Chapter 15 - 15

Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Sigh, why did I still have my hopes up? Didn't I learn it the first time? How could a commit the same mistake twice!

That mother... is not fit to be a teacher!

I was exhilarating after discovering that she knows how to read a little, even if she does not practice a lot, mostly just recognizing shop names on the boards, but still, to be this bad at teaching... she should earn a prize for that, is not an easy feat.

"I told you, the snaky letter says like Sssss, like in ssssnake."

"Please mother, give up, it won't work." I sigh, resting my head at the edge of the nest as she tries to explain things to me.

Now what to do? How can I learn how to read? After so much trouble to get a book and learn magic, it would be a shame to waste it just because I couldn't read!

Also is really uncool to be like this!

My tail swings back and forth in annoyance, differently from the rest of my body that remains still from thinking too hard about the subject.

Ok, let's not get hasty now, there must be a way that does not involve my mother teaching me... Wait, hold on, I turn to look at mother, head tilted a little sideways as I inquire:

"Mother, how did you learn to read?"

"Well, I used the rune to change to human when I was little and got inside a few classes, and once I knew the basics I got bored and stop going. Why hon?"

I don't know if I feel happy for finding a solution or mad at mother for not telling me. This material is rooted in n0velbin★

I chose to remain calm... somehow.

"Can I use that too? That magical thingy that changed you back at the store?"

So I close my beak before all my thoughts can leak out, and stay quiet, even if, in my heart, I had already regarded that father of mine as a degenerated man.

Still she doesn't want to let it go like that, and for the first time starts talking about my father, probably thinking that I deserved to know by now.

"He is different from us, you and I are wild beasts, grown to be free, and he is... a contracted magical beast from the cultivating realm. He has a master, a human companion to follow, and many obligations alongside him."

"I just... don't want you to get the wrong impression hon. After all, I was the one who left him, not the other way around." Well, that's new, but I could not bring myself to hate mother, never would be, so I chose to stick with blaming my father for it. " I could not raise you there, I barely could live there, and such strong intelligent creatures as ourselves are in high demand on the continent. It was too dangerous to have you there, only to end up as someone's pet. I could not have that, even if he did not think it bad... that's when we greatly disagreed, so I left."

"But still he should have followed you."

"Seraph..."

"No, he should have supported you! Instead he just... left. He chose to stay. No, I won't have it." I wanted to rabble about it, to shout at him, but not only it would be too uncool but would be very childish on my part, so I take a deep breath and say: "Mother, is alright, we don't need him, we will do just fine by ourselves, then we can fly the entire world together, discover new sweet fruits, gaze at beautiful landscapes, so many things to do that he will be a far thought at the back of your minds by then."

She smiles at me, this time with a glimmer in her eyes at the perspective, but she cannot help but joke around:

"Only if you haven't found your other half by then and wants to travel with her instead of me, leaving your poor old mother behind that is...." She fakes a sob, covering her eyes with her bird paw, while I'm glad that my fur covers my blushing cheeks.

"Mother!"

"Hahaha!" She laughs at me, making me attack her and jump at her side, landing on her fluffy fur feathery side.

"I just wanted you to know love that no matter what happens and what is to come, I'm glad for having you in my life, even if that means I had to let go of your father. You mean the world to me."

We exchange looks, and I couldn't be happier than this.

"You mean the world to me too momma." I realize my mistake too late as she turns around to fuzz my fur.

"Owww, you said momma! Such a sweet cute little boy! I want to squish you!"

"I-I'm not cute! Mother, stop! Ah!"