23 Falling Behind (1/2)
Laying on her stomach in the house, the alluring woman overheard the commotion from outside. Thus covering her perky bottom with the red dress, she gracefully donned herself in worldly charms before stepping out.
Light, fast-moving clouds drifted inland, carrying drizzles towards the forest. Slight winds, accompanied by the clouds, caused the red flaming poinciana flowers to bleed onto the yard. The falling flowers followed the already fallen, thus painted the periphery with its thousands of crimson petals.
Nimbly stepping into the flower carpeted veranda, among the roseate lanterns. The woman completed the festivities of red. She gracefully sat on the rug, while the smell of perfume, carried by the winds overpowered every essence of the flowers.
The feminine smell immediately s.h.i.+fted the groups' attention, they turned towards the figure quietly resting on the veranda.
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”Mom.”
”Undisciplined rascal, where did you stay the entire day! Why do you look so unsightly?” She asked in a tender loving tone.
”Something important came up, so I went to Rais's house,” unlike her, Ludos responded to his mother with a stern tone.
”Come, Rais, sit over here,” she called out, retaining her loving temperament. Then she glanced at Ludos, ”and you go clean yourself!”
Although she disliked other kids, she always grew delighted seeing Rais. Rais greeted her politely, replying to her doting smile with his own. Though sliding to the side, he sat beside Illma while the women glanced over the cover of the notes.
”Oh these, meridian channel opening and mana gathering techniques, they are yours, Rais?” Casually glancing up, she asked Rais.
”Sister Dinna arranged it for Illma to practice, I just added a few things.”
Although Anila made use of unorthodox means on Rais, she avoided such when it came to Dinna to avoid murdering someone else's daughter.
”Oh, that goofy good for nothing girl.”
”How come? My sister is extremely well put together.” Rais immediately defended Dinna since he knew under her forgetful, and spirited nature, she remained extremely determined.
”Oh, if little Rais disagree, then I must have made a misjudgment, still what she learned from that inferior academy will not help Illma.”
”It takes genuine manuals to familiarize with mana and true qi properly, unfortunately, such manuals are only housed within powerful family and clans.” Without glancing within, she expressed her feelings in a helpless tone.
Without disagreeing, Rais smiled, nodding to affirm her. However, that would only be the case if these were some of the shelf cheap manuals from an antique shop. When Anila made Dinna practice these, he had seen their result.
Although Rais sensed mana and true qi from Ludos's mother, she still seemed unaware of her own daughter's progress. He also failed to understand why, despite having a decent knowledge, she had not taught them anything before. Though recently, she seems so eager.
”These are good, I am happy with these,” Illma murmured to Rais seeing him nod to her mother's remark.
”I know, Illma, don't fall behind,” she read his lips while flipping through the papers in front of her face.