Chapter 376: Celebration (2/2)
”[Magnus Tempestria: Dragon's Fang]!”
Whoosh!
As the blade transformed into a larger blade made out of mana, Vanadir then slashed out at the sword as a blade made out of green light made its way to the ball.
”[Wind Dragon's Four Forms: Wind Dragon's Claw]!”
Swoosh!
Without any hiccups, the energy imbued in the attack was soon absorbed by the ball of mana as the crimson red ball now had hints of dark red, blue, and green strands surrounding it. Seeing this, Dane went ahead and imbued into it the element of Earth, allowing the first three elements to show their greatest properties before he compressed it even further.
Feeling that he had compressed the ball of mana to its limits, Dane then went ahead and threw it towards the ground. ”Hah!”
Bang!
At the very moment the ball of mana had collided with the ground, multiple cracks started to spread throughout the training ground as the surrounding land quaked for quite some time due to the might of the attack. In fact, a few of the maids and guards in the palace were quite shaken by the quaking, wondering if it was the end of the world.
Fortunately, the quaking did not last for long as the energy in the ball of mana eventually dissipated. Nevertheless, a level of might far greater than the attack Vanadir did was achieved, eliciting smiles to appear on the faces of Vanadir and the others. Even Erea could not help but be snapped back to reality from the attack, only to excuse herself after the attack had lost its energy.
Seeing this, Valentia and Griselle went ahead and followed Erea to ask her what was going on in her mind while Vanadir could not help but let out a peal of laughter from the might of the attack. Slapping Dane on the shoulder from joy, Vanadir then told him, ”I knew you could do it! To hell with your talk about low expectations!”
In response, Dane awkwardly smiled as he replied, ”As long as I've achieved the needs of Your Highness.”
After talking about what they could improve about the group attack a bit more, Valentia and Griselle appeared in front of the two, prompting Vanadir to put on a slightly solemn expression as he asked them, ”So, what's wrong with Erea?”
”Well, how do I go about this?” Surprisingly, Griselle was the one to reply, scratching her head before coming up with a decent answer. ”In short, it's Erea's birthday today, and she doesn't know how to spend it.”
”Hmm? Shouldn't she spend it with her family if that's the case?” Vanadir could not help but ask in response, to which Valentia shrugged her shoulders as she replied, ”That's the problem. She can't recall who her family is.”
”Isn't there a clan with the surname Magimillia?” Vanadir asked once more, though this time, he asked this question to Dane. After a moment of silence, Dane shook his head as he replied, ”According to the information networks you've given me control over, Your Highness, a clan with the surname Magimillia does not exist in our Seraph Kingdom.”
”She knows it's her birthday today, and she doesn't know her family? I can't help but feel pity for her,” Valentia could not help but say, putting a slightly sad expression as she could not help but empathize with Erea. Soon after, Griselle could not help but feel the same way, only for the two of them to start tearing up as they thought about the possible things that were going on inside Erea's mind at the moment.
As for Vanadir and Dane, they went silent for a moment as they looked at each other, wondering what they could do to help out. Eventually, the two of them seemed to have thought up of the same thing as they looked at each other with a gaze of realization.
”Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Dane?” Vanadir asked Dane, to which Valentia and Griselle could not help but look at.
With a light grin on his face, Dane responded, ”I wouldn't be surprised if you've read my thoughts, Your Highness.”
”What's going on with you two?” Valentia could not help but ask, which only made the two grin even wider as they knew their thoughts were definitely the same.
”Ah, I get it!” After some time, Griselle let out laughter as she finally understood what was going on in the minds of the two. With knowing nods, the three looked at each other as it seemed that they were planning something in secret.
At this point, only Valentia was clueless, making her go into a slight rage as she said, ”Oh, come on! Just spit it out and tell me what it is already!”
With grins on their faces, Vanadir, Dane, and Griselle looked at each other before telling Valentia in unison, ”We're going to hold a birthday party for Erea!”
”…why didn't you tell me that in the first place?!” Naturally, after knowing how simple the answer was, Valentia could not help but become mad at the three, wondering why they had kept her in the dark for so long. Laughing the anger off, Vanadir then looked at Dane, who nodded as a rift appeared above the heads of the two girls.
Clink! Clink!
Soon, small bags filled to the brim with gold coins appeared from the rift, which soon dropped onto the palms of the two. With a light grin, Vanadir then told the two, ”We're not well-versed on how a birthday party for a girl her age should be celebrated, so we've decided that you two shall be in charge of the decor and food. As for everything else, leave that up to us.”
Seeing as how they had become in charge of something important for Erea, Valentia and Griselle instantly tightened their grips over the small bags as they nodded in response before leaving only Vanadir and Dane in the training grounds.
With only them being in the royal training grounds, Vanadir was about to say something to Dane regarding Erea's birthday party, only for the expression on Dane's face to take a turn for the worse.
Naturally, Vanadir had an inkling that the news Dane received from the information network was anything but good. But when he heard the words that came out of Dane's mouth, only seething anger could be seen on his face.
”Your Highness…”
”I've obtained word that the Third Prince has met up with an envoy from the Valiharsus Kingdom.”
”...”
”…that bastard!”