Chapter 171 Over-Sized Broom Closet

I flew back to the city with Elfinia in my arms but cloaked myself in a reflective mist that blurred my image temporarily. I flew over the city, but to anyone on the ground, I would look like a big bird landed directly in front of Listenia's shop. The moment I hit the ground, I awkwardly opened the door and spun inside, locking the door.

"You are quite the popular person today... Why is my mother in your arms?!" Listenia asked in shock as I turned around from the door.

"Well, I need a place to put her to work, so I thought that you might want some help around the shop," I said as I walked over with the once Elf Goddess.

"You are kidding me, right? Do you think that my mother will listen to me? She would rather eat her own undergarment than lower herself like that. While you may be able to control her, I am not as strong as you," Listenia said, and I nodded.

"I know, but this is not the same woman you remember. She might look the same and probably act the same, but she has been completely sealed off from her powers. Your presence will be enough to make it hard for her to breathe if you exude it. Your mother is now just an elf that has never trained a day in her life at anything. I thought that this might be some valuable bonding time or time for you to work things out," "I said, and Listenia gave me a look.

"Do I get to beat her if she doesn't listen to me?" Listenia asked, and I grinned.

"Let's keep the physical violence to a minimum. Elfinia is now very weak, and her body will be fragile. It is going to be hard for her to even walk. The body that she has been using has never trained itself, even if she herself did the training. Goddesses come out at full physical strength, but they can buff themselves or be buffed," I explained.

"So you are saying that she is going to be a Hatchling?" Listenia asked, and I shrugged.

"If that means from a golden egg, then probably worse. I don't think that she will wake up till tomorrow. Do you have a room downstairs? You can grow a cot for her, and we will lock the door. I am coming back here after a few more errands and saying goodnight to the Countess," I said, and Listenia's face brightened up.

"You are going to keep all of this," Listenia said, waving her fingers at my ears and then my tail. "Right?"

"Yes!" I said, chuckling. "This is how I am going to stay unless I need to blend in. Have you heard about the women trying to jump at the barracks? It was all we could do to hold the door!" I exclaimed, and Listenia put a hand to her mouth.

"You have become pretty popular. I had assumed that you wouldn't be coming back to me tonight, but as always, I am pleasantly surprised. You might want to keep a low profile while you are moving around for a bit," Listenia said, and I sighed, but then she waved for me to follow her to the back stairs.

,m I followed Listenia down the stairs and hall until we reached a small room that had a single small rectangle window near the ceiling. The room was only about seven feet cubed, more of an oversized closet.

"This should be good enough for her. Are we going to lock her in here? I think I have some shackles that I can hook to her bed," Listenia said as I stretched her hands out.

Instead of replying, I watched with bated breath as I watched her pull magic into her hands. If she was going to cast with pure magic, it wasn't going to work. I would be more than impressed if she could convert it without my instruction.

"I just can't seem to use the magic like you can," Listenia said with a sigh and then used her own Mana reserves to grow a small and very meager cot.

"I will show you more tonight. There is a process that you have to learn that converts the Pure Magic into what you want to cast with. Casting with Pure Magic is something that only I can do or someone with an expert-level understanding of the spell they are using. What you did there is still amazing, and I am very impressed. I can tell that you have been using every spare moment to practice," I said with a smile, and Listenia nodded.

"Of course. You taught me this and told me that everything revolves around mastering everything. I don't have an infinite number of lifetimes to learn to do what you do. I have to study hard with the time I have with you," Listenia said, and this was true.

I walked over and set down Elfinia.

"You know, she is really pretty when she is relaxed like this, and she doesn't have that resting bitch face," I said with a chuckle, and Listenia scoffed.

"Don't worry, she will wake up and ruin it, but I want to be the one to tell her. When we come back in the morning, I will bask in her screams and then laugh as her tears fall. You have no idea how this feels after so many years of this woman tormenting me and looking down on me," Listenia explained as we left the room, and she closed the door, pulling out a set of keys to lock the door.

"Yes, I thought that you might want this chance, but remember. This is not a chance for you to get even. I don't think that I need to tell you that. If you are going to be my apprentice, I require you to hold my ideals. I don't mean you have to be a saint. I just don't want you kicking the shit out of your mother for not doing something correctly. You should know how to use your presence, but if you don't, I will teach you," I explained, and Listenia turned and gave me a look.