A Mother's Perspective (Cattleya POV)

"Parenting is hard."

I repeated those words to my mother for the nth time, right after I watched my son, Arthur, vanish from my sight with a flash of light.

Before the issue of whether he had a crush on someone even crossed my mind, I was more impressed that he had become capable of using Tier 4 Spatial Magic easily.

Right after I spoke, I noticed my mother's eyes momentarily glance at me, but they quickly returned their focus to the homunculus which she was inscribing magic circles in the eye of.

She did not say anything, but I knew it wasn't because she was ignoring me, but because she was prioritizing finishing her task before answering me.

And she did exactly just that.

Only after slotting the eyeball into the skull's eye socket, did she put down her magic pen and finally turn towards me.

"So, what is it this time?"

"You say that like I only say that when I have issues."

"Is that not the truth?"