One week later.
Wednesday afternoon.
Hera went to the shop to fetch nedelia. "Are you ready?" she asked.
nedelia nods her head. "I'm ready," she replied.
"Where is your charge, Rebecca? She's not with you?" Hera asked.
nedelia shook her head. "She didn't know that I'm going to Zero's place. If she knows she will object because Rebecca hates your master so much," she said.
Hera sighed. "Alright, let's get inside the carriage. My lord and Nini are waiting for you in the manor..."
The won walked towards the carriage that was waiting outside the shop. They settled comfortably inside the carriage. Hera ordered the driver to bring them to the manor.
"So, how's Nini?" nedelia asked.
"She's doing great! She adapts well to her new environnt. She's like a child so eager to explore and know everything about her surroundings," Hera replied.
"That's good! I'm truly happy for her!" nedelia said.
The won fell into a comfortable silence during the entire ride.
Half an hour later, they finally arrived at the manor.
The won entered the house and climbed the stairs. They went to Nini's room and found her talking animatedly to Zero on the terrace.
"My lord, nedelia is here!" Hera announced their presence.
Zero looked at his guest. "Welco to our ho, Grandma!" he said.
Nini looked at the visitor fondly. "Hello, Grandma! It's nice to see you again!" she said in a cheerful voice.
nedelia smiled at both of them. "It's nice to see you again, guys! You got a nice place here! And the garden is beautiful!" she gushes and looks below the terrace.
"Yes, I love this place! Too bad, it's just a rented place. Not our real ho! If I'll have a choice, I want to live here for the rest of my life!" Nini said wistfully.
nedelia and Zero looked at each other.
"Once you et your wealthy parents, you can ask them to buy this property so that you can stay here all you want," nedelia suggested.
Nini looked at Zero. "Can I do that? Please?" she asked him, her eyes were flashing with excitent.
Zero smiled. "Sure! I'll help you convince your family to buy this property. After we moved out of this place, the owner is ready to sell this property to the highest bidder," he said.
"I don't want others to own this place! I want this place for myself!" Nini exclaid, her voice brimming with enthusiasm.
"We have to talk to your parents first. Next week we will travel to the capital to et your parents. I already inford them in a ssage that I finally found you. They're now eager to et you in the capital," Zero said. He shifted his attention to the visitor.
nedelia took that as a cue. "Alright, let's get started!" she said and lowered herself on the couch beside the girl. "Nini, may I have your palm, please?" she requested.
Nini's brows knitted together. "Why-?" she asked.
"Let's have a palm reading to have a glimpse of your future again. Because it was hazy the last ti," nedelia gave her reason.
"Okay, no problem!" Nini extended her hand to the woman in front of her.
nedelia clasped the girl's hands. "I requested everyone to keep quiet while I'm performing my palm reading," she said and close her eyes to have a glimpse of the girl's future.
Everyone on the terrace obeyed and remained quiet while nedelia is doing her thing.
Zero fixed his gaze on nedelia's face, on the lookout for any changes in her deanor.
Fifteen minutes later.
nedelia had finished with her palm reading and opened her eyes. She looked at Zero. "I'm done! Can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked him.
"Sure!" Zero said and stood up.
Nini looked at the woman. "Grandma, did my future changed?" she asked curiously.
nedelia shook her head. "Nothing changed, dear! It's still the sa," she replied.
Nini smiled brightly.
"Let's go to my study room," Zero told nedelia.
They left Nini's room, went to the study room, and settled on the comfortable sofa.
Zero looked at her. "Is there any changes with Nini's future?" he inquired.
"Not much, but sothing will happen to her in the future," nedelia smiled. "Why don't you let read your palm?" she offered.
"No way! I don't like my future to be known by anyone else! I want to face my future head-on like a piece of adventure," he said with a grin.
"Alright, as you say so!" nedelia nodded her head and no longer insisted on her request.
"Let's go back to the topic," he said. "You said that sothing is going to happen to Nini aside from the tragedy. Can you tell what's going to happen?" he asked.
"Well, after Nini ets her family and they will know about her future, they will choose a good husband for her and marry her to that guy. I think the purpose of the marriage was to make sure that there's soone they can trust to take care and protect their daughter at all tis," she elaborated.
"Huh? That's outrageous! They just et their missing daughter, and they would marry her right away? That's odd!" Zero comnted.
nedelia shrugged. "Well, you can't bla the parent. They only want what's best for their beloved daughter!" she repeated.
"But that's too soon! Anyways, did you see the face of the groom?" he asked curiously.
nedelia shook her head. "The groom's face is a bit hazy. I only see the wedding scene and the back of the guy, but I didn't see his face clearly," she said. "This is one reason why I didn't tell Nini about her impending marriage, she might react negatively, poor girl!" she said.
There were a few minutes of silence between them as Zero was digesting nedelia's new prophecy slowly. He was in deep thoughts, thinking if the fortune teller was exaggerating this ti or everything she told him about Nini's future are just make-believe stories.
nedelia was studying the young man's face. "Are you still doubting my prophecy?" she asked.
"Can you bla ? Everything you told is outrageous claims and hasn't happened yet. What if nothing happens? What if you are just feeding and the girl with fabricated lies all this ti?" he said, trying to gauge her reaction.
nedelia smiled while shaking her head. "Well, I have nothing to say anymore. Let ti decide if I'm telling you the truth or not. Once Nini ets her parents, and they will declare her marriage right away, that's the ti you will finally believe my prophecy. Anyhow, even if you don't believe , I will lose nothing, so, that's it! I've better get going. Rebecca will start worrying about . I told her that I shall return right away," she said and stood up.
"Ok. I'll instruct the carriage to bring you to the forest," he offered.
"No need. I can teleport back to my house at a speed of light," she said and went to his side. "Take this, if you need anything from or you just want to seek my advice, all you need to do is go to the forest near my ho. Although you can no longer enter my fortress freely but as long this object is with you, it will alert that you are near and you want to seek my presence. Since you are one of my generous clients, this is my gift to you. Keep it, and don't lose it! I'll take my leave now. Take care of yourself and Nini," she said and vanished from the study room in a blink of an eye.
Zero was left alone in the room. He still can't make up his mind if he will believe Grandma's prophecy or not?
He examined the sun symbol amulet made of silver in his hand for a few minutes. It can be handy in the future. He stood up and put the amulet in the drawer of the desk for safekeeping.
There's another errand he had to do today, and that is to bring Sofia to her ho before the day is over.
There was a knock on the door.
Zero glanced at the door.
"My lord..." Hera said from the doorway.
"Co in," he said.
The door opened, Hera entered the study room. "The girl Sofia is ready to go ho, my lord," she inford him. "By the way, where is the fortune teller? We're supposed to send her ho in the carriage," she said.
"She already went ho. She teleported back to her house in the forest a while ago," he replied.
"Ah, okay," Hera said.
"Bring the girl to the carriage blindfolded, and let her wait inside. I'll co down in a mont," he said.
"Copy, my lord!" Hera said and left the room.
Hera appeared in the basent, inside Sofia's room. She looked at the girl sitting on the edge of the bed beside her bag containing her ager belonging. "Are you ready to go ho?" she asked.
"Yes!" Sofia answered excitedly. "I still can't believe it! That I'm finally going ho today! It's like a dream co true! I'm so ecstatic!" she bead. A gawatt smile appeared on her face.
Hera smiled and approached the bed. "Closed your eyes," she ordered.
"But why?" Sofia asked nervously.
"Don't worry. I'm just going to blindfold you on the way to the carriage so that you won't be able to tell anyone about the appearance of this place. I'm doing this as a safety precaution to protect our existence in this area," Hera explained.
"Okay, go ahead, I don't mind. As long I'm going ho today, I'll obey everything you'll say to ," Sofia said.
"Good girl!" Hera put the blindfold on Sofia's eyes. Done, she grabbed the girl's belongings and holds her right arm firmly. They vanished from the room in split seconds.
They reappeared outside the house in front of the carriage.
The driver who was standing nearby helped Hera settled Sofia inside the carriage comfortably.
"Just stay here for a minute while we're waiting for the lord to co down from his room," Hera said.
"Okay," Sofia replied.
A few minutes later, Zero exited the main door of the house and walked towards the carriage. He looked at Hera and asked, "The girl?"
"She's already inside the carriage waiting for you, my lord," Hera replied.
"Okay, we will go now," he said and entered the carriage.
The driver pulled the reins of the horses and commanded them to move towards the gate.
Hera watched the carriage exited the gate and disappeared from her vision. She went back inside the house to resu her duties.
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