36 Natural Selection IV (2/2)
And so, Nova repeated once again.
”I am an illegitimate child of Royal Blood.” She expressed herself once again.
The king had observed Nero's heart very carefully with his eyes and ears, trying to ascertain the truth.
He became even more shocked, his face full of disbelief.
”I-it's true!” he gasped.
Hearing that, the quiet crowd suddenly became boisterously loud.
Questions flew everywhere, nobody knew of this kid yet they were sure he was a Royal.
The king's Basic Slayer status was known to all, there were a few instances where the King's lie-detecting abilities were displayed. Each time, his detection had been precisely correct, making the crowd believe completely in the boy's words.
One question emerged everyone's mind, whose child was this kid?
Suddenly, the hooded figure made a move, making a reveal.
A woman, in her mid-20s, with pale white skin, came in view from underneath the hood.
”Princes Diane!”
”It's the first princess Diane!”
The crowd exclaimed at the woman's appearance.
The eldest, and most renown, Princess had made her appearance.
”He's my child!” the woman proclaimed with a face of bliss and reminiscence.
A single glance could tell how she genuinely thought Nero to be her child.
”Their shade of black hair colour match! It has to be!” a younger member of an Aristocrat family shouted.
'Nova?'
'...Not my intention, but okay, hehe! This will work out in our favour for sure!'
”Mother?” Nova looked up with a tearful face, a face of joy gleamed in the afternoon light.
'What's the meaning of this? Actually, that can wait for later... for now, we have to continue with the selection.' the king was as thoroughly confused as Nero here, he did come to realise something, however...
Diane had hidden the birth of this child because she gave birth when she was 16.
Not wanting to handle the responsibility and the 'looks' from her younger sisters, she had chosen to hide the child's birth by making the excuse that she was going out travelling the Island for a year.
”Oh, my little boy Agustus, why have you changed your name? Do you still have the locket with you? What in Rosaria's name happened in the last years?” Diane worriedly asked.
”Oh, mother... I've been through so much...” Nova answered with a glad expression, then slowly changed the look on her face to a solemn one, telling Nero to command mana according to her.
”But... I'm sorry mother, I have to finish the task my master gave me... I have to reach Mainland.”
”Master? What master?”
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”My master, Master Oogway...” right as those words were spoken, Basic Adept Mana gathered at the edges of the shoulder ribbons, leaving beautiful orange light around Nero as a strong breeze passed by.
”A Slayer.”