It had been a few minute's since Rion and his siblings had discovered that they were in fact the grandchildren of the King and Queen and they had been just looking at their parent's waiting for them to explain the reason why they had kept such a thing from them.
Atrica sent the King and Queen a look of annoyance before she released a sigh and began to explain her reason's "Haaaah~ it not something that I like to talke about but if I know my children like I do you'll pester me until I do" Atrica said causing Rion to look at his older siblings as they nodded their head agreeing with what their mother said.
Atrica shook her head at her cheeky children before she began to speak "It all happened over 50 year's ago before any of you were born back then as I was the only child of the King and Queen of the Marnell Kingdom I was seen as nothing more than a tool by not only most of the people in the Kingdom but also the other surrounding Kingdom's one to be used in order to get the throne and with it the Kingdom of Marnell" Atrica said the anger in her voice as she remembered how she was treated back then.
Rion and his siblings looked towards their 'grandparents' with anger when they heard how their mother had been treated in the past something that didn't escape their mother's notice.
"Despite the falling out that me and your grandparents had they were actually one of the few people who didn't treat me this way so there's no need for you look at them with such hostility" Atrica said a smile filled with pride on her face when she saw how protective her children were of her.
When they heard what their mother said Rion and his siblings returned their attention back to their mother "I finally had enough when a newly crowned King from the neighbouring Kingdom of Cuin ordered me to marry him not asking for my opinion on the matter and if I didn't he would declare war upon the Marnell Kingdom and can you guess what I did next" Atrica asked her children as she smiled mischievously at her children.
Rion had a few idea's about what his mother could've done from what he knew about his mother she would've normally beaten the man to a bloody pulp but he didn't think that she would do something like that to a King that had just declared war on the Kingdom.
From the looks on his siblings face's Rion could tell that they had come to the same conclusion as he had "I punched him square in the face braking his nose in the process and as he lay on the floor holding his face I yelled at him saying that I would never marry such a repulsive, disgusting, pathetic excuse for a person even if he was the last man on the continent" Atrica said her smile becoming wider as she remebered the look on the King's face.
Rion and his siblings looked at their mother with stupefied looks on their face's when they heard what she had done.
Atrica's smile soon faded from her face as she carried on with her story "As you can guess the King didn't take too kindly to being rejected and followed through with his declaration of war against the Kingdom but it didn't last that long as he had greatly underestimated his armies might and they were defeated within a matter of day's" Atrica said as she told them of the King's defeat.
"This however wasn't the end of the matter as father and mother told the people how the reason behind the war the people of the Kingdom became angered when they heard what caused the war wanting me to be held responsible for what I did even if I was justified in my action's they still wanted to see me punished" Atrica said causing Rion and his siblings to become angry once again at their mother's treatment.
"Even with the entire Kingdom calling for me to be punished your grandparents refused to do as they demanded because although they didn't agree with how I handled the situation they didn't think that what I did needed a punishment" Atrica said as she looked over to the King and Queen who's face's had a mixture of pain and sadness.
"This ended up causing the people to riot so in order to save the Kingdom from collapsing I did the only thing that I could which was running away" Atrica said as she told Rion and his siblings what caused her to leave her home.
Rion felt incredibly sad for his mother as thanks to his past life he knew what it was like to be alone "After I left the capital in order to make a living I used my Life element to heal those that were injured or sick in any of the village's I stayed at until eventually I came to a village called Kulan" Atrica said pausing in the telling of her story.
"A place that I never planned on staying but all that changed when I came across a unconscious but handsome adventurer that was badly injured while he was protecting some villagers from Mana Beast's and you won't belive the first thing he said to me when he came regained consciousness" Atrica said as she chuckled while Rion, Kanro, Lanat and Valenia all looked at Nialan who had a bashful look on his face.
Rion, Kanro, Lanat and Valenia all looked at their parent's waiting to find out what their father had said "He called me beautiful and asked if I was an angel" Atrica said which caused Nialan's face to become even redder than it already was.
When they heard what their father had said to their mother silence filled the air for a few seconds before Lanat and Kanro all burst into laughter while Valenia awed at how cute their father was.
Rion went over to his father with a teasing grin on his face "Smooth father real smooth" Rion said causing his older brother's to laugh even louder.
A smile appeared on the King's and Queen's face's when they saw how happy their daughter was "Ahem while I admit I went about it the wrong way what I said before still stands I would like it if Rion stayed at the castle for his own protection" the King said when the laughter had died down.
Atrica and Nialan looked at each other before Atrica went over to Rion and crouched before him "What do you want to do I can't say I'm thrilled at the idea of leaving you here but it would be a lot safer than you staying at home" his mother said as his father lay his hand on her shoulder showing his support.
Rion looked at his parent's and siblings 'After hearing how mother was treated by the people here this is the last place I want to be but if I were to stay at home then who knows what kind of danger I would bring to my family' Rion thought to himself as he looked at his family one last time before he turned to look at the King and Queen.
"Ok if it means that my family will be safe then I'll stay here but on one condition" Rion said agreeing to stay at the castle.
The King and Queen gave each other a brief glance before the King spoke "State your condition no matter what you request I'm confident that we'll be able to fulfill it" the King said waiting to here what Rion would request.
Rion thought back on everything that he had recently learned and there was only one thing that he wanted "I don't want anyone to know that I'm your grandchild" Rion said shocking the King and Queen.