Chapter 667: The Empire’s Age of Exploration: Fatima Fatesh’s Suden Life Change
[AN: For anyone who chose to skip the Empire's Age Exploration Chapters, please read this one as it will be important to the story's major plot.]
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Fatima held the crying Rana in her hands. Although she was gifted and mature, no eight-year-old can easily accept the sudden death of her father. Although it pained Fatima, especially when Rana asked if they could revive her Baba, she gritted her teeth and allowed her daughter.
"Rana, do you want ice cream?" Fatima asked, and Rana barely nodded.
"Come, let's make ice cream like we used to." Fatima did not use some powerful spells or summon the ice cream from the Food Dimension. Instead, the two got the ingredients and made it from scratch, using basic spells to combine and make strange flavors.
While Rana was mixing fever dream flavor with ice volcano flavor, Fatima scooped a bit of her scream and wiped it on her nose. "Mama," Rana complained before throwing her milk. Fatima dodged, but that only encouraged little Rana even more. A food fight erupted in the kitchen, with food particles everywhere.
The two had fun, and Fatima took them to a bath. Once again, no spells and everything was done the old-fashioned way. After the bath, Fatima cooked Rana's favorite meal (lightning rabbit stew) and her favorite cartoon. It was a cartoon about an anthropomorphic bunny traveling through different dimensions and having countless adventures. In hindsight, Fatima realized the Empire had been preparing the people for the Age of Exploration for many years through the use of the media.
Rana fell asleep while watching the show, and Fatima slowly put her to bed. She suddenly remembered something: "Khadija, why is it taking so long for the government to arrive?"
"Madam, I have done my best to buy you as much time as possible. They should be arriving soon."
"...Thank you."
"I'm always at your service."