Valkyria Squadron

Ch33: Family reunion

The sun in the window marked the beginning of a new day. Unlike the previous days, this time Tama was next to me in bed. she had her eyes open and looked at me with a face of satisfaction when she saw me

"Good morning honey!"She told me happily

"Good Morning!"
"Did you just get up too?" I replied

"Not really"
"But it seemed like your mother wanted to be with Maria alone"
"So I stay here cleaning a little"
"But I saw how calm you looked when you fell asleep, I decided to be in bed for a while longer"
"You want breakfast?"
"I think breakfast is ready"
"I'm almost ready to go to school!"

"Tamamo today is Saturday, today we don't have to go to school"

"Really?"
"So if there are days off?"
"Although it is good because then we can try to clarify things with your sister, right?"
"So let's go down to greet them"

Tama and I arranged the room and then went down to the breakfast room where my mother and sister were eating their breakfast. After we picked up our food and sat at the table too, Maria spoke

"Now are you are going to tell me who are they?"
"I am curious because for the shooter that was yesterday it is seen that they are quite expert"
"Where did you manage to hire them?"My sister asked our mom

"Well I think it's time to explain all this"
"Sit back and calm down"
"I know it's hard to accept what you're going to hear"
"..." My mother looked at me worried
"But I know you can accept it"

"Leave it" I told my mother
"I better explain it myself"
"I think shame is now part of my new life, so I'm going to save you that"

I took a breath, I looked at Tama for a second, asking her with my gaze that this time she would try not to do another of her antics and prepare myself mentally to try to explain again the entanglement in which I ended up to someone else and to be easy to understand for her

"You like magic right?"
"What if I tell you that its magic really exists?"
"Would you believe me?"

"Magic?" she asked with a curious look
"What does that have to do with you? "

"Not much really"
"But it would be easier to understand it that way"
"How about the fantasy tales?"
"Would you believe them?"

"That's impossible"

"Do you like magic but don't believe in fantasies?"I take a second off before speaking again
"What if I told you that it is thanks to them that your brother is alive?"

"Leon?"
"But he is fine" she replied as she tilted her head in confusion.

"Thanks" I responded to her while trying to contain the urge to cry blood
"What about the other?"

"Cesar?"
"He has been dead for two years"
"The I.S.C gave me the last letter from him along with the news"

"That's right?" asked my mother

"You did not know?"
"Didn't they inform you?"
"He..."
"He died in the battle of Morocco" Maria answered a little sad

"So that was they told you" My mom said incredulously to herself

"We will talk about that later!"
"I want to get to the point of this conversation!"
"If I said that your brother is still alive in a way?"
"Would you think I'm crazy?"

"You said something about Magic didn't you?"
"I don't know the details"
"But if you can prove it exists then I'll believe you anything" she said while again a curious face was shown

It was no coincidence that I tried to talk to her about magic because I knew how obsessed she was with the subject, so it was easier for her to believe me and with concentration, if I showed her something that she really wanted first.