Chapter 15 Zen’s Upcoming Birthday Banquet

'IV 1st, 2400'

It has been a period of one month since Zen's comeback from the Twilight Forest. He was presently residing luxuriously at his villa, occasionally engaging in the pursuits of swordsmanship and magic.

He engages in sword training with Bundoc, whereas his mage studies are conducted under the guidance of Marie.

With the assistance of Bundoc, he managed to elevate his proficiency in wielding the Defiant Sword skill to a rate of fifteen percent. Elevating his rank to the level of Peak Intermediate. With Marie's assistance, he achieved proficiency in magic at an intermediate level.

Both Bundoc and Marie were shocked by Zen's progress, as they knew Zen was just lazing around and barely putting in any effort to increase his skill mastery rate. But even so, he has become an Intermediate both in Magic and Sword.

Of course, he also used half of the points he earned from the twilight zone. Allocating some of the points to all his skills evenly. But mostly, his mastery rate increased through his training with both of them.

Fiona was also trained by Marie, and coincidentally, they both specialize in ice magic. Marie was able to guide her properly on how she could increase the mastery rate of her skills.

Sure enough, with Fiona's comprehension, she was able to increase her mastery rate of her skill, mystic field, to about thirteen percent.

Fiona was at the threshold of peak Intermediate rank. Only three percent of mastery of her skill is left, and she would be able to break through.

Mystic Field could also eventually evolve into a domain when she breaks through Peak Great Mage rank.

Zen would also often just play full dive virtual reality games to relieve his boredom. He would also invite Fiona to play games with him when she finishes her training.

Of course, she happily agreed with him every time he asked her to play with him. She did not want to miss out on their quality time as brothers and sisters.

They would also often bicker about the game. Zen was a full time gamer in his previous life when he was young, so it was easy for him to defeat Fiona. She questioned Zen and thought he was cheating, as she could not even touch him. Overall, their relationship has taken another step.

The cycle of their current life was eating, relaxing, having fun, training, eating, then eventually going to sleep.

Currently, Fiona and Zen were dining together at the table. The table was abundant with a diverse array of gourmet dishes.

During their meal, Fiona interjected, "Oh right, Zen, your birthday is coming up soon, about a week from now. Father and Mother told me that they would be coming back soon, and they said they would arrange a big banquet inviting the whole Astre continent."

Zen's parents hadn't really arranged any big banquets before, as they were really busy with their duties. Both were rulers, so it made sense that they would be occupied with their work.

They simply returns once every month to meet up with him and Fiona. they would proceed to partake in a culinary experience at an upscale establishment, where they would dine together.

That is the reason why Zen is not yet known to society. People simply knew that the Raverdieu family had an extremely handsome and talented young master, according to rumors spread around.

There were also pictures of him secretly taken by guards and attendants of the estate and posted on the internet. But it would instantly be deleted by tech specialists that work with the Riverdieu family as it was a risk to his safety. The old Zenryx was pretty much isolated in his villa.

Of course, he also had childhood friends like Celestia, who was the princess of the Doomthorne royal family, and Daphne, who was from Elle's lineage, the Duragny family. Both often came and played with Fiona and Zen when they were five years old.

Fiona was still in contact with both girls. All three would often message and voice call each other sometimes. As for Zen, he has not talked to any of those girls that he played with when he was a child. Old Zenryx was pretty much an introvert, and only training was on his mind to impress his parents.

But now Zen was turning eleven and was entering his young adult phase. So his parents planned to celebrate it by throwing a huge banquet and revealing him to the world.

Zen frowned slightly, as he did not like this type of occasion. He responded to Fiona and said, "Oh right, my birthday is IV 8th, about seven days away, huh."

Fiona nodded her head in excitement and said, "Yes! Yes! Do you have any plans for your upcoming birthday?"

Zen instantly thought of something, and a devilish smile appeared on his face.

When you see him with his devilish smile, you know he's up to something again.

Zen smiled and looked at her straight, finally saying, "Of course I have a plan, and a great one at that!"

"Reallly?! Tell me, Tell me," Fiona asked excitedly.

"It's a secret for now, you will know once the banquet starts!" He said.

Fiona puffed up her cheeks, pouting. She then got up from her chair and headed towards Zen. She grabbed Zen's arm with both arms and looked at him straight with a pleading expression and said, "Tell me pleasse..."

"You know acting cute won't help you," Zen said while laughing uncontrollably.

Fiona clicked her tongue 'tsk' and returned to her seat. After finishing their meal, they went to their rooms and got ready to sleep.

Zen checked his status before going to sleep.

He said [status] and a transparent screen appeared.

▼🄳🄴🅂🅃🄸🄽🅈 🅂🅈🅂🅃🄴🄼▼

â–¼Status : Zendryx Duragny Raverdieu (Zen)

Race : ⋘Human⋙

Age : ⋘10⋙

Points : ⋘50⋙

â–¼Talent = Mage [Intermediate], Swordsmanship [Peak Intermediate]

â–¼Skills

- Tempest of Blades [Mastery : 7%]

- Defiant Sword [Mastery:15%]

- Forked Lightning [Mastery : 10%]

- Ball Lightning [Mastery : 7%]

- Triple Thrust [Mastery : 2%]

â–¼Innate Ability = Skill Devourer, Photographic Memory

â–¼Abstracted Skills = Flame, Poison, Physical Enchancement

After checking his status, he laid down on his bed, closed his eyes, dozed, and fell into a deep sleep.

The lights in the room automatically closed when it sensed that Zen was about to go to sleep. Then a systematic voice sounded, "Have a good night's rest, young master Zenryx."