Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/Chapter 26: The Easy-to-Handle Elder

"Why you ask? There's no hidden story. Just some old stuff from long ago, not worth talking about!"

When mentioning the past, Elder Gwendolyn's voice sounded a bit sad, which didn't match her young looks at all. But she didn't seem to want to admit it, and just brushed us off.

"Really? But Altima just said you've been with this family since the first lord, at least. That's hundreds of years of history! There must be some reason, right?"

Too bad Cyra wasn't going to give up on digging for gossip. Earlier, when we met the castle mistress, we actually learned quite a bit of secret info about Gwendolyn from Altima. It definitely wasn't as simple as she claimed.

The Sebastian family, lords of Sifur, has a very long history, going back to when the Ilandra Dominion Empire was just starting. Their first ancestor, Hausman Sebastian, seemed to have done something big to help build the empire, so he got land that's still owned by the family today. But how exactly he got connected to Elder Gwendolyn, we don't know the details.

But all the Sifur lord family members over the years knew they always had an angel maid protecting the family's safety. The angel maid's exact background got forgotten over time, and she didn't want to talk about it. Now probably only she knows the real story.

"Don't tell me it was because of love? In this world men can marry many wives, even in the Ilandra Dominion Empire. Elder Gwendolyn, were you maybe the first lord's small wife?"

I made a bold guess, even though it sounded crazy to me too. But looking at it another way, it kind of made sense.

After all, the empire was never a pure religious country following one-man-one-wife rules. Men with many wives were everywhere, nothing strange. To put it bluntly, if a man liked, he could just drag a slave girl from the stable to be his wife, very normal.

Of course, Elder Gwendolyn was an angel, so I don't think she'd end up like that. But if she was the main wife, that didn't seem right either. The lord's spouse had to be in the family records, no way she'd be lowered to just a maid! So it was hard to understand...

Even though we couldn't sense any light element energy from Altima and the other descendants, there were many generations between, so maybe the angel mixed blood got so thin it disappeared.

"Hmph, nonsense! Do I look like an angel who'd be happy to be a small wife under a human?"

As expected, Elder Gwendolyn snorted coldly, sounding very proud as she argued back.

She didn't look like she was lying. Did I guess wrong? But besides this, there was no other way to explain why she stayed in Sifur so long. It couldn't just be for fun, right?

"Could it be one-sided love?"

Who'd have thought Cyra would drop such a bomb after thinking for a while. The ten-winged child flying in front suddenly dropped straight down several meters. Luckily she quickly steadied herself and flew back up, or we might have had a weird air crash.

"Pah! Nosy! Who do you think I am? I'm your Elder, a very senior one! How could I possibly have a one-sided crush on a human? Absolutely impossible!"

Even though she denied it very strongly, Elder Gwendolyn's red face and flustered look gave her away. Even a fool could see she wasn't being honest. Cyra and I shared a knowing look.

"So you stayed with the Sebastian family by choice?"

I just asked directly.

"How is that possible? I'm an Elder of the mighty Angel race! How could I willingly be a maid for a human? That bastard Hausman tricked me, don't talk nonsense!"