The Chronicle of Aurelia Aurelius

Chapter 14

The next morning, I was woken up like usual by Adel. Immediately we went to the vanity table for the usual morning..After the usual morning was done, we went to the dining room for breakfast. Arriving there, I was surprised that father and mother were not absent. It seemed the little two work were paid off, but they still seemed to keep their distance, because mother sat not in the usual seat, the seat was more distant than usual, it was 1 seat away from father.

I took a seat in my seat, and after that, father clapped like usual, some servants came like usual. Everything was like usual with 1 thing different, the room was too quiet. There was no exchange of words between father and mother, even the little two not exchanging some words. The first one who finished the meal was mother. Immediately she left the room, but I saw her plate, there was some leftover, the usual she didn't leave any food on the plate. After mother, it was father who finished the meal, followed by the little two. I was surprised by everyone's act, especially because they left some food on the plate, usually their plate was so clean.

I finished my meal, and left the room. I went to my room. Like usual in my room, there was a table and chair with a tea set and some snacks. They were in there all of sudden after breakfast, before breakfast there was nothing in there. I was sitting there with Adel beside me, she poured me tea. In the balcony, I could see the little two were in the garden with the 4 children and their maids.

It seemed they were trying to find some flowers. I saw them collecting a lot of flowers with different colors, and the maids showed them how to string all of it to become some headbands. After showing it to them, all of them started to string all of it. They kept struggling to make the headbands.

"It is adorable, they are trying to make a headband from flowers.." I said to Adel.

"Maybe, my lady can join them..."

"Maybe or maybe not..."

"I think the headbands are for his grace and madam.."

"It's so adorable of them, that they are doing all of this just for father and mother to make up.."

"Well, you can follow them, and find something for his grace and madam.."

"I think my own health is great for them. If I go out without them knowing, I think it will make the situation worse.."

I kept watching them from a distance. The one who finished the first headband was Aelia, followed by Felix, Alicia, Ophelia, Aurelio. Alecia was the only one who couldn't finish the headband..I thought she could finish it, but she found it boring so she didn't want to finish it..After that they went inside the home.

"My lady, you want to follow them and watch it?" Adel asked me because what I had done yesterday.

"I think no, Let's just wait in here and take a time waiting Lady Octavi come for tutoring."

I kept waiting on the balcony for some time until Lady Octavi came to the room. At some point, Lady Octavi came inside the room, and started to tutor me. While in tutoring, it was so odd, the sound of clashing wooden swords was not heard like usual from outside the garden. The tutor was so short this time, not like usual, so it finished quickly.. After the tutoring, Lady Octavi became my lady-in-waiting from my tutor. We took a seat on the balcony to have a tea time, and we noticed in the garden, there was Alecia alone without the maid attire but plain clothes with brown pants. She kept swinging her wooden sword from her hand.

"It seems father is absent to teach her some sword lesson.." I said to Lady Octavi.

"I think it's not his grace that the only one who is absent, madam, is absent too to teach for Alicia and Aelia.." She answered.