The Emperor of the Hyperion Empire walked towards the Emperor of the Castiello Empire to greet and welcome him,
(A/N: please refer to Chapter 3 if you're confused, I mentioned the Hyperion Emperor there, I will explain more about the world where Snow is as I publish more chapters)
"Welcome old friend! come and enjoy the banquet I prepared!" Emperor Augustus Hyperion said and gave a friendly hug to Emperor Dalton Gray Castiello
Emperor Castiello warmly hugged back the other Emperor making the atmosphere change from tense-to-calm
Snow who's currently being carried by his brother has his eyes calmly watching the interactions between the two Emperor but his peripheral view was glued to the figure of the Imperial Crown Prince Noah
In other people's eyes, Snow was calm and a peaceful child but unbeknownst to them Snow was extremely nervous, and his heart was beating wildly, Snow's mind was in a chaotic state and his eyes staring at the Imperial Crown Prince is becoming more intense when the voice of Shiro suddenly spoke in his mind
[Snow, you need to calm down yourself. Strong people can sense your presence and even a slight change in emotion will be noticed and you need to avert your gaze from Noah, he knows you staring at him quite intensely and he knows what you're feeling right now] said the emotionless voice
Snow snapped out from his daze and immediately removed his gaze from the Imperial Crown Prince, he suddenly thought of an idea and asked Shiro a question
'Shiro does the [System's Store] sell skills?'
(A/N: For those who are confused, Shiro and Snow talk through telepathy]
A 'ding' echoed in his mind and Shiro answered
[ Yes, it sells skills but some of them are still locked and you can't buy the strong ones yet with your current strength, you need to be stronger to be able to access it freely]
Snow slightly nodded in understanding and secretly gazed at the Imperial Crown Prince but immediately removed it as well
'Then show me the skills that I have access to'
A blue screen appeared in front and me and as I was about to scroll using my fingers, I abruptly stopped and said to Shiro
'I'll be using the [Mind Command] skill'
I said and a 'ding' echoed in my mind then I proceeded to scroll the screen in front of me using [Mind Command], a skill that gives me the authority to control all the things within the system using my mind, because there are situations that I would need to use the system with people with me but using this skill slowly decreases my mana every second which is not a problem because I have a tremendous amount of it
I continued scrolling and finally found what I need
'I'll be purchasing [Presence Removal] & [Emotion Removal]'
As I finished saying that I felt my mana being drained at an incredibly fast rate two 'dings' echoed in my mind before Shiro announced in my mind
[You have acquired the skill [Presence Removal] ]
[You have acquired the skill [Emotion Removal] ]
I instantly activated the two skills I acquired and asked Shiro
'Can anyone sense my presence?'
[No one in this room can detect your presence]
I frowned and asked Shiro a question
'I thought my skills will only work a little on people stronger than me?'
[Yes, that is correct, but all skills in the System defies logic and can rival gods and it doesn't need to progress unlike magic meaning it's already in its strongest state]
So that means my emotions are unreadable and people can see me but can't sense me, I became speechless at what Shiro said, that's freaking OP! I could only sigh in defeat before turning my attention to the two Emperor that's currently talking in their seats until Emperor Augustus stood up
The Mages immediately activated their magic and a big screen appeared in the entire night sky with the image of Emperor Augustus causing some people to gasp in amazement while the others remained calm
Emperor Augustus spoke, his voice amplified by the tool that looks like a mic
"I thank everyone for coming here to celebrate the victory of our Empire, even though there are many who lost their lives during the war, their efforts didn't become in vain became we won the war against the Clifford Kingdom!"
The people in the entire Empire clapped and cheered while some were crying for their dead loved ones, everyone became quiet again when the Emperor spoke
"I have some good news to share to all of you, the Castiello Empire of the South Continent have allied to our Hyperion Empire, we will be helping each other if any of us should encounter a problem regarding both of our continents, so let's enjoy this joyous day people!"
The Emperor raised his wine glass and the people inside raised it as well
"Let the Royal Banquet begin!" the orchestra instantly played a piece of joyful music, nobles started to gather at the center and started to dance while others started eating the food served by the Palace Maids and Butlers
Big Brother Shion was watching the nobles dance when he turned to look at me only to see my stoic expression, I looked back at him and he suddenly asked me
"Are you bored? Do you want to go somewhere else?"
He said, bombarding me with questions, I inwardly rolled my eyes and nodded my head to him. He smiled at me before we exited the banquet hall
Many eyes followed the figure of Snow & Shion exiting the banquet but the two paid it no mind, Shion carried Snow in his arms and walked until they reached a beautiful garden with few people, teenagers and kids sitting on the bench and grass chatting or playing with each other
When Shion and Snow entered the garden, the people immediately turned their gazes at them and immediately stood up to give a small bow to them before returning to what they were doing, Snow & Shion nodded in response
Big Brother Shion placed me down and hold my hand while we walked around the garden, I can't help but feel relaxed when the cold night breeze blew on my face accompanying the relaxing ambiance of the garden
We continued walking at a slow pace when Big Brother Shion's classmate came towards our location
"Hey, Shion! long time no see!" a man with dark brown hair and amethyst eyes approached us and wrapped his arms around Big Brother Shion's shoulder
"Charles? What the hell are you doing here?" Big Brother Shion said to the man as he removes the arm around his shoulder
"Dude, can't you be happy that you saw me? Let's go hang out!" the man named Charles said and pouted
"Why would I? Besides, I'm taking a walk with my Little Brother," he said as he lifted me up
Charles then looked at me before he nodded to Shion, he didn't bow down like the other nobles did to us, so I assumed he has a high status making me be the one who slightly bowed myself, Charles then talked again
"Then why don't we let your little brother go with us?" he said as he stared at me
"No" Big Brother Shion steadfastly refused, making Charles pout more and silence accompanied that
Before the silence turn to awkwardness, I looked at Big Brother Shion and spoke
"Big Brother Shion, you should hang out with him"
He flinched when I suddenly talked, a sentence at that
"But you'll be alone, what if someone harm-" he didn't finish what he was trying to say when I said something, he knows well
"The bandits, remember?" I said which made him speechless before sighing in defeat
"I'll come back here after an hour okay?" he said which I replied with a nod
I watched as they left, I roamed around the garden when I saw a huge golden fountain with no people, I sat at the edge of it, breathing the fresh air and watching the relaxing scenery around me
I started to inspect the fountain and saw a container of roses and a sign that said that if you place the rose on the water you will see the person you are fated to be with
I almost snorted but restrained myself, since I already saw the person, I am fated to be with, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try, I took a rose from the container and placed it in the water, the night breeze suddenly blew a little bit stronger
The roses on the container were blown off by the wind and the petals of it scattered, following the flow of the wind as it falls slowly from the sky, I closed my eyes when the wind became stronger and I felt someone was watching me, I ignored it at first, but the person started approaching me in a fast pace
I immediately felt nervous, and I started to activate the 1st phase to surround my body to defend myself, I waited until I finally saw the silhouette of the person approaching me, I prepared to attack but the person I saw surprised me, making my heart to beat wildly
He looked at me with his dark blue eyes as if it was trying to devour me and a smile was plastered on his devilishly handsome face…
In front of me was the Imperial Crown Prince of Castiello Empire...
Noah Alastair Castiello