Chapter 1

Flower of Olta

that was her nickname. At least it will be in the future.

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Right now, five years old Celine was an adorable little girl. Beautiful silver hair that seems to shine and clear blue eyes that draws people in. Undoubtedly she will grow up to become a stunning beauty. As the youngest child of Magnolia family her origin was noble, held in the palm of her family, she was the apple of their eyes.

The Olta empire was one of the biggest country in the magic world. Many famous and powerful mages as well as swordmasters originated from the Olta empire.

And Magnolia family was one of the four dukedom in the Olta empire. The family's current head Duke Alfred Magnolia was an 8-star mage. Becoming a mage is a difficult thing but advancing in ranks is even difficult. Most people stay as a two or three star mage in their entire life, talented ones might reach 5 star if they have enough resources. And to become an 8-star mage one needs to be a genius.

Duke Alfred and Duchess Alessia has three children, The oldest son Alastair being 18 years old, the second son Eugene being 16 years old and the youngest daughter Celine being 5 years old.

Today Celine turned five. After a short celebration with her family she was busy strolling the streets with her brother Eugene. This was a rare occurrence as she's not allowed to go outside most of the time.

Suddenly she spotted a trash moving.

No, it was a human, more specifically, it was a boy.

Messy hair, ragged clothes, dirty everywhere. No wonder she thought it was a lump of trash at first as the boy was curled up like a small ball. But such people were not uncommon as this place was close to the slums.

What caught her attention was the faint flowing mana around him. It was faint but as Celine was one of the geniuses blessed by magic though not a mage yet, she was still able to sense mana.

"Hello? can you hear me?"

Celine was curious, why was this boy who looks quite talented in a place like this. with his talent he could easily become a mage.

No response.

"Do you...want some food?"

Celine though he was hungry as he looks so skinny and she really didn't know how to start a conversation.

A response

the boy who looked almost dead just now stared at her with his deep blue eyes

This was how Celine met the four years old Kian for the first time.