Chapter 1256: Farewell, See You Again

Chapter 1256: Farewell, See You Again



As we moved out of our house's large territory, I couldn't help but look at the flower garden, and the small "atelier" I had where I did most of my alchemy stuff before getting a dungeon.

"Lady Sylphy!"

"Ah, we barely made it..."

As we were moving out of our house's gates, two guards came running.

They were some old friends, and guards that saw me grow up, they are often always together, and are good old friends too.

One was a beautiful elven knight woman, with long blonde hair and sharp emerald eyes, Elphiette.

The other was a bulky, brown-haired elf man that once had a scarred face and a blind eye, although we healed him over a year ago, Saphaley.

"Saphaley! Elphiette! You made it!" I greeted them. "I've been missing you for a while, you barely come to work here now..."

"We deeply apologize! It is because Knight Commander Eustace saw our skills and experience, and ended recruiting us as knights..." Saphaley said.

"Yeah, I mean, it is a much better job, but I also miss seeing you every day, young lady! Also young master too, of course," Elphiette smiled cutely.

"Elphiette! Hi!" Zephy greeted her. "Saphaley too!"

"Hello young master," Saphaley said.

"We heard you were moving out now? How fast time passes by..." Elphiette sighed.

"Wait, wait, calm down, you were ascended as knights?! Mom, you never told me..." I asked

mom.

"Ah! Well, I think I might have forgot to tell you, my bad," she said. "Yes, they are too strong to just keep them as guards, we have a lot already. So after Eustace tested them, they were given the titles of squires, and then after hunting a lot of monsters and some bandits, they were quickly ascended into Knights of Agartha."

"So cool! Congratulations to you two, I am so happy!" I smiled to them.

"I-It's nothing, we barely made it..." Saphaley laughed with humbleness.

"I suppose he barely made it but I was very well qualfieid," Elphiette smiled smugly.

As they talked, I noticed both were wearing the same type of ring, it was gold with a tiny emerald jewel on top.

"Wait, what... are those rings? They look identical..." I said with suspiciousness.

"Ahhh! W-Well..." Elphiette blushed.

"We got engaged," Saphaley said what Elphiette couldn't tell because of her embarrassment.

"E-Engaged?! Wait, you started something already?!" Aquarina asked.

"So nice! Good for you two!" Mist also commented.

"I always knew you guys loved each other anyways..." Celeste laughed.

"It's a long story, but I suppose things worked out at the end..." Saphaley said. "I ended confessing to her while we were drunk... One thing went to another and well, here we are."

"All he had to do was just say he loved me; I also loved him..." Elphiette sighed. "He was such a dense man all these years..."

"I'm sorry..." Saphaley apologized. "I'll make up for it, honey..."

"Hmph..." Elphiette was quite the moody wife, Saphaley definitely will have it hard. "I want snacks later."

"Cookies?" Saphaley smiled, asking his spoiled wife.

"Hm," Elphiette nodded without saying another word. "With chocolate..."

"Alright, got it," Saphaley nodded, kissing her cheek.

They were a cute couple, honestly.

The cool and silent knightess, and the cheerful and talkative knight.

They accompanied us to the airport as we moved through Agartha, lots of people showed up to say goodbyes.

Saphira, the guild master, all the adventurers, the knights, knight commander Eustace, the chef Joseph, and more.

"Have a safe trip!"

"We wish you good luck!"

"Please take care!"

"Do your best, young master Zephy, young lady Sylphy!"

"Don't worry, we will take good care of Agartha while you're not here!"

They were sure a dependable bunch.

I waved my hand and tried to greet as many people as possible.

But they were so many that it was very hard!

At the end, however, we made our way to the airport.

Grandpa and grandma were there, waiting for us alongside their knights accompanying them.

"You're here at long last," my grandfather greeted us all.

"Took you quite a while! You're barely on time, everyone, hehe!" grandma giggled.

"Sorry, these slackers really can't wake up early!" my mother sighed. "This is why I scheduled the airports to 2 PM anyways, any time earlier and we would have missed them."

"Well, you're a bit too strict, my daughter..." grandpa sighed. "It's not like they would go anywhere, we've hired them exclusively for all of you..."

"Even then, father, you mustn't spoil them! They need to learn discipline," my mother

crossed her arms.

"Hah, I definitely didn't raise my baby girl to be so grumpy..." grandma giggled a bit. "She

definitely got that from you honey."

"Me? A-Am I that grumpy?" grandpa wondered.

"Hahaha! You've softened a bit lately~" she kissed his bearded face.

"Hmm, well, I am doing it for you too," grandpa blushed a bit, kissing her lips back.

"Aww, is that right?" grandma hugged him back.

Aw, they were actually quite the cute couple too...

I never thought I would see them acting like this.

It's really heartwarming.

"Anyways, well, here we are everyone," my mother said. "As we've already prepared beforehand. Group one shall be composed of Mist, Lara, my son Zephyrus, and myself. Group two will be my daughter Sylphy, my husband Allan, Celica and Celeste. Group three will be composed of Aquarina and her parents, Shade and Nepheline. And lastly, group four will be composed of Arafunn, Ninhursag, Zack, and Luck."

As she wrote things down, she quickly told us which ships we had to take.

"Alright, done. Now... Hah, let's say our goodbyes. We only have ten minutes, so let's hurry,"

my mom said.

She's really strict even for saying goodbyes, geez.

go..."

She walked away with her parents, and quickly entered their airship.

I sighed a bit, and then walked back to my family.

Mom and Zephy were waiting for me there.

"My daughter, please remember your mother's teachings, act with discipline if possible,

respect Felicia. And don't let your father get too irresponsible," my mother said. "And of

course, take care. I love you more than you imagine."

Mother hugged me tightly; the relaxing scent of her flower shampoo made me feel at ease.

I'm going to miss mom's scent.

It is a homely scent, one that reminds me of my childhood and my family.

"I'll miss you a lot too, more than you think..." I sighed, as a small tear fell from my eyes.

"Take care mom!" I hugged her tightly.

"s-Sylphy..." my mom was containing her tears, but quickly started sobbing too. "I'll miss

you too... sniff, my dear daughter."

At the same time, there was a similar scene with dad and Zephy.

"Buaaah, daddy!"

"Buaaah, son!"

The two were crying almost identically...

I felt a bit bad for thinking this, but it was slightly funny.

And after that, Zephy came running to me, hugging me as I lifted him up.

"Big sis!" he mooched my cheek. "I'll miss you big sis!"

"I'll miss you a lot my baby brother..." I kissed his forehead. "Do your best, alright? You're strong and I know you'll get even stronger now! Work hard!"

"I-I will!" he said in between tears, he was briming with resolve.

After our last, last goodbyes, I quickly left Nephilim with them. "Nephilim, please, take care of them," I asked her. "Especially of Zephy, like you've always

done."

"I shall, master... I will miss you quite a bit too," she said. "Will we meet one day?"

"Of course, no more than three years, can you wait?" I asked her.

"It is a very short time compared to the time I've lived, don't worry," she said, smiling.

And then she hugged me too.

"Thank you for everything... And take care."

"Take care as well!"

After that, I saw Celica coming to see Zephy.

"Um, Zephy, goodbye. Take care!" she said, she was slightly embarrassed.

"Y-Yeah!" Zephy nodded. "I'll do my best and get stronger too, Celica... S-So when I come

back, umm..."

"Hm?" Celica wondered.

"C-Can you... err, can we... date?" Zephy asked out of nowhere.

Eh?! He asked her for a date at such a young age! She'll surely reject him... "Okay! Hehe," Celica giggled. "Sure!"

"Woah, really?!" Zephy gasped, completely full of disbelief.

"Yeah... Take care," Celica hugged him, and then gave him a kiss on his cheek. "There might

be a big age gap, but don't think I haven't noticed you like me, hehe!"

"Eeeh?!" Zephy was left completely red.

"But have patience, okay? let's wait until we are all grown up," she smiled.

"S-Sure!" Zephy nodded.

Waoh, this was perhaps the revelation of the day.

As they departed, Mist and Lara kept saying their goodbyes the farther they became.

"Bye-bye Sylphy!" Mist said, waving her hand.

"Do your best!" Lara did the same.

"You too! Love you two!" I said, waving my hand back at them.

Once everyone departed, we walked to our airship with dad, Celica, and Celeste.

"Here we are..." dad said. "Into new horizons then! Cheer up girls, it'll be fun."

Dad was trying his best to cheer us up, but Celica looked like a mess, I was also trying to clean

my tears, only Celeste was slightly calm, though she looked pretty sad too.

I remember Celica saying her goodbyes to her mom, which decided to stay so she would

disturb her training or become a burden, as she has stated.

She was probably quite devastated about that too, but her talk with Zephy kind of made her

feel slightly better.

We sat down on a two-row seat, Celica by my side.

As we moved through the skies, Celeste and Celica quickly fell asleep.

Celica rested her little head over my shoulders, sleeping soundly.

Dad was still awake, silently looking through the window. As I looked at Agartha, it was already a very small city from so far away.

The other airships had completely disappeared from simple sight too, but if I used my special

sight, I could still see them a bit.

"Goodbye, everyone..."

I felt sad, and I also felt like just canceling everything and staying together in Agartha forever.

But that would never help us develop and become stronger or gain new experiences.

This was something necessary.

I just have to think about it positively.

Right, Aquarina?