Chapter 2: The Sinekar Mansion (I)
"Welcome home. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info”
With just a simple greeting, Emmivia's cold heart was touched, and the woman she had never met before was her relative. She has gone home, no longer a lonely wanderer in a foreign land, no longer a wretched creature who can only rely on herself. She now has a family and a home.
"No, you have the same look in your mother's eyes as you did when you were a child. The woman in the black dress hugged Emmiwei affectionately in her arms, for fear of losing it again. She burst into tears of emotion and wept with joy to see her sister's widow. "Great, great. It is worthy of the children of our Sinecal family, who must have suffered a lot of ...... when he was a child in a foreign country A lot of grievances, right? Don't worry, from now on, no one can hurt you anymore, no one can threaten you anymore. ”
The surrounding servants and half-breed goblin Doletos are also happy with the touching reunion. Emmivi was the only one who couldn't shed tears, her killer nature made her sense of her aunt's hatred for her the moment she touched her, Emmiway didn't understand why, but she trusted her instincts. Since she was a child, she relied on intuition to survive until now.
"Arriving home?"
"Well, this is your home. The entire city-state of Florence is the domain of our family, and you are the widow of Shatila Sinecar, and everything here belongs to you and the Sinekar family. ”
Falsehood, Emmiwei only felt falsehood from the woman in front of her. She vaguely understood what Kujou Takashin had killed her father for.
"I'm a little tired. Auntie, can we go in and talk about it?"
The woman in the black dress took out a silk scarf and wiped the tears on her face, and then took Emmiwei's hand and led it to the main door of the mansion. Four stone statues of the Black-winged Three-Legged Bird, the guardian monster of the House of Sinekar, stand inside the main entrance, and behind it is a flower-filled garden. In the center, there is a fountain based on a magic dragon, and the dragon's mouth is facing south, and the clear groundwater constantly flows, shining in the light of the setting sun.
The male servants, dressed in proper black and white costumes, were pruning the foliage in the garden, and when they saw the head of the house approaching with a maiden whom they had never seen before, they immediately lined up on both sides of the path and saluted the two respectfully.
"When your mother left, she hadn't built this mansion yet, but my aunt and I built it. The castle that lives outside the city, maintains the traditional manor management of the past, and does not keep up with the times. So my aunt built the most imposing mansion in the city in the best part of the east side of Florence. ”
Following the hand of the woman in the black dress, Emmivi saw a huge compound mansion. As far as the eye can see, it is about to catch up with the size of the Emperor's palace she saw in Japan. In terms of luxury, this mansion is naturally much higher. From wall carvings, glazed paintings, and monster statues everywhere, crystalline stone magic lamps. If you look down from the sky, you can see that the entire building forms the form of a creeping dragon, and the fountain happens to be dotted around the building like a jewel.
From the fountain to the four sides of the garden, there is a garden at each end with a stone table.
Completely different from the so-called witch's cottage in future memories, this mansion is also a beautiful and characteristic residence in the future world.
"Loved it, didn't you? Every witch invited to visit was as amazed as you were. This is yours too, your home. Come with your aunt and let you rest and recuperate. Tonight, my aunt will give you the most luxurious dinner to celebrate your safe return. ”
Being held by the woman in the black dress, Emmière suddenly realized that she didn't know the other party's name, and even though Doletos kept mentioning her on the road, she didn't tell Emmivi her name.
The two-and-a-half-meter main entrance automatically opened, as if to welcome Emmiway's return, and inside was a spacious first-floor hall. Walking into the hall, Emmivi saw a huge oil painting hanging on the wall directly opposite the main door.
It depicts a blonde woman holding a wand, floating in the night sky, gazing at the person entering the door as a king.
The emerald green pupils glow faintly in the setting sun, as if the eyes were not the color provided by the dyes of the paintings, but were decorated with pure emeralds.
"This is the founder of our Sinekar family, the first generation of the Shadow Witch, Alice Sinekar. She was born in the 6th century and died in the 10th century. She is the greatest ancestor of the Sinekar family and your grandmother. ”
The woman in the black dress said as she led Emmivi to the left, where the statue of the black-winged three-legged bird was used as two pillars, and the entire wall was covered with a velvet carpet doped with gold, on which hung two portraits.
On one side is a portrait of a woman in a black dress, and Emmière can see a gilt label underneath that reads "Wendinie Sinekar". And the woman in the other portrait, whom Emmivi recognizes at a glance, is her mother, whom she has only seen since birth. The label underneath reads "Shatila Sinekar".
"Mom's ......"
Emmivi finally burst into tears, and the vague fragments that existed only in her memories appeared in front of her in the form of paintings.
"Son, today is a happy day. Rest well, I'll arrange everything. Your room was carefully decorated from the day I heard you were coming back. Aunt will take you there. ”
Wendini took Emmyway's hand and used an unknown spell, and in the blink of an eye they appeared on the spiral staircase. Emmivi looked around and determined her position on the third floor, where the stairs of the hall could go up to five floors.
"From here, all the rooms are your private place. Wendini said, gesturing to the first room. "This is your reception room. The door opened, revealing simple lacquered wood tables and chairs and magically treated flowers.
Following Wendini's steps, Emmiway looked over one by one. "If you invite a formal guest, you can let him come here and talk alone. Then the second room is your study, which is stocked with most of the books on the family, Florence, witches, the church, and more. The witch evaluates the inferior with magic and wisdom. ”
With a wave of her hand, the four rooms remained, and Wendini continued. "These four are guest rooms, and although there are plenty of empty rooms in the mansion, if you invite close friends, you can arrange for them to stay here. ”
Then a door with different decorations slowly opened, and Wendinie pulled Emmiway inside. "This is your bedroom. My aunt found the best craftsmen in Florence and made a bed out of purple wood from abroad. ”
It's not that it's good or bad, it's too luxurious. Emmiwei has never seen a single person in the Kujo family in Japan, and the bedroom covers an area of more than 50 square meters, especially the bed, which occupies a third. One wall is a wardrobe, and the rest of the furniture is all kind.
"Then there are two rooms for your direct servant, your storage warehouse, and an open deck. I'll build your potions refining room behind the mansion, and I'll tell you about the rest. ”
"Now let's get some rest. Emmyway. Wendini's words had an invisible magic, and Emmivi obediently took off her coat and lay down on the comfortable bed. Her exhaustion was magnified and overshadowed her vigilance. Magically, she wasn't much different from a newborn baby, at least compared to her aunt Wendini.
Covering Emmière with a velvet blanket, Wendini, the uncrowned queen who controls Florence, touches Emmive's long blond hair dotingly. Exactly like her sister in her memory, she surpassed her magical talent several times over. Although she made a greater effort, the bloodline passed on to her only barely allowed her to qualify for the Senate, rather than reigning over the continent of 14th-century Europe like her sister.
No matter how much money and power she bathed, Wendini never felt successful. Both her sister and her mother are far stronger than her.
Emmive's return makes her both happy and resentful, but she has no offspring at the moment, and having Emmivi inherit it is not a bad thing.
"My sister throws trouble at me unreasonably every time, and this time she sent a cute 'little trouble'. Emmyway. Your path will be bumpy and bumpy, but I will support you behind you. If you really have strong enough power. ”
Wendini taped her finger on Emmyway's forehead, undoing the shadow clone magic that Emmivi had always maintained. Children see the people around them too clearly all the time, and they are too tired to live. Wendini didn't know what kind of environment Emmiway grew up in, and she thought it was a dangerous place to die.
The wand appeared in Wendini's hand, and it was the silver bird-winged staff that Emmivi had seen her grandmother holding in the full-length portrait in the hall on the first floor.
"In the name of Alice Sinekar, protect the heirs of our people. With its wings of freedom and the spell of the filthy magic bird, it has since won the favor of the four messengers of war, famine, pestilence and death, and has been free from the shackles of the four causes of death of falling horses, starvation, disease, and a single blow. Repeat the shadow of darkness from the light, and the curse is also a gift. 』
After applying the family protection that should have been given to her sister when Emmivi was 10 years old, Wendini wiped the sweat from her forehead, using the "Scepter of Shadows" that didn't belong to her was very draining her magic. Until it is confirmed that Emmyway is qualified to touch this family treasure, she will continue to take care of it as a custodian.
Wendini instantly appeared in the hall on the first floor, and the servants were going about their daily work, they were used to the situation where the Great Witch Wendini appeared at any time.
"Doletos!
The half-breed goblin who reprimanded the young maid at the door, heard his master calling for him, and immediately trotted over. "What does the master command?"
"You did a good job this mission, what reward do you want?"
When the half-blood goblin heard this, his face was ugly with joy - the kind of "smile" that can scare a crying child. "Master, Doletos has always been favored by you, and nothing is lacking. If...... The villain means if, that is, you can give grace as you like. Can the villain be able to embroider the Black-winged Three-legged Family Crest of the Sinekar family on his formal wear?"