By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 12 [Parts 1 to 9] by Roy

Author:Roy
Language: eng
Format: epub

Jill sighed and said, “That’s not all. Remember how Hudom said I was overprotective?”

“Yeah, now that you mention it,” Hughes agreed. “What about it?”

“I thought...Ryoma could live his life like a normal child. He is a child. So I thought he should rely on us. Be protected by us. And I still believe that. But maybe I was subconsciously forcing Ryoma to be a ‘normal child.’ It’s not like Ryoma doesn’t understand that we worry about him.”

“Yeah, Ryoma did seem apologetic when he rejected the idea of having guards on him or waiting somewhere safe.”

“Ryoma can put out fires with his magic far faster than we can, and it’s not even close. If I were only considering our situation and the abilities of those on our team, not using his skillset would not be an option. I’m sure Ryoma would agree. I don’t think it was wrong for me to be concerned for him, but I regretted that I made a suggestion contrary to what Ryoma wanted. There’s no time for any of that, now, though,” Jill said.

“So that makes you tense up when you’re concentrated.”

“If that’s what you saw, it must be. I can’t think of any other cause for it. I’ll try to be more relaxed.”

“Good. Like I said, we’ll be here for a while. It’ll be a real problem if you run out of steam before it’s over. Just talk it out with Ryoma once the dust settles. That’s gotta be a lot easier than trying to get a solution out of a parenting book— Hey, why are you looking at me like that?”

“How did you know I’ve been reading one?”

“Huh? Wait, you were reading one too?”

“What?”

The couple stood there staring at each other for a few moments until Lulunese joined in.

“I’m sorry to interrupt. I believe Hughes is talking about the book I was reading just to prepare for the future. He took a peek and said that he didn’t really ‘get it.’ Isn’t that right?”

“Yeah,” Hughes answered and turned back to Jill. “Sounds like you were reading one too, just to figure out how to face Ryoma.”

Jill’s face turned bright red.

Hughes continued, “Jill... Maybe you are overprotective.”

Jill was speechless at this, but then a quiet guffaw came from the center of the room. Jill turned to the sound to find the shoulders of several members shaking. Clearly everybody could hear their conversation, relieving some of the tension in the room.

Jill cleared her throat. “Excuse me. While being too stressed won’t do us any good, neither will being too distracted. Let us stay focused on our task.” The tamers in the room snapped back to the map at once, but the air in the room remained lighter than before. Still blushing, Jill muttered to herself, “Should I be happy that I ended up relaxing the room...?”

Meanwhile, the very dignified communications department carried on with their tasks.

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