Chapter 16 | The H.V Boots |
"What's in it Mama?" I asked as I received the shoebox from Mama.
"You're just going to have to find out now, aren't you?" Mama's kind hearted smile turned into a smug one when she saw me struggling not to give into curiosity as the box had finally left her hands and had been obtained by yours truly. But what can I say, I'm an overly curious person so it was inevitable for me not to be excited about opening the box, after all, I really wanted to see what Mama and Papa had gotten me for my first milestone birthday.
The box was a maroon colour, it was exceedingly plain but somehow still managed to seem extraordinarily professional, the only thing that really stood out about it was the weight of the box. But after I noticed the the golden initials H.V engraved in the middle of the lid, my entire view of this "plain" box changed.
To make it easier to understand; you know how Supreme shirts are just a plain white T-shirt with the Supreme logo printed on them but are overly priced and can be made for about $5 by hand, but somehow still manage to keep that $70 price tag? Yeah, that's what This box felt like, but I had the feeling that this box itself was actually worthy of what it's price tag probably was and that whatever is inside of it is probably even more expensive. I mean, with the logo on it, this box looked designer and extremely expensive.
"Okay Mama, Papa... I'm opening it..." My hands felt tense and I could feel a bead of sweat rolling down my forehead, the nervousness and anxiety were starting to kick in as my fingers pried open the lid. I closed my eyes and looked away, I went all in, ripping open the lid and revealing what was inside.
I heard Mama and Papa gasp and quickly looked back towards the box, a pair of beautiful furry, white snow boots where resting in the red velvet interior. But there was just one problem... why would I need snow boots? It hasn't snowed here once since I've been here, well I haven't really taken an interest in the outside till now but, why of all times give them to me now? It's not snowing now, so is it coming close to that time of the year when it does?
"Thank's Mama and Papa!... But why snow boots?" I tilted my head in curiosity while looking at Papa, he must have high blood pressure or something because his nose started to bleed, but he quickly wiped it up with his handkerchief.
"Well darling," Papa said as he swooped in beside me and put his hand on my shoulder, "these boots are from a good friend of mine called Hephaestus Vulcan, I told Carol and Jessica to stop by his place and pick them up." Papa seemed even more happy as he told me about his friend, also for some reason the name "Hephaestus Vulcan" is very familiar to me, I just don't know where I've heard it before...
"Why don't you try them on Tomoe? They come with a bunch of special features."
Special features? What kind of boots can have special features other than aesthetic ones? Well, after getting my bracelet that can transform at will... I guess anything is possible in this world.
I slowly and carefully took the boots out of the box, making sure to put them on the ground softly, treating them as if they were an extremely fragile glass vase. I undid the laces of my shoes (Yes, I'm at the age where I can tie and untie my shoelaces by myself) and took them off, slipping the new boots onto my feet.
I stood up and began walking around, "Wow, Mama, Papa! These are really comfortable!" with every step I took the feeling of walking on nothingness became more apparent to me. The insides of these boots were so soft and warm that I almost couldn't feel my feet in them, but it'd be better if these looked like some more casual boots because it's not really snowing yet. But nonetheless, Papa and Mama went through the liberty of getting me these extremely comfy boots so I must thank them properly!
"Thanks Papa, Mama! These are re-!?!" At that moment the shoes started to warp and began changing shape, I couldn't tell what was happening and began to panic. I jumped in shock and almost got sent through the roof, luckily all I did was hit my head on the ceiling.
The boots began to materialise again and I started to float to the ground, my head was spinning and I had no idea what was going on. First off, the boots that were once made for the snow had changed into a really nifty pair of converse and Secondly, I had began to fly without using any magic whatsoever.
"Mama, Papa! What's going on!?" The moment I touch the floor I ran over to Mama and gave her a hug to comfort her since she looked worried about me having suddenly taken off flying like that.
"It's okay darling," Mama said as she caressed my head, "that was just one of the features of the boots."
One of the features of the boots? So you're telling me that, not only can they make me fly without the use of magic, but can also turn into any kind of footwear I wish them to be? These boots are awesome!
Not only could these boots turn into some incredible converse from back in my world, but they could also reduce the use of my mana when flying around, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't have to use any mana to fly at all, everything would be left up to these boots! I hugged Mama back as thanks and she brought me closer to her, probably responding to my affection.
"Now Tomoe, Just because you can fly now doesn't mean you can just take off whenever you want to alright? You have to ask Me or Papa when you want to use them to fly and when you do fly you are not allowed to go above the canopy of the trees and you have to stay in view of us, okay?"
"Mhm, Yes Mama!" I Beamed happily at Mama and ran over to give Papa a hug as well, he smiled and lifted me up saying, "That's my girl." Hugging me and then placing me back on the ground.
"Well, now that that's over, Tomoe." I turned my attention from Papa to Mama who was calling me. "Shall we unwrap the rest of these presents?"
"Huh?"
Mama had just created a black rip in the air and pulled that massive bag that I was looking for all morning out, she put it on the ground, facing the opening towards me. Mama gestured for me to get closer and have a look, I complied and peeked inside it. my jaw dropped and I started to get excited again, because what was inside of the massive bag was something that would make any kid go nuts.
"C-Can I?!" I looked back at Mama who was smiling kindly and nodding, I could see Papa in the background trying to hold back his laughter, but that doesn't matter at the moment, because right now all of these presents are mine!!!