I felt tired after the ceremony even though I'm not in a child's body anymore! Why does this keep happening to me?! I could feel people's eyes on me and I hear a boy my age say from behind me, "That sword was supposed to be mine..!" and walks off stomping his feet on the way there. Hmph! Be nice you little kid!
"Watch your mouth Brat!" Luke says, and with that, he ends the conversation between the two I mean no the three of us.
they're in that age or rebellion, just like I once was, and I got slapped on thrown on the floor for doing that. My dad never apologized though he just cried during nights where I would be hit by him for being rebellious, to me, a father was someone who paid the bills, got my food, and cared for me even though they weren't physically there.
I know my father from this world treasures me though because he tells me to be careful even though he doesn't say it in a nice way he says, 'don't get yourself killed, or else who'll save the kingdom?' or something like, 'Louise if you come injured I'll disown you' I mean you I was scared at first that he would disown me so I tried not to get injured, but the father is way too much!
Sheesh, the only girl other than luke that came along with me was Bianca. Remember her? She's my best friend! We've been meeting frequently talking about our days, telling funny jokes, but that party pooper Lucas has to come with her brother! I hate it! He stares at me throughout the entire time! I've never seen anything like this happen unless it's attraction!
But he couldn't possibly be attracted to me! I mean, I am pretty I'll admit that but he's just so...frustrating. I can't talk to Bianca unless he gives me that STAREEEEEEEEEEEEE~
It kinda tires me out.
"Lady Louise, You'll be heading to the academy in a few weeks, Should I prepare your things by then?"
"Oh yeah, Thanks Adelaide, I'll help you pack my things though I think I know-how, so you can just help me pack my uniform."
"Louise, what about that sword you're carrying are you going to take that too?"
Hm...I haven't thought about that. This sword is slim and it gets used to the owner carrying it instead of the owner getting used to the sword. But this'll be much easier for me.
It's got silver around the handle and a blue gem on it, the blade itself is now much skinnier and smaller, soon I'll basically be living at the palace, so there's no need for me to get a house for my title as Duchess. I'll have to ask the emperor about that later on.
"I see you've been well, Lady Louise." A voice says from behind me, I had almost reached the doors, but a pale hand reached my wrist capturing it into their own as if it were a delicate pink rose.
"And who might you be?" Luke says I can already feel his irritation through his voice, but the person who grabbed my wrist had such beautiful features. He had snow like hair almost silver, and white pale skin with black eyes, he was incredibly handsome. He couldn't just have been a nobleman, right?
"Did you forget our deal?" The boy asks, I then put my right hand on my chin and start to think hard, what deal? The only deal I ever made was with this cute peasant boy.
"Are you trying to trick me into believing you're the puppy boy?"
"I'm not a puppy."
"Louise, who is this?"
I look at him closely and the only thing I can recognize from the peasant was the earrings he wore on his left ear, just a small pearl earring made of gold is all though.
"Let me present myself then, I am Mykaylo of Reandra, Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Lady Louise de Baudelaire."
The Prince!? What is going on here?! The prince and I had a deal? Wait he couldn't have dressed up as a peasant back then right?
"Well-" I got rudely interrupted by luke, what a pain in the ass!
"I'm Lucius Athanasius of Ferissia, I'm Louise's best friend."
"Pleased to meet you Prince, but I'm talking to the lady, not you."
Ohhh~ he got you bad Luke, hehehehehe..!
I have a lot of names too, but I like to make my presentation short.
"Oh!" I'll see if he's the real puppy boy, "I remember that I pushed you when I was walking and I yelled at you for it and left. Sorry..."
"Actually, Lady Louise you hugged me and asked to touch my hair and pat my head, now you owe me 3 wishes and I hope that those are soon granted to me."
"Oh I see...hehe..." So he's the real deal, huh? I thought he was a fake but now that I remember that boy didn't contact me until now so why the wait?
"You were so cute back then I just couldn't hold myself back, I liked the smell of lemons in your hair too! it was so sour but sweet. Your hair was so fluffy too! you were so cute I wanted to touch it. but now you're different..."
"Different how?"
"You're not cute anymore.."
"Oh?"
"I-I mean..Well you are handsome," not exactly my type though," and taller than when you were 5 or 6.."
"You think so?"
"y-yeah..?"
"Louise, is a question or an answer? I hope it's a question!" Luke screams, everyone freezes and turns to look at him but he ignores their glares and stares. He seemed pretty mad so he got closer to my ear and whispered, "Meet me near the roses tomorrow in the morning at 5." I nod, it's not like I can say 'no' If I do who knows if I'll keep living the next day?!
"Your Highness!"
"Is something wrong?"
"The borders! They've been completely destroyed by an attack of the Pisyan empire! They've brought boats and weapons that have never been seen!"
What?! How could they let this happen? I heard there was a meeting a few weeks ago with the emperor of the Pisyan and Reandra but, did their disagreement make this occur? No, I think they didn't even leave on good terms. Considering that the emperor is so cold with people, I don't think they agreed at all.
"Evacuate the people at the near premises! no maid or noble lady nor peasant shall be left behind!" this is something about the trades and a peace treaty between the 2 empires, so why are they attacking if they solely want peace? I have to fix this!
"Louise where are you going?!"
"Your Highness, give me permission to attack near the borders." I get on one knee before the emperor, and he sighs opening his mouth to talk but doesn't make a sound, and then he does it again and he finally talks out loud as if he were going through an internal battle.
"Will you avoid them from hitting the empire anymore? What will you do if you're just one person?"
"I can do it, your Highness, I can stop them from reaching the border any further, there are only 6 layers of the magical border-left, Please allow me to stop this. If I don't return throw a magic fuse so that they are eliminated and the people are safe."
"You have my permission then, Commander."
"Yes, Your Highness." I get up and start to walks towards the rest of the knights and command them to go and evacuate the people from the borders of the empire, and half of them follow me and will fight with me.
"I need all of you to fight beside me, and fight for this empire! If you do not wish to fight I give you permission to leave." I yelled and everyone stayed silent no one left, not one man left even if they had a family to care for. I smirk, the edge of my lips tugged at each other, and finally, a smile spread across my face.
"All of you are worthy of being part of this squad, We Fight for the Reandra Empire!" I yell everyone yells along with me, "For Reandra!" and we start to run to our horses and reach the border of the empire, That's when the real battle will take place. The emperor of Pisyan is young so he obviously doesn't know how to make decisions he's about Lucius's age, only younger by a year, but he's already gained the attention of many people which could be dangerous for such a young person.
"Sir Liam you have my permission to charge into the left side of the border while Sir Nicolas is allowed to take the right I will be taking the back and front of the enemy troops, please prepare for my signal." This is my chance to prove myself loyal to these people, to my homeland. To the people who gave me life and comfort, even in my darkest times.
"Sir Liam, go!" I mouth, he seems to have heard and heads directly towards the troops placed on the left side of the border.
Ah! I forgot to count the mages in the troops that could have a mana attribute! Oh No!
An explosion takes place before me and Sir Liam is blown back to where he came from I jump out and reach to grab him placing him on the ground, I walk over to the mages on the other side. They weren't supposed to come and attack like this! What should we do?! I can't use my mana attribute here!
"I knew you'd have a bit of trouble." I heard a sigh with disappointment coming from behind me I look back preparing myself to engage in battle, but then white fluffy hair and a large body come out. Solid shoulders and a tall structure from the back. When did he get here?
"I was planning on sending someone else to the left, But it seems like I'll go myself, you take my place as commander while I go and attack the men at the front."
Just when did you grow up so fast, Louise? Already giving me orders, when I'm the crown prince and yet you're confidently giving me orders as if you were above me. How ironic. He thought to himself
"Did you hear me, Your Highness?"
"Yes, now go along and do not get yourself killed or I'll kill you myself for failing."
What the? Is he right in the head, telling me not to get myself killed but that he'll kill me if I get killed..? Oh never mind. I lunge forward quietly avoiding any eye detection and destroy one of the catapults in front with only 5 men protecting it, meaning that some of them must be mages with a mana attribute below the butterfly stage. They don't know my mana attribute so it's best to surprise them.
Right! I'm on it!