keep mute, it would be disrespectful if he said anything now, when he wasn't told to, and seeing what she had said, there was nothing he could do about it, he couldn't say she was lying, and he couldn't even speak the truth about what happened, although he saved the Earl's daughter, he was disrespectful all through, even though he didn't know she was a noble of higher ranking, he didn't act like a noble also and who would believe him that the Rosetta was a rude, stubborn girl, due to how she behaved in public, he would be ridiculed and dubbed a liar.

After Rosetta told her own part of the story of what happened, Baron Dark asked Derrick what happened to him

Derrick just said everything Rosetta said was true, he stated that "I got lost on my way out of the mansion and ended up in the dark forest, everything else was as the young mistress said." Derrick said fluently not losing in manner of speech compared to Rosetta.

After their narration both families went to their various abode, Earl Holman quickly took Rosetta back to their chambers, with the Countess, due to Rosetta ice attribute coming early and her lack of control which lead to her mana being disrupted, and the only way to stabilize it, was the ferry wolf's core which was also an ice attribute beast, it can absorb the excess amount of mana, stabilizing her unstable mana.

After the process which took almost the whole day, Earl Holman was angry at Rosetta due to her foolish decision that almost cost her life, after calming down, he asked Rosetta the question that has been troubling him, "Daughter how did you sneak out from the camp, from the soldiers on a dress?"

Rosetta looked at her father confused and said

"I told the soldiers and my maid that I needed to be left alone, so I was left alone, it was at that moment I decided to leave, it wasn't really something hard father"

Both the Earl and Countess were in disbelief, they thought she did something out of the ordinary to sneak out!!

"Father, Mother, I want to ask of something from both of you and I hope you would agree to it"

The Earl looked at his daughter trying to guess her thoughts, and later sighed, "What is your request?"

"Father, I want to get engaged to Derrick Dark and I hope you would agree to this and bring it up with the Baron"

Rosetta said without flinching..... it seems she was confident of her decision and believed her parents would support her..