
That morning, a duel between Stella and Jesriel ensues. They were fighting on the field, a place where open sword training was located.
Trangs. Trangs. Siinin!
The sounds of the two swords clashing against each other sounded.
"Uwooo! Defeat Lord Jesriel, Princess!"
"Yeah! We support you, Princess!"
The cheers from the servants watching the fight between Stella and Jesriel rang out, heating up the atmosphere on the field. Even so, neither Stella nor Jesriel were distracted at all, they remained focused on the duel today.
Stella stared at Jesriel with a defiant look, while Jesriel returned her gaze with a smile.
The swords of Stella and Jesriel again collide. Stella swung her sword at Jesriel, Jesriel deflected it, then Stella flipped her body and continued swinging her sword towards Jesriel.
"Yeah!"
As Stella flipped her body and swung her sword towards Jesriel, the orange-haired man quickly dodged and charged towards Stella from behind.
"Yes! Attack Lord Jesriel like that!"
"Ack! Princess, behind you!"
Then Stella glanced through the tail of her eyes, turned around, then swung her sword towards Jesriel.
Trangs.
The swords clashed with each other.
"Let's finish this duel faster, Master," Stella said as she put pressure on her sword, pushing down on Jesriel's sword.
"Hoho, if you can," replied Jesriel while fending off the attack from Stella.
"ah! Uh! Attack to the side too!"
Trangs. Trangs. Swooshes!
Stella ran towards Jesriel, swung her sword in all directions quickly, flipped her body, then again attacked.
On the other hand, Jesriel had a little difficulty with Stella's speed. The girl's small body allowed her to move freely, even jumping.
On the ground, Stella took a swing before finally jumping towards Jesriel, then swinging her sword.
"Yeah!"
Siinin!
The sword slipped out of Jesriel's grasp. Seeing the opportunity, Stella immediately landed behind Jesriel and pushed the man to the ground.
"Ack!"
Jesriel let out a voice of pain. The man tried to turn his face down on the ground. When his body faced the sky, a slender sword with a blend of black and blue landed inches from his neck.
Glug.
Jesriel gulped his saliva with great difficulty, while his breathing was breathless, irregular. Before him, he could see his beautiful disciple standing while pointing a sword at him, a smile of victory imprinted clearly on his face.
"Look at that, look! Lord Jesriel lost!"
"Yeah! Our Princess won!!"
"Uwooo! Congratulations, Princess!"
Various congratulations to Stella came from all over the servants. They cheered Stella's victory.
Meanwhile, Rielle, who from the beginning watched the duel between Stella and Jesriel, immediately got up from her seat and came to Stella with a bright face, not forgetting the loud applause that accompanied her arrival.
"Mr Princess is very talented in swordsmanship! I'm really impressed!" he said a compliment.
"Thank you for the compliment" Stella replied as she helped Jesriel up. "Is the teacher okay?"
"No, I'm fine," Jesriel replied with a big smile, then she hugged Stella as she said in a dramatic tone, "Huhu .... My beautiful student and a little expressionless, you finally defeated your handsome teacher in an official fight! I was so happy, that my tears didn't stop flowing!"
Stella, who was hugged suddenly by Jesriel, felt stiff at once, but then her brows furrowed, her facial expression suddenly gloomy.
Master, what does the call "My beautiful and little-expressed disciple" mean"? stella was complaining in her heart. He had no idea why his nickname these days was so unique. And, your tears don't stop flowing? Hey, I just saw the imaginary tears you let out.
After finishing "shedding" his heart, Jesriel let go of his embrace and pointed both of his thumbs towards Stella.
Shortly after, as Jesriel walked up to pick up her sword that had bounced off of her place, Rielle immediately approached Stella.
"I want to recruit you, Princess."
Rielle's sudden words made Stella frown, not understanding the meaning of the words.
"What does Uncle mean?"
"Is the Princess willing to join forces with the Paid Army Agent "Eternal Flame"?"
That one question made Stella stare towards Rielle with a look of disbelief.
"You mean, the mercenary agent who was looking for that new member?"
"Right," Rielle replied with a smile. "I am the vice-chairman."
Stella remained silent. He did not expect that Rielle was the vice-chairman of the "Eternal Flame" Pay Soldier Agent, a mercenary community from the Evergard Kingdom that Stella was about to join.
After being silent for a while, Stella said in a tone pretending to be uninterested, "I'm not interested. Indeed, what is my advantage in joining Eternal Flame?"
Hearing that, Rielle smiled widely. It was the question he was looking forward to, and Rielle replied confidently, "I know that you will ask like that, so I've been looking for answers. The advantage is, you can control the magic that's in your body."
"What's? Control it?" Stella muttered, still not understanding.
"Yes, including controlling the magic that changes your true form―" Then Rielle whispered in a low tone, "―wahi the Princess with blonde hair and red eyes."
The deg!
Stella freezes. His heart was racing faster than usual. Rielle's unexpected words made her lose her mind for a few seconds.
B-how could he know...?
***
The conversation between Stella and Rielle that seemed serious made Jesriel stay away from the two, she did not want to disturb the conversation between the two of them. While Jesriel stayed away and rested, the face-to-face action that took place between Stella and Rielle still continued. No one is talking. The breeze of the morning wind that blew added to the long silence between them.
When he first met Stella, Rielle felt an unusual magic power from the little girl. The power was not regarding the magic element that Stella possessed, but the magic power that surrounded the girl, Rielle was slowly able to feel the magic power that was very familiar to her protecting the little girl.
It was the same magic as the magic possessed by the head of the "Eternal Flame".
Sensing the similarity between Stella's magic and her chairman, Rielle grew suspicion in her heart. He was not sure if his suspicions were factual or not, but he definitely felt that his chairman and Stella had a close blood relationship, like a family.
Therefore, Rielle was determined to recruit Stella to be a member of the "Eternal Flame". If it is known that Stella and her chairman have a blood relationship, then Rielle will be very happy, she wants her chairman to live in happiness.
***
"I accept," Stella said after thinking about Rielle's offer. He could not waste this golden opportunity with his eyes closed, so he had to accept it. After all, Stella was already tired of searching for information about magic that changed her true form, so she would not reject Rielle's offer. "I am willing to join the Eternal Flame."
"Good choice!" Rielle exclaimed happily. He shook Stella's hand. "I'm sure your choice is not wrong. Now, the Princess has officially joined the Eternal Flame. Congratulations!"
"Thank you, and please help."
Then Rielle took her hand off Stella. He reached into his pants pocket, then handed Stella a paper and card.
"Then, come to this place, this is the main headquarters of the Eternal Flame" Rielle said as she showed Stella a paper, what turned out was a map where the headquarters of the Eternal Flame in the entire region of the Evergard Kingdom were located. "Don't forget to come with this card I gave you. This card shows that you are a special guest. I don't want Eternal Flame members who don't recognize you to cause trouble with you. That'll be troublesome."
"Well," Stella replied as she picked up the map and card that Rielle had given her. "But I'm not sure I can come tomorrow."
"... No problem, what matters is that you're coming."
"All right."
"Oh, right!" Rielle suddenly remembered something. He whispered, "Wear the mask half-face when you come. Also, can the color of your hair and eyes change to their original color? This is to avoid in case anyone recognizes you as a princess."
"For the first time, I can wear a mask. But for the second, I'm not sure."
"Why?"
"The color of my hair and eyes will change when I am emotional or when the human is es―eh, I mean when His Holiness drains his magic into my body" Stella replied, he almost called the nickname he pinned on King Shavir, lucky Stella could control her mouth.
"so." Rielle nodded, understood. Then he fell silent while thinking, then pointed his palm towards Stella, after which a red-colored crystal stone appeared. Rielle gives the crystal to Stella. "This stone can change the color of your hair and eyes to their original color. You just need to knock it twice."
Stella took the crystal stone. He did not know that such an object could restore its original form.
"Thank you" Stella said sincerely. She did not know what to say to Rielle, the word "thank you" alone was not enough to describe the figure of Rielle who helped her so much. "I'm really grateful."
"No, I'm the one who should be thanking you" Rielle said with a smile. "If my suspicions are correct, then the Chairman's life will not be as dark as it is today, you may be his granddaughter" he continued with a mutter, which Stella unfortunately did not hear.
After that, Rielle chatted with Stella for a moment, before finally saying goodbye. Then three children came to Stella.
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record longest chapter again~
his intention in this chapter, I want to clear Xylia's true identity, but my idea suddenly changed'
as a result, I cleared the identity of Rielle who was the vice-chairman of the "Eternal Flame" Charge Army Agent that Stella wanted to follow.
and yes, add one more mystery about the Stella~ family (please do not blaspheme me _(_^_)_ /plaque)
next chapter specifically to explain the identity of Xylia(?) let you guys not be confused because the mystery is too much (blame my head that arrived² came up with the idea kyk that (T ▽ T)))
TBCS!