The Imperial Prince

Cecilia stood up.

Roxus walked just a little ahead of her, guiding Cecilia slowly. The Princess walked down the stairs as gracefully as the Pegasus. Before she reached the end of the stage steps, Roxus and Cecilia stopped. Roxus removed her hand from Cecilia, leaving the girl to stand alone as the main character today.

However, Roxus was surprised. Cecilia looked at her with a face full of tears. The Princess sobbed softly. Her white dress was adorned with sparkling gems, the sunlight that hit her skin so smooth and flawless, and the sparkle of tears full of emotion on her cheeks made Roxus' heart tremble.

"Oh, Bebe..." whispered the woman, gasping. "My best friend, Bebe..."

"Cecilia..." Roxus stepped closer and hugged Cecilia tightly. The incident before the audience touched all of them. The noble ladies present took out their handkerchiefs and rubbed the corners of their eyes gently.

The event just revealed that Roxus Croix's identity was the new Archmage, born after the last Archmage hundreds of years ago. The point is, Cecilia received a spectacular gift from The New Archmage, her best friend, and everyone had flaunted with their closeness...

Hateful gazes began to fall on them. Of course, maybe it was only aimed at one of them. Because a man with blonde hair and blue eyes indeed aimed his hateful gaze. Leonid looked at his sister with eyes full of hatred and jealousy, at the same time staring at Roxus with deep sorrow and regret.

"You have to give it a name," Roxus said, gently releasing her embrace. Cecilia gracefully wiped her tears away. She smiled warmly at Roxus and towards her gift. The white horse, the Artificial Spirit Roxus created for her, let out a soft voice.

"…Rolia," Cecilia made Roxus chuckle, and herself followed suit with the same laugh. Cecilia approached the white horse and stroked its mane. "Stand up. My first commandment was that you would never kneel for anyone again, not even myself," she said.

The Pegasus, Rolia, stood up straight. "…Yes, Master," and a voice echoed inside Cecilia's head. Cecilia was taken aback and immediately turned to look at Roxus. Her friend smiled.

"Come back until I need you. Thank you, Rolia," said Cecilia in a sweet voice.

"Please call me so I can be of use to you, Master," the voice came back into Cecilia's head. The voice doesn't sound like male or female, but can also sound like male or female. Cecilia nodded. Rolia shrinks. His body began to return to being covered in gold, and he returned to his previous form, a golden horse statue.

Cecilia ordered the statue of Rolia to be brought to her room. Meanwhile, Roxus explains that she already cast a protective spell on Rolia so that like a ring on Cecilia's finger, it won't break. Roxus also explains that Rolia doesn't need anything to operate. Rolia is an Artificial Spirit, so the mana he needs will gather itself over time. Cecilia doesn't need to do anything to keep Rolia alive and doesn't need to feed him.

However, Roxus said, if Cecilia wanted, she could give him mana stones and spirit stones. Rolia might get stronger.

Roxus smiled with satisfaction. Her arm grabbed Lucifer's arm and clasped it tightly, showing happiness that cannot be hidden. Lucifer secretly glanced coldly at the woman beside him but then smiled with a perfect mask. "You worked hard to protect the Princess," he commented.

"Of course," Roxus spoke absolutely. Lucifer could feel that Roxus' Mana control had increased since she first became Archmage in the future. But the thing is, Roxus's body is still unstable. Her body is still an ordinary human body. Creating an Artificial Spirit to ensure Cecilia's safety seemed too out of line. Moreover...

"His Royal Highness King Loriet Aldi Bertia and Imperial Prince Rotund, Samael Minerte Rotund, have arrived," the doorman's voice announced the arrival of the two unexpected important figures once again, leaving everyone speechless.

The King never came to his daughter's birthday party, as the first shocking fact. And the second was the presence of an Imperial Prince at Cecilia's birthday party. The two important men entered the room.

At the same time, Roxus and Lucifer had stepped aside in the direction her family gathered. She saw Ernacht, Eoin, and Amaranth looking at her with worried faces. It might not be the first time they saw Roxus' demonstration of strength, but it was their first time seeing what happened earlier.

Rather than the arrival of the King or Imperial Prince, which Eoin and Ernacht already knew, Roxus's strength was even more shocking. Roxus grabbed her brother, asking if he had wished Cecilia a happy birthday, and her brother replied that he had also given a gift to his sister's best friend.

Lucifer was standing behind, watching everything when suddenly his eyes met Samael's. Only a fraction of a second, but it feels strange. Samael is up to something. "Congratulations—"

"Princess Cecilia…" Samael cut off King Loriet's congratulations and knelt before Cecilia, who was still standing. "Please accept my birthday wishes to you. Since the first time I saw you, the world becomes grey when you're not in my sight, and since I last saw you, the air has tasted bitter against my chest when I know you're not around, for I missed you dearly. I swear that if you are willing to accept the gifts I have prepared for you, I will give you my limbs for you too, and my whole body will only move at your command," Samael snapped his fingers.

The hall door opened, and dozens of giant flower bouquets entered the room, with one person each carrying them. A fragrant smell filled the event, and later, servants arrived carrying trays filled with gleaming gold bars. Dozens of rolls of expensive silk cloth appeared on the trays of the servants who came behind them, and then dozens of sweetly wrapped gift boxes followed them.

Cecilia stared at the horror of what was happening before her. Yesterday, Samael said he wouldn't try to persuade Cecilia again, but she didn't think Samael would try to persuade her father.

Now, the King was standing there with a bland smile. His existence had been erased due to the arrival of the wave of tsunami gifts that never subsided from Samael.

Her father, a man who gives orders to special forces to protect Cecilia, tries to watch Cecilia's actions through them and orders them to obey Cecilia's orders and protect her because he feels guilty for Cecilia. For him, Cecilia is his biological daughter. But for him too, Cecilia was a little girl tormented by the woman he loved, The Crown Prince's Birth Mother.

The wave of gifts wasn't over yet. After the gift boxes, an army of female knights, totalling 20 people, appeared. They immediately knelt together with Samael. Behind them again, twenty young servant girls appeared who knelt behind the female knights. And finally, a waiter brought a tray containing three small boxes. "Will... Princess Cecilia accepts my present?" Samael's voice was soft and hopeful. His eyes were shining towards Cecilia.

At the other end of the room, Roxus struggled to hold back her laughter. She squeezed her stomach and gripped Ernacht's sleeve, which furrowed his sharp brows.

"…My Lord…" Cecilia looked confused and sad. "I..."