I rushed towards Ronald's room as soon as I heard that while Nina and Marina followed me. When I entered the room, his appearance was still the same. His hair was still blue, and his eyes were still red. But just by looking at that wide smile on his face, I could tell that he was back.

"Hey bro, you had us worried there. How are you feeling now?" I said as I walked in.

Even though I was overjoyed inside, I didn't express it outside. It felt like the guilt that I had been feeling deep down until now was somehow lessened.

It looked like Arica too understood that it wasn't a good idea to react loudly in front of someone who just woke up from a coma. Though the same couldn't be said for Sistina, who was wearing a shocked reaction on her face.

"It feels like I just woke up from a long horrible dream. The last thing I remember is my arm being shattered by that demon, and now my body feels like a carriage just ran over it."

After everything that happened, after everything we had to go through, he was just there smiling as if nothing happened. Though what more could I expect from him, he had been unconscious ever since the incident.

"I guess it will take some time for you to get back to your feet. Anyways, how did things go with the wind spirit?"

"Hmm.. He was hard to please at the start, but after talking for a while, we started getting along," he replied as he tried to sit up straight. He probably felt it difficult to talk while lying down.

Arica, who was standing next to him, used the other pillow that was on the bed to make him lean comfortably.

"By the way Nara"—He smiled cheerfully— "It looks like you have grown a lot. And not just you, it looks like everyone has grown a lot. Has it been that long?"

"Oh, it has been like 2 months since you were asleep," Sistina said, ruining my plan to reveal that to him slowly.

This made me somewhat glad that it was Andrew who explained things to me when I woke up. If it was Sistina, I might have gone back to where I came from in shock.

"It has just been that long huh? I thought it would have been longer when I saw you guys all changed. Guess I will have to get back up and catch up to you guys quickly."

He was taking everything surprisingly normally. Even though his appearance changed, he was every bit of a person that I remembered him to be. He was quick at analyzing how everyone present had grown just by looking at us.

"I think you should just rest for now. Save all those things for later," Nina replied. This scolding was proof that she had started feeling better.

While we were talking, Yoru and the Princesses walked in. By the looks of things, it seemed that they were getting along. This was a positive development for Yoru since this way she would be able to spend more time with everyone else.

"Oh, looks like you are finally awake. You scared us this morning, you know," Princess Anna said with a smile as the three of them stood next to the bed.

"Ha-ha! I am sorry"—Ronald looked at Yoru— "and who is this miss over here?"

"Me? I am Yoru. For now, I am just Nara's familiar. But forget about me, I am just glad that you are doing well elder brother."

I wasn't sure what she meant by that 'for now' part, but deep down I was hoping that Arica wasn't teaching her any of her stupid tricks. Though that 'elder brother' at the end did point towards her positive growth.

"Hmm.. I have heard of people keeping slaves in some northern territories, but this is my first time hearing about a human familiar."

"Well, you see, I am a divine summon. So, I can basically change into my spirit form or my human form whenever I like."

Even though her explanation was simple, Ronald knew very little about spirits and summons. This was something that I would need to explain to him later after he starts feeling a bit better. For now, I realized that the room was getting too crowded.

"It's getting two crowded here. Marina, Arica, it looks like you guys haven't had your lunch yet, so let's go down and have our lunch first. The rest can keep Ronald company."

"Okay darling," Arica replied.

Even though I had somewhat gotten used to her calling me darling, it still felt a bit embarrassing to be called that in front of Ronald.

"Take a lot of rest Ronald. We can talk about everything later," I said after which the four of us, who still hadn't eaten our lunch, walked out of the room.

I was anticipating this moment, assuming various scenarios regarding how this may turn out to be. But it was surprisingly normal. In the end, I was just overthinking things without considering how calm and composed Ronald normally was.

When we reached the kitchen, it looked like Sam had already started heating our lunch. I felt somewhat sad that he used to work this hard, and all we used to do was increase his work by showing up late for lunch.

"Everyone, lunch will be ready soon. Sorry for the wait," he said when he saw us walking towards the dining room.

"Please don't worry. We can wait a little longer," I replied.

We all then walked to the dining table and took our seat. Even though it was still morning, most of us here were used to eating lunch early. Probably because of all the training and travels that we had to do. But then I realized it wasn't just us, most of the families and people that we were aware of used to eat lunch early.

As I was thinking along those lines, Sam brought our food inside and served it. He was surprisingly fast. Probably because he had already done all the necessary preparations beforehand.

When I started eating, I realized that a lot of things that happened this morning. Some of them were weird, while some of them were surprisingly normal. But at the end of the day, it was a good morning.