Glowing Eyes

"Hehe~" Nana giggled mischievously at Sera.

She had noticed since earlier that Sera seemed like a cold person due to the lack of expression on her face.

But deep inside, she also knew that Sera was only like that to people that she's not comfortable with.

Therefore, Nana did her best to make Sera comfortable.

Now that Sera looked to be quite depressed, Nana felt guilty and clumsily went beside Sera before giving her a big hug.

Sera, who was currently sitting with a listless expression on her face, felt a touch from the side. When she looked, she saw Nana hugging her which made her heart melt.

'Awwww~' Sera was touched and hugged Nana back. "Are you comforting your big sister? How cute~"

Nana looked at her and nodded, making Sera's heart melt further due to her sheer cuteness.

Creak—

At this moment, the door opened, catching the attention of all the people in the room.

"Son, how are you? We're starting to get worried since you took too long in the toilet." Rina smiled teasingly at Zen.

Zen, who had just entered the room, gave an embarrassed smile.

However, when his gaze landed on the girl with pink hair who currently had her face buried inside Sera's embrace, his eyes revealed curiosity.

Ren noticed the change in Zen's expression and asked, "What happened, Son? Is something the matter?"

Zen nodded and said as he walked towards Sera and Nana. "Yes, dad. I felt some fluctuations here earlier."

Hearing this, a serious expression instantly appeared on the faces of Ren, Rina and Sera.

"Hey, what are you talking about? What fluctuations?" Margareth asked from the side in confusion. Seeing the changes in everyone's expression made her more curious.

Ren, Rina and Sera kept silent and just waited for Zen's explanation.

Zen didn't answer and stared at Nana curiously. "Who is she?"

Sera, who currently had Nana in her arms, introduced her.

"This is Nana. She is…" She looked at their parents, not knowing what to say.

In turn, Ren and Rina also looked towards Margareth.

Because of the urgent matters that they talked about earlier, Nana wasn't properly introduced to them.

Margareth cleared her throat before saying slowly, "She's Nana. My… adopted daughter…"

Hearing this, Ren and Rina widened their eyes in shock. It was obvious that they had a lot to ask Margareth.

Feeling awkward, Margareth changed the topic and asked seriously with a frown, "Anyways, why are you acting strange right now? And what's that about fluctuations or something? You're Commander Garren's son so I hope that you can give me a proper explanation."

Zen felt nervous when he heard their so-called Aunt's words. He had been too focused on the mana fluctuation he felt earlier and completely forgot about etiquette and manners.

Not to mention that it was his first time talking to their new aunt properly, which made it all the worse.

'Ugh… I already gave a bad first impression…' He scratched his hair embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry Aunt Margareth… It's just that…"

At this moment, Ren and Rina chuckled.

Sera also had an amused expression on the side.

"Hahahah!!! I'm just kidding! No worries! I'm pretty close with your parents. Especially your father…" Margareth looked at Ren and winked before continuing, "Anyways, I'm still curious about your actions…"

Zen felt that he was tricked but couldn't say anything about it. Then, he looked at his parents with a difficult expression that seemed to be asking for permission.

Ren, who was currently being glared at by Rina, understood this and said, "Go on. Your Aunt is a member of our family. You can trust her."

Zen nodded in understanding before speaking, "Ummm… where do I start… I just felt a mana fluctuation here earlier."

'???'

Margareth couldn't comprehend what her nephew was saying at all.

Zen saw Margareth's confused expression and sighed, "Forget it. It's easier if I show it to you…"

Whizz—

It was not only Margareth who's eyes widened in disbelief, but also Ren, Rina and Sera.

Nana, on the other hand, also widened her eyes in surprise but somehow felt some familiarity.

A blue colored energy, mana, was being emitted from Zen's body. It swirled around and surrounded all the people in the room before forming a bubble around them.

This was one of the most basic forms of mana control; Mana Barrier. It was one of the tricks he read in the books in Arthur's collection.

Controlling mana was one of the most important skills for anyone. A person could also use mana for all sorts of things and was not restricted to only using it when activating skills.

This method of controlling mana wasn't recognized by the system as a skill. Instead, it was more like how a person uses their body for simple tasks like walking and running. In short, it was just like the way a human could use his body freely.

This was one of the things that Zen learned. He realized at that time that the mechanics he knew from normal games, also limited his vision.

As Zen reminisced about the time he learned about this trick, the blue bubble had finished constructing itself, fully enclosing all the people in the room inside it.

"What is happening!?" Margareth felt that her knowledge of the world was overturned by the things she was seeing at the moment.

She looked at Ren and Rina for answers, only to see them as shocked as she was.

Then, under everyone's eyes, Zen looked at Nana and said with a friendly expression, "Hello! Your name is Nana, right?"

Nana, who was observing the mana bubble with an astonished expression, looked at Zen and nodded cutely.

However, when she looked at Zen, her fuchsia eyes emitted an illusory glow involuntarily.

As everyone's attention was placed on Zen's actions, they also saw him talking to Nana.

Although confused, they didn't do anything and just waited patiently for what Zen was about to do.

Due to the mana barrier, the density of mana within the area increased. Then, as if resonating with the mana in the area, the illusory glow on Nana's eyes became brighter, enough to be seen by everyone in the room.

They saw Nana looking at Zen with glowing eyes, making her seem omniscient.