When father saw me entering the room he smiled and said with his usual confident voice.
"Son, I am happy to see you! Show me it already, I need at least one good thing for today." Mom pinched his waist. "Besides being besides your mother, of course." She nodded, and I admit I almost laughed out loud from this.
The two are really a perfect match, both equally confident and demanding, even if sometimes mom seems to be the one using the pants in the house.
I then released Peko-Chan's hand and took out the sword that was hanging from my back (it was too big to post it on any other place). When I took it out I noticed that it was slightly different from before as it now had some small carvings and ornaments here and there.
Seeing my shocked face father smiled and said.
"So this is your sword, it is a good blade. And it seems like it is already finishing its carving process, good to know."
"Carving?" I asked as I heard nothing about this before.
"Oh, did I forgot to tell you? When a member of the Barbatus clan creates his sword it is only released in its most elementary and basic form, but the higher the potential the user has the faster it will begin what we call 'carving' in which the sword starts fully fusing with the piece of your soul there. Considering how fast it started happening then we can expect that you will probably reach the first release before you are 12, at least that is what happened to me so maybe you can reach it too by then."
Oh, I will get my sword release so early, lucky.
Seeing my happy face mother approached me and said sternly.
"I know you are happy with your sword, but remember that tomorrow will be your big day so you should try not to do anything reckless until then. You are our precious treasure and we will make sure that everyone knows it." She then smiled sweetly and said.
"If everything goes well I will get some free time after tomorrow and you will be able to help you in using the house trait you received from my side too, the power over gravity."
That is gonna be so awesome! I can even imagine already, my enemies being all cocky before I increase the gravity around them and make them kneel down before me.
And there are just so many ways to go about using this power, it is fun just to imagine what I will do with it.
...Shit. I was getting so excited with this new development that I almost forgot what I had to do.
"Father, I heard that something happened to make you late today. What was that all about?"
"Ah, that huh. Apparently a Nekoshou went crazy, killed her master and tried to escape. But she sure was unlucky as she had chosen to escape through our territory and was promptly captured before she could take one step out of our land. The other elders are thinking of killing her, but I am trying to stop them as we still don't know the situation involving her with all details so an execution is probably too hasty of a decision." He explained.
Him explaining all of this to his son while he isn't even 5 may sound weird, but our family produces many leaders and members of the military from thousands of years and it is a costume to teach the new generation since young about the world, politics and military matters.
"I understand, but what was decided?" I asked.
"I managed to avoid execution for now, but unless we find out what happened, prove her innocence and find someone to keep her she will be executed." he said with a sigh.
Devil's politics are, as my father usually says, a bloody nightmare.
There are just too many factions and there are few who actually care about what is correct and fair, most just care about taking advantage and looking after themselves first and foremost.
I bet they hadn't even heard her side before there being calls for her execution.
"Father, where is she right now?"
"She is on the dungeons under the house. They asked me to send her to the dungeon of the capital, but I refused since I know there would be the risk of someone just killing her before a verdict is reached."
I nodded at his decision, it was probably the best option as there have been antecedents of this sort of thing happening in the past. I then got an idea of what to do.
"Father, let's go see her. If she is truly innocent maybe she could stay here with us!"
"No." mother said, interrupting the conversation. "We are not sure of the reason she did what she did and if she attacks and hurt you I don't even want to imagine what I will do."
"But Mom-"
"No 'buts'. She will not be staying anywhere near you, young man." Mom said with a Stern face. All I could do was turn to father for help, he was about to agree with Mom but I used the secret technique that only small kids can use.
The puppy dog eyes.
And it was super effective.
"Dear, if she truly is innocent we could leave her under the care of Chisa, she most definitely can subdue her if the need arises and this way Joseph here would have more people to talk with. You too have commented about the fact he needs more friends around his age and she has only turned 9 not so long ago therefore she would fit in well. Maybe she could even be a member of his peerage in the future." Father said, and adding my puppy dog eyes mother relented and agreed to it.
"Fine, but only if Chisa agrees with this and if she truly is a victim." She said and I hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek for it, which she smiled to.
After that we had dinner with me teasing Peko-Chan every chance I got and father laughing out loud to it while mom smiled playfully as well.