I Didn't Even Want To Live, But God Forced Me To Reincarnate! 204 Present From Mom

"Freyr? Freyja? Wake up, you're coming with us to Capicastle today," Ca.s.sie gently shook the twins alternately.

Unfortunately, the twins pulled their blankets to continue to sleep instead.

"We're running late. Don't you want to know what presents we have for you?" Ca.s.sie patiently waited for the twins to wake up.

"Nnn...," Freyr sleepily rubbed his eyes--still tightly shut.

Ca.s.sie sighed.

At that time, Lyra's small voice could be heard from beyond the door, "Mom? Are they awake yet?"

"No... Not yet."

"Oh... I see."

Then, silent fell to the room.

Just when the twins were about to drift to the Dreamland again...

*SLAM!*

"RISE AND s.h.i.+NE, FREYR, FREYJA!!"

The blue-haired girl with her usual twintails and school uniform appeared loudly. Loudly as in her voice and how she slammed the door.

Ca.s.sie didn't get mad. Instead, she giggled upon seeing how Freyr quickly sat up from his sleeping posture, his eyes opened widely at Lyra's direction. Meanwhile, Freyja almost jumped from her position--she then sat up and rubbed her eyes sleepily as she observed what was happening.

"Lyrneechan! That's not nice!" Freyr quickly protested.

"Uuu... Why so noisy early in the morning?" Freyja asked while yawning.

Lyra smiled in response to the twins' inquiry, but a hint of hidden anger was there. Her face went like (⌒∇⌒╬).

"Freyja, remember who was all noisy early in the morning... Just yesterday?"

"Hwe? Ah, but yesterday is special! It's different~," Freyja said as she rubbed the last trace of her sleepiness away.

"Ah, then today is special, too! Isn't it, Mom?" Lyra s.h.i.+fted the focus of the conversation back to Ca.s.sie.

"Yes, Lyra's right. Today is still a special day, following yesterday. Ah but...," Ca.s.sie paused for a bit. A teasing smile appeared on her face before she continued, "if you two prefer sleep, then we can just forget about it today and postpone it... To who knows when."

Although Ca.s.sie just casually said that in a normal volume, Freyr immediately put his blanked aside and Freyja immediately put her feet on the ground. Freyr was more awake now than Freyja, so he started walking down the stairs of their two-storied bed. Their usual sleeping arrangement was like that--the calmer one on the upper bed. Sometimes they switched their sleeping position for variation, though.

Looking at the twins who were approaching her with their pajamas, Ca.s.sie laughed.

"Okay, let's get ready."

***

"I'm off!" Altaire shouted.

"I can't wait to go home today to know the results!" Lyra excitedly said.

"Lyra? We're just about to depart to school, remember?" Clavis worriedly said.

"Haha, I know, I know."

The twins only tilted their heads as they didn't know what their big sister meant when she said [the results].

Today, they were going with their mother and father to Capicastle--to claim their presents at the same time. After they were fully awake, curiosity got over them once more.

They rode on the same carriage as their parents to the Capicastle. During the journey, Freyja would make comments or talk randomly here and there. Meanwhile, Freyr would gaze at the scenery he could see beyond the carriage's window as usual. Luckily, the scenery he saw each time he rode on the carriage was different, so he never really grew bored of looking through the window.

When they arrived at the Capicastle, the twins already expected their parents to send them to play with Leticia. Therefore...

"Alright, come with me now," Ca.s.sie said as she grabbed the twins' hands. Freyr on her left side and Freyja on her right side.

"!" Freyja was surprised to see where she was headed.

"?" Freyr tilted his head as he tried to think.

The more they walked, the less patience Freyja had.

"Mom, where are we going?" Freyja looked up at Ca.s.sie.

"Hmm? Try to guess?" Ca.s.sie glanced at Freyr who was silently thinking.

"...hint?" Feeling Ca.s.sie's gaze on him, Freyr asked.

"Hmmm... Let's see... It's a bit obvious when you think of what just happened yesterday. Another hint is... My occupation."

"...! Are we going to your work place?" Freyr quickly asked.

"100 for you. But what for?" Ca.s.sie added more question.

"You saved our presents there?" Freyja innocently asked with her sparkling eyes.

"Well, that's not totally wrong, but... What's the main event?" Ca.s.sie still asked.

"...magic test?" Freyr hesitantly asked.

"Clever! That's the main event today! Aren't you excited?" Ca.s.sie happily praised Freyr.

"...we already know our affinity, right?" Freyr furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head.

"But not the full details, right?" Ca.s.sie asked back.

"So we're going to learn more magic after this?" Freyja swung Ca.s.sie's hand a bit.

"Yes, Freyja," Ca.s.sie nodded.

"Yayyyy! I wanna learn more magic!" Freyja happily exclaimed.

"More magic...," Freyr finally understood the significance of this time's test and it was apparent that he was also excited. Freyr's excitement was less apparent than Freyja, but Ca.s.sie could tell.

***

"So... How's it?" Freyr tried to be patient as he waited for Ca.s.sie to tell them the result. He looked expectantly at Ca.s.sie who was holding two papers.

"Is it good?" Freyja confidently asked. She was quite confident as she remembered they were doing well in the training. Besides, training was fun!

Ca.s.sie s.h.i.+fted her gaze at the twins who were looking at her expectantly. She swallowed her saliva a bit when she looked at Freyja's confident self. She didn't have the heart to tell them that Altaire and Lyra's results were still the most amazing ones she ever saw so far.

But when she remembered that it was because Altaire and Lyra were her biological children while Freyr and Freyja weren't, she felt like their results were still amazing. As expected of the Hartmann bloodline, the family that produced outstanding magicians.

'All right... Lyra and Altaire are anomalies. They have both elf and dragon blood inside them, though not so significant, it still has quite an effect on them... It seems,' Ca.s.sie concluded in her mind.

"Okay, want to take a look at them?" Ca.s.sie lowered the two papers.

"...un!" Freyr earnestly nodded.

"Eeh, wait, Mom! Let me prepare my heart first... Can you tell us if the results are good, so-so, or... Bad?" Freyja tried to avert her eyes, trying to prevent herself from accidentally seeing her results first.