The next day I woke up to the beautiful clear blue sky reflecting in my eye. I smiled inwardly as Eliza (my personal maid and the best friend walked in). " Greetings Princess Klara" She said sweetly as she unfolded the curtains allowing rays of light fill up my room. "Morning Eliza"."King Elshner summons you and your sisters"She said. "Oh really, why?" I asked as I rubbed my eye before getting up. " I wasn't told why, I was only instructed to get you ready to meet your father". "Now we must hurry " She said as she hurried me into the grand bathroom.
She quickly had my bath and helped me into a beautiful casual purple dress as I slipped my feet into a cute cozy fury slippers with my hair in a ponytail .
I went to the Royal Chambers to see the king and queen were already there. "Greetings King Father , Queen Amanda" I greeted politely as I courtseyed. My sisters Vanessa, Anahita and Mackenzie, were already all there just casually sitting on their respective thrones waiting for me to finally arrive. I sat on my throne as well so King Father may proceed with the announcement.
"Announcement" Dad's voice echoed mightily "I just received a message from the crown prince of Rovenia, he will be coming to select his future wife next week from either one of the four of you" Dad said.
"That's amazing" Vanessa squealed. "I am definitely going to be the one that will be chosen" she said proudly. "And what makes you think that after all I am the beauty and the grace" Anahita said with a mocking tone. "You damn bitch" Vanessa cursed as they started arguing . "Dear sisters it's pointless to argue over the crown prince especially when it is quite obvious who he'll pick, me" Mackenzie said and very soon joined the argument. "Ugh, typical" I rolled my eyes as I sat calmly on my throne bored by the day's event. Luckily Dad already had enough. "Silence" Dad's voice thundered. "You should be ashamed of yourself, you all should be more like you're younger sister, Clarissa who hasn't said a word since I give the announcement".
They all shot me a glare and I gave a smug smirk . "You're dismissed". Without another last word I left the room and immediately went to the Castle's garden. I was on the swings when my eyes fell on a mysterious misty blue pair of eyes with a smirk on his face. "Regallion!!!" I squealed as I ran to hug him. "Hello sister, wow you've grown up so much"he said as he carried me . "So have you" I replied has he patted my head as if I was some kind of obedient little puppy. When I was 9 he told me he'd be leaving for a while, Mackenzie who was only 12 at that time couldn't take the pain of his departure and thereby shut everybody out, he left when Vanessa was 15 and Anahita was 13 buh they didn't seem to give much of a reaction . How the hell did my brother get to be so freaking charming and gorgeous?, was the only question going through my head. " What took you so long to come back, it's been 10 years Regallion " I complained like a little child. He gently rubbed his hands on my cheeks "Sorry it was longer than expected"He said with a charming smile. "Well at least I'm here now so you can show me the skills you've learned over the years" he said as my eyes gleamed in excitement. "So you'll battle me?"I asked like a little child. "Why not show me what you've got little sister" He smirked as I excitedly ran to get my sword.
We went to the training field and Playton my brother's PA started the countdown. We got into a position as I clutched my sword in my two hands "3,2,1, go" Playton announced and we broke into an epic battle. Regalion was an extremely challenging opponent and that's why I love fighting against him because every time I do I always learnt something new, it was because of him I took interest in wars and history and political affairs, it was even him who gave me my first sword, against my father's will of course .
Every single strike he made was based on confidence and knowledge. He didn't hesitate he just kept attacking and didn't sweat not even a bit but that only boosted my determination. I was usually attacking while he was defending and from time to time we switch, but this time I was so damn focused on breaking his defenses that I didn't notice the attack before it was too late and just like that my sword flew out of my hands. "Never focus on just one thing Klara, you got to observe it all at once, the battlefield is an unexpected place" he said as he patted my head. "Again" I said excitedly and we duelled again and again and again and again each time Regallion beating me badly.
We had been battling for hours and the sun was already setting and again Regallion made my sword slip out of my hand, "again" I said "Sorry little sister, no can do, I haven't yet met with MacKenzie, Vanessa and Anahita, you know MacKenzie has been dying to see me for the past 10 years" he said "You knew that?" I asked amused "Yes her letters made that very clear to me" He chuckled anused. "Well bye then" I said as I waved him goodnight "Bye"he said as he also waved me goodnight and left. As soon as he left I asked Playton to battle me, it took me 15 tries and a lot of hours but I finally won "Well done Princess Clarissa Aethera Regime of Alvakon" he said and bowed to which I corseyed in return. Although I wasn't really comfortable with the extremely long title but I got used to it being a princess
It was quite dark already so I decide to go to my room and go to sleep after soaking myself in the bathtub for some minutes.