faes had been ready along with sky for quite a while now but to her delight shiva was the one taking his sweet time. he was wearing his official military uniform which was red in colour with a red headband on his head. the red headband had golden lining just as his uniform and also contained a silver lion drew on it.
the white lion was the symbol of commander shiva and the army he commanded.
as his heir, faes was also wearing a red dress. it was bright red dress top which was short from the front and long on the back. there were also red pants she was wearing along with high heeled black boots. her dress had a while lion symbol on her top. her hair was tied into a braid while she was wearing a red mask. her choker was hidden along with nightlight thanks to her hide zero.
when shiva was finally ready to leave faes grinned at him standing in front of the door holding sky's arm.
"who knew the great commander was afraid of parties?" faes teased shiva who was still tried to strengthen his uniform out again and again.
"master shiva, you don't like the food at the parties?" sky too asked blinking her purple blue eyes towards shiva.
shiva was embarrassed at the two girls teasing him but what can he do? he don't like parties and politics but he has to do this eventually. at least until faes takes over his position.
"i was just not comfortable in this dress" shiva cleared his throat and said making faes and sky to giggle
"i understand, i wont tell anyone that the big bad commander don't like the parties" faes grinned as sky joined her
"and the food present in them"
before shiva could reply the soldier had opened the doors and announced their presence
"his grace commander shiva rudra; lady aster, lady mani have arrived" the announcement took everyone's attention towards the three of them.
faes had not hidden her aura today, she had used her vital strengthening stage aura which was weakened enough not to give away her cultivation. the most people here were at most elemental strengthening stage cultivators with barely anyone of vital refining stage cultivation. if she let others know about her strength then they would probably leave her alone, along with being the heir of commander shiva and all.
faes idea was effective as everyone who were originally thinking of using faes to dethrone the current royal family understood that they cant use strength to force the girl and faes next move directly shut their mouths up.
"greetings your majesty king augustus, your majesty queen alicia" faes bowed before she got up and grinned at her parents "long time no see?"
her words could be taken as rude but everyone was shocked enough to not react to it. looks like faes was acquainted with the royal family and their relationship was not just good but more favorable.
"indeed, its been long" king augustus laughed. he was worried about faes not being able to handle the nobles but her entry and first words were enough to keep the nobles away. if they still tried to cause trouble then they were merely digging their graves.
even he himself was stunned by the faint pressure faes was giving off not to mention sky. he couldn't even tell their race much less their cultivation but king augustus knew that his daughter was of high enough cultivation to fight a vital refining stage cultivator to a standstill. he was proud of her!
"excuse me i would be right back" faes smiled at her parents before turning to the royal kids present there staring at her stunned
"greetings everyone! thank you for coming" faes wanted to laugh at cleopatra and other's reaction but she still didn't maintaining a good image.
"its an honor to be invited by you milady" alison smiled coming near faes taking her hand and kissing her knuckles
"you look as stunning as always, lady aster" leo also arrived eyeing alison while taking faes hand from alison's and holding it.
"i see you have gotten stronger milady, how about we have a spar again? after all i have been training a lot" cleo grinned as she saw faes. she didn't know why faes was being called as aster but she knew one thing the girl was indeed not normal and now she was even stronger than before!
"lady mani is also looking taller! and more beautiful too" bellerina also smiled picking up sky and hugging her to which sky giggled returning the hug
"sister belle is also beautiful"
as for lucas he merely bowed not allowed to talk in between royalty but he was shocked to see faes and sky here, he was merely following cleo and belle who knew he would encounter the girls twice? and that the girls he took as family would turn out as nobles?
"oh dear! look at all the nobles and royals gathering together! how can you leave me out of this party?" a voice arrive before the space rippled and sauna walked out pulling faes away from leo and others standing between them and releasing his aura grinning
"oh dear look at my manners! you look bewitching dear" asuna smiled at faes who glared at him. he was not invited and who allowed him to call her dear? that too after ignoring all the royals and nobles present?
faes didn't bother about anyone and hit asuna on his head, with enough force to make him wince and stop messing around
"where are your manners indeed?" faes warned asuna who finally sighed and greeted all the royals present.
if any nobles wanted to still make a move regarding faes then they surely didn't want to now. asuna was a vital refining stage cultivator and to be able to hit him this casually and in such a manner the girl was stronger and have a much deeper history than they thought!
even cleo and lucas who were planning to challenge faes to a duel again realised that the girl had grown so stronger that they couldn't even catch up.