The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
The Ninety Six (96)

Sriyinya!

Three small, intricately patterned magic circles in silver white swirled around a snowy ground. Before long, the lower dimension hidden beneath the snowy ground cracked bit by bit, then split apart. The steps made of ice also appeared along with the opening of the hidden dimension.

A boy snapped his finger. He removed the three small magic circles, then walked in, down the steps and towards the bottom of the lower dimension.

The snowy ground on which it rested changed into a surface of ice that would never melt. His walking shadow reflected under his feet. Vague golden-blonde colors that looked blurry bounced off that glass floor.

Tap, tap, tap.

The boy stopped stepping as he stood in front of an object similar to a coffin.

The transparent looking glass object showed the silhouette of a woman lying inside with a state of concern. Her face was bluish with her protruding veins and almost covered the entire surface of her skin.

The boy furrowed his brows as he felt his eyes feel puffy. He tried to rub his eyes that almost shed tears, then his little hand rubbed the glass chest.

"Mothers. I'm coming," he said.

His sobs tried to hold him by biting his lips. His other hand was clenched and his pair of red eyes displayed a strong determination.

"I'm definitely going to save Mom. I-i promise. You see, I already know where the antidote to Lakshire's poison is."

'Lakshire's'.

It was the deadliest and rarest of the paralyzing poisons. This poison was also included into the 'three ancient poison of the demon world', which meant that it was truly extremely rare and could only be made by high-level demons. 

The way Lakshire poison works is to eat away at a person's life slowly and cause all the organs in the body to melt, so that the person affected by the poison is asleep in a blue body condition, but still breathing. It's the same as saying to be a living corpse.

Lakshire cannot be cured by magic, especially if the poison has been eating away at the body for years. And this antidote can only be found in the demon territory, but there is no guarantee that the antidote exists because even in the demon territory, the Lakshire poison antidote is very rare.

However, now the antidote to Lakshire's poison has been found.

"If I win the International Guild Tournament, I'll be able to get the antidote and save Mom."

The only way to obtain Lakshire's poison cure was to win the International Guild Tournament that would be held in a few more months.

Because the prize for a winner in that tournament is being able to 'get whatever he wants', including power and other things.

'Either I must win.'

The boy strengthened his resolve and glanced at his mother's lying face. His red eyes became softer than before, emitting a deep warmth and longing.

"Mom, I'll win. So, wait for me, yeah."

Cup.

Then a brief kiss was given the boy to the glass of the crate, hoping to be delivered to his mother. He was silent for a long time while looking at his mother's face, after which he came out of the place.

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Two days before the birthday party of the first princess of Evergard Kingdom was held, the bustle was packed with servants from each palace.

The servants from Everstell Palace mingled with the servants from Evercius, Everlexa, and Everlexa Palaces. They flocked to bring dozens of dresses, jewel accessories, and fancy shoes for Princess Stella to choose to wear on her birthday.

"Have the tailors arrived?"

"They're waiting in the dressing room!"

"Oh, Suzy! The Crown Prince gave the keys to his 5th storehouse! He said the Princess is free to choose the luxury jewelry that is there!"

"Good! Then choose the same jewelry with dozens of dresses given by Your Majesty!"

"Good!"

"Then her hairdresser? Has Madam Ariel arrived yet?"

"The soldier guarding the gate said that Madam Ariel's train had just arrived!"

"Then I have to wake the Princess. You guys get on with your work, yeah!"

"You too, Suzy!"

The entourage of servants who got instructions from Suzy immediately split apart, they hurriedly worked.

However, silence.

Suzy did not get any answers. Though usually he always gets an answer even though it sounds vague.

'Is the Princess still not awake?' suzy thought positive.

Then he smiled a little.

'Mr Princess.it turns out you still have the nature of children who will wake up when awakened.'

So Suzy laughed to herself when she realized the contents of her mind, after which she said asking for permission, "Lord Princess, I will enter, yes. Excuse me...."

Finally the maid took the initiative to open the door to see if Princess Stella was awake or still asleep.

Krett's....

The door to the princess's room opened slowly. Suzy walked in with a cheerful smile, preparing to call.

"Mr Pu―"

Deg.

Suzy suddenly stopped her steps, she flinched.

On the bed, Princess Stella sat down and looked at him straight, as if drugging him. Different looks. Looks a little cold and sharp, not look like the warm gaze that is usually shown by the princess.

"Mr. Princess...?" call Suzy again, her tone sounded doubtful and agitated.

To be honest, he was very frightened at this moment, a bad shadow immediately hit his mind. His pair of legs trembled and he tried to retreat in a broken motion.

"You-you... are you awake?"

The current atmosphere is the same as before, at the age of the princess 5 years. This cold and gripping feeling came again after the happy days passed.

"Ah."

Then Princess Stella seemed to blink repeatedly, after which she smiled brightly as usual.

"Good morning, Suzy!"

The straight eye gaze and gripping atmosphere had disappeared naturally, as if it had never existed. Suzy was dumbfounded to the point of being speechless.

"Duh, it seems like I was still dumb. I just woke up and there was no energy to go down, so I sat down for a while thinking about what to do later" said Princess Stella like a child in general, then he exclaimed as if he had just remembered something. "Today I'm going to try on a dress for my birthday, right? Let's get ready!"

"W-w-w...."

Suzy finally came out of her mind. Her lips opened and closed, confused as to what to say. After a long time, he finally nodded with a smile.

"Then wait a minute, Princess. I'll call the waiter to help you take a shower."

"Yes! Careful, yes!"

Then Suzy came out of the room with shaky steps, leaving Stella alone in her room with her left hand still waving in the air.

"...."

Stella lowered her left hand and turned to look at her right hand which was under the blanket. He slowly opened the dark red blanket that wrapped half his body, revealing his red eyes reflected on the thing he was holding.

"Gee." Stella smiled like a criminal. There was a hint of anger in her red eyes. "I haven't held a sword in a long time."

Stella carried the sword into her lap. He also accidentally stared at a sentence that was on the sword. Her lips smiled sweetly when she saw him.

"Stella Elliathania Elliot Evergard" he said, his tone soft and sincere.

'I remember this name now.'

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TBCS!