Chapter 95: A Noble Quartet

Giliath demands your power stones!

Another short one but enjoy another pov!

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While Liberl would once again enter a busy period thanks to a sudden declaration of their Queen, it wasn't without saying that Erebonia was also in a busy time.

Giliath was currently busy dealing with the matters of the autonomous state, Jurai, the very same home of Crow Armbrust. It was in a very unstable period as a result of being bombed by Erebonia's railway cannons. It was currently merging into the country thanks to that.

And on top of that, Giliath happened to stumble across a certain car accident during his outings. This car accident caused most of the family to perish. The sole survivor happened to be an icy blue hair colored fifteen year old girl.

This was the first time Giliath met Claire Rieveldt.

Quickly noticing her unique talent, Giliath took her in as one of his own, much like he did for Rufus and Lechter. From here on, this girl named Claire became the third Ironblood, becoming a cornerstone for the Intelligence Division.

After Claire joined, the Intelligence Division acted as if it was wiped off the map until four years later, to where a certain white rabbit would formally be introduced to them by a certain workshop. But that would be a story for another time... (A/N: With favorability being down by the Gnomes would that make Millium hate MC?)

But going back to the present time, even the Imperial Family was busy, especially during the winter season. Most work would be performed in Valflame Palace, but outside of that, the Arnor family would end up staying at Karel Imperial Villa, which was a pavilion on the outskirts of Valflame Palace. It was here where they would spend most of their family or private matters.

It was also used as their resting place to sleep.

It was still the end of S1195. Inside of Karel Imperial Villa, several figures could be seen moving about, even during the night. Most of them were maids or butlers cleaning the large building. However, further inside to where the bedrooms can be seen, one certain bedroom could be seen occupied by a few figures, with an older figure watching over them.

"Hmm~Hmm~", A girl's voice happily resounded in the bedroom with a hum. This girl could be seen moving her legs up and down as she rested on her belly while on the floor. Her hand could be seen moving around with several colored pencils laying nearby. She seemed to be currently drawing on a blank piece of paper.

After a couple moments passed while a few figures watched her drawing, the image started to become clear.

"What do you think, Lifthrasir?", The girl asked, who seemed to be no older than six years old. She was sporting very lush golden blonde hair.

"How many times do I need to tell you to call me Lif, Your Highness?", A second girl's voice resounded, who seemed to be a five year old girl. She puffed her cheeks out a bit as she retorted that.

"Teehee.", A third girl's voice laughed beside them after hearing the second girl say that. This girl seemed to be the youngest of this group who hasn't even turned five yet, but her birthday was coming up soon. She had pretty and short olive-green hair. However, among this group of girls, her eyes seemed to have the most intelligence in them.

"You always like to tease Lif like that, don't you, Your Highness?", The olive colored hair girl asked.

"Hehe, but you like to do too, don't you, Musse?", The first girl asked while giggling as she continued to draw.

"Well, that isn't something I'll deny.", the third girl said, who was named Musse. She looked over toward the second girl, who went by the name Lif.

"Hmph. It's not like I can do anything about that either. My name is too long.", Lif said, letting out a complaint.

"Well that's a common problem being born into the noble society. The name carries with you.", The first girl responded.

"You are right about that, Your Highness. But besides that, I can't help wondering who it is you're drawing...", A fourth voice said, revealing to be an indigo-black haired girl. She also seemed to be the same age as the first girl. The second girl was a year younger, while the olive green haired girl was the youngest of the four.

"Oh, you really want to know now, don't you, Elise?", The first girl said with a playful smile.

"I am a little curious too. I haven't seen this person before. Moreover, he appears to be a boy?", Lif also asked as the drawing continued.

"We used to play together around three years ago. That was before I met you three at St. Astraia's elementary school. "Big Brother holds him in high regard too.", the first girl said. She was of course the first princess of the Erebonian Imperial Family, Alfin Reise Arnor. And with her were three new friends that she had recently gotten acquainted with while taking her elementary courses at St Astraia.

Musse de Cayanne, Lifthrasir von Bartholomeus, and Elise Schwarzer. (A/N Musse Egret wasn't a thing yet)

"Is that what happened? To think someone would jump the gun before us...", Musse said, revealing a smile herself.

"Now what's that supposed to mean?", Alfin retorted after she said that.

"Oh nothing. Please forgive me for my insolence, Your Highness.", Musse said with a teasing tone.

The moment Musse said that, the four girls started to giggle for a bit. Another moment soon passed after that.

"And done.", Alfin said, creating a loud tapping noise with her pencil. After that, she put the pencil down, and finished drawing. Her picture seemed to have a small violet haired boy on it wearing rather fancy regal clothing.

"So this is him, huh?", Lif said, having interest in her eyes as she saw this violet haired boy.

"I don't know why but I'm getting a familiar feeling.", Elise said, unsure.

"A familiar feeling? Have you seen this person before, Elise?", Musse asked.

"I can say for sure I have not, so I wonder why I'm feeling like this?".

"Hehe, looking confused like that is also cute.", Alfin replied with a tease.

"H-Hey!", Elise tried to retort but didn't deny Alfin. This earned another giggle from the other three.

"Anyways, you say you two have played before we met each other, Your Highness?", Lif decided to ask.

"That's right. Naoto von Auslese. Apparently he's a prince in Liberl's royal family. I was sad when Big Brother told me we couldn't play anymore and that something had happened, but I do wonder what he has been up to lately...", Alfin wondered to herself.

"Naoto von Auslese...", Lif uttered to herself the moment Alfin said that name. It didn't take long for her eyes to turn wide.

'Isn't that the boy Uncle had just mentioned to us a couple days ago!?', Lif exclaimed silently to herself.

However, Musse immediately picked up on Lif's reaction.

"It looks like you remembered something, Lif?.", Musse questioned.

"Ah...", Lif tried to say, only to quickly shake her head. "It's nothing.".

"Oh? Now you're making me even more curious, Lifthrasir.", Alfin said, teasing back at her. "It's time to spill the beans.", Alfin continued to say.

Unable to deny Alfin, Lif slowly started to explain what she had come to learn over the last couple days before arriving to this play date...

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[Insert picture of Alfin Reise Arnor here]

[Insert picture of Musse Egret here.]

[Insert picture of Lifthrasir von Bartholomeus here]

[Insert picture of Elise Schwarzer here]

I think Musse was already playing 3d chess by the time she turned 5.