At the end, Mary agreed with my parent's proposal and she decided to move out with everyone after my parents settled things down with the aristocrats. As of now, they were already getting ready to go pay them a visit, and they were bringing all of us with them. The only one that would stay here protecting the orphanage was Arafunn, which worried me a bit.
"Err, is uncle Arafunn really trustworthy?" I asked.
"Eh? Of course I am, Sylphy! What do you mean I am not?!" Arafunn asked as if he was offended, he was pretending though.
"W-Well, you're kind of oddly unreliable." I sighed.
"Don't worry Sylphy, I trust him more than you think." Said my mother. "And even if he fails, the barrier is here, and a few other surprises. Let's hope things go well for now."
Arafunn looked around dumbfounded by our little trust for him.
"Goodness, Sylphy… Give me some slack, I am actually a very strong and reliable person." Said Arafunn. "Don't worry, I'll protect the children here. I might look lazy, or somethings airheaded, but I am actually someone that cares more than you imagine."
My uncle smiled honestly, as he gave me a head pat.
"Okay… I'll trust you, uncle. You're someone I still admire, and your songs are very beautiful. Don't disappoint us, okay?" I asked with a smile.
"Haha, leave it to me." Arafunn saw us depart with Mary at our side, as we needed her for testimony. Mist wanted to stick with us as well and bringing a representative of the children was also an idea of my mother too.
Celeste would had been more ideal as she was more mature, but she seems to have gone to the dungeon, which had recently opened once more. Although the fear of the Dungeon Break still lingers around, Adventurers are people that can only live by hunting inside dungeons, so they had resumed their conquest and daily grind. The death of the adventurers was mourned and their bodies were buried already, but life goes on I suppose. We can't simply concentrate in the dead forever, even if it hurts.
We made our way to the castle atop the country's city, which was over a tall hill. The entire Noble District was located here, and closed with walls with large doors made out of metal. There were over ten guards guarding this place, so it seemed completely off limits for anybody that wasn't nobility.
"We are here, we are the S Rank Adventurers and we have come to meet the Lord of this land and the Nobles." Said my father without even faltering or doubting for a second. The guards looked at one another without remembering any appointed meeting, but suddenly a guard came running from inside the Noble District.
"O-Open the damn doors! Don't hesitate!" He ordered them.
The guards rapidly and desperately opened the doors before my father were to unleash his bloodlust, which might had quite possibly shocked them all so hard they would had fallen unconscious in the floor.
The doors opened, as a group of soldiers came rushing towards us, with a large carriage.
"Please, the Lord of the Fiefdom has called upon you. We can bring you to the top of the hill through here…" Said one of the soldiers.
My father analyzed the carriage and quickly rejected their offer.
My mother quickly stepped in front of us, as her eyes shone bright blue. A sudden aura of blue mana emerged out of her body, encompassing all of us.
"Tier 7 Space Magic: Spatial Blink."
In a mere second, we were teleported several meters, and then again, and again, and again. It only took three seconds for us to reach the top of the hill through mother's amazing spell. So this is like a short-range teleportation spell?! I had never seen something so amazing!
"I usually don't use this because it takes some time to set up the magic circle and the concentration, but I've already prepared this in advance." My mother showed me a blue ring in one of her fingers, which seemed imbued with the power of this Spell. "Magic items are very handy at helping us use spells easily."
"T-That's a Spatial Blink Ring?!" I asked in surprise.
"That is indeed what it is!" My mother said slightly pridefully. "Now, let's go."
In front of us there was a large castle, the doors of it already opened, as the guards guarding the place fell to the floor in shock when we suddenly were teleported in here.
"I wish I had this item prepared back then when you and Aquarina were trapped… But even then, Spatial Blink cant teleport between dimensions." My mother lamented, still remembering something that happened years ago. I guess it was quite the traumatizing event, so it is only natural she remembers.
"It's okay mom, don't worry about that." I said, calming her down as she recalled something like that.
"W-Welcome to my lord's humble residence, S Ranked Adventurers." Said one of the butlers that greeted us, he quickly guided us to an open room with a large table where there were many snacks served, mostly sweets, and several fatty men sitting around the table, with a stoic and tall black haired man at the end of the table.
"Welcome, I am Lord Eastgrain, the Duke of this fiefdom." Said the man with a serious to death expression. All of them men sitting around the table were sweating a lot and seemed very tired. Did they all were forced to run here as fast as possible?
"Hello, my name is Joan, an S-Ranked Adventurer. This is Faye, my wife. Sylphiette, my daughter." My father presented himself and his family very informally, and we also didn't say anything either. Both mother and I weren't in the mood over acting nice with these people anyways. Also my father is fast at thinking about new names.