Chapter 575 Stone Of Heroes
?I was expecting things to return back to normal but Mother told me that she would be pulling me out from the training for some time.
I figured that this was related to the Fuckface incident so I did not protest against her decision.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen that guy ever since I handed him over to Sebastian... I wonder what happened to him?
As for the other girls, they were undergoing training as usual which they seemed to have no complaints about, surprisingly.
Since I didn't really have any more training scheduled for me, I was directed to 'serve' Mother beside Mary as her personal maid.
I'm guessing they still needed me to act as Aster, a maid of the Nilm Family instead of Mother's child since that was the role I presented to those Dungeoneers.
But well... What that really meant was that I was stuck on Mother's lap while she pampered me the entire time.
"Ufufufu~ My little one certainly is the cutest~" Mother giggled, hugging me to her bosom while patting my head.
"Ngghh... Mommy... This is embarrassing..."
"Ara, ara? Didn't we used to do this all the time back then?"
"But that was when I was still small... I'm not that small anymore..."
"Ara, ara? So it's ok if my little one becomes small again?"
I felt a shiver down my spine, "Erm... Mommy isn't going to transform me to a smaller size are you?"
"Ufufufu~ Only if my little one wants to~"
As much as I was curious how that might work, I decided that this might be a dangerous line of thought to go down on so I'll have to say no for now...
"Here's some cookies, my dear~" Mother offered, literally pulling it out from her bosom.
Yayyyy!! Cookies! Me want! Nom nom~ Mmmm~ It's warm~
Right then, I heard Mary's voice coming from the side, "Madam, they are here."
"Ara, ara? They're faster than I thought~ Tell them to wait outside until my little one has finished her cookie."
"Of course, Madam."
Hmm? What did I miss? Oh whatever, cookies first~ Om nom nom nom~
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"Umm... Is that all? I don't need to attend some kind of elaborate ceremony or anything, do I?"
He raised an eyebrow at me, "There is one... Though you're not required to attend it. It's just carving your name on the stone of heroes... You could go and attend the carving if you want though..."
I could tell that he definitely did not want me to attend for some reason.
But there was something else I was worried about.
"Eh? Wait... So all of you know my name?"
"Yes. You've given them your name, haven't you? It's Aster. Ah... Forgive me... Hero Aster..."
Ok, so it's just my name and not my family name. Good enough I suppose.
I won't question what would happen if more than one Aster appeared in the World and how they would differentiate which Aster it was.
Though I suppose if I was careless enough to lose this to another person named Aster then I probably don't deserve to have it in the first place.
"Umm... I'm fine then. I can't exactly leave Mo... Ahem... The Madam's side."
Mother was giggling behind me without even trying to hide the fact that she was giggling.
The three Rejmars glanced at her but quickly shifted their gazes back to me as though they had just seen something they shouldn't.
I was tempted to look behind as well but I managed to refrain myself from doing so.
The lead Rejmar bowed his head, "In that case, I now proclaim you as Hero Aster of the Frostiminir Kingdom and afford you all the privileges that the title brings. May your beard... Ahem... May you stand strong and steady as the mountains and may our God Ralaie bless you."
The other two Rejmars behind him bowed as well before the three of them turned and left, almost like they were running away
I looked down at the token they had given me and it showed a fist lifting a hammer into the air. The carving itself seemed to be made with some kind of prismatic stone which was a material that I had not seen before.
I tried to use [Screened] on it.
[Prismatic Stone of Heroes - A token to signify the bearer as one of the heroes of the Rejmar people.]
Ok, that's cool.
I was just thinking whether it would be better for me to keep this token on my body or store it in my Pack of Folding when Mother appeared and lifted me up from behind.
"Mo... Mommy?" I gasped, right as she turned around to bring me back to her seat to cuddle.
"Ufufufu~ Now that the distractions are gone, we can continue what we were doing~ Do you want more sweets, my little one? Mama made some pudding for you~"
Was this the 'more important thing' she was referring to when she was talking to those Rejmar earlier?
Oh whatever, I get pudding! Gimme gimme!! Om nom nom nom~