Freya sat her son down. She didn't know how to go about asking what she was going to ask. It wasn't exactly a comfortable conversation for her, she should be the provider after all.
"Mum, you're freaking me out, say something already." Kiro was no longer sure what to think.
"Loki will be starting school soon, I haven't called to arrange things for him. Unlike yours, the schools around here require students to live in the dorms."
"Uh, so?" Kiro didn't understand where she was getting at.
"As you know, or may not have known, LJ turns 13 too next year. Wouldn't it be awkward if she was home schooled while Loki went to a proper school?"
"Oh, I understand. But mum, is this really something you even needed to get permission for?" Kiro's mind had travelled to thinking something was wrong with the pregnancy or something. He sighed in relief.
"The tuition isn't exactly cheap..."
"Well, that much is obvious. Wilfred is a crucial asset for our family, as much as I hate saying it like that, he's almost like family with everything he's done so far for us. Sending his granddaughter to a good school will make him happy." He shrugged.
"What has he done?" Nothing ever got past Freya.
"Huh? Took care of things and everything." He said trying to be evasive.
His father told him what transpired at the plant, but told him not to breathe a word about it to his wife. She didn't need the stress.
"What are you hiding?"
'So damn intuitive, I only said one thing, why's she picking it apart!'
"Dad had to travel here two times now, who do you think took care of everything back at the plant? By the way, you should call the school soon, it won't be easy securing two spots." He finished, stirring the conversation to what it originally was.
Freya didn't waste any time and called the school to enquire about a lot of things. Once she was satisfied that the school was indeed a good one, she enrolled the both of them and paid tuition for their first quarter.
They all wanted to make the holiday special, usually his parents had to work even on that day. They never had much days to just themselves, so this was one opportunity they wanted to hang on to.
"Since you bought Freckles everything she wanted, what the hell are we going to buy her for presents?" Freya reprimanded.
Kiro didn't think it through. He thought he was just spoiling his sister for the first time in her entire life, he couldn't say no when he could afford to.
"I'm sure she has forgotten some of the things, should I take them and wrap them up?" He asked innocently.
"That's actually not a bad idea, get on with it."
Kiro did as he was supposed to. Wrapping the presents in his room, his mind circled back to the mysterious padlock. No matter what he did, he couldn't understand what it did, but he had a feeling his grandfather didn't just give it to him for nothing.
"Open sesame." He said trying his luck, sure enough, nothing happened.
He sat on his bed, the presents were already wrapped. So he decided to tinker with the padlock instead.
He tried getting it opened but it never let up. He said all sort of words like, 'prestigious' or 'Waynworth' none of them were able to do anything.
"Grandpa, what were you trying to tell me by giving me this?" He mumbled to himself.
He tossed it on the bed, and looked for places to hide the presents, he found just the perfect spot in his closet.
He looked up to the roof, "Eldric Waynworth, your family needs your guidance right now." He said a little prayer to his grandfather. He wanted to believe that, like Hubris' father, his grandfather was out there training to be an angel or something.
Then something amazing happened. His bed started glowing with a blue hue. He walked closer with caution. The source of the light was none other than the padlock.
The blue light then condensed forming a human shaped miniature of his grandfather. He blinked, looking at it unbelievably.
"Grandpa?"