"The Emperor of the Castiello Empire, Dalton Gray Castiello has arrived and"
The announcer said with a shaking voice, nervousness evident at his tone
"The Imperial Crown Prince of the Castiello Empire, Noah Alastair Castiello have also arrived..."
As the huge door opened, Father and I entered the banquet hall the Hyperion Emperor prepared for the celebration of their victory against the Clifford Kingdom
Father started walking as he gestured me to walk beside him which I obeyed, as we walked different types of gazes scanned our figures, but we paid it no mind until I noticed a particular type of gaze which made me flinch
I looked where the location of the gaze was and I saw a child being carried by a man with snow-white hair like him, his dark violet eyes resembling the starry night sky is staring intensely at me, my lips curled up
His eyes suddenly met mine but his expression remained calm as he smiled back at me which made my breathing stop for a bit, we stared and smiled at each other for a moment until I heard my Father calling me which ended our gazes
I followed my Father until we were in front of the Hyperion Emperor, we greeted each other first before the Hyperion Emperor & Father discussed some things and I listened to both when an idea popped into my mind
I searched the presence of the white-haired child and my idea didn't disappoint me, he's still staring at my figure but every second it gets more intense, I noticed his emotion changing and I tried to see what he's feeling, and my lips curled up again when his feelings became nervousness
I tried to resist looking back and his stare towards me became so intense that it won't be weird if other people noticed it, my smile became wider. Suddenly I can't feel his presence anymore, the man carrying him was still there, but I can't feel his presence, his emotions have also been blocked by something my smile immediately disappeared and a deep frown showed on my forehead
I want to look back if he's still there, but I can't as we are currently in the presence of another Emperor, the Hyperion Emperor suddenly turned his attention to me and he looked at the location of the white-haired child behind me before his lips showed a faint smile, his eyes brimming with interest
I immediately turned my expression to my usual one and the Hyperion Emperor began his speech causing us to also look in the main crowd's direction, that's when I saw that the child is no longer looking at me
My lips began to form a smile again making the other nobles my age look at me, but I paid them no mind, this child, earlier he's looking at me intensely but after that, he averted his gaze and didn't look at me even once, and his presence I could not detect it anymore even though I'm looking at him right now, hmmm... how interesting
The Hyperion Emperor finished his speech as he announced to begin the royal banquet, the nobles started to dance at the center covering the whole space causing my eyes to be removed from the child
I looked for him, but I can't see because the nobles were covering my view, so I asked my father who was sitting beside me
"Father, can I excuse myself?"
Father looked at me for a moment before answering my question with a smile
"Go ahead Noah, the child went outside with his Big Brother"
I looked at Father dumbfoundedly, did I stare at the child too much that even Father noticed it? I only smiled back at Father before going outside the banquet hall. So, the man carrying him was his brother? well they both have the same color of white hair, wait a minute, why am I thinking about him too much? ugh
I stealthily went outside, and I eventually saw the child and his brother entering the garden, I concealed my presence using mana and followed them a few meters behind, they both roamed around the garden, but I noticed that they rarely speak to each other and when they do, the older is the one speaking while the child only nodded back. Is the child mute? does he have a disability?
My thoughts got cut off when the Prince of a neighboring kingdom approached the two white-haired figures, the older one seems to be an acquaintance of the Prince because they seemed close, I watched the interaction between the Prince and the Older Brother when the child was suddenly lifted, he then began to speak, and his soft voice made my ears tingle
His Older Brother looked surprised when the child spoke and when his Older Brother seemed to disagree with the child's opinion, the child spoke again which made my ears tingle again, ha! what the hell?
The Older Brother quietly nod and started to walk away with the Prince as the child went deeper into the garden. I quietly followed him, removing the mana around my body so he won't get scared when I appear with him
The child sat at the golden fountain as he started to inspect every nook and crannies of it when his eyes landed on the sign with a container of rose, I read the sign and almost snorted but restrained myself as I don't want to reveal myself yet
I watched as the child did what the sign said. When he did that, the wind suddenly became harsher causing the roses to scatter their petals as it moved with the flow of the wind as it slowly falls when the wind disappeared, I looked at the child who was covering his eyes with his forearm and I decided to reveal myself at that moment, I walked with a slow pace first before I unconsciously walked with a faster pace, I looked at the child who seemed to noticed my presence but his expression remained stoic not faltering even a bit
As I walked towards him, I suddenly felt an enormous wave of mana causing me to abruptly stop and a white freezing mist surrounded the whole area where the fountain was located, I became worried, so I started to run towards the child's location and little by little I saw the silhouette of him until I'm finally in front of him
I looked at the child but what I see made every hair of my body stand up, there he was calmly looking at me while the white freezing mist was surrounding his body as if it were protecting him from any harm. This child caused that enormous mana wave and this white freezing mist?
I looked back at him and when he finally saw my face, he looked surprised as his eyes began to widen a bit, but the freezing white mist was still surrounding his body and the whole area
I looked at him and a smile formed on my lips, ha! he interests me so much! then I began to speak
"Sorry, did I scare you?"