[05:07 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of the Araminta Kingdom]
[Bridget Family Mansion]
The soft silk caressed my skin as I moved; a pleasant perfume flooded my pores, accompanied by a delicate and beautiful piano melody. However, despite being beautiful, this melody transmitted melancholy to me.
Although it seems that he is enjoying playing it, a thread of tears runs down his left cheek. It falls until it hits his hands and the piano keys in front of him. Why is he crying?... Although his face seems to be in complete harmony and serenity... Why is he crying? ...
I was unable to understand it; at that moment a calm and apathetic voice was heard.
----Young gentleman— My sweet and delicate flower "Inxtine" has already awakened. I have taken the liberty, if you will excuse me, of preparing a gift for you.
The young man reached for an object in front of him and turned on the screen on the wall. Using the control, he changed the channel to the news where they were showing a city in turmoil. The capital of the kingdom of Astrea, the cradle of life, was in chaos.
[News]
----Young Reporter— The Kingdom of Astrea is in chaos three hours after the group of unidentified terrorists attacked the queen's castle and its surroundings. In the report that was just sent to us, they say that the members of the terrorist group are former inmates of the detention center of the Iskander kingdom that was destroyed a few nights ago. It is recommended not to confront them and go to the shelter closest to their residence until the federal force of the kingdom takes care of them.
Former inmates of the detention center? And, that this was destroyed a few nights ago? I have no memory of those events, how strange. My body feels heavy and I can no longer feel my limbs. The melody stops; the young man playing the piano seems to have noticed that he was trying to lift me up.
----Young gentleman— Please do not overexert yourself, my delicate flower…
The same voice I had heard before belonged to the young man who was bowing in front of the sofa where I was lying.
----Young gentleman— You don't have to strain yourself to speak; your resonance frequency is currently being interrupted by my dear maids; don't worry, they can do their job normally; feel free to ask for whatever you want; it's been a few hours since you were brought to me. You've been sleeping all this time; you were under a strong sedative; however, it has finally worn off; while you were asleep my maids took care of keeping you beautiful and elegant as it should be for a young lady as beautiful as you, Miss Arlet.
The young man spoke politely and calmly; he seemed happy to talk to me; there was no longer a trace of the lonely face he had before while playing that melody on that piano. I try to sit on the sofa and the young man next to me holds my right hand with his.
----Young gentleman— I think you should still rest, but if your desire to get up is so strong then allow me to help you.
He holds my hand tightly, but not enough to hurt me, and helps me sit up.
----Arlet Blue— Thank you…
I pause, looking at his face, then he, realizing that he hadn't introduced himself yet, proceeds to politely introduce himself to me.
----Young Gentleman— My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Kamile Abel Bridget. It's a pleasure to finally be able to talk to you. Miss Arlet Genpou.
----Arlet Blue— The pleasure is mine, but I was stripped of the Genpou family name, you should not treat me with such kindness as an exile.
----Kamile Abel Bridget — My love for you, Miss Arlet, has nothing to do with the Genpou family; it is only pure love for you and your unparalleled beauty.
----Taisei's voice— I think you are half crazy in the head, but perhaps you will help us to obtain information.
I still did not feel that the young man spoke with any lie; I felt uncomfortable in front of him; every part of me screamed for me to get away from this mansion as quickly as possible. However, that brought to my mind the news from a moment ago.
----Arlet Blue— Excuse me, Young Kamile, the news from a moment ago…
----Kamile Bridget — Miss Arlet, you should not worry about it. You will soon become a lady of the Bridget family and as your future husband I cannot forgive those who have insulted you.
The young man exclaims calmly and disdainfully his words; however, his anger was directed at the screen on the wall; on the other hand, I don't remember accepting a marriage proposal. The young man, without saying anything else, leaves the room saying that this was now my room.
----Arlet Blue— You say I should get comfortable, wait what?
[10:12 AM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of Araminta Kingdom]
[A Dream]
A goddess, a queen, an angel. There were many names she was called, but no one ever called her by her name except for herself, the heiress of the Demon King Dark.
Caitlin Amy Dark, firstborn of the Demon King Dark. Although she was his eldest daughter, the Demon Lord never cared for her; however, the young princess's potential surpassed that of her father. She was born with everything she could ever want, but without acceptance by the one who was called her father. Her mother lost her life in childbirth. The only time her father showed any appreciation for her was then. He taught her how to use her power and told her that she would undoubtedly become the strongest Demon the world had ever known. Two years later, her father had a daughter with his new wife. The abilities of the new daughter of the Demon King surpassed those of her older sister. Then the king began to show inequality in the treatment of his daughters, until he forgot about her completely, showing only interest in his youngest daughter.
12 years later, at 14 years old on Earth, the young princess Caitlin Amy Dark left the kingdom of her race and began a new life with humans in the Iskander kingdom.
There she met a young man, who found her sleeping in the park under the cold snowy night. The young man approached her and held her hand to take care of her.
The young man could not keep her, but he helped her find a home in an abandoned house where she could now live. That young man was from an important family in the kingdom; using his connections and the help of his older brother, that abandoned house was given to the young princess Amy.
It was then, after 2 years of unjustly accusing the young man of a crime he did not commit and arresting him, with no way of reaching him, that she decided to wait for his return as long as necessary...
[End of the dream]
The bus was heading to the hotel where the students of the Iskander Academy would be staying; the cheerful laughter between the students could be heard, young people eating snacks, reading and others playing video games. In the background, a lonely young woman was sleeping peacefully; her long silver hair was waving in the wind coming through the bus window. She was a lonely young woman, but in her heart there was always someone by her side, even if her father rejected her, even if the demons of her kingdom praised her for her great beauty like a goddess, for her that did not matter. The only thing that was truly important to her was the warmth of that hand that held hers three years ago, that warmth from which she was unjustly separated.
----Amy Dark— I fell asleep… (We'll soon arrive at the hotel, I wonder if I can find a piano)
[10:30 AM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of the Araminta Kingdom]
[Niamh Hotel]
----Master Augusto— Well, young people, you're free to roam around the area. Remember to be at the hotel at 05:30 PM for showers. And 07:00 PM for dinner. Tomorrow we'll tour the castle and have an audience with the queen. That's all. Have fun.
[11:40 AM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.3 Shopping area of the Kingdom of Astrea]
[Astrid lords flower shop]
Students would have free time to explore the districts of the kingdom; they had a schedule to use the hotel showers as well as dinner, but it was not mandatory to be at the hotel at those times, but if you were not there at those times, you would no longer have those services. Right now, a group of students were visiting shops in the shopping area of the kingdom of Astrea.
----Leonardo Genpou— Hey! Come here Kai, look at this.
Leonardo was holding an object with a strange shape similar to a fish with a lizard body and a gorilla head.
----Kai Genpou— That thing looks like your face after failing to use a spell *Laugh*
Kai was laughing happily and Leonardo immerses the strange doll in his mouth to shut him up, which Kai quickly takes away from him, gagging from lack of air.
----Kai Genpou— Are you trying to kill me, idiot?
----Leonardo Genpou— Sorry, your mouth was open so I thought you wanted something inside and you seemed to like it!
Leonardo laughed loudly while Kai seemed to not have enjoyed the joke.
The brother duo got along very well as well as the duo of friends who were with them.
----Ruby Genpou— Akina Come, let's go see the flowers.
----Akina Airi— Y-yeah…
Ruby grabs Akina's left hand and drags her towards the flower shop that was on the corner where the road forked.
Upon arriving, the first to say something were the boys.
----Leonardo Genpou— Lores Astrid Flower Shop, why buy flowers on a school trip?
----Kai Genpou— I would also like to know the same thing?
The girls looked at the flowers while chatting happily, while the boys were discussing the latest episode of a popular anime series that was currently airing. Meanwhile, a young girl came out of the store to welcome them.
----Lucyela— Welcome! How can I help you on this beautiful day!
----Kai/Leonardo— That's it...
The young girl's radiant and innocent smile captivated the two boys who a moment ago were absorbed in their debate about the 2D world.
----Akina Airi— I think I'll choose the Inxtine
----Ruby Genpou— Then I'll choose the mountain ciaras
While the girls were choosing their flowers, the problematic duo of siblings were interested in something else in the store.
----Kai/Yusuke— We chose you!!!
Kai and Leonardo take the hands of the young Lucyela, but in that moment a middle-aged man comes out of the store with an intimidating aura, while carrying a cigarette in his mouth.
----Store boss— Hey brats! Keep your hands off my daughter or I will use you as fertilizer for my garden!
"Yes Sir!!"
The two of them step back and respond with a firm "yes sir".
----Ruby Genpou— Then we choose these, you can charge that pair of fools for causing trouble.
----Akina Airi— Ruby?
----Ruby Genpou— Don't worry, it's her punishment for bothering the flower girl.
"Oh! There they were, I was looking for them"
A calm and seductive voice breaks in as she approaches the group of students.
----Kai Genpou— Sister!!
----Leonardo Genpou— Sister, pay for the flowers, Ruby wants us to pay for her
The girl was the number one in popularity in the academy and in the kingdom of Iskander, rated as the number one student of the academy in all her subjects, admired, respected and praised in equal parts, for her beauty, intellect, manners and combat prowess; the second-born of Duke Toru Genpou and Duchess Akane Genpou, the perfect daughter, Chial Genpou.
----Chial Genpou— Ruby, our dear father, has asked you to stop harassing Leo and Kai, excuse me sir, here is your payment.
Chial approaches Lucyela's father to deliver the payment for the flowers and the inconvenience caused by the idiotic duo present.
----Shop boss— Oh! D-don't worry, they're on me! have one for yourself too!
----Lucyela— Huh? Dad?
The shop boss responds nervously and blushing, while Lucyela looks at her father with disappointment.
----Chial Genpou— Thank you very much, sir, you are very kind. I will accept them if you allow me.
Chial exclaims with a kind and beautiful smile in response to the shop boss's kind gift.
----Shop boss— Sure, it's a pleasure, you can come whenever you want just like your chivalrous brothers.
Kai and Leonardo looked at the shop boss with pity.
----Kai/Leonardo— (Another one who falls for the charms of our sister Chial)
----Chial Genpou— How about we go to the museum now, okay?
The group of young people just nodded in response and headed to the history museum
----Lucyela— Hey old man, can you tell me what that behavior was?
----Kien Zero— That's right old man, aren't we swimming in money to be giving away the flowers we have to sell?
The shop boss had to endure hours of scolding and sermons from his employees.
[01:50 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of the Kingdom of Astrea]
[Astrea Castle, Throne Room]
She was on her throne; she was undoubtedly the most important person in the kingdom; however, Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea was still young. The queen, who was only 16 years old, was on her throne, audience after audience, citizens who came to her aid, bourgeois who visited the kingdom and gave her gifts; day after day she lived the same routine, as if you had finished watching an episode of your favorite series and repeated it until the next episode was released.
As a queen, she has the duty to listen to her people, but that does not rule out the fact that a cycle repeating itself over and over again does not make it boring. Let's imagine this fact: the mission of a popular game where you have to go kill a target seems fun at first; however, later it is repeated with another objective, but the same route. Maybe a second and third time is not something that matters to you, but after doing the same route more than 100 times without even a rock out of place, it gets tiring…
The life of a queen can become like that repeated mission in a video game. She was not unhappy with being a queen, but with the routine of a queen. When she ascended to the throne she thought that every day would be a Pandora's box, but she was wrong, reality hit her hard and brought her back from that fantasy world. Reality is none other than the life she leads now, you will have everything, but at the same time you will feel empty. If someone had explained that to her before, she would surely have rejected the throne. That young woman is neither bad nor good, she was simply looking for a little entertainment. Someone who manages to have everything at such a young age will end up empty.
This day was no different from the rest: there she was again on that throne that has accompanied her for too long.
----Advisor— Your Majesty, tomorrow you have an audience with the students of the Iskander Academy at 06:00 AM until 10:00 AM. Then Count Bridget will come to have tea with His Majesty, we will make him wait in the garden if he arrives before the established time, also his father will come to see his majesty in the evening to have dinner with his mother.
----Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea— They are not even my real parents, the former king and queen are dead, just tell those substitutes to go drown themselves in some gala party and not to bother me.
----Queen's Aide— That will be done, Your Majesty.
----Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea— How boring... you can leave, I will stay here a little longer, just tell me one thing, when is the next audience?
----Queen's Aide— 03:00 PM. Your Majesty.
----Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea— You may leave. (This is really boring, open something that can entertain me)
The young queen, after much yawning from boredom, falls asleep on her throne.
[01:50 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of the Kingdom of Astrea]
[Astrea Castle, Palace Garden]
The peaceful castle of the queen of Astrea was seeing its peace interrupted by a cargo aircraft flying over the castle. Suddenly the rear gate opens and drops a container followed by a great rumble that is felt around the impact zone in which it falls. The castle guards advance towards it and at that very moment the lids of the container are thrown against the castle walls in which the silhouettes of the young people who were imprisoned a few days ago and were now in the palace garden of the queen of Astrea are stuck among the shadows of the container.
The guards immediately rushed to the impact zone, surrounding the container.
----Guard 1— Lay face down on the ground and stay where you are!! This is a private area, no citizens are allowed to enter!!
----¿?— I usually prefer long-distance combat, you could take care of these problems in melee.
----¿?— Leave them to me! No matter how many bees you bring, the queen will still be unsatisfied, well, what is her favorite color?
The young woman exclaims her question with a dark smile, the guards did not seem to understand her question.
----Guard— What?
----¿?— They cannot continue a child's game.
The young woman with her sword in hand advanced against the guards, who immediately opened fire. The bullets reinforced with enchantments are blocked and dodged with great ease by the young woman moving between them, landing agile blows with her 1.25cm/35cm sword. The guards' limbs jump away from their bodies at each thrust of the young invader's sword. The guards begin to retreat when they realize that it is pointless to try to shoot their invader while he has room to move freely. In search of a better position that will tip the balance in their favor, they try to seek refuge in the palace, but...
----?— Mine is the blue one, they will not escape...
The young woman carrying a sniper rifle jumps onto the container and lies down on it with her Hecate II in hand. Each shot is reinforced with her wind resonance, capable of piercing 40 m of reinforced steel. The young woman inhales and fires her first cartridge, the guard in front of the entrance door to the palace is pierced in the hundredth with one shot, he inhales again and his second cartridge is fired. This one pierces the left side of the abdomen of one of the guards breaking his ribs, which pierce his lungs, he inhales again and a third cartridge is fired piercing the heart of a young guard who escaped in fear. The young swordswoman continued attacking with her agile attacks taking the lives of the guards they were up against.
----¿?—Well, I suppose we should also go in, those of the long distance group accompany me to the city.
As the young woman with the rifle prepared to advance towards the city with her group, the one wielding the sword shouted her name from a distance.
----¿?— Adalgisa I need some with me, don't take everyone, Agneta must already be in the city too.
----Adalgisa de Adalia— Adolfina, give me some from your squadron and I'll give you some from mine, if not, I'll give you nothing.
----Adolfina Erisoire— Why are you always so mean? *Sigh* Okay, take whoever you like…
[01:50 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.3 Commercial zone of the Kingdom of Astrea]
A few hours ago this district was enjoying joy and harmony, until a fleet of aircrafts parked and from within, men in armor and gas masks, others armed with resonant abilities, began to attack people without giving them a chance to surrender.
The head of all that massacre was being commanded by one person.
----Agneta de Amara— We have orders to destroy and wipe out everything we see, feel free to have fun with what you find, as a resident of the kingdom of "Bagel" I am more than happy to sow chaos in this kingdom.
The citizens ran terrified through the streets in search of shelter, but they were followed by the terrorists who wanted to kill them.
----Little girl— Mom… What's going on?
----Little girl's mother— It's nothing darling, I'll take you to a safe place.
The woman took her daughter in her arms and started running. All around her people were being killed indiscriminately; children, girls, women and the elderly were no exception in this attack; anyone who crossed their path and was not one of them would be brutally killed. The woman with her daughter in her arms ran down the street, but a pursuer caught up with her and attacked her. The woman managed to evade him thanks to her little girl's warning. A second attack was launched and she dodged it again. This time, the last attack left a small cut on her left arm.
----Young Attacker— Run, run little rat, I almost have you
A third attack is launched by the young man chasing them; this one was faster than the previous ones. The little girl in her arms screams, but the mother cannot evade it, the blow will hit in a second and everything will be over for the woman who was trying to protect her little girl. Time stops for a second, silence covers the place, everything will end as soon as time runs again. The young attacker's sword is about to reach its destination, time runs again and then she hears the clash of two metals next to her.
----Leonardo Genpou— Yo! It seems I arrived on time.
The young man who stopped his attacker's sword exclaims his words with relief in his voice, while another young man arrives to the area congratulating him.
----Kai Genpou— Good job brother!!
Both brothers protect the woman with her little girl, while the rest arrive.
----Akina Airi— Are you okay?
Akina grabs the woman and her little girl, so she can take them to a safe place.
Leonardo on the other hand finishes off the attacker quickly, releasing a sigh of relief for having managed to save that girl and her mother.
----Ruby Genpou— I'm glad we got there in time.
----Akina Genpou— The little girl is okay, the mother has a small cut on her left shoulder, but I can heal her.
----Leonardo Genpou— Good job Akina, well let's go to the shelter, we have to save as many as we can.
Everyone nods in response and heads to the shelter to accompany the woman and her daughter.
[02:00 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.3 Astrea Kingdom's Shopping Zone]
The group of young people was on their way to the shelter with the mother and her little girl; the terrorist invaders were continuously attacking, but they were quickly dealt with. It was clear that this was a sabotage move by an enemy kingdom, however, from a distance someone was watching them without them even noticing.
----Adalgisa de Adalia— I'm sorry it's after you were already rescued, but, they killed some of my companions, someone has to pay the price.
The young woman with her Hecate II, sniper rifle, was on the terrace of the Arcadia shopping center at about 2296 feet high (NT: 700 meters) 2 thousand meters away, in position and with her target in sight, she inhales and shoots.
----Leonardo Genpou— Lady, why are you stopping? We have to hurry
The woman without answers to Leo who was worried about her, falls lifeless crashing on the cold pavement of the street.
----Kai Genpou— Impossible, a perfect shot straight to the skull, where did the shot come from?
----Akina Airi— Guys, take cover.
Akina carries the shocked little girl in her arms and hides behind one of the food stalls abandoned in the riot.
----Adalgisa de Adalia— One less, the little girl is missing where the little bee will be. I already found her, I'm sorry, it's nothing personal.
Ready for her second shot, she inhales and shoots without hesitation at her second target.
----Ruby Genpou— There, I saw a light shining on top of the Arcadia mall,
Showing off her great vision, Ruby manages to detect where the shots are coming from, however.
----Akina Airi— KYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Akina's scream resonates in the ears of her companions, who immediately observe the young woman who is covered in blood and the little girl beside her, lifeless.
----Adalgisa of Adalia— Mission accomplished! Now the others, wait. What is she doing there?…
----Ruby Genpou— Akina!! React!!
----Agneta of Amara— Forget about her, it is better that you worry about yourself now instead of the princess who cannot bear to see an unknown girl die in front of her.
The young woman with a hostile voice stops in the middle of the street in front of the group of young people, with a sword in her right hand and a WM-19.45 pistol in her left hand. The group of young people could notice the murderous intentions emanating from that woman; her clothes were intact, there was a small stain of blood on her right cheek, but it was noticeable that that blood did not belong to her. Looking behind the woman, a hundred scattered lifeless bodies were piled on top of each other.
----Adalgisa de Adalia— Well if she's there I have nothing to do, I'll watch the fight, although I don't think it will last long.
----Leonardo Genpou— Ruby, take Akina with you to the shelter.
----Ruby Genpou— *Tsk* okay, let's go Aki, don't die you two morons.
Ruby takes Akina by the hand and leads her away from the area
----Adalgisa de Adalia— I'm sorry, but I won't let them escape.
The young woman aims at her new target and shoots, however…
----Agneta de Amara— You don't understand when it's time to stay still, do you?
The young woman, without turning around, shoots backwards with her WM-19.45 pistol, which hits the projectile fired by Adalgisa. She is surprised to see how she hit her shot without even turning around.
----Adalgisa of Adalia— She is definitely not human, if she doesn't want me to get involved then I'll just watch her.
----Agneta of Amara— Don't worry little bird, you can retreat with the princess now, I'm not interested in resonants who lose their will to fight.
----Leonardo Genpou— Kai. This won't be easy for anyone
----Kai Genpou— She can attack both at close range and long range, we'll be finished if she attacks us from afar, try to coordinate your attacks with mine brother.
----Leonardo Genpou— No problem, my thing is to use my fists to fix problems, but that sword is a bigger problem.
----Kai Genpou— Okay, this is the combat plan, I will be in charge of blocking the attacks with my daggers. Leo, you will be the main dps this time, your melee attacks have a higher power level than mine.
----Leonardo Genpou— Then I have to risk my neck, understood leave it to me. I'm going to kick his ass.
----Kai Genpou— I'm glad of your enthusiasm, but don't get too far ahead of me or I won't be able to protect you. My daggers are fast, but I don't know how fast she will be.
[02:15 PM, 10/02/318 D]
[D.1 Capital of the Kingdom of Astrea]
[Astrea Castle, Throne Room]
The guards had been eliminated; only a door stood between her and her target; her companions behind her awaited her order. The young woman was covered in blood, without a wound on her body and her sword in hand still dripping with the blood of her last victim; on the other side of the door was the person responsible for the government that causes the people of her kingdom to suffer continuously.
The young queen was sitting on her throne; Her unfazed face remained firm at the door that separated the throne room and the enormous bloodlust coming from the other side of the door; she knew that all those murderous intentions were directed at her, that's why she stayed on her throne waiting for those who wanted an audience with the queen.
The door is knocked down with a bang; it drags along the floor until it hits the steps that lead to the queen's throne. The bloodthirsty group enters the room and there they see someone sitting on the throne, a young woman with an expressionless face; her presence could force you to kneel before her without the need for words.
----Adolfina Erisoire— Well, well, our people have been enduring your mistreatment for years and now we will take revenge by taking your life.
The young queen looked at the commoner who spoke to her without the proper manners.
----Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea— Commoner, you enter my room and do not show a shred of manners before me, it is well known that when you are in front of a sovereign you must kneel.
The moment the young queen leaves her throne to stand up, her enormous and majestic aura forces everyone present to kneel before her presence.
----Adolfina Erisoire— (What is this enormous pressure, this is not some curse or enchantment, she is doing this only with pure brute force).
All the invaders present prostrate themselves under the pressure that the queen's resonance aura evoked in the room. Standing before her throne, a majestic spiral-tipped spear, completely black with crimson decorations, appears in her right hand; as she grasps it, everyone present crashes to the ground, unable to do anything.
----Queen Annaisha Hime of Astrea— ¿Are you wondering why you can't move? No commoner who enters my hall is allowed to stand in front of his majesty.