I have no Idea how but somehow Jasmine had convinced her father to betroth his youngest daughter to me. I have to say neither of us has regretted this decision until now, and it won't happen that I will regret that.
Esmeralda Silverton, by far the most important person in my life. She outclasses Hilda and everyone else. Hilda is my mother but Esy is my wife. The fastest way to hell is disrespecting her.
We were born around the same time. Even at the age of 12 her beauty rivaled that of her older sister Jasmine with her mature charm. Her body was still developing but her long silver hair and her face that had been handcrafted by the goddess of perfection made her irresistible.
Our first meeting was quite the event, thinking back at it still makes me smile.
I lost myself in her beauty. If we count numerically my mental age was 33, reasonably my mental age was somewhere around 28-30, I can't really count all the years I lived on terra as full. But the five years I have lived as Jeremy had a big impact.
I can hear you cursing me as a pervert and a pedophile in your head while you are reading this. But before you do that, remember I had neither the body nor the experience a man at the age of 30 should have.
I was a child at heart, and sometimes I still am. But if you are adamant on blaming me do so. After all I will be most likely dead by the time you read this anyway.
I still remember that I was meditating in my room as Hilda knocked to introduce me to someone. We walked together to her personal audience room.
While we were walking Hilda said: "I don't need to remind you anymore to behave yourself, right? You should have integrated the ins and outs of etiquette into your blood by now. I do hope that you haven't forgotten everything, I tried to teach you, while I was gone."
Hilda was obviously jesting with me and demonstrated that by poking my cheek from the side. She did that because I found it annoying, so I stopped and gave her a formal bow that would have only been correct in the royal court or in front of the royal family.
"Baroness Maxima, it is disturbing to realize that you think so little of me. I am a young man that had always been meticulous in his studies."
She teased me until we reached the audience room. Hilda opened the door to the audience room and stepped inside. I followed her. The personal Audience room of the Nature Guardian, aka the Mistress of the Nature Tower Hilda Maxima was built to look imposing and luxurious.
It wasn't that Hilda felt it necessary to have such an audience room but more that the public expected her to have such a room. As a Baroness she was a noble. And her heritage was one of the finest. Being a Maxima from the Hillside Empire came with expectations that Hilda imposed on herself after she had studied the documents the soldier once gave the orphanage. She said to herself that she will bring honor to her ancestors despite growing up as an orphan.
The audience room was great. It had 2 walls that were made from floor to ceiling windows and allowed light to flood the room. The other two walls were occupied by bookshelves that were stacked to the brink with books about magic which I wasn't allowed to learn. In the Center of the room were multiple couches that surrounded a teatable. There was a balcony outside that overlooked Hilda's personal garden. While a lot of people were allowed to gawk at it from this very Balcony I think only 7 people were ever allowed to enter it. One of those only with Hilda's personal supervision.
I will be honest, I am not 100% sure if the memories I have of this day are correct or not. They seem surreal and strange. I would believe it, if I would find out that my memories changed with the feelings I developed for Esy.
I remember how I stood in the doorway shocked and unable to move forward after I saw what was inside.
Jasmine and Esmeralda were sitting on the couch in the center of the room. The sun shone on Esy's hair, Her silver hair broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow which created a multi-colored halo around her. I felt as if time had stopped at this moment and the scene burned itself into my mind. Whenever I miss her this is the first picture that surfaces inside my mind. Esy surrounded by a multicolored Halo.
I think I made a really bad first impression as I stood there staring at the scene in front of me. Fortunately I acted on autopilot as Hilda introduced me to Esy.
I bowed to Esy and Jasmine: "Thorus Maxima, at your service."
I never felt the need to brag about my handsomeness or the body I created through effort and hard work. But now I feel the need to explain that I looked like A god that had descended from the divine plane. My face was flawless and my body was so rigged that no matter who I felt confident I could capture every woman with ease.
To my surprise Jasmine stood up and hugged me tightly. Her body pressed softly against my muscles. I have to admit that I had a crush on Jasmine. And the presence of her sister wasn't able to negate this crush yet. Fortunately I was only 12 Years old. If I had been in puberty already this could have had unwanted consequences.
"You have grown into a fine young man, Thorus dear. I wonder if you have decided to skip some years. you can easily pass as an academy student of the knight class." Jasmine felt the strong muscles I have cultivated and raised an eyebrow in astonishment after she was done. "You might even pass as a fourth year knight student. You are only 12 Years old, you haven't even fully developed yet, but I am sure you would be able to take on most of the knights I saw in the academy. Please meet my youngest sister, Esmeralda Silverton, preferably the most spoiled princess in all of Hesmaton."
Esmeralda Silverton or short Esy, wasn't that amused by her sister's unfavorable introduction.
"Hey Jas, don't badmouth me like that. I know you want to set me up with your wife's son. That doesn't mean you can sell me below market price," Esy was borderline yelling at her sister, "If i am the most spoiled princess in all of Hesmaton what are you? You coaxed father into an agreement that no Duke would ever agree to. I doubt that any noble ever would allow such an agreement to form."
While Jasmine blushed into a deep shade of red, Hilda started to laugh unrestrained, while I raised my eyebrow in confusion.
"WIFE?" My question cut into the atmosphere like a sword, "you are married? You married without inviting me to the festivities? I have to be told by a third party?" In my confusion I took Esy's words as face value which hurt a lot. Getting to know that your mother is married from a third party was a hit that was hard to take and I was seconds away from bolting out of the room. The only reason I didn't was because Jasmine was still holding on to me and I wasn't willing to break this contact.
Hilda came over and gave me a hug from behind before she turned me to her and looked me in the eyes while chereasing my cheek. The fact that I was now taller than her was creating a funny image.
"My sweet little boy, you misunderstood something. You did not miss our wedding. I could never do that to you. This is just a rumor that circulated through the war camps." Hilda said lovingly.
I let out a sigh of relief: "Just another unfounded rumor, that puts me at ease."
A mischievous glint appeared in Jildas eyes and a smirk graced her lips: "I never said it was an unfounded rumor. I just said that I would never forget to invite you to our wedding. What kind of mother would forget to invite her son to her wedding. I promise you that I will never marry anyone without your presence."
I looked at Hilda in shock, my jaw was agape. I was stunned and Esy was stunned as well. I had never thought about the possibility that Hilda was a lesbian. But it soon made sense in my head. After everything that Aktun Rafal put her through It would have actually been a surprise for her to trust any man enough to love him. Excluding myself.
Looking at my face Hilda began to chuckle: "What can I say," She let go of me and pulled Jasmine into a tight hug, "Jasmine Silverton the noble beauty queen is unable to resist my charm."
Jasmine started to fight back against Hilda with no strength and no success: "It was a moment of weakness that you shamelessly exploited, Stop-" Hilda stopped her by planting a sensual kiss on her lips that Jasmine returned contradicting her own words. After Hilda broke the kiss she said in a seductive voice: "So nothing of this is real and I am just exploiting your weakness. It felt quite real to me. Do you want to say that I am just taking advantage of you and you only comply because I am your boss."
As much as this scene was heartwarming it was heartbreaking as well. I just lost my crush to my own mother. I joined Esy on the couch while Hilda submitted Jasmine into admitting her feelings with kisses.