"It's starting!" Aiyana smiled brightly, feeling excitement washing over her. It was her 12th year out of the 15 years seeing the Queen's ceremony after all.

Celeste looks at the falling confetti with a smirk. "Yeah."

Not more than a minute later, drums and a beautiful voice took over the flute, creating an uplifting symphony. People cheered loudly, clearly touching their hearts. Including Aiyana.

"We love you, Queen Exila!" Almost everyone cheered in unison but a bit off.

"All hail Queen Exila of Corinxida Kingdom!" An old man in a tight red jester outfit yelled out.

Everyone moved on the sidelines as the body dancers, clowns, elemental magicians, and the more made way in the middle of the street.

Water magicians made a light mist for the audience to cool down from the heat while dancing elegantly in their blue, fancy outfits. Fire magicians twirled a long staff; which was completely on fire. Their red outfits were almost exposing as the body dancers. Earth just walked in their short, green outfits, growing rainbow Roses that simmered beauteous in the sunlight. Air danced gracefully, making a slight wind in each spin in their long, white outfits.

Every person gasped in awe at the parade-looking ceremony.

"Great, it's crowded, Nerhu," Axel looked at the parade in a monotonous way. "It been crowded, Axel," Nerhu leaned on the wall in the shadowy alleyway beside him.

"We can't even cross the street this way." Axel stares at the ceremony with a blank face. Well, until the main guest came which made him speechless. His heart started beating faster each second, feeling surprisingly nervous.

Nerhu glanced at Axel with no expression of worry nor scared. Just blank.

Across the crowded street, Aiyana felt an invisible force hit her in the stomach hard. Her eyes squinted from the pain. "Tch-!"

Celeste looks at her, worried. "Ai, are you okay?!"

Both familiars then looked at the tall golden throne with a beautiful woman sitting on it. Six buff men carried her as she sat there, poised.

The citizens were astonished by her beauty.

Her ice blue eyes were filled with pureness as she looked straight ahead. Silently watching the crowd ahead of her, she pushed back a strand of her golden long hair behind her ear.

"It's so beautiful today..." She then dusted her lavender, A-line dress and adjusted her silver tiara. Her cherry red lips curved into a heartwarming smile, waving to everyone.

"Jessica, an Artificial human is here!" The short, orange-haired girl with dark brown eyes, cheered. Twirling around in her pink floral printed dress as Jessica sighed. "Right when it was a peaceful day," Jessica's calm silver eyes looked around, standing in by the water fountain at the Kingdom Hall.

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"Where is it, Reana?"

Before the optimistic Reana could answer, Queen Exila hopped off her throne and walked towards the only two people standing in the middle of the Hall. Waving at the people around her still.

Obviously, Jessica and Reana stood up straight on where they were standing then bowed. "Hello, Queen Exila," they said in unison, "Happy birthday."

Queen Exila smiled warmly at them as the air magicians lift her up in the air. Facing the gargantuan citizens, she started her speech.

"People of Corinxida, I thank you so much for you to celebrate my birthday. Even though I'm cursed to be immortal since the Pandora Era 5,000 years ago, I'm happy that I see a humongous gathering. Humans, magical humans, and tamed demons living happily in unity are truly great."

Jessica looks around, being cautious.

"It's here, Jessica!" Reana whispered silently, trying not to interrupt the Queen. "It's above us! Southeast by the coffee shop."

Jessica looked at the crowd behind her and sees a dark aura on top of a brand new coffee shop. "We can't move, but we can call the Blood Knights over...even if it's a small fly."

Her eyes narrowed and dug into her long blue dress' pocket. Before she could pull out the alarm, Reana quickly grabbed her wrist, trying not to grip it tightly.

"Don't worry, I'll ask stupid and jerkface to do it since it's too risky." Reana implied as Jessica nodded a bit. "Okay, Reana. Thank you."

Reana smiled widely, moving her tiny hands away from Jessica's arm. "No problem! Anything for you!"

Taking a deep breath, she slowly closed her eyes, trying to find Axel and Nerhu' minds.

Where are they?! She thought to herself until two familiar minds she knew very well popped up.

Found ya! Axel! Nerhu! Can you hear me?! Reana said, using telepathy.

Axel and Nerhu groaned at the high-pitched voice. "What do you want this time, Reana?" Axel glared at the wall in front of him. "I'm trying to 'enjoy' the party."

Reana sighed then frowned. "Stop lying, stupid! Anyways, an Artificial---"

At that moment, a loud crash in a clear distance caught everyone's attention. "An Artificial human is here," Nerhu pointed above them as the half-naked man with no face jumped across the alleyway above them. The Artifical human screamed non-stop after the loud crash.

Axel looks at his familiar, deadpanned. "Your senses stinks."

Nerhu glares at him as Axel summoned his pitch black scythe. "Let's go."

Reana sighs and slowly opened her eyes, annoyed. "Can't I at least finish, you jerks!" She mumbled angrily.

As the citizens panicked terribly, Queen Exila looked around. "How did an Artificial human get through the barrier...?" She mumbled to herself.

"How I didn't sense their presence?!" Celeste's eyes widened, ignoring the people who're pushing right past her.

"The Artificial probably been here but the real question is how did it conceal itself?" Aiyana summoned her duo katanas in her hands and ran forward towards the Artificial above.

"Wait, I didn't cast the---" Celeste stopped mid-sentence, watching her go. "Why she's so forgetful..." She facepalmed.

"I got you!!" Axel and Aiyana said unison, slicing the Artificial's body in half on top of the coffee shop together. Black blood spilled out of the grim body, screaming in flat terror until the body fell into complete silence.

On top of the coffee shop, the two looked at dead corpse then at each other in a stupefying way.

Queen Exila stared at the two pre-teens in front of her eyes, mildly surprised. Her chest felt tight as her breathing was suddenly difficult. Not because of the Artificial they surprisingly killed, but the two little people that bring back nostalgic feelings. The good...and bad. She was undoubtedly speechless.

Jessica and Reana immediately helped out the Queen while the air magicians slowly put her down on the ground. The air and earth magicians were actually calm since Artificials came by almost every day in the Gaia Kingdom. Their birthplace before transferring to Corinxida.

For the first time in years, this birthday of hers was definitely one of her favorites.