Pov Elena:
When I threw the fireball at my stupid half-brother to teach him manners, I could see his expression change to deep surprise. He was so surprised that he didn't even bother to stand guard.
"Hey, if that hits you without even defending yourself, it might hurt," I thought a little anxiously. While the fireball I threw was intended to burn his robe a bit, I gave it enough power to penetrate the defenses he possessed.
But yeah, this guy doesn't fight back, it could be potentially deadly, since my cultivation is at the peak Stellar Sage stage and this guy barely makes it to medium Earthly Disciple. So my attack could really kill him.
BOOM!
Fortunately, the third person who was hiding didn't come just for decoration and interfered at just the right moment when my attack was about to hit its target.
When the aftermath of the impact dissipated, I could see the appearance of the person who defended my half-brother from my attack.
It was a woman. Her fiery red hair fell in soft waves over her shoulders and gave her an air of intensity and passion. Her eyes were also red, a bright red like fire, and they seemed to burn everything they touched. But despite her intense and defiant appearance, there was a grace and beauty about her that could not go unnoticed.
She was tall and slender, with a muscular and defined figure that seemed to indicate great skill and strength. Her skin was smooth and pale and contrasted beautifully with her red hair and eyes.
However, what impressed me most about her was her aura. I could feel something similar as when I first saw that bastard. Even without knowing her true identity, I could sense that she and I had some sort of kinship.
"IMPOSSIBLE, you're useless, how can you have the holy phoenix blood?"he said, and even pointed a quivering finger at me. Apparently he was very shocked by the fact that I had the phoenix bloodline, more than the fact that I had attacked him.
Though strange, I could understand his bewilderment, for in this immortal world there is a special rule for holders of some creatures' bloodlines.
This rule dictates that the purer your bloodline is, the more phenomena representative of the race owning the bloodline will manifest.
An example of this is this idiot half-brother, as his red hair and eyes are the representative phenomena of his bloodline. Now, why don't I have multicolored hair, despite possessing several bloodlines?
This is because I possess the body of the Star Demon, due to the fact that this body is able to control this type of phenomena and thus prevent them from manifesting physically. In addition, I also possess the noble bloodline of the absolute dragon, which already gives me an almost perfect control of these powers.
Why does this phenomenon happen in the bodies of those who possess bloodlines? Well, it is quite simple, as this is because these same bloodlines possess a special Qi. This "special Qi" is not very easy to control for people with normal bodies, allowing the bloodline to be able to modify certain aspects of the person who possesses it.
This phenomenon is not harmful to people who inherited the bloodline at birth, but it does somewhat diminish the power they can use. Even so, people like to boast that they are descendants of some divine or mythological beast and take pride in this phenomenon.
There are also cases of people who possess bodies strong enough to control these phenomena. Remember Aveline? Well, she possesses a body strong enough to mitigate this phenomenon, as her hair is mostly black.
Both Illios and I can also manifest this phenomenon if we instinctively command the Star Demon body not to control this invasion on our appearance or if we employ too much Qi from this bloodline.
Now, the reason why the members of the Fire Phoenix Sect thought that both myself and Illios do not have the Fire Phoenix bloodline is because the purer the bloodline, the deeper your appearance will be affected.
This also works the other way around, as from the bloodline with plebeian rarity, you have a 40% chance of inheriting this bloodline. And since Illios and I are twins, this probability is shared.
So since my mother has plebeian level rarity in her bloodline, seeing that none of us had any indication of these phenomena, she mistakenly believed that we did not possess her bloodline inheritance and thus disowned us.
Returning to the current scene, I didn't have time to pay attention to that ape, because the person accompanying him was looking at me with a rather annoyed and arrogant face.
Suddenly...
"Uggg", I could feel how some kind of aura was pressing me hard towards the ground, but I wasn't going to give in, because if I did, it was a moral victory for those idiots and I didn't want to give them that pleasure.
Fortunately, it wasn't just my will that accompanied me.
[Star Demon (Degraded) has detected an aura that threatens its majesty].
[ Star Demon (Degraded) uses cosmic energy to protect itself from the aura].
[ Remaining time of the cosmic energy: 3 hours.]
When that window appeared, I could feel the aura pressing down on me dissipate immediately and even felt better than before.
"Seriously, this body is fucking useful," I thought positively, while making a defiant face at this insidious woman who wanted to bring me to my knees.
"What are you looking, at this princess?", I said rhetorically to this woman, showing a completely relaxed face.
When she heard what I said, her frown deepened further and her expression became serious, so much so that she began to turn her head from side to side as if looking for something.
After seeing this happening, I immediately recalled a conversation I had with Illios, which, in short, said that these kinds of arrogant young masters like the bald man or my half-brother had a hidden expert protecting them.
So I assumed that this woman was looking for my supposed expert who was protecting me from her aura.
The light bulb in my mind went on and I came up with ideas on how to take advantage of this event.
"Don't waste your time looking for him, rather tell me why this idiot is going around offending a princess in the empire itself," I said to her with an annoyed expression.
You should know that no matter how low my rank is among the imperial family, I am still a princess. So, if you offend me, you are inevitably throwing shit in the face of my father, The Emperor. If this event becomes public, as in this case, the Fire Phoenix sect and the Baldy sect, whose name I have no idea, will inevitably have to apologize to The Emperor.
Since, honestly, I don't think The Emperor will go so far as to start a war.
When she heard what I said, the woman focused her gaze on me and narrowed her eyes more dangerously, but I knew these were empty threats, because it is impossible to attack an imperial princess in front of so many people, and if she does, The Emperor will not stand still.
So, with that in mind, I put my hands on my waist, pushed my chest forward and looked at her saying in a boastful manner, "Try it if you dare, don't say my father, even my bodyguard is capable of beating you up if you offend me, the proud imperial princess."
She saw that it was not very smart to offend me, either because of my father, The Emperor, or because she did not know how powerful my imaginary protector was, which she could not locate.
So she simply approached inoffensively and ducking her head and bowing, replied, "We are sorry if the young master's words offended you, princess. Actually, I don't think they were meant to offend you, but with sincere intentions to get you a powerful family," that he said shamelessly while making an apologetic face.
"My marriage is my business, this is absolutely none of your business with whom I have no ties besides blood. Instead, you should teach that boy some manners, for if he continues with that attitude, he might offend someone in the future that even you couldn't stand up to," that I replied.
Clearly, I said it with a pure intention to warn that this idiot is probably going to offend some savage out there, but curiously she took it as a threat, because she immediately raised her head and looked me straight in the eyes.
After looking at me for a few seconds, she replied something interesting: "I'll keep that in mind, princess, aren't you by any chance looking for some exercises to handle your Phoenix power? If so, I invite you to come to the Fire Phoenix sect, as we have what you need there for your power to increase."
Interestingly, when she said that, she put on a rather cordial smile, as if our previous conversation had not existed.
"I have no interest in going to the Fire Phoenix Sect, at least not for now. As for my business in the Ice Phoenix Sect, it's none of your business," I replied.
"I understand," she replied. Apparently, she wasn't upset by my answer, perhaps because I left ambiguous the fact that I could visit them, denoting that I didn't have a deep hatred for them.
But the bald man didn't care much for this atmosphere and asked about my business.
"Princess, if I may ask, what kind of business do you have here?".
When he said that, I really wanted to say outrageous things about him being a busybody minding my own business, but I came up with a very funny response...
"We are scheduling a marriage between my brother and a member of this sect," I said and made a face as if that was actually the reason for my meeting with Aveline.
Everyone's faces changed to surprise, especially Aveline's, which was completely hilarious.