1 year later.
Under a tree outside the capital of Ablax, there were three figures. A beautiful woman, a young boy, and a young girl. They were Ari, Earl and Aria respectively.
Aria stood under the tree peacefully in her french maid dress. Within one year, she had aged wonderfully. She was now taller and developed more curves in the right places. She held a fresh, cool towel in her hand as she waited for her master to finish training.
Whee!
A stray wind spell flew past the tree.
Ari and Earl were currently engaged in combat training. Ari would cast a random spell and Earl would have to react to it. It was a training that honed his reflexes and instincts.
They were reaching the end of their training session for the day now. Ari pointed and shot a fireball towards Earl. Earl had experienced this countless times already. Without having to think about it, he was able to erect a water shield around his body to block the spell.
Szzz!!
Steam filled the air from the interaction of the two spells and Ari followed up without missing a beat, condensing the steam into ice blocks and throwing them at Earl. It was an unexpected attack.
From the sheer speed of the ice blocks, Earl had to fall back on the magic that was most comfortable to him. Moments before he was hit by the ice, his body darkened before completely turning into a shadow and sidestepped the attack.
Many things could happen in a year and for Earl, he had made his progression to the Advanced Mage rank. The Advanced rank was one of the fist qualitative changes in one's journey of Magecraft. It signified the ability for one to embody their magic.
Earl's body changed back to its regular form as he waited for the next wave of attacks. The sun rays shone down through the tree leaves and onto Earl's face. He was now 8 years old and looked more mature than he did the previous year. Dressed in his usual white shirt with a ribbon bow tie and a pair of shorts, he was growing up to be a fine man.
The next wave of attacks never came. Instead, Ari clapped her hands and said, "Alright! That concludes our session for the day!"
Her words lifted some tension off Earl as he let out a sigh of relief. Even though he knew that he was in perfectly safe hands, it was quite scary to have spells constantly tossed at him for a whole hour.
With training over, Aria hurriedly made her way over to Earl and wiped his forehead sweat off with the towel in her hand. The towel felt cool and refreshing to Earl. It was always nice to be taken care of.
Earl enjoyed the feeling of seeing Aria bend down slightly to carefully wipe his sweat. She was still taller than him, but the gap was quickly being closed.
"Thank you, Aria."
"My pleasure, master." Aria replied with a smile. She had grown to be more cheerful and spirited over the year. It was a real pleasure to be served by such a dedicated maid slave like her.
When Aria finished tending to Earl, Ari came and ruffled his hair. "Good job today, as usual." She said lovingly.
Earl relaxed and snuggled his head against her thigh. Their lovely, warm family atmosphere had not changed one bit over the year.
"Shall we go home now?"
From afar, they looked like the ideal noble family on a picnic. A beautiful, young, loving mother. A growing, talented and handsome son. And a charming, happy maid.
Coming home, it was the same, yet slightly different. The difference was that there were floating runes wrapped around the Magic Castle. Ari checked on the status of the runes and said, "We should be able to leave for the Elven Kingdom in a month."
"So soon?" Earl was surprised. "I can't wait to go!"
"Right? It took the King long enough to find actual fun missions for the Court Mages."
Their trip to the Elven Kingdom was to be a long term one to build diplomatic relations. From what Earl was informed of, the other Court Mages were being sent off to the other kingdoms with Court Mage Merlin being the only one to remain inside Ablax. From this, anyone could figure out that there were undercurrents happening in the Great Continent.
For Court Mages to be sent out for diplomatic purposes, the situation must be a complicated one. Not that Earl cared too much, of course. He was under the protection of his mother and merely wanted to have fun with his harem.
Entering the Magic Castle, Earl pulled Aria along for a shower session. Having Ari as his mother in this situation was perfect as she would not interrupt his time with his slave. She saw it as part of her motherly duties to let Earl explore his interests how he wanted it. The only thing she would not give up was their sexy time at night, which worked out in favour of both parties. Earl needed his sexy time at night. Ari needed her sexy time at night. It was perfect.
After entering the bathroom with Aria, she began to undress Earl in a very natural manner. Her time at the Golden Service Institution was not wasted and she learned many things that were hugely beneficial in serving her master.
She remembered when she was first doing this, she was stumbling all over the place but now she could do it with a completely calm mind. Before she knew it, she had completely undressed her master.
Her master was always pleasant to look at, but it was always more special to tend to him when he was naked.
Earl then looked to Aria and said, "Undress and join me today."