The Beauty Of Obelia

IX

"Papa!"

Achlys's voice echoed through the ball, the small child running through while holding a paper parchment with a giddy face.

Achlys reached the golden detailed, wooden carved door.. Her hand reaches up and grabbed the door-handle and pulled it down with a slight force of push as the door opened.

The Emperor was seen sitting on the couch while reading through a work-paper, Claude gazed over his shoulder to look at the small female child who were pushing the door close, before then looking back at him.

Achlys ran over and sat beside Claude while holding up the piece of paper.
"Lookie! Me and Mr. Muzart made a drawing of papa and mama!" Achlys said, Claude took the paper parchment and look at it with a more closer detail.

Claude look over to Achlys, seeing her bangs are.. Different then the usual.
"Did.. Lana styled your hair?" He asked, Achlys nodded her head with a giddy smile.

Claude's hand instically moved towards her head, a soft movement of her hair being run through in the delicate caresses.
"Actually.. Alys asked to have the same bangs as Papa and Athy.. Why does Alys have different bangs then papa and Athy?" Her voice lit up as she asked.

"Because you look like mama" He spoke softly, pulling the girl on his lap while patting her head "A unique beauty like mama" Claude spoke while parting her bangs to make it what it was before.

Claude had no intention on speaking the old memories of his past, nor does he want to ever spoke the word ' Mama ' again.
But.. Seeing how the child was showing free emotion of Jealousy and insecurity, it was only right.. Well to him it is

"How's your training..?" He asked, while signing a paper with his right hand while the other was holding Achlys from falling off his lap.

"It went good! I defeated Mr. Muzart" Said Achlys while smiling.

"What is Papa doing? Can Achlys help like last time??" The girl asked while looking up towards the Emperor, Claude only gave her his usual cold-narrow expression.
"No.. How about you show me how your magic had been improving?" He asked now before putting the inked feather down.

Achlys look at him with a wide smile, her hand reaching up while looking at him..
She closed her eyes, as electric fusement started to spark around inside the palm of her hand, her hair taking the impact and risen up.

The magic was starting to make-shift into what it looks like a Rose, the magic inside her palm soaring around the Make-shift rose as the Electric sparks even more.

The rose floats up, Beautiful coloured Pink adorning its petal with the most glittery look, the petal looked soft and delicate yet firm and strong.

The Electric fusement inside her hand started to fade down while her hair came back down.. The rose landed on the small delicate palm of the small child.

Achlys opened her eyes, Claude look at the rose and back at the eyes of the child.
Rose-Pink eyes.. Just more crystal detailed.

The girl grabbed the rose and slipped it in between the Emperor's ear while smiling.
"Papa look pretty with Rose's" the girl said, for a moment the smile she made reminded him of the woman he once devoted his love to.

And for a moment.. He smiled back.