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DevilDarkness#0506

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The city of Haven, capital of the Schilla Empire, shone with an unparalleled brilliance and magnificent style as it prepared for a momentous occasion. The air was filled with excitement and anticipation, and the atmosphere buzzed with an energy that could only come from a grand celebration. Today marked the 10th birthday of Rebecca von Schott, beloved jade of the royal family, and the sole princess of the Schilla empire.

The royal family spared no expense in ensuring that the celebration was nothing short of spectacular. The streets were adorned with colorful banners and streamers, casting a vibrant rainbow hue over the city. Elaborate decorations graced every corner, from intricately designed arches to magnificent floral arrangements, from simple alleyways to the high towers of Haven, everything was shining brightly. The city had transformed into a majestic wonderland, captivating the hearts of its residents and visitors alike.

As the sun dipped down the horizon, casting a warm glow over the city, guests began to gather in the grand courtyard of the royal palace. Nobles, dignitaries, leaders of various organizations, and esteemed envoys from far and wide came to pay their respects and celebrate the young princess's birthday. The air was filled with animated chatter and laughter as everyone exchanged pleasantries and marveled at the extravagant display of wealth.

Inside the palace, the banquet hall was a sight to behold. Tables were adorned with fine linens, sparkling silverware, and delicate crystal wines. The aroma of delectable dishes wafted through the air, enticing the taste buds of those fortunate enough to be allowed in attendance.

A normal party wouldn't have attracted this much attention but in the world of Arcadia where everyone was wary of each other and depended on each other, the connections one had were just as important as the individual strength he had.

That's why the king invited everyone, and why people gathered here, just in this celebration alone, only God knew how many new partnerships and alliances would be formed. One could even say this celebration alone was just an excuse for the decisions taken here today, by the people present could change the course of the future for the world as a whole.

The other reason for all these different people to gather here today was that in normal occasion even meeting one of them would be difficult for the other. Every race, every organization and everyone was always in a competition or wary of each other.That's why no one holds out events like these often where all the ambitious serpents could gather under one roof. For they knew if anything wrong happened, they'd be held responsible, and the momentary peace of the planet would be thrown into chaos. No one wanted to take risks himself.

But since the king of Schilla was daring enough to invite them all, it was in their best interest to come and show respect. Even if they couldn't get anything, they won't lose nothing, they can just enjoy the food and have a look around.

After all, everyone was still curious about why the king was throwing such a big fuss over a birthday. They come every year, so what's so special about it? Ohh is it because it's her 10th birthday, well booyah people live here for hundreds of years, so is he supposed to throw it every 10 years. Schilla would be bankrupt, and begging on roads if that happened.

Some said it was due to how much king Maximus loved his daughter, that's why he was so happy. But people who knew the king in person, knew that wasn't the case. In their eyes, Maximus might love his daughter, but there was no way he was a fool, who'd take a risk this big by gathering everyone together.

They could guess it was something important, some thought it was because the king wanted to announce his successor today. While some believed it was about the princess's engagement to the Blake family.

According to rumors, after the successful awakening of their future heir, Duke Blake and King Maximus agreed to betrothe their children to each other. There were also many rumors which said the heir of Blake's had received some powerful blessing during his awakening and the king wanted to tie the future genius into his family before anyone else.

Some people were also jealous of the king, cause if rumors were true and if the signs were to be believed, heir Blake had received the blessing from some primordial God. Many couldn't even remember, when was the last time any primordial showed any interest in some new generation, especially the one who hadn't even awakened fully.

Thus they could say Maximus had secured the real golden goose, power of the Schott family was already enough, and now it was going to be further tied with Blake and Raven family too. Those hungry ambitious wolves could only curse their luck, cause now it would be all the more harder to go against any of the 3 behemoths.

But nothing was certain yet and they could all only wait for someone related to the matter to come and announce something.

It wasn't just mortals of the world who were interested in the celebration, as the plane of God realms was thrown into shock of pleasure as well. After all, it isn't everyday where they could see the gathering of so many pawns together, no one knew how many gods were watching and lurking to find something interesting to let go of their growing boredom.I think you should take a look at

Trickster gods were having a field day pulling out pranks here and there. Information Gods were keeping all their senses sharpened to learn any new secret information. While some battle gods were betting if a fight would break out and if it did, who would win it. Some chosen gods were even talking and motivating their avatars to do what they wanted, almost forcing them to insult or kill their adversary gods chosen ones.

The promises of dealings, lies of blessings, tricks of cheating or threatening warnings from some maniacs, everything was going full swing in the ears of mortals and their world systems.

But the people present in the party weren't weak minded chickens, and were people who had been living through all this drama for their lives. They knew better than to act on impulse, and tarnish their relationships, who knew if Gods would even keep their words or not.They might just laugh out loud looking at them making a fool of themselves. After all, many trickster gods and evil gods had done these things in the past too.

Hell they all knew the examples of red wedding, crimson cricket, colorful catalog, shadow swans - over the 1000 years of history, there were many instances where people gathered and shit went South, because of some stray or trickier gods.

So people kept their cool despite all the rambling and ignored their system which was getting flooded by messages.

Even if someone was stupid enough to fall for the tricks, and wanted to do something, he'd better think a dozen times considering the security measures placed around the palace. There was no way in hell anyone could even survive the onslaught that would happen if anything off putting happened.

The Royal squads of Schott family, the shadow guards of Blake's and the whispering specters of Raven family -were all present in the vicinity. And one wrong move from anyone suspicious would be met with the opposition of several specimens.

So the party continued peacefully and people continued to chatter around, waiting for the hosts of the event to finally make an appearance.

While the guests and everyone else were busy speaking rumors, they didn't know that those rumors were indeed the truth, Maximus started preparing for this event ever since he heard about Rio's awakening. He was sure that the Blake family would agree to their marriage alliance and he could crush any other hopes of someone else. His hopes were high since it was Artemis who started the talks about the marriage between Rio and Rebecca as a joke some time ago according to his wife, but sadly his hopes were going to be shattered as even after trying to talk with Artemis, Agnus for weeks he couldn't get them to agree. And 2 days ago Artemis had straight up refused to even talk about any engagement or marriage idea until Rio finishes his studies at the academy.

But that wasn't too bad, as to heal his wounded ego, he managed to secure a pretty good bargain regarding the profits in the partnership the 3 heads of houses came to terms with, for distribution rights of pura corpus.

Now all the king was waiting for was when Blake's release the potion to the world, and how he should go about to get the most out of it.

If Maximus wasn't a king, and this world wasn't so messed up, he would start thinking about marketing or promotion strategies, to get better profits but he need not worry. Cause now this world had someone who came from those worlds.

Someone who had experience watching shit stories getting sold just cause they had nice covers, or movies which played out well cause they had pretty heroines.

Rio had thought of something like this too, that's why he even hinted the idea of partnership to the king on that day.

After all, what better way to promote a product, than have the princess of the palace do it at a party.

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A/N - let's start the celebrations shall we. Tis is the first event of novel, it needs a banger beginning.magic

Ohh and any idea about what Rio's plans are for promotion & if the party will be as peaceful as it was hoped for or will some tricksters pull some tricks.