"Try to stay alive for a week and reside in any village Near to the kingdom of Dragao, even If I have to lose my life, I will stop this war" she sounded resolute in her decision as she turned towards the Silvia "do we got any food supplies"
"Yes, my lady but it's only the hard ration of military food and we can barely manage with them for 2 days,"
Silvia said in an Embarrassed tone, that she received gazes full of contempt and displeasure from the knights who were reminded of their situation, they were sent as the sacrificial goats with a worthless princess who can't even effort for their food
Estelle smirked at their reactions but choose to ignore them and asked for a day's portion of food and gave it to the teens
Sir Gilton and Silvia tried to stop her but failed, as teens vanished behind the bushes she turned towards the crowd and said with a stern voice
"from now on we will travel without stopping for every breath of leisure we take there are countless people who are going to die. divide the rations among your selves and we will start traveling we won't be stopping until we reach our destination, move as quickly as you can"
with that she went inside the carriage startling everyone, sir Gilton was the first one who recovered, and following her words he instructed,
Their travel began, after traveling continuously for four days soldiers were tried and asked for permission to stop but the reply they got was
"There is a war going on, people's lives are at stake"
which made the knights repulsive against Estelle but they couldn't do anything because she is the princess they have to follow,
Obvious to their displeasure, Estelle sat in silence, in fact during the whole time she was in the system space looking through her memories of Kingdom Dragao,
System 000 sat beside her and observed everything she was doing, sometimes voicing her opinions and reminding her when the maid Silvia trying to talk to her,
Throughout her journey she remained of how disgusting the grand Chamberlin was, it can be seen by how he planned on not stopping the war and also planning on making a false accusation on the Dragao kingdom in the name of a peace treaty,
Sending An adopted princess with no power and who is barely alive with a curse implanted on her in the form of a familiar (a type of magical creature who can be contracted with slavery or life and death)
The reason Estelle was still breathing is because of the familiar she was contracted forcefully after the coronation, when she was locked in the cave, they observed her condition through the familiar, and now that creature is in the hands of the grand Chamberlin, who can decide her fate as he wants,
He planned on making Estelle die after she reached the Dragao kingdom to accuse them of violation and to gain other powerful kingdoms' support in the form of justice,
The one that those powerful kingdoms cannot ignore is that no kingdom can violate the conditions they made,
Estelle laughed at his plans as of now she's thinking about how to solve the war and protect herself from them, her thoughts were disturbed when system 000,
"Host I want a name" system 000 asked in her kid form with a cute voice
"Hmm…what should I name you," Estelle thought seriously as she can't call the system 'system 000' forever
"Evelyn how does it sound," Estelle asked the system 000
"I like it, from now on my name is Evelyn Salvatore Hehe he thanks host" saying this Evelyn hopped around excitedly giggling,
Estelle was stunned by the system taking the original Estelle's surname, Evelyn Salvatore meaning savior child, Estelle aka Yanli felt happiness filled in her,
Estelle looked towards the sky and closed her eyes saying "Estrella did you hear that, we have one more family member who will remember you"
Estelle quickly composed herself as she heard the maid Silvia calling her, she opened her eyes and saw the troubled Silvia waking her up "my lady we reached the kingdom of Dragao"
Estelle looked outside the window only to see soldiers surrounding them, confirming their identity they were escorted to the imperial castle, after reaching there the knights were asked to station in front of the prison cell in which Estelle was imprisoned,
The knights were unable to refute and their blood boiled for the treatment they gave to the Princess, their faces were filled with pure anger
In the dark prison with candle lights flickering Estelle sat on the bed while her maid Silvia stood beside her grumbling,
After a long silence Silvia couldn't stand the silence and voiced her frustration "my lady you're the princess of the Zyon kingdom who came here as the peace treaty how can they treat the royalty like this"
Estelle smiled looking at Silvia, she turned towards the captain of the knights "Sir Gilton any thoughts?" strictly speaking in their situation after the Princess, the captain of the knights is the one who has the authority to voice out but he chooses to ignore and followed the routine without regards to the Princess meant he thinks the princess deserves this kind of treatment,
Estelle's smile brightened at his silence, she turned to Silvia who was unpacking their luggage, and said "What is humiliation when the war is yet to end, I was forced to give an oath to countless people who pinned their hopes on me for saving their life's, at this point I have to be ashamed if I feel humiliation"
Her response made the faces of knights filled with shame, but Sir Gilton stood there in surprise, his expression clearly read that the princess is not what they think, until now they obeyed her commands solely because of their loyalty to the Kingdom of Zyon, and she's the royalty representing their kingdom, not because she's the Princess, throughout the journey, their view on the princess changed constantly along with their guard up against her instead of lowering,
Evelyn sneered at their behavior, Estelle chuckled hearing that, Silvia understood the whole situation but feigned ignorance towards the knights and went towards Estelle "my lady I couldn't find many clothes in your closet while packing so I packed whatever there is in the closet" whispering she showed a fancy dress and a few regular clothes along with a black stick
Hummed Estelle took the black stick and observed it for a while, that black stick was the weapon Estelle choose when she asked to choose a weapon, she felt a faint feeling coming from the stick,
A knight came and informed them about the ball held in the celebration of the peace treaty would start in a few hours, Sir Gilton's Face contoured listening to them, he stood there fuming in anger
Estelle smirked as she stood up and said the knights to guard the prison with their backs, the original cell is small and underground behind the bars if all the knights stood against the bars with their armors, then even breathing air would be shortened, yet the knights followed her order straight and stood against the bars, Estelle whispered Silvia to hold up the blanket and close her eyes.
Estelle went to system space and changed to her only fancy dress, coming out she sat on the bed and asked Silvia to do her hair, Silvia hurriedly threw the blanket and did her hair, after a few minutes a night came towards the cell informing them to attend the ball,
Estelle ordered the knights to follow her to the ball along with Silvia, when they reached the entrance of the ball, a few knights halted them asked Estelle to wear heavy iron handcuffs around her neck, on her hands, and on her legs, the crisp sound of those handcuffs while walking can be heard very clearly.
Silvia immediately stood in front of Estelle while Sir Gilton and the knights raised their swords shouting "what's the meaning of this?!!!"
Estelle stopped them "Sir Gilton let them be" her voice is as cold as ice, wearing handcuffs Estelle whispered in a voice only the people near her can hear and went straight with them to the ball
Silvia and Sir Gilton were unable to control their emotions.
one of the knights who was close to Sir Gilton saw the princess conversing with Sir Gilton, he hesitated a little before conversing him with by using mind magic,
his whole body fumed with shame along with the other knights because of the reply, since Sir Gilton used the same method to convey the message to all the 10 knights who were walking behind the Princess,
"if anything were to happen to me abandon me and protect yourselves"
Estelle stood in front of the huge door with her trope her head held high, not bothering the pain of the handcuffs weighing on her, her whole posture screamed the aura of a strong person.