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"Bwaah! Babuhh…" Zephy began to move around father's arms, stretching his tiny hands at his aunt.
"Heheheh… You're so cute… Zephy right? Zephy! I am your aunt!" Aina was too enamored with the baby to pay attention to the world around her any longer.
"Aina we don't have much time, you can play with Zephy later." My mother said. "More importantly, this is my first daughter, Sylphy." My mother quickly presented me to her sister.
Aina looked at me with a fascinated look, her eyes shone brightly.
"Oh my…! What a beautiful little princess! So cute! She reminds me of you when you were just a tiny baby girl!" Aina said, hugging me tightly. "Nice to meet you Sylphy! I hope you don't mind this old aunt hugging you right away~"
"Hahaha… N-Nice to meet you as well aunt…" I sighed, feeling overwhelmed by her motherly love.
"Your red hair is like that of your father… It is very rare to see elves with red hair! And those eyes… the same as your mother. Despite being half-elf, your ears are very long as well." She analyzed my appearance. "You're so perfect… it is like looking at a doll!"
"Y-You're also very beautiful auntie, you remind me of mom's appearance." I said.
"Oh my! Do I?" Aina began to giggle in embarrassment. She was wearing a gorgeous semi-transparent white dress, with golden sandals. Even the nails of her toes were flawless her very figure was like a statue made of marble.
Indeed, she was incredibly beautiful and to be honest, hot as hell. I had a hard time resisting the urge to look at her enormous chest. And I had even harder of a time resisting grasping those massive breasts… Ah, why am I getting so many perverted thoughts out of nowhere? Is this puberty? No, there should still be time until then… I hope.
"Y-Yeah, you're like a… beautiful statue made of marble!" I said innocently.
"Hehehe, you like to praise your aunt, huh? You want me to spoil you? Fufu…" Aina was surprisingly amicable. I really thought my elven family would be prideful assholes, but perhaps aunt is different.
"You're an interesting child… that soul of yours, I cannot even fathom it, even with the power of the Magic Eyes of Mana Perception and the Mystic Eyes of Soul Reading…" She said with a smile. "You're the first person in my entire life that I cannot read… Amazing, you're filled with great potential, dear."
"E-Eh? Am I?" I played dumb.
So that's it! She got a Magic Eye and a Mystic Eye! Mana Perception and Soul Reading must help her read through the waves of mana and the soul of a person… Maybe she cannot see the "end" of my soul due to my endless mana getting in the way or something.
"You have like some sort of infinite soul or something, I can't… I just can't even see the end of it!" Laughed Aina. "Is your Mana just… endless? You'll surely make a fuss back in the palace. I wonder what father will say, fufu… He won't be able to act all imprudent against you if he sees that Mana."
"Eh? Ah? Huh?"
I didn't understand what she really meant… but maybe my Mana will help us, somehow.
"Never mind dear! Let's greet the rest of the group! Oh, Shade and Nepheline, right? Oh my! What a cute baby girl! Is this Aquarina?! So cute! I love your skin; it has the color of wood. So pretty and shiny! Amazon tribe people is so beautiful!" Aina quickly began praising everyone. "Oh, such a beautiful white hair, it must be from your father!"
She really liked to analyze people's appearances and praise them. I guess that's her quirk or something.
"Nice to meet you, yes I am Shade, the Hero of Shadows." Shade said.
"Nepheline's the name. Hero of Stone Hammer." Nepheline said.
Both acted as polite as they could with the eccentric sister of my mother.
"You're Sylphy's aunt?" Wondered Aquarina innocently.
"Yep! I am! You want me to be your aunt too?" Asked Aina with a giggle.
"Sure!" Aquarina got all happy out of the blue.
"Fufu, of course." Aina was overly motherly. I could notice that Nepheline was having a hard time resisting her merry attitude.
"A-And I am Zack! I am Sylphy and Aquarina's best friend! Even if I wasn't chosen I'll become a hero too anyways!" Said Zack while puffing his chest.
"Oh? This child is quite strong!" Aina praised Zack, petting his head. "Nice to meet you, I am glad Sylphy has so many good friends with her- Huh? You're a…?"
Ninhursag was right at the side of Zack, as Aina stopped talking and then looked at her with eyes shining brightly.
"Hi… Name's Ninhursag. I am Zack's adoptive mother." Said Ninhursag with an emotionless expression, although she felt slightly creeped out Aina looked at her a bit too much. "What? Do I have a bug in my face?" Ninhursag asked.
"Insolent!"
"How dare you talk in such a way against our Princess?!"
"Milady don't get closer to that insolent human!"
Suddenly, Aina's guards pointed their spears and swords at Ninhursag out of the blue!
"Eh? What…?" Ninhursag felt surprised. "What's the big deal with this? Can't we talk normally now?"
"Everyone, what are you doing?! Stop it!" Aina quickly reprimanded her guards. "Everyone here can talk to me HOWEVER they want. And you better not dare hurt anybody here! Or I'll just fire you all!" Aina angrily said. "Seriously, these guards at the castle never know any customs. You guys need a bit more of experience dealing with all kinds of people."
Aina began to reprimand her guards, as they lowered their heads and asked for forgiveness… Well, that was resolved rather quickly.
"Sorry about that." Aina sighed. "I was only shocked when I saw you, Ninhursag, because your soul is amazing. It is composed of so many creatures together, it feels like I've never seen a soul with equal."
"Well, I am a Skin Changer. I can change forms." Said Ninhursag.
"S-So that's it…" Aina said. "This is my first time seeing a Skin Changer! I hope we can get along!"
"Sure…"
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