Kapitel 15: 15. Another Birthday Party.
[2 Years Later…]
│1st Person POV of Meliodas│
[Underworld Realm, Bael Territory, Bael Mansion…]
"Meliodas! There you are."
While waiting for the star of today's event to make an appearance, Morgiana's voice reached me.
Turning around, I saw her, dressed in a beautiful one-piece, ankle-length purple dress. She had also adorned exquisite golden bracelets on her arms and legs, further enhancing her looks.
With long crimson-red hair flowing freely behind her, she elegantly walked over to me.
[Image reference for the dress]
[> A/N: Morgiana isn't this mature yet and her dress is also more modest than this. <]
"I have been looking for you for the past few minutes, you know." She said.
I just shrugged in response, saying, "I have been standing here since the beginning, waiting for the party to start. How about you? When did you arrive?"
"I arrived a few minutes ago with my parents. After telling me to socialize by myself, they left me alone. Probably to meet up with their own friends."
That means Sirzechs is with the other Satans, and Grayfia has likely gone to look for either Venelana or Mother.
Once past the age of 10, Young Noble Devils are no longer accompanied by their parents in events like this. They are left on their own to make connections with other Young Noble Devils independently.
I nodded at her words before saying, "You look beautiful, Morgiana."
Morgiana blushed brightly hearing the sudden praise. She took a few seconds to reply, "Thank you, Meliodas. You look pretty good as well."
Indeed, I am looking good. I was dressed in a suit. A black blazer over a purple dress shirt and black pants. I also had a standard dark blue necktie over my shirt.
[Image reference for the suit] [> A/N: This is Meliodas' Full Grown Up Look as well. <]
Then, while having a casual conversation with Morgiana, a soft tinkling sound reverberated throughout the hall.
Turning my attention to the source of the sound, I saw Lord Bael standing at the center of the hall with a glass and spoon in his hands.
After attracting the attention of the guests, he proceeded to say a few words about his eldest son, Sairaorg Bael.
He spent a few minutes speaking about his son in an emotionless tone before announcing, "Please welcome my eldest son and the Bael Heir, Sairaorg Bael."
The door to the party hall was opened by two butlers and from behind the door walked in the star of the event.
Sairaorg was dressed in an immaculate black and white suit and he was being accompanied by a gorgeous woman with long brown hair and purple eyes.
'She must be Sairaorg's mother, Misla Bael.'
Then, Lord Bael led Sairaorg towards the place where the Satans were gathered together and introduced them to the young Bael Heir.
After Sairaorg greeted and received gifts from them one by one, Lord Bael led him back to the center of the hall.
Leaving him in the care of his mother, Lord Bael then departed, opting instead to join the other Lords from the Great King Faction.
Before things could become awkward for the mother-son duo, a flaxen-haired woman walked towards them and greeted Misla.
As she was giving Sairaorg his gift, I heard Morgiana speak through gnashed teeth, "That bastard! How dare he treat Grandaunt Misla and Cousin Sairaorg like that.
"If it weren't for Grandmother Venelana acting quickly, they would have become a laughing stock of the whole Underworld."
Hmm… There's still time before it can be confirmed that Siaraorg didn't inherit the Power of Destruction Clan Trait.
Usually, Clan Devils awaken their Clan Trait before the age of 7, however, there are always some outlines who awaken their inherent powers late.
Morgiana is a prime example of this as she awakened her Clan Trait at the age of 8.
So, there's no reason Sairaorg should be treated like this by Lord Bael.
The next moment, I extended my Observation Haki in tandem with my Senjutsu Sensing, to check out the situation of the birthday boy.
'So that's why.' I thought after a moment.
Even if Sairaorg does awaken his Clan Trait, the Power of Destruction, Lord Bael may not change his attitude toward him.
Because Sairaorg's reserve of Demonic Power is even lower than the average Low-Class Devils whereas most other Noble Devils his age would have reserves close to the Low-High Class level.
Knowing Lord Bael's jealousy towards Venelana and his ambition to sire better and stronger children than her, I can see why he treats Sairaorg so poorly.
Anyway, once Venelana retreated to the side, other guests stepped forward to greet the birthday boy one after another.
"Where's your gift for Heir Bael?" I asked Morgiana.
With a smile, she took out her DeviPhone and after tapping on the screen for a few seconds, a big wrapped gift box appeared above it with a burst of light.
I looked at the device in her hand for a moment, remembering that the DeviPhone had such a function because I gave Ajuka the idea of creating artifacts like the Storage Rings from the Cultivation Novels I read in my past life.
Storage Magic isn't something that everyone in the Supernatural World has access to.
It is a type of Magic that is incredibly hard to learn as mistakes could possibly result in one being ejected into the Dimensional Gap.
Ajuka liked my idea, however, there was hardly any material capable of holding separate dimensions within them.
I had thought of a solution for that.
I proposed the idea of taking any magic conductive metal and sticking it in the Dimensional Gap for a period of time, letting it absorb the magic of the place.
This could potentially lead to the birth of a metal capable of holding small separate dimensions within it.
Ajuka tested this out by placing various magic conductive metals in the Dimensional Gap and got good results from one of them.
Luckily, the metal was a fairly common magical metal and it had plenty of ore deposits in the Underworld. Even its name was fairly generic, Hell Steel.
Ajuka then proceeded to test if Hell Steel, after being exposed to Dimensional Gap for a period of time, could hold a small expanse of space within itself.
If so, how do different-sized pieces of Void Steel, which is the name Ajuka gave Hell Steel after its properties changed by absorbing the magic of the Dimensional Gap, affect the dimensions and stability of the artificially created internal space?
After some more experiments, Ajuka was able to find out that a fingernail-sized piece of Void Steel was capable of supporting a small internal space of 5 cubic meters indefinitely.
With this discovery, Ajuka decided that instead of creating a new artifact, he would just add a piece of Void Steel to the frame of the latest version of DeviPhone his Department was going to launch.
With such a useful addition to them, the newest model of DeviPhone became an even hotter commodity in the Supernatural World.
I was even getting 3% of the selling price for every device sold as a royalty for providing the initial concept.
The amount of money I was earning from this was enough to bring a financially Extinct Pillar Family back to prominence.
Anyway, seeing Morgiana summon her gift, I also did the same. Although I had my gift stashed in my pocket dimension instead of using the pocket space of my DeviPhone.
A few moments later, when all the Lords and their family had finished greeting Sairaorg, Morgiana and I started to walk toward the mother-son duo.
Morgiana went first, greeting Sairaorg cheerfully, "Happy Birthday, Sai. I hope you will like my gift."
She gave her long rectangular wrapped gift box to Sairaorg, who accepted it with a smile and opened it.
When Sairaorg took out the item inside the box, I was stunned for a moment. She gave him a battle axe.
He waved it around for a moment, before exclaiming in wonder, "This is an incredible gift, Big Sis Mori! I love it!"
Morgiana looked smug for a moment before she stepped back.
I was stunned by her gift because when she had asked me about what she should give him, I had casually said about gifting a battle-axe. After all, Sairaorg in the canon had the Sacred Gear, Regulus Nemea.
And the normal form of that particular Longinus is a golden battle-axe.
I didn't think Morgiana would go through with my suggestion. And it seemed like Sairaorg liked the gift well enough.
Dammit! If I knew this would happen, I would have given him a battle-axe myself, saving myself the trouble of coming up with a gift.
Oh well. What's done is done.
I stepped forward and presented the birthday boy with the gift I prepared for him while wishing, "Happy Birthday, Heir Bael. I hope you will find my gift useful."
Sairaorg gave the battle-axe to his mother, who then passed it to the servants before he accepted my gift.
Opening the box, he fished out a pair of metal-plated leather gloves.
As he examined them curiously, I explained, "They are special gloves that I created. You can change the gravitational force acting on your body by rotating the dial located on the back of the right glove.
"Adjusting the dial, you can set the gravity acting on you from 1.1G to 10G."
I stopped my explanation when I saw Siaraorg's clueless face.
Right, Devil or not, he is just a seven-year-old child. He won't know anything about gravity and all.
"Well, in simple terms they help you train your body and become stronger."
Hearing this, Sairaorg made an expression of understanding. However, he seemed disappointed by the gift.
This won't do. I have to enlighten him on the benefits of training your physical body.
"Heir Bael, do you know the best way to deal with problems?"
Sairaorg shook his head at my question. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Misla was also paying keen attention to me.
"By punching them away," I said with a serious expression, "With sufficient strength, any problem can be resolved by hitting it hard enough.
"So, I hope you make good use of the gloves and train your body to its utmost limits and beyond."
Sairaorg had a look of wonder and awe on his face as if he stumbled upon the mystery of life.
I nodded in satisfaction. Ignoring the gobsmacked expression of Misla, I continued, "If you wish, you are welcome to come to Valefor Mansion and train with me.
"After all, your Big Sis Mori also trains with me from time to time."
Sairaorg looked at Morgiana, receiving a nod from her
"And also, there are a few varieties of lions in the woods surrounding the Valefor Mansion. With you having the blood of Vapula Clan in your veins, I hope you would enjoy meeting them."
He looked at me with gratitude in his eyes as he said, "Thank you for the gift, Heir Valefor-Zagan. I will keep your words in mind."
I nodded in response before stepping back. With Morgiana by my side, we returned to our previous place.
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