Malcom and Adrian hand over their fur coats to the maids. Suddenly, a familiar man with a muscular physique and greying black hair approach them with a beautiful woman with long straight black hair wearing a beautiful red dress.
"You're here grandson. Give your grandpa a big hug." Oscar Black walked over with his arms extend for a hug.
"Grandpa, you here. Good to see you again." Adrian hugs Oscar and greets him back.
"I heard about your 'accomplishments' at your birthday party. That's my boy. You sure made me proud. Bwahahaha…. Oh yes, this is Rosaria, Eldest and heiress of the Black family. She is your…" Oscar pinched Adrian cheeks laughing with joy then introduce him the woman.
"Aunt? No way. She looks too young to be mother's older sister. Mom looks she's in her early 20s." Adrian feels confuse while staring at his newly announced 'aunt'.
"Fufufu… You are as the rumour says. Smart, curious and sharp tongue. Your mother is in her late 20s. Don't underestimate beautiful ladies, little nephew or you get hurt. Anyways, I'm your aunt, Rosaria Black. Hope we can get along well." Rosaria chuckled while introducing herself.
"Analyse"
[Name: Rosaria Black] [Age: 31]
[Level: Full Moon Stage]
[Strength: 276] [Agility: 291] [Endurance: 259]
[Intelligence: 321] [Mana: 9809] [Affinity: Ice, Dark]
"Strong. Too strong. The amount of mana she has is over 9000." Adrian thought
"Yes, Aunt Rosaria. Please treat me well. It is great meeting you." Adrian became polite after seeing her stats. Forget about being sharp tongue.
"Fufufu… smart indeed. You know not to be sharp tongue in front of me. Also, the Black family has 3 daughters. Your mother is the second. The last one is a professor of the academy. You will meet her someday. I'll go first. Meet you next time, nephew." Rosaria tells him an information then left.
"That is one killer figure. Her affinity gives me some hint on why she is single till now. Having a cold heiress sure will be difficult for the Black family." Adrian compliments Rosaria's figure while feeling pity for her.
"Now that is done. Follow me grandson, I'll show and introduce you around." Oscar holds Adrian's arm and drag him around leaving Malcom with a froze expression alone while holding the presents.
Adrian is being paraded in the halls. Oscar introduces him to the 2 Dukes and the other 3 Marquis. These higher up don't go to Adrian's birthday party. Its normal for higher rank noble to sent representative to lower noble's party. They all say "Nice to finally meet you" and "Good to see you well", Adrian chatted with them politely showing them the rumours are true then left feeling tired.
Grabbing some juice from the waiter's tray, taking a sip. It tastes like all berries combine, its sweet too. He quietly enjoys the juice, elegantly, alone letting a small smile show.
Suddenly, the door of the hall closed blocking of the cold from entering. An announcer started speaking.
"I announce of the arrival of His Majesty the Twilight Kingdom, the heir of the Sun's Edge, King Elijah Twilight Wells. As well as Her Excellency, The Queen, Queen Charlotte O'Sullivan Wells. Noble subjects please kneel." The announcer alerts the arrival of the King and Queen on the balcony of the palace hall then started to kneel to the king and queen.
The king looked in his 30s with a tall and domineering build accompany with flaming ginger hair. While the queen looks like in her early 20s with a perfect figure accompanying her maroon coloured hair. Both wear white and orange themed royal garments.
Hearing the announcement, the nobles all kneel on one knee towards the king and queen Adrian included.
"Loyal subjects, please rise. We are honoured today seeing our loyal retainers come to the palace on this harsh weather to celebrate our children's 5th birthday. We felt gratitude from the bottom of our hearts. Without further ado, please welcome the twins, Charles and Chelsea." The king gives an honest speech and introduce the twins after the people stands.
On the side, there is an imperial staircase. On the middle of the staircase, there are 2 big chairs. The twins walk down the staircase on the opposite side each then stop in front of the chairs.
"Good evening, everyone. I, Charles Twilight Wells, welcome and thank everyone attending the party." The boy with thick flaming ginger hair, wearing the same themed royal suit greet and thanked the crowed with a stiff tone.
"Good evening, everyone. I, Chelsea Twilight Wells, welcome and thank everyone attending the party." The girl with long flaming ginger hair with curls at the ends, wearing a cute frilly white dress greet and thanked with a calm tone.
After they both sat down, its time for handing over the gift. The royal mage, 3rd strongest in the kingdom, is standing on the staircase in between the prince and the princess seat and the floor. It is as an inspection along with 2 royal knights. The king believes in his subjects but never fully trust them.
The giver must open the presents in front of the royal mage. Only then, they can give them to the twins. This event takes the longest time. Starting with the Dukes to the Barons, all 20 of them.
The nobles brought their children to the front and show their gifts to the royal mage. Sensing nothing is wrong he let them present it to the prince and princess. Malcom pushes their presents to Adrian giving a signal "you prepare, you give".
The nobles from the Dukes to the Counts household give almost the same as what Adrian received but a bit more extravagant. The royal twins face shows a smile and gratitude but a sounded like a fake one. Including, the ones Rosaria and Marquis Oscar present.
It's the final count's turn, The Cross family. They saw Adrian walking to the stairs alone. The crowd looked at Malcom while he is calmly sipping some wine. A sharpest glare from Oscar, make the wine glass he is holding shivering but Malcom stays as he is, while a lump stuck in his throat and cold sweat fall from his back.
The king and queen is actually anticipating Adrian's interaction with their kids who are the same age.
Adrian arrives in front of the royal mage and tore the gift warps carefully, then fold it and put it inside his inside coat pocket in a swift and elegant motion. Under the wraps, are two boxes on is long cubic length wise the other a cube box.
He opened the boxes, the long one had a wooden training sword with gems imbedded on the hilt. The other had a pink bunny doll with light blue dress and yellow details. Every noble in the hall is shocked. How can someone give the royal family commoner items? Glares on Malcom intensifies for pushing his blame to his child.
The twins face shows their excited expression. The king and queen let out a small smile.
"Finally, something they like." The king spoke softly with a smile.
"I knew the boy will be interesting. Being born in the same year as our children yet he is regarded as a genius by the nobles. I feel bad for Malcom now. The personal letter asking his child to prepare the presents is too much for him. We should reward him after this." The queen look at Malcom seeing his knees is shaking and his face is pale.
"Umm… We should. I have to admit this Adrian boy got my attention. We should look out for him from now on." The king stated his intention while in awe of Adrian's gift decision.
After Adrian gets an 'okay', he walked up the stairs to present his gift. First, he hands the princess the bunny doll. He kneels in one knee, place the wooden sword on the ground and present his gift.
"Your Highness princess Chelsea, please accept this humble gift from the Cross family. It is a bunny doll that I knit myself. It is the only one in this world right now. I hope it will be with your highness until your highness grows up." Adrian humbly presents his gift to the princess.
"Thank you very much, Cross family for the wonderful gift. I love it very much." Princess Chelsea thanked for the gift while hugging the doll and let it sit on her lap. She now looks 10 times more adorable in Adrian's eyes but he snap out of it and move on to the prince.
Standing up, he presents in the same manner as the princess. He shows the wooden sword like a knight to a king. This made the prince very excited because he is being treated like his father. He wanted to be like his father when he grew up. This is a child's dream.
"Your Highness prince Charles, the Cross family present to you, a sturdily crafted wooden sword embedded with jewels on the neck to represent his highness royal lineage. May this sword will become the first for his highness to start his legends." Adrian presents grandly to the prince.
The prince nodded and hold the hilt of the wooden sword then inspect it. The weight and length are perfect. On the wooden blade there is his name written in gold. The jewels on the guard are making the wooden sword look like a spirit weapon.
"I like it very, very much. Thank you." The prince face is shining with his smile. His butt almost lift up the chair wanting to hug Adrian for the wonderful gift.
"Thank you for both for your praises. Please, allow the humble one to excuse himself. Have fun, your highnesses." Adrian gives a deep bow and immediately leave the steps.