Two nights had passed and Celesta was still galloping, however, mostly stumbling at times.
"Hey Celesta, can you slow down?"
Asked Erza in a soft and quiet voice. Her face felt dry and the tear marks were still crispy and visible.
"There, past that forest is a village where we can take shelter, they should let you stay a few nights without charge as you are holding the royal family's heirloom around your neck,"
suggested Celesta as she steadied her pace. Erza closed her eyes for a few seconds as if she was trying to sense something.
"Celesta, I can sense three, tier two demon beasts hiding at the entrance of the forest, they may be planning to ambush us."
"Your majesty, right now you are weak let me handle them, stay here."
Erza jumped off of Celesta and watched Celesta disappear into the forest. She wasn't worried about the safety of her friend at all as she knew how capable she was. After all, the beasts were only weak tier two beasts.
Erza sat back, whilst waiting for Celesta to return she decided to cultivate some of her powers. She was very strong with her martial arts even though she hasn't awakened her spiritual beast magical powers, she could only cultivate her external energy. She was a rare one in a million prodigy.
Erza immediately got up and opened her eyes to see Celesta walking out completely unscathed.
"Whilst I was fighting those beasts I could sense that your external energy has risen,"
Celesta said whilst smiling softly. Erza felt proud because it was really hard for her to become more powerful without being awakened.
"Oh yes, I found quite a deep pond in the forest that you might be able to bath yourself in," Celesta spoke in realisation.
"Then let us get going, I hate feeling dirty," Erza smiled.
They finally arrived at the pond and Erza immediately stripped herself from her sweaty and ragged dress, and quickly slipped in with her necklace still tied around her neck. Her tensed muscles finally relaxed but she was still on guard. After all, there might be a high-level martial artist ready to attack.
After a few minutes, she got out and wrapped a towel around her self that Celesta summoned. Clesta created an illusional barrier around them for protection and so no perverted men could spy on the princess.
Princess Erza brushed her hair and put it up in a ponytail and said,
"Celesta, what about my new clothes, can you give me something that won't make me look weak?"
Celesta nodded, light radiated off of Erza's body and slowly dimmed after a few seconds.
She wore a black dress that only reached up to her thighs which hugged her body tightly, showing off her curves. It had a black turtle neck with golden patterns under the neck, and there were ancient-looking patterns sowed onto some parts of her short dress. There was two meatal breast armour to protect her heart from any type of magical weapons. On top of that was a soft, luscious, golden jacket around her with black fur as coating the outline, it hung off her shoulders and made her look more elegant. She wore black knee-high boots with a pair of long, clean, white socks. she looked absolutely stunning. Inside her boots were a few magical daggers for combat and self-defence.
She looked like a golden warrior with invincible powers. Erza knew that she would stand out, but she loved the clothes so much she didn't ask for anything different. Erza wasn't confident in her abilities but...
"Do you think I will fail my task?"
Celesta sighed but had complete faith in her princess,
"My duty is to protect you and only you, along with guiding you to find the three sacred treasures, the rest is up to you,"
Celesta's words motivated her to become stronger. To become the strongest ruler and to become the strongest cultivator.