Looking at Sylvia and Zale who are already in a daze smirking and giggling to themselves like fools, 'Uhm...looks like they are already imagining themselves in a weird fantasy universe.'
"Ahem...Mum! Dad! Hellooo…," shouted Zera, trying to get their minds back to earth.
Sylvia and Zale woke up from their riverine bewildered from the sudden noise and their faces turned red from embarrassment when they watched their daughter's little face looking at them like idiots.
"Cough...cough…dear then are there mythical creatures like phoenix, dragons, or elves in your dimension?"Sylvia asked, looking at Zera with great expectations in her eyes.
"There used to be but they sacrificed along with most of the Top Evolutionaries of the Dimension, to end invasion millions of years before my birth. I only saw them in the ancient relics and archives found in ruins." Said Zera, as Sylvia's face immediately brightened with her conformation of dragons.
"Little witch, is it possible to fly on broomsticks?" Asked Zale, pushing his face into Zera aggressively.
"What? Broomsticks? Dad, why do you want to fly on them when you can do it by yourself after you reach the Sky stage in evolution?" Zera puzzled at the weird mention of broomsticks.
"I thought I could finally play quidditch in real life and …. Never mind you don't know that book and I will tell you sometime later," replied Zale with a disheartened expression.
Zera was quite dumbfounded to find that her parents once again went into a daze without knowing what they were imagining.
"Oye! I think we need to get back on track again. I also got some important news to say." Zera said, and both Sylvia and Zale recovered their serious expressions.
"The planets are also divided into 10 Tiers with 10th being the lowest. As we are talking, our planet Earth is transforming Tier-10 to Tier-9 which will take around another 25-35 years to complete." Said Zera.
"Hmm...okay but is there any danger in this process and according to what you said there is aura everywhere, but why haven't we discovered it yet?" Asked Sylvia with a solemn expression.
"A Tier-10 planet does not contain aura and is also known as mortal stars, but from Tier-9 onwards the planet contains aura. The planet also expands in size as it transforms.
As for the dangers, the native plants, animals, pests, etc., anything that absorbs a certain amount of aura and evolves, can gain sentience. You can imagine what kind of devastation can happen once a large scale of High Human-Level animals or pests attacks cities, villages, or towns.
What awaits the people there is a massacre if they don't evolve as the number of hot weapons is limited and even they will become useless as time goes on." Said Zera solemnly.
There is a moment of silence in the room with only the sound of the wind chimes being blown by the gusts of cold wind outside.
Sylia and Zale are quite shocked by the consequences the transformation can have on society and they look at each other as if finally understanding something.
"Dear if what you are going to happen I think it's better to prepare early and start training from now on. We might also need to inform the government at some point in time to take precautions about this." Said Sylvia looking at Zale who is seriously searching for something on the internet.
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"I know mum, but not now. We need to be strong enough or else they might not even believe it and once it becomes true we will get into trouble because of unnecessary speculations from those higher-ups in the government."Zera with a face full of disgust when she mentioned government officials.
"Looks like you had quite a bad time dealing with them...Huh!" Said Sylvia with a laugh as she is amused by the blatant expression of disgust on her daughter's face.
Zera rolled her eyes at her mum, "Yeah, for a few hundred years and it sucks! I never want to do it again."
"Mom I will train you guys along with me from tomorrow onwards. Also is there anyone else in our family mum? I have never heard you talk about grandparents or any siblings and even dad also never mentioned." Zera asked, quite puzzled looking at both Zale and Sylvia who are now both looking embarrassed at each other.
‘Why do both of them have an expression of guilt while looking at each other. Don’t tell me that they both ran away from home and used fake identities to escape marriage.’
“That…”
“Zale..”
“Let me say first Sylvia, but you must not beat me up after hearing what I said!” Said Zale with his eyes on her and his body tight and ready to run away at the first sight of her anger.
“What do you mean by beating you up Zale?” Sylvia was annoyed and took a deep breath to calm down.”Okay, I won’t get angry. Say, what have you been hiding till now?”
“It’s not that big of an issue actually. I might not be a retired mercenary. I might not be an orphan but the mysterious runaway heir of Xeno Group.” Said Zale ready to run away at a moment's notice.
Sylvia let out a sigh of relief as soon as she heard what he said.”Come here” She said, motioning Zale to come close.
“Dear, I only did that because I heard that you don’t like rich guys.” Replied Zale with a gulp, walking towards Sylvia who has a hand on her hip and a hand outstretched towards Zale with a sweet smile on her face.
‘Oops...There is that smile on mom’s face, looks like dad is in serious trouble this time!’ Thought Zera looking extremely happy at the thought of her dad being punished.
“Really?” Said Sylvia, as she caught Zale’s ear and twisted it till it got red and got him howling.
“Dear, can you at least not do this in front of Zera. What am I going to do if I lose my prestige in front of her in the future due to this? Wait, you were also about to say something just now, what was that?” Said Zale as he watched Zera rolling on the bed with laughter watching his embarrassment.
Sylvia’s face changed at the mention of this which was caught by Zale at the corner of his eye.
“Come on I already confessed, it’s your turn now! Don’t think about saying it was nothing, I just saw the look on your face dear.” Zale said laughing heartily as he caught his wife guilty for the first time.
Seeing that there is no way to escape today Sylvia confessed,” Hmm...That… I am the runaway bride of SKS Healthcare,” as her face turned red due to embarrassment.
Zale and Zera are dumbfounded by the confession of their wife and mum.
“Hahaha…. One of you ran away from the position of CEO and the other ran away from a wedding! Sh*t this is just like out of a novel, never thought it’s gonna happen to me. So now that makes me a rich second-generation overlord right.” Zera said imagining the number of little brothers calling her Boss increasing exponentially by the second.
Sylvia and Zale gave each other a look and laughed along with their daughter at the thought of how they both lied about being orphans and getting married.
“Okay, that’s enough for now. So what do you think we should do now, Zale. Do we go back to see our parents and tell them about the things Zera said?” Asked Sylvia back with a serious expression.
“Hmm...I think it’s better to wait for a couple of years and increase our strength along with Zera and also by then we can collect more evidence. The new types of vegetation you have found and coupled with our strength they will have to believe it even if they don’t want to. Also, remember not to let anyone know about Zera’s second life!” Zale said solemnly after thinking about it for a while.
“Dad, how about we train here for the next three years and then go and surprise my grandparents. I bet they will be quite shocked by the fact that you got married and made them grandparents in your absence.” Suggested Zera as she made herself comfortable while climbing onto Sylvia’s lap.
“That sounds good. Dear is it okay if I bring my mercenary teammates? They are all trustworthy and it will be better if we get more people on our side,” said Zale.
“Sure dad, If you say so,” Zera said, rubbing her eyes yawning.
“Then that settles it then. Go to sleep, we have long days ahead of us from now on dear.” Sylvia says, rubbing the furry head of Zera and giving a kiss on her cheek, after laying her down on the bead while covering with a quilt.