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Shade and Nepheline acted quite lovely in front of everyone. it felt a bit off-putting, but maybe they had stuff saved up for themselves that we didn't knew about.
Aquarina's face was fascinated by the scene, however, as she looked at them looking at one another lovingly while her aquamarine eyes shone brightly in fascination.
She seemed happy to see her two parents acting lovingly.
"Papa, mama! Me too!"
She quickly dropped the slime into the floor and reached her parents, hugging both of them while they were hugging.
"Of course you too, dear." Said Nepheline.
Shade lifted Aquarina with his slender arms and kissed her nose gently.
"I love you, my daughter." He said.
"Papa… I wuv you too!" said Aquarina, as she kissed her father's cheek and hugged his shoulders with her little arms.
This was way too cute.
And then without realizing it, my parents suddenly lifted me with their arms and kissed each of my cheeks gently.
"Eh? Wha…? That surprised me!" I said.
"We couldn't resist seeing there was a little girl right here that needed some love too." Said my mother.
"I've been missing you the entire day, Sylphy!" said my father.
"Heheh, is that so? But where were you, father?" I asked.
"Well… We were hunting down goblins and thinning them down in numbers," said my father.
"We'll most likely go again tomorrow, sadly." Said Shade.
"I see…" I said.
"But I want to spend more time with papa!" said Aquarina.
"I am sorry, we'll make up for it after I am done with these things, okay?" asked Shade.
"Okay… But promise it…" said Aquarina while nodding cutely.
"I promise." Said Shade.
This was really just a cute little fluffy moment.
My parents brought me to the bathroom, which wasn't like the one in our home, and was a small wooden room with a bathtub made of wood as well, this is where we wash in the tribe.
It is quite rustic… but it is better than nothing.
My mom used some basic water spells to generate a lot of water and then water used the "Boil Water" Spell until the water was on point, and then all three of us took a family bath together.
Mother washed me thoroughly while my father let me wash his back, he had a lot of dirt and even a bit of goblin blood stuck around, so I had to wash him well.
The warm water and the atmosphere really relaxed me; I almost fell asleep while resting over my mother's torso as we relaxed in the bathtub.
"Alright, let's dry you up and we'll bring you to bed, Sylphy, don't fall asleep now…" said my mother.
"Yeah, wait a bit… Warm Wind."
My father used two elements combined, low-level wind and fire spells together to generate "warm winds" that can easily dry out the body after taking a bathroom.
After that, I felt refreshed, and ready to go to sleep until tomorrow morning.
I was brought to the bed where I found Aquarina already resting over the bed she was also given a bath, but it lasted less longer than mine.
"Sylphy! Come sleep at my side!" she said.
"Okay!" I said.
I rushed into the bed and covered myself in the blankets, Aquarina also covered herself in the blankets, it was warm and comfortable, and I just wanted to sleep now and not worry about anything for now.
"Good night." Said my mother.
"Sleep well you two." Said my father.
Shade and Nepheline also showed up outside the tent, they had already left Aquarina but came back to wave her hands at her.
The lights were off, and we closed our eyes….
However, Aquarina got closer to me, and she hugged me.
"Sylphy…" she said cutely.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Never leave me, okay?" she asked.
"Huh? What was that for?" I wondered.
Aquarina waved her head a bit.
"Nothing… I just… I am happy to have you as my friend." She said.
"What about Zack?" I wondered.
"Eh? Why are you even talking about that annoying kid?" sighed Aquarina.
"Ah… Well, whatever…" I sighed.
"So?" she asked with a needy look in her eyes.
"Aquarina, I am not planning on going anywhere, so rest assured, I am not going to escape this place or something, I will stay with you." I said.
"Really?" she asked.
"Really…" I said.
She held my hand tightly as she rubbed her head over my chest.
This little girl was way too cute… I want to protect her more than anything in this world.
"Good night, Aquarina."
"Good night, Sylphy…"
We both slept peacefully after I kissed her forehead.
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When I opened my eyes, I found myself elsewhere.
Everywhere I saw, there were palm trees and a beautiful ocean.
I was standing on a small island in the middle of a beautiful blue sea, the sky was as blue as well, and the sun was shining brightly atop the skies, there were fluffy white clouds as well, floating slowly and leisurely.
There was the salty breeze of the sea as well, which was very relaxing.
But where the heck I am?!
I looked around the island, as I suddenly found a small pond of sea water in the middle of it.
In there, there was an altar, with a large and beautiful blue egg on top, the blue egg was surrounded by beautiful corals decorating it, as if it were a precious treasure.
I quickly moved towards it and suddenly was found by somewhere else.
"Sylphy?"
I looked to my back and found Aquarina, with her spirit Undine at her side.
"Aquarina? Is this a dream?" I wondered.
"No… This is my Soul scape… I didn't knew you could come here!" said Aquarina, as she got to my side and hugged me.
"Me neither… I wasn't even aware of this ability… But anyways, what's that egg over there?" I asked.
"Oh, that egg is… I don't know. It has always been there… for some time now," said Aquarina.
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