Chapter 74: Hilda's Day of Departure

Hilda ran towards the small kitchen in Ceol's house with a paper in her hand. She was yelling out his name with a joyous voice as he held him tight from behind. Ceol stopped cutting the vegetables and asked her, almost falling on the ground,

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, everything is fine." said Hilda. She showed the paper to Ceol with an excited smile. "My application got accepted by College of Cordelia."

"When did you apply there!? You mean that underwater place? Me and dad almost died going there-" said Ceol as he flapped his eyes.

"No! How are we going to live underwater? I was talking about the island on top of Atlantis, Cordelia. That part of the college is for outlander students like me. And also how wouldn't you almost die when your dad was sneaking over there without a permit?" 

Ceol gave a sheepish smile. "True. Mom tried to stop him couple of times. So, when's the exam?"

In the Hephaestus' house: