*clank*
*clank*
*clank*
"You seemed quite skilled, my lady," Luke told her, as he was forced to retreat, distancing himself away from her, he was panting hard and could only force a smile, facing the woman who uses swords as a plaything
"There are some things you simply didn't know about me" she started and then gasped in a fake manner "Oh right! You don't know anything about me, silly me, I forgot" she snickered at him and he knew he didn't like it even one bit,
'It feels so good to rile this villain in front of me'
She thought, and faced the young Prince who was glaring daggers at her, but he knew himself that he couldn't simply win against a magical woman, who had thousands of tricks up in her sleeve,
"I'll cut to the chase, Are you the one at fault for what happened in Bulao Village?" He asked her, not letting down his guard, he examined her expression, hoping to get an answer from it,
But he couldn't read her, unlike the other noble ladies that are easy for him to know what they were thinking, but this girl who was in front of him made things hard for him,
"Oh? Do you think I'm the one responsible for it? You're wrong your highness" she brightly exclaimed, adding to the confusion in Luke's head,
"But, I know something of it" she added as she walked around the young Prince, who was still confused about her, She placed her heavy sword on the ground and kept on pacing back and forth in front of him,
"What is it?" he asked her, still not letting his guard down at the weaponless girl, who didn't care what would happen to her, she then let out a loud and hysterical laugh, his brows furrowed as he watched the crazy lady,
"You think I would tell you? Well, if you ask me nicely, I think I would give you a hint or two" she nonchalantly says, gently flipping her hair, and facing him, expecting him to just ask her nicely when all of a sudden he charged at her,
But she's quick to dodge him and kick him in the stomach using her right leg, knocking him back, he could only groan in pain as the heel in her shoes hit him hard,
"Ugh," he hissed in pain, as she could only mischievously smile at him, "Well, since I liked the position you're in, I'll tell you something I know, The Plague would go on till 3 years" She smiled as she remembered what she had wrote in her book,
Using the Heroine's light magic, the Plague would completely be gone, and peace would be restored in the Kingdom, it will be the first time the Heroine and the Male Lead would meet,
'I guess there will be 3 years left till this will end and the start of the main story' she thought and took a huge deep breath, and took a glance at the injured Prince,
"How do you even know that this would go on for 3 years? Unless you're the one who is responsible for this!" He exclaimed, glaring at her, as she took a huge deep breath
"My lady! We've got all books that are written by the same author!"
She turned to look at the book and saw Lily and Spring, rushing towards them with worry plastered on their faces, silently praying that she wasn't injured, She then smiled at them and turned to face the injured Prince
"It's up to you, if you want to know about the main culprit, he's dead! He's an alchemist you see, and because of his failed experiment it led to the village's doom" she explained to him and turned her back from him,
"Till next time, Your Highness, I have fun playing with you," she told him as the 3 then transported back to their main Headquarters,
To see that other than the book that she had read, another book that had a brown cover, filled with dust,
"There's no other book?" She asked the two, as she then transformed back to her real self, "We've searched the whole library, master, but these are the only two books that have the same author" Spring explained to her, She then took a huge deep breath, thinking hard on what she'll possibly do,
"Lily, you read it, I'll only hear the summary of it after you finish, and Spring, find the alchemist in that village, capture him before Prince Luke gets him" she instructed the two and took a glance at the window and saw that sun is slowly rising,
"I need to go back, morning is coming," she says, as the two subordinates of hers bow at her before she transports back to her room, hurriedly tucks herself in bed and closes her eyes, and just in time, a blonde maid then walked inside,
"It's time to get up, my lady"
She heard her say, she slowly opened her eyes, and softly yawned, acting like a frail lady, she then smiled at the young maid, who then helped her ready herself for the day,
Back at the palace, in the 2nd Prince's room, he was being treated by Mino, he silently groaned as his bruises were being treated,
"To think that the War Prince would end up like this" Derek snickered, as Luke could only glare at him as he hissed in pain,
"Ria is indeed a very extraordinary woman, but the look she's using doesn't fit well in her image," Mino said, as he closed the lid of the medicine and stood up from the seat, distancing himself away from Luke, he only a servant and he's a Prince,
"Maybe because you've been disillusioned because she's disguising herself as a royal member" Derek joked as he let out a silent laugh,
*knock*
*knock*
*knock*
All of their attention turned to the door, as Derek went to open it, only to see the Crown Prince of the Dratican Empire, Prince Charles Stirling,
Who then went inside and had his eyes widen to see the state of his friend, "What the?! Hahah" he laughed so loud that Luke could only glare at him,
"I applaud the person who made the Almighty Prince like this" he snickered as Luke could only roll his eyes at his childhood friend, Charles invite himself to sit on the couch beside his best friend,
"So, who did this? I'll avenge you, my friend!" He exclaimed as he locked his arms in his, acting clingy,
"It's Lady Ria, Your Highness" Mino replied, as Charles thought for a second and then let out a loud laugh,
"So you've seen the infamous author?! How wonderful! Is she a beauty like everyone predicted?"
He didn't respond to his question, as he would not admit anything, "She's alright" he timidly responded, anger still plastered on his face, and Charles noticed this,
"My Friend, don't be embarrassed that you've got beaten up by a Woman," Charles comforted him who was still grumpy about the fact that he just got beaten up,
"She's a woman filled with tricks, no doubt I'll get beaten up, but her words still made me think, as if she knew something of the problem we all had faced" he explained and took a huge breath,
"Words?" All of them were confused by his words, he then faced his comrades,
"She said that this would go on for 3 years"