"I love staring at them, laughing while sparring" a voice from a woman spoked while drinking tea.
"Well, that's the new recruits of Emery guards of rhinestones and Emery knights. They are known to be energetic. Truly dedicated to their path" Zeianna spoked, fixing the rhinestone brooch that is attached to her white cravat.
"You truly have a habit of fixing your brooch when you wear a cravat" her accomplice said, a maid filled her cup of tea and she drank it. She grunted because of the tea's delicious consistency.
"It is my lady" she said, after that, she read a book about war and she looked at those recruits that are still sparring.
"Well, maintaining cleanliness and orderliness must be on top of your line, am I right?"
She nodded. After that, she called everyone to take a break. She breathed and her accomplice speak again. "well, great farewells my lady, as I am assisting my soldiers in terms of meetings" she said, she stand up and get out of the gazebo, a striking sun shining the diamonds on her clothing.
Zeianna sighed at the sight of that girl walking away. As her shape became gone, she got inside of the training grounds and gone into practice.
A fellow Knight named Via gone into practice after few minutes of rest from lunch. She saw the ladyship who's busy slashing the dummies.
"Your ladyship" she greeted. Zeianna dropped the sword because of the voice and nodded. "what brings you here, Via?" she asked. Via shooked her head and walked away.
Deep inside, the lady looked at her with no emotions that can't be found on her eyes. Zeianna stayed at the training grounds, still practicing.
When she got in a garden, she smell the flowers. Fragrant.
But suddenly, she jumped when she saw Zeianna staring at her. "g-good afternoon, my lady"
Zeianna nodded. "go back to the training grounds. Now. All of your comrades are in there"
Zeianna walked back to the gazebo. She relaxed a bit when suddenly, an arrow hits the wall near her.
She saw the color of the arrow's wings, it is color yellow and blue. A traditional color of the Rufinos.
"Guards! Enemies!" she screamed. There are sets of guards going in the garden. Zeianna prepared her bow and arrow and told the guards to get prepared.
Another arrow hit again. And now, one of the soldier got wounded. She got in action quickly and suddenly, another guard is running towards her, with a sword seething on the floor, ready to slash her head.
"I didn't expect that one of my guards will betray me! Guards! Attack!" she commanded. The guards defended her and fight with five guards who betrayed their lady.
The five managed to kill almost of the guards. Zeianna realized that these five... Are the skilled knights of the Rufino imperial family.
"My lady!" a female guard pleading for her life. Zeianna quickly saved the guard while drawing her sword using one of her tentacles against the elite guard.
"Knights! Bring her to the infirmary!" she commanded. "you!" she pointed at Via. "send more reinforcements!"
Via nodded and rushed to the knights to told them about the situation.
The fight between Zeianna and the five elite knights took on the forest, far away from the garden of the manor.
"Shit!" she hissed when a thread from her became cut from an elite knight's sword.
'I was supposed to hide my powers but these knights making me want to'
Because of that, a red flare was seen in the forest. The fight between her and now, three knights never stops.
"You're making me practice my powers, no?" she smirked, and full a blast upon a male knight, dying, making his body became two.
There's only a one male knight. "don't forget that you are fighting a Juvelino" she said, and thawing the sword forward, the knight ducked the sword.
A kick hit her face, she hissed in pain. And a sword's tip hit her neck.
"You lost, my lady" he said. Zeianna laughed and using her sword, she threw the sword of the knight, leaving him fighting for his life.
He finally managed to get the sword but without him knowing, his head was cut off.
"Well, is that your purpose? Fighting me until my head cut off? Drawing your sword towards me until my limbs separated? You truly work under the crown prince Ylium" she smirked.
The smudge of blood stains was wiped off through her hands. She left the forest with a smile on her face.
But she stopped midway when she saw Caliana. At first Caliana would attack her but she teleport and gone out of her sight.
"Make sure no one will report this to the patriarch!" a commanding voice echoed the whole living room of the mansion. Zeianna became grateful that her father wasn't here, or he will blame her for the rustic relationship between the Emery and the Imperial family.
"Secrets must be held between me and you all!" she yelled once again. The people nodded and pledge themselves that no one will report this to the duke.
But there's only one person, standing behind the corinthian column with their arms crossed. They walked out, knowing what to do.
She go into her room, walking back and forth, a maid approached her with a tea.
"This tea will calm your mind my lady" Grace said, and she drink it.
"I'm afraid..."
"Of what lady?" out of curiosity, she asked. Zeianna is biting her nails in fear of someone telling about it to her father.
"Nothing" she lied, she sat on her bed in frustration. Her black hair swayed by wind.
"Whatever is that my lady, hope it might never be as frightening as what you are fearing today"
"I hope so"
When she changed her outfits, she sighed. She's questioning herself about Caliana. She never attacked her even though she slayed the elite knights.
She's wondering about her motive. Is she going to tell this to her brother? Or, she will do anything in her action.
She heard a knock. She opened the door, only to see the butler.
"Lady Zeianna, his grace is calling you"