Chapter 7: Confusion
A palace built entirely of granite and marble-like materials about 100 feet tall with 2 floors where the height from floor to roof on each floor is over 30 feet. A sweet scent wafted through the entire house from the doors and windows, which have intrinsic designs as if each of them is made to be a masterpiece in crafting.
The palace is surrounded by a scenery that is filled with trees and ponds. There is even a waterfall and a lake. But the people there have no time to relish this beauty as they are moving around in a hurry, it's as if a ceremony is going to be conducted soon in that place.
In that giant palace, inside a room that is around 20m in length and width. A woman sitting on a bed while resting her back on the head rest. She has fair skin, dark black hair with green eyes akin to freshly grown leaves. She's resting in bed with a baby in her arms. Her name is Seraphina.
Near her are two women, one who has blonde hair with blue eyes chatting non-stop, her name being Samantha Roderick. Another woman looked pretty aged with complete gray hair. If looked upon, one could easily see wrinkles around her eyes and on her forehead. She looked like a sick woman, yet the aura she possessed would beg to differ. No one would believe it if they heard it had only been a day since she had completely healed up and woke up from her coma. Her name is Clara Roderick, one of the most powerful women of her generation.
She's looking at the child who's sleeping with warm eyes. She awakened from her coma right on the same day he was born. Because of that, she feels that he's her lucky charm.
As they were chatting with each other. In the corridor that leads to this room, two blonde-haired men both adorned with black trench coats with their family insignia 'a lone stone throne' in brown color. It didn't have any intrinsic detail. In fact, there was no design at all, except for a tall backrest. A plain throne above the podium. That's the Roderick family's insignia.
One seemed like a young man in his mid 20s with a face that was similar to the old woman in the room, he is Scot. And the other blonde man who looked handsome and.... young too? He also looked young, maybe not as young as the other guy. But he definitely seemed to be in his late 20s. The husband of Clara, Taylor.
If they are called a couple on earth, he would definitely be identified as a male gold digger. But here such notions are impossible. Why? Because his actual age is more than hers, exactly 99 years old, 3 whole years older than Clara.
They were clearly racing to the room but in a manner that would not startle the others, but they didn't know when it became a competition between each other about who would reach there first.
One to see his newborn child and wife, the other to see his second grandchild and his wife who woke up from a coma.
"hah, look at this guy. Competing with his own father, is that how I raised you?" Taylor asked.
"Yes."
"..."
He opened and closed his mouth a few times trying to retaliate but no words came out. Even as they chatted, their speed didn't reduce. In fact, it increased. They're walking, but for normal humans it seemed like a blur.
They could've used relocation magic to get there at other times but due to circumstances that caused them to activate the protective formation which forbid all sorts of space magic, they couldn't. Although, they could overpower it, but that would be going overboard.
They could run or fly, but if Clara noticed them using magic or other techniques in the vicinity of her grandchild. Only God knows what she will do.
'The picture of Leo getting his ass whooped in his 'training' session right after when he used magic near his then newborn, Joey, is still vivid in my mind.'
They thought unilaterally.
"Sera"
"Clara"
They both reached the room at the same time. One could see sparks in the air when their gazes met.
"Stop shouting you two, what if you wake him up?" Samantha, sister of Scot, shouted.
*Baby cries* resounded throughout the room.
"There, There, don't cry. Look who's here?" Sera and Clara tried to calm the baby.
Samantha's lips twitched.
"..."
Both Scot and Taylor looked at her dumbfounded. Thinking,
'What was it about waking him again?'
"Ah! It seems like he's excited about seeing his father and grandpa for the first time, hohoho." Samantha switched topic.
Then, after the baby calmed down, they started with their usual conversation, sharing stuff they brought along with them. It's not that they weren't there for such an important occasion, rather it's a tradition that's been followed in the Roderick family for generations. After a woman gives birth, no one other than the women in their family who have already given birth is allowed to be near them. A strange custom, which they still follow regardless.
"So, honey. Will you reveal the baby's name at least now?" Scot asked his wife expectantly.
"Well. I had a name for him beforehand. But... looking at how Mother Clara was completely cured on the same day he was born. I decided to change it."
"So, you want to change his name that abruptly? want my help to come up with new one." asked Samantha excitedly, only to get deadly stares from the others.
Her naming sense is bad, I mean terrible. To the extent she wanted to name her daughter as 'Happiness'. So the whole family put a ban on her from coming up with any sort of name.
"No, I already thought of one." She smiled as she looked at his child's sleeping face.
"Jayce, his name will be Jayce Roderick."
...
It's been six months since Jayce was born. They had already announced his birth to the public. Roderick family, which looks over the Kingdom Luna is one of the few paragon families in the entirety of Asper Empire. One of the six great empires of this world. Thus they always wanted to have a good relationship with general public.
Roderick family's current head, or rather the head who has reigned over the family this entire time since the family was created over 500 years back, is unknown to the majority. Except for the higher ups of the Roderick family, other families of similar status and the royal family, no one even knows his name. It's the case for many of the other paragon families as well.
The current affairs of these families are handled by a team of elders and those elders are led by someone who is chosen by the unknown heads of their families. Before the incident which made her enter coma state to heal herself. Clara was the Nominal head of the Roderick family, reigned as the most powerful woman not just in Asper Empire, but in the whole world.
....
In a room that is dimly lit not by an electric bulb but by an esoteric object.
That day, Seraphina after putting Jay to sleep. Went to sleep in her nearby bed. Around midnight, Jay, who is now about 6 months old, was lying in his cradle completely silent but not sleeping.
If Sera looked at him now, she could see clear traces of confusion in his face.
'What is this?...'
He can't understand, as his memories are fuzzy. He doesn't know who he is or what these memories are, yet he realizes he knows things that he shouldn't know, things that didn't make sense, thinking in a language that he didn't even know the name of.
He's confused.
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