Level Infinity Weakest King

"I expect a gift from you too..."

After saying that, she rushed back to the stage and others continued giving gifts to her.

'She wants a gift from me?', Rex smiled after thinking about that.

Well, he didn't think about giving a gift separately. He thought that the gifts which Elina and Alex prepared were more than enough. But now when she personally asked him to give a gift, he had no choice but to do what she said.

After all, it was her birthday and he wouldn't want to make someone as good as her sad on her precious day.

'A gift...'

'Hmm...', he took some time to think about it, and within this time, Elina approached him.

She then asked in a low voice, "Well, aren't you lucky?"

"Mom?", Rex was surprised by seeing her close in and say that.

Of course, he didn't understand what she said.

"Lucky? What do you mean mom?", he asked.

Well, he was an idiot of course so how would he understand that. But yes, everyone had got the wrong impression and Elina was speaking of that very thing.

"Such a pretty girl kissed you!"

"Don't you think you are lucky?", Elina was trying to make Rex fluster and he probably became too after hearing that.

"Huh? Kissed?", now that was a new thing that he was hearing.

He was surprised and blushed a bit too, but that vanished in no time and his expression came back to normal.

"What do you mean by that mom?", he asked her.

"Eh? Didn't Emilia kiss you?", she asked with an awkward eye expression as if she was right.

"Of course no! From where did you get that weird idea?", since earlier Rex had been noticing Elina behaving weirdly.

Probably that was because she wanted Emilia to become his wife and couldn't tell him directly, oh well, she was indirectly hinting him what she saw as the truth too.

"Didn't she kiss you just a moment ago?"

"How can you lie to me?", she tried to emotionally blackmail him.

"Mom..."

"I am a kid but not a fool to fall easily to your drama...", he stared at her as if he wasn't affected by what she did.

"And..."

"She didn't kiss me..."

"All she did was a whisper about wanting a gift from me and left...", he revealed what she said.

"Wow..."

"She wants a gift from you?", Elina was now behaving weirdly as if she was grinning because of what he said.

It was clear to see how Emilia felt, even Elina understood what she meant. Rex too guessed it somewhat but he had no romantic interest right now.

"But, have you brought anything to give her?", Elina asked.

She was concerned because she had not seen Rex carry anything personally.

All he did was keep and rest or do nothing! His hands were indeed empty.

"Come here...", she said this after seeing Rex looking down towards the floor.

She took it as a no and pulled him aside.

Right after that she removed the necklace that she was wearing and have it to him.

"Go and give this to her...", she said with a smile.

"Mom...?"

Just how much did she care about Rex and Emilia? She even gave him one of the expressive necklaces of the kingdom of Rhone which she had bought days ago!

Rex was moved by what she did. He understood that Elina didn't want Rex to be shamed.

"Come on, take this...", she said again.

Rex took it to his hands and kept staring at it for a minute or two. The huge blue crystal on it was shining in a splendid manner.

'If I give this to her, she would definitely like it...'

'But this would be something that mom gave...'

'Since she asked me, I have to be the one to give her this gift...'

"Thank you, mom, but I have a gift for her...", he said with a smile.

"You do?", she asked with surprise because she didn't expect him to have.

Of course, she didn't believe it so she asked him directly, "Show me."

"Yes...?", Rex was taken by surprise when she said this.

"The gift which you prepared, show me!", she asked.

She wondered when and where he hid it. 

'I didn't see him bringing anything with him...', she wondered and suspected that he was lying to her.

Now Rex was probably in a tight spot. He was just thinking about the gift that he was supposed to give. He hadn't decided yet so he wasn't sure what to show her.

Of course, he couldn't show something out of the ordinary because she would then ask the source of the gift! All that he could show was something that was obtainable in the kingdom of Rhone.

"Mom, it's a surprise gift..."

"I'm going to give her directly!", he said.

"...", Elina was dumbfounded when she heard this.

Of course, he could keep it a secret if he wanted, but it should have been limited for Emilia. There was no need to keep it a secret from Elina.

But oh well, since he was saying so much, she thought that he really had. However, she wanted to be confirmed!

"If you really have, then go and gift her right now!", she commanded!

"..."

Rex had no choice but to agree to what she said.

"Okay, mom...", he said in a low voice and started walking towards the stage on which Emilia was standing.

Emilia was busy taking gifts from others so she couldn't spot him when he walked towards the stage.

He then climbed onto the stage after saying his name to the announcer who used for it.

Was he disgusted? No, the announcer didn't harbor such feelings anymore, at least, not after he heard Emilia make the huge speech.

"And now, welcome Prince Rex Suoll from the Kingdom of Rhone.", the announcer announced it properly in a loud voice so that it was audible to everyone.

The moment he did that, all attention was shifted to Rex.

Needless to say, the first one to look at Rex was Emilia!

Her happiness knew no bounds. She did say that she wanted a git, but she never expected him to come forward and give it on the stage.

She had somewhat understood that he wanted to lay low that was why she was expecting a gift later when they were alone or perhaps when fewer people looked at them.

"Prince Rex...?"

*gulp*

Now her heart was throbbing wildly as if it had lost all its limits.

"Happy birthday Emilia...", Rex said in a low but audible voice.

Of course, the moment she heard that her ears felt ticklish. 

He then walked closer and then slowly moved his hands towards his own neck.

'What...'

'What is he doing?', she asked herself.

Her expectations weren't high. Although she knew that Rex was someone who could spend tons of money without thinking twice, she never expected him to give her something expensive.

More than that, she was expecting something that would be filled with love. Even if it was a twig or a dry leaf, she would keep it safe if it were to be given by him.

But now she was definitely shocked to see him move his hands towards his neck, of course, she was curious as to what he was doing when suddenly, Rex removed a necklace which he had been wearing.

"That's..."

It was a beautiful necklace having a small red-colored ruby on it. It wasn't shining, probably because it was old, but it was something that looked really beautiful when examined closely.

However, since it didn't have any shine, it was looked down upon by many, but none opened their mouths because they didn't want to be branded as haters or rude people, needless to say, it was due to Emilia's speech again.

While they had such thinking, Emilia was filled with joy. She was so happy that her heart could burst any time due to the happiness overflowing in her vessels rather than blood.

"Happy Birthday...", Rex said again with a million-dollar smile and put the necklace on her neck.

The red crystal or rather ruby was tear-shaped and looked beautiful. Emilia accepted it readily, her uncle, who was in charge of examining the gifts and keeping them separately opposed her and asked her to remove the necklace.

"Uncle, I listen to your every word..."

"Won't you believe me and let me wear this?", Emilia asked.

"But...", he was helpless since he couldn't deny her wishes on her birthday.

He then glared at Rex. It was as if his eyes were saying, "If anything were to happen to her due ot your gift, then I will personally kill you!"

Not that Alex would let him kill his son so easily!

"..."

To be continued...