Several months had passed since Cui Ciyou confessed to Roxy, though she had never given him a clear answer.
But Roxy had made it clear that she would not leave Cui Ciyou, even after her tutoring assignment ended.
They "seemed" to have started "dating" with marriage in mind.
Just like in the original story, Aisha was a "genius"-a genius in the truest sense.
She was unlike a "pseudo-genius" such as Rudeus, a reincarnator with two lifetimes behind him.
Now three years old, Aisha had been deliberately trained by Lilia. Dressed in a scaled-down "maid outfit" identical to Lilia's, she could already do housework quite competently.
(In the original story's timeline without Rudeus, Aisha became a "King-level Magician.")
Knowing how gifted she was, Cui Ciyou made a point of teaching her magic, some swordsmanship, and physical exercises. She mastered them all.
This made Cui Ciyou unable to resist comparing her with Norn, who was also three but still could not speak very clearly.
(Compared with Aisha and Rudeus, Norn had average talent, probably a little below that of an ordinary person.)
(The original story described her as an ordinary person living among a group of geniuses.)
Time slipped by unnoticed, and an important day quietly approached:
-Eris Boreas Greyrat's tenth birthday.
According to this world's customs, birthdays were not celebrated every year.
Instead, they were celebrated every five years after birth: at five, ten, and fifteen, with fifteen marking adulthood.
In the noble society of the Asla Kingdom, the Boreas family was one of the Four Great Nobles branching from the Greyrat family.
Philip and Sauros were preparing a grand celebration for Alice.
As lord of the Fitoia Territory, Sauros sent birthday banquet invitations to the nobles under his jurisdiction.
Philip had already dispatched someone to deliver an invitation written in