1 year later
" What did you say!? " A beautiful redhead woman yelled in disbelief
" I said I will send Alyra to a magic school, that way she will become stronger and she can make new friends " A man with fancy clothes responds to her with a calm face
The redhead woman now makes an angered face " And that was your idea or someone told you to do it!? "
" It was my father's idea, he said that that school will help her a lot " The man with fancy clothes makes a sad smile " I don't want her to leave too, but that is the best we can do for her "
The woman laughs mockingly " Haha, you take me for a fool! Do you think I didn't notice how he looks at me and how he prefers that b*tch of the Lockstar family! and now that she gave birth to a daughter everything has become worst than before " the woman makes an annoyed face
The man walks in front of her and embraces her " Elizabeth, calm down you know that I love you more than anyone and I only wanted the best for you and my daughter Alyra "
Elizabeth begins to cry in the man's chest and he says with a hoarse voice" Then why did you marry her? "
He embraces her more tightly and says " You know why? my father wanted the connection with the Lockstar family to support our kingdom "
She raises her head to see him and with tears on her face she says " At least let me go with her "
The man makes a sad face and says " I... I can't, I don't know when I will become the king, so I need you by my side "
Elizabeth hides her face on his chest and whispers " ... promise me that she will be okay "
The man kisses her forehead and says " I promise you "
The next day the little girl was sent to The Zypher kingdom, not like a noble just like a normal student of a magic and sword academy, she spent 15 years of her life in that kingdom, and in that time she became a great warrior after she turned 18 she finally comes back to her home
" Hello father " A beautiful young woman with vermilion hair and blue eyes smiled, she entered the castle of the Lyrel kingdom where several maids, a middle-aged man with a crown, a young woman, and a young man receive her with smiles on their faces the maids bow her heads
The middle-aged man with a crown approaches her and hugs her " Alyra! my beautiful daughter, you finally came back "
Alyra hugs her father with a smile on her face " Yes father, I'm back " after a few seconds they separate and Alyra turns to see the young woman and the young man behind her father "Hmm? who are they, father?
The middle-aged man smiles and says " She is your sister, Ellen, Ellen, come to greet your sister "
The girl named Ellen walked in front of Alyra to then hug her with a very happy face " Nice to meet you, sister!! "
" Oh? " Alyra is surprised but then she smiles and hugs her back " Hehe, nice to meet you too, sister "
The middle-aged man sees them with a smile and when they stop embracing each other he says " And he is your fiance " he points at the young man next to Ellen
" Hello, I'm Bennet member of the Brywood family " he bows slightly to Alyra she then nods but when he raises she could feel that the way he was seeing her was very unusual
She became nervous and surprised at the same time then she came back to her senses " Eh? a..a fiance... but you never told me anything, ne-never mind where is my mother? "
" She has been sick so she is still in her room " The middle-aged man responds to her with a sad smile
Alyra makes a worried face and says " Can I go to see her, father? "
The middle-aged man nods and says with a calm face " Yes, you can, little Bennet and I will go to the Brywood family
Ellen raises her hand and yelled with worry " I will go with you, sister! "
Alyra and Ellen began to walk toward the room of the sick queen on the way Ellen began to speak " So sister how old are you? I'm 16 years old "
Alyra turns to see her with a smile and she says " I'm 18 just a few days ago was my birthday "
Ellen makes a surprised face " Eh? then congratulations sister! " she yelled with a smile
" Thank you! hehe " Alyra makes a sweet smile toward Ellen
" Can I tell you something? " Ellen makes a serious face
Alyra raises her eyebrows with surprise and says " What? "
Ellen bows her head a little and says with a calm voice " I know that you don't want to marry that guy Bennet, I saw your face before "
" Ugh... " Alyra was surprised and become nervous
" Don't worry, I won't tell my father, but if you want to cancel that marriage, you need to become stronger than you are now, maybe that convinces our father " Ellen smiled happily
Alyra smiles sweetly again " Thanks for the advice sister, I will train to be stronger "
When they arrive at the room of the queen Ellen says " Now I will leave, I don't want to interrupt your reunion "
" Thank you but you can enter with me " Said Alyra with a happy smile then Ellen shakes her hands in from of her and says loudly " Nonono, this is a long time reunion so you have to enjoy it sister " then she turns around, and leaves waving her left hand at Alyra one more time
" Thank you " Alyra whispered and opens the door with a face full of worry " Mother! "
A woman with red hair was in a bed she has a very pale face but when she sees Alyra she smiled " Alyra, thank god you finally came back "
Alyra runs towards her with a face full of worry and hugs her saying in a hurry " Mother, what happened? are okay? Do you need anything? "
The queen smiles and pats Alyra's head " Hehe, calm down silly girl, I'm okay, I have been here only for a little more than a week, do you read my letters? "
Alyra smiles and grabs her hand with smile " Yes, mother, I read every one of them "
The queen extended her hands towards Alyra and with a weak smile she says " Hehe, that's good, now come here and let your mother hug you more "
Alyra hugs the queen again and says " I missed you so much, mother "
The queen makes a sweets smile and says " I missed you too, my beautiful girl " then they separated and the queen says with a smile " Now look at you, you became really beautiful "
" You think so, mother? " Said Alyra with a shy face
The queen nods and says with a smile " Of course silly girl, I'm sure that every boy you met wanted to marry you "
Alyra shakes her head and makes a sad face " No, mother, those nobles didn't even glance at me, but I made a few friends I will tell you about them later "
The queen frowns and says " Then that's very stupid of them, but don't worry, I'm sure that one day you will meet someone special"
" Thank you, mother " Alyra nods with a beautiful smile
Two months passed after that, Alyra discovered Ellen's mother was dead so she went to see her after that but Ellen had already accepted her death.
Alyra kept training every day to cancel her marriage, she doesn't want to marry Bennet she felt that he has something wrong, sometimes Ellen joined her training, they discuss their mothers' past rivalry and she told her that it was the time to end that
But one day something happened that changed the fate of these two sisters
" NOOO!!! " A scream of a young woman can be heard
Alyra heard that scream and she immediately recognized her owner " Ellen!! " she went to the place where she heard the scream using a speed technique and when she approached a door, she heard the scream again " NO! PLEASE STOP! " Alyra kicks the door and she entered with a panicked expression
She saw her fiance Bennet ripping her sister's clothes with a face full of lust " YOU BASTARD!! LEAVE HER!! " Alyra grabs Bennet from behind and throws him to the other side of the room
" How dare you make her that!! " Alyra makes a face full of hate and she takes out her sword " Ack....!! " but when she was about to attack him she felt a stabbing pain in her back " What....? " Alyra started to feel weak and she turned to see behind her
" Why? " Alyra saw Ellen stabbing her back with a knife covered with a purple liquid
" Hehe, that worked, I never thought you would fall into my first plan, you are very naive, sister " Ellen makes a mocking smile and she takes out the knife from Alyra's back
" ... " Alyra falls to her knees feeling very weak then she falls completely to the ground unable to speak or move
" Aw.. that hurt, you were right, she came " Bennet walks behind Ellen with a pained face then he turns to see says " Now can I have my reward " Bennet hugs Ellen from behind grabbing one of her boobs, and kissing her neck
Ellen makes an annoyed face and hits him with her elbow on the stomach " Not now you fool, go to your home, I have something to do " Bennet looks surprised but he still leaves with a grinning face, after he left Ellen kneels next to Alyra
" You know, I never saw you as a family, the same goes for that maid you call mother, she is just lucky to be here, my mother always wanted to kill both of you, but now that she is dead, I think I have to do it for her " Ellen makes a beautiful smile
" ..... " Alyra sees her with doubt
Ellen sat on Alyra's back and she continued speaking with a smile " Hehe, I think I know what are you trying to say, the truth is that I shared the same hate as my mother, my father always showed more love for your mother than my mother and that is something I always hated, but if you die at least I will happy and don't hope to anyone came to help you all the knights in the castle are occupied "
" ... " Alyra narrows her eyes with anger
" But I can't kill you two without alerting my father, so, I thought that maybe I can kill you slowly but... " Ellen kept smiling until she felt Alyra moving under her
" Uh..... " Alyra trembles a little
Ellen sees Alyra with surprise " It seems that the effects of the poison are passing faster than I expected it must be because you are strong, that's why I thought it will be better if I do this... " Ellen moves the hair from Alyra's nape, tossing it to the side " This f*cking red hair you and your dirty mother disgust me " Ellen grabs Alyra's hair with disgust then her right hand shone with a purple light then she grabbed Alyra's neck
" Ugh....! " Alyra makes a pained expression and she began to feel that something is happening to her body
" You can feel it, haha, this is me draining your powers, hahaha! " Ellen makes a crazy laugh and her right hand began to blink faster and faster after 10 minutes Ellen removes her hand from Alyra's neck
Ellen stands up and sees her hands with a very happy face " Hahaha, yes! now I'm an Advanced Great Magic Swordsman! and without side effects! hahaha! " Ellen turns to see Alyra that was fighting to get up
" How... dare you... you will pay for this... when my father knows " Alyra has a tired face but she made an angered expression
" Hehe, I don't think you will tell him anything at least if you want that your mother to live " Ellen makes a mocking smile
" What...? " Alyra made a surprised face
" Tell me something, you thought that she was sick? she has been like that for years, you are more foolish than I thought " Ellen surprised with a smile on her face " I was the one who put her on the bed "
" You b*tch!! " Alyra grabs her sword from the floor and points to Ellen
Ellen smirks coldly and says " Oh, no! I can still kill her from here, the curse that I put on her, let me do that! "
Alyra puts down her sword slowly " Grr... what the hell do you want, I know that you don't want to kill me "
Ellen sees Alyra with disdain " Hehe, I want all your powers if you keep training I will keep your mother alive "
" ....fine " Alyra responded reluctantly when she had her head bowed
Ellen walked to the door and she turned to see Alyra before she left " Oh! one more thing, you better keep your distance from our father if you don't I will kill her in an instant "
When Ellen left, Alyra turned red from anger, clenching her fist with a lot of strength making her palms bleed " Grr!!! "
Half-year passed and Ellen kept draining Alyra's power to the point of exhaustion, Alyra's hair changed in some places from vermilion to white even her eyes were affected, her right eye is light purple and her left eye is light blue
Alyra was full of despair about her situation and one day she tried to search for help from her father only to be caught by Ellen
" Where do you think you are going? " Said Ellen with a very cold face
Alyra sees Ellen with a scared expression and takes two steps back as she says " I-I was just... "
Ellen walks towards Alyra saying coldly " You didn't remember what I told you? I said that you can't come to this part of the castle, now you will suffer for that "
Alyra makes a terrified expression and says with tears " No, please, I swear that I won't do it again so please don do anything to her "
Ellen frowns with disgust seeing her and suddenly her bright hand shines red, that bright transforms into a flame and with a swift movement he grabs Alyra's face
" Ahh!!! " Alyra yelled the moment she felt the burning sensation on the left side of her face then *PAM* Ellen hits her in the face making her fall unconscious " How noisy," Said Ellen coldly then she grabs Alyra's right leg and pulls her through the corridor as she says " This is just the beginning I will do this once a day as punishment, do you hear me? oh you are still unconscious, haha "
After waking up apart from the horrible pain she suspected why she has done that despite she had always told her that she was going to kill her mother that made Alyra suspicious
A day before she met Hayato
Alyra sneaked out to her mother's room just to find an empty bed, she started to panic and that's when she discovered the truth when one of the maids revealed to her that the queen died
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" That happened, but Yesterday...yesterday...I...I found out that she killed my mother more than half a year ago…..my father thought that it was the disease's fault… but I know it was her…. the maid who told me that was close to my father so she knew what he thought about that…... I will never forgive her…. even if my father tries to protect her…. I'm going to kill her… but now she is too strong, for me is impossible to beat her " Alyra clenches her fist and cried with frustration and sadness until Hayato approaches her and hugs her surprising her a lot
"Alyra... don't worry about that, I'm going to make you stronger and when you surpass her you will have your revenge " Hayato pats her back
Alyra raises her head and sees Hayato with surprise " You will help me…. with that too….. " Then she hugs Hayato and cried on his shoulder, Hayato just pats her back keeping a calm expression
" You are my partner now, so Is normal that I will help you " Hayato spoke with a confident voice
" Thank you so much... Hayato... " Alyra cries with joy this time and she hides her face in Hayato's shoulder
" I'm your partner too, so don't leave me behind " Dye embraced Hayato from behind surprising him, Alyra doesn't seem to be aware of Dye, she was still hugging Hayato