Ceres

15

"Father!"

"Beatrice? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at your school?"

Dotrald was currently walking outside one of the halls of their household. They just held a meeting about one of the kingdom's borders and some bandits causing ruckus in some towns and cities which were part of the territories he has to protect. As soon as he saw his daughter, he bid goodbye to the other officers.

"I took a leave. I was studying really hard and my master told me I can go home but only for three days."

Dotrald can clearly be seen doting on her daughter so much.

"I asked about the third prince but it looks like he entered closed door training. I thought we'll be able to talk when I finally had some time off."

"Don't worry about that. Both of you are promising students so it cannot be helped. We'll just ask the Royal Highness about the third prince."

"No, father! Don't do that! I heard from our schoolmates that the headmaster personally told Lucas that he won't be disturbed by anyone during this training. You know how the much awaited competition is nearing and everyone are doing their best to get their ranks go up."

"And my daughter is here... Having the time of her life. Why aren't you training?"

"No need. My master told me that if I become a level twelve fire magician, I'll definitely have a spot on the competition."

"I remember that last time you were still at level ten."

"That was three years ago, father! Hmph! I've improved a lot and just a few more months, I'll enter level twelve. Even my master was surprised at the speed of my improvement!"

For all magicians, increasing a level gets difficult the higher the level is. A level increase in a year is already considered amazing.

"That's my daughter! You have to make sure and defeat everyone else. Now, now, I'll treat you to your favorite restaurant."

"Really? Yey!"

"By the way, do you have any news about Cerbous? Will he be joining the competition, too?"

"Third brother probably haven't finished his closed door training. Anyway, their school is always in secrecy. One more thing, their school need not send disciples to compete in that competition."

"That child is the only one you will have difficulty of defeating among your generation and he also has the advantage of being in that prestigious school."

"Don't worry father, third brother don't really like anything besides martial skills and his sister."

"Okay. Let's continue talking about this in the restaurant."

"Okay!"

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"What is it?"

Old Pang's jaw dropped as soon as he saw the change on the magic crystal. Old Na was also speechless and couldn't help but stare at the crystal.

As soon as Ceres held the crystal on her hands and channeled her spirit essence on it, the once clear magic crystal soon showed dazzling images that looked like the outer space. Countless stars with different colors and sizes in different backgrounds of black, purple, red, and sometimes mixed colors or white were projected by the crystal. This is obviously not a normal attribute, Ceres thought.

After some minutes, Old Na quickly told Ceres to stop channeling her spirit essence in the crystal. The magic crystal broke and then, disintegrated.