Book 5: Chapter 91

Book 5: Chapter 91

Tafel glanced around. The forest Minerva lived in hadnt changed at all. Her eyes made contact with an elf with short, red hair. The elf froze in place, and a moment later, she turned around and dashed into the woods. Emile burst out into laughter upon seeing the sight, and Susan rolled her eyes at her brother. Stop laughing, Susan said. Its understandable Percys afraid. Her hair just started growing back.

Tafel scratched her cheek. Had she really traumatized the elf so badly? All she did was take someread allof the elfs hair to upgrade her sword. The process of cutting hair wasnt even painful. Tafel shook her head before looking around some more. If Percy was here, then the baby phoenixes were being babysat. Is your mom not home?

Emile rolled his eyes. Shes your mom too, he said before jumping up into the air. He flapped his wings and flew to the highest treetop. He took in a deep breath, his chest puffing up from the action. Then, he shouted as loud as he could, Hello! Im home!

Chirps filled the forest, and around a dozen red blurs flew onto the treetop where Emile was. Emiles back! Did you bring back any presents?

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A few red blurs flew down to Tafel, perching on the branches above her head. Hello!

Tafel nodded at the baby phoenixes. They had all been born at the same time, yet Emile and Susan acted more mature than the rest of them. Tafel glanced at Emile, who was chattering away at his siblings. Then again, when Tafel had first met him, he was pretty nave too. A sigh escaped from Tafels mouth. It was true that only after experiencing the world would one grow up. Hello, she said to the phoenixes sitting on the branches. Is Mom home?

Shes home, one of the baby phoenixes said.

But shes sleeping, another said, bobbing its head up and down.

Tafel scratched her head. Well, Emile was worried about me, so he told me to visit you, she said. He said you could check to see if Im being possessed by something.

Minervas eyes flashed with a layer of reddish-gold. Youre fine, she said. At least, if somethings possessing you, its not spiritual in nature. As for your obsession with defeating your mate, thats not something I can help you with.

Tafel ignored Minervas comment about Vur and retrieved a book from her robes. She got up and walked around the fire before holding the book in front of Minerva. Is there something wrong with this? she asked. According to the cursed dragons, there used to be a powerful soul inside of this thing, but Vur ate it.

Minerva glanced at the book, her eyes flashing once more. Theres nothing wrong with is, she said before lifting one talon to flip the book open. She raised an eyebrow. You can read this?

Not yet, Tafel said and sighed. But Im learning. Its part of why Emile thinks theres something wrong with me. Its like hes never seen someone studying hard before.

Minerva flipped through the pages of the book. Although Tafel wanted to say something, she held back the uncomfortable feeling and let the phoenix do as she wished. After a bit, the phoenix matriarch nodded. If you want me to, I can translate this for you. Who knows how long itd take for you to learn how to read this? Its better for you to spend your time taking care of Emile and Susan. As maturing phoenixes, they need a lot of attention to grow properly.

You can read this? Tafel asked, her eyes widening.

Of course, Minerva said and puffed her chest out. Ill have you know I was considered quite the scholar when I was growing up.

Tafel stared at the phoenix matriarch. Had the demon spent so much time and effort for nothing?