Chapter 1383: Again

“She is bigger than I thought,” Lord Mighty commented before covering his mouth in a pointless attempt to suppress his loud, rude, and still-human voice. “Blue, I think your wife cheated on you.”

“Your eyes are an insult to all seeing beings,” Lord Blind Sword cursed. “That’s how cameras work.”

“Lord Blind Sword is correct,” Lord Enforcer confirmed. “But Lord Blue’s daughter looks more developed than the average four-month-old human newborn.”

“[Ah]!” Lord Mighty cried, slamming his huge hand on Khan’s crowned head, violently patting it. “Did you hear that, Blue? Your daughter might grow as big as me one day.”

“Lord Blue’s daughter will share her parents’ sizes,” Lord Enforcer corrected. “Most likely.”

Lord Mighty and Lord Blind Sword couldn’t help but turn toward the kneeling, machine-like Royal Guard. Even the former seemed to be aware of his previous stupid statement, but Lord Enforcer’s comment left that possibility open.

“Old Envoy, are you recording?” Lord Blind Sword asked.

“Certainly,” Lord Envoy confirmed. “Do you wish to share my vision?”

“Yes, I want to see,” Lord Blind Sword confirmed, and some mana inside Lord Envoy’s bald head split before teleporting inside the former’s brain, establishing a connection between the two.

Meanwhile, Lord Mighty patted Khan’s head again before studying his palm. He could feel the new toughness inside Khan’s body, leading him to a different conclusion.

“Blue,” Lord Mighty called, seemingly disappointed about something. “Did you cheat on your wife?”

Khan wanted to join the banter. Actually, Liiza was almost about to say something, too, after Lord Mighty’s last question. Yet, the married couple was too captivated by the scene on the screen to address anything else.

Yeza had always grown quickly compared to the average human or Niqols. That had a lot to do with the genes Khan had inherited from the Great Old One, which demanded far more nutrients to compensate for that fast development. Yet, it seemed that monstrous legacy didn’t stop at that.

On the surface, Yeza was exactly how the married couple had left her. She was wearing a tiny white dress now, vouching for Princess Rebecca’s involvement in her caretaking, but her glowing eyes and full head of blue hair had remained the same.

Still, Yeza did look slightly tougher, or less frail, and more confident in that weak, still-developing form. If anything, she seemed closer to a one-year-old in those features, which was over half a year more than her actual age.

Of course, Khan and Liiza’s shock didn’t come from that superficial inspection. Despite clearly seeing it on the screen, the married couple struggled to believe that Yeza was able to fly like her father was.

“She clearly tried to say Papa,” Khan exclaimed, pointing at the screen while wearing a broad smile and leaning closer to Liiza. “Hello, my little Princess. Papa missed you a lot.”

“She did not,” Liiza said, refraining from snorting, also wearing a sweet smile before switching to the Niqols’ language. “[Hi, Yeza. Mama also missed you a lot. Was Zaza so bad that you had to fly away]?”

Yeza giggled while continuing to cling to the camera, her face rubbing on it, seemingly trying to cross the screen to reach her parents.

The effort obviously failed. Yeza couldn’t understand why, and her smile shrank while she kept rubbing her head on the screen, eventually disappearing to pave the way to a different reaction.

Yeza exploded into a shrill cry, and both Khan and Liiza jumped forward, ignoring the bowls and bottles to crawl on the table and get closer to the holographic screen.

“Shh,” Khan softly muttered. “Papa and Mama are here. We promise we’ll get back to you right away.”

“[Mama and Papa are coming back],” Liiza added. “[You have been such a brave girl].”

Hearing Khan and Liiza’s reassuring, loving tones seemed to work in calming down Yeza’s childish fit, but another helper soon arrived.

A screech resounded from the holographic screen, attracting Khan’s, Liiza’s, and Yeza’s attention. The scenery behind Yeza disappeared, replaced by a mass of white feathers.

“Gu!” Yeza exclaimed, slightly turning her head, only for a beak to appear at her side and peck at the console’s screen.

Snow’s big, feathered head became visible. The Aduns pecked the screen a few more times before tilting its head in confusion. It recognized the people on the console, but somehow couldn’t reach them, leading to a short screech.

Yeza didn’t mind the screech. The opposite, actually. She giggled again, reaching for the feathers at her side to leave the console and cling to them.

Snow didn’t mind that soft pull, either. The Aduns looked strangely welcoming and used to it, and more explanations for that arrived.

“Catch her before she climbs on Snow again!” Zalpa’s voice resounded from the screen, alongside a series of hurried steps.

“Again?!” Khan and Liiza said simultaneously.

The ruckus from the other side of the screen culminated in Zalpa’s uncharacteristically anxious face appearing on the screen. She jumped over Snow’s wing, using one hand to stop herself on the console while the other grabbed Yeza’s side.

Zalpa pulled Yeza away from Snow, wrapping her in her arms. Yeza didn’t like that separation from the Aduns, stretching her tiny hands toward it while exploding into another shrill cry.

Snow looked conflicted about what to do. It tilted its head between Yeza and Zalpa, but the latter’s scolding gaze made it give up on the matter, settling for leaning toward the baby to let her cling to its feathers again.

Yeza tried to escape Zalpa’s embrace, but to no avail. Still, Snow remained with her, and clinging to its feathers calmed her down, ending that shrill cry.

Of course, things weren’t over for Zalpa. Yeza was safe, but the two pairs of stern eyes shining on her from the other side of the screen demanded more than that peaceful resolution.

“[We once brought Yeza out to see how she reacted to this star’s radiations],” Zalpa explained, some veiled awkwardness in her voice. “[She did perfectly, but she also spotted Snow in the sky and, well, followed him].”