As soon as my eyes t grandmother's deep gentle gaze, a strange sense of relief washed over , It seed like she was not as unreasonable as my grandfather. A small smile made Its way to my face as I slowly felt myself relax, perhaps It was due to my grandmother's relatively small stature that I did not feel as intimidated as when I t my grandfather for the first ti.
It was then that my father's voice reverberated in my ear, he spoke with a sense of urgency. "That's your grandmother, hurry up and greet her, I still have to go," Saying that, he abruptly turned his palm downwards causing to plumt to the ground.
I was perplexed at my father's sudden change in attitude as he swiftly turned around and was about to leave. Just before I reached the ground, I opened my wings and slowed my descent as my bottoms gently touched the bank of the gentle stream.
Raising my head, I was ready to extend my greeting towards my grandmother when I suddenly realized that she was gone. Confused, I looked around in curiosity, my eyes soon widened as I spotted her small figure in the air blocking my father from leaving.
She had the sa gentle expression on her face, one which subconsciously made think It suited a sweet grandmother figure. To my surprise, however, my father's face was strange. His eyes darted about nervously as he avoided looking straight into her deep purple eyes.
'What the?' I inwardly muttered in confusion. His reaction was one that caused to montarily pause in surprise, for my father actually seed nervous. It was to be noted that even when he had t grandfather, he still seed to retain his composure and simply showed the respect he must to an elder.
Yet the father before at the mont was nothing like his usual domineering self. His abnormally large head avoided looking at grandmother who could be considered as an ant In size compared to him as his eyes darted around nervously.
It was then that grandmother spoke for the first ti, her voice was as equally warm and accommodating as her purple eyes. "Boy, where are you going in such haste when It's been so long since you saw your mother?" She asked with a smile, addressing my mountain of a father as a boy which caused to involuntarily gulp.
"U-Uh, I still have so matters to attend to dearest mother, and so I will be excusing myself," Answered father in a respectful tone. My eyes widen and my jaw dropped in shock as father stuttered to speak. My entire worldview suddenly shattered as I carefully looked back at the tiny figure of my grandmother, a shiver running down my scales.
"Oh, so matters you say, well I'm sure those matters can wait for a little bit can they not?" Asked grandmother with a gentle smile, father was about to speak before she leisurely added, "Unless, you did sothing that you don't want to find out about and now you are trying to run away," She said, her smile never quite leaving her face as her eyes slightly squinted in a probing manner.
Hearing that, father's mountain-like body visibly shuddered as If he had been caught red-handed, I could actually sense the nervous emotions oozing out of his body. Seeing his reaction, and then gazing at grandmother's relaxed posture, a single thought ca to my mind.
'Oh, he's fucked...'
I didn't know what 'thing' father did that he was so afraid grandmother would find out about, but whatever It was, It seed like she already did. I watched nervously as grandmother who seed to have been standing in the air as If it was solid ground slowly walk towards father's large face.
Each step she took carried an inexpressible weight, almost as If she was stepping on my heart, If I was feeling this way and her attention wasn't even directed at , I could only wonder what sort of pressure father was facing. Grandmother's purple eyes seed to glow as she spoke.
"Now then, are you going to co down, or am I going to have to make you co down?" She asked in a calm matter almost as if she was talking about the weather, the smile on her face looked devilish to at that mont.
Father's body unintentionally trembled once again as he lowered his head and quickly rushed down to the ground, just before he landed, however, grandmother's voice carried over. "Careful with my stream, I don't want you to destroy everything with your stupidly large body," She said, to which father surprisingly landed gently for the first ti ever.
Seeing all of this unfold before my eyes, my body was rooted in place as my heart that was initially relaxed started thumping loudly in my chest. 'Of course, she's scary you idiot, what did you accept when she married a monster like grandfather?! Hell, she's more terrifying than him even!' I inwardly cursed and quickly lowered my head not daring to raise my eyes and look at her.
'I can't be fooled by appearances, she's so small but father seems so hopeless in front of her. Just how strong is she?!' I wondered as another shiver ran down my spine. Just then, grandmother's figure appeared in front of like a sudden gust of wind, she then spoke in a calm and gentle tone.
"So you are little Aether. Raise your head and let grandma have a good look at you," She said causing to subconsciously move my head and stare back at her gentle deep purple eyes. Grandmother's smile widened as she studied with a happy expression before she glanced back at father and spoke with a click of her tongue.
"How could you keep my adorable grandchild away from all this ti," She said while shaking her head in disapproval before she moved circled , almost as if studying with a strange glint in her eyes.
"The mana seems to love you a bit more," She let out a slight chuckle as she ca to stand by my side and gently threw her wing over , almost as If she was hugging . "Water and Cosmic mana, as expected of my adorable grandchild," She nodded approvingly before she turned her gaze towards my father, her smile instantly vanished causing him to hastily lower his head in a fearful matter.
"So boy, tell , do you know what you did wrong?" She questioned causing my body to unintentionally stiffen, 'Are you seriously going to do this now? With standing here? Shouldn't I at least go or pretend not to listen?' I inwardly protested feeling awkward as I glanced at my father's submissive stance.
Father seed to gather his courage before he raised his head and glanced at grandmother with his usual proud gaze. "I-" Before he could finish what he was about to say, a sudden gust of wind suddenly descended downing him to the ground causing countless cracks to open.
"Rember who you are talking to boy, and show so respect, If you are going to look at with those eyes then you better have the power to back It," Said grandmother, her smile had completely disappeared from her face as she clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Now look at what you made do, I didn't want to destroy the land,"
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