The next fight was between Jake and Adriel. Jake looked like a middle aged man with half aged beard and long grey hair. He wasn't carrying any type of weapons as he entered the battle ground.
Against him was a girl, who was hiding her face and body with a black cloak. Although she moves and act like a mature lady, everyone could guess from her stature that she's probably around the age of 15-17.
As there was no rules stating the minimum age for the participants, she wasn't denied the entrance. Unlike her opponent, she was carrying a sword like staff, with an unknown aura leaking from it. The staff was very thin but looked very ancient.
"Second Match of Sub Matches : Jake vs Adriel will begin now..!"
With the commentator's announcement, this time Adam rang the bell three times. With the ranging, the two figures blurred from the view of anyone below the level of Arch Knight.
They all were surprised once more. Why is this girl who was using a staff, was exceeding the speed of a magister and on par with a swordsman..?
"She's practices swordsmanship and magic! She's a Battle-Magister....!" The Royal Knight Captain and Royal Magister exclaimed excitedly. Although they were like cat and mouse, the two knew how rare was it to find someone who is practicing the two Classes, thus their excitement.
The audience was excited now. They can see the rare fight of a Battle-Magister..!
Jake who heard this was feeling very nervous now. Until this time, they moved fast and only fought like a complete lackluster.
Now that her secret was exposed, the girl kept her staff like sword in a vertical direction in front of her face and exclaimed, "Executioner..!"
No one, even Adam knew about such a spell. When she activated it, she unsheathed the sword still in the same position, and at the same time, a black colored aura covered the thin sword. Although it was very dramatic, it wasn't the strongest spell it seems, since Adam could feel that it was only going to give her a little boost in speed and strength as well as sharpness of the sword.
She dashed towards Jake and slashed at his gut. He dodged it with a millimetre of distance and jumped back. Knowing he can't hold back forever, he too activated his technique for the first time.
He took a posture of standing firm like a martial artist and punched the empty air while he breathed in and out slowly.
Not taking her opponent seriously, Adriel dashed at him once more and got behind him suddenly trying to beat him with the hilt of her sword like staff. But her eyes widened as Jake, moved faster than she could ever hope to follow and punched her stomach hard which made her spurt out some blood.
As she stopped her backward momentum with the help of her sword, she spit the remaining blood from her mouth. Then glaring at her opponent she sheathed her sword and uttered,
"Water is a Behemoth.... Swallowing the sky.... Spreading Destruction...."
Her opponent face paled as soon as he heard this. Even though he isn't magister, he too had knowledge about some spells. And this one she used is....
"Swallowing Whirl!"
As soon as she said this, the air around the venue changed as the weather seems to have darkened. Then only making the battle ground wet, a rain started.
But it didn't last as, just after the rain started, the water began to move like a giant wave, encompassing the entire venue like a giant behemoth.
The judges felt that this spell is most likely a dangerous high level spell, which can probably kill someone one level higher than them if it is perfectly practiced.
Thus not wanting this to affect the entire festival and tournament, they all decided to stop this match. Making the other judges stop, Adam stood and loudly said, "Anti-Magic Barrier."
This was in only a split second, which caused the giant wave of water to evaporate to thin air, as it was still in its part of forming the matter. Then making everyone else, Jake and Adriel blink in confusion, he sighed.
Then with a angry look in his eyes, Adam asked the girl, "Did you not read the rules...? Why did you use a spell which would have destroyed this entire venue...?"
Adriel turned towards Adam and clearly annoyed by his questioning, she glared at him with her still covered face and asked, "And who are you to ask me..?"
Obviously she knew he is a judge and he has some power in this kingdom. So she should be respecting him. But, why should she when she was in a higher position than him..?
"I see, the empire did nurtured some random idiots with no respect for their seniors..."
Everyone, blinked in confusion. But, Adriel was obviously affected by it, as her aura was asking, 'how did he know...?' with a strange imaginary idiotic face.
"W-what are you talking about..? And what right do you have to call me an idiot..?!"
Smiling calmly, Adam pointed his finger at her, and asked, "What do you mean.. "
As soon he stopped midway, her black cloak was teared to pieces by an unknown force, as a beautiful and young figure of a girl wearing expensive and heavily packed Knight suit, with a startled and confused expression was presented for all to see. She had red hair and golden eyes. And he continued,
"...Imperial Princess of Aragon, Alexandria claus desa Aragon..."
Now everyone was very shocked. An imperial princess was here and fighting like a normal person..?!
Flustered by the situation, Adriel couldn't talk anymore. She wasn't planning to reveal her identity even if she won at the end. Now that this happened, her whole plans were wasted.
He searched for anyone else from the empire, but didn't find anyone. This made him even more curious as it was unheard of a princess going to another country without an escort.
Since her identity was revealed, she puffed her chest with pride and said while looking at Adam, "That's right! I am indeed the imperial princess of Aragon! Now that you know it, there is no need for me to stay here... So, as the imperial princess of Aragon, I order you to give me the final prize of this tournament..!"
This time, everyone, including the audience and judges looked at her with a deadpan look. Why is she looking so proud at her own order..?
"I see... Very well..." Though some of them were confused as to why one of the judges suddenly accepted her unreasonable demand, Resta, Damon, Arthur, looked calm.
Hearing this handsome man's answer, she proudly puffed her chest more. As she opened her eyes, she saw Adam standing in front of her, smiling. She was about to ask something, as Adam raised his hand and gave her head a hard karate chop.
CHOP..!!!
"Ouch..!? What are you doing..!? How dare you–"
Making her stop halfway, he gave another chop to the head.
"How dare yo–"
CHOP..!!!
He gave her another. And another and continued until she was tearing up and apologizing. The audience and some nobles were obviously shocked by the scene as, it was the first time they saw something like, someone taming a princess.
"I am sorry...!"
"You know why I punished you, right..?" She nodded without waiting for another second. Then making everyone show surprised faces, Adam brought Adriel with him in a blinking second to the judges seat.
"The match is won by Jake by default as Adriel used a sure kill move which would have affected her opponent as well as the audience. For now, the others will continue to fight."
Saying so, he turned towards the others and smiled. They all understood what is he asking without even talking. Thus they nodded.
He picked Adriel by her collar and disappeared into thin air.
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As soon as he reached his destination, he threw the annoying princess to the nearby sofa. Startled by this action, she hurriedly hid her body like a victim and asked, "Y-you.. What are you going to do...?! I am an imperial princess..! If you touch me, this entire country will be destroyed..!"
Although she was saying some destructive words, she wasn't showing any hostility. Thus smiling lightly, Adam asked, "So, what is an imperial princess doing here all alone..?"
Feeling as if she was the world's most idiotic person, she hid her face in the sofa and said,
"Yhu itiatt..!"
"Sorry, what did you say..?"
"I said, YOU IDIOT..!"
Chuckling at her flushed and embarrassed expression, Adam fell to the nearby sofa in a relaxed manner as he asked, "I never thought, that the princess of an empire will be like this...!"
Gritting her teeth, Adriel pouted in anger as she turned her head away avoiding his face.
"So, what is the reason..?"
Sighing in defeat, Alexandria responded with another pout, "I wasn't allowed to leave the castle at all. So, I fooled my servants and left by myself."
Adam felt like he wanted to spank her to teach her what is sense. Seeing his stern look, she asked, "W-what..?"
"I won't say, you shouldn't travel around to have some fun. But, traveling around the world is not a good thing unless you have some sure confident reasons, like if there's someone protecting you secretly. But, you being a princess, shouldn't be out her alone. In the first place, as soon as you entered this country without permission, you are considered an enemy."
Although she didn't know why, she felt very strange from interacting with this boy. He was very annoying just like her family. But he wasn't objecting her desires. He was only saying this out of concern for her.
"Why...? Why would you say this to someone you never even met before..? In the first place, how did you even knew it was me..?!"
Chuckling at her question, Adam said, "Let's say, I wanted help you after hearing you out..? Well whatever. As for how I knew about your identity. Let's save that for later. For now, I will help you by talking to the king."
She had many questions. For now, she wanted to be not called an enemy. So, she left with Adam to the castle. Although she wondered how would he enter the castle and talk to the king, her all questions were stuck on her throat as she saw everything.
As soon as the guards saw Adam, they cleared the way and bowed with respect. Then, on the way, she saw that, even the servants were respecting him. This surprised him as well, as he didn't heard anything from Rastus.
Following this, she was startled when the king suddenly rose to his legs and greeted him with respect, even ignoring her.
Who was this young man in front of her..?
"I see. I understand the situation. I will write a letter to the emperor. As for her stay here, can i leave it to you..?"
Adam nodded. But suddenly Alexandria asked, "Excuse me, Your majesty, can please not tell my father, that i ran out by myself..? Can you tell him that, I was captured by some unknown people, and was saved by Lord Adam when we were on the border..?"
Rastus looked at Alexandria and then to Adam. Although he wanted to teach her a lesson, feeling pity, he nodded.
"Ok. I will tell him that then. Ah! By the way, How did the tournament Sub matches go, Adam..?"
Adam explained what happened. Rastus too looked at Adriel with a strange face which made her embarrassed as her face flushed.
"Then, I will leave. Also, Ruby asked for you. So, if you are free, go and see her. Also bring the imperial princess with you as well."
Saying so, Rastus left the two and went to finish his work. Adam thought for a while and sent Damon a telepathic message saying, he would not be coming for today. He also asked Damon to help him erase the memories of everyone excluding Resta and Arthur. Since he didn't want anyone else to know about an imperial princess here in Grania, he asked to make sure that the ensure was successful.
He then led, Alexandria to where he found Ruby in the castle.
"Umm.. Who are you really, Lord Adam..?"
Turning towards her and smiling, he said,
"Hmm... I am the future head of a duke house.. By the way, you don't have to use honorifics when talking to me, Princess Alexandria."
Although he said this, she believed that he must have another identity. Thus she followed him after saying,
"If so, you must also call me Alexandria or Adriel is fine as well."
"Hmm...? Isn't Adriel a fake name..?" He asked. She shook her head and said,
"Not really. Alexandria is my real name. But, my parents and family, as well as some friends, call me Adriel. I also consider, Adam a friend of mine. If you do not mind, please consider it."
Nodding his head, Adam smiled as he lead her to the back side of the castle. There was a big training ground. Probably for the Knights. But, now there wasn't anyone present other than a girl with Pink hair practicing sword by swinging it.....