Chapter 156: Back To Home
"Wait! Look again. It doesn’t seem to be breaking." Sera spoke hastily as she grabbed both Aunt Claire and Garron’s arms to pull their attention toward the fountain that was shaking and shifting without making any sort of sound.
"It’s true! The fountain... it doesn’t seem to be breaking apart." Garron added as he too watched a new miracle happening right in front of his eyes.
The three of them stood there on the front porch of the castle and watched as the fountain became as new as it looked right on the day when Annalise and the Dark Lords left the castle for Lakeshire Town. It didnt even take a minute before clear crystal water started sprinkling out of it in beautiful sprays and landed in the pool below.
Aunt Claire was the first one to walk down the steps of the porch and head closer to the completely ’now normal’ looking fountain. "The carps are back too." Her voice was low and barely audible as the shock had taken over the woman completely but both Sera and Garron still succeeded in hearing her words.
"What are you talking about, Aunt Claire? Those carps disappeared the very next day after the lords and the lady left." Garron was still having trouble believing the amount of magic he kept witnessing in the castle. His almost mortal upbringing had kept him away from magic almost all his life and he still had no idea just how powerful and impossible magic could be.
"But..." His expression changed the moment he reached the fountain and looked at the pool which was already filled halfway even though it barely came back to life just a moment ago. "... those carps are indeed back... all of them." He could hardly believe what he was seeing but the reality couldn’t be changed even though he kept thinking that those things seemed too impossible to happen.
"The garden..." Sera’s shocked-filled words made both Aunt Claire and Garron turn their attention to look at the garden that was slowly but very swiftly turning from its gloomy state into a beautiful place as the castle’s magic welcomed its masters.
The trees turned livelier and so did the vines and the grass. The flower plants that had been looking lifeless all this time suddenly became healthier with even a couple of flowers that bloomed out of nowhere. The castle building was once again covered in very healthy-looking vines and green moss and a soft cool breeze started blowing as the weather of the castle changed for good.
"What is going on? Why is this place suddenly returning to its previous look?" Sera asked as her eyes keenly ran all around her surroundings to grasp the exact amount of changes that were happening to the castle.
"Maybe it’s our lady..." Garron suddenly suggested as his eyes filled with sparkles at the thought of the Princess finally returning to the castle. He liked the castle more in its current state compared to its previous gloomy and dark state, and it seemed like only the lady of the house was able to make the place livelier with her presence.
Before either Sera or Aunt Claire would have gotten any chance to respond, their attention was pulled in the direction of the iron gates as the sound of horses galloping as they approached the castle.