The Transport

During the first week, Hugo dedicated himself to thoroughly reviewing Aria's knowledge.

'Does she really have two years…? This has to be a joke,' thought Hugo as he finished verifying that indeed, Aria had successfully solved an exercise that would even take him 10 minutes to solve.

At first, Aria had made a mistake and did not accept her error when he pointed it out, and to his surprise, when he reviewed the book where Aria had learned the method to solve it, Hugo could not believe what he saw, so he had to find another book to confirm that indeed, the book he had given Aria had an incorrect explanation, but she had learned it perfectly.

Therefore, even though he was aware of her good memory, he could not believe that she quickly corrected and learned the correct method from the other book and applied it successfully.

She was a genius.

Aria was an absolute genius.

Now Hugo understood why those vampires had taken such an interest in her.

Although she had not yet started her magic training, as he was curious to see how intelligent she was, this exceeded all his expectations.

For a moment, an idea crossed his mind.

What if he delayed her training to see if she was capable of understanding some of his research?

With that level of comprehension and problem-solving speed…

Hugo's gaze focused on María.

'I don't exist… he is not seeing me… if I don't see him, he is not seeing me…,' María sang in her mind to stay calm.

Hugo did not understand why Aria did not want to be separated from María.

Were they sisters?

No, that made no sense, as they did not look alike at all and one was a maid.

So… why?

Why was Aria so attached to her?

"Aria"

"What's up?"

"I need to talk to you alone."

"Rejected. María has to be present."

Something that also surprised Hugo about Aria was that she was not intimidated by anything and always said what she thought.

While it was an admirable attitude, it would probably also bring her many problems in the future.

"Aria… can't you let María go to the kitchen to accompany the golems while we talk?"

"No," Aria replied immediately.

"Why?"

"Because no."

'How stubborn…,' Hugo thought as he reflected.

Did he really have no other option?

"I'm hungry."

Did she want to eat again?

Not even three hours had passed since the last time she ate!

"Aria, if you keep eating like this, you'll get fatter than my golems."

'How rude!,' María thought upon hearing that comment.

"And what's wrong with that?"

"So much reading and you haven't read that if you get fat you won't be able to run two meters without getting out of breath?"

"No problem, María can carry me."

'Whaat!?', María thought upon hearing that idea.

Was Aria planning to use her as her means of transport!?

"Do you really think that weakling will be able to carry you when you weigh more than 100 kilos? It seems you hold her in high regard. Have you even seen what it takes to carry the sacks of fruit from the kitchen?"

"Exercise," said Aria as she looked at María.

Now both of them were messing with her!

But what surprised María the most was that Aria was serious about that idea!

María could not believe it.

This had to be a joke.

Did Aria not see her as a person… but as her future personal transport?

Just imagining that situation, María felt a slight pain in her back.

Hugo could not help but laugh out loud at experiencing how a girl was capable of arguing in that way against him.

Without a doubt, Aria was a very promising girl.