Chapter 524: 13.22

Little Jean was busy running around happily around the main hall, where the birthday event would be held. The servants were busy preparing for everything while the florist, Matthew's mother, decorated the hall with thousands of flowers for the event.

She was helped by the gardeners, so it wasn't a backbreaking task only for one person. 

Meanwhile, Little Jean was running around happily without much care. He was just too happy because the palace was very lively today. To top it off, the florist brought Matthew together with her! 

Matthew was now busy helping his mother decorate the ground with flowers instead because he was too small, too short to decorate the wall. 

Little Jean drew near Matthew and hugged him from behind, "Matthew!"

"Wha—"

Matthew was startled, and when Little Jean hugged him from behind, he lost his balance, and they fell on the floor filled with flowers. 

"Matthew! Welcome to my house!" Little Jean said happily. He was still on top of Matthew, hugging him from behind. 

"I—I know that, Young Master Jean. Please get up, I can't breath—"

"Ah, sorry!" Little Jean got up from Matthew's back. Matthew took a deep breath. Honestly, the fall didn't hurt him that much. But it was the feeling of having Little Jean sticking out so close to him that made him so uncomfortable.

Because it made his body hot all over. 

Matthew picked the box full of flowers and started scattering them around like before. He deliberately ignored Little Jean because he kept thinking about Little Jean almost every night. 

Little Jean circled around Matthew and nagged him to no end, "Matthew, Matthew, let's play!"

"I can't, Young Master…."

"Eehhh, what are you doing right now anyway? Please accompany Jean!"

"I can't, Young Master. I'm helping my mom to decorate for your birthday tomorrow…." Matthew refused again. 

"Then Jean will help you!" Little Jean grabbed a handful of flowers from the box in Matthew's hand. "Matthew, I have a great trick for you to see!" 

Little Jean chanted something in his heart, just like what Raphael taught him once, and he threw the flowers on the air. 

The flowers magically floated, they shone brightly, and the petals scattered midair to create a whirlwind full of petals. Little Jean swirled his fingers, and the whirlwind traveled around to collect even more petals.

Little Jean opened his hands after the whirlwind was big enough, and the petals exploded on the high ceiling.

Everyone screamed when they heard the explosion but was awed when the petals rained the main hall. 

Because all of those petals were shining with a golden hue, and they smelled ten times stronger than regular flowers. Jean danced happily because he had successfully created the petal rain.

"Yaaayy! Jean is amazing!" Little Jean cheered on himself. He darted his eyes at Matthew and grinned proudly, "Matthew, did you look at it? Jean is amazing, right?"

Matthew was still dazed, but he smiled and nodded, "Young Master is amazing."

[Pupa: You just used Raphael's magic for useless stuff.]

[Impressing the main character is not useless stuff ah! We don't even know what power does Matthew holds. I mean, if Xu Jiansheng can be as crazy as creating an everlasting bond between us with that red chain, I'm sure Matthew can do that as well, or he can make an even bigger mess.]

[Pupa: The main character doesn't have any powerful magic based on the world background.]

[And based on that world background, the main character is a girl.]

[Pupa:…]

Maximillien rushed to the main hall after he heard that explosion. His face was pale, thinking that something had happened to his little brother. But when he saw Little Jean dancing around, with a rain of golden petals around the main hall, he realized that Little Jean had used powerful magic.

He rushed to Little Jean and grabbed his hand, "Jean, what did you do?"

"Wha!? Big brother, Jean makes raining of petals! Isn't it beautiful?" Little Jean said.

But Maximillien's expression didn't soften at all. In fact, he got even fiercer and yelled at Little Jean, "You're not allowed to use that magic until you're older, understand?"

"Eh? Why?"

"Because you're too young!" Maximillien chided. Usually, nobles would start showing the affinity of magic once they reached ten years old, no less than that.

Even someone as talented as Maximillien discovered his water magic at the age of ten. The only recorded magic-user to ever discover their talent before that was Prince Raphael De Argent with his holy magic. 

But Maximillien was extremely concerned with Little Jean because he was too young, and nobody knew about his lineage. He was an orphan thrown to the orphanage since birth. So they couldn't trace his blood. 

So he didn't know if Little Jean's magic would be dangerous for him or not. 

[Pupa, why is Maximillien so concerned about this? I have no magic affinity, right?]

[Pupa: Didn't I tell you that you have Hoe Magic?]

[Wait, that thing is real? You're not screwing around with me?]

[Pupa: Apparently, that's a special magic that you only have. That makes you highly favorable to the master of the worlds here. Because you're a nasty hoe.]

[Pupa: I don't know what you did just now, but you just used Raphael's holy magic to create that petal rain, just like what you did a few times before.]

Pupa knew that Yunyu had been practicing his magic because he couldn't accept that he had no magic affinity. Apparently, the hoe magic was real, and Yunyu could draw the power from Raphael's feeling for him. Though, he only tried to a small extent because he was scared.

Maximillien's worry turned to be correct when Little Jean suddenly lost his balance, and soon after, his consciousness drifted away, "Wu… Big brother… Jean is sleepy…."

"Jean!" Maximillien carried his little brother, who fainted after using that magic. He glared at the guards who rushed to his position, "Call the Elder Magus from the academy now! My brother has fainted from overuse of magic!"