Magic's Return: I Can See The Spirits
chapter-57

Seraphina, who was left alone in her room sighed. To think that man would blush like this just because she flirted with him a little, was he even a man?

If he didn't have the Blood of the Vestas flowing through his veins, Seraphina wouldn't even have looked at him.

Vaan was just too pathetic.

Thinking all that, Seraphina sighed again.

She didn't get the book she wanted today as well.

'I need to direct his desperation somewhere else and make him bring that book to me…' She spoke to herself.

*Knock* *Knock*

Suddenly, Seraphina heard a knock.

"Who is it?" She questioned.

"It is me, Sera." A man's voice was heard.

Seraphina's expression changed,

"Please come in, Father." She stood up and spoke in a respectful tone.

A tired-looking man with wrinkles on his face and dark circles under his eyes walked into the room, he had natural white hair and blue eyes just like Seraphina, even though his face was wrinkled, his sharp features were still visible. It was clear who Seraphina inherited her beauty from.

"Sera." Seraphina's father, the head of the Stormweaver family, Anderson Stormweaver called out with a slight smile on his face.

Anderson did what no one in the Stormweaver Family had done before and had just recently become a 5th Circle Mage, significantly raising the status of the Stormweaver Family in the Vesta City and he did it by using the resources his daughter Seraphina had 'received' from Vaan.

"Father, what are you doing here?"

Seraphine questioned in a respectful tone.

"I think you should stop what you are doing, Sera. I have a feeling it won't end well." Anderson spoke with a worried look on his face.

He clearly knew what his daughter was doing and while he was grateful to her because he managed to break through because of her actions, he still felt messing with the Vesta Family was not a good idea.

"Haahh…"

Hearing her father's words, Seraphina sighed.

"Father, didn't I tell you already? Just leave everything to me.

Just let this princess handle it." She laughed.

Anderson glanced at his daughter and a weak smile appeared on his face,

"This is what worries me the most, my girl. You are doing something so risky for the sake of our family. Don't think I don't know that while doing all this, you are also preparing so that if in the future something happens, you alone would be taking all the blame and the family would be spared."

"Father, you are a kind person who genuinely cares for everyone around you." Suddenly, Seraphina spoke up as she made her father sit on the sofa before sitting next to him.

"I know that you, just like the grandfather, want to raise the status of our family, however, you have to know, this world isn't a fairy tale where putting in the effort would get you what you want.

Magic is an unfair study, Father.

Not only do you need talent, you need resources as well. Resources that our family, with its current power, cannot gather.

Do you really think there is something in Vesta blood that helps them produce advanced mages for generations? Of course not. It is the resources and the knowledge they possess that make them as strong as they are right now.

If our family wants to raise our status, we need those resources, and the only person who can provide us with those resources is that man, Father.

If I do not do this, our condition would never improve no matter how much we struggle."

Seraphine explained with a serious look on her face.

Anderson, however, was still not convinced, "But do you really have to trick him though? It is apparent that that boy likes you, if you agree to marry him, not only would I not have to worry about my daughter, you wouldn't have to worry about our family either."

Hearing those words, Seraphina just smiled, "Father, the moment I marry him, my value becomes zero. Do you really think that person is in love with me? Well, you and even he may think that, however, in truth, what he wants is to own me.

There is no love in his heart, Father. He would chase me till he doesn't 'own' me, but when I marry him and becomes 'his', the chase is over, his interest is over, and whatever he is doing for me right now, everything would end.

What do you think happened to his so-called fiancé? Do you think he pushed her away just because her magic talent outshined his? It was already clear that she was a magical prodigy when Lady Astra herself accepted her, someone who did not have Vesta blood, as her pupil.

Although I would not deny that I played my part in it, the biggest reason why the Vaan pushed Elara away was because she 'gave' herself to him and that fool continued to do it, making Vaan take her for granted.

So if I want to use Vaan, I absolutely cannot become his. The 'chase' cannot end."

Seraphina spoke with a serious look on her face.

She wasn't a fool, she knew just how dangerous what she was doing was. If she could achieve that simply by marrying Vaan, then she wouldn't mind doing that at all. Vaan may be a fool and a sore loser, but he was, in the end, a Vesta and he was blessed with a good appearance either.

Marrying him for the sake of her family was no problem, but just as she mentioned before, Seraphina couldn't do it.

She couldn't become the second Elara.

This time, Anderson had no words. His daughter was just too smart, so smart that he had no way of convincing her.

"Just be careful, okay?" Anderson sighed.

"Don't worry, Father. I will be careful." Seraphina smiled.

"What about Lily? That maid was loyal to you this whole time, you aren't just going to abandon her, are you?"

"Of course not.

I needed to keep a tough act in front of that man, however, I am not an ungrateful person.

I will secretly find her, give her money and help her leave the Vesta City, however, after that, she would have to survive on her own."

"She is a smart girl, I believe she will be able to do it." Anderson smiled.

"I believe so as well." Seraphina smiled as she placed her head on her father's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Anderson shook his head and then started gently patting his daughter's head.