477 CLASHING MEMORIES

[THE CHILD'S play is over.]

Nikolai and Rufus stopped chatting when they felt and heard the things settle down over the alley where Nero and Hanna were "playing."

His son's violent aura disappeared, so he could tell the result of the "fight."

"Fifteen minutes," Nikolai said while looking at the pocket watch in his hand. "It only took Hanna fifteen minutes to knock Nero out. Impressive."

"Your Majesty is too kind," Rufus said, but he was smiling from ear to ear as if he was the one who received the praise. "Hanna has still a long way to go."

He smirked at his cousin's reaction.

[He's so proud of his daughter, and rightfully so.]

"The Shadow Manipulation Technique is one technique that has always fascinated me," he admitted to the duke. "Although my mother was a Quinzel, a de Moonasterio like me isn't capable of inheriting power that has Darkness attribute."

Thus, Nero and Neoma didn't inherit the Shadow Manipulation Technique, too.