Chapter 41: ~Home sweet home.~ (1/2)

***Norfolk, Sarn-Valley***

I open my eyes as I regain my consciousness. The world is … upside down? How strange? Didn't I lie down on the ground in my lab when I left my body behind to save Sera?

Someone is carrying me through the snow? I see houses to my left. “What's going on?”

“Good. You are back.” Den puts me down and I realize that Celestial is beside us with Sera in her hands.

“I ordered him to carry you to our Gate.” Celestial smiles at me while hugging Sera, who is wrapped in a blanket. “After you told me your plan, I thought it best to take your body with us. Just in case. We are on our way back to the mansion.”

I nod. “I see. Well, I can use the time to inform you of my chat with the Immortal Empress.”

“Chat?” Celestial squints her eyes. What the hell is she thinking now? I quickly evaluate what I said, but I find no flaw in my statement.

“~Daddy has eyes for the beautiful white lady.~” Sera's squeaky voice erupts from the blanket and my jaw drops. How? No! Forget that!

“What the hell!? I was in the body of a woman at that time! I couldn't have gotten it up, even if I wanted to!” This accusation is ridiculous.

“That's exactly the point! Your new spell is perverted, dangerous and immoral! You are forbidden to use it from now on! You are only allowed to use it in emergency situations.” Celestial starts to walk faster.

“Haah … can I explain now? The issue is this …” And so I start to describe my discussion with the Immortal Empress.

***

Later in the evening I am sitting in our living room and reading a book. I am in a big and comfortable chair, while Celestial is on the couch with Sera on her lap. She is teaching her daughter chemistry and medicine at the master level.

We had a long discussion about the Empress's reasons for telling me a story like this. But without exact information it was impossible to verify the truthfulness of her words. So the decision on how to act was postponed until we had time to investigate the matter.

Fortunately Celestial volunteered to have a closer look at the facts. I would have gone insane if I had to search through stacks of historical records. The great me isn't a fan of brooding over past events.

We also had a lengthy discussion with Sera. Originally we didn't plan on revealing ourselves to her. It was fine as long as she kept playing the baby. We intended to watch her closely to get an idea of her personality.

I found out about Sera's odd behaviour, when I observed her through my spying globe. By then I was really surprised when she suddenly floated down from her bed, crawled to the bookshelf and started reading. Her complete undoing were the books, which were on too high positions for her to reach. They floated down from the shelves and placed themselves neatly in front of her.

Of course our course of action was influenced by the other residents of my mansion. We had hoped that Sera would become a little older before we had to explain that she wasn't a normal baby.

However, now that she found out about us, she is prattling like a parrot. She probably won't hold back in revealing herself to everyone else too. It's a simple consideration. She has us, so she won't get shunned or thrown out of the house because she is seen as a freak.

Ergo, no reason to hold back. I can't blame her. Playing an idiot is something I fail in almost all of my restarts. And it's annoying like hell.

Liandra and Violetta enter the room and run up to Celestial and Sera. Their tutor Stefan is teaching them until five in the evening. According to him, the two of them have much potential.

“You saved her!” Violetta hugs Sera while smiling. Liandra is patting Sera's head. There was a big uproar in the family, when Tori vanished with the baby. Celestial was nagging me to get her back asap, instead of waiting to see where she was taken to.

Celestial's parents were also furious. I guess they will be relieved when they come back. Unfortunately their presence is absolutely necessary to supervise the implementation of the new greenhouses.

While they may not fully understand the principles behind my projects, they are great at organizational tasks. So be it in supervising new undertakings like sawmills, smitheries or greenhouses, both of them became indispensable.

“I don't understand a single word of that stuff. Why are you explaining something complicated like that to the baby?” Liandra has a confused expression on her face while Violetta looks at Celestial's cryptic notes with dismay.