Chapter 188: House
Me and Cordelia are walking through the market area exploring the area.
"And why am I yours for today?"
"Well you've been spending time with your bonds a lot already, and it won't be long till you go on some long adventure where I can't join you, so you're mine for today" Cordelia explained "Besides you're mine everyday, not just today"
"Aren't we still going to Loken and visiting your mom together?"
"I just want private time with my boyfriend, is that so bad?" she asked "Or am I being too clingy?"
"No, I don't mind at all. Just make sure that I'll be home tonight, my parents are already worried about my health as it is, and I don't want to stress them more"
"I can always spend the night in your room" she suggested "I mean, I slept there before"
"Eh, I don't mind it as long as we don't do anything, I want a bit of peace nowadays, I've been fighting too much, what do you plan to do in the future? I'm sure that you're not the type to stay in one place either"
"Well I do like to explore the unknown, which is why I asked you if I can go to your original world when the opportunity comes. To think that there is much more out there than I think is really amazing" she answered "I can't stay in the castle all the time, and fighting isn't really my thing either."
"Maybe start with moving out to find a place of your own first" I suggested "You'll at least learn to be independent and make that your first step."
"I can't cook, you know" she responded "I can barely do house chores even with magic"
"Well when I'm done with my new house, I'll ask you to move in"
"Your new what?" she asked in surprised "Are you talking about the castle in the Crimson kingdom?"
"No, too big, not really cozy nor is it my type. Lillian also tends to barge in without permission from time to time when I read the reports, so I asked my uncle to buy a house under his name for now, it'll be under my name when I'm of legal age, follow me"
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It was just a small wooden cottage not that far from my parents' house. Cordelia then opened it, it has 2 rooms, all furnished and everything.
"Pretty small" she commented "It's going to be hard for us to live alongside the bonds"
"Just wait and see, come out first"
She then got out, I closed the door and inject my mana into the door knob as runes then lit up, when I opened it again, there was a spatial dimension inside the house.
"Wow, no wonder spatial mages are highly sought after" she said as she stepped in
"Leave your shoes on the shoe rack so that we don't dirty the house"
Inside the spatial dimension looks like a normal modern house from my old world, wooden tile floorings, sofas, arm chairs and everything. The kitchen is fully equipped with refrigerators, ovens...etc. We then went to the second floor.
"Nova and Dabria have their own room?" Cordelia asked
"Yep, just in case, the guests sleep down stairs"
The rooms have individual name labels on them, mine, Diana, Damon, Nova, Dabria, and Ace & Siege with one room together.
"We have private rooms, but like Diana, she prefers to sleep with Damon by her side or Dabria. I worked hard on all this, I even have an indoor grill and everything, I worked on this while my underlings do all my work elsewhere"
"Is the lights and everything powered by mana?" Cordelia asked "It's like our palace but in a small miniature form"
"Yep, in my old world, it's all powered by electricity, but this house is powered fully by mana, connected to a giant mana crystal in the workshop that I would recharge once a week or so if I live here."
I then opened Damon's room which was the largest, since the inside was basically an enormous room
"It's so that Damon can sleep in his original dragon form, I've thought of everything"
I then took her to the workshop which is basically the basement, with the giant crystal in one of the corners of the room.
"This is where me and my bonds would develop machines from my old world and use it here"
"Why don't you teach me how to cook today?" she requested "I want to be ready for the day we live together"
"What about the royal chefs?"
"The castle refuse to let a royalty like me do anything like that" she answered
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"Well you're improving, that's for sure." I commented as I ate her food
"Good, I'll keep your lessons in mind" she looks satisfied at my response "You look out of it today, what's wrong?"
"The sudden news of who my actual father was really isn't sitting well with me, I'd rather would've gone my life without knowing him"
"What about your mother? Did he tell you her identity or anything about her at all?" she asked
"None, but he said something about her bloodline being special and about how my powers would start to manifest blah blah blah, too much information for one day"
"No wonder that you want to meet mother, she might help you look into the past for more information, but then again...there's a small chance that it might just come up empty"
"Yeah, but right now it's better than nothing"
"Ok enough with the sappy stuff, I'm gonna help you destress, let's go to your bedroom" she said as she got up
"I'm gonna need to wash the dishes first and I'm gonna tell my bonds to tell my parents that I won't be home"
"You're prioritizing dishes over your girlfriend?" she then crossed her arms
"Yep, shouldn't take longer than 2 minutes with magic"
"Fine" she pouted
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3rd person view
"So um he won't be coming for diner today since he is teaching Cordelia at our new house and will be spending it there" Damon explained
"Well as long as he's not up to anything that would put his life on the line, then it's fine" Mary responded
"He grows up so fast" Axel sighs "First he kill bandits, now he's a prince with a princess girlfriend, one of the strongest mages alive at just the age of 16. Really makes me question what have I been doing all my life"
-I sometime question that too, but I usually do it at 3 in the morning, mostly about how messed up my life is- Siege said
-Don't we all- Ace sighs