“I guess we should go.” He said as his eyes glanced at his watch, “It’s past five, we really should go. Mom and Dad would like to see you again.” He smiled, he led me down through the passage we came from, and in a flash, we were back in the drawing room. A woman and a man were waiting, we could see their backs from where we were, we went forward, and Ryo told me to wait, as he went to call the people, I think were his parents.

They stood up and walked to me, the woman wore a sky-blue ankle-length dress, with diamond earrings and gold butterfly arm cuff on her left hand, on the right, she wore a blue and white thread called a Tzitzit, like everyone else in Sukairantan Isles did, it was a necessary tradition to do, as our ancestors did the same. The Sukairantan Isles is a numerous conglomeration of islands that united after a devastating feud, in each direction lies at least one or two kingdoms. The north has two kingdoms, Reito Kingdom and Kōri Kingdom rule side by side, after the prince of Reito and the princess of Kōri were married, the kingdoms had formed an alliance, it is said that the wife of the current Uriel family, is a descendant of that line. I do wonder if that's true or not. ( Adding a little detail like that line turns it from an exposition dump to more of an internal thought process by the mc)

The woman, his mother looked like an angel, she had platinum blond hair, ocean blue eyes with a crescent moon white in them, her face was as white as snow, she looked alluring and perfect. She held out her hand to me, “Hello dear, you must be Cerise. You may not remember me, but I remember you well.” When she smiled, you could see the slight wrinkles near her eyes.

I took her hand and shook it, “It’s nice to see you again after nine years, Aunty.”

She smiled brightly, “Oh, look at you. Being all formal, don’t be. You can address me as Elise, you’ve become taller, you’re starting to look like a vixen, not in a bad way, you look incredibly beautiful.” She let go of my hand, as her husband came forward, he was tall, and fair, he had fire-colored eyes and ash black hair, with his build, height and looks, you’d mistake him for a superstar.

I bent low in a keunjeol and said, “Hello Uncle. It’s nice to see you again, and I love all the clothing designs you’ve made. I were every one of them, every day!”

He isn’t saying anything. Why isn’t he saying anything?! Oh, great, now I’m even sweating.

A few tense moments later, his gruff voice sounded from above me, “Stand straight. And look at me.”

I did what he said, and I was suddenly pulled in into a headlock, his voice was now excited and jumpy, “Silly girl.” He ground his knuckle on my head.

I smiled and laughed, “Uncle!! I’m not a boy!”

He smiled back, “Well then quit calling me Uncle!!! For Pete’s sake, I’m not that old.” I could tell he looked up as he called over Ryo over and put him in a headlock too. While Elise put up a camera and posed. The four of us looked like a happy family, but I think. This is the start, of an eventful and exciting adventure.