Chapter 103: New Life Of The Princess
The King of Tricks and Magic
[ Name: Ren Arken
Age: 14
Race: Human
Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])
Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])
Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])
Mana: ~~~
Spiritual: ~~~
Intellect: 700, 000
Unique Skills:
-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knightâs soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]
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As a princess of the kingdom, I want to protect this kingdom too, and joined the battle. but yet, the scene before me froze my feet.
Terrifying battlefield.
Terrifying numbers of enemies.
Terrifying demons.
Our kingdomâs soldiers are only 100,000, while our opponent had more than 10 times ours. But even so, we donât have any option but to stand with our shivering legs and hold our position. We have our home to protect.
I clench my fists as strong as I could as I remember how other kingdoms rejected our offer of alliance.
The battle started with powerful magic from the enemyâs side.
How much time had passed?
How many soldiers had we lost?
How big is our chance to win?
Too many questions that I have yet already know the answers.
As the blood of the demons spilled all over my body. My emotion as a human starts to fade away once more. Even though that man had helped me and made me more human.
(I wonder howâs he doing?)
I swing my sword, cast my spell, and kill every enemy I encounter.
âWe. Are never meant to live happily, arenât we?â
As if my feet had just entered the sea of darkness, my eyes started to lose its light. I couldnât see any light of hope, only despair, and death.
Slowly, surrendering my body to the depth of despair.
No one will help us.
No one will fight for us.
He.
He will not help me.
But before my head entered the sea of despair inside my consciousness, a war horn appears from an unknown side, pulling my body back from the sea of despair, preventing me from sinking.
The war horn sounded so majestic. As if I could feel the strength and spirit of their army.
âReinforcements?â
âEnemyâs?â
âNo, theyâre pushing the demons backward,â
A red flag with four images on four sides of the flag.
âMen, advance,â A familiar voice sounded at my ears. A voice that so calm and so reliable, I could felt warm and relax just by hearing his voice. His voice sounded as clear as a river, not loud, yet everyone heard the voice.
âLetâs make the demons regret defiling our world,â He ordered his army.
âAttack!!!â One of his generals shouted, his army roared with a roar that shook the battlefield. As if the demons got overwhelmed by their momentum, some of them flee because of them.
Looking at the fleeing demons, our armyâs morale raised to the pinnacle.
âRen!â I called out the name of the man that in this world, maybe only him that can form a smile in my face.
As my heart filled with a warm feeling, I feel that I want to pause this moment and stare at him all the time.
But yet, the reality is cruel.
!!!
Putting my hands on my head, I let out a heavy sigh.
âItâs just a dream, huhâ¦â
As usual, I take a bath and prepare for the day. Using a usual princess attire that easiest to move with, I get out of my room and meet my very first friend.
âMary,â
Mary, Mary Estranbelle. The very first maid that accompanies me since Iâm still six years old. Weâre at the same age so we became friends easily, despite me having a troublesome personality, Mary still loyally accompany me whenever I go.
âPrincess, the breakfast is ready~,â Mary said cheerfully.
âGeez. You should just call me Sera when thereâs only both of us, you know?â (Sera)
âThis is my pride as a professional maid, my dear princess~ As the first maid that serves you, I need to show that Iâm better than the other maids!â (Mary)
âFull of energy like always, huh,â (Sera)
âOf course! Iâve eaten my breakfast, after all! Thatâs why you need to eat too, princess! Letâs go!â Mary pulled my hand.
The breakfast tasted as usual.
Eating breakfast like this made me remember the days when I still study at the magic academy. Peace and fun. Under his leadership, it felt as if we could face anything.
âWhoa. Sera. Breakfast,â A familiar flat voice suddenly sounded from behind me.
âEdry, sneaking inside the castle is a bad habit, you know?â I lecture my friend for sneaking inside the castle.
âItâs fine, a crime is not a crime as long as we donât get caught,â She answered with a mischievous answer yet a flat tone and a flat expression.
âIs that another Renâs words?â (Sera)
âYup. His lifeâs leisureliness is a bliss for me. Iâll follow his way of life as my lifeâs guide,â (Edreale)
âLady Edreale! Since when do you enter the castle!?â Mary that just returned from taking some desserts for me exclaimed in surprise when she saw Edreale lying at the couch.
âAh. Mary. Please keep this a secret from the guards, okay? Itâs troublesome if they knew, theyâll lecture me for hours,â (Edreale)
âB-but if you got caught, Iâll be the one whoâll get lecture by them, you know?â (Mary)
Since Renâs disappearance, we couldnât help but get even closer to each other. Even Edreale and me that used to dislike each other, start to get closer and become best friends.
(Well weâre the only girls in the group, after all) (Sera)
âItâs fine, Mary. If we got caught, Iâll tell them that Edry appear by my summons,â (Sera)
âBut princess!â (Mary)
âItâs fine. By the way, Edry. Howâre the others doing?â (Sera)
âTheyâre good, I guess. Senâs still focusing on honing his sword skills even stronger. Alfred big broâs getting more cunning and had subjugated lots of wild mercenary guilds and merge them with ours. With Peterâs help, the mercenary guild had grown very big,â (Edreale)
âAlbusâs belly didnât change, big and fluffy as always. The headmaster had decided to make Albus replace his position soon. But because of the appearance of all kind of heroes in every kingdom at the continent, the headmaster felt that it might be dangerous if he handed it to Albus for too soon,â (Edreale)
âHeroesâ¦â I mutter the word that started to become everyoneâs topic of conversation since a year ago.
âYes. Heroes. A year ago, the holy church announced that the world will have heroes that have extraordinary abilities and help humanity defeat the demons. The news brought the world into an uproar,â (Edreale)
âYeah, because of that news, a country that has the so-called heroes will be feared by others and possess a great influence in the world. Knowing that fact, every kingdom at the continent choose their heroes on their own, preventing the church from officially declare whoâs the heroes are,â (Sera)
âDespite the danger ahead of us, the fear of losing their authority and power is far bigger than their fear towards the demons. Those greedy bastardsâ¦â (Sera)
âWell, if Renâs here, he probably says âDemons, huh. Letâs finish them off ourselves!â Indifferently as if the words he just said are nothing,â (Edreale)
âTrue, heâs a strange battle maniac,â I couldnât help but have a smile formed on my face.
âBy the way, h-have you found the royal knight that⦠Youâre searching forâ¦?â I donât know why, but Iâm curious and want to ask her the question even though itâs quite sensitive. As the princess of the kingdom, I felt that I bear some of the responsibility of the incident.
âWeâve found him, and he had taken into prisoner by big bro Alfred. But itâs just one of them. Weâre still progressing on searching for his other comrades,â I notice some changed in her face when she said it.
âI seeâ¦â (Sera)
Tap!
âEh? Edry?â
Edreale suddenly holds my hands.
âitâs not Seraâs fault, so itâs okay. Itâs impossible to prevent such bad guys doing bad deeds anyway, Sera didnât do anything wrong,â Edreale tries to comfort me, what a sweet girl.
âThanks, Edry. So? Does stealing my breakfast is your only reason for sneaking inside the castle?â (Sera)
âYea. Iâm sorry to give you a piece of bad news on such a good morning. But this news canât wait,â (Edreale)
âAlfredâs order?â (Sera)
âYea, weâve found a fresh traces of some demons. Iâm afraid another war with those demonic creatures will occur once more,â (Edreale)
Hearing the news from Edreale, I couldnât help but remember the dream that I just had last night. The warmth that I felt when I saw his figure inside my dream appear once more inside my chest.
(Ren⦠What exactly happened to you�) (Sera)