The next day, on Sylra's birthday, her father came into the room early in the morning and woke Sylra: "Sylra, wake up, it's morning."
Sylra woke up, saw her father, and was surprised. She greeted her father, "Good morning, Papa."
Father said "Happy Birthday," gave her a birthday present, and told her, "I'll fulfill your wish, but you have to celebrate your birthday tonight."
Sylra remembered what she said and became emotional again. As Father got out of the room, he noticed the maids were not even there near Sylra's room. He invited the head maid to his office and asked, "Why weren't there any maids near Sylra's room?"
The head maid became startled and said, "I don't know, Your Majesty."
The Emperor said, with a grave voice, "Ah, since you don't know, you're fired from the castle as well as the position of head maid, and all other maids. I'll just find new ones."
The head maid's face turned pale but didn't dare to say any word in front of him. She left with a very bad expression on her face.
The Emperor started preparing for the party with famous chefs. In the daytime, Sylra was being chased by her bullies. But this time, the bullies were holding a knife. Sylra was too scared and ran with her whole strength.
As she was running to save her life, she saw a tall boy of age around 11 in the way, wearing a black and blue shade robe. His face was cute, more like handsome. She got behind him and said with teary eyes, "Save me! Please!"
As the boy watched two maids holding a knife and chasing a little girl, he understood the situation. The maids got near the boy and said, "Boy, it's none of your business, leave now. Due to this cursed thing, we got suspended."
The boy let out a sigh and moved his finger, and both maids got burned to death. Then the boy turned towards Sylra. Sylra was too scared to watch something like this. As she saw the boy's hand reaching her, before she could say anything, the hand patted her tiny head, and the boy said, "What's your name, little princess?"
Sylra was surprised by the sudden change in situation. She got calmed as her head was being patted and said softly, "My name is Sylra."
The boy waved his finger and Sylra started flying to a height. Sylra was high enough to see the boy's face without moving her head up and down. Sylra became startled since it was her first time flying. She was a bit scared but started laughing after flying for a while. Then both flew towards the garden. Now both were flying at a high height, and the scenery of the castle was clear.
Sylra saw flowers in her garden and many things. Someone saw them and became surprised. It was the Emperor's 3rd child. He became jealous of her and shouted, "Hey, come down here, what do you think you're doing!"
The boy noticed him and stood next to him before he could say anything. Of course, Sylra was with him too.
The 3rd child of the Emperor, Guen Noxveil, said, "Hey, make me fly as well."
The boy refused. Guen got angered and said, "Hey, you mere mage, if you want to live, just make me fly. I order you!"
The boy said, "You aren't worthy."
Guen became more angered with it. But before he could say anything, his big sister came. She came and was startled to see the boy, slapped her brother, and said to the boy, "We're sorry, Emperor Caelith, for the lack of reception and the rudeness of my brother. I'll make sure to punish him." The Prince's face turned pale. How could they not know the name?
She had seen him during her childhood in Astrein's birthday party when she was 2 years old and The prince have heard it from his eldest brother.
Caelith nodded and gave a side-eye to Guen. With that, Sylra and Caelith started flying towards the Emperor's office window. Sylra was surprised to meet him. She had heard this name; the Emperor used to mention him when they spent time together.
As they flew towards the Emperor's room, the Emperor saw that and waved his hands towards them. Caelith came towards the window and greeted the Emperor. The Emperor was happy to see Sylra smiling and thanked Caelith: "I am really thankful, Caelith, for coming here during your closed-door training, and I am really sorry to disturb your closed-door training."
Caelith said, "What are you saying, Uncle? She's my sister too. Don't worry about it. And it's nice to be outdoors sometimes."
The Emperor laughed since he knew Caelith didn't even get out of his room during these years.
The Emperor said, "Thanks, Cael, for accepting my request. We'll proceed after the party."
Caelith nodded and let her enjoy her day. Caelith and Sylra explored the whole city while flying, and Caelith let Sylra eat anything she wanted. At sunset, they came back. Preparation of the party was completed.
The Crown Prince welcomed back Caelith and Sylra. He saw Sylra's happy face and sent her to change her clothes. While she was gone, the Prince greeted Caelith and thanked him.
Although Caelith didn't talk like he did years ago, he still enjoyed the party. When others went back and only family members were left, the Emperor stood up to announce something.
The Emperor announced, "Today, I'll pass Noxveil arts to Sylra, and after that, she'll be leaving for Arcanis with Emperor Caelith until she wants to be back."
Sylra was surprised, not due to Noxveil arts but going with Caelith. She spent her first happy birthday with him and also heard about him from his brother and father, so she really trusted him a lot and was willing to leave happily.
While others' expressions were bit complicated, although they didn't like the part of giving her Noxveil arts, everyone was satisfied that she was going with Caelith, since they wouldn't see her face again. But none dared to voice their objection since the Emperor let them off after the assassination attack.
After that, the Emperor invited Caelith, Kaelen, and Sylra into his office.
The Emperor thanked Caelith again and said, "Caelith, I can trust you with taking care of her. Your castle is also being protected by a best officer from the army of each continent and has a magical shield from a Level 7 artifact. Even we Emperors can't break it. I was really worried about Sylra, but now she'll be safe."
Caelith nodded and said, "Yes, don't worry, Uncle. You can come at anytime through the teleportation portal to meet her. As for her studies, you've already sent a tutor for it. I have already gave her that artifact as her birthday gift, so she'll be safest for now, but I should do at least enough so that she becomes strong."
The Emperor became surprised that Caelith had given her that artifact. He really trusted Caelith since he knew him from when Caelith was just born.
The Emperor turned towards Sylra and gave her 2 books and said softly, "Sylra, this is my birthday present to you. The first book is the History of Elarion, and the second is Noxveil arts. Become strong, my child."
Sylra nodded. And they said goodbyes to each other.
Sylra and Caelith travelled through the teleportation portal and reached his castle. Caelith told Sylra, "Whenever you need anything, just find me, and as for your daily needs..." He called for a maid who was young, around in her 20s. And said, "She'll be your personal maid and won't ever bully you. Since I can sense anything in this castle, it's more like she won't be able to bully you. But she's a nice person, so be assured."
Sylra trusted Caelith since her father said that he trusted Caelith the most and was comfortable with him. Sylra, in a cute voice, said, "Okay, but can I call you Big Bro? Or do I have to call you Your Majesty?"
Caelith chuckled from her innocence and said, "You can call me whatever you want. I'm your Big Brother, don't worry about it."
Sylra smiled and Caelith said, "Which room would you like? For your security, I prefer you to be in the room closest to mine. What do you say?"
Sylra agreed, and then they walked towards her room and Caelith asked, "Do you want to change the color or anything in this room?"
Sylra was already happy to have this majestic room. The room color was brownish, so Cael changed it to light beige with magic.
Caelith said, "If you ever feel anxiety or alone, come find me in my room or the library."
Then Caelith once again started his closed-door training and used to talk to Sylra. He was all alone for these years, but now he got someone to talk to.
Mr. X appeared outside of the window in shadow form and said, "Hmm... this child... shadows listen to her... interesting... very interesting..."
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In Veyndor, Zephyr Veyrault has turned 3 years old. He was a silent kid and used to spend all his time in the library. He wanted to know more and wanted knowledge about everything. As he was going through these things,
One day, he tried to pull out a book, but it was too heavy to pull out. He became curious and used his whole strength. When he pulled out this book, suddenly the floor vanished beneath him and he started falling...