“Hahah~.”

She didn’t think she was going to have so much fun when she came downstairs with her mom who had been waiting for her outside of her room since a while back.

“Weeeeee-heheheh~!”

She was riding Sleipnir, Odin’s familiar.

And she was having fun even with Odin holding her from the sides. She had rode horses before, but that was mostly normal horses, not one this shiny, and pretty, and amazing~.

It was a simple horse ride, but it was a completely unexpected kind of birthday gift, especially from someone like Sir Odin that she had seen around in her house before.

He was a simple person that treated her nicely, and even gave her a unique candy that he got from a different town so she didn’t dislike him.

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But, after this fun ride all around their garden, she knew she was going to ask him for this special experience many more times in the future.

“Alright, Miss Eve. Seems like we should stop now.”

Odin stopped in the front of the house where the viscount was waiting along with the viscountess, Elio and Alex.

There were some important guests coming, so they needed to go and greet them.

“Awwww… I wanted to ride a little more!”

“Ah, we can do that anytime you want though. I’ll be here for a few more days.”

“Hmm? What?! You’re going to go away?!”

She was shocked to hear that after seeing him around the house and city for the last few months, but those who come to your lives also have to go, that was just how things were.

“Yes… well, you see…”

He helped her get off the young horse, which seemed just like a pony and was perfect to her, and the little girl looked down with puffed cheeks and sad eyes.

She liked this horse quite a lot, but she understood how this was Sir Odin’s familiar.

It was a creature that was more than just a friend to him.

As her mom has told her many times, as a familiar, this horse was part of Sir Odin’s existence now.

There was no way he could separate from them, so she cannot have them.

And, since they weren’t someone she could order around like many in her house, she knew being stubborn would be pointless.

“Haaa. You don’t have to explain, Sir Odin.”

She shook her head and smiled at Odin, and then she caressed the ethereal horse that still seemed like a ghost to her.

“And thanks for the ride, pretty one.”

“Weeeee—hehehehe~!”

Slei also had fun with the first ever person that rode him.

They did not have a saddle or any foot holdings attached yet, and, unlike the traditional horses, they all knew this special being wasn’t going to need all that.

It was going to grow into a strong and powerful horse, so if anything, the one who would ride him would simply require enough strength to hold onto him at the speed that he will achieve when he is old enough.

“Did you have fun, dear?”

Lady Deborah was happy to see her daughter happy like this.

“Yes~. This was one of the best gifts I’ve received~!”

She was happy, smiling brightly like a little girl she was… and that childish smile was more precious to both her parents than any jewel or ornaments they might have received from the people present around this garden.

“Thanks~.”

The little girl hugged her father as well, and then her mom, and then the three started chatting as they also waited for the arrival of the important guests that they were waiting for.

“It’s cheating, you know?” When Odin came to the other side, to Elio and Alex, she couldn’t help but give him an upset look.

“That’s right, Sir Odin. The gifts were supposed to be given much later… I would have gone ahead as well, you know?”

Even Elio was upset, but he didn’t show it on his face like Alex.

He knew how to maintain his expressions, and he knew how to look at the people that were present around them.

They were important and all, surely, but they were still just guests of this party like the rest of them.

They all might be important in their own ways, but for someone that didn’t have anything to do with all of them, just like Alex, he also had no interest in any of them present in this garden.

“Hey hey! Don’t blame me! She wanted to see Slei and I couldn’t just say no to her, alright! I didn’t mean to do it… it just happened.”

He had no intention to give his gift in this manner, he wanted to have her ride his special partner all around the city at night when all of the people would be immersed in the party.

But things went south and he had to improvise.

“You will have to get punished, you know?”

“Punished for what?! I didn’t even do anything!”

“Shhhhh, keep your voice down, dummy.”

The viscount was standing right next to them.

Speaking at all wasn’t a good thing, yet he was shouting with a loud voice, and it most definitely wasn’t a good thing.

“Look, Odin. You will have to show up for something I need you for later, alright? That’s all I want from you.”

She was saying it like Odin had to do something for her.

“You…”

He knew that already, and he wanted to ask her why he would have to do anything for her in the first place.

Their friendship aside, if he was doing something important, he most certainly couldn’t just leave all that and come to help her with whatever she might need.

“Alright.”

Yet, he couldn’t say no to her when she was looking at her like that. There was this strange feeling in his mind that something bad would happen if he declined at that moment.

“Good decision.” And Elio knew exactly what that feeling he might be experiencing was.

“Alright then~.”

They were pretty close by now, so they were pretty much friends.

There were still a lot of things he did not know about either of them, but he knew being with them was a profitable thing, so at the very least, he wanted to stay in contact with them.

“Miss Alex, Mister Elio and Sir Odin, seems like the Duke’s envoys are here. I’ll go escort them.”

The viscount was a close companion of the Duke of west, the Iron-blood Master of the entire north.

And, though he was a busy man, he made sure to attend at least the most important event of his subject’s life.

Sadly, he had some work coming up this time and couldn’t visit personally…

Still, he had sent his most trusted people for the party, and the Viscount wanted the three of them to meet them.

“Yes, Lord Andrew.”

“Yes~. We can finally start the party.”

“Miu~.”

“Muuuuuu~!”

They all had been waiting for these important guests, so now that they were here, the noble’s party could finally see its actual beginning.

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