Chapter 9.1 (1/2)

h.e.l.lo everyone!

Sorry for being ‘lost’ for months; I’ve been busy… busy and lost. (•⊙ω⊙•)

Anyway for a quick recap, our MC Roselda or ‘Eda’ met a water fay, a merman named ‘Managat’, and an unusual friends.h.i.+p between mortal and supernatural blossomed. But there’s more in their story where hidden powers are moving underwater that may affect the land surface.

In another note, I’d like to invite the fujos.h.i.+ and fudans.h.i.+ (or maybe even you straight) pipz out there to check out my MTL-ed project: The Antelope and Night Wolf in . See you!

Chapter 9.1: [Provisional] Subst.i.tute? (1)

“Miggie!”

The old man held his warm and still smoking cup as he looked up and stared at the old woman standing in front of the stoves that use woods or logs instead of gas or electricity. She's in the middle of cooking.

“What is it, Lisa?”

“Is your child still not home?” she said, annoyed.

The man sipped his coffee before responding, “What's with you? Didn't she say that she's only going to the beach? You know how she loves the sea.”

“Well, it’s already dark. Yesterday, she returned home late, as well.”

“Just let her be, it's her vacation. Let her enjoy it. And she's already of age, she knows what to do. What are you afraid of?”

The wife no longer replied. What her husband said was true, but it couldn't keep her from worrying. That's right, Eda's no longer a child. They raised her duly and with proper conduct. They always reminded her of what's wrong and right. But that's exactly her concern. Their young child has grown up and she now has her own mind, curiosities.

What if she asked questions about her ident.i.ty? What if she got curious and asked why was she an only child. What if she realized and asked how were they able to bore her when her mother’s already too old to carry her? Elizabeth didn't know what she should answer her. And that's exactly what she worried the most. What if… she shook her head in her mind. She couldn't lose Roselda; she would surely be devastated.

(TL: Lisa = Elizabeth, mother of Eda)

A few taps were heard by their door. Moments later, their young girl entered.