Gina looked down as Gerael came over as well, and Gina put the princess down before she kissed the little maid on the hair with a wide smile. Gerael blushed happily as Gina rubbed her hair affectionately, and Gina finally put her hands on her knees and faced the two little girls before asking.
"So, what are you two cuties doing out here? I hope you aren’t trying to stop me from training today. King Farlow made it very clear that we can only hang out when I’m done with my training, so he’ll be very angry if you try to keep me from training. But you see, just between the three of us, if two cute little girls happen to kidnap me and take me away for a full day, then there’s absolutely nothing I can do about that. I’ll be powerless to stop you."
Gina lowered her voice and whispered the last part conspiratorially, and the two little girls laughed as Gina gave them a playful wink. Heriet spoke up with a wide smile!
"You just want to play hooky, don’t you!?"
Gina put her hand on her chest and gasped in shock!
"How dare you? I would never do such a thing! I’ll have you know, I’m the most dedicated student your father has ever had! It’s not my fault that I’m weak to your devilish cuteness!"
Gina reached over and pinched Heriet’s cheek, and Heriet chuckled cutely! After a few seconds, Heriet finally told Gerael to show what they brought, and Gerael reached into a pocket dimension behind her and produced a small box wrapped in cloth. Gina blinked in surprise when she saw it, and she spoke in a low voice.
"Is that... food?"
"Mhmm! Mhmm! Gerael and I wanted to thank you for hanging out with us yesterday! We know you were really tired from your training, but you were so much fun! So, so, we went to the kitchen, and we made you something really yummy! Well, Gerael made most of it, but I helped cut the vegetables, so I helped too! We... we hope you like it!"
Gina’s face was set in a look of absolute disbelief as she slowly collected the box of food from Gerael. Gina stared down at the box, and she had no idea what to think at this moment. There was a pure feeling going through Gina’s heart as she looked at the meal box, and as Gina looked over at the two girls, she felt that feeling intensify until it nearly consumed her! Heriet saw the shocked look on Gina’s face, and her face dropped slightly as she spoke.
"Uhm, d-do you not like it?"
Gina looked towards Heriet in shock once she heard this, and she realised that Heriet thought she didn’t like it! Gina immediately dropped to her knees, and she put the food to the side before she dragged both girls in for a tight hug! Gina released a shuddering breath as she felt her heart beating rapidly! There were just far too many emotions in Gina’s heart at this moment, and she didn’t really know how to express all of them at the same time! But the one thing Gina knew was that she absolutely loved this! If this was what it would feel like to have kids, then Gina couldn’t wait to be a mother!
"I love it so much. Thank you for doing this."
The girls hugged Gina back happily, and Gina squeezed them once more before she kissed both girls on the cheeks and finally pulled back.
"I’ll make sure not to leave a single crumb behind! You can count on that!"
Heriet and Gerael both giggled, and they thanked Gina with one more hug before Gina watched as they took off from the ground and flew away while waving goodbye! Gina picked up the box of food again, and she stared at it with a motherly smile on her face as she headed off to the garden. There were two guards standing on either side of the entrance, and they both bowed to Gina as she passed them. Gina gave them a bow and a greeting in return as she took off her shoes and vanished into the garden. Once she was gone, the guard on the left sniffled and used a hand to rub his eye, and the guard on the right turned to look at him with a deadpan expression.
"Oh come on, don’t tell me you’re actually crying right now."
The guard on the left sniffled.
"Sniffle~ Hah, you don’t have any daughters, so you wouldn’t get it. That was... that was so beautiful."
The guard on the right just rolled his eyes and turned away. He was surrounded by crybabies.
....
[With Jason and Hesabeth]
"Look, I will always appreciate any opportunity to poke you with something sharp. After all, why would I deny myself the pleasure of leaving my mark on your flesh? But even I think that this is a bit much. What did you say the name of this weapon was again?"
Hesabeth frowned slightly as she raised a silver spear into the air. The spear glowed with the iridescent and pure light of a light-based magic, and Hesabeth could feel a constant pulse of energy radiating off the weapon, like it was desperate to be used in battle. There was a blade fixed to one end of the staff, and it was so sharp that Hesabeth wouldn’t be surprised if it could cut a strand of hair down its length! Hesabeth smiled at the beautiful weapon as Jason spoke up.
"That’s the [Spear of Heaven]. And just do what I say. Remember, it’s a TITAN Rank weapon, so don’t push yourself too much since it’ll do most of the heavy lifting in battle. And you shouldn’t go around saying you want to poke people with sharp objects unless you want to be seen as a pervert. Besides, I doubt you can cut me even if you went all out."
Hesabeth’s lips stretched into a sultry smile when Jason called her a pervert, and Hesabeth shrugged when she heard the last thing Jason said. Jason was definitely right about her not being able to cut him. Hesabeth’s Primordial Bias was more than capable of taking care of any enemy around her, but she wasn’t disillusioned about her own ability, so she knew she might not be able to even cut Jason if she tried. Jason and Hesabeth were standing opposite each other in the open field outside the main building with multiple of Jason’s subordinates surrounding Hesabeth as they prepared to help Jason train. This is how they had been spending their days since they came in here four days ago. Ever since then, Jason had taken to training every single day, and at first, Hesabeth had simply refused to join him in training! Hesabeth didn’t want to spend the limited time they had together on the training ground like this! Hesabeth wanted Jason to just sit down and waste the days with her, and Hesabeth did everything in her power to try to drag Jason away from training. But after Hesabeth discovered that she didn’t have any chance at taking Jason away from the training field, she had to give in and join him, since that was the only way she would be able to spend any time with Jason.
Jason’s main idea of training had always been one of two things. It was either that Jason was meditating and trying to gain better control over something he called [Resonance] or he was fighting a one-versus-many battle against his subordinates. The world of Merivo’s Paradise was extremely large, but it was also very self-sustaining, and any damage done to the world would be easily fixed in less than a day by the ambient magic in the air, so Jason had no reason to hold back at all, and he told the subordinates and Hesabeth to come at him with everything they had. Hesabeth was about to say something else about how one-sided this was, but her complaint was cut short when a skeletal Necromancer raised its magic staff from behind her and the sky began to darken from a magical attack! Hesbeath sighed as she realised that they were really doing this!