Celebration I

Homers

"I wish we could bring Berry. She wanted to come," said Uda, wishing her sister could come with her. 

"You know, I had asked him in front of you yesterday," said Elias. They were present at the ascension party of Remus Silver yesterday and he asked him for an extra invitation, but was politely declined.

All the nobility of the Nakar baronies have been invited to the celebration, but he was one of three, who had the invitation for the two nights.

The rest had been invited for one night.

Only one had an invitation for all three nights. Two, if Baroness Silver were to be counted.

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I couldn't help but feel excited and nervous. I am going to the brothel for the spa treatment, which is part of the celebration's itinerary.

I wouldn't have, it is a brothel for god's sake, but three days ago, at Baroness Husk's birthday party, I had seen Lola Monet, and she was looking radiant. So much that, every person, be it man or woman, was looking at her.

People didn't invite Lola Monet before, aside from a few like us and Baroness Silver, who had a good relationship with Remus Silver, but since the legacy had been born a month ago, she had been invited to every party in baronies.

She is a beautiful woman. Even in my younger days, I couldn't be compared to her, but that day, she had completely transformed.

She felt otherworldly.

Last night, at Count's residence, I saw a couple of people, bearing that radiant look. The whore that Silver brought, Baroness Leila, Mage Valentina, and a few women I didn't recognize.

All the eyes were on them, throughout the party.

At the party of Baron Husk, everybody asked her about her radiant look. It was clear that it was not someone make-up had done; there is something about it, that couldn't be achieved by the greatest make-up artist.

Lola hid nothing, but her answer was shocking. I didn't truly believe it till last night.

Now, I do and want that radiance, like I had never wanted anything. 

"Are you really not interested? You have seen those people, right?" I asked my husband. It is not just the woman who was looking radiant yesterday, but a few men who were looking extra handsome.

I love Elias, but I did feel an attraction toward some of them.

"You must be joking, love? It is a place for you, women," he replied, and I couldn't help, but glare at him. "The invitation said, a couple could come," I said.

"I am not coming," he replied straightforwardly, and I know there is no arguing with him. He will not come; he will drop me off and leave.

A few minutes passed, and our carriage entered the entertainment district. 

I couldn't help but feel excited. I have been to the Legacy only twice. Once to celebrate my birthday when I was a teen and once to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our marriage.

Even for Elias and me, both of us belonging to powerful merchant houses, it was hard to get into the legacy, without booking months in advance. There are less than ten legacies in the whole empire, and everyone wants to get into them.

It would be a little easier with Velvet Garden. We had a good relationship with Silver; he wouldn't deny us, we asked nicely.

It is also close, not a region apart.

Finally, we reached the Velvet Garden; only to see there were many carriages waiting. Some with the familiar crest.

Hun!

I turned to the legacy and saw it was covered in beautiful colorful mist, and only a faint silhouette of it could be seen.

"Why hasn't it opened?" I asked, looking at the closed gates. "There are still four minutes before the gates open," replied Elias, looking at his watch.

I felt irked seeing that, since I woke up early for this but didn't say anything. 

Seconds passed and soon the clock turned eight and something amazing happened. The mist begins to part like a velvety curtain.

Gasp!

A gasp rang out of my mouth, before I realized; even Elias made the sound. It was so different from what I had heard about it.

"Beautiful," I said, but even that seemed to be pale in describing what I was seeing in front of me.

The first thing I saw was a pink building, with beautiful vines covering it like scarves. These flowery vines are covered in the colorful mist of emotions, which takes their beauty to a completely different level.

Surrounding the building is a garden with enchanting flowers, with emotion mist flowing over them.

It is the scenery that I want to keep looking at, but with some struggle, I moved my eyes and looked at two cute gazebos on the left and right sides of the building. They are completely wrapped in flower vines; so that nothing else can be seen.

"It is completely different from what we had seen when it had turned into the legacy," said Elias.

We were in the city, when it was born and attended the party in Zanav's honor. We wanted to visit it, but Silver had forbidden anyone important from visiting the legacy before the big celebration.

He didn't even invite us to the party; it was only for the city. Still, we had passed by the street to see the legacy.

It was beautiful then, but now, it had surpassed even that. Now, it truly looked like a velvet garden.

Nearly everybody seemed to have been struck by the beauty of it, that we didn't notice the gates opening at all.

It is the voice from the guards manning the door that woke us and the drivers, that carriages have finally, begun to move.

The first carriage entered through the gates. However not before showing the invitations to the guards, which I noticed wearing different uniforms.

There are four guards manning the gates and all four of them have different sigils on their uniforms. Each one had a sigil of Prince Grelt, Count Darrow, the City of Greltheaven, and Velvet Garden.

No imperial seal.

"Whispers were true, it seems," I said, and he nodded.

Yesterday, we heard that Prince Grelt had taken command over the legacy. Sent away the guardian that the Emperor had sent and instituted his own.

Till now, all his moves were subtle, but this one is clear. He is not willing to bow to his brother.

Soon, our carriage reached the door and entered inside. Immediately, making our eyes go wide.

I felt the power of the legacy that I had nearly forgotten. It is amazing, as I remember, even better than I had remembered. I wanted to close my eyes and immerse myself in this feeling, but I resisted it.

Instead, focused on experiencing the legacy.

The carriage stopped, and the door opened. "I thought you weren't coming?" I asked, seeing him getting up to step out and a slight embarrassment appeared on his face. 

"I will just look around," he said and stepped out, with me following behind him.

"Welcome to Velvet Garden, Baron Homer, Baroness Homer," greeted the green-haired young girl.

She is a beautiful girl, with professionally done make-up. She is wearing a white dress that fits her perfectly and a pin on her chest, with her name on it.

"Thank you," I replied while watching the beautiful garden around me. Especially, emotion mist, that seemed to swirl around me. , I wished, Kezan would be here to capture it in the mage picture.

"My lord, my lady, please follow me. I will take you to your appointment at the velvet spa," said the young girl.

To my surprise, she didn't take us toward the building, but toward the gazebo on the right, through the garden path.

'Velvet Spa,' read the board by the gazebo and it has guards on both sides who are unnoticeable. Not because they are using stealth skills or anything, but because of the beauty of this place, which captures so much attention, that it is hard to see anything else.

I touched the flowery vines swirling around it; they felt soft as velvet, and I wanted to keep touching them.

For a few seconds, there was confusion in my mind, but it disappeared. The moment I saw the stairs leading down.

The girl began to climb down, and we followed behind. 

Hun!

I noticed, that with every step I climbed down, the effects of legacy would become powerful. By the time we took the last step down the stairs, the effects had become very powerful, that I felt, I was swimming in them.

This effect alone is making me feel better than, I had felt after coming out of the spa.

I controlled my emotions and looked around. Seeing my eyes widen again; it is so beautiful.

The waiting room is big with a round pool of water in the center, with pure white lotuses floating on it. The whole room is lit by the scented candles and with a dense mist of emotion everywhere.

I have been to the hundreds of spas in my life, but nothing could be compared to the beauty of the waiting room I am seeing.

It is minimalistic and projects serenity.

Half of the waiting room is already filled, and many people sitting there are familiar to me. Some, I know very well.

The young girl led us to the empty chairs beside the familiar couple, who seemed to be busy reading the cards in their hands. They didn't notice us until we were directly in front of them.

"Baron, Baroness Homer," greeted Baron Husk. "I thought you weren't in coming here, Newton," said Elias and Baron Husk smiled. "I heard, someone saying the same thing," replied the man, to which we all laughed.

Elias was about to reply when another young girl appeared in front of us and handed us the itinerary cards.

"Hope, you will have a good with us, Baron Homer, Baroness Homer," said the young girl with a smile, before leaving politely.

I looked at the itinerary card I had been handed, which had a velvet spa heading in big, beautiful letters.

Below is the name of our spa package and treatments I will be going through, along with their short information.

Rebirth and Rejuvenation 

· Gailis Massage

· Customized Facial 

· Variacis Aroma Body Wrap

· Jukio Hydrating Hair Treatment

· Narthian Foot Ritual

I looked at the spa package and the information about each treatment. I had some of these treatments and they are good.

I turned it back and saw it blank. I looked at Elias's itinerary and saw its back blank, too. Though, when I looked at his package; I saw, it was different from mine. Only the first treatment is the same, while others are different.

"Excuse me," said Baroness Martha, and the young appeared beside her.

"My lady," said the girl politely. "There is only one package available?" she asked.

"Yes. Currently, we only have two packages, one for men and one for women," replied the young girl. 

"It would have been great if there had been some choice," said Baroness Husk in disappointment. 

"We will in a few weeks, my lady," replied the young girl. I didn't say anything, but I too would have liked, it if there had been more choice.

Let's hope, it is good and will live up to the standard of the legacy.