81 What did you do? (1/2)

At the same time in the capital. At the topmost floor of a high buildingthere was a large office. One side of it consisted of one gigantic window, which went from the ceiling to the floor, allowing one to look down on most of the city. One could even see the imperial palace, or at least the mist above it, that secured it from the view of others.

There wasn't much furniture in this room, consisting of only a large desk as well as a seating area. At the desk there sat a woman in a white suit, In front of her there was a large crystal display, which displayed some documents for her to read.

In the seating area, a cute little girl was playing with a small ball of flame. She formed different animals with it. Sadly she wasn't yet proficient in controlling the flame and as such the animals were barely discernible. Her daddy had thought her how to do it, when she had been bored during a drive. He had said, that since her power was still low, it wouldn't be dangerous even if she lost control, but until now she never had lost control of the flame. And even though she had spent a lot of time playing like this lately, she still wasn't tired of it. If only her energy was stronger, than she could play even more. But so, she had to take a break every ten minutes or such.

Just when she felt her energy running out, she heard fist being hammered onto a wooden desk behind her. Turning around she looked questioningly at her mother, who showed one of her rare expressions.

”This f**cker. How dare he. See how I'm going to teach him how to behave.”, her mother shouted out. After that she continued cursing, enabling the girl to learn a series of new curses, she hadn't heard before.

Finally the woman calmed down, only now remembering that her daughter was still in the room. In her anger she had forgotten that she had brought her with her today.

”Sorry, sweetie. It is just this stupid father of you. And remember not to use the curses, you have just heard.”

The girl nodded, but even so she hurriedly remembered them. Just in case.

The woman then looked at the ring, that had just appeared on her ring finger, and her temper once again threatened to flare up. The ring had appeared without any warning, together with a system message, surprising her, just when she had finally finished to read the last report.

Her daughter saw her looking at the ring and she asked curiously, ”Mommy, how come you wear a ring? Did daddy gift it to you.”

At the mention of her nominal husband the woman gnashed her teeth. She had been able to just ignore him and let him play with their daughter, but now that bastard had done something that lead to her having to wear this ring. And all the bonuses it gave, couldn't change the fact that she hated it. It reminded her of what had happened back then,

”You could say so. It is something the system gave us.”

”Oh, then can I take a look at it?”

”Sure.”, the woman let the girl grab her hand. She then looked at her daughter closely studying the simple ring, and a small smile appeared on her lips. Even if she was angry, her daughter was still able to make her smile, which just showed how deep her love for her was.