After Zack played with Celica, we ended spending some time with her. She got really attached to us so she wasn't leaving us with any time to breathe. Eventually we gathered with our parents again as we prepared to go to the orphanage.
"For the moment we'll go to the orphanage as promised to the nuns there. As we'll go every day." Said my mother. "And after that, we'll go shopping around the city, I want to buy a few things for the kids."
"Eh? What things?" I wondered.
"Because you're so eager to go to the dungeon and complete quests with your newly acquired adventurer license, and because your father can't stop pestering me about it, we'll go buy you some equipment, Sylphy. I want you to be well protected in the dungeon." My mother said while crossing her arms.
"Oh! You're letting me go to the dungeon then?!" I asked happily.
"Yes, WE are going, you're not going with just your friends, little girl, one of the adults will accompany you." My mother said. "Your father, probably."
"Yeah, I'll accompany you kids to the dungeon, and we can also investigate where the Chaotic Cocoon is located so I can get rid of it quickly." Said my father. "If you let these things grow for too long they'll become a disaster."
"Well, I am fine with that. I would love to go with daddy!" I said like a good girl, making my father smile happily.
"Dungeon! Dungeon!" Celica said, although she wasn't going. "What's a dungeon?"
"Haha, you're not going, little Celica, it is too dangerous for you to go, until you're at least seven and grow stronger." Said my father.
"Uuhh…" Celica sighed, feeling both confused and slightly sad. I petted her head to comfort her, while my parents continued explaining today's plan.
"So we'll go buy some basic stuff, such as a helmet and shoulder pads for all of you. Hey, Shade, does Aquarina has more armor?" Wondered my father.
"We made her a chain mail, she's better at moving around, giving her heavy armor is not something I would recommend… She's also an Amazon so her skin is tougher than most leather armor, or even low-quality steel armor." Said Shade.
"At this point she should already be Tier 2 in her Physique so she shouldn't worry about small fry hitting her sometimes." Nepheline said.
"You two! Aren't you a bit irresponsible?!" Asked my mother. "Also that dungeon got a Chaotic Cocoon! You can't take this carefreely."
"But Allan is going… You don't have to be so overly protective." Shade said.
"Well, Aquarina never went through what Sylphy did, so of course you don't understand!" My mother said, crossing her arms angrily.
"Mother, it's okay. I think I am already Tier 2 in Physique too." I said.
"What? You're a Half-elf, that's impossible at your age." My mother said, without even believing me nor trying to do so.
"Hm, let's see…" My father said, touching my forehead and infusing a bit of Mana. The Mana flowed across my entire body and then returned to the tip of his finger; his eyes opened wide.
"Eeeeh?! S-She's really Tier 2! And Rank 3?! And… She got a Physique?! I've never seen one before!" My father exclaimed in surprise.
I guess heroes even have ways to instantly detect the physique Tiers of people by just touching them. I suppose I cannot keep this a secret anymore.
"Are you lying, Allan? I am not going to believe something so ridiculous." My mother said. "It is not possible for someone to just develop a physique out of nowhere, let alone at her age."
"I am saying the truth, Faylen, just check her yourself then!" My father said, as my mother, while raising an eyebrow, touched my forehead and did the same thing. I quickly felt the flow of Mana reach my body and then come out. My mother's eyes seemed confused at first, waving her head around and then doing it two more times.
"Unbelievable… You developed a Physique out of nowhere…" My mother said. "And I have never seen one , not even my parents have something so close with nature…"
"Erm… So we can go or not?" I wondered.
"I-I guess? But you're still getting shoulder pads and head protection, and those two other kids as well, and no buts!" My mother said. Her decisions were without a question. She was the oldest here if we ignore my carefree uncle that acts like a kid to be honest.
"Okay, I will wear protection clothes, mommy, don't worry. I will be careful and Aquarina and Zack as well. Papa will be there too." I said.
"Yes, yes… I guess it is fine. Yeah." She sighed. "Anyways, let me prepare a few things before we get going to the orphanage. We should spend our time there for about an hour or two, then we go shopping, you go to the dungeon with father, and then come back before lunch."
"Eeeh? So little time to explore?" I asked disappointed. "That's less than three hours!"
"Well? That's more than enough time to just explore and get done with a few novice quests with your current strength, little girl. I said that no buts! You can go every day though, as we'll spend the next weeks here dealing with everything related to the slaves… As stealthy as possible, I HOPE." My mother looked back at everyone. It seemed she wasn't taking part into this whole operation but was hoping the former heroes wouldn't do anything crazy.
"Yeah, you don't have to get so worked over it." Said Shade.
"Since when have we disappointed you?" Asked Nepheline.
"…You really want me to count all the times?" My mother asked.
"Yeah, no, we understand, we won't screw it up." Nepheline said while feeling threatened. She might not want to be reminded of her mistakes in front of her daughter, perhaps they were quite embarrassing.
Damn, my mother is really scary sometimes. I guess that's how elven mothers are.