Chapter 8: The Birthday Banquet
Time flies by in a blink of an eye, and it's been a month since Aoife came to this world...
Today, Aoife's parents, Mollian and Count Danson, decide to throw him a birthday party to celebrate the full moon.
"It's another sunny day."
A long brown leather boot stepped out of the black open-top carriage, and a charming young woman with curly yellow hair descended the staircase.
When the warm and dazzling sunlight shone on her white and smooth soft body, the handsome man standing on the side wearing a black dress and meticulously combed hair reacted quickly, walked over quickly, first blocked the sun for her, and then took down the white sun umbrella that had been prepared from the carriage rail.
"Thank you, my favorite prince, Daniel."
The woman smiled charmingly, reached out to open the handle of the umbrella, and took the man named Daniel with her small hand in a lady's mink gloves and walked towards the gate of the villa.
Whenever they passed by familiar faces, they would stop, patiently listen to each other's remarks, and then smile and politely greet each other.
And so, about a quarter of an hour or so, Daniel took out the white pocket watch inlaid with masonry from his bosom and glanced at it, and reminded Miss Louise, who was smiling at the distance.
"We're running out of time, so it's best not to keep Danson waiting too long, you know he's always had a bad temper."
The woman's expression did not change at all, but the brown eyes of the golden eyes shrank slightly, obviously thinking of something...
Louise, who had an idea, quickly ended the topic, although the other party still wanted to talk a few more words, but saw that she responded a little perfunctory, so she had to make an appointment to talk together next time she had time, and left with regret.
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At this time, Aoife was still in the house, and after more than a week of precipitation, he was already fully familiar with his abilities, and if he fought the enemy he had encountered before, Aoife felt that he could kill his opponent in three rounds.
Of course, the premise is that the other party does not get together ...
For a week, Aoife hadn't challenged a new floor, and he was ready for it, but for now, he needed to focus all his energy on the birthday party he was about to face.
"Aophee, are you in there?"
With a soft, gentle inquiry, Maria, who was standing outside the door, waited for a few seconds, and just as she was about to knock, the door was opened.
"Got it, I'll go out now." Aoife glanced at her and nodded in response.
He noticed that Maria was wearing a maid's outfit today, wearing white thighs and black cloth shoes with white lace, combing her hair back with balls, lightly embellishing her face, and wearing a silver necklace on her chest in a white shirt.
"Very good, this is a gift from my wife, and on such a day, it is just right to wear it, and it is used to show the faΓ§ade of the Tor family."
"It's beautiful."
Sensing Aoife's gaze, Maria proudly straightened her chest and explained.
Danson glanced at her and smiled.
When Aoye walked out of the house, he noticed that a lot of people had come today.
Roger the butler methodically arranged for the male servants gathered next to him, and took those distinguished guests to find seats that matched each other's status.
Each circle has a different boundary line, and it can be awkward for unfamiliar people to stay together and not find a common topic.
"On this special day, all the factors that can make people unhappy should be removed in advance."
Here's what Mollian said.
At this moment, she was talking to a beautiful woman in a long white dress with her long hair, and next to her, stood Aoife's sister, Lisa.
She had only returned from the aristocratic school last night, and she felt that someone was watching her, and she turned her head vigilantly with her sharp instincts.
Lisa was slightly stunned when she discovered that the source of her gaze was a strange boy, and soon the photo in the letter flashed in her mind.
This is her younger brother, Aowie.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, my brother."
In order not to affect the people around her, she greeted her with lip language.
"Huh? Intuition is sharp, is that all? I felt the magic fluctuations from her body, it was not very strong, only the strength of a first-order mage. β
Aoye, who didn't know that there was a mage apprentice, defined it in his heart.
"I'm happy too, sister."
Unlike Lisa, Aoife used the power of the wind, so his lips could not do anything, and the words were brought to the other person's ears by the wind.
Lisa: "?? β
Could it be that his brother is also a wizard apprentice, impossible, he is only a month old, and he has no way to learn magic?
Could it be that Mr. Kennedy taught him?
When Lisa looked at Kennedy with a puzzled expression, he held the red wine and performed fire magic for the nobles who were interested in magic.
She didn't know that her younger brother was about to be promoted to the third order, and Kennedy was only a first-order wizard.
Louise, Mollian's cousin and Aowie's aunt, had a few warm conversations with her sister she hadn't seen for a long time...
Feeling a little tired, she rubbed her eyebrows, and her eyes searched for Aoife's figure in the crowd...
In an instant, Aoye felt something in his heart and looked up at the other party.
Second-Order Mage.
After feeling the strength of the magic coming from the other party, Aoife looked at Louise with some surprise in his eyes, this was the first time he had come into contact with a mage stronger than Daniel in the real world.
And Aophe's aunt, Lady Louise, has a solemn face, and the two find each other at the same time, but she can only feel the powerful energy from each other's small bodies, and she is unfathomable.
It should be an old monster with a changing face, she defined in her mind.
She quietly pulled her husband Daniel, secretly reminding Aoife of his existence.
Daniel glanced at the other man warily and didn't look any further.
There is a rule among wizards that you can't look at your stronger seniors without being polite, it's rude, and if you don't stop doing so, you may suffer unforeseen consequences.
Like, a pointless battle...
When Moriam found out that her cousin was looking at Aowie, she thought that the other person knew her son.
He looked at Aoife with a big smile on his face and shouted.
"Son, come on, this is your aunt."
Aoife smiled and walked slowly, the crowd he passed by was automatically separated by an unknown energy, and those people didn't realize that something was wrong, and continued to talk to the acquaintances next to him with a smile on their faces.
"Son?! Mollian, this is your son Aoife. Thor? β
Louise looked at Aoife as she approached, her seductive eyes stopped rolling and looked at her sister, Mollian, in surprise.
"yes, I thought you knew him."
Mollian, who has no talent, is just an ordinary person, and can't perceive Aoife's specialness, just when he is a precocious child.
Louise's gaze turned to the child, who was completely out of step with her peers.
Offie gave Louise a faint look and shouted at her.
"Auntie."
"This is your sister Lisa, who just came back from school."
After Mollian's introduction, she turned to the slender girl in a white dress and top hat.
"Sister..."
Unlike Louise, because the gap between the two is too big, Lisa can't feel the strength of the other party's mana, and only treats the other party as an ordinary child.
With a pitiful smile, she performed a non-killing fire magic, explained.
"I'm sorry, Aophei, I'm just meeting you now, my sister is studying in the magic department of the Noble Academy, I don't usually have much time, No, this is magic for you, how about it? Pretty, right? If you work harder, you will have a chance to learn in the future. β
Louise, who was standing on the sidelines, almost covered her forehead when she saw this scene, my little princess Lisa, this magic is given to your brother, and he probably can't look down on it...
The corners of Aoye's unnatural mouth twitched, and he glanced at the spark magic and smiled politely.
"Thank you so much, sister."
Molyan, who was on the side, keenly smelled that something was wrong with the dead atmosphere, and ended the topic with the time was almost up to eat the cake.
Daniel looked at Oddie's departing back with a serious face, and reminded Louise.
"Be careful, your sister's son is not simple, I feel that he is almost the third order, maybe the fourth order?"
"Third order? He's only been a month..."
"I wish I was dreaming... Otherwise, there will be a new storm in the wizarding world..."
Louise rubbed her brows, her eyes filled with sorrow, as if she saw a turbulent future.
"I want to, too." Daniel took Louise into his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
Aoife wouldn't have thought that he had been noticed by his aunt Louise and her husband, but even if he did, he wouldn't have much to worry about.
Because the two chose different paths, fate had already secretly arranged everything.
Aoife followed behind her mother, Mollian, and greeted the acquaintances with a calm expression.
It's a pity that Mollian originally planned to introduce them to Aoye, with the intention of paving the way for the future, but Aoife was destined to have nothing to do with them.
In this way, Aoye, who felt that he had been delayed, looked calm and smiling on the surface, but in fact, he was suffering in his heart and had already left in a hurry.
Finally, in the midst of many gazes, he came to a huge nine-tiered cake, blew out the candles erected on it, slowly closed his eyes and made a wish.
"I hope to regain my memory soon."
"I hope that no matter whether I am here or not, all the people my parents know can be happy and happy."
"I hope to have the power to protect myself sooner."
"I hope..."
Aoye sincerely promised one by one, at this moment, his mood calmed down, as if he had come to another world, he could hear his inner voice clearly, and knew what he wanted... Expectant...
And the two rounds of the sun and moon above the head are slowly shifting from a long distance to the center...
"His breath is stronger..."
Louise seemed to sense something from Aoife, and sensed Daniel.
"This powerful talent is really enviable..."
Daniel sighed in his heart.