The Mechanical Era

Kristina woke up on her mattress bed before the sun got to shine on her face through the glass window. Her house walls were made out of expensive polished stone bricks, and dark oak floors and roofs to go along with it. It had been built 4 bedrooms, a personal bathroom, a dining room, a kitchen, a study room, and a lounge.

She got off the bed to the dark oak floor and went over to take a bath. Afterward, she opened her closet to change into. Usually, she would go in her royal knight uniform to go to work. But today was her day off she took to spend time with family. Instead, she picked a white and green gown to wear today.

She went up to the kitchen, where the maid was cooking breakfast for the entire family. She had her black hair tied like a knot with a stick and boring brown eyes. As a personal maid does, she more a black maid outfit, as for anyone to recognize her as a maid. From what Kristina can see, the maid had already cooked up the vegetables for their greens, and the bread, and was on her way to prepare the chicken meat with expensive spices.

"How is the food going along?"

"Going well Miss," she said.

"Is there anything I can help with?"

"No miss. I can handle it by myself. Miss Kristina might want to wake up the children. The sun will be up soon."

She took her advice. Kristina went up to her children's room. She did not have much time to interact with them. The two children, Angela and Shawn, were both sleeping heavily on their beds, hair ruffed and perfectly cocooned in their sheets. Angela was the elder of the two, being 9 years old.

She had short black hair that was similar to her father, while behind her closed eyes were sharp green eyes. Her face was a bit sleeker than her mother's. Shawn was only 7 years old. He had his mother's hair with his mother's green eyes and round face.

The room itself had its stone brick walls painted white, with two glass windows to peer to the outside world at a whim. The two had their own separate closets.

Kristina was a bit nervous. It had been a long while since she had talked to her kids. She tried to remember when the last time was, but couldn't. The sun started to really rise, and she decided to wake Angela up first.

"Rise and shine my child. It's time to wake up." Angela's heavy eyelids started to lighten. She slowly opened them to look at her mother, smiling. Angela thought she was dreaming at first. So she pinched herself only to find out she really was awake.

"Mother? What are you doing in our room?" she said in a sluggish voice.

"I got a holiday today to spend time with you and your brother!" Angela got confused, and a bit nervous.

"W...Why?"

"Because I am your mother darling. Now. Get ready. We have to eat breakfast."

...

The family sat at the breakfast table, The plates and silverware were all placed properly. The food was hot, and everyone's mouths were watering. The children wore their dresses given to them. Angela wore a blue one, while Shawn wore a red one. Their hair had been properly combed by themselves so as to not piss off their mother.

The family, before they consume their food, gathered their hand and started a prayer. After the prayer, they started to consume the breakfast that the maid had made. Kristina found this to be a great opportunity to start a conversation. Catch up on what they were doing.

"So how have you two been doing these past few weeks?" Kristina asked her children, who were sitting on the opposite side of the table.

"We have been doing well mother. We have been learning a lot. My little brother is learning magic with me. We have both been improving. "

"What else?"

"I have been learning to dance."

"Can you show me after we are done eating?"

"Of course mother."

"What else dear?"

"Well, I often read with my friends. They give me some books to read."

"What kind of books?"

"Mostly novels. I have managed to completely read about 5 of them so far."

"You know, I could buy some for you. You don't seem to have to do much around here."

"Thank you, mother."

"What about you Shawn? What have you been doing? Do you have friends?"

"I have a couple of friends. We practice our swordsmanship skills with wooden swords for fun."

"I see. I once trained with some friends when I was your age as well! Would you like me to train you? I would be happy to."

Shawn looked back to his food and took a bite. He was hesitant to accept his mother's request.

"Don't worry. I won't be too aggressive."

"Um... Alright?"

"Great! When do you think we can start?" she asked.

"Well, I think about in the afternoon?" he said.

"Is there anything else that you have to do with your friends? You sound unsure honey."

"Well, I train in archery with them as well. We use toy arrows to play with each other. We are going to one tomorrow. I just hope that I could train a little bit before I go tomorrow. "

"Ah... Then I guess we can do it on another day?"

"No mother. We can train today," he said.

Kristina spends the day enjoying herself with her family, to strengthen her connections with them again. For the first time in a really long time, she felt in a state of pure bliss. She hoped that it could last forever, but alas the day will have to come to an end.

...

Multiple knights stood outside Peterson's workshop. A meeting is about to take place with these two with the prince tomorrow. They had to search the entire workshop to remove anything dangerous to the Prince. The one elected to defend the prince, who was chosen today, was a man named Silvester.

"Alright, everyone. Search the place. Report to me if you find anything." he ordered the knights.