Rowena Odelette de Edelle, the first princess of the kingdom of Edelle. She was born with a beautiful and charming face. Even though she didn't have the silver hair that was the hallmark of the descendants of the Edelle Kings, she still looked beautiful with red hair that looked like the color of smoldering fire and not forgetting the blue color of her pupils like sapphire.
Her life as a princess should be as happy as the stories in the novels. Unfortunately at the age of 7, his mother who is a queen breathed her last. So that made everyone in the kingdom from the servants to his father, the king, abandon him. Especially when his father's concubine was made queen Edelle.
Her stepmother really always tortured Rowena relentlessly and always tried to kill her life so that Rowena no longer had a chance to become the heir to the kingdom. The king who knew this could only close his eyes and ears. He didn't care about his daughter at all anymore.
Yvonna, the new Queen, tried everything to get rid of Rowena. However, all the plans that he had painstakingly devised always failed. Until one day, he slandered Rowena in front of the king.
"Your Majesty, I want to report the crimes that have been committed by Princess Rowena to my son and daughter. I ask that Your Majesty can punish Princess Rowena to the fullest for almost harming the lives of my children," Yvonna said with sobs.
Basille II, the current King of the Edelle Kingdom who was sitting on his throne walked over to the Queen who was kneeling while crying in front of her. "Please my queen tell me what happened so I can determine the proper punishment for Princess Rowena."
Yvonna hugged her two children while staring intently at Rowena who also stood beside her. He pointed at Rowena and started shouting, "That evil girl has pushed my daughter into the pool until she drowned and was unconscious for several days. Then last night my servant found Princess Rowena who was about to stab Prince Caesar with a kitchen knife. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me , the servants who were on duty at the time could testify to that."
"Are everything the queen said true?" asked Basille II of a servant who was a witness brought by the queen.
"That's right, Your Majesty. Last night I saw with my own eyes that Princess Rowena almost killed Prince Caesar while the prince was asleep."
"Everything they say is a lie. I have never done any of the things they said. Her Majesty the Queen just wanted to slander me. I hope you don't believe the false reports from the Queen and the false testimony of the queen's servants," said Rowena.
Basille II walked over to Rowena who had also been kneeling earlier. He slapped his daughter so hard on the cheek that Rowena winced in pain. "How dare you say that my queen has lied."
"But I really didn't, father. Please believe in me."
"Shut up! You're always making a fuss. Even now you want to kill your brothers. How can you be that cruel."
"Please give justice to my children, Your Majesty," said the Queen again.
Basille II sat back on his throne. "Well, I will give justice to all of you. Princess Rowena Odelette de Edelle I will revoke your title today and I will add you to the royal knights army after a year there you will be sent to the battle of Richella."
"How can you treat me like this, father."
"Guards, please get Rowena out of here!" orders of Basille II.
Rowena burst into tears as she was pulled away by the guards. Even though he did not do the things the Queen accused him of. Only because of the false accusations, his title was immediately revoked. If his title was just revoked it wouldn't be a sad thing, but apart from having his title revoked, he was also included in the royal knight army and had to join the Richella battle.
Among all the Kingdoms that existed across the continent, there was no such thing as a woman who worked as a knight. Even as poor as the women were, they wouldn't do any work related to the sword. To them, a woman who wields a sword is a lowly woman. That perception makes until now there is not a single woman who wants to be a knight.
Moreover Rowena who was originally a princess of the kingdom so it was impossible for her to agree to the punishment given by Basille II. Rowena who has been humiliated by her father, now also has to risk her life in the battle of Richella.
The Richella War is a war that fights over the Richella region which is between the Edelle Kingdom and the Terania Kingdom. The war had been going on for five consecutive years without any victors between the two kingdoms.
Basille II handed over 10 year old Rowena to Edgar, the deputy commander of the blue army who would lead the army of the Edelle Kingdom for this year. At that time Edgar was shocked by the King's decision to give up his daughter to be trained by him.
As a first step to becoming a knight, Rowena's long red hair was clipped by Edgar so as not to disturb her during training later.
Now Rowena really looks like a real boy. Deep in Edgar's heart, he felt sorry to see such a small daughter would be abandoned by her father one year later in a war that had claimed many lives. Edgar began to train little Rowena to become a great female knight.
Edgar who had cared for and loved Rowena like his own daughter could only hope that the child would survive the fierce battles on the battlefield. Luckily little Rowena is very easy to teach. It only took him two months to master swordsmanship.
"Are you sure you want to join the war?" Edgar asked little Rowena as they had just finished their sword practice.
Little Rowena laughed. "Do you think I can refuse?"
"You're right too. Remember not to die silly when you get to the battlefield!"
"You doubt me? Don't you know how great my sword skills are? Moreover, I'm also helped by my magic power," answered Rowena arrogantly.
Edgar hit Rowena in the head with his wooden sword. "Stop bragging about your prowess! You should thank your mother for passing on her magical powers to you."
In addition to her formidable swordsmanship, Rowena also has magical powers that she only awakened a few months ago. Erica, her biological mother is a member of the Odelette royal family. All the descendants of the Kingdom as well as the common people of Odelette will definitely have magical powers with different elements. That power comes from the blood relationship of their ancestors. That's why the other name of the Odelette Kingdom is the Wizarding Kingdom.
Rowena has mastered the six elements in her magic, namely water, fire, wind, earth, light, and darkness. Of course, this is a rare occurrence. Because usually one person can only master two elements.