Archie's eyes were shining.
The sword fight with her was truly astonishing for them.
In her every move, they could see all the improvements.
And they were so proud that despite everything she chose to move forward and become even stronger.
They could also see that her determination to get stronger was much more than her determination in the past.
"Of course that is something to be proud of. But what makes me wonder is the fact that when she turned her head she whispered something."
Asherton said as he remembered the part where Saphira stopped her movement and looked towards the underground prison where Hunter was giving his punishment.
"Hey, hey that's too much anger you have there, that was her words. Something I quite don't understand. How did she know he was angry while not seeing him?" Asherton asked as he informed them.
Carmilla and Archie both furrowed their brows.
This was indeed something uncommon.
One would know what the other feel when they look at them directly.
Or when they look at the minute movements of those trying so hard to hide their emotions.
But Saphira was completely confident with her words when she spoke.
There is a fact that she could have known through his aura but was that all of it?
Asherton was becoming more and more puzzled about his grand daughter.
Just what exactly it is that happened in that island 8 years ago?
*****
It has been a week since the punishment.
The news was about offending a royal and it was the crown prince, who rarely lifts his sword to give punishment, who gave it.
That no one was able to rebuke about the suddenness of the event.
Some knights are indeed getting their positions up to their heads that they no longer see who they are trying to offend.
Of course, speculations still arise that it has something to do with Saphira Fiamma, the crown princess once again.
But because those under Kyne kept their lips shut, no one was able to prove it.
They could only speculate.
Their friends understood instantly that the something they needed to do then was regarding this.
They also knew without asking that those people must have offended Saphira so much for them to lose their lives.
Drake was the only who who scoffed at it seemingly thinking that she must have lost her patience.
But without them asking, Hunter spoke that it was indeed him who used his sword to punish those people.
He spoke of this as they entered the forest where Saphira wouldn't hear a thing.
"I am not speaking of this in order to change your mind about her. But if you truly look closely, you would have seen in her actions that nothing was of her holding back."
Drake didn't react and simply walked towards a different direction.
Hunter sighed, "Because of prejudice most people couldn't see it at all."
"There will come a time that surely everything will be fine," Nixon said placing a hand on his shoulder.
And now one week has passed, Saphira was yawning as she was going down the stairs.
It was early in the morning and she still needs to go to the training ground to keep on challenging the captains and a few other knights whom she could see has potential.
News of her being an out of this world swordsmaster already spread through out the knighthood.
Some started approaching her themselves.
Of course, their prejudice are still there but to have a chance to spar with a stronger opponent, they can simply forget their prejudice for a bit.
She didn't care, it just shows that the prejudice against her by most knights were plainly fuelled by those who just couldn't let go of what had happened.
And this is also to her advantage, this way she can train more and more.
She was even getting excited, looking forward to the next strong opponent she'll meet.
And within this week, she was able to have a spar with Kyne and a general is seriously very much different than your normal knights.
She barely kept up with his movements at the beginning before she could no longer do so towards the end.
She was having her breakfast while her head was propped on her hand.
"I am still too weak, I need to up my game somehow," she puffed her cheeks as she spoke to herself.
"SAPHIRA!!!"
Deep in thought, she was shock when someone suddenly shouted from the entrance of their home.
She furrowed her brows hearing the urgency in their voice, there's also panic.
"What's wrong?" she asked when she stepped out and saw Stormie.
"I couldn't get hold of Willow after our training yesterday."
She was panicking.
"Calm down Stormie, do you need her for something? Why are you so nervous?"
"I can't calm down, she told me yesterday that her sister would want to ask her help for some training but somehow, you know it doesn't sit right," Stormie explained.
Saphira's face turned serious.
Among the seven families, the current Azure Dragon family was the most problematic.
It is because there was no harmony and jealousy was very obvious.
Willow's mother died after giving birth to her, she was unable to hold on because of the immense power Willow holds.
After that her father remarried when she was two and a child was born when she was three.
But the mother of that child, Willow's step mother was jealous of Willow.
Though she tried hiding it, for the seven of them who was the closest to Willow and as mature children, they can clearly see it.
They also know that Willow's father and grandfather were aware.
But since her step mother have not done anything to harm Willow, there is no point thinking about that.
Yet ever since they returned and the obvious closeness Willow and Drake had, all six of them could see.
No, Willow must also be seeing it but because she wanted to have peace in their family, she chose to turn a blind eye on the jealousy her sister was having for her.