183. Crown of the Ceasers. *

" Hey..you coming down or what? " - he asked after looking around a bit.

I run down jumped right into his open arms.

" Good job arriving on time. " - I said clinging unto his neck.

He lifted me a little above his head and smelled my hair like he does.

" I didn't wanna stay..you know with all the woman.. " - he said smiling while looking up.

" Idiot..you're all mine. " - I kissed him deeply.

We stood there devouring each other until we were completely out of breath.

" How was Gilly? " - Carlos came over with mother and tapped his shoulder.

He looked aside and let me down first.

" She is well..bored but, well. Also Heimy says hello. " - he said.

" You saw him ? " - Carlos asked.

" Hnn..good lad.." - he took my hand and sat me on his lap while mother bought some food. " Thank you.. yeah, I managed to avoid others and we had some tea before, I left. "

Viela and Manata came in.

" Master, welcome home. " - said Manata.

" Lord Zephyr..I came as requested. " - Veila bowed a little, looking exhausted.

" Thanks Manata. " - I got up and pushed the boy out the door before he prolonged his stay so he could ask questions.

" Oh..yeah, alright..I'll see you tomorrow Master! " - he said from the door before I shut it close.

" Sit down Veila..I'm sorry to call you over this late. " - I ushered her towards an empty chair and sat her down. " You must be tired from the work. "

" It's no bother..oh thank you. " - she accepted mothers steaming hot chocolate. " The work will be done a lot faster like that.. the soliders are a big help. " - she said cooling her cup.

" Is that so? " - Zephyr looked over at Carlos.

" Aye..they been stood around long enough. " - he answered.

Zephyr ate while Veila told us about her own house.

" ..I'm hoping Lady Nifa can paint it for me. " - finished telling her very specific shade of red she wanted.

" She will .. " - her business of colouring everything was still booming. " I see random black and white trees and yellow rocks and boulders around the village, people ask her to colour the most useless things. "

Zephyr smiled politely and took his empty plate away to return with some tea for himself.

" I'm quite surprised no one asked me about my bag. " - he kicked the bag on the ground a little.

I honestly forgot about it.

" What did you brought Zeph? " - asked Carlos.

He smiled and pulled out a set pieces of an identical armour from the bag. " Well I remembered you forgetting about this..so I asked Gilly for help. There you go. "

He handed over the armor to a very happy man.

" Zeph, I don't know what to say .. thank yo..

" That's how you give good gifts.." - he cut him off tapping his hand on the table. " ..no luxury shit...just listening and remembering. " - he added pointed at his ears and head.

Carlos took the armour off the table silently all his gratitude vanished.

" Zephyr..can't you be a litt..

" Hush, hush dear mother in law and wait until he gifts you first." - he said stopping mother attempts to defend her man.

Then he kept pulling out gemstones . " Oh yeah..Gilly want you to use these stones for a crown of sort. " he added a piece of paper with an exquisitely drawn crown.

It looked as if someone bent a leafy branch in half, had no front and adorned it with gemstone all around it.

Carlos didn't care about the gems while Viela was drooling over seeing them.

" The crown of the Caesars. " - he said after examining the drawing.

" The what? " - asked mother.

" It's nothing but legends..even this drawing just speculations. In my family history it's said that once upon a time the Ancients left a crown intended for the complete ruler of these lands. " - he explained.

Zephyr looked uninterested, he probably heard it already.

" Why would she want me reforge this? " - Carlos asked Zephyr.

" She said you understand when you see it.." - he rested his head on my shoulder. " I told her a letter might be useful but ...it's not needed for a member of the illustrious house of Em..so there you have it. "

" Hnn..I need to think but sure...we can get some gold and ask Rachel to attach these. " - he flicked a red little one away. " ..still what could she want with this..is beyond me. "

He lifted the paper towards the light before putting it away.

" So much wealth..it's incredible. " - Veila gasped as the little red stone rolled off the table landing Ehlite knows where.

" Right...well it's material for now. " - Zephyr said while taking out two vials of blood. " Can I ask you to use your power cheking these two samples? "

He offered her the vials of red liquid.

" Of course..may I ask who these belong too? If it's not a prob..

" Stop it..of course you can ask. It's Gilly Em and a commander friend of mine. " - he smiled at Carlos mainly.

He thought about it for a second. " Shelling? " - he asked.

" 100 points..good job. " - he smiled as we waited for an explanation.

All three of us turned towards Carlos.

" Oh.. he is the commander of the Holy archers and a child of Ehlite as well. Mario Shelling, His power are ..explosions. " - he said.

" Away...and...Boom ! "

Zephyr imitated a flying arrow and the following explosion.

Carlos continued.

" It's a frighteningly potent ability..especially in war situations..but how did you get his blood? " - he asked after shuddering a little.

I could imagine an explosion in the midst of heavy cavalry..ripping, devastating them without mercy.

I checked on my husband.

" I asked.. " - he said.

It was short ..too short to be the complete truth but since Viela was sitting here we understood the rest will have to wait. If he even tells us anything.

" Anyway.." - he turned towards Viela. " ..whenever you ready Viela. "

We turned towards the girl who opened one vial and without hesitation poured into her mouth and emptied the cup of tea.

Her eyes closed and the familiar white glow enveloped her eyes.

It took a few second and she opened her eyes back to its original colour.

She took a deep breath..