Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

"But how did you know!"

"You should have done a better job hiding it from others yesterday. And by others, I mean from everyone else."

Many of Celes' clones were present here all the time and I get regular information about things that happen here, especially things that are not so common.

'The little Anna acting all active and setting up various traps all around the house was certainly something Celes wouldn't waste even a moment to tell me.'

I pretty much knew all about her plans already… and since she was smart, now she also knew how I knew about her secret surprise.

"It was Celes! I know it was Celes! Hump! I thought you were on my side Celessssss! How could you do this to me!!!"

Now she was upset at Celes and even though she wasn't as much angry at me, she was hitting my head like it was some drum with both her hands- which seemed to have gained some strength.

'It hasn't been long since we last saw her. And yet, she seems to have progressed quite a bit.'

As days passed, I got more worried about her awakening and if she will be able to handle it all by herself or not.

'Sure there are countermeasures in place, but if she couldn't even handle the mere impact of her own power, I don't even want to imagine what will happen to her pure nature.'

I am worried, but there isn't much I can do now other than just believing in her and her talent.

'The flow and flaw of fate is twisted when it comes to individuals like her– there are always uncertainties and sharp turns.'

But, with a little help from the people around us and a little bit of effort, one should handle themselves through at least the simple turbulence.

"Alright alright now. We are hungry, you know? I heard you made some snacks for us?"

It was afternoon right now so it was snack time. And she had made some good things for us from what I know.

"You know about the surprise snacks as well?! Just how much did you tell him, Celes!"

The rest of them, Carla, Rein, Chry, his friend Quin, and Alf were now inside as well and looking at us, they were just smiling with a little smile.

Anna was the favourite of the house but now that we were back, they knew they weren't going to get as much time with her as they get when we weren't around.

"Don't blame her. She tells me everything… unlike a certain someone."

"Hun?"

Anna and I did not talk though the communication crystals and instead wrote letters to one another.

She had the option to ask Celes to connect her with me but she had not done it until now since she knew just talking without being there would be the same as well.

The letters conveyed just words and we did not have to see or listen to one another– which for us, was the best we could come up with.

"Who doesn't tell you everything? Is it mom? Was it dad? Or grandpa?"

"He's obviously talking about you, silly."

I was teasing her since she doesn't talk much about her training in her letters.

Perhaps she doesn't want to tell me how she was suffering with all the unbelievable things grandpa might be putting her through, but for her age, it was just enough.

There was no need for her to hide all that from me since at her age, all of us were going through even worse things.

'I was quite literally trying to just survive everyday so… she was at least having it much easier.'

Anyway, that aside, she was doing well and I just wanted to tease her. But since mom tagged along as well, I knew where this was going to go now.

"Hun? I didn't tell him? What did I not tell you, big brother?"

She was completely clueless what I was talking about.

But we all knew how this was going to make things even more fun.

"You don't know what you didn't tell me? Really?"

I went ahead with the teasing as the rest of them settled down and all of us moved to the dining hall.

She had made cookies and tea for all of us, so there was no way I was going to miss it.

We didn't have to waste the time since we all knew how this little one was actually going to think about all the possibilities where she might have failed to tell me about something.

'But then again, there was only so much she could tell me through the letters.'

Still, she knows I talk with everyone other than her and knows that I know many things that she doesn't tell me.

'If I was saying I did not tell her something, she was thinking how there might be something that she did not know that I know that she forgot to convey to me through the others.'

She was a pretty logical thinker for someone that had played with dolls and little creatures most of her life, but she was my little sister at the end of the day.

She was special, and had her cute sides.

"Is it about Mr.Rice? I didn't break his arm, Taika did."

"It's not about him, and besides, he can fix himself."

We were now on the dining table, and people were chatting while the maids and butlers served the things that Anna had made already.

"Then is it about the tree thing? I did not know you could cut trees with a sword!"

"Haha, it's not about that either. And besides, it wasn't your fault. Sir Mel should have looked after you better."

"It's not his fault either!"

Everyone was chatting, Chry had joined us for tea even though he acted like my knight and rarely sat down for food with us, and the mothers were asking how we had been in the academy.

"Think hard, Anna. It must be something very, very important."

She was not going to know what we were talking about or what she had forgotten to tell me. And since we were just having fun, she could not even tell if we were actually making fun of her at the moment with her skill.

'She was good with emotions, but making fun of her and enjoying her was something that she had gotten used to.'

When she was around us, it was obviously hard to distinguish if the emotions that we were feeling were that of something positive or something that she should be concerned about.

"What is it… what could it be…"

As she served everyone tea in not small tea cups that she uses in her tea parties, but in proper cups, she asked everyone else what was it that she might be forgetting.

She asked Rein, but she didn't harass the little one anymore and just said she did not know either– which was worse than a proper answer since Anna knew if there was something that she was forgetting then Rein would be the only one that would know the answer.

But she did not get the answer from her, or from Carla, Alf, Chry, grandpa, uncle Theo, my two aunts, or even from Mave.

"Do you know what it might be, sister Quin?"

She outright skipped Zoe since she knew if she asked her anything, before an answer, she would get an earful first.

She was serving someone else and she was asking them questions while doing so… it was something completely out of the etiquettes that she was learning, and she knew that as well.

But the situation was just too confusing to her. She genuinely did not know what she had not told me.

"Ummm…"

Now it was Quinny's turn. And she was in a dilemma.

If she told her that we were just making fun of her, she would find out how everyone was teasing her all this time.

If she played along, she would also be making fun of her like them.

And if she decided to abstain from answering… well, she did not know how we would react.

"So…"

Anna was looking at her, we were looking at her, Chry was looking at her to see what kind of answer she would have for the little bunny, and since all these people were looking at her, she also did not know what answer would be best in this situation.

"You don't know, sister Quin?"

Being as innocent as she was, she could tell Quin was in a difficult situation right now.

There was an answer that she wanted to give, but she did not know of all the possible answers, which one this person- who was favourite of this house- or the rest of us would like.

"It's fine if you don't want to answer, sister Quin. If it's something you cannot say, it must be something difficult…"

She didn't expect to be in such a position so out of the blue, but she had answers. Just that she did not know how to say it…

"Well, you see…"

"Just give her a moment, Anna."

She was having a little difficulty, and every elder knew that. We were just curious to see how she would answer, but grandmother couldn't just let her suffer with uncertainty like that.

"It's a more complicated answer than what you might think, Anna."

"It is complicated?"

Anna was confused now. She did not understand what was going on all of a sudden.

"Yes. Since your Sister Quin is new to the family, she has a few things she has to learn. She is a smart one like you though, I know she will learn quickly."

Grandma's statement erased all of Quin's confusion and a new surprise bloomed on her face instead.

"And there's no need to be surprised like that, Quinny. You might not understand yet, but you are a big part of this little family as well."

Grandma was being serious right now.

And, from how everyone else was looking at her, she was even more confused as to what exactly was going on here.

"Eon. Elle."

But then again… she was going to find out about it one of these days anyway.

Right now, when she was faced with such a great question, it did not seem like a bad time to tell her what she should have known for a while now.