76 Vacation (2/2)

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The moment Claire noticed someone else's shoes in the front door, she quickly connected it to his brother and looked for him.

Wallace is leisurely watching the television for the evening news when his father and little sister arrived.

Claire quickly noticed a bag placed in the table. It wasn't there when they left so it's safe to assume that her brother brought it.

”Here, this is yours.” Wallace took a small wrapped box from the bag and gave to Claire.

The latter thanked him and opened the gift. She saw a golden brooch in the form of Red Star flower where their town is famous of. This type of flower can almost be found only in the Luna Lake near their town. Looking closer at the brooch, the flowers are made of finely carved and tinted ivory and it only have 9 cm high.

Claire saw how beautiful it is and even loved it more as she's very familiar with the flower.

She quickly tried wearing the brooch with the help of her father.

Chase took the brooch from Claire and as soon as he touches it, he was able to clearly analyze the mana artifact. Yes, the brooch is a Grade A mana artifact that Wallace made specifically for her little sister. This was inspired from the brooch that he saw in the TMAC. It looks more like an elegant decoration than a weapon used for battle.

As a Magic Engineer, even though he no longer heavily work in the field, Chase noticed the exquisite design for it's smooth mana flow. Based on his experience, he felt that this mana artifact is more focused on defense. He couldn't clearly analyze the magic structure place here without proper tools.

After helping Claire, he asked Wallace about the Mana Artifact.

”I've only placed Layered Mana Barrier and some locator spell. I've also recently learned stealth magic so i tried putting it on the brooch as well. But it doesn't really have any offensive spells in it.”

Wallace answered to his father. Claire doesn't have formal education about mana usage and was only personally taught by his mom and dad, it may cause trouble if she have destructive magic spells in her artifact so he only placed defensive spell, stealth magic and a locator in case necessary.

Chase nodded at this, as a Magic Engineer, he was also capable of making mana artifacts for his children but when Wallace moved to study in the academy, most of his mana artifacts was left here at home as Wallace is now somehow capable of making for himself. As for Claire, Chase hadn't made one for her age but prepared something she grown up a bit more. For now, they are teaching her mana manipulation without using mana artifacts.

Unlike Wallace who previously had weak mana affinity and couldn't cast a complete Mana Shell that would cover his whole body, Claire has a very good mana affinity.

”Is she still in service? When will she return?” Wallace suddenly asked his parents. He was clearly referring to his older sister serving in the military. Although she wasn't a member of Lucent Force, a special magic battalion, his sister is working for another magicians troops. He wasn't clear as well about his sister's rank and position but it seems to be quite special.

”She mentioned that she'll be back before the year ends. Why?” Chase answered and was curious as Wallace isn't normally interesterd in his sister's life.

”I see. It's nothing. I just want to ask her of some things.” Wallace nodded and said after hearing his father's answer.