'Sword Maiden,' Yui said, looking at the figure standing at the window while holding a sword, imdiately identifying the woman.
"You! Hehe, kill that bastard now," Leud ordered, laughing aloud upon seeing the woman holding the title of 'Sword Maiden.'
Still not receiving any response for so ti, he beca overwheld with anger and irritation, shouting before lifting his finger and aiming the ring towards the woman, "Bitch, I said kill—SKLCHT!"
Not even air was disturbed, yet the finger wearing the ring was dissected in half, breaking apart. "AGggHhhhh!"
Thud
Falling to the floor, Leud writhed in agony. The sheer pain was sothing he felt for the first ti in his life.
Until now, he had only seen blood coming out of soone else.
"AaaGgggHhh, it hurts, it's killing !" He shouted the sa words, which were most familiar to him, not understanding how even under the influence of the Ring, a Reinguard attacked him.
"What is your na, child?" The woman's lips parted, making way for soft words to reverberate in the whole room, causing Yui to narrow her eyes, as she saw an afterimage standing in front of her.
"..." Without saying anything, Yui's eyes slowly turned towards the sofa in the middle of the room, where the woman was seated, caressing her blade with hollow crystal eyes.
"It's Yui, Lady Seraphina." Without any fear, Yui calmly stated, not getting intimidated.
"Heh, how bold of you. As expected, you know too much," Seraphina's colorless eyes, which seed unidirectional, turned towards Yui.
It was enough for others to feel overwheld by the sharp killing intent falling on them, but sohow, an eleven-year-old child was withstanding everything with ease.
The reason for Seraphina's arrival here was not a call from a ring with ancestral bindings, but rather sothing else.
"Please accept as your disciple," Yui proposed, looking towards Seraphina, who seed confused at first, but sohow found it amusing how she wanted to accept this unknown girl too.
"I accept—" Seraphina slowly stood, her hand clasping her sword tightly before sheathing it, but was interrupted by Yui's next word.
"Please give your sword to Ryuk."
'!'
Seraphina's eyes widened for a second before relaxing. Internally feeling angered due to Yui's proposal, but sohow everything felt very familiar to her, grip on the hilt loosening.
Looking for so ti at Yui, her lips parted yet stopped midway, thinking sothing before asking, "Until how much have you learned from ."
It was a guess, but it sowhat felt to Seraphina that she would sohow get an answer from this mysterious girl in front of her.
Her real na was unknown to anyone, even her husband or family. aning this girl could be from her past or possess so mind-reading ability.
Her past was completely eradicated, so there was no way for this girl to belong from there, and about mind reading, Seraphina was sure that was impossible.
So, it all ca to one conclusion: she was familiar with this girl, not necessarily in this life though.
"I had reached 8-star Swordsmanship in a previous life," Yui revealed without hesitation, sothing unbelievable yet strangely believable for Seraphina.
CLANK
Suddenly, a sharp sword intent launched towards Yui, but was stopped in the middle by a mind sword, proving the reality behind her words.
Normally, Sword Masters were classified into categories unlike Mana Users; the sharpness of their blade decided the level one reached, which was classified into twelve stars.
Right now, Seraphina used a mind sword to test Yui's strength. Though normally Mana users' strength was asured based on energy levels or strength related to one's present body state, Sword Masters were different.
A sword not only sharpened one's physical body but also the mind. Once soone reached a level where just thinking could produce a sharp intent, then even after losing all their strength, their mind beca that much focused.
"I will give this Sword to that little guy, but tell , did I also give it to him in a previous life too?" Seraphina sowhat believed Yui's words but wanted to know how far she went for this girl to even give away her own sword.
"Yes, after I requested you, and even after that, on my request, you rejected your daughter's offer to join a war," Yui was not in a situation to hide anything, since right now, she was standing in front of soone who was most important to progress in her plan.
"..." A small smile ford on Seraphina's face. It would seem like bullshit how could she believe soone she saw for the first ti, but unlike anyone else, her whole life was devoted to the sword.
And a sword taught her, believe in your instincts, and that was what she was doing.
"Let's suppose I believe you for a mont, but tell your relationship with that little guy," Seraphina was already aware of the Devereaux family's daughter being the queen of Selvius kingdom, not that it mattered to her.
"He...." For the first ti after coming back in the past, Yui's eyes lightened up yet again. It wasn't for long. With a ek voice, she revealed, "He is nothing to ."
"I believe you." It was just re words from Seraphina, since it was obvious that the little girl in front of her did not even know her own feelings.
"Let's go." Seraphina moved towards the window before...
Snap
A single finger snap caused Leud's body to heal completely and his finger to regrow. His eyes beca hazy within a mont, as if his mories were tampered with.
SWISH SWISH
Both figures of woman and cloaked girl vanished from there, leaving behind a lying figure of Leud, who once again lost his mories of the current events that occurred.
"Why am I lying here?" Within a mont, he beca conscious too. Slowly lifting himself from the floor while rubbing his head before hearing a knock.
Knock knock
"Y-your Majesty, Y-you called for ," a maid's voice reached him. Slowly his face ford a grin, slowly standing before moving towards the door and removing his robe.
"Let's have so fun in the hallway, HAHAHAHA."
...
In the Selvius Kingdom, morning was filled with bustling, mostly at the center of the capital city, which had beco a place for nobles to gather, patiently waiting for the arrival of the royal family.
"Hey, isn't this all seems more luxurious today?" One of the commoners looked towards the streets, which were now filled with golden carriages. Several high-ranking nobles, including Duke Silvester, were also present here.
"This is only because of Her Highness, Princess Olivia," a genuine smile was present on one of the won. In excitent, her tongue slipped, "She truly deserves to be our next Queen."
GASP
"Shhhhh... you idiot. If anyone would have heard, you would be dead," a man reprimanded, feeling shocked for a mont as he heard those words from the woman's mouth, which was nothing sort of blasphemy.
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A sound of a carriage moving towards them beca audible. The sheer sound caused the land to shake for a mont, giving away the possibility of the arrival of soone belonging to high rankings.
"Woah! His Highness Crown Prince has arrived!" Unison sound resonated through the crowd even though in front was the Crown Princess' carriage.
Everyone's favorability with Crown prince Ryuk was visible.
Their attention was towards the carriage while at the end of the road where the destination of the carriage was set, stood several palace maids accompanying a little girl.
"Fast Vivian, arrange those perfus in that corner" Adanyl called out to arrange the perfus inside the small stall she had prepared with the help of palace maids.
Everyone was helping the Crown Princess to win the heart of the Crown Prince—at least, this is what every servant believed.
"Everything is prepared, Your Highness," Vivian bowed, informing Adanyl who was arranging the pamphlets they had prepared by hand. Due to the sheer number of hundreds of maids, drawing by hand was not difficult.
Each maid prepared two beautifully embroidered pamphlets on cloth, making a total of two hundred. So experienced maids reached a number of five—and all this within a single night.
Everything was executed by Adanyl herself. Knowing her present standing in society as a crown princess while maintaining the etiquette of nobles, she had prepared golden string embroidery using an attractive slogan: "Purchase a perfu with the fragrance that is used by the Crown Prince♡ss."
Though it could create consequences if the prince's na were used so openly, that's why Adanyl had especially added a heart at the end while keeping the length of the cloth so that it feels like the person in question is the Crown Prince—using free publicity.
"Stand at ease!" Adanyl folded her hands behind her, ordering every maid to stand in line.
"Yes, Master!" Each one of them swiftly took all the pamphlets, gathering them in bunches before lining up and waiting for further commands, unaware of several eyes settled on them.
"Scatter!" With a single command, each one of the maids mixed into the crowd and started to distribute every pamphlet.
With the sheer amount of a hundred maids, the seemingly whole Royal Palace was in motion, showcasing the power of the Crown Princess of Selvius Kingdom.
"Take this and try our perfu too." Maids started to advertise, but the funny thing was their pri targets were commoners instead of noblen, confusing everyone.
Observing everything going as she planned, Adanyl felt genuine satisfaction, turning towards the carriage that had arrived. The doors swung open, revealing a girl with blonde hair and ruby eyes.
Olivia stepped out of her carriage, observing the crowd cheering for Ryuk a mont ago. Her mind, for the first ti, couldn't understand the reasons which made him so popular among commoners when she was the one who created artifacts.
Everyone's gaze turned towards the next carriage, glimring with Gaia's rays, adding allure to the whole scenery. The gates slowly opened, making way for a boy sitting within.
"Woah!, Crown princ...." A woman standing near the carriage shouted but was halted midway the mont her eyes fell on the boy exiting it.
Silence. The whole place was pin-drop silent; everyone's eyes were fixed on the boy exiting the carriage. Everything would have felt irritating due to the slow pace, but sohow, everyone's excitent to see the Crown Prince had turned into sothing else.
It was astonishnt, sothing on another level.
Even maids giving out pamphlets stopped in their work, and so even dropped the whole bunch of them. After all, in front of them stood the perfect sculpture they could imagine to be handso.
"Beautiful." Olivia was not untouched by the face in front of her: deep eyes like the ocean, amber hues justifying the warmth of the setting sun, smooth skin, eyes cold yet holding all the care of this world.
badump
'He seems to have changed,' her heart was betraying her facades as she looked at the boy who slowly approached her, her mind filling with thoughts about the words she should use to refer to him.
Ryuk moved, ignoring everyone's silence. Since he could see things more than eyes could, right now in his ears, he could hear a rapid incrent of 10 beats per person in the crowd, which seed unnatural, making him re-evaluate his previous judgnt about his features.
"You seem fine." Passing beside Olivia, whose heartbeat was increasing at a slower rate than others, proof of her being a heroine. But still, there was a subtle rise. What made Ryuk amused was Adanyl, who seed calmly observing him.
"Greetings, Your Highness," Adanyl bowed, confused by others' reactions yet giving priority to her own work.
"Are you feeling well?" Ryuk's eyes softened as he looked at the exhausted girl, who had been working since the night without any break.
'You devil!' Adanyl pouted in anger understanding his sarcasm, yet she didn't break her facade and kept a calm approach. "I am completely fine. Thank you for caring so much for ."
"Fine, I can at least do this much," Ryuk smiled, already satisfied with seeing the result of his actions.
.....
Inside the newly opened perfu shop of Count Carlos, filled with various fragrances made using expensive herbs and flowers.
"Sell all these thousand bottles today or forget about going to His Highness, since I can't give a useless slave to him," Carlien said, taking out her fan and placing it on her face. She felt satisfied seeing the already lost face of Jenny, who understood that selling a thousand bottles in a day would be impossible.
And, the mont she got wind of the new Crown Princess also opening a perfu stall, everything was already decided.
"L-Lady Carl, I an Master, can I sell these bottles at lower prices?" It was Jenny's only chance to sell such expensive perfus, which were 5 gold coins each—an extravagant price.
"Don't you dare. I want 5000 gold coins today, or you will lose one limb. After that, no one will get a disabled slave," Carlien was hell-bent on destroying even a glimr of hope Jenny had, making her fall into despair. Feeling satisfied with the horrified expression on Jenny's face, she turned to leave.
BANG!
Suddenly, the door of the shop swung open, causing it to break and fly apart, shocking both Carlien and Jenny. Their confusion and fear were visible from the fact that soone with such strong strength barged into their shop.
The only thing visible to them were two shining athyst orbs and the shadows of two ears, looking intimidating before an anger-filled voice reverberated throughout the room. "Where is the shop owner? I want perfus!"
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