Chapter 16.5: Beatrice, Luna, And Ecleair

Beatrice POV:

He, who is Younger than me,

He, who is way stronger than me,

He, who surpass every veteran I know,

He, who in the first time I suspected that is one of them.

And He, Who rescued my sister from being captive, my sole reason why I joined the campaign, he prove that my suspicion was wrong.

I am Beatrice a woman without a family name, a woman who discarded her lineage in order to become a warrior.

Since I was a child I always dream of becoming a strong warrior who wields a sword. That is why even though my parents disagree with me I still pushed my dreams to become reality.

I secretly read different books regarding swordsmanship and different ways to train. I always see to it that no one will notice because I know what my parents will do once they found out.

At the age of fifteen I left the house, with my hard earned money from the allowance my parents gave me I traveled towards another city which will allow me to train and become an apprentice.

That time only my elder sister who is two years older than me knew everything and supported my decision.

It took me about a month to travel along with some merchant group. Along the way I asked some mercenaries to teach me the basics of swordsmanship. They were all nice to me and did not treat me so indifferently. I trained hard all this time

Everything is going well; I go to a place where the mercenary leader suggested along with the letter of recommendation.

The place is great and when I gave the letter they let me in along with some detailed explanation about food, lodging, and a small amount of money as salary.

I did not complain about anything, no matter how harsh the training is, with the will power I have the instructors noticed my hard work and asked me if I want some extra lessons which I accept.

Days, weeks, months, And years gone by, as I became stronger and stronger. Now it has been four years since I left this time a messenger from my house came with the notice that my Elder sister was kidnapped.

The strange this was there were no other information as if she just disappeared. The only thing we knew is that the carriage where she is was ambushed and all of the guards are killed. My parents wait to the supposedly demands of the kidnapper but days and weeks passed by nothing came.

So they decided to search for me and send me back home to take my sisters place as the heir and be wed to a man I don’t even know.

I don’t know what to do and I can’t decide. I love my sister more than anything in this world so I seek some advice. Out of luck the Great Grand Master of the place I came confront me, it seems that he knew something.

After a brief talk I learned some things. About a certain king and what he do to those who are captive.

I was angry and my heart were filled with nothing but revenge, since there is a very low chance that she is still alive still I at least let me gave her a proper burial and let the sinner be punished.

Great Grand Master helped me and suggests that I should go to a certain city that will go to this kingdom.

That night I rush towards the city and enlist my name.

On the day of the test I saw a long line of people and I noticed I’m the only woman here.

When it was my time to be tested arrogant men began to spout nonsense words but it did not bother me because I have a purpose and I will put all of my strength to achieve it.

That time I met him the man who will be my benefactor and whom will I owe a huge favour in the future.

At first I suspected him of being one of that B**TARD kings men. Why wouldn’t? It’s really suspicious his test is weird and suddenly a high ranking person come and gets him.

I tried to inquire more about it. I’m not bragging but I know that I am on the side which you can call a beauty. With firm arms, Flat and sexy waist, well rounded chest and behind I became really popular during my training days but I don’t have time for romance.

I used this characteristics and talk to him but he is just one arrogant brat bastard.

Really he the way he talks and his gestures I really hate him.

Days passed and we set off to our destination.

When we arrived at the castle of this King I was planning to kill him but the castle is well guarded so I gave up the idea and plan something instead and the next day we departed towards the forth. I have plenty of time to think of how I will kill that b**tard so for now let us go with the flow.

I did not know what I got myself into but I noticed something is strange when we arrived at the fort and it gave me a bad feeling.

Inside, that brat was asked to demonstrate his skills and when he did it made my jaw dropped. I never seen anything like it but instead it made me think ‘what a show off’.

The night came and my nightmare starts as I see countless demons charging towards us. Fierce and strong only fear occupied my heart as I saw my comrades fall. ‘will I die without avenging my sister?’

A question filled my thoughts, but to my surprised only a few hours from the battle; one by one the demons suddenly vanished, those who faced them before thinks it’s unusual and maybe someone did something to repel all the demons.

Daylight came and the people left were cheering facing the other side of the fort. It was him, standing there on the other side is the BRAT with a shattered sword and a body with a lot of wounds. In my heart I knew he is the one responsible for this victory.

After the party we left the fort in a hurry, now I don’t even have a good plan or even think of one and I really hate myself for that.

Thinking there is nothing I can do I just cower; this will be my greatest regret in my entire life.

Or so I thought but the moment we arrived something happened.

The soldier’s movements are quite suspicious so I followed them. Listening to their conversations they are instructed to guard different exit points and capture anyone who tried to exit.

This made me thinking that something big is about to happen.

And my intuition did not fail me. Moments later a huge commotion in the castle and an alarm was heard.

Every guard in the castle were suppressed but the king is nowhere to be found.

‘This is my chance’ is what I’m thinking but another problem occurred ‘where should I go to find the king?’

Then I heard something, it sound like a man screaming in pain.

This attracted the attention of the guards.

Tracing the source we arrived at the entrance of a passage that is well hidden.

At the time when I arrived all high ranking officials are already at the entrance and decided to wait.

The scream continued and lasted for quite a while and when it faded the soldiers tried to enter the passage.

At this moment a male human silhouette is slowly approaching us, dragging something along with him.

When he finally got out I noticed that it was this brat and the thing he drags along is the king.

When I saw the condition of the king I felt that he deserves it but still I felt so useless, everything went to my favour but me only as a bystander.

‘why am I so useless’ is the only thing in my mind that is continuously hunting me.

Later in the day I found out that there are survivors from the kings captives.

My heart begins to beat faster, hoping and hoping and hoping that one of those survivors is my very own sister.

I rush towards the place where they kept the survivors. I scan each one of those women; suddenly my tears began to fall.

There I saw the person whom I cherish more than anyone else, the person who supports me in my decision, and the person who truly cared for me since I was small.

My elder sister.

I run towards her and hug her tight.

She is alive, she’s really alive. This warmth I feel whenever I hug her, I really miss this sensation.

With me crying my heart out, my sister calm me down and turn towards a certain person. It’s him again, the person who did all of the things I want in this mission, It’s Frau.

MY elder sister gave her thanks and promised that she will never forget this deed for the rest of her life, which I too feel the same.

At this point on I made up my mind and swear in my heart, I will become stronger, a lot stronger not only physically just to walk towards the path where I can repay my debts to this person.

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Luna’s POV:

Right now we are marching back towards Azul, to my country towards the capital where the castle is located.

*sigh*

“Princess, I notice that you’re down for some reasons, is it because of a man?” said Ana

“No its not, and why did you suddenly mentioned Frau?”

“fu fu fu Princess I definitely did not say any name all I said was ‘a man’ which can pertain to anyone who is male in gender”

Realizing what the maid wants to say with her misleading questions Luna began to blush.

“ANA PLEASE STOP TEASING ME”

“So what’s bothering you princess?” suddenly changing the topic Ana asked another question.

“It’s just there are so many things that must be done, and convincing father will be quite hard”

“Is it about the temple that should be built?”

“Yes that is one; another thing is to get evidence to convince the whole alliance”

“Why not search for scholars that are studying about ancient artifacts? And let them confirm our story for us, it’s more convincing if those maniacs came to our aid”

*sigh*

“Princess?”

“You know sometimes I really doubt that you are the same maid from a common house hold that I picked up during my childhood days and became my close friend”

“I did my best so I can repay your kindness” with such confidence she smiled at Luna

“And to think that you are so cute back then *sigh* I miss my cute little Ana”

“…..Princess if you want a cute little angel that you can play with you can just ask that boy to give you one”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“I mean ask him to make a child with you or better yet get married. You and him”

Luna blushed and started to fade into her own sea of thoughts, imagining her wedding, having children and growing old together seems to be so nice to be true.

“fu fu fu.. it seems that you are not against the idea”

With that comment Luna came back to reality.

“What are you talking about, being married to the man you love and live a happy life is every woman’s dream”

“Yes, yes, I understand” with a teasing smile she look at Luna

The travel time going back to the castle is quite long and not a single day passed that Luna did not think of a certain man. He may be young for her but the power this young one has is too great that if other nobles got a wind of it, surely lots of rivals will appear. Rivals that was younger than her, more beautiful than her, more feminine and more graceful than her.

Deep inside she fears that she will lose this young man that captured her heart, the man who gave her hope and salvation during the worst situation in her life more than the promise she made that day to help built a temple and pray.

So she made a promise to herself that the moment everything is settled, she will find him and will certainly made him fall for her.

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EcLeairs POV:

It’s has been quite some time since my last encounter with those humans.

That day when I returned and gave my report, the elders were alarmed and it seems that this treat is something that we might not be able to take.

In the midst of a heated discussion I braced myself when I was suddenly asked how I survived.

I hesitated but still with the guilt in my conscience I told them.

‘A human army made a camp just outside of the forest and two humans came to her rescue. One of them manage to kill those two demons and have the ability to heal’

With those statements and nothing to add the elders ordered me to leave and the moment I closed the door a huge commotion and debate was held inside. What really transpired inside? I do not know all I know is that it is related to what I just revealed.

Days and weeks have passed I can still clearly remember that day and whenever I did it made me blush.

Not because of those demons but because of what I did to the one who saved me, yes I kissed him.

My first kiss was given to a man I barely know, to a man I just met and not even a whole day passed but I still kissed him and the way he touched me…………….*blush* ‘what am I thinking’ my cheeks dyed in red while both of my hand are touching them and shaking my head.

The most problematic thing is that this man is not an elf like me but a human. Creatures our village despise, creatures that enslave our kin, raped and hunted us.

With my actions my aunt who I lived with after my parents died when those humans attacked us decided to confront me.

She asked me on what really happened then I told her everything.

From trying to kill what we thought a lone demon, being rescued by that man and finally how he healed me.

I was trying to hide the fact about the kiss but Aunt Fay keep on insisting that there is more to the story so I eventually confessed about kissing that man.

I thought she would be mad at me since the other party is a human but to my surprise she just giggle and teased me about finally hitting puberty and by asking ‘did you enjoy it?’ it made me so embarrassed that I feel like a boiling kettle with steam rushing out of my face.

That night Aunt Fay celebrates and cooked a large portion of food.

The next day about noon Aunt Fay suddenly felt a strange energy, an enormous energy which she believe came from a human.

She notified the elders, thinking that it is impossible for humans to possess such power but still the elders decided to alarm the whole village which made all of them hide among their respective houses. Each house has a secret passage underground route that connects to a huge tunnel that the exit is about almost a day away from the village.

It is created to look like a labyrinth so pursuers won’t easily catch up if ever the passage way is uncovered. Also there are traps along the way and only the elves know how to avoid these traps.

Time passed by and only anxiety grew more and more.

By dusk another surge of energy came, but this time the source felt closer.

Knowing nothing about the source, every one became tense. Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear a living thing has. Fear of not knowing what will happen.

Some think that what they fear is death, but the truth is it is fear of not knowing what will happen after you die.

Fear of ghost which is also a fear of not knowing what they can do to you and what will happen to you after it happened.

Jumping off a cliff is not fearing death but fear of not knowing whether you live or you die.

Thus the fear that is building up among us is the fear of this unknown entity and what will it do to us.

Then the next thing happened is when my aunt suddenly gathers some elites with the intention of greeting this unknown entity.

Upon they return I was thank full that nothing bad happened. I tried to see this entity but several elites are surrounding it.

The only thing that puzzles me is the elf that is with them, that very elf is reported missing some time ago and eventually considered as dead but there she is now walking among them alive.

It did not took too long before I was summoned to the meeting hall. It seems that this entity is being held there. Those that were sent to me informed me that this entity will be our temporary guest and as Aunt Fay’s status, we are forced to entertain this entity.

Upon arrival I saw the back of this entity and ponder who might this be *badump* for some reason my heart began to beat faster.

I dismiss this feeling and decided to follow the proper courtesy when meeting the elders.

I kneel down, face on the floor and slowly lift it up.

I was saying some things that is considered as proper manners but before I finished what I am saying while slowly raising my head I saw him.

“EH?”

“HUH?” he replied

It’s him, I felt a little bit happy when I knew who this entity in front of me is.

“Frau?”

“GEH! Granny?”

‘GRANNNYYYYYYYY?’ my blood began to boil when I heard what he just refers to as.

It’s supposed to be a romantic reunion and yet, and yet he ruined it perfectly.

I attacked him but in the end he manages to prevent me to land a single hit.

At this point Aunt Fay interrupts us and sends my wits back to reality.

Aunt Fay began to tease me and I can’t help but became more and more embarrassed.

In the end it’s still decided that he will spend the night at our house for accommodations.

Right after we arrived, right in front of me is a pig devouring every food on the table with a hint of smile in his face watching him and seeing this side of him made my heart flutter as I passionately staring at him.

Suddenly I was forced again to come back to reality as I saw Aunt Fay looking at me with her brightest smile I ever seen in my entire life.

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Hello HalfSpicy here

sorry for the long wait I have been quite busy and have a mental block.

i know what will happen i just don't know how will it happen and that is my problem in creating new chapters.

it suddenly hit me that i should make this chapter but there is a debate inside my head if i should pass it off as a regular chapter or as an extra chapter

but in the end since it quite deviates from the main story and more on a flash back i decided to put it as a side story

now i want you guys to Vote Which girl is your favorite?

the results might affect my future release so please vote wisely

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on a side note i read a comment which ask me if i can put a rival?

hmm nope not on this arc its already set that there will be one on the next arc but some spoiler He's rival is weak, more like an arrogant person that thinks he is better than the MC. How did i consider a weak person as his rival? just read it in the future and hopefully before next year comes second arc will be released hehehehe

if you're thinking why this post does not have an emoticon sorry i got lazy (^.^)/

so guys see you at the next chapter buh bye