18 Settling down (2/2)

Veena hearing this started laughing,”Sister why are you getting agitated Ryuu is our disciple, in a way he is like a son to us now, of course he will be treated as such. Oh it seems Ryuu is here now.”

They saw a sleeping Ryuu, as Antariskh carried him, as she entered with her sisters, they saw Veena and greeted her,”Evening Mother.”

Veena nodded at them, and said,”Evening children, I was showing 'Sister' Xiao Xiaoaround their new house. She from today onwards is my sister hencefrom now on refer to her as 'aunty'.”

The three sisters frowned inwardly at that, but greeted Xiao Xiao nonetheless, ”Evening Aunty.”

Xiao Xiao was embarrassed seeing someone stronger and much older than her was addressing her as aunty so she hurriedly replied,”Please you don't have to be so formal with me just addressing me as Xiao Xiao is enough.”

Veena:” So did he wore himself to sleep, he seemed quite energetic in the morning.”

Sylvana:”Well, we were giving Ryuu a tour of Ayindril, when he started shaking and crying for his aunt Zhu Zhu, then he cried himself to sleep so we brought him back to his house. Mother if I may who is this Zhu Zhu and where is she.”

Veena frowned at that,”Zhu Zhu was your aunt's sister in all but blood, you may have heard how thet cam to Ayindril, Zhu Zhu gave her life so they Ryuu and his mother could escape. Ryuu is young so it was decided to hide they truth about his aunt's death from him, he was told she is in a far away place dealing with some problem, she will come later on.”

Xiao Xiao's mood became sombre again on hearing Zhu Zhu's name.

Veena guide the child and his mother to their bedroom and said,”Sister, I believe it will do both of you good if you stayedtogether with Ryuu as much as possible. Well it is getting late, their are many maids in this house, one of them you have seen before her name is Biskha, she was tending to Ryuu's needs while you were in hospital, feel free to ask them anything anytime ring the bell on the table near the bed. Well I will now leave you mother and son here it was pretty exhausting to you both today, so rest well sister, see you tomorrow.”

Xiao Xiao nodded her head before replying,”Thank you for everything sister and see you tomorrow.”

As they were leaving they came across Nuwa, ”So has the mother and child settled down.”

Veena: ”En, though they are emotionally drained and retired for the night, the child seems to be sad as he is missing his aunt. So how did your new brother seem to you?”

Sylvana:”Well he seemed to be high on sugar otherwise ok, we did not get enough time to spend before he started crying for his aunt. But there is something odd.”

Nuwa: ”Odd?”

Shamiran:”Yes mother we asked why did he take your offer to become you disciple without a second as you were a complete stranger, he frowned before replying that he felt he could trust you and felt happy to see you.”

Nuwa, ”What”, she was stunned as was Veena hearing that.

Nuwa's eyes watered as whispered,” Our baby boy came back to me.”

Veena felt her eyes going moist on hearing everything.

Antariskh frowned upon hearing it, she as much as she wants to have her big brother back she does not wants to have her hopes up high as it can turn out to false, she will wait for Mama Celestia's investigation to be finished so he tried to change the topic.”Mama Veena why did make the youngster Xiao Xiao as your sister, she is neither strong nor does she have enough talent to refer herself as your sister. I do not like calling someone who was weaker than me and so many eons younger as my aunt.”

Veena sighed at that , she should have seen this coming her daughters were too prideful to refer someone of Xiao Xiao's stature as their aunt. Thus she started explaining, ”Well child...…”