Myra: Maina dear did you bring Valencia? Maina: Yes, mom. I brought here just like you ask. Myra: Why can’t I sense her, don’t tell me she’s a regular?! Oh, wait never mind, I forgot she’s Laughing Mama’s assassin. If you can hide your presence from me, Valencia. Then you’re really are special indeed. Maina: Ma, why is so dark in here? Myra: I just want to use my other senses then my sight. But if you insist, let there be light. The light revealed a spacious room with old stone floors, old wooden walls. In the middle of the room there was a crimson mat on the floor with a lion depicted on it. There’s four sapphire flame torches surrounded by the mat.

Maina: How did you gather Sora’s mana without him being present? Myra: Simple, I’ve absorbed the energy while he was sparring with that Accordia. I sent the energy from my hand to my Empress eyes. Now we can create the perfect grandchild for you Maina, the perfect great grandchild for me. And Valencia doesn’t have to worry about her bloodline ending with her. It would be a tragedy if the Ice Princess wasn’t able to become the Ice queen. With this we have insurance that the original users of Ice won’t go extinct.

Maina: V, I’m giving you a choice, you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to. We can always do it later. Valencia: I have nothing to protect, the only thing I’ll do is kill and ruin people’s lives. I want to know what does it mean to protect someone you care about.

Myra: Maina, she has made her decision, don’t pry anymore. Maina: V have a seat on the mat in front of you and release your mana. Myra: Valencia make sure you go all out, I want to see the Ice Princess power.

Well Sachiko, I kept my promise. You will be a grandmother. Are you watching over your daughter, from that big ball of ice. Your daughter hates you for trying pass on the crown to her at a young age. If she doesn’t accept being the Ice Queen then you’ll never see your family in the afterlife. Let’s hope one day that she will accept on being the Ice Queen so you and your husband can go to all the past rulers of Ice.

Valencia: I’m ready. Myra: Let’s the forbidden ritual begin. Maina, I already took care of all the formalities before the ritual is completed. Just concentrate all of your magic into your left hand and I will do the same with my right hand.

I started with a small yellow ball of energy with my left. Then kept expanding it until the ball of yellow energy became the size of a basketball. I looked at mom and she was done as well. Instead of a ball of energy I see a wild dark crimson flame, on the very top you can see the flame take shape into lion. Myra: Valencia turn around and touch my right hand and touch Maina’s left hand! Valencia reaches for both hands, and made contact with them, soon as her hands came into contact with the energies, my energy yellow ball of energy, seeped into Valencia’s left arm, as of result her arm is glowing with yellow streaks. Same thing happened with her right arm but instead with glowing yellow streaks there’s glowing red streaks with a lion’s head on her forearm. Myra: For the final touch, Empress Eye! Valencia’s eyes changes from brown to crimson.

It’s actually working, I’m surprised. The ancient mage history text, stated that all the people attempted the ritual would instantly perish. All the mages that attempt this ritual must be very powerful physically, and must have a very strong connection to the magic of the world and mentally strong. This means my mental state is getting better, I must become stronger in every aspect, so I can protect this precious world.

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Myra: Hestia’s Crimson Flame: Flame of Creation! A ball of crimson fire, appeared 3 feet above Valencia’s head. Maina: Here we go! Chaos Magic: Perfect Creation Of Light! A sliver sphere surrounds the crimson fire ball. Myra & Maina: The great goddess Hestia, come to us! Two iron doors that are on fire appeared on the ceiling. The two doors burst open because of the explosion of fire erupting.

Hestia: This better be good, I’m too busy, to come down to Earth. What do you need, Myra?! Myra: I need you to approve the ritual, we’re doing. Hestia: What is the ritual, Myra? Myra: Creating life. Hestia: I gave no permission to create a new offspring! Myra: It’s for a new generation of Hestia, my wise goddess. This is not for me. Hestia: Stop the ritual, or I will show you hell on Earth! Maina: If I may my goddess Hestia, this offspring, will be my grandchild, I ask you reconsider your decision. Hestia: Maina, I didn’t know you was here! Alright, tell me who are the parents of the offspring, then I might reconsider my decision.

Maina: The mother is the Ice Princess, and the father is my youngest child. Hestia: The one had to save, from death as a new born. So I assume that you know about his terminal illness? Maina: What!? What illness?! Myra: He’s perfectly healthy! Hestia: Oops, my bad. I said too much. But since the cat is out of the bag. I’m going to keep it short on what wrong with him. His mana core is constantly cracking and repairing. That glass ball will break, one of these days. Also his mana core is also producing too much mana for his body, in short it’s damaging his heart. Maina: Is there anything we can do to save him!? I’ll give my life, to save him!!!

Hestia: There’s nothing you can do. But here’s some great news, Blue has a rare type of magic, it’s keeping him alive. And it’s the main reason why he’s alive. I won’t reveal the magic he has, Maina. I was ask by a old friend, to not reveal it, until you meet him again. So I will grant this request of yours but it’s going to be my way. Maina & Myra: Understood. Hestia: It will be a girl, and I’ll leave her with a special gift.

Hestia: Ice Princess, make sure you take great special care of her, or you’ll die! A loud snap of her fingers from Hestia created this bright crimson light that blinded me for a brief moment. The light went away, I see the floor covered with crimson flames scattered across the room. Myra: We actually did it. Valencia turn around and show us what you’re holding. Valencia turned around and she is holding a baby with a light camel skin color with black short hair, wrapped around red cloth. Valencia: Her presence is so calming but powerful. I feel so relaxed just by holding her. She kinda looks like Sapphire and Blue. Myra: What you’re going to name her? Something like Cynthia?

Maina: Her clan has rule that you can’t reuse the same names of past clan members. Valencia: Not only that we have to follow a strict name system. The Ice Queen decides what letter starts with the names. My grandma picked mine. And it was her turn. Maina: What letter did it start with. Valencia: N, I had four names in mind.

Myra: What are they? Valencia: Natalie Michelle Hestia, Nora Natasha Hestia, Naomi Michelle Hestia, Naja Nina Hestia. Maina: I really like the name Naomi, it really fits her. Myra: Naomi Hestia... it has a nice ring to it. Valencia: Alright then, I guess your name will be Naomi Michelle Hestia. Myra: Maina and V, the baby needs to stay with me for one day. Then I will give her back. Maina: What are you planning? Myra: Nothing, I must make sure that she is stable, if she’s not stable I can prevent a short life. Maina: Valencia step outside, I will talk to my mother in private, once I’m done we can leave. Valencia hesitantly gives Naomi to Myra, and leaves the room, in a hurry.

Myra: What is it that you want to talk about? Maina: Naomi, she’s...! Myra: She’s the personification of Light. Holding is very overwhelming, her mana reserves maybe bigger than yours and mine combined. I’m surprised you admitted so easily, you barely give me, any praise at all. Myra: The best don’t need any compliments or anything of the sort. If you’re best, you don’t need any validation from no one. Maina: But you’re my mom! Mothers are so supposed to be proud of their children when they do well.

Myra: Why would I be proud of you?! You still have lots to learn, you still haven’t exceed me. Maina: I’m more powerful than you! Myra: Yes, you are but I have more knowledge about this world and I still can beat you. Maina: I took the title of god of mages away from you, by beating you. And you challenge me again, and lost to me. Do you want to taste defeat again, old lady?! Myra: Mai, do not give me a headache with your arrogance. All you have to do is let go of the past or give into your anger because of the past. Then I will say you’ve succeeded me, got it! Now, I have to assemble the council meeting and make sure this little girl is stable, leave me and tend to your daily responsibilities.