Brendu took more time than me to react. She was still very confused about everything that had happened, at times she would get lost in our conversation. It’s a bit funny to see her so lost and out of herself, it’s very unlike her.
I infuse mana into a small device. The doctor sent by her family gave me this device on the first day, it sends a direct signal to her to notify any change. I’m sure the doctor will arrive soon.
“Can you walk?” I ask Brendu.
“I don’t think so, my body doesn’t respond the way I want.” She shakes her head slightly, I can see a hint of frustration as she tries to move parts of her body.
I lift her gently like a princess… wait, she is a princess. “Are you sure you can’t? Or do you just want to be spoiled?” I ask jokingly.
“I refuse to give a statement.” Her playful smile returns, she is more conscious now. Brendu gives me several kisses on the cheek as we arrive at the waiting room.
I place Brendu on the most comfortable sofa in the room, she curls up softly. When I turn to bring her a glass of water, I feel a presence appear in the room, I don’t even need to turn, I already know who it is.
A woman with blonde hair, black eyes, slightly shorter than Brendu, thick eyebrows and a serious, penetrating gaze. She moves at full speed to Brendu’s side, by the time I return she is already bombarding her with questions.
I feel the doctor’s life mana gently touch Brendu, the princess is being thoroughly examined. The movement of the mana is so delicate and subtle, I wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t been practicing as a doctor.
That constant movement through Brendu’s entire body, her Imra and mana, is very complex work. If I hadn’t seen Ogi do something similar several times, I wouldn’t even know what the doctor is doing.
She is thoroughly examining every possible aspect, there’s no way she misses anything. How does she do it? What is she examining first? I have no idea, my knowledge doesn’t reach that level.
The rain of questions doesn’t stop at any moment. Brendu answers quickly to everything, it surprises me how fast the doctor writes down the answers.
When I take a look at her notebook, all I can see are scribbles. It surprises me how in both worlds doctors still write so badly, handwriting remains their weakest point, I had the same surprise at the hospital.
I remember how Ogi laughed at me because my first prescriptions were completely readable, I tried to write as clearly as possible to avoid any inconvenience.
I sit to the side to follow the conversation. In general, everything was about her health, Imra, mana, and similar things, with only a few more personal questions. Brendu had no problem answering everything, this doctor is trusted by the family, she was present when Brendu was born.
“I’ll stay in the city for a few more days in case something unexpected happens, don’t hesitate to contact me if anything occurs, I’ll arrive immediately.” The doctor shakes my hand before leaving.
“It’s time to go home.” I tell Brendu. I slowly approach her to try to carry her like a princess again.
Brendu stops me before I can do it. “Even though I love being spoiled by you, let me keep a bit of my dignity. What will people say if they see us walking like that toward the carriage? The rumors wouldn’t be good.”
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I roll my eyes when I hear her. She already kissed me in the middle of the tournament to make our relationship public. We were literally trending for a week in the gossip section, they made up hundreds of rumors about us, I don’t understand why a few more would bother her.
The princess injects more mana to move her body more comfortably, she reinforces each part of her legs to avoid tripping. Brendu places her arm around mine for support.
The path to the carriage improves little by little, she gains confidence with each step. When we are just a few steps away, I can already see confidence in her movements. Years of training to walk like royalty cannot be erased.
The rest of the day I dedicate to telling her everything I did while she was asleep. I make the stories as detailed and long as possible, since we will have a lot of free time.
At the same time, we both train in the small room of the apartment. Brendu performs slow and fast movements in sequence to adapt to her body, I practice mana and Imra as usual.
“Congratulations!” She tries to hug me strongly, but she can’t control her strength. I fall on my back to the floor and she lands on top of me.
Brendu came to congratulate me when I told her about my recent cases, she is very excited about my achievements. “I know you’re happy to see me, but hold back a bit. I don’t want you to return to your kingdom with two pieces of news, being a ruby rank and a mother.” I joke.
Her eyes move from side to side examining me, I know that look. “My body is already ruby rank, becoming a mother wouldn’t be a problem, my family would be happy, your family would support you. It’s not a bad idea to return with two good pieces of news.” Her words come with perfect flirtation.
I have to bite my lip a bit to resist the temptation, tonight will be more interesting than usual. I recognize that look anywhere, eyes never lie.
“You know we promised to be parents all at the same time, we have to wait a few years.” I try to be reasonable.
She collapses on top of me like a deflated balloon. “You’re right. My body must be very hormonal after ranking up, today you’ll have to make more effort than usual.” She stands up and returns to her routine to keep her mind focused.
The rest of the days were very similar. Me taking care of her, both of us training together, and ordering food from the best restaurants in the city.
Brendu caught up on all the news, she took advantage of having so much free time to read all day. I missed most of my classes as a student, I only attended the ones where I am the teacher, Shawu will get mad if I keep sending her as a substitute.
Brendu can now walk confidently, she has no problem with slow or normal movements, she only feels a bit uncoordinated when using a lot of power. She will need to practice tomorrow, going to a grade 4 dungeon is too risky, so we will go to a grade 3 one.
I’m wearing a simple shirt, shorts, and sandals, I don’t feel the need to use special clothing for a dungeon below my rank.
“Do you want to go play a bit?” I ask Glia. She has been with us every day around the house, she didn’t want to train on her own, she preferred staying with us.
“Yes, I’ll go stretch my legs a bit.” She answers, then appears.
She licks Brendu’s hand to greet her and runs off who knows where. “Don’t challenge the boss of this place, we don’t want to destroy the dungeon by accident, we’d get into serious trouble.” I send her a mental message.
Her response is just rolling her eyes, as if it wasn’t necessary to say that. Is she in her rebellious phase? Is she already a teenager? I discard those stupid thoughts and focus on the woman a few meters in front of me.
Brendu is doing great. The monsters are similar to humanoid foxes. They are agile and fast monsters, not very strong, but very intelligent, very cunning and slippery.
They arrived in a group of five. Four of them are held in place by my gravity prison, they have no chance of escaping. I leave only one opponent for now, she needs to adapt slowly.
The monster dies in less than a minute, Brendu couldn’t control her mana. The poor creature is pierced in multiple places by poisonous wood, dying instantly.
I release two more at her request. I’m not afraid she might die or anything, her defenses are quite strong, I just want to keep her somewhat safe while she adapts.
We take the chance to have a picnic in the safe zone when she gets tired. Many people look at us in surprise as they enter and leave the dungeon. This time I didn’t reserve it for ourselves, Brendu didn’t want to monopolize a whole grade 3 dungeon.
When she is satisfied, we return home. Glia returns an hour earlier, she got bored of the weak monsters, though she did get some cores as snacks.
Brendu has to send a detailed report of her first training session to her father, her family must be informed at all times. She is a spectacular talent, always carefully monitored, and ruby rank is the beginning of something much bigger.
These peaceful days are beautiful… but I’m starting to miss the fun and madness.