After we finished with distributing guards for our manor and business establishment, there was still discussion about preliminary plans with merchants. After it was done we had dinner and said goodbyes to Alice and promised to visit soon. Prince with his cousin and guards will stay at our manor for few weeks as it was hard for them to get manor of their own as well.
Tomorrow mother will enroll into Eruanna Academy. Tomas and Gabrielle are officialy mages already. But mother still need official status of mage. Only then can she become head of Darkmoon House, instead of staying only heir even with parents dead.
Tomas with Gabrielle will try establish themself here and will take care of "Seal of Arcana" in mothers stead - its name of our business establishment here. And Goldmore House are our business partners.
"Seal of Arcana" will sell newest enchantment tools and will have branch that deals with artificial limbs. There is still plenty work to be done. We need to hire reliable enchanters to produce new goods, because there is risk of blueprints being leaked. And mother will be busy with academy, so Tomas with Gabrielle will deal with it as our partners.
"Your sister is amazing. We are still at parley to get our own manor. Even with price five times of usual, its hard to get manor in capital." complained prince Tomas.
We were sitting in dinning hall with Tomas, Gabrielle and Leo. Vivian was serving sweets and tea. As for Lars and Jade ... horny wolf dragged him for another round of 'training'. Only this time, i am sure it doesnt involve swords practice. She got him completly under her foot. When Lars complained that she wasnt like this before, Jade just answered that before he was just fellow guardian. Now that he is her man, its her duty to train him in every way possible. And she did it with deadly determination. Mother said that just in this short time Lars became way stronger from training. And Jade mentioned that he did so in bed too. During spars Lars manages to win once in a while, but even with shock, its only once or twice out of ten matches.
"... Ah yes, Alice is amazing. Her husband is still traveling around to secure new resource for Newblood House. So she managed to get me property all on her own." answered mother.
"Whats on your mind Celina ? You have been glancing to window almost for half hour now." asked Gabrielle.
"Thats because i am excited. Thunderclouds are coming." answered mother and once again glanced trough window into distance.
Now that she mentioned i could hear thunder in distance. Its still very far but its indeed geting closer.
"Thunderclouds ? Ah ! Your lightning spirit. What will it do ?" asked Tomas and Gabrielle almost with same words, then looked at each other.
"I will get more powerfull of course he he he." giggled mother.
"What ?! even more ?!" this time was Leo who shouted surprised.
"Yes. Well more preciesly i will get my mana pool increased." she answered.
"Mother you dont plan to catch lightning with your own body i hope ? I am inside of you if didnt noticed." i complained a bit.
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"Oh dont worry little Nina. Besides you are immortal til puberty. Anyway for me, you and our future descendants, lightning will allways be just a snack. For those with spirit of lightning thats is. Hmm our boys will be a bit discriminated. Only woman that has spirit of lightning can give birth to child with one as well. Boys can be born with spirit of lightning, but if their wife has no spirit of lightning, born child will be without as well." whispered mother to me.
"Lady Celina is it safe ?" asked with a worry Vivian.
Lately i noticed her becoming more possessive of my mother. Once at Redwater's Edge, mother offered her position of a noble in our House. As psionic she could get that offer from any House. But Vivian immediatly refused and said she only wants to be at mothers side and serve as maid and guardian. With her confidence and power rising, she started acting less like maid and more like big sister. Sometimes she scold mother for speaking with guards to politely or clothes being too revealing, failing to notice its not maid behaviour.
Other times guards, if Vivian caught them staring at mother, 'accidently' fall for no apparent reason. During travel to capital, even Tomas once fell along with direwolf he was riding, but in that case Vivian at least pretended it wasnt her doing.
"Of course Vivian. You dont need to worry, even lightining in nature is only food to me." calmed her mother.
After hour mother was standing alone in rain, just outside manor, while facing sky. At first only one out of ten lightning would hit us, but with time number increased. And eventualy every lightining in vicinity was heading only for us. Even i could feel changes in my body. And i am sure unnatural lightning behaviour caught attention of many in capital.
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Next day with only few guards and Vivian, we departed to Eruanna academy. What i first saw were walls enclosing lands of academy. At gates we were greeted by guards and entered without any problems, once mother said her name and showed insignia. Inside we could see wide road leading to huge building of academy. There was sign with greeting words and surroundings were more like a park. With some enchanted glowing decorations and benches.
As we headed to building, could see students walking here and there and occasionally some patrolls of academy guards, responsible for order.
After we entered building mother asked for meeting with headmaster. We had to arrange our enrollment with him as we arrived past official enrollment day.
"Lady Celina Darkmoon, heir of Darkmoon House i presume ?" asked elf with long beard sitting at the desk, while eying lightning spirit dancing over mothers body.
"Yes, and i asume i am talking to Headmaster Laidhan Erumollien ?" answered mother and asked in return after slight curtesy.
"Yes, one and only ha ha ha." answered headmaster while stroking his beard.
"Bianca really got lucky with you ..." added headmaster while studying ligthtning on mother again.
"Hmm ? Ah yes i owe her big favor." answered mother a bit confused.
"Ha ha ha. That sly fox, said nothing about legendary lightning mage back then. Too bad we recieved reports about you late. Maybe our Erumollien House could get deal of you owning favor too." continued headmaster starting stroking his beard again.
"Legendary lightning mage ?" asked mother.
"Oh you dont know ? There was this legendary lightning mage in history - Terrell Kaladweh. He was famous as one man army in war betwen elfs and demons. He later became emperor and his Kaladweh House are rulers of Illuminati Empire to this today. But even he had to use incantation at first. I am sure Bianca danced for hours when she got you owe her a favor. And Zolmor king Astor must have uprooted half of his hair when you slipped out. You probably heard that he destroyed portals of four cities he had spies in. I still remember story my brother told how council contacted with Astor to declare three new cities as part of us. Can you immagine, he got nerve to demand of us to hand you over. Of course he didnt mentioned even a word about you being lightning mage. If we had no chaos on our own lands, we could use excuse of helping neighbors to wipe those rasist bastards from the map. Sigh. If you wasnt heir of your Darkmoon House, that favor could have been marriage into Newblood House. Hmm it can still be even with that. I can gurante our House would tried get you into ours for sure."