After dinner, Rudeus was just yelling numbers at the dog making me push him over since it seemed like he was bullying him.
"What are you doing?" I asked him.
"Training him," Rudeus explained.
"By yelling? Look at Erbis." I pointed at Eris, and the dog tilted his head at my mistake and I frowned while Rudeus laughed a little. 'Seriously a dog realised my mistake...' I mumbled in my mind, so I don't make another mistake.
Rudeus laughed nervously and then was shocked to see Eris was teaching Tona and Tersena how to speak our language. 'Eris of all people is teaching a language! She does her teacher proud!' Rudeus cried in his mind and the dog was confused as I was ready to cry again.
"Tona, it's time for your bedtime," Gyes informed her. "Lady Eris, thank you for being a friend to my daughter. Is she troubling you?"
"Not at all! Tona's a good girl!" Eris exclaimed.
"I'm certain that ring is a mark of the Doldia tribe, where did you get it?" He asked her.
"Ghis!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, Ghislaine gave it to me on my tenth birthday!" Eris bragged.
"Ghislaine?" Gyes whispered.
I immediately noticed the change of atmosphere while Eris didn't. "That's right! Ghislaine's part of the Doldia tribe, too, right?!" Eris looked at us.
"It completely slipped my mind," Rudeus mumbled. "Do you know anything about her? She's about this tall and looks just like you."
"Am I deaf?" I asked after a while.
"No sadly," Rudeus answered confirming its awkward silence.
"Ah, awkward...She didn't speak of family." I added. "Not good?"
"So, she's still alive. I figured she was dead in a ditch somewhere." Gyes groaned. It sounds like he wished for her to be dead for a second hurting me that someone so nice could hate Ghislaine like that.
"Wait a moment, did something really happen between you and her?" Rudeus asked.
"She abandoned the Doldia's duty to guard the forest and the Sacred Beast." He explained. "She fled and...she is a disgrace to our people."
Gyes pulled Tona with him. "We are leaving," Gyes spoke up in Beast God language, so she could understand.
"Dad! Ow! That hurts, meow!" Tona yelled.
"Eris!" Rudeus shouted when she ran after him, and I followed.
The rain didn't help, but I tried my best to send wind magic their way to hear them. "Who- thin- you!" Eris yelled. I saw she was out of breath, and I put my hand on her arm.
Eris looked at me and then grinned. "Ghislai-aster! I re-than anyone!" I got none of that, but Eris was crying, so I hugged her as she kept yelling.
I think she was praising Ghislaine. She does love her more than anyone and must be worried that she could be dead so him saying hopefully she's dead somewhere must have hurt her a lot.
Gyes seemed to be saying something to. Rudeus came over and seemed to be trying to get Eris to back down. 'She's upset, he looks down on Ghislaine.' Rudeus explained to me in his mind.
Eris pulled me in closer and hugged Rudeus to.
I just watched them both as they talked and I think I got it. "Ghis lovely!" I exclaimed and Eris nodded. "But Ghis isn't the same Ghis for all, but she doesn't deserve death! No one does!"
'Yeah, they must remember her very differently from us.' Rudeus agreed with me in his mind.
After that, we finally went back inside and Eris was on her back staring at the ring she was given by Ghislaine. "She's alive," I reassured her. "She's strong like Ted! I know she lived!"
"Yeah!" She nodded.
"How can you hate someone so much you just want them to di-" I started to break down confusing Eris. "Ah...I tried."
"Ceres!" Rudeus came running before she could act and hugged me. "Hey, it's alright! I'm sure he doesn't hate her that much, and no one deserves that kind of fate! You know you are allowed to be angry because of it."
"Am I really?" I asked as I hugged him. I hated that some of my memories from past life had to come up, they still hurt me just as much as ever. "I'm weak and useless as ev-"
"Ah!" Rudeus yelled scaring me. "Ceres, you are supposed to be the smart one! I'm dumb!"
"What? You are smarter." I said confused as he was pulling my cheeks.
"No, you're smarter and stronger than me, so if you insult yourself then you insult me." He informed me and I was shocked.
"Sorry!" I exclaimed.
"Then don't put yourself down again." He grinned.
"This logic is hard," I mumbled and Eris laughed.
The next day, I found out Gyes is Ghislaine's brother making me even angrier at him. Tona started to learn swordsmanship from Eris, so it was like she was learning from her aunt.
We were watching Eris and Tona practice their swordsmanship, Tona was learning fast.
We sat under some wooden roof, so I could have my wind magic hide under it. I was able to hear the rain and it was so soothing.
I could also hear Rudeus. He really likes Eris's muscles.
I was brushing the fur of the dog to pass the time. "My daughter always refused to learn swordsmanship no matter how often I told her to." Gyes appeared.
"People find motivation from love," I explained shocking them both.
"Wow, so wise!" Rudeus exclaimed. "See you are smart. You seem more grown up lately."
"Games!" I exclaimed what taught me that stuff. "It's my passion! Then dancing! Walking! Travelling!"
Rudeus laughed. "You like walking?" Gyes asked me.
"Yeah, think a little. If you can't do that, you will miss the entire world. Some people want to leave more than anything...I did leave just not in the way I wanted." I explained. His eyes widened a little as Rudeus patted my head concerned I was getting depressed again.
"Happy Ceres!" I reassured him. "Horn Rude!"
"Ceres, that isn't a good thing!" Rudeus panicked and looked at Gyes scared, but he wasn't paying attention to us anymore.
"But it's you, my brother, so it's good." I retorted. Rudeus just smiled at me as I fell into the fluffiness of the dog and I felt sleepy already.
"Is it...true that Ghislaine is Eris's master?" Gyes asked us.
"It is, Eris loves Sword King Ghislaine." Rudeus confirmed.
"Ghislaine is a Sword King?" He was stunned.
"She's beautiful to! Nice! She even knows magic!" I bragged.
"She's our student," Rudeus added.
"Ghislaine magic? That's a good joke!" Gyes laughed, and I glared at him shocking Rudeus.
"She's your sister! Don't look down on her!" I exclaimed.
Gyes was stunned once again as I was mad. The dog rolled over a little, so it was covering me even more and I forgot my anger because of the fluffiness making Rudeus laugh.
"She's learned reading writing and arithmetic as well," Rudeus informed him.
"Airhy what?" I asked.
"Maths." He explained.
"Ah, that creature...hypo thing." I groaned since Rudeus showed me some more of the deeper parts of maths and its hell, there are letters in maths, why?
"She has..." Gyes mumbled.
"People change," Rudeus informed him.
We saw Tona go flying, so I just pushed her back with wind magic and she was fine. "Wind Fairy!" Tona waved to me and I waved back. "Thank you!"
"Gyes, I like the girls in your family," I admitted. "The men...ugh."
"You have only seen me." He mumbled then understood what I meant while Rudeus was impressed that I kind of insulted him and didn't take it back immediately.
Later on, when it was their break, I brought their food over to them. "Wind Fairy Ceres!" Eris exclaimed. "I heard its your nickname here."
"Yeah, I think Fart Fairy is better, though." I nodded.
'It isn't.' Rudeus informed me in his mind then sighed.
'There's a bug talking in my h-' I couldn't try and insult him. "I'm sorry!"
Rudeus laughed. 'It's sweet that she can't even call me a bug without crying.' Rudeus thought.
The beast people call me the Wind Fairy because they found out it was my wind magic that was helping them with the chores they hate. They were all really grateful even though I did because I was just bored.
I got so much fruit given to me as thanks, I like chores now.
"Wind Fairy! How about we fig-" Tona went to suggest.
"No!" Eris screamed and stood in front of me shocking us. "Ceres is we-she is really strong! But she should only fight when needed since she gets hurt easily! I'm gonna fight for her even more now!"
"Eris," I whined as I tried to hug her and she hugged me.
"There, there...you got badly hurt from that fight...even I can tell you have gotten quieter. I like you being loud so don't worry. I will help you!" Eris reassured me and she was laughing as I cried since that was so sweet.
"Rainy season is nearly done," Tersena spoke up.
"Then we can go to the next town! Maybe, I will find new monsters there!" Eris looked at me as we were both excited.
"Dragon!" We cheered.
"Eris, stay here forever, meow." Tona hugged Eris.
"I can't. I have a home I have to get back to." Eris spoke to her gently. She has been very motherly to Tona and the other children here.
Rudeus told me she only half acts like that with me since Eris sees me as someone stronger than her still. I asked her about it myself and she confirmed making me shake for a good ten minutes.
It felt really nice to be acknowledged by someone like her. I'm still shaking even now since she had called me strong once again.
"Once the Rainy season ends, we have to leave," I spoke in Beast God language for Eris.
Tona stared at me and started to cry making me panic. I went to wipe her tears, but she whacked my hand away making something crack and I cried out.
Eris lunged for Tona and I was on my knees while clutching my wrist. I never realised the amount of power beast people had. Ghislaine must have been really gentle with me.
They started to fight and before I knew it the others came running to break it up. "Stop, Tona!" Gyes pulled her away.
"Eris!" Rudeus pulled her back as well.
"It's Tona's fault! She hurt Ceres and Eris got mad!" Tersena explained as she rubbed my back.
Rudeus let go of Eris since she didn't want to actually fight then looked to me and saw my hand wasn't right.
"She broke your hand!" Rudeus yelled shocking the beast people.
He started to heal it, and I sighed in relief from the pain finally going, this place is not a good one for me. "I tried wiping her tears then she hit my hand. Tona is sad we are leaving like Sylph was when we were going to leave home." I explained that she didn't attack me it was out just out of instinct her movement.
One of the beast people reached out to me, but Rudeus pulled me back shocking them and me.
I looked at him confused to see a terrified expression on his face then he looked surprised himself.
"Please just don't touch my sister. She was born with a weak body, and beast people have stronger everything...she's been hurt too much lately...it's my fault too." Rudeus held onto my tightly and he looked ashamed of himself.
I smacked his cheek lightly shocking him. "Not your fault...Mr. Clean." I retorted.
He was stiff then started to laugh and couldn't hold it in making me pout. "It wasn't your speech...okay, it kinda was." He admitted.
"Eh?!" I exclaimed annoyed.
"I'm glad you even retaliated against me a little, but don't start beating me up," Rudeus asked me.
"Never!" I exclaimed and he sighed in relief.
We separated since Tona was still quite upset. Later on, I went to check on her to find Gyes talking about Ghislaine. "She had none of the makings of a great swordswoman. She wouldn't learn to speak properly, let alone train. She was a ruffian. She was like a monster. I was relieved when a wandering swordsman took her away from the village...maybe it was really my duty to do something to help her."
"Duh!" I yelled scaring him. "Look after the sibs!"
"Are you okay to be near us?" Gyes asked me.
"Yah! I wouldn't be here without Rude, and he wouldn't be here without me...if you can be there, then do it! I couldn't in the last one..." I admitted.
'I wonder if all my younger siblings were okay, that woman could have done something to them too.' I thought scaring myself.
"Fart Fairy!" Tona yelled and I grinned brightly. "Sorry!"
"It's fine!" I grinned. "It was an accident. Everyone makes mistakes."
I patted her head then made my way back to the room we were staying in. Rudeus came flying out the door and then nearly fell off the tree house.
"Wha!" I yelled and blasted him back into the room with wind magic then poked my head in.
"What were you doing?!" Rudeus yelled at me.
"What were you doing?!" I retorted.
"...No leaving my side," Rudeus demanded.
I nodded seeing he was just worried. "Eris, we are going to leave this village tomorrow," Rudeus informed her. "Ceres stop trying to catch a bird."
"But I want one..." I whined as I was trying to lead Rudeus outside. 'Tona followed me as I planned.' I explained in my mind.
'You are really to kind.' Rudeus thought as he shook his head.
"You are doing the weird communication thing again!" Eris yelled, and we both looked at her.
"A walk! Dogo!" I exclaimed and Rudeus nodded.
I jumped onto the dog then Rudeus got him to come with us and I waved to Tona and Tersena as we passed them.
I then saw something amazing, and I rolled off of the dog then continued rolling concerning Rudeus and I purposely slammed my head against the tree. 'WHY?! IT ISN'T A WINDOW!' Rudeus screamed in his mind and healed my forehead as I held up my hands.
Three frogs dropped into my hands and they were stacked on top of each other. "Cute!" I yelled and showed him this was what I hurt myself for.
"They are cute." Rudeus grinned then the dog whined.
"You are cute as well!" I reassured him.
I put the frogs down and then hugged the dog. He pushed his weight onto me taking me to the floor and finally, I would die from fluff.
"Ceres!" Rudeus yelled then I reached out my hand from underneath and gave him a thumbs up making him laugh. "Oh, Gyes."
"Did Tona come this way?" He asked.
"She is apologising to Eris." Rudeus grinned and Gyes sighed in relief.
"You know it's a sibling's job to help them," Rudeus informed him.
"Your sister said the same thing." He admitted.
"My sister you see her as someone strong, right?" Rudeus asked him.
"Yes." Gyes nodded. "She saved us and even helped us when she was imprisoned!"
"Ceres wasn't always strong, she suffocated at birth and her heart stopped. She was able to live, but she had a weak body and most of her hearing was far too damaged. Maybe if she had healed right after back then it would have been fine." Rudeus mumbled.
"She was a deaf girl who could die in seconds, her arm even broke in sword training. She's a huge crybaby, cries with and for others like if she dropped some food someone made her." Rudeus explained and I whined a little since yeah that is all true.
"She's so strong, she kept going and found a way to hear, to fight, to live, to dream and even helped me so much...more than anyone ever has. I couldn't save her twice, and someone else had to the second time, but I will make sure she lives as she wants and that no one disrespects her." Rudeus stated surprising me.
Eris and Rudeus seemed to have gotten more protective of me like Ruijerd is.
'A parent is supposed to protect their kid and so do the siblings.' Rudeus thought.
"So they are my family." I grinned brightly. "I really like my family!"
"Where?!" Gyes yelled then he saw my hand and screamed.
Many thought the dog was trying to kill me. "No, I was letting him kill me!" I explained when I was free.
"HAH?!" Rudeus shook me by my shoulders confusing me then Eris and Ruijerd started to lecture me.