Save Ex-adventurer Mother, Wizard, from a Dragon

My sister had just blew out her candles on the small cake mom had baked when the a loud banging came from the front door. Instinctual I hopped out of my seat not noticing mom muttering some words as I made my way to the front door as another series of banging knocks come. Perhaps a bit to aggressively I fling the door open much to the surprise of the knight in full armor on the other side.

Stunned I can't help gawk at the sudden appearance of a black armor clad knight usually meaning someone is in deep trouble and my heart hammering away as the knight seems just as taken aback as me.

"Hello my lady, is this Lady Nora's residence?" the hint of annoyance quickly flees his tone as he calls for mother with a level of respect I would expect given to a noble. Before I can turn around to get mother I find her well soft manicured hand on my shoulder as she seems to protectively take a step forward to get in front me as I scrunch my face seeing she has the strange crystal that usually rests on fireplace's mantle.

"Is there something _I can help you with SIR _knight." Mother asks in a icy tone I've never heard her use as she glares at the knight through her glasses.

"Um...uh..I.....her majesty has issued a urgent summons for one Lady Nora Doe...It is not due to any wrong doing you have done my lady!" The knight stammers as he quickly thrusts a sealed letter barring the royal families seal. I gawk as mother casually opens the letter and quickly reads it as I try to look over her exposed shoulder to see the letter's content and fail.

"I wi-" she starts to sneer a response before being cut off by the knight "Her majesty said if you are not interested answering her summons by a obligation to your kingdom, understandably given your...relationship with her predecessor, then she is more than willing to offer a hefty reward even by the standards of one of your skills....."

At this mom's sneer seems to vanish to be replaced by a **** acceptance. "Fine....I will need some time to -"

"Of course my Lady! Me and your entourage will be staying at the village chief's hov-....home for the night please take your time in saying goodbye to your lovely daughters." the knight says as I swear he casts a lustful glance at me causing me to fidget though going by the sneer now returned to mothers lips it would not seemed imagined. The entryway explodes in questions as my sisters burst in to the room asking what that was about and why the queen would call her and if mother was in trouble.

With a sigh mother ushers us back into the kitchen to be greeted by the sight of one of the kitchen knives floating across to the table to slice the cake into 4 equal pieces. With a sigh mom sits down an explains that in her youth she was a wizard and part of an adventuring party and after saving several princes and princess and a couple small kingdoms she had met our father and decided to settle down. She had drifted apart from her party as they spread out and only really kept in contact with Aunty Veena. Who helped her conceive me and my youngest sister after she and father struggled to have any more children. The remainder of the night was spent trying to help mom pack, but mostly was me and my sisters getting in her way.

When the morning came breakfast was mostly eaten in silence. Though it seemed the entire village came out to watch mom depart. For a couple of months we waited for mom's return each new arrival to town filled us with dread and hope at the possibility of news of mom's fate or of her impending return. But nothing comes.

The idea to go looking for mom initially came to me a month after she left. Ethan one of my bullies a average height though well muscled and tanned farmer's son derided me when I had stopped by the villages tavern. He had got a few people in the tavern laughing at me when he derided me for 'not being a man and letting a woman go alone to fight a dragon' and all the masculinity must have gone to my sister, who took after our father in both height and build. I knew it was ridiculous since mom was apparently some powerful wizard, but the idea of sitting and waiting for her to return or news of her fate kept gnawing at me. I started trying to gain some muscles, but unfortunately as with most of my attempts it failed so I focused on asking one of the old veterans in town to help train me he did with some ****. But by the end of the couple weeks of training I only managed to obtain the basics.
My oldest sister attempted to talk me out of leaving the village reasoning that it was dangerous but eventually conceded. As expected my little sister reaction was to act as if I was already lost and not leave my side for the week it took me to gather enough supplies to make it to the capital. To my surprise I received a few offers from others in town to come with me.

My oldest bully Ethan, a tanned, brunette haired ruffian, offered to come with me to "try and impress your fuckable mom" he said as he eyed me with a grin. My initial reaction was a "hell no", but I've never been more than a half day away from the village and he HAS traveled to a couple cities with his father to sell goods.

The next offer was from Mia my once childhood friend turned bully. While she was average height and an athletic but not that muscular build she had always felt like the most dangerous of the local ruffians and was said to have broken into several homes and even stolen from some caravans. She had been skilled with a bow for as long as I could remember and had even received some training with the town's militia, though most of my bullies had.

The biggest surprise was when my youngest sister had offered to come with. She was always on the shorter side and her melon sized chest often got in the way and ensured none of her clothes were hand-me downs unless they came from mom. I initially told her no but she surprised me when she was able to cast a basic spell in the form of starting a candle. She explained after mom left she had rummaged through some of her things and found a spell book that mom seemed to be coping a couple some low level spells into.

After talking with my oldest sister I decided on 2 potential places to go, I could stop by the nearby Elf controlled forest and see if Aunty Veena had seen or heard from mom or head for the capital.