Chapter 51: A what? (2/2)

She was both a mother and an aunt as well as a tutor.

But, despite all her experience, she had never gone on a date. She didn't think any noble had such an experience.

When people thought about nobles, they only saw the opulence and the seemingly easy life. They did not see the intrigue, the suffering, the manipulation and the lack of personal freedom.

If she hadn't been as strong as she was, her destiny would have been way different.

Of course this didn't mean that she wished to have been born as a commoner. She knew the pasture always seemed greener on the other side and had enough reports about burned village and bandits attacks to know the truth.

'Sigh, what should I even wear?'

She knew that she should wear something inconspicuous and something like a wig. Purple hair wasn't a trademark like golden hair and blue eyes, but it was still rare enough that anyone with purple hair was immediately connected to her.

It has been a long time since she seriously thought about what to wear.

Her usual clothes were just things she picked hazardly without much thought. But, right here right now, she was stumped.

She looked through all her clothes before her eyes fell on a special one, folded in a box.

'Oh.'

Taking them out, she exclaimed quietly before pondering.

'If the size adjustment enchantments still work perhaps I should use it?'

She didn't have any better idea so might as well.

*****

Thirty minutes later, Sol stood near the sculpture of his father holding a sword while riding a dragon, most likely his mother, in the central plaza.

Every time someone passed near the sculpture, they would bow a little before continuing

Standing there and watching the respect the citizens still had for his father, he couldn't help but become lost in thought.

”Your father had always been respected even before becoming known as the hero king because of all the changes he made to make the lives of commoners easier.”

Sol turned around, recognizing Lilith's voice. His breath immediately stopped as his brain fried.

Lilith was like her usual self. She seemed to have followed the same ideas as him, wearing adventurers clothes.

Her attire consisted of a short skirt and leggings that would hide the spring view, some daggers around her thighs and a skin loose black shirt. Her hairs were tied in a bun and were blue rather than the usual purple. It was clear that this wasn't a wig like Sol, but rather a dye. What's more, her usually large chest was nowhere to be seen.

Right now, Lilith didn't look like the queen regent, nor a seductive and powerful woman, but rather a young and delicious young girl who just reached adulthood.

”... How?”

Finally closing his mouth, he asked in confusion.

”This was a concoction created by hours alchemist in the team's your father and I were part of. It can make you look ten years younger or older for about five hours. So, how do I look?”

Sol could feel a certain nervousness in her voice and decided to reassure her.

”You are magnifique.”

Saying so, he came close to her and took her hand in his before beginning to walk.

Lilith fidgeted a little, she wasn't really used to human contact anymore. Still, she didn't take her hand out.

'His hands are so large now.'

Walking next to him, her hand in his, Lilith looked at his side profile and marveled at the difference in height. Lilith wasn't particularly tall, even among women, but people generally dismissed this because of her massive power.

Still,

'He is taller than me.'

Thanks to his awakening and subsequent training, Sol looked more like an eighteen or nineteen year old than a teen of barely fifteen years. She now had to raise her face, to look up to him.

It was weird that she had never managed to remark this truth during their training session. Perhaps she had been too focused on making him stronger.

'He is now, more and more like a man. He is basically an adult now.'

This recognition brought an odd feeling of loss and pride in her heart.

Discarding those thoughts, a single conclusion reached her mind at this very moment while she looked at the sculpture they were walking away from.

'It seems like my duty will be finished sooner than I thought. Then…'