Chapter 418: Disgusting! Focus!

For the next three weeks, Adrian spent most of his time holed up in his room with Claire and Serena.

He honestly expected Aria to eventually demand to come sleep in his bed considering how much she loved cuddling beside him. But weirdly enough, she suddenly decided to take a much more mature approach to things.

On the very first day of his brand new three week ’training plan’, she walked right up to him before bedtime, during dinner. She declared that she wanted to sleep alone from now on since she was growing older and needed to act like it.

Adrian wanted to protest. But the two sharp glares that immediately hit him from Claire and Serena stopped him right in his tracks.

Luckily, Aria did not completely alienate him either. Whenever he was actually out of his bedroom, she was usually the one he spent all his free time with. They spent time cooking, goofing off, or just playing around like normal.

But there were quite a few things that started to confuse Aria during first week of those three weeks.

Almost a week had passed since Adrian started ’training’ with the two girls. Aria was walking down the corridor like usual when she chuckled slightly to herself before continuing toward her own room.

’Imagine having honeymoon in your own bedroom... I feel sorry for those two, but I guess it’s fine considering the fact that none of them complained or seem to have a problem with it.’

She was just about to open her door when the main bedroom door suddenly opened behind her.

Claire walked out.

Or rather, she stumbled out.

Aria silently watched as Claire used the wall to help balance herself. She was a C Rank knight, yet she was practically dragging her feet down the hallway almost like she had crippled herself.

Aria frowned.

’What the hell is going on inside?’

She knew how reproduction worked, but all she really knew were the basics like kissing and the actual act insertion itself. She had no idea about any of the detailed stuff. She was technically a completely inexperienced person who had only received a little bit of knowledge from certain books in her past life.

Seeing Claire walking like that naturally made her wonder if something had gone terribly wrong. Aria quickly walked over and looked up at her with worry.

"Claire?"

Claire looked down. "What is wrong?"

"Is he hurting you?" Aria asked.

Claire blinked.

Aria’s expression became even more serious. "If he is being bad to you, I will beat him up for you."

She was a little conflicted inside because she loved Adrian a lot, but she also could not stand the thought of him being abusive toward Claire or Serena.

To her surprise, Claire simply chuckled. She reached down and patted Aria’s head.

"Oh, you do not have to worry. Adrian is a very, very loving person~"

Aria blinked again.

For some reason, the way Claire said it only made her even more confused.

"You will understand when you grow up," Claire added before winking.

Aria immediately became slightly annoyed.

’Why does everyone keep saying that?’

She was technically a grown-up inside. Even if her body was that of a child, she was much older than them mentally. And now she could not even figure out how to ask what was going on without exposing the fact that she was way more curious than a seven-year-old should be.

She just could not think of a safe way to ask.

"Okay," Aria finally muttered. "But if he beats you or something, tell me."

Claire chuckled again. "Yeah, I sure will tell you, cutie."

She patted Aria’s head again, which only made Aria pout.

Aria watched as Claire slowly walked toward the far bathroom. She stood there for a few seconds before suddenly frowning.

"Wait."

Claire looked back.

"Is there not a bathroom in Papa’s bedroom?"

"Serena is using that one, so it is my turn to use a different one."

"Oh." Aria nodded. "Okay."

Claire continued walking toward the bathroom while Aria finally entered her own room and closed the door behind her.

She sat down on her bed and closed her eyes.

"Okay, calm down," she whispered.

She tried to organize her thoughts.

’You don’t really know much about the things they are doing, but you need to value their privacy. You cannot just go snooping around them because you are curious.’

Honestly, she did not even want to imagine what she might see if she actually tried to peek inside. There was a very good chance that Adrian would be completely naked. That alone was more than enough reason for her to stay far away.

’No, yuck.’

She shook her head aggressively.

’He is your father.’

Just thinking about it made her feel a strange sense of disgust. Not because Adrian was ugly, but for the fact that she even entertained the thought of snooping. She immediately pushed the thought away and focused on what Claire had said instead.

’Claire sounded happy. That probably means whatever they are doing is not a bad thing.’

Aria nodded innocently to herself.

Still, it did not make much sense to her. She lay down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling.

"This is so unfair."

She frowned.

"Now I want to be their friend instead of their daughter."

At least if she were their friend, they might actually tell her what was going on and she wouldn’t have to sit around guessing.

Aria sat back up and slapped both of her cheeks with her hands at the exact same time.

"Okay. Focus."

Luckily, Adrian had somehow managed to keep the sounds inside his room from reaching the corridor or her room which was right beside his. That meant she did not have to hear anything and could simply use this time to focus on her own training.

Aria closed her eyes and sensed the mana inside her body. She carefully examined her own mana pathways before opening her eyes again.