"Well you see while we were out I was playing with some of my new skill I got after I awakened. I made Mia some daggers and enchanted them, then I got the idea to do the same for myself and enchant it with something that would help me." Thea said as she showed the ring she was wearing.
"" Both Lily and Elize didn't say anything, when they finally processed what Thea had just said, they closed the books and threw them away before sighing in relief.
'No more books!' Both Lily and Elize thought.
"Your skills level must be quite high for you to be able to make mithril." Elize said as she stared at the ring Thea was wearing.
"Ohh, their levels are maxed out but more importantly what are we eating tonight?" Thea asked with a bright smile.
Everyone's eye twitched when they heard what Thea had just said.
'What do you mean more importantly, there is nothing more important than having a skill at the highest level, even Lily and me who have lived for a long time only have a few skills mastered.' Elize thought.
'I don't even have a skill at level 4 yet' Mia thought.
Mia had worked hard during her upbringing and thought she was among the strongest of her age, but since she met Thea, she had been humbled again and again. Her pride and what little arrogance she had disappeared and instead a burning passion to grow stronger appeared.
Realistically she was among the strongest of her age, Thea was just Thea.
"Althea, if someone manages to master even one of their skills, it becomes a pretty big deal here in Duca. Mostly such individuals end up getting married into nobles or royals." Lily said while Elize nodded in confirmation.
In the past Thea had told her mother about her skills and status, what she happened to leave out was how fast she would grow and the level of those skills, so Lily had ended up equally surprised as the others.
"Forget about it, your bedrooms if ready and I have two gate passes here for you." Lily said as she put two silver cards on the table.
Thea picked them up and handed one to Mia before she looked at the card.
[Identification Card]
[Effect: The card will only glow if the bounded owner has skin contact with the card, your name will appear on the card after being bound to the owner. Holds specific mana signature as identification.]
"Both of you need to bind the card to yourself with a drop of blood to bind it to yourself." Lily said to the girls.
"Alright." Both girls said in response, they then bit their finger to draw some blood.
Mia dripped some blood on the card, which it then reacted to, a name was inscribed on it after the card softly glowing.
Thea however was in a predicament, she had bitten her finger but had not drawn blood.
'Sheeet, this might be a problem.' Thea thought to herself.
Thea then smiled awkwardly and looked at her mother. Lily had met her daughters gaze and when she looked at the card she was holding, she remembered something her daughter had mentioned many years ago.
*Slap* Everyone looked at the source of the sound only to see Lily's hand planted on her forehead.
"Aiya, you little minx." Lily said as she helplessly looked at her daughter.
Everyone looked at Lily, then at Thea, then at her card and then at Thea again. The two girls still didn't understand what was wrong between Lily and Thea.
"You will be staying at the academy starting tomorrow so it isn't urgent yet, I'll look for a solution." Lily said, sighing again as she started thinking about the mountain of books she was going to read.
"Ohh and you haven't been forgiven for going out like that." Lily said as she looked at Thea's 'clothes'.
"What's wrong with them?" Thea asked Lily with an innocent smile.
"You little Argh! One problem after the next." Lily said, getting angrier as she thought about it.
Mia who understood nothing about what was happening was utterly confused, Elize knew about the 'clothes' but was equally confused about the identification card issue.
Before either Mia or Elize could ask anything about it the food had been brought to the table, Lily then started explaining about the academy and soon the need to ask about the answers to their original questions was quickly replaced with questions about the academy.
Dinner lasted for 2 hours, after that Lily went to her room and the girls were led to their own room, when they entered, Elize closed the door and Mia and Thea were left alone.