Family system

Chapter 133 A new face

Ella shuddered when Sylvana spoke those words. While many have only heard legends of her and her disciples, she has been there from the start. Sylvana is the best teacher in this universe. Part of it is because of her own strength, which has given her very valuable experience, and the other part is her disciples.

'It's been a long time since I have seen them. I should visit them soon.' Six goddess-like women appeared in Ella's mind. Sylvana has six disciples, who are among the top fifty most powerful in this universe. While Ella is always jealous of their power, she is not prepared for the methods her mother-in-law would give her.

She heard horrifying stories from them, so she definitely didn't want it. "No, I'm sorry, mother-in-law." Ella was like a kitten that didn't get what she wanted. She deflated and began to look down nervously. Sylvana, on the other hand, had a kind smile on her face.

"But I think that you have grown quite sloppy." Sylvana walked towards Ella and grabbed her hand. Ella, who wanted to escape, couldn't move. She knew what was happening. The space around her was distorted and so beautifully controlled that it looked like a barrier was placed around her body.

"Fufu, where do you think you are going?" Ella looked up and saw Sylvana looking at her with excitement in her eyes. Her body shuddered as she saw her look her way like that. I only saw that look on her when one of her disciples needed to learn something new.

From behind Sylvana, I stood watching the show with a smile on his face. I snapped fingers and summoned Jasmine to this room before Sylvana would disappear. Jasmine appeared with a flash of purple light and looked around the room she just appeared in. "Take her with you as well, Mom. You said that you were also going to train her."

Sylvana looked to her side and saw Jasmine standing there. She also controlled the space around Jasmine so she couldn't move before looking back at me and Elise. "While it was fun, I think that you have some other things to figure out, so I will leave for now." Sylvana walked up to me and gave me a quick kiss before disappearing, along with the two other women.

I looked back at Elise, who was walking towards the kitchen. I followed her into the kitchen, and we made some breakfast together. While I could have called Olivia, I had her do another task for me, so she was busy now. Elise also wanted some cooking time with me because it looked like a date.

We made some eggs and toast with salad to give it extra texture. The cooking was short, mostly just preparations, but it was fun doing it together. For example, when she was baking the eggs, I could hug her from behind, or when she was preparing the salad, she fed me some parts of it.

We slowly ate our breakfast and went our separate ways. She went back to her office to get some things ready for the school festival that she had been planning while I was on my way back to the world Lilith I was currently on. I will use that world as a starting base from which I can travel to and from a higher-level world.

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The world has changed a lot since I took on this job as a protector. Corvion has been attacked by demonkind for a long time and was only released from its misery thanks to the heroes. Now, it is peaceful, and society has begun to evolve because of its peacefulness.

Science broke through, but only in some cities, while most used magic, which was more convenient and less expensive. The mana density of this world is also slowly increasing, and we are slowly becoming a high-level planet. Once that happens, Chaos, even bigger than the ones the heroes had to fight, will come for us.

We have to be lucky that once that time arrives, heroes will rise up again to fight our foes. This is my last note to you, my disciple. How you live your life from now on is entirely up to you.

-Your lovely master

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Clara read the note her teacher left for her again. While it had already been ten years since his death, she was still not completely over it. Her master was like a father figure to her, and she lost him. She wanted to go out and try all sorts of ways to get him back, even wanting to experiment with necromancy, but if he were brought back with that, he would not be happy.

I sighed again. 'I miss you, Dad.' She thought again. She was sitting on the balcony of one of the highest floors of the mage tower. She rubbed her sleeve over her eyes and had a determined look on her face. While my father was the protector of this world, I was his successor, so I had to go out and find the heroes he mentioned.

I jumped off the balcony and fell at a high speed towards the ground. The balcony I jumped from was about five kilometers in the air, and when I was about three hundred meters from touching the ground, I activated my magic and began to fly forward. 'Gravity magic is as fun as always.'

A smile began to show on my face as I used my magic again. While I love my father, one thing always came close to my love for him, and that was magic. Using magic, researching it, and experimenting with it all was fun, and while it was the most fun to do it with my father, I have also found fun in doing it alone.

The boring part is that I have to teach it to the people of the tower because I am the successor of the protector. While that title means nothing to me, my father had it, so I will not be the one to give anyone a reason to insult the title. I was flying for hours without a destination when I wanted to rest.

It was already nighttime, so I looked around from where I was and saw some light coming from further west, so I went that way. Not even a minute passed, and I saw a city coming into view. It looked bigger than normal, so I landed near it but in the forest and began walking towards the entrance.

While walking towards the city gate, I began to look around to see if I recognized the city. Sure enough, I had seen this city before on the map. Father talked a lot about it because he was born here. This city was named Myrathen and was home to over a hundred thousand people.

I walked into the city after letting the guards examine my badge. It was the golden badge of the mage tower, and only the elders and important people had it, so I entered the city without much trouble. Wanting to rest, I began to walk to an inn that served food and where I could sleep.

After walking for a while, I saw an inn not so far away from me. The name of the inn was 'The Copper Lantern,' and it was beautifully decorated. I walked inside, and it wasn't unpleasant or loud while there were many people. There also wasn't any attention paid to me because my face has never once been published.

I walked towards the reception and saw a mature woman behind the counter. She saw me walking towards her, and she gave me a friendly smile. "Good evening, Miss. What can I do for you?" Her tone was professional but with a hint of warmth. I smiled back at the woman. "I would like a room for the night and some dinner and breakfast tomorrow."

"That would be 1 silver and five bronze, please." I quickly picked up my pouch hanging from my side and took the money from it. While I had hundreds of golds in there, nobody could see that, as it was a mafic pouch where you could store things. The woman accepted the money.

"Would you like to eat dinner now?" I nodded at her words. She looked around and saw no staff to support her, so she sighed. "Follow me, and I will lead you to a table. I have to apologize because all the tables are full; thus, you must share a table with someone else. Would that be a bother to you?"

"No, I just want to eat something fast, so it doesn't really matter." The mature woman nodded and led me towards one of the tables in the open space they had. All the tables were filled with people, mostly adventurers but also some regular town folks who wanted to hear the stories of these adventurers.

The table I was let go of was occupied by two other girls. One looked like a regular adventurer, and the other girl looked like a servant of sorts. The other thing that caught my eye was that they were too beautiful. "Sorry, girls, but can this young lady eat at your table? I don't want to let her sit with all the men around here."

"What are you saying, Jule? Are you slandering us?" one of the adventurers yelled, and the place was immediately quiet. I began to look around the room, but the mature woman named Jule answered without hesitating. "Bah, if you guys were any good, you would have to be able to cook on your own instead of asking your wife for it every day."

The tense and quiet atmosphere exploded when she said that, and the people around the room began to laugh. "She got you dare, didn't she." The person who yelled out was sitting down with red cheeks and being teased by his friends. Even the guy's wife was smiling at him.

The atmosphere began to lighten again. I sat down, and Jule said that she would be back with my food. I nodded and thanked her before looking at the woman in front of me. "Hello, sorry to bother you. My name is Clara. May I ask what are yours?"

They both looked at me, but the one with black hair spoke. "My name is Lilith, and this lady beside me is Louis. It's a pleasure to meet you, Clara."