After breakfast, the little two got off from their chairs, and left the room, but Ophelia stopped in front of the dining room entrance.
“Father…Today you can have sister Aurelia, but this weekend you need to take us on a stroll to the city.” Ophelia asked.
“Heeeeeeeeeeeehhh…What are you doing Ophelia? Why did you let father steal sister Aurelia? He already promised us, right?” Aurelio was behind her, and worried.
Ophelia just kept walking and ignored Aurelio, but Aurelio kept nagging her about it…
“Wheewww…It is so scary, that Ophelia changed her find because about strolling and shopping in the city..” Father said and turned his face to mother..
“My..my…maybe like you said, she inherited my gen..” Mother was smiling at father.
“Owahhhh…Scary…”
“Father, today, what do you need me for?” I asked father.
“Ah…about that, how about we strolling to the city?”
“Ehhh…Will it make the little two be jealous?”
“We sneak out from them..”
“Is it okay?”
“It’s okay Aurelia, I have sent a message to their maids, that we will sneak out to take a stroll with you, they will try to distract them…” Mother said and smiling at me.
“What is the occasion to take me out strolling the city?”
“About that…Last night, Sofia said dreams came from memory, psychology, and the surrounding sound..” Father said
“And we want to use that to overcome the nightmare you had..” Mother said
“Overcome the nightmare?”
“We want you to know more about the world like strolling in the city, and memories of the city, and the experience you will get.” Father said.
“We will invite Lady Octavi too..” Mother said.
“Is it better if Lady Octavi and I stroll the city? I think father has work to do, and mother maybe has something to do.”
“Ehhhhh…” Father seemed nervous..
“Your mother is free today, Aurelia…but you can’t say that to your father, right dear?” Mother showed her mischievous smile to father “Your father has some work to do but not your mother, so I will accompany you today, right dear?”
“Nooo, I will accompany Aurelia too..”
“My..my…I think Lady Laura will be angry at you, dear.”
“Lady Laura??”
“Aurelia, still doesn’t know about Lady Laura, she is the stewardship of our family, and she is the mother of Lady Octavi, she is Lady Laura Claudi from the Claudi family…I believe Lady Octavi had told Aurelia about the relationship between Aurelius Family and Claudi Family..” Mother said.
“Yes, she had told me about that, but she didn’t tell me about her family.”
“Well…I will tell you about that, Lady Laura’s responsibility is to supervise arrangements, and finances, and there is Sir Kaius Claudi, he is the marshal of the army, his responsibility is to maintain the army and train them…and Your father’s responsibility is to focus on duchy affairs…like diplomacy issues.” Mother explained to me.
“What about mother? What is mother’s responsibility?”
Father suddenly became so nervous…and mother’s aura became different..
“I think you..don’t…need…to…know…about…it…Aurelia…” Father said to me with a nervous tone.
“Oh my..my…don’t be like that dear, it may make Aurelia uncomfortable.” Mother showed me another mischievous smile “Your mother’s responsibility is about intrigue..”
“Intrigue?”
“You can say, I have a responsibility to keep secrecy around us and gain secrets from enemies, and………” With a happy smile “search some rats, right dear..”
“Yes dear…”
Out of the blue, a woman came to the entrance of the dining room, she had blonde hair, and she looked in 40s like a mother, even in her 40s she was still beautiful.
“AHHH YOUR GRACE….*gasp* YOU…*gasp* ARE…*gasp*IN…HERE…” The woman said.
“What a coincidence, you are here..” Mother said..
“Huh??” The woman was confused.
“Let me introduce her, she is Lady Laura Claudi the stewardship … .and Lady Laura, this is my daughter Aurelia Aurelius..” Mother introduced her and me.
“Arghh!” Lady Claura noticed there was me, and immediately tidied herself up “Nice to meet you, Lady Aurelia..” She greeted me.
“Nice to meet you, too Lady Laura.”
“Ah yess…It is great that you are here…” Father said..
“What is that, your grace?” Lady Laura replied.
“Today, I will take a leave from the office.”
“WHAT!!!!!” She screamed “Apologize for my sudden scream..” She cleared her throat “*Ehmmmm* What is the occasion that your grace needs to take a leave today?”
“We want to take Aurelia strolling in the city…I think it’s a great excuse, right Lady Laura?”
“We? Does it mean madam takes a part too?” She asked mother.
“Yes, Lady Laura..I will come with them to take a look in the city.”
Lady Laura took a deep breath “*Sighing* Alright then, your grace can take a leave for today…but tomorrow your grace needs to catch today’s work.”
“Many thanks, Lady Laura…” Father Said..
“And…one thing Lady Laura” Mother asked her “If the little two ask the whereabouts of us, can you distract them or take a little bit of a lie?”
“I thought the young master and the young lady would take part too..”
“No they are not, it’s just with Aurelia because she is under circumstances as you already know.” Mother said.
“Understand, madam…I will try my best…”
“Last thing, Can you tell your daughter that she will join us to stroll the city?” Father said.
“My daughter??…..Arghh! For accompanying Lady Aurelia, Surely I will tell her about it.”
“Can you tell her now?”
“*Erghhh* right now, your grace?”
“Yes, because we will take a leave after this..”
“*Sigh* Understand, your grace.”
“You are the greatest, Lady Laura” Father appreciated Lady Laura
But, it did not seem to be received well in Lady Laura’s ears..and she took a leave from the entrance to tell Lady Octavi.
“It seems Lady Laura felt upset from you, father”
“Upset? Why did you say that, Aurelia?”
“Well, Aurelia has good eyes, she felt upset because your father kept troubling her.” Mother said.
“Arghhh! I see.”
“What do you mean by that, dear? You make our daughter just believe what you said.”
“It is just the truth, dear…You kept troubling Lady Laura with your work…”
“Did father always keep troubling Lady Laura?” I asked to mother.
“Yes, he did and always has been…As you can see, Aurelia, your father’s appearance is a sturdy person, and everyone thought about him as a competent person, right?…”
“Yes he is, mother.”
“And how does your father talk like a competent and cool person, right?”
“Yes he is, mother.”
“But if it is about work, that nature changes backward, your father will become careless about his responsibility, and keep delaying all the work…That’s why Lady Laura is always angry at him, and she is the one who does the work at times.”
“I see now, mother..”
Felt embarrassed about what the mother said “Right…right…right…How about we take a leave now, I think Lady Laura has told her daughter, so she will wait at the entrance of the house.” Father said..
“It’s okay father…I know your feeling is embarrassing about it…But I will keep cheering for you, father.”
“Thanks Aurelia…” Father just kept his cool, and left the room..
“After hearing that, I believe your father is so happy, but he just kept his cool…” Mother said.
“It’s okay, mother, if father still can’t show the feeling about that, at least, now I know more about my father from what mother told … .How about we take a leave now and follow father?”
Mother and I left the room, in front entrance of the dining room, Adel was in there. Three of us followed father to the house’s entrance. On the way I asked Adel
“So, Adel gets informed about the stroll to the city.”
“Yes, my lady…Lady Laura informed me about that … .I think she informed the coachman of the carriage, and she even informed her husband too..”
“Hahahaha *giggling* If it is about a family trip, Lady Laura always informs everyone to ensure everything went well, she even informs her husband, she is concerned about the security too, although it is just a stroll to the city.” Mother said.
“Is that great, mother…that she cares about us.”
“Care, huh??” Mother smiling.
………In the entrance of the house, there was Lady Octavi waiting for us. This was my first time seeing the front of the house, it was so spacious and full of gardens, in front of the house there was a roundabout, and in the center of it, there was a huge tree full of white flowers. The distance between the house and the entrance gate was a little far..
There was a white carriage in front of the house, and I noticed there was the coat of arms of the family. It was hard to explain, but it was a black shield carried by the body of an eagle, but the eagle had 2 heads, it was the eagle’s head, and the lion’s head. And there was the head of a snake in the middle of it, but the body of the snake wrapped around the body of an eagle. The color of the eagle’s body was red and blue, where half of the eagle’s body was red, and the other one was blue. The eagle’s head was red, the lion’s head was blue. The Snake’s body and head was black. The side of the emblem was brown. In the middle of the shield, there was a symbol like Iris and Pupil of eye, the pupil color was white, and on the edge of the iris color was white. In the pupil, there was a dot of white color, and made all of that like an eye.
We went into the carriage, but Adel and Lady Octavi not went into the carriage. They were sitting in front of the carriage, it was on the coachman side, so the coachman was sitting between Adel and Lady Octavi. We started the journey to the city.
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On the way, I saw a lot of wheat fields, sometimes there was a windmill in the middle of it. After some minutes, we arrived at the city…and there was the sign name of the city, it said Florence…I remembered from Lady Octavi said, this was the duchy of florence, maybe this city was the capital of the duchy so the name was same with the duchy…
We entered the gate of the city…All of the buildings already used roof tiles, there were buildings that used stone, and there were used wood. The main road was made like concrete blocks. The block was organized systematically so it was like there was no gap, and there was a sidewalk.Lady Octavi lowered her body to the window side of the carriage.
“Your grace, where will be the first destination?”
