Kapitel 203: End of Their Debut Party
Uuu—Leticia looks cute too, despite wearing a simple frilly red-and-white dress in order not to steal the show from the stars.
"Okay," Freyr nodded.
"We will!" Freyja happily promised.
Queen Shaula smiled at the twins' affirmative response.
"Oh? You've started combining the family color-code with the emblem?" King Titus asked in his amusement.
"That's right. We modified it a bit. It's used to be blue-themed outfit with the green wing emblem. However, now...," Dad explained as he looked at the twins.
"You're using both the blue and green color for the outfit. Then, you added blue wing next to the green wing in the emblem. Very nice, if I must say," King Titus answered.
"Yes... Would that be forbidden? If so, then I have no choice but to stop doing this in the future," Dad bitterly smiled. We had much fun combining the signature color of our family for the twins—the idea that appeared because we had this pair of twins, somehow.
"I don't see any problem as long as it follows the color code. I also don't forbid adding other colors as long as the base color is still in accordance with the tradition. ...To be honest, I don't mind erasing that tradition," King Titus raised his eyebrows as if he just found a nice idea.
"Your Majesty, I'd like to advise you to not do that. It's like erasing a culture that's been passed down from a generation to another," Nicole suddenly added.
"Well—would it make any difference if I were to erase the custom? I think the four ducal families will still abide this unspoken rule and wear their signature color and emblem, am I right?"
"Most likely so. It functions as our identity, after all," Nicole lightly smiled.
Well, they both have a point. It's not like there's any punishment if we don't wear our signature color and emblem. Rather, we'd feel like we're missing our identity by not doing so. Even the royal family will always wear their emblem and the finest clothes possible to show their identity in occasions like this.
"Anyway, congratulations on your debut, Freyr and Freyja. And happy birthday," King Titus changed the topic and the focus back to the twins.
"Thank you, Uncle King!"
"Thank you, King-sama~!"
The twins cheerfully answered back. They were used to the royal family by now, after spending much time in the Capicastle along with Leticia.
"Ahem, Freyr, Freyja, pay a proper respect to the king and the queen now, will you?" Mom cleared her throat and urged the twins to at least bow and curtsey. After all, we wouldn't want bad rumors going on about them.
The twins looked at each other in confusion, but they still obeyed what Mom asked them.
I believe Mom feels like she will need to spend quite the time to explain things to the twins later on.
"Hey, Freyr and Freyja. Happy birthday and congratulations! Help my sister out during her debut party, too, will you?" Luca didn't hesitate to drop all the formality and casually asked as Leti's big brother.
"Thanks, Luca-nii! We will!" Freyja quickly answered.
"Definitely," Freyr shortly answered.
They were also used to addressing Luca the way Leticia addressed him. At first, it became a source of quarrel for the little ones, but it was all solved by saying, "We're all one big family, can you just think of it like that and get along well?"
"You're all close to one another, huh? That's good!" Nicole praised as she looked at Ein.
"Well, having our children forge good relationships would be nice for the future of the royal family and the ducal families," Dad agreed.
"It's such a pity the Grabberton main family and the Fumitsuna main family don't have children around Luca's age. The age gap is quite a lot," King Titus bitterly smiled.
"Luckily, they're all loyal and good families," Queen Shaula quickly added.
"Oh, come to think about it... And pardon me for asking, but this just popped in my mind. Your Majesty... The crown prince is 10 years old already. Are you going to establish a fiancee for him soon? Like, by the time he has his coming-of-age ceremony?" Nicole suddenly asked.
Luca's smile stiffened.
"I don't think there's any need to do that. After all, I also didn't have any fiancee and chose my wife on my own. Although I'd be happy to grant my son a betrothal should he wish for it," King Titus looked at the stiffly smiling Luca with a teasing gaze.
"Say, son, you're the closest to... my close aide's daughter, right? What about an engagement with her?" King Titus asked.
"Eh, that is...!" I quickly closed my mouth as I unintentionally let my thoughts leaked.
Luca looked at me in disbelief at my reflex before looking at his father, "Come on, Father. We've talked about this before, right? She's my rival."
I sighed in relief.
"...Rival?" Nicole muttered as she looked to be contemplating on something before her attention was snatched by the cute son who was tugging her hand.
"Mum, Mum, I'd like to have an engagement with Big Sis Lyra, please!"
Little Ein couldn't read the atmosphere and casually added.
"Ein... Do you know what getting engaged and married means?" Clyde asked in worry.
"Yup, it means I got to spend my time and live together with someone, right? I like Big Sis Lyra so I'd like that!" Ein happily added.
The atmosphere behind me just dropped yet another temperature. Dad, it's cold, really!
"That's not a bad idea!" Nicole happily added.
Uh-oh, Dad is going to freeze all of us soon...
"Come now, let's not decide the children's future spouses on our own, shall we? We chose our spouses on our own, so why not give them that chance, too?" Mom quickly broke the tension.
"You're right. I think we're all caught up in our own imaginary scenarios without taking the children into consideration, hohoho," Queen Shaula laughed as she used her handkerchief to cover her lips.
"Yeah, I was just kidding," King Titus added.
The adults all laughed—safe for one: Dad. I could see how pretentious his laugh was!
"Mom, Dad? Can we all go somewhere else if you adults still want to talk? Freyr and Freyja still need to greet some more nobles too," Alt-nii quickly added as the adults didn't seem like moving from the spot.
"Sure. Alt, Lyra, you two can take care of the twins, can you?" Mom asked.
"Don't worry, Mom!" Alt-nii answered as he lightly tapped his hand on his chest.
"Leave it to us~," I also reassured her.
And with that, all of us, the children were free from the adults' talk. That included Ein, Luca, and Leticia. Also—Kiri who came along with the head of the Royal Knights, his adoptive father.
After greeting some other nobles, we quickly scanned the area to find the rest of our friends who were also invited here: Carbuncle, Iris, and Harvey.
By this time, they were already used to attending noble parties and Carbuncle could behave better than before. I believe the arrogant noble children were all traumatized or intimidated by Carbuncle—in a way or another. With that, we were saved from the bothersome nobles~
***
The night after the party.
It was very apparent that the twins were quite exhausted from the party, but at least they were happy~. And being cute children they were, they still insisted on seeing their birthday presents even when they were tired. How typical of children, haha!
Wait, I'm no child from the beginning so obviously I was only faking my excitement when it was my birthday and... Okay, I admit I was also excited when it came to birthday presents.
After all, who wouldn't be happy and excited getting gifts on their special day?
When they finished their businesses with the presents, they suddenly remembered something.
"Mom and Dad...," they muttered.
"They told you that you guys are going out tomorrow and you will be given your presents then, right?" Knowing what was on their mind, I asked.
The twins nodded simultaneously.
I smiled.
"I'm sure you two will be happy and excited tomorrow, then!" I concluded.
"What's going to happen tomorrow?" Freyr tilted his head.
"Tell us, Lyra-nee!" Freyja tugged my hands.
"Hmmm... I can tell you...," I deliberately spoke very slowly.
The twins were looking up at me expectantly.
"...Not telling!" I quickly cut their expectant look and turned away.
"Eeeh, Lyra-nee, tell us!" Freyja sulked as she tugged my hands more intense than before.
"Lyra-neechan, some hints, please?" Freyr tried to use his puppy eyes to attack me.
"No, no, no! It will ruin your surprise! Just go to sleep and you'll eventually find out~," I quickly added as I turned my face away from them—not wanting to have my resolution faltering due to their expressions.
"But we're curious! We might be unable to sleep due to it!" Freyja argued.
"Yes, so, please?" Freyr asked again.
"Patience, my children. Learn to be patient~" I answered in my "old lady" tone.
"We're not your children, Onee-chan!" Freyja protested.
"You're our big sister!" Freyr said with a reminding tone.
"Haha, I know, I know! Anyway, you should really sleep now... You wouldn't want to miss the surprise due to not being able to sleep, right?"
"Uuu, not fair, Lyra-nee!" Freyja still sulked. Her cheeks were so inviting—inviting pinches, that is!
"I... I can wait... I guess," Freyr said in a hesitant tone.
"Good, then, good night~"
That night, they were not the only ones excited for tomorrow. After all, I'm dying to know the twins' magic test results, too!!
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