40 Will Not Hide Her Any Longer (1/2)
At that moment the doors to the mansion burst open a little girl with brown hair about the same age as Alicia came running out with her arms spread wide open. ”Father, you came bac….” When the little girl spotted Alicia, her eyes went wide, she stopped in her tracks and blurted out: ”Oh my god! Father did you cheat on Mother!?”
Alicia almost burst out laughing when she heard this. She couldn't help but sneak a peek at Dalton to see his reaction. Dalton's face was black as he looked at his daughter. ”Of course not! Where did you even learn about stuff like that?”
”I saw it on the Magivision!” The little girl replied.
”Sigh… From now on you are not allowed to watch so much Magivision. It seems to be teaching you the wrong things! Anyway, this here is Alicia. I owe her a great debt so she will stay here while she is in Parith. You best be nice to her, she is my guest. Alicia this is my daughter Rebecca she is a bit of a brat but she is a good girl.” Dalton gave a smile to Alicia as he picked Rebecca up into his arms.
”Father, when am I ever a brat!? No one has ever told me I was a brat!” Rebecca looked up at Dalton with her big confused eyes.
”Well, I am telling you now! Come on let's go in!” Dalton rubbed Rebecca's head as they entered the mansion.
The main hall was huge with a cathedral ceiling. Two sets of stairs led up to a balcony that looked over the main hall that connected to the hallways on the second floor. Between the two sets of stairs on the first floor was another large door that led into the kitchen. To the right and left of the two sets of stairs on the first floor were another two hallways. ”On the first floor is a dining room, a meeting room and the head servants quarters. On the second floor is where my family sleeps. The third floor has my office and my wife's sewing room. There is a small cottage in the back in the garden that is well taken care of that we use for guests. That is where you will be staying while you are here in Parith.”
While listening to Dalton's explanation, Alicia heard a faint whine coming from the top of her head and felt a bit bad since Frey had been stuck hiding this entire time. ”Sir Dalton, can you say that your home and family are safe?”
”Yes, you can say that. All of the people here have been with my family for over twenty years now. If there are any issues I can give my word as a knight that I will give my all to solve them.” Dalton said righteously.
”Then I will put my trust in you… Frey, come on out and say hi to Sir Dalton.” Alicia said with a smile.
”Mother!!! It was so hot under Aunty Loeri! Frey thought she was going to be cooked to death!” Frey completely ignored Dalton and voiced her complaints and flew down and plastered her sweaty body against Alicia's right cheek.