Party (VI)

'This party is shit. Everyone here is fake. No wonder humans are the weakest race in this world.'

Hence, the party kept going on until his mother came to him and started introducing him to duke representatives.

In the Flora Kingdom, there were 4 duke families namely: Wolfsberg, Silver, Noblesse, and Lawkeep. They were all situated in different parts of the kingdom. Wolfsberg Dukedom was located in the East of the Flora Kingdom. Whereas Silver Dukedom was located in the North of the Kingdom. Lawkeep was located in the West of the Kingdom and Noblesse Dukedom was situated in the South of the Kingdom of Flora.

All these families have rankings that they followed. Wolfsberg was ranked 1st in strength. 2nd was Silver, 3rd was Noblese and finally 4th was Lawkeep dukedom.

The most wealthy were the Noblese family because they were Alchemists.

Yes, all these families have different professions. The professions were an essential part of any noble family and were followed by similar nobles. Meaning families that were based on Alchemist will always follow the Noblese Dukedom. Hence profession played a major role.

Wolfsberg Dukedom's main profession was Martial arts and guarding the Kingdom. They were soldiers of the Kingdom and had the job of generals and war against demons.

Silver families profession was Knight and Royal escort. They sold their services to royalty for the protection of the royal family and major protection against the Aura beast's attacks.

Lawkeep Dukedom profession was a barrier creation for major cities and trade. They were Aura formation masters. Mainly specialized in creating 'Spirit Engineering' formations. They have high economic strength. Formation for cars such as zex22 was made by them.

Finally, the Noblesse family was the alchemist dukedom. All types of aura potions, elixirs, paste, and medicines were made by them. They have the highest economic strength and also ruled over the alchemy tower of the Kingdom.

'All of them are stronger economically than our dukedom. We are guard dogs. No wonder my uncle doesn't visit home, he is busy being a dog of the kingdom.' Dante thought with some enlightenment.

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"We house of noblesse congratulates noble Dante and Samantha on their 5th birthday and presents these gifts as representative of the Noblesse family." Count Kaiser Noblesse said while smiling.

Everybody was shocked by the presents they gave. It consists of 3rd Tier Meridian cleansing pills and 3rd Tier Aura purifying pills.

It was a generous gift and the Noblesse family representative boosted through it.

The other representatives also congratulated them, but their gifts were not good.

"We hope that our families can keep visiting each other for building everlasting friendship," said Count Saint Lawkeep.

He said this while looking at Samantha who was the talent of the Wolf family.

Nobody gave a second glance towards Dante as if he was not even present.

"We also hope for a long-lasting friendship, count Saint," Dante said smiling cutely.

Saint Lawkeep looked at him with a smile that was fake but looked real.

"Oh my such a cute boy, no wonder my daughter wanted me to hurry here hehe. Lovely boy come here and give big sis a hug." said Countess Sabrina Silver.

Sabrina was the sister of Duke Silver. Sabrina had beautiful long silver hair and she wore a beautiful back open dress that was shining like stars. She was hot as fack.

"Thank you, my Lady. You are also very beautiful just like stars shining at night," said Dante.

"Yes very beautiful but please don't hug my brother he is allergic to touch from other than family, Lady Sabrina," said Sam with a smile that was not a smile.

"Oh, the little lady is so beautiful as well. No wonder a talent such as yourself deserves all the charm. Don't worry I won't hug him and just looking at him is enough for now." said Sabrina to Sam while looking at me with lustful eyes.

She was trying to irritate her sister of Dante. These catfights were difficult to handle.

"Come Sabrina no need to play around with children. We should let them mingle with the people of their age," said Duke Drakon Silver.

Duke Drakon Silver was a man with short silver hair and an uptight frame. He was burly and had a physique like a berserker. Handsome face and a scar that went from his ear to his left eye. He was the father of his fiance Freya Silver.

"Thank you Duke Silver for showing such honor upon us by visiting our birthday party. It is my foremost honor to have such an esteemed guest at my birthday." Dante said while bootlicking and destroying his character in front of high nobility.

What he did was bootlicking and a term that nobles despised. Most nobles did this to someone of higher rank than them but Dante was an heir of two Dukedoms and part royalty from his mother's side. He didn't need to say those words.

'Sometimes you need to bow before you can Headbut.' Dante thought while planning.

"No honor is all mine, little Dante," said Drakon with a flat smile.

Then all nobles moved from Dante and Samantha moving toward their factions.

Yes, factions were a thing in this world. All dukedoms had their factions of lower nobilities.

The ranking of nobility was as follows: Royalty, Duke, Count, Marquis, Viscount, and Baron.

It was to be noted that Royalty was situated at the center of Kingdom and had complete power over Royal Capital and the major cities surrounding it.

The power requirement to become a Duke was to have at least 1 Aura King powerhouse within the Family. Count households required at least 1 AuraLord and Marquis family required 1 Aura Grandmaster. Each of these realms had huge differences that cannot be overcome with personal strength.

It was like comparing an atom bomb with a drone missile. "Irregulars" were the only people who could destroy the realm barrier. These irregulars were nearly non-existent. Saintess of Light was the only irregular present currently in the human faction.

All Dukedoms had 4 counts as their supporting pillars in the factions. Many Marquis and viscounts were adjusted in the factions as well. Barons were pretty weak households and had only Rank 1 Aurars in their households, so they were just servants of factions at most.

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Dante went towards his fiance in childrens area and before he could talk with her, he was stopped by the young master.

"If it isn't our unlucky birthday boy. Happy birthday to you, Dante. Maybe we should catch up now that we have met after so many days." said Garry Lawkeep.

Garry was the son of Duke Lawkeep and the heir to the dukedom of the Lawkeep family. He had red hair and black eyes. Decent and handsome face. He was head over heels in love with his fiance, Freya. Sadly she didn't give grass to him.

"Thanks, but no thanks. You should catch up with the horse in the barn. He misses you a lot as well." said Dante to bully number 1.

No one other than young boys and girls was around this section of the party. The hall was pretty big and the children were in different sections.

"You trash, do you think you deserve to talk to me like that? Have you forgotten you are no longer a Duke candidate for your family and I can trash you all day long now." said Garry with an insidious smile.

'Is this kid for real? Facking idiot. Just once slash from my star sword technique will kill you.' Dante looked deadpan at Garry like he was an idiot.

"Have you forgotten how red your ass was when you try to do that last time?" Dante spitted facts.

"Haha you were a genius back then and now you are nothing but horse shit trash. Even my dog could beat you little cute shit." Garry spitting facts here.

Everyone looked at Garry and thought that he was scum and a backstabber. When he was weaker than Dante he used to hide the fuck up. He even got beaten to shit by Dante within 10 moves. He was not talented at all and was just overusing his position as heir of the Lawkeep family.

Even Freya silver looked at Garry Lawkeep like he was scum.

Everyone started talking among themselves and started smiling at Dantes's misfortune.

Girls were looking at Garry with hate and disappointment.

"He sucks at battle himself and talks about others like that."

"Stupid horse face Garry."

"Let's beat him up for talking badly about our prince charming Dante."

Fangirls of Dante started backtalking about Garry who heard them and pissed more at Dante instead.

"Garry I don't have time for your dog talk. Out of my way or I will have you thrown with pigs who are missing you desperately." Dante said to Garry and moved towards Freya.

Everyone started laughing at Dantes's comment about Garry and Garry looked like he ate shit.

'Fackin stupid young master scene from Chinese novels presented itself. What the hell? I thought this was the western novel world.'

- This novel world is a mix of both cultures, so be careful about young masters' visits. - Pearl said laughing.

'Fack my life.' said Dante and moved to talk with Freya.

Freya Silver was a very beautiful and cute girl with short silver hair and black eyes. She was a mid-rank zero aurar and highly talented in swordsmanship. She would be a supreme beauty when she becomes an adult. Currently, she was only 6 years old and considered the highest-rated talent in the current generation alongside his sister. She had 4th-rank meridians. She was an antisocial and kind girl. These were all information he got from his memories.

He stood in front of Freya and she spoke first.

"Happy Birthday Dante. It has been a while."

"Thanks. So how are you?" Dante asked.

"I am good. How is your condition now?" Freya asked.

"Can we talk alone?" Dante asked.

"Sure."

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Now Dante and Freya moved towards the balcony where they could see stars all over the sky.

Dante was aproached by many young girls to congratulate him. Dante smiled happily to thank them and excused himself from them all. He went directly towards balcony with his fiance.

Dante looked at Freya who was standing quietly and observed her.

'She looks similar to someone I used to know. The energy around her reminds me of someone.'

'Who is it? Why does it hurt remembering that person...'

Dante was in pain which was not in his body but in his soul. A pain of betrayal and Love. Love twisted into something else...

[Painless Mind Activated]

Dante felt a sensation of coolness which removed all pain in his mind.

'What was that about? Who did I remember? I am sure she reminds me of my past true love. Yes, a woman who left me when I needed her the most. A woman who betrayed me. Before I could ask her why she did that, she died in an accident. Damn it.' Dante was lost in his thoughts and he heard a voice.

"Are you okay? You are sweating a lot." Freya said in a worried manner.

"Yeah, everything is fine. It's just you know my meridians are broken and I might never reach Official Aurar ranking ever. Just some symptoms from the past injuries."

"Oh, I wish I could help you, Dante." Freya said sadly.

"Don't worry. I am not worried about it. So how is life going? Still not making friends?"

"I don't think I am suited for tea parties and drama that friendship brings. They are all just so fake and talk in riddles." Freya said while smiling, she was very stoic in her mannerism.

"haha, at least people try to talk with you. You should make friends and try to have fun. Look at me I am all about enjoying life." Dante said while patting his chest in pride.

Freya started smiling openly so that nobody will observe her ever because she never opens her heart in front of others.

"You always say funny things, Dante. Do you remember how we used to chase rabbits in the garden and always got dirty? Your mother always scolded you for that even though you did all of that for me." She said while smiling and then started looking down.

"Yes, you always did what I wanted. Thank you, Dante, for everything."

"What are you talking about stupid girl? We are friends and I have always considered you family. There is no need to thank me for something that I enjoyed as well and take pride in." Dante said while smiling.

Both of these lovebirds didn't notice that someone was hearing their talk. Yes, 5 different ladies were spying on them.

These ladies were respectively Princess Iris, Samantha, Lily, Alice, and the fangirl Dahlia Lawkeep sister of Garry Lawkeep.

They were hiding pretty decently and were interested in what was about to happen. Many people believed that today Duke Drakon came to break the marriage contract between Wolf and Silver family.

This was a matter of great humiliation for the Wolfsberg family and a small fight might break out today after party.

Princess Iris was a beautiful lady of age 7 years old. She had long blonde hair, golden eyes, and a beautiful face, just like an angel. She was a mid-rank ground zero Aurar and was among the most talented geniuses in the Kingdom.

She came just 5 minutes ago and noticed a debate between Garry Lawkeep and Dante von Wolfsberg. She knew that Dante was the strongest in the current generation but due to the destruction of his meridians, he was considered trash. She respected Dante because he was kind and caring of everyone around him.

Many events had happened in the past that made her realize that Dante was a chosen one of the goddess Lucrecia. Dante was irregular just like Saintess.

No one else had as much talent in swordsmanship and Aura Efficiency when compared to him.

Some even believed him to be the reincarnation of the 'Eternal Saint of Light' from Ancient times.