Happy Birthday!

Umi's currently petting Rimuru in his puppy form, she brought him over from the island. Sadly she had to leave the rest there, but slowly, she's going to bring them over.

"I hope Grandpa Gin likes his gift, I worked really hard on it," she sighs, setting Rimuru down to start getting into her dress.

After Umi finished getting ready, she used her new star Kanzashi and pulled up her hair. She also put on the matching necklace and her shoes.

Once done she when and helped Moché get ready.

Following that, they go out and get into Umi's limousine. Upon reaching the venue, all eyes were on them. Moché was a little scared of all the attention while Umi reassured her that they would be fine.

Umi's Grandpa Gin come over and greeted the two. That's when Elder Sen made his grand entrance.

"Hello Little Koko'er and Moché, you two look gorgeous," he greets, giving the girls a hug. "And happy birthday ya old croc."

"Yeah yeah, it's good to see you too old geezer, I almost thought you forgot to come," the 'old croc' grumbled.

"Haha, like I'd forget to come to your big celebration," the 'old geezer' snickered. "And I also wouldn't give up the chance to see my precious granddaughter."

The two old men start to bicker and it was up to Umi to stop it.

After settling that, they chatted for a while before the elders left to go greet the guests.

Umi and Moché decided to go get some drinks. Not without a lot of envious glares, They made Moché uncomfortable but she knew that as long as her best friend was around, she'd be okay.

While they were gone, a group of men entered the venue. In front, two young men were making all the women drool and the other men become jealous.

One's of the two men wore a navy blue tuxedo with gold trim, giving him that royalty feel, also he has pure white hair. And the other wore a light gray tuxedo with silver trim, but has black hair. Both exuded an authoritative and proud aura. The one in blue also gave off a deadly presence, making many weary of him.

The rest of the men were bodyguards, all in uniforms.

The two elders immediately went and greeted the young men. Elder Gin especially thanked them for their attendance.

After the girls had gotten their drinks they returned to find the elders conversing with two dashing young men.

As they were going over a woman suddenly walked in front of Umi and tripped her. Trying to make her embarrass herself.

Umi was about to catch herself when she was caught with strong arms. She looked up to see the man in blue holding her.

Their eyes meet and they both get mesmerized by each other's eyes. The young man had beautiful amethyst eyes and Umi had deep lapis lazuli ones. Both were captivated by each other.

The sweet moment was sadly interrupted by Moché's cough. Umi quickly got out of his embrace and straightened up.

"My apologies sir," Umi frowns as she realizes that she had dropped her glass and it had shattered. Splashing wine everywhere, and a little got on his shoes.

"It's alright, they can easily be cleaned off," the man's hoarse voice replies. He snaps his fingers and some servants come and clean up the mess, along with his shoes.

"I'm still very sorry about almost ruining your shoes, I was careless," Umi lied, pouting.

"It's not your fault, you were tripped purposefully by that woman," he states, turning to the fuming young woman that Umi immediately recognized as her cousin Nogi. "Please apologize to her now."

The young man gave off an even colder aura making the whole room temperature drop.