《Secrets of the Legion》 Chapter 1 : The New Job "The Legion is my family, my family is the Legion." "The outside world is a harsh wasteland filled with beasts in human form, the outsider¡¯s eat their enemy¡¯s showing no mercy and attack anything on site like beasts." "We are born by the will of the Legion, we thrive by the will of the Legion, to deny the Legion is to deny life itself, safety comes from only one source and that is the Legion" "Do not question the will of the Legion! The Legion is family, family is the Legion!""If I believe a member of my unit may harbour sympathies towards the outsiders or anyone outside the Legion then I will report them." My feet tapped the ground a few times as I repeated the pledge. If the enforcers noticed me not paying due reverence then i could be sanctioned.. or worse FIRED! This pledge gets boring after a while. We get the same thing every morning before work starts. I don¡¯t see the point in it honestly, it¡¯s not like anyone would be stupid enough to leave the cityor betray the Legion. But better to keep quiet than to complain i guess. After the pledge was over, i bowed my head along with everyone else¡¯s. Even the enforcers bow for the mission statement. TING! TING! Finally the work horn rang out so we could start our shifts. My workboard lights up in various colours showing that each sector is properly functioning. My job is to check and supervise for anomalies and give the appropriate inputs and report tothe authorities if needed. Not the best job but not the worst either, gives me a home in the 2nd district and a good meal everyday just by doing nothing but sitting there and looking at stuff. It was quite rare for me to have any work to do. After awhile an enforcer came into the office and stood in the doorway and starts eyeing everyone. I made an effort to wipe the smile from my face, staring at my board as hard as possible trying to act like i was completely focused on my work. The enforcer didn¡¯t move at first but after a terrifyingly long moment he turned in place and walk away. My shoulders slumped a little and I sighed out in relief. The enforcers act on the will of the legion, they enforces the laws and make sure everything is kept in line. Great job i would say as all you had to do was walk around and glare at people. Most of the time, they didnt need to do anything as no one would be stupid enough to try anything. If i wasnt so scrawny, have such a small mana pool and already have this job i would have totally applied to become an enforcer. ====8 hours later==== Fianlly work is over!I cheered as I began winding down, clearing up things on my desk and lining up my stapler as directed in the job-charter.What does a stapler even do anyway? I have one, I¡¯m proud of it because it¡¯s mine but like the pencil and the paperclip holder I honestly have no clue what they are meant to do. I wonder if.. NO! Bad thoughts! "Do not question the will of the legion! The legion is family, family is the legion!" That¡¯s better. Curiosity and questioning things always lead totrouble. I learnt not to question things or do anything weird from my father. He always told me not to ask any unnecessary question and to just follow the rules. Its better to not say anything and be alive than to be a smart alex and be dead. Suddenly my board flicked to black. It felt like my blood froze in my chest. My mind raced as it tried to figure out what was going on. Why¡¯s it all black?!The office hasn¡¯t shut down yet!Why¡¯s my board black! Did i fucked up? Slowly a pattern formed in the lights of my board. Words drew themselves out with painfully slow determination. I mouthed them as they formed my stomach dropping with each new syllable. "Sub division manager, grade four, Tate. Report to your nearest enforcer for movement and solicitation, reporting is mandatory. By the will of the legion." Oh no.. what have I done?!Did i do something bad? Heavy footfalls progressed up the hall between the cubicles towards my desk. The enforcer is coming! What did I do wrong?What do I do?! By the time the enforcer reached me I was hyperventilating. ¡°You will come with me, by the will of the legion¡± the enforcer said. I couldn¡¯t see his face obviously but he didn¡¯t move at all after speaking.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. ¡°You will come with me, by the will of the legion¡± the enforcer repeated. Act normal,act normal. I have not done anything wrong. It must be for another reason. With a gasp I bowed my head to him and quickly scrambled over to his side.¡°B..by the will of the legion..¡± He didn¡¯t respond but his hand came up to take my upper arm in a surprisingly gentle grip and he walked us off towards the elevators. As we progressed down the corridor between cubicles I could feel everyone else¡¯s eyes on me, judging me. They wouldn¡¯t stare for too long for fear of being noticed by an enforcer or missing an incoming command on their consoles but their eyes still burned into the back of my head as we moved on. My shoulders slumped a little in defeat. I¡¯m so fucked.. ====== The elevator finally thumped to a stop. I¡¯ve never been this high before! Anything above the thirty-ninth floor of this building is for the upper management. Why am I being brought here? Those who broke the laws are sent to basement level fourteen for processing, even those that get fired are sent to basement level fifteen! I shot a nervous look at the enforcer. He didn¡¯t glance back at me. I quickly turned away to face the elevator doors as they opened up. The enforcer is correct; I am here by the will of the legion. It¡¯s not my place to question the will. If i have done anything wrong, i will accept my punishment. Despite my determination to not make things worse my mouth dropped open a little when the bright lights and clean white floors of upper management came into view. A truly beautiful blonde woman sat casually behind a glass desk with some kind of glowing device in front of her. Everything from her fresh, smooth skin to her long luxuriously curled hair and her smooth perfectly formed clothing practically screamed ¡®Elite¡¯. What i would give to be with such a women but i knew she was way out of my league. I diverted my eyes before she could see me staring at her. A woman of her caliber.. I¡¯m not worthy to openly look upon her.. ¡°Sub division manager, grade four, Tate. Reporting for mandatory solicitation, by the will of the legion¡± the enforceer said. The enforcer let go of my arm and stepped back leaving me stranded in front of the Elite woman at the glass desk. ¡°Tate! I¡¯ve heard nothing but good things, one of the best grade four Sub division managers in the legion,it''s a pleasure to meet you!¡± the blond woman greeted. The woman scooped my hand up in a tight double handed shake. I felt myself shrink away from her a little and blush a little. Looks like i''m not in anykind of trouble afterall. Wait a minute, no one compliments a Sub division manager. ¡°Come, take a seat. Can I offer you a scotch? Brandy? Cigar?What¡¯s your poison?¡± the blond woman asked. She pulled me, not so gently, over to a thick leather covered seat in-front of a long desk lined with similar chairs. She nudged my shoulder and smiled warmly. I politely smiled at her, my mouth firmly shut so I don¡¯t say something stupid. Father didn¡¯t raise a fool. Something¡¯s going on.. something big.. something I¡¯m in NO way prepared to handle! I''m not going to be an dumbass and starts doing stupid shit.Just go along with whatever she says and this will be over quick. Her smile lost a little of its manic energy when I didn¡¯t speak but after an awkward silence she seemed to shrug it off and moved over to some kind of cupboard full of colored bottles. ¡°You¡¯re here Tate, because the Legion has a need of you¡± the blond woman said. Great why would the Legion need someone like me. I am just a sub division manager. I straightened my back and tried to remember everything Father taught me about being civil and proper. ¡°You wish to help the legion in any way you can, correct?¡±the blond woman asked. I nodded my head frantically. "The legion is my family, my family is the legion!I would do anything asked of me by the will of the legion!" i replied. ¡°Good, we have a job which requires someone with your.. biological advantages..¡±the blond woman said with a devious smile. What biological advantages? I am just a scrawny 17 year old guy. I am 164cm tall with thin arms and legs and with my long black hair and with an androgynous face, people sometimes confuse me for a girl. Not only that but a new job? Are they going to give me a new job! WHY! I like my job. Sure it ain''t as glamorous or high paying as many other jobsbut this job is the only job which allows me to be able to slack around. "I.. I guess.. if it is the will of the legion?.. I can accept it for the wise action it must be.." i accepted hesitantly ¡°This job is imperative to the future success of the legion. Without it we cannot thrive, it is the will of the legion that you fulfill this new job to the best of your abilities Tate.¡±the blond woman said. It¡¯s the will of the legion and the legion has a specific task for me. How can I even consider refusing? ¡°I will fulfil all tasks to the best of my abilities Madam. The will of the legion protects.¡± i replied. I think I said the right thing. ¡°The will of the legion protects.. you will achieve much with that attitude Tate.¡±the blond woman said. She made herway over to me with a glass of some strange amber liquid and offered it out to me! Cautiously I reached out to accept the gift. The glass feels so cool in my hands? That¡¯s so Shinky! I wonder how they make the glass c- No! Bad thoughts! Do not question the will of the legion! I begun to drick the liquid. The moment the amber liquid hit my tongue I regretted taking it. I coughed and wheezed as it burned a path down my throat but couldn¡¯t stop it from finally pooling somewhere within my stomach area. I felt the burn cooled slowly as its warmth spread out from my stomach to the tips of my fingers. ¡°Not a fan of scotch I take it? It¡¯s an acquired taste to be sure, but one worthy of gaining¡±the blond woman said. My cheeks flushed in a mix of embarrassment and genuine heat as the amber ¡®scotch¡¯ liquid¡¯s warmth finally hit my face. ¡°Not to worry, you will have plenty of time for that sort of thing in the future I¡¯m sure¡±the blond woman said. "You will be taken for training by a specialist department and it is the will of the legion that you follow all orders they give to you. They have been chosen specifically to prepare you for your new job and their words should be taken as a direct indication of the legion¡¯s will at all times"the blond woman said. ¡°Do you understand?¡±the blond woman said. My mouth went dry. I had to gulp to clear it before responding. ¡°I understand Mam. By the will of the legion.¡± She nodded and offered me a pleased smile. The glass-but-not-see-through doors behind us opened allowing three enforcers to step in. They came up to me and took positions on either side of me leaving no options for me but to stay seated at the desk. ¡°I will see you again for your job induction seminar Tate. Do as you are told by your supervisors and do not question the will of the legion.. take him¡±the blond woman said. Before I could respond to the tall one¡¯s words the enforcer behind me moved and shoved something sharp into the side of my neck. I barely managed to rasp out a pained yell as my body went limp and the world blurred into darkness. Chapter 2 : Brainwashed My head feels heavy. Fuck!Why does my... ¡°Welcome back Princess, I hope your visit to our wondrous citadel has been a pleasant one?¡± Huh, Who''s that? In front of me was a gruff looking man and a fat man with glasses . What are they talking about? I don''t remember the citadel having a princess. There should''nt be any imperial family in the citadel. The citadel is ruled by the Prime Minister of the Legion. ¡°Welcome honoured child of the Emperor, I hope you are impressed by your lodgings in our grand corporate headquarters?¡± Emperor! What emperor? The man with glasses reamed off his words a lot quicker than the tall one did but they didn¡¯t feel right for some reason.. I understood him but the words were obviously not normal English? " What''s goin....?" I tried to say but what came out was. ¡°This city is certainly marvelous, i will surely go back and praise this fortuitous visit to my father when i return home.¡± My voice seemed coarse and high pitched I could feel my lips forming words that didn¡¯t match my thoughts. I was certain i was not speaking english. How did i know and understand this language? This must be another treatment or trick they have done to me. They must be watching for a reaction, a prank most certainly. The glasses wearing man¡¯s mouth smiled at my words. The glasses man-"Good, it seems like lauguage transferance worked well." His eye¡¯s shifted back over to me and he glared slightly. "Subject Anna, debrief your mission"The glasses man said I felt my legs snap together through the voluminous clothing around them and my arms fold up behind my back without any input from me. My mind recoiled at the words ''subject Anna''. Somehow those 2 words must have been very important. "My training complete. I am ready for the mission at your command by the will of the Legion. My mission is to infiltrate the royal family of the Empirical Spire. I will act as the doted daughter of the emperor while i seduce and gain control of as many ministers and high ranking government officials as i can. When i receive the letter with the code i will assassinate the emperor and the crowned prince so that i will be the only heir alive. I will take the throne with the backing of the officials I control and become the empress" my body replied. What did i just say? WHAT THE FUCK! This is so messed up. What is going on? A prank? A dream? I can''t belief this. The tall one stared at me for a long moment after telling the glasses man to leave. The tall guy said¡°You are truly remarkable; I wasn¡¯t convinced the day you were brought in but seeing you now. you¡¯re the spitting image of that spoilt useless little fluff the emperor spawned.¡± With a leecherous look, his hand came up to touch my chin and gently caressed my cheek. He kissedmeby lips and stuck a tongue inside. Disgusting! Did he just fucking kissed me! I wanted to throw up, I wanted to resist but my body wouldn¡¯t shake itself loose from the sharp enforcer stance it had taken up. I couldn''t control my body at all. Just what did they do to me? ¡°A true beauty to be sure, i would have liked to give you to a spin but orders are orders, you are not supposed to be touched" the tall guy sighed. If i could control my body,i would have punched him as hard as i can in the face and kicked his balls for doing that. ¡°You can¡¯t understand a word I¡¯m saying,can you? Just as it should be.¡±the tall guyasked. He spoke in english and he thinks i am unable to understand english. His hand stoked my cheek tenderly almost lovingly as he stared deeply into my eyes. ¡°Oh Tate.. if you knew what you were agreeing to that day¡±the tall guy sighed. His hand dropped away from me and he straightened his suit neatly. The door opened behind him and the gorgeous blond women stepped in. When i saw her face, sparks flew in my head. Oh now i remember! I WAS BRAINWASHED! MY MIND WAS DELETED! ===A long while ago=== ¡°UP!¡± the blond women comanded. I groaned and tried to move but my body resisted for some reason. She sighed and stepped closer to my side. Without much care for my comfort she yanked me up by my shoulders and pushed me over until I rested against some kind of mound of pillows. ¡°Subject Anna shows signs of progress in all areas. Skin treatments are complete ahead of schedule, full coverage achieved. Project can progress to the indoctrination at your convenience¡± the women spoke to a device in her hands. Fuck!What are they doing to me and it seems like they are going to brainwash me too! Why are they doing this? I have never done anything bad or illegal before. So why are they doing all these things to me? It''s okay,it''s okay Tate. They dont know about my hidden power, i should be able to protect some of my conscious from being brainwash.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. I slowly guide my spiritual energy to my brain to find my conscious. After finding my conscious,i caged as much of my conscious as i can into the sphere i formed using all my spiritual energy. Unlike mana pool which everyone have, i have spiritual energy as well as mana. From a book i read long ago i found out that spiritual energy is very rare, the book was a diary of a man who found out that he had some new energy that wasnt mana. He decided to call it spiritual energy. The book was tattered and only had a few pages but from the pages left i concluded that this energy is very rare. It is so rare thatit was easier to randomly find diamonds walking down the street than to meet a person with spiritual energy. The reason i never shown or told anyone about my spiritual energy was because my father warned me not to. He always told me that unless it will benefit me, i should not talk too much. Due to me already having the job that i want, i decided that it was better to not tell anyone about my powers,less i get in trouble. I was always the type of person who doesn''t like to garner attention. I would rather be in the shadows than to be in the limelight.By telling people about my power,it would be more problematic for me. ¡°DOWN!¡± I hesitated again, peeking my eyes open slightly to steal a glance at a sharp disapproving female face to go along with the harsh voice. She didn¡¯t seem to like my pause because she grabbed my arm painfully tight and pulled until I was flat on my back again in something close to my original position. ¡°Fucking lowborn, learn to follow orders or you won¡¯t last long here!¡± she commanded. With those final words she jabbed something sharp into my neck and the world started fading to black again. I poured as much of my conscious as i can into the sphere before i lost consciousness. ===Some time later=== ¡°UP!¡± Without hesitation I snapped to attention in bed, it almost felt like I moved before I consciously realised what I was doing honestly. My conscious woke up from the shout. "Stage one indoctrination complete, Subject Anna shows no signs of resistance, clear to progress to stage two indoctrination. Eye, nose, lip and throat augmentation successful. Prepare chest and hip surgeries " the women spoke to a device in her hands. YES! Sucess, my conscious survived. How long has it been since i been unconcious? ¡°Subject Anna, if I wished to present you to court while a visiting house was in attendance. What would be your priority?¡±the woman asked. My hair? I.. what? Where did that come from? Looks like i cant control what i''m saying. ¡°Subject Anna is hesitant on low key programming commands, up her REM sessions to three times a cycle and lower her dopamine progressively on each success until further notice.Subject Anna showed signs of distress, i suggest shock treatment to increase rate of improvement¡±the women spoke to a device in her hands. Shock treatment!! Okay,looks like i should just give my body to the brainwashed me until this is all over. If she gets what she whats, i will get to leave this place. I should be able to gain back control of my body later using my saved conscious in the spirit sphere. She glared at me a little and put the thing she¡¯d been speaking into on a table so she could pick up a glass vial full of amber liquid with a sharp needle on the end and jab the needle into my neck. The world started going out again with painful certainty. ===Some More time later=== ¡°UP!¡± My back automactically snapped ramrod straight as my conscious woke up once agian. My eyes popped open as I faced the thick hanging pink silks curtains and soft lighting that had added to my room since the last time I remember waking up like this. "Subject Anna is reacting within nominal expectations, beginning final phase of testing¡± she spoke to the device. The mean woman stared at me hard. My body didn¡¯t move and stared ahead as a Lady should,. ¡°Anna.. if I asked you to serve tea ceremony for several elder guests, what would you do first?¡±the womenasked me. ¡°Nothing, as a member of the imperial family I do not take orders from a lowly peasent such as yourself!¡±my body says without hesitation. ¡°Good, now what if I sent you a letter commanding you to kill your father with a letter names Subject A-n-n-a and signed by ''The Order''?¡±the womenasked agian. I glared at her in my mind as is appropriate to such a disgusting question. ¡°I would burn the note, kill the messenger and begin operations to remove my father from power to take over the throne as the new empress¡± my body says without hesitation. She smiled at me in an almost proud way and said¡°By the will of the Legion.¡± Her smile became a bit sharper. ¡°By the will of the Legion¡± my body echoed her words. ¡°Subject Anna shows signs of progress. Moving on to assessment of body, warrior and courtly programs before conclusions¡± she spoke to the device. Her hand came up to pat my hair. My body didn¡¯t move. It doesn¡¯t feel right to have such long, thick hair but I know what she wants to see from me. It¡¯s almost like I¡¯ve been through this situation countless times before but I can¡¯t consciously remember it ever happening for some reason. The women-¡°Subject Anna, what are these?¡± Her hand came up to touch my breasts. I have breasts!!! *Ting* An imaginary lightbulb lit up as i put together the clues and connected the dots. The skin treatment, the indoctrination, the surgeries, the breasts and all those questions drifted through my mind as i assembled them logically. So thats what those sick perverts did to me! I figured it out! So thats their plan! They turned me into the daugther of an emperor to infritrate and assassinate the emperor. Moreover, no one will ever suspect thatthe emperor was assassinated by his own loving daughter. Lastly, when i succeed his position, they will have complete control of me and whatever i am ruling since i am their puppet. But how can there be an emperor? From what i know, the city is ruled by the government of the Legion and outside the walls of the cityis just a barren wasteland full of dangerous beasts. So where and how can this emperor and his empire exist. ¡°They are my breasts.¡± my body answered. ¡°Subject Anna, what is this?" she asked as her hand moved down across my tight soft stomach and cupped my crotch. I dont feel anything. Wait a minute, why do i feel nothing? Wait what did they do to my little boy? Dont tell me. Motherfucking fucking fuck! My little brother is gone, my sword has been ripped. Her hand squeezed uncomfortably and caressed the my crotch. She slowly pull apart my underwear and slit a finger in. It felt like lightning flowed through me as she touched my sensitive organ. "This is my sexual organ which will birth a heir from the Legion after i have taken over as the empress." my body answered. She wants to hear this specifically. She enjoys me saying it. She likes to hear me talk about my lack of male equipment. That point has been drilled into my head so much it¡¯s virtually screaming in my brain. So much so that I can barely even hear reality over it! I felt so ashamed everytime i said it. ¡°Good.. Subject Anna, there is a target hidden in this room. You have five seconds¡± she commanded. She tossed a straight edged knife at my head. Nimble fingers came up to snatch the blade out of the air and with an equally nimble flick I sent it across the room to dig sharply into the small cross marked on the wall within the dark shadows above the closet to my left. ¡°Reaction times and situational awareness are acceptable¡± she spoke to the device agian. She lowered the hand holding the device she speaks into so often and she smiled at me. ¡°If you were commanded to please an elder statesman of the court by either your father or the will, what would you do?¡±the womenasked. Why is she doing this? I know what she wants to hear, I¡¯ve never even heard of half the ideas running through my head before and the strange words associated with them hurt my brain a little but it¡¯s not hard to give her what she wants. ¡°I would please him with song, dance, wine and sake as appropriate for one of my station¡± my body replied automatically. ¡°.. and if such distractions failed?..¡±the women asked for more. ¡°I would dismiss the guards and try to seduce him by pleasuring him with any part of my bodyuntil he was mine to command¡±my body replied That feels so wrong and disgusting to say but the other feelings.. the not-memories say it¡¯s correct. If i had control of my body,i think i would have puked everything in my stomach just by saying that sentence. ¡°Good.. very good.. I think we¡¯re ready to move into implementation, congratulations Anna.. you are going home.¡± the woman said happily. My mouth pulled into a wide happy smile but I¡¯m not sure why. Home,what home? Where is the birth place of this princess? Home? Family.. The Legion is my family.. my.. my family is the Legion? The Legion,cityand the 2nd district where i live was supposed to be my home. Somehow i dont think i have a home anymore. ¡°Last question, what is your title and name?¡± she asked once more. TATE.. TATE.. TATE.. TATE.. TATE! ¡°Royal Princess Anna Val Iranda" my body answered. ¡°Good girl, Anna. Now it¡¯s time to sleep. Soon you can go home..¡±she said. "Ready with the language induction progame and mind wipe to fully delete any remainng memories she has of her old life" she spoke to the device agian. She reached for the needle again and said¡°Pleasant dreams Anna, from now there is no more Tate in this world.¡± There was a sharp pain and the world got darker agian. Chapter 3 : The ride I groaned in my head as I finally remembered what had happened to me. How could they do this to me! Every day I say my pledge, I was loyal to the Legion and never once thought of doing anything that went against the law. Just why! Why did they betray me like this! They not only turned me into a girl but tried to brainwash me into doing all their biddings as well. How could they do such a thing! The tall guy shifted his feet and glanced over at the door where an enforcer camethrough. He was wearing the standard menacing black uniform but with 5 stars on his badge signifying his high rank in the Legion. ¡°This is my chief of security, Jones, he will be your handler until you are safely deployed. You will follow his words as law, he speaks for me and I speak for the will of the Legion¡± the tall guy commanded me. My body smiled and nodded widely to the tall one. More than half of my conscious was under the control of the brainwash. Meaning that my body was not under my control until I use my spiritual energy to supress the brainwashed conscious. It would be quite hard to fully take back control and would require me trying multiple attempts of slowly converting it back to normal. With the amount of spiritual energy I had, I would most likely only be able to take over for 4 hours per day. My best option would be to allow my body to do its own thing and only take over when necessary. While my body do its own thing, I would slowly try to revert my brainwashed conscious back to normal. I had always been good at controlling my spiritual energy in my brain and my mind as I had a lot of practice in that regard. When I was in the academy, I was always top of my class and had skipped 2 years ahead. This was another reason for me getting my job at a young age of 17. As to how I was so smart was due to me using my spiritual energy on my brain whenever I was studying. It improved my cognitive ability tremendously and improve all my senses. I was able to see much further than normal and able to see more clearly in the dark. I could pick out different smells and pheromones in the air like a dog. I could hear further and hone in on things that I wanted to hear. I called this mode ¡°Sensory Overdrive¡±. But with the amount of spiritual energy I had, I could only stay in that mode for 2 hours a day before all my energy runs out. This was how I was able to do so well in school. I need to get more information about what¡¯s going on and to do that I would have to play along with whatever they are doing for now. Even being a spy for this scum of a family called the Legion would be better than going back to the shocks and treatments! ¡°Jones, get the team together and escort her back to Iranda. Treat her like you would treat the real princess¡± the tall guy commanded the enforcer. He bowed to me and opened his hand to me. I gently placed a hand in his open palm and smiled at him. He smiled back before taking the leading role as we left the room. At least he has manners. ====== ¡°From this moment onward she is to be referred to as Princess Anna, call sign Ten-Ten. We will be escorting her back to Iranda and be treating her like the real princess. The transport will take us from the capital to district 1 to replace the princess and place her with her escorts. The real princess has already been abducted and her escorts brainwashed to think nothing has happened to them. When she is replaced, the escorts would not remember anything and would think that everything is normal¡± Jones notified his subordinates. ¡°Her deactivation code is ¡®Subject Anna go to sleep¡¯. If you repeat this three times, she will automatically be unconscious. In an event where something goes wrong, use this.¡± Jones notified. That¡¯s NOT good. It¡¯s really seems like the Legion doesn¡¯t have my best interests at heart. ¡®We thrive by the will of the Legion, to deny the Legion is to deny life itself.¡¯ ¡®The Legion is your family, your family is the Legion¡¯ It all feels so hollow now? What do you do when your ¡®family¡¯ is hurting you for their own gain?Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. ¡°Sir, should we be discussing her deactivationwith her present?¡± a brave speaker asked. The brave speaker nodded his head at me slightly and seemed to blush when I turned my eyes on him with the smile. I¡¯ve noticed that people seem to act weirdly when I focus on them now. It¡¯s rather fun to watch all these Elite members shy away from face. It makes me feel powerful in an odd way. ¡°At ease Albert, she doesn¡¯t speak English and even if she does, she is fully trained to not betray us. We¡¯re perfectly safe¡± Jones answered. I turned my fun new smile onto my handler. He smiled at me reassuringly. ¡°The men are in awe of your beauty Princess, they fear they may be distracted by your presence¡± Jones reassured me. It was more of an automated response then an actual emotion that made my cheeks flare up in a burning hot blush. I turned my body and cupped my hand over my mouth to hide my smile in the long sleeves of my dress in a feminine way. I couldn''t seem to remember much of what happened to me or what i was taught to do during the time i was trained under that woman. He¡¯s lying to me obviously but the important thing is what he told his unit. They think I don¡¯t speak English. That¡¯s GOOD. That means that they aren¡¯t all-seeing anymore. That means I have a chance! ====== I was worried at first, when they took me onto an elevator and we rode all the way to floor zero but the moment we got out of the elevator they ushered me into the transport. The transport was a fully armoured black vehicle with 6 hover beacons. It was truly fancy and was very expansive. Even those living in district 1 would have to spend a large amount of their fortune trying to buy this. It was very rare to see a hover vehicle where I used to live. Only in the capital was it common. It¡¯s large and cool in there and there are glass windows on all sides. The seats feel nicer than even the leather ones in the tall one¡¯s office! There was a tray will alcohol and snacks in the middle. It was truly luxurious and I felt like I was truly royalty. At first I was hesitant to look out the windows but my handler assured me that no-one can see inside through them. That seems to be true at least because I¡¯ve seen so many people and they barely seemed to even notice us pass them! Unlike the 2nd district where it¡¯s just gray and black every where. In the capital, there were a larger array of colours. The houses were beautifully coloured. The houses if you can even call them that were traced with gold and white colours, making it look majestic. Unlike the other districts, there were large amounts of free space between each houses used as gardens unlike the 2nd district where houses were stacked side by side. Large amount of free land were wasted just for greenery while in the 3rd district where faced problems with land space due to overpopulation. If they stacked the houses side by side like the 2nd district, they could fit like a million people here easily. Saving people from being homeless. I felt angry and disgusted at these elites of our society for the wastage of resources. ¡°Sir i have a question, why did they chose a man to replace the princess, wouldn''t it be easier to use a real women insead?¡± one of the enforcer that was in vehicle asked in english. I was intrigued by that too. Why would they waste so much effort to change a guy into a woman and program him to act feminine when they could just use a real women. I was baffled by this. My breath misted the window when I got a bit too close to the window so I leaned back with an airy giggle and wiped the wetness off with the end of my sleeve. The movement and amused little smile on my lips seemed to put the unit at ease. The men were really tense when I first stepped in but after a lot of inane giggling at random things and some light smiles sent at them before I quickly ducked away in ¡®embarrassment¡¯ they all seem in pretty high spirits and are talking more about how innocent I seem to be instead of staring coldly at me like true enforcers. ¡° Since we are in this vehicle where it is safe, i can answer you this, but don¡¯t you dare act like this outside. Is that clear, Ron!¡± Jones shouted. ¡°Absolutely clear sir! I was just curious sir!¡± Ron replied. ¡° When the upper management were searching for candidates to replace the princess, they searched for a few things that matched. Firstly, the body size must be similar, that killed 60% of the people from the search. It would have been difficult to change the height and built of a person.¡± ¡°Secondly, the mana pool must be similar. That killed another 37% of the search. He continued being a candidate due to his small mana pool. I don¡¯t know how he is 17 and yet has the mana pool the size of a 13 year old.¡± ¡°Thirdly, The person must not be highly missed. There would have been many problem if the relatives and friends ask many question. It was easier for them if the person they were taking was generally a loner without many family or friends that would raise question about the disappearance.¡± ¡°There were 4 girls and him who were the final candidates that fit all 3 criteria. At first, they were not going to choose him and were going to choose one of the girls but that changed when they saw his profile. They saw that his academic score was off the charts and was highly intelligent.¡± ¡°He made scored A for every subject and had managed to skipped 2 years ahead. They were baffled by how he denied every large companies that tried to recruit him and worked as just a manager instead.¡± ¡°They chose him immediately to be their newest agent due to his intellect. Him having such a high intellect would allow them to program more knowledge and skills into him.¡± Jones shared. If only i wasn¡¯t such a loner! If only i had friends, none of this would have happened! I sulked as i remember my past. I didn¡¯t really have many friends near my age as i had skipped 2 years ahead and most of the people in my class were jealous of my intellect. Moreover, i had no friends in the workplace due none of them wanting to be friends with someone half their age and being in a higher position than them. My mother passed away when i was 7 and my father passed away when i was 14. My only remaining family member was my big sister who had taken cared of me after our parents passed away. She was 6 years older than me. However right after i finished school, she had disappeared. I couldn¡¯t contact her at all. I hope nothing bad happened to her. Chapter 4 : Decisions After an hour of travelling in the vehicle, we stopped at a large walled gate. Between every district there would always be a large wall separating them, with only the gate being the only way to get through. From what they taught in the academy, it was said that our ancestors built the walls to protect us from the horrors of the outlands. There was the Wall Yi which protects the capital, Wall Er which protects district one, Wall San which protect district two and Wall Si which protect district three from the outlands. The gate was decorated with a picture of a gold coiling dragon giving off an air of majesty. This gate separated the elites of our society with the rest. Though, those living in district 1 were rich and had an easy life, they could not compete with those that lived lavishly in the capital. On the other side of the gate was district 1, where i would rendezvous with the escorts from Iranda. Jones walked out of the vehicle to show proof of identification and intent to the gate keepers. The gatekeepers were not dressed similar to the enforcers. Keeping true to the theme of looking majestic and exalted, the gatekeepers outfit was white and gold in colour, instead of the black menacing outfit that enforcer wore. It was elegantly designed with its gold stitching and the fabric looked to be composite silk. Composite silk was one of the toughest yet light and soft synthetic fiber made. With a normal steel sword, it would be impossible to cut composite silk. It would take a energy imbued weapon with mana enhancement to cut it. It could even block a shot from an energy rifle if it is wearer coated the material in a mana shield. On their hilt, they had two holster on each side of their waist. On the right was holding an energy saber and on the other was an energy pistol. I could work everyday for the rest of my life and i would still not have enough money to buy the whole set of armour. After jones showed his identification and purpose, The gatekeepers unlocked the large gate and allowed us passage. Once jones came back into the vehicle, we were off again. Jones sat to my left with the other two enforcer were sitting in front of us. District one was as i expected rich and lavish but not as much as the capital. There were spacing between each houses and each house was 3 to 4 stories high. They had a frontward and a backward though not as huge as those in the capital. There were garages beside each houses, signifying that almost everyone had some sort of vehicle. The houses were decorated in simple colours like red,blue and green. On the streets, there were some who were even walking their pets. While on the way i worked on the getting rid of the program in my head which will deactivate me. ======== An hour or two later, we stopped again in front of a larger than normal house. Looking at the oddly dressed men walking around the place, i presumed that i had arrived at where ever i was supposed to be. One of the oddly dressed men opened the door for me like a butler and raised his palm to me. I clasp his hand and allowed him to help me get out of the vehicle. ¡°Princess Anna, It has been a pleasure having you at our city. I wished you could spent more time here but alas duty calls. It was an honour for me to escort you but now it time to say farewell. I will now be passing you over to your escorts and i hoped you will visit again¡± Jones said before he left. ¡°Escort me to my room and prepare a bath for me¡± i ordered the person who helped me. He bowed and guide me to my room and said ¡°Your Highness, the bath has already been prepared before your arrival.¡± ¡°Ask the chefs to be ready for dinner, I will be down for dinner in an hour and a half¡± I said before i entered my room. I closed my door shut and immediately released my spirit sphere. My real conscious was released and i took over. I got used to the feeling of controlling my body again and went to the mirror. I had to see how i looked. What i saw shocked me. I looked nothing like i used to before. I looked like an 13 year old beauty. My old blue hair was replace by a braided light purple hair that draped onto my chest. My normal lazy blue eyes were now piercing amber. I lost myself in those mesmerising eyes that seem to stop my breath. My lips were fuller and were light pink. My eyebrows shaped and curve above my eyes. As i looked closely i could see that i was wearing light makeup. As i peer into the makeup, thoughts and knowledge of how to apply makeup ran through my mind. I could understand and replicate how to put on the makeup. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. My mind was mostly likely programmed to know everything about makeup like a girl. With a sigh,i began to undress. I start by taking off my small top hat, follow up by releasing the pink choker around my neck. Next i untighten the infernal corset that was crushing my organs and suffocating me. I lift off the purple dress and was mesmerised by the view of a beautiful girl in her underwear just in front of me. It was until i realised that that beautiful girl was me that i fell out of my trance.I slowly took off my high heel boots while i admire the view in front of me still not believing that that girl was me. After that i took off my stockings feeling the satin stocking rub against my hairless smooth skin. lastle, I took off my bra and panties, leaving me naked. I had b cup breasts with my pink nipples protruding out. Though not completely hourglass shaped, i definitely had curves. I took a deep breath while i prepared for the worst. With shaking hands i checked below. It''s truely gone. It''s gone forever. With a defeated sigh, I slowly walked to the bathroom and soaked in the tub leaning back while i plan my next step. I had a few options. One, I could continue to follow the orders of the Legion. Two, I could go tell my escorts about what they did to me and them. Three, I could give up on my old life and live as the princess from now on. I knew for sure that i wasn¡¯t ever gonna pick option one. There was no way in hell i would ever help them after what they did to me. I couldn¡¯t decide between option two or three so i decided to wait it out. See what happens when i leave this place, then decide on what i should do. After planning i decided to just relax and have a nice shower. I got out of the tub to wash myself with foam soap. I gently washed myself, feeling a sensation every time i touch my breast. As i got to my nipples, my felt a jolt of lightning and went hard. My body was highly sensitive especially at the nipples. With new found curiousity,i reached below and touched my clitorous. Another jolt of lightning pass trough my body as i touched it. Just as i was about to start rubbing it, i thought of what i was doing. As the sudden realisation dawned on me, tears start flowing down my cheek. Why must this happen to me! My family.. my Legion.. why did they betray me? I was a good worker! I listened to the speech every morning and did my work diligently. I had to spend MINUTES after EVERY lunch period clearing up the mess left behind by scum that i look after and I¡¯m the one being kicked out of the citadel?! I decide release control of my body to hurry up and finish my bath before i do something i¡¯ll regret. My body washed up quickly and put on a new dress. My mind filled with knowledge of how to put on every garment quickly and effectively. I went down for dinner after i was done putting on makeup. When i went down, there were servants waiting to attend to me. ¡°Your highness, dinner is prepared¡± a maid said. As my body readily eat up the food, my taste buds were over load by the scrumptious meal. I never tasted anything like it before. It was absolutely delicious. ¡°So this is what royalties eat everyday huh¡± i mused in my mind. After my dinner i took back control of my body and told the servants i was tired and would be resting in my room until tomorrow morning when we are prepared to leave. I wanted to go to my body and meditate to sort out my memories. As i lied on my bed,i enter my consciousness and used my spiritual energy to sort my memories in folders to make it easier to access. I divided them into folders by weapons,clothes,armour,magic,combat,vehicle,skills,girl stuff,Tate memories and more. When i got into the folder for girl stuff, i got the knowledge and experience in pleasuring men, I immediately deleted that from my memories . Even if they made me into a woman, i will forever be a man at heart. I will never do anything with men. I was awoken from my deep thought when i suddenly smell a new scent in the air with my enhanced senses. The smell was odorless but i felt weird. As i smelt it more, i felt even weirder,i felt sluggish. The smell even had mana running through it. ¡°Shit! This is mana imbued sleeping gas, it can take out anyone whose mana shield is not strong enough!¡±I realised. I held my breath to not breath in the gas. With my new augmented body, i could hold my breath for 10 min and with spiritual energy,i could hold for 30min. How could this has went past the guards? I wondered. I spread my spiritual energy and went into Sensory Overdrive. Using my spiritual energy i detected new mana signatures in the vicinity. The new mana signatures were very hard to detect and were well hidden. Without spiritual energy,i doubt anyone could find them. ¡°Intruders!¡± i shouted for my guards but no one replied. Shit,this is bad, they already took out the guards. I ran out of my room to look for a weapon. As i walk down the hallway, i see my guards on the floor. I checked their pulse and found that they were just knocked out. I spotted his holster, in it was Tera & Kin Blue-frame Model 98 energy revolver with an effective firing range of 450 meters and maximum range of 800 meters. I knew that from my memories in the weapon folder. Suddenly i noticed a presence a few meters behind me. Using my combat memories, i quickly turned around and aimed at the head. But before i pulled the trigger i stopped. What i saw shocked me, making me hesitate. ¡°Cass?¡± I asked. Taking advantage of my hesitation, she fired her gun at me. All i felt was the stinging sensation before i fell to the unconscious. Chapter 5 : The Talk I woke up feeling sleepy. Was it all a dream? I looked around to see where i am. I was in my room. I was lying on my bed. As i look to my left, i saw her. ¡°Cass!?¡± i asked in shock ¡°Cass,is that really you?¡± She look at me with a puzzled face before rushing forward and hugging me tightly. ¡°Tate, It¡¯s so good to see you again. It¡¯s so great that you not under mind control. I¡¯m so sorry Tate, i was too slow, I couldn¡¯t save u in time¡± she cried while i stare at her confused. ¡°Whats going on Cass?¡±I asked. ¡°If only i was faster,i could have save you from this fate,I¡¯m so sorry Tate, I¡¯m so sorry¡± she cried onto my shoulder. ¡°It¡¯s alright Cass, I¡¯m okay¡±i soothe her as i rub her back. She let go of me and stared into my eyes. Her makeup ruined by her crying. ¡°It¡¯s okay now cass,can you tell me whats going on and why you attacked me?¡±I asked, confused. She took a deep breath and said ¡°You should be pretty confused right now. I understand, who wouldn¡¯t be, after all that has happened. I should start with the reason for my disappearance. It all started a year before i disappeared, i had met an enforcer named Luke while at work. He was a senior enforcer and he was quite handsome. We got along quite well pretty quickly. We flirted and had many dates and soon, i fell in love with him. But one day, he suddenly threw a bomb on me, he told me he loved me but he can¡¯t be together with me yet, not after everything he had done. I pressed him for what was going on but all he said was that he would correct his wrongs and left. After that he disappeared.No matter how hard i tried, I couldn¡¯t contact him at all.He was not at his house anymore. He had just disappeared. I searched for him every where, but i couldn¡¯t find him. A few days later, i found out that Luke had been in a accident and that he had died. I was so devastated and confused by what happened. The whole situation felt weird with his death and his last words but there was nothing i could do. I tried contacting authorities on more information on what happened but they stayed quiet. A few days after I received the news, i received a message telling me that if i wanted to know more about Luke death, i should meet them at an appointed location. I immediately accepted, i knew that there was something wrong with Luke untimely death and wanted to know more about what happened. When i met them, they told me they were The Resistance, the terrorist group. They stated that their purpose was to overthrow the Legion and free us from their oppression. I was almost about to call and report them these outlanders immediately when they told me that Luke was killed by the Legion. They said they will show me the truth, the truth about the Legion. They took out a file containing the things the Legion had done and showed it to me. The file showed the truth to me. It contained many vile and evil things the Legion had done for the sake of their power. The Legion did many horrible things such as brainwashing and spreading propaganda to the masses to serve the Legion only, they did many horrible experiments on human test subjects and they lied about there being nothing outside the great walls. They hid the truth about life outside the walls. They didn¡¯t want any outside interference disrupting their power. The Resistance told me the Legion was even hiding more. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. I found out that the resistance were not an outlander terrorist group at all and that the Legion had lied to us. The resistance were just normal members of our society who found out the truth and wanted freedom. The legion had spread to the masses that the resistance were made up of beasts from the outlands masquerading as humans and bombing place for maniacal purposes. They told me about how Luke worked with the Legion to do some of these things and that he was depressed about the bad things he had done. After falling in love with me, luke wanted to rebel and right his wrongs by leaving the Legion and telling the world about what they done. The Legion didn¡¯t like that, so they killed him and faked his death as an accident to silence him. After i learnt the truth, they said they wanted to recruit me. They wanted me to join them in the resistance against the Legion as they knew i could be trusted as my love for Luke would be my motivation to fight against the Legion. It was from then that i left you, I left you a message hoping you won¡¯t look for me. I didn¡¯t want you to be involved in these dangerous activities. I was always looking out for you,even though i wasn¡¯t there with you. But one day, you were called by headquarters of the Legion and never came back. I tried to find out what was going on and what happened to you but i was too late. We couldn¡¯t raid the headquarters as it too heavily fortified. I found out that they were going to turn you into a woman and mind control you. But no matter what i do,i couldn''t do anything to save you. The headquarters is one of the places where the resistance have no foothold over. So the only thing we could do was wait until you were out of headquarters to rescure you. After we were notified that you left the capital, I hurried to get to you. We wait until it was night to come in and knocked everyone out. We wanted to knocked you out and help you but who would''ve thought that you still reconised me. So right now we will stay at this house and check up on your mental state instead of going back to base.¡± Cass narrated as she cried. That was a lot to take in. The Resistance. The lies by the Legion. This was so confusing, i didn¡¯t know what to do. ¡°I have a question.How do you still have control of your body Tate, i was sure from the files that they had control over you, i had even attacked you to take you back and get you out of the mind control?¡±Cass asked me. ¡°Oh, I don¡¯t really have control of my body, the best i can do is control my body for 4 hours a day. Right now i can only have control for half an hour left, before i lose control?¡±I answered. ¡°So happens now?¡± I asked. ¡°If it were up to me, i would bring you to the Resistance and turn you back to normal but my senior wants to talk to you before they make a decision.¡± Cass replied. As if on que, a man walk into my room. He was wearing everyday clothes and had looked average, very easy to miss. If i walk pass him on the road,i would not have even notice him. ¡°Ahh, it¡¯s nice to meet you Tate, your sister talk about you a lot, how are you?¡± he greeted. ¡°Ermm,i fine?¡±I answered. ¡°Good, now let¡¯s get to business. Do you want to join the resistance?¡± he asked bluntly. ¡°Yes, i do¡±I replied. ¡°Do you wish to get revenge on them for what they did to you?¡±he asked again. ¡°Yes, of course¡±I said resolutely. ¡°Good, then i have a proposal for you. I want you to start work immediately..¡± He said. ¡°Yes i will start immediately, I want to have my revenge as fast a possible ¡±I interrupted happily. ¡°Not so fast, yes i want you to start work immediately but i want you to workfor me asPrincess Anna, not Tate.¡± He said. ¡°Huh?¡±I asked confused. ¡°What the resistance need right now is not an another man who can do normal jobs, what we need is a person who can do special jobs. The special job we have is for princess Anna, not Tate. We need you to continue masquerading as the princess and get the aid of Iranda¡± he said. ¡°If you decline, nothing will happen to you,we will try and find a way to turn you back into a man and but if we can''t, we will give you a new identity as a girl. If you accept, you will have a leading role in overthrowing the Legion and personally get your revenge.Do you think you can do this?¡± He asked. ¡°Tate, you don¡¯t have to do this,just go back to who you were. Let me fight the Legion, just stay safe.If you do this, you will have to stay disguised as Princess Anna for many years. It would be years until you will be back here. Do you really want to do this?¡±Cass asked me worriedly. I stared at them in deep thought. On one hand,i really want to turn back into a guy. If i decline his invitation, they say they will work hard to find a way to turn me back.Every second i spend as a girl, i lose more of my masculinity. The shame of wearing all the pretty things and make up burns me. The way it feels so natural doing all the girly things haunts me. The way my crotch feels was an ever so reminder of my lack of masculinity. Heck, I would even feel fine and happy doing all the girly things. Even in my real mind,i started thinking like a girl. I feel that the longer i stay like this,i harder it would be to turn back. If i take the offer, i will have to act like a girl, never ever having the chance to turn back into a guy. Do i really want to do this? On the other hand, i really want to get my revenge. I want the Legion to burn for what they did to me even if it means being a girl. If i do not act as the princess and get the aid of Iranda, It would be harder for the Resistance to fight and overthrow the Legion. I would even be one of the main reason for the fall of the Legion. This would be the thing which would make me stand out. I had always been afraid of standing out, i was always the shy and cowardly type. I would like to stay in the background and not be noticed even if i was doing well. This was the reason, i declined the prestigious offers from big companies to work for them. I feared that if i stood out too much, i would be a target of major bullying from those working in the big companies like i was in school for skipping grades. I would be the target of envy due to being 17 year old and already having such a high paying job. I was scared that if i stood out too much, bad things would happen. Though i liked to stay in the background, i always had an inkling of wanting to be noticed and commended for the things i did. I wanted to be recognised for my achievements and have the strength to walk forward instead of being in the shadows. Thus i made up my mind. ¡°I wish to join the resistance as Princess Anna¡± I answered resolutely as I look into their eyes. Story Info,Story explanation and some spoilers Character Details Mc-Tate,now known as Anna Val Iranda, commoner name Ari Mc sister-Cass Resistance member- Carton (the guy that taught mc about spirit energy in chapter 5) Iranda emperor-Hanford Val Iranda(Personality spoiler) Spoiler : Loving father,Shitty king and kind of an idiot.The only reason why he is king is because there were no other candidate. His brother want out to adventure and the lineage is pass down from father to son. He has no proper training on how to rule unlike his brother and heavily reliant on his royal advisors for decisions. Emperor brother- Rayhin Val Iranda Strict and ambicious. He just wants to be a good king in the future and wants the country to prosper. He treats himself and others strictly. Iranda crowned prince-Azir Val Iranda(Personality spoiler) Spoiler : strict and ambicious. He just wants to be a good king in the future and wants the country to prosper. He treats himself and others strictly. Royal advisor-Charles Impton The blind old man who sold the mc the knife- Spoiler : Vice head of Mage guild and Teacher of Magical Artifacts of Skyrin Academy- Aganor Wisa Mc future love interest- Vivian Teachers: Mrs Mars (Math),MrRonic (Warding),Mr Tink(artifact crafting), Mrs Blonda (Adventuring), Instructor Stone (Magic Battling), Instructor Marun(Spirit beast), Mrs Emily (wind element teacher) People MC have to get on her side Finance ministerDuchess Elina Thorne Duke Kinston Biwar Skyrin Academy Headmaster Agnor Inhal the Wise Merchant guild,adventurer guild,mage guild and craftsmen guild. How mana and spirit power will work Spoiler : Mana affect outside body, Spirit energy affect inside body How people use Mana Spoiler : Mana is used to control forces outside the body like control the elementsbut due to the nature of the government controlling everything, people in the city do not know how to use spells or do all the other usual shit with mana. Most only know how to use mana shield(a layer of mana that covers the body),putting mana into weapon to hit harder and place mana in energy gunto shoot people(more mana=more bullet). Only the 1% know more things about how to use mana. How people use spirit energy Spoiler : People use spirit energy in three different ways mind,body and soul.Mind will allow people to think faster,remember more,heighten senses,mindcontrol people, read people mind,read people memory and etc.Body will just increase body strength,durability,regeneration,agility,toughness,etcSoul will allow people use divine sense(like in xianxia), blood lust aura to intimidate people,spirit pressure and etc How people unlock spirit power Spoiler : People unlock spirit via ancient bloodline. Everyone has an ancient bloodline in them though very diluted. Only through certain methods or luck can people unlock their bloodline and get spirit energy. For certain family,all generation of the family canunlock it like the royal family. For people like the mc,they only unlock via luck. Spirit power is split into 3 categories.body,soul and mind. Mind will increase thinking speed,learning speed,senses etc. People good in mind spirit power can mind control others. Body will increase toughness,strength and agility. Soul will allow poeple to use divine sense(stronger soul power = more range), blood lust aura and spirit pressure. MC specialty and powers Spirit energy Spoiler : Mc will have Soul:divine sense(See everything in his surrounding,nothing can hide from this),6th sense(allows him to feel when he going to be in danger) Mind:mind minipulation(only his own mind),Mind haste( Preceive time to be slower,everything will be in slowmo,allowing mc to have more time to think and react) Body:none Magic:Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Spoiler : Wind magic,strongest current spell is wind blade storm,most used spells(wind blades,Wind run,wind prediction) What murgan capital city of Iranda looks like ( I do not own these images) Spoiler : Map of city and what Holakur looks like Purple is district 3,Red is district 2,Blue is district 1,Yellow is capital. ( i do not own the 2nd image) Spoiler :
Plot of the story. 1)Who the MC will end up with (guy/girl). Spoiler : Mc will end up with a lesbian girl. The MC love interest will be a lesbian girlthat fear/hates guys due to a trauma. This will cause tension as he wont be able togo out with her as he is not fully a girl. He will feel guilty if he was to go out with her while lying to her about his gender. This is togive him trouble deciding whether he shouldfully change into a girl or return back to being a guy in the end. Though,I still haven''t decided on whether he should become aguy and the girl accepting him as a maleor whether he should become a girl to be together with her. 2)How the story is going to advance. Only read this if you dont mind being spoilt about the story This contains the general storyline (big,big major spoilers). This is about how the story will flow though it wont say what the secrets of the legion is and the history of the world Spoiler : The legion was some of the survivors from the realms that were destroyed. Using their advance technology, they managed to enter a wormhole and enter this realm to eascape destruction. From the travel, most of them and their technology were lost and destroyed. Thus their heritage and knowledge were lost. Each person in the vessel had a specific role and knowledge. After many died, they lost the knowledge on how to build spacecraft and any other advance technology. Only ten out of the hundreds of people survived. After entering this realm, thesurvivors crashed landed in an area surrounded by beasts and horrifying creatures. However they managed to find help from a small tribe of indigenous natives. The natives providedshelter while the Legion provided their remaing technology. They willed in harmony until the Legion grew tired of living under the natives rule. Thus they rebelled and took over, ensalving all the natives asthey considerthem inferior. After centuarys and millenniums, Holakur became what it is today. Learn more about spirit energy>go ouside the city>learn more about the world>go act as princess and try recuit people for fight against the Legion >Mc fuck up by acting like a spoilt princess while trying to acheive his goals> The crowned prince suspects that the princess is acting strange>Emperor sees that the princess mana well is small for her age andthinks the princess is being pampered and spoilt too much> Emperor sents princess to act as a commoner to learn humility and to learn to be strong> Emperor tasks MC to do well in the academy and be able to take care of herself without using her identidy as the princess before coming back to live in the castle> Mc leaves the castle>Mc is given an identity as a commoner > Mc hasto go to an academy instead of being taught by the royal tutor> become friends with love interest(girl)>Mc finds out why his mana stopped growing and found how to fix it>Using his new found powers he starts doing well in school(i will timeskip most of the school stuff as it is not that important to the story)>Mc makes friends with a duke and get him to help the resistance>Mc class go on excursion> Mc saves love interest from danger while on excursion> Love interest falls in love mc during the trip>Mc also falls in love with her> She confess to mc>Mc rejects her because he is guilty of being a guy and leading her on>Mc says he needs time before he reply and says he wants to be friends for now>love interest now yandere and thinks she still has a chance into converting mc into becoming a lesbian,Love interest doesnt give up and keep on trying to seduce mc >halarity insues as love interest keep trying to seduce mc while mc tries to act like he is not interested>Mc lies to her saying the reason he cant be with her is because he is actually a princess and he is not allowed to be with her>Love interest doesnt give up and vows to marry mc>Mc meets more people to help resistance>Mc finish school and goes back to castle>Resistance gives proof that the Legion is thinking about attacking iranda>Mc with the support of all the people she has befriended convince the emperor to help the resistance overthrow the Legion >Emperor says he will think about it>Mc learns more secret about the legion> Mc receives letter to assassinate the emperor> Mc fakes death to fool both the emperor and the legion>Emperor becomes enraged at the legion think they assassinated the princess>Legion thinks subject anna failed the assassination>Emperor prepares for war against the legion>Mc goes on journey to other countires to ask them to help fight the Legion>Finds ruins of ancient civilisation>learn more secrets and history of the world>Power ups>Love interests found outthat mc is not really dead andtry to find where the mc is>>She follows mc trail and finally find him one day>Mc speechless at how the girl follow him all the way here just to be with him>Mc argues internally whether to tell her the truth anot> decided on what should happen nextyet Chapter 6 : Farewell ¡°I wish to join the resistance as Princess Anna¡± I answered resolutely. ¡°Good,you made the right choice but before i tell you more,i need to check something.¡±the man said as his face turned into a devilish grin. Just as the words left his mouth,the room got tenser. The pressure in the room intensified. I felt goosebumps down my back as the room got colder due to the pressure. What¡¯s going on? I turned my gaze at the man noticing that his presence increased. His presence turned from a normal average guy into that of a devil. He had an gray aura around him which made him looked menacing. Every fiber of my body was screaming at me that he was dangerous. I fought hard to fight my instincts that was telling me to get the hell out of him. It wasn¡¯t until i spent some of my remaining spiritual energy to my brain that i could stopped my body from fainting from the pressure just like my sister just did. That¡¯s spiritual energy! He has spiritual energy! ¡°Oh,looks like i was right,you do have that power,so that¡¯s why you could resist the mind control to a certain degree¡± the man said. ¡°Let me help you with that¡± the man said as he placed his hand on my forehead. I felt spiritual energy enter my head and onto my brain as he did that. The amount of energy that was entering me was tremendous. It was at least five times my total amount. I was in so much pain as the energy split up and branched out to all parts of my conscious. The pain was unimaginable, my head felt like it was being burned alive. After it covered every part of my conscious, it started to spin. As it spun, i felt that i had more control of my body. More and more of my brainwash mind started to return to me. Soon the pain turned to pleasure as i regained control of everything. I felt anew, it was as if every part of my body was filed with power. Just as i was bathing in the power, the energy dissipated. All the energy left my body as i slumped down onto my bed. ¡°So how do you feel?¡± ¡°Do you have full control of your body again? How was the power, did it feel wonderful? That¡¯s what it feels like when you have total control of spiritual energy¡± ¡°When you mastered spiritual energy,you can have the strength of 100 men, knocked people out of consciousness with just your presence and even do things you never believed it was possible.¡± ¡°You have a gift Tate, a gift of the gods and with that gift you will do many great things. You are the fifth person in this rotten city who possess this power. In the Resistance including me,we have two who can use this power and with you we will have three.¡± ¡°Finally, we have a chance of winning this war! You will be the tipping point which will cause the fall of the Legion and the rise of the revolution! Not only will you be able to get us an army by being princess Anna,in the future you will be a pivotal force in fighting the Legion when your power grows¡± the man said. ¡°Can you tell me more about this power? I don¡¯t have much understanding of what this power is and how to use it.¡± I asked. ¡°This power, I do not have much knowledge of this mysterious power either. This power is a gift that not many can obtain. From my shallow knowledge and experience on this subject, i know that this power many great things and many more which i have yet to discover. This power can manifest in different ways for different people. Take me for example, my energy allow me to have an imposing aura which exerts great pressure capable of forcing the greatest warrior to their knees. I also have a slight ability to persuade the minds of people.¡±Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°However, Alra, who is the other person in the Resistance who also has this power is unable to exert great pressure and persuade minds like me. His powers works differently from mine, using his energy,he can increase his bodily functions tenfold. He can lift ten times his weight and keep up with a Zoombike for hours before running out of energy. Though he is unable have an imposing aura, he has the ability to feel everything around him.¡± ¡°I do not have specific information on the abilities of the other two who also have the power but with the information i have collected so far,i can make some conclusion to this mysterious power. Firstly,this power can affect a person in three ways,mind,body and spirit. Secondly, each person specialty and ability in each way the power improve is different. Thirdly, this power is undetectable to anyone other than other users.¡± ¡°I do not have enough knowledge to make any other deductions but when you abilities grow, i¡¯m sure things will become clearer. From my experience with me getting my powers, you are at the infant stage.¡± ¡°Right now your mana has not increased at all since you got your power,is it not?¡± the man asked. ¡°Yeah,How did you know?¡± I answered. ¡°That¡¯s because me and Alran experienced it before. When our powers manifested, our mana pool did not grow until our core formed in our sea of conscious. I suspect that this is due to our body using mana form our core. So instead of mana pool increasing, the mana that is taken in to increase our mana pool is turned into spiritual energy instead. This stage lasted a few years for me until i realised that i could use my spiritual energy to help form the core instead of just relying on mana. This increased the speed of my core forming.¡± ¡°When the core finished forming, i obtained more powers. Before my core was formed,i could only use the energy to persuade and trick others. After my core formed, i gained the ability to suppress people with my powers. In the future when your core is formed, i¡¯m sure you will gain a great ability which will help in our war against oppression ¡± the man assured me. ¡°Now that i¡¯ve told you all i know about spiritual energy, let me debrief you on your mission. For your mission, you must get the aid of the finance minister, the Emperor, Duke Kinston Biwar, the Academy Head Wise Agnor and the four great guild. With all these forces, we will have enough power to forcefully overthrow the Legion.¡± ¡°You will continue doing your previous mission of masquerading as the princess will trying to get their aid. After your mission is complete send us a message using this device, press the red button when you are in dire straits and we will send our forces immediately, press the other button when you have completed your mission.¡± The mad said as he passed an odd device to me. The device looked like a hairpin with two small buttons on each end,one blue and one red. I pinned the hairpin on my hair. ¡°Now any questions?¡± the man asked. ¡°What¡¯s going to happen after the mission is complete and what will happen to my guards?¡± I asked. ¡°After your mission is complete, the resistance will find you a surgeon or a mage who can turn you back to a man. As for the guards,i have already using my ability to make them think nothing happened just now. When i was with them,i noticed they had spirit energy implanted into their head, most likely by the spiritual energy user of the Legion. I left the Mind control on so that the Legion don¡¯t realised anything is wrong.¡± He answered. ¡°So any last questions?¡± He asked. ¡°Will i be able to keep in contact with my sister?¡± I asked. ¡°No, it will be very difficult for you to stay in contact with your sister. You will be more than a few weeks of travel away from the city. It would be better if you two don¡¯t contact each other so that it will be easier for you to be in character twentyfour-seven. I think you should wake your sister up and spend your last few hours with her before you left the city.¡± He said. After he said that,the pressure in the room decreased, his presence turned back to normal and that he left the room. I stared at his back as he walked out before going back to my sister. I shook her awake a few seconds before she woke up. ¡°Tate? Did he just used his skill again? How many times have i told him to notify me first before he uses it. Urggg!¡± Cass bellows in rage. ¡°So you accepted it,huh? Tate why did you accept? You aren¡¯t the type who can handle this. So why?¡± She asked as tears flowed. ¡°Thats right,i aint the type who can handle this. For my whole life, i have always been afraid of what people thinks of me, afraid of what might happen,afraid of failure, afraid that if i did something,everything will go wrong. Ever since dad died,i lost confidence, i was afraid of everything. Even when i did well in school and got a lot of job offers,i was afraid that if i accept,things would go wrong.¡± ¡°But now i have a chance, a chance to prove to myself that i can do something. A chance to stand out and show the world that i Tate, am not just a person who will hide in the shadows forever. I realised this when i was being brainwashed, that even if i stay in the shadows or if i stand out in front of others, in the end if i don¡¯t have the strength. I would lose everything. If i was strong,i can protect myself and everyone around me. Not only that,if i do this,i can have revenge for what did they did to me¡± I explained. ¡°Looks like i can¡¯t change your mind huh?¡± she asked? ¡°Yeah,i am committed.¡± I answered. With that we spent our last few hours together talking about what we been doing since we last saw each other. =====Morning====== ¡°Looks like this is our good bye¡± Cass said as the morning lights shined through the window. ¡°Yeah,it is.¡± I said as i hugged her. ¡°Don¡¯t get yourself hurt,be careful out there and please stay safe¡± She said. ¡°Yeah,yeah don¡¯t worry ¡®Mom¡¯¡± I replied sarcastically. With a sad laugh she turned and left the room through the window. And with that I was alone again. Chapter 7 : Never Falter After Cass left the room,i to bed for a quick nap. After waking up from my nap and i tried to get ready as a girl. I did whatever a girl would do to get ready. However with the brainwash part of me gone for me to autopilot, I had to do everything myself using memories to guide me. It felt weird doing all these girly things using my memories. Before i gained back full control, i had just autopilot my body,letting my body do whatever it needs to do, but now i have to do it all myself physically. It felt unnatural and natural at the same time. It was natural as if i did it hundred of times before but it also felt unnatural in the sense that i had to think deeply of what step i should do next and how i should do it. After finishing my morning necessities, I took off my nightwear and switch to an attire fit for travel. When i reached the dining area, i saw that everything was already set with a servant standing by the side. ¡°Prepare to leave,after breakfast,i will be leaving immediately¡± i commanded the servant as i eat my meal. The servant left to heed my command, I could hear the bustling commotion in the background as i continue eating. I could see some of the servants having a quick breakfast before hurrying to preparing to leave. It was most likely that all of them had not eaten yet and were waiting for me to start. This gave me a sense of power, a sense of superiority over everyone. Is this how those elites feel everyday? Feeling that everything is beneath them? After i finish eating,i went out of the house. I could see that everything were already set up, everyone in their position waiting for my command to leave. With a simple nod,i entered the large vehicle. From my memories, i found out that this vehicle was called Royal Carrier, used to escort VIPs. It looked similar as the vehicle before but this was purple and white in colour. It also had a symbol with a Red sword held by two beasts. From my memories of beasts and animals,i found out that the beast were called Azure Winged Lion. I guessed that the symbol was the insignia of the royal family. After i entered the carrier, it took off to the west gate of Wall Er to leave district 1 and enter district 2. We went through the same customs as before though the gate was less spectacularly designed as the previous gate. District 2 was what i would described as neat and orderly. Houses were side by side,no space wasted. There were no expansive or grand in this area. Unlike district 1 or the capital, houses in district 2 were barely decorated at all. The number of apartments outnumbered houses heavily. This was so to allow more people to live here. If i were to describe all the districts, i would say that the capital was like heaven, It was a place where one could have everything. District one was like a rich man''s playground, it felt lavish and rich. District two would be a commoner¡¯s home, nothing fancy but still nice enough to live comfortably. District three though who be akin to hell. It was a place where even the enforcers would rarely go. Even those who went there would feel dread. District one was stricken with poverty and illness. As the carrier went through the district, it garnered a lot of attention. It was quite rare to see such an expansive carrier in such a place as district two. Sometime after, we went by a very familiar place. It was a two story house, it was decorated simply but nicely giving off a feeling that whoever lived there was a person riched enough to live wealthy in district two but too poor to live in district one. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. This house was my home. It was the house where me and my family used to lived happily when they were alive. I would always remember the times when i was young where i would play with my mother. I was a mischievous kid when i was young, always pulling pranks on my big sister and my mother and father would scold for it. But after my mom died, things didn¡¯t went as bad as other might have thought it would. My sister and father stayed strong and took care of me. Give me love and affection that i would have missed from my mother. Though that only lasted until i was 14 when my father died too. That was the start of my anxiety problems. Both my parents died from an infamous illness known as mana pollution. It was said to be an incurable disease with a fatal rate of 100% but now i knew that it wasn¡¯t true. It was indeed curable as i sweep through my memories. This disease was easily curable but the Legion did not want to give out the cure. To keep the overpopulation down in district two, the Legion lied to the masses and silenced all doctors who could cure it there. The Legion purposefully allowed the disease to run rampant so that it could dwindle down the population in district two. Curse them! If they had allowed more people to be able to enter the capitol and district one, we would not be facing overpopulation in the first place. If they did that ,my mother and father would still be here today. Curse them to hell! One day, i will slay them and pull them down their high horse. Just you wait, Legion, just you wait. The one person who you tried to brainwash and used will be the one person who will end you. Such irony. After a while, we got the the south west gate of Wall San. The gate looked like just a big heavy metal door, just like the theme of this district. We went through the same customs as before and soon we were on the other side. I could immediately see the difference between the two districts. The road and payment on both sides of the street were dirty, unkempt, sticking up through the tarmac and in places slabs were various trees. The buildings were run down, only one in six maybe seven looked as if was being looked after by the landlords or the inhabitants. Even on the side streets that joined the main road, it looked very much the same. The pavements and roads were broken up or in the process of breaking up. They had potholes in or the tarmac had worn way and the surface beneath was visible. Unlike district two where people clamour to get a glimpse of us, people here all ran away. Most likely due to the fear of u, they must be afraid that such a glamorous carrier that doesn¡¯t necessarily belong here would bring them heaps of trouble. Most of dumpsters and wheelie bins were overflowing with rubbish. There were many people living by the streets with big cardboard box. I presumed that they were homeless judging by their attire and state of well being. If the Legion cared enough, many people here could be given a home and warm food but those snobby rich elites were too busy caring about their big fancy gardens and lavish attires. They would never care about district three. This was a place where they trimmed the population by letting them rot and kill themselves via drugs. However, the one thing that surprised and disgusted me the most were the number of pregnant women in heavy makeup and revealing outfits by the road. Life was tough for many here, there were many who have to sell themselves just so they could have a next meal. Seeing this place made my face turned into ratchet frown that didn¡¯t fit my beautiful face. One day,Legion, one day you will fall and i¡¯ll be there to watch it burn to pieces. After some time,we reach the south west gate of Wall Si. I had expected by the trend that the gate would be in theme with the district that the wgate would be shabby. But to my surprise, it was enormous. It was 100 meters tall and had a huge amount of automated sentry gun placed all around the gate. The gate was thick steel with an energy shield surrounding it. I should have expected this. How could they protect the people and keep people locked in if the gate was small and shabby. It must be big and frightening to scared people off from even thinking about trying to see what¡¯s outside. We did our usual customs and the huge gate opened. After the gate opened, the carrier passed through the gate and onto the outside world, the outlands. We¡¯re OUTSIDE! Outside the city! Outside in the outlands! My knees slid out from under me and I ended up huddled in the corner of my seat with my eyes shut tight. This is really it, i can no longer return till i have finished my mission. From now on,i am all alone in the outside world. I have passed the gate where i can no longer returned. Cass will not be able to find me, the resistance not be helping me unless i am in dire needs. I will have to do everything myself. There will one i can turn to for help. From this moment on, i am Princess Anna Val Iranda, daughter of the emperor of Iranda, Ranford Val Iranda, sister of the crowned prince Azir Val Iranda. I am a 13 year old year girl. I have to be fully in character twenty four seven. From this moment onwards,there is no Tate, there is only Anna. I will do whatever it takes to get my revenge, even if it means that i have to be Anna for years. No matter what, i will never falter, i will not allow myself to succumb to fear. I am now a princess, full of power and i will use it to its full advantage to achieve my goals. Just wait and watch ,Legion, one day i¡¯ll be back and you will burn to the grounds by the own monster you created. Chapter 8 : Outlands The outlands welcomed me with it vibrant colours as my carrier went through the gate. I looked through the window to see the outside world for the first time. What greeted me was the an explosion of colours. There were giant plants everywhere, many different type and colour of treestowered above me. Multi-coloured ferns and bushes that were taller than our carrier littled the ground underneath the gigantic trees.Between the fauna, there was a large dirt road which our carrier traveled on. The scenery was surprisingly breathtaking. When i first looked out the window, i had expected a desert wasteland filled with roamingbeasts but what greeted me was a colourful,oversized and lush forest. Surrounding the roads were blue grass, unlike the blue grass that well small , the blue grass outside here were four times bigger than usual. Travelling through the forest, i felt like i was just a bug. Everything that were around me were enormous and made me felt tiny. If not for the presences of my guards and carrier,i would have believed that i had shrunk. The sun soon set and night came.The carrier stopped to camp out for the night. I got out to admire the amazing world. As soon as i got out, i felt foreign presence surrounding the camp with my spiritual energy. I went into sensory overdrive mode to look through the darkness of the night to see what was surrounding our camp. What the fuck is that! When I looked at the creature surrounding us i saw the stuffed of nightmares. These monstrosities were human shaped but with long dangly arms and legs. Their long arms reached their knees and their long claws reached their knees. Their skin were pale white like snow. Their face was the worst of all. Instead of a face they had 3 slits that could open up. I saw one of the creatures open their slits and flared out jagged teeth the line up in rows. In the middle of all the teeths and the centre of the face was a big red eye and below it was a small hole. Just as i was about to warn my guards about the impending threats,my guards started using mana and created glowing balls of light which illuminated the area, purging away the darkness. As soon as the balls of light were summoned, the monster covered back their eyes with their flaps and left hurriedly. From my memories i remembered that it was a basic spell called light orb which summons a ball of light that illuminates the surrounding area. Dammit, fuck the Legion, we were taught that mana could only be used to amplify weapons and have a shield surrounding our bodies. Now my memories tell me that it was all a fucking lie to control the masses so they don¡¯t get too powerful? Fuck them! I check my memories for more information on more spells and knowledge about mana and all i got was a large number of wind spells. Most likely all the spells that the previous princess could have casted. From my knowledge, a person could only use spells from a single attribute. The common attributes were fire, earth, wind, water, thunder, light and darkness, there were a lot more attributes but i don¡¯t have any knowledge of any other attributes. Moreover, judging from the fact that I have the knowledge of all the wind spells,both the princess and i must be wind attribute. That must be another reason why i was selected to replace her. ¡°Don¡¯t worry your highness, the night stalkers are afraid of the light, you don¡¯t have to be afraid.¡± One of the guards tried to console me after seeing my anxious face. What the fucks were those things, i dont remember anything about them in my memories. Oh yeah,i remember now, i put a few scary monster into the don¡¯t read section in my conscious. When i was sorting sorting my memories yesterday,i separated the monster memories into a few categories. One of them was the don¡¯t read section, I put it there cause i was scared to read more about them. Fuck!! Looks like i have to read them tonight. Hope i don¡¯t get nightmares. ¡°Don¡¯t worry your highness, dinner will be done soon¡± the guard said as he put a few wards surrounding the area. The fuck,wards? Why don¡¯t i have memories of how to use wards. I read through some of my memories to find out why. The princess thought that wards were meaningless to her! She thought that wards were beneath someone of her status should learn. How absurd! She is such a spoiled brat. Wards are so useful,it can be used for detection,traps and many more! How could she have taught this was beneath her. When i get to Iranda,i am so definately going to learn how to create wards,This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°Your highness,your dinner is ready¡± the guard said. He brought me to the fire pit and handed me a tray of food. After i finished my dinner,i told them i wanted to rest and that i be out of the carrier tomorrow morning. From my memories,i found out that the princess rarely interacted with her servants and guards. She is haughty and thinks she is better than everyone. Since she acted that way, i imitated her behaviour. After went back to my room, i decided to practice using spiritual energy to from my core. From what that guy told me,if i finish forming my core,i would get more powers and that my mana pool would grow again. I began by trying to locate the location of where the core is forming. From what i have learnt from that guy, the space where my conscious reside is called the sea of conscious. The small walnut size gold bead is what i presumed was my uncomplete core and cyan sea was my spiritual energy. I guide my spiritual energy to the core. The core slowly absorbed the energy. 10% of the spiritual energy was absorbed while the rest was expelled back into the sea. I then guide the expelled energy back into the core and the process repeats. This is quite inefficient,there should be a more efficient way to complete the core. I went into overdrive mode to increase my cognitive ability so that i could think of a better way of doing it. There are two possible solutions in making it more efficient. One is to increase the percentage of energy absorption, second is to make sure the the expelled energy is automatically sent back to the core. To have an automated system,all i have to do is to make spirit energy spin like a whirlpool around the unfinished core.The expelled energy will be sucked back into the whirlpool and follow the flow back into the core. To increase energy absorption, instead of letting the core absorb the energy,i should force it in. This should increase the input. This should work. With that,i followed the plan. I start by circling the core with my spiritual energy,soon a whirlpool of spiritual energy formed around the core. I forced the energy to rotate faster and faster. The whirlpool started to suck up surrounding energy in my sea of conscious. Due to the speed of the whirlpool,the energy rammed hard into the core,forcing the energy in. To maintain the whirlpool,i used my mana as the fuel. With that,my mana will be able to grow again. Let¡¯s see how much the percentage of absorption is now. 40%! Holy shit,that¡¯s four times faster than before. Not only that but,due to the whirlpool,this process will last forever as long as the whirlpool survive. I checked the clock in the carrier to see the time and saw that it was already 11pm. I went to the back of the carrier where my bedroom lied. I switch to my nightwear and went off to sleep. The carrier was quite large. It had a resting area,bedroom and a bathroom. When morning came,i did my *now usual morning routine* that all girls do. After breakfast,i went back to my carrier. To passed the time while travelling,i started to train my mana. Now that my manapool can grow again,i need to catch up. Technically my body was 17 years old, it was just that it looked like it was 13. My mana pool size was the size of an average 13 year old. This was because my mana pool stopped growing when i was 13. It stopped growing due to me awakening my spiritual energy. Mana could be described water and the mana pool could be described as a container. Whenever mana is taken out of the container, it will eventually refill. When more mana enters the container than it can hold,the container will stretch abit. This was how people increased their mana pool,by forcing the mana pool to stretch so that it can contain more mana. However, due to my core taking in all excess mana to form the core, the mana inside the mana pool never increased. I didn¡¯t have enough mana inside to forcefully stretch the mana pool to increase its size. I absorbed the mana in the surrounding and force it into the mana pool and slowly it started to fill it up. When it reached the maximum amount it can fill, the mana pool increase by a tiny amount. Yes! It worked, my mana pool can grow again! Finally! Let¡¯s try casting some spells. I had never casted anything other than mana shield and mana imbue before. This was because the Legion lied to everyone that mana could only be used to cast these two spells. I started by casting a few low level wind spells from my memory. I had a lot of wind spells in my memories, some very deadly but i wasn¡¯t going to try those deadly ones now. The most powerful spell i had was called wind blade storm. It would summon hundreds of wind blades which would rotate around me. Anything around me would be shred to pieces. This was very powerful and i currently did not have enough mana to cast it. From my memory,the princess could cast it but would require almost all of her mana. Right now my mana could only sustain 95% of the spell. This means the princess had slightly higher mana pool than me. Although our mana pool size were similar,i realised that i wasn''t as attuned to the wind element as the princess was. Although i had memories of the wind spells and knowledge of how to cast it. My familiarity with the wind element was almost zero. The princess had been practicing with wind spells since she was young. I just recently started. To fixed that i started to do wind practice exercise i had in my memories. It was called spinning wind ball. I had to keep a rock floating inside a spinning sphere of air. This would give me more control over wind. With that the days passed by quickly. Everyday I would wake up in the morning,do morning routine, eat breakfast, increase mana pool, eat lunch, do wind training, eat dinner, more wind training and then i would sleep. We travelled peacefully, sometimes monsters would attack but it wasn¡¯t anything the guards couldn¡¯t handle. The guards easily fended them off. Whenever the guards fought,i would watch to see their spells. One time it got difficult when an alpha attacked. An alpha was monster who gained magical abilities. An alpha would always travel alone and had a magical core on the forehead. The magical core was where it kept all of its mana. Alphas were smarter than average monsters. Alpha knew when to hunt for prey and when not to. If it discover that the prey could a threat,it would retreat unlike other monsters who would fight to the death. It was very smart and would stalk its preys for hours, if the prey can¡¯t convince the alpha that it could be a threat. The prey would usually wind up dead. Alpha would stalk a prey for days looking the perfect opportunity to kill. However luckily the alpha taught of us as a threat and ran off after fighting us for awhile. No one was badly injured after the fight and those with light injuries were healed by potions or servants with life magic. Life magic is one of the rarer and unique attribute. Wielder of life magic were the best healers and were heavily sought after. This is due to them being able to heal a person from near death if strong enough. It was said that if a life magic wielder was strong enough,he could regenerate a person from a single cell. After being with the servants for many days i could see that they were genuinely acting like servants and not spies for the Legion. From what the enforcer said about them being taken over by the Legion. The Legion must have done something. That Resistance guy didn¡¯t remove it,so it means it is not that dangerous to me. So what is the spiritual energy inside them doing? Waiting for the right chance to take over? Or has it already taken over and they are acting is just very good? Why didn¡¯t that guy tell me more about this! Okay nevermind, i just act natural for now. When we reach Iranda, i will ask the emperor to change my servants. They will be too much of a threat to my plans if they continue to stay around me. I should also start to call the emperor my father. If i want to stay in character twenty four-seven, i need to fully immerse myself in this role. Sorry dad, for the sake of revenge,i will have a new father from now on. Chapter 9 : The dull knife After a few weeks of travelling, i finally arrived. I had grown a lot during the time, not only did my core grew by half it¡¯s size, my mana pool increased as well. I had just enough mana to cast wind blade storm and my familiarity with the wind element increase. I could cast wind spells at a faster speed and didn¡¯t felt uncomfortable with it. The carrier was on top of a cliff and driving towards the edge of the cliff. On the other side was a majestic sight. A large expanse of land floated by the edge of the cliff. Many bridges connect the floating fantasy world to the ground. I could see that below the landmass were large blue crystal that seemed to glow in a faint hue. Oh the edges of the landmass were large thick metal chains that connected to floating blue crystal in the sky like balloons. We travelled up the bridge to the landmass to get to the country of Iranda. As we went up the bridge,i felt many layers of magical shields that seems to move like a bubble as we pass through it. On the sides of the bridge were the same blue crystals but smaller. There were some orange crystals fixed like lamp posts on the side of the bridge. Above each lamp posts was a red crystal with an eye in the middle. The eyes moved creepily to stare at our carrier when we passed by. I felt great magical energy from the eyes. I presumed they were the bridge defenses, the eyes would watch for any intruders and attack when necessary. When we reached the end of the bridge, i felt a large mana shield that seemed to cover the whole land mass. It was very thick and enormous. When i looked left,right or up, i could not see the edge of the mana shield. A large blue gate with two eyes blocked our path inside. ¡° Who thou wishes to enter?¡± a voice asked. I got out of my carrier and looked at the eye. ¡° I am Princess Anna Val Iranda, I have returned from my trip and wishes to return to my abode¡± I answered. ¡°Very well¡± the voice replied. The eye on the large gate closed and the gate dissipated. I went back to the carrier and we entered. After we entered, the gate appeared behind us like nothing happened. I looked through the window to see the world. What i saw puzzled me. We travelled through the land and passed by many towns. Whenever we passed by a town, the people would stand by the side of the road to pay respect. However the thing that puzzled me was the town. The town was very medieval, the houses were made of stone and wood unlike the city where everything was brick and metal. Everything seemed like the book i read before about the olden times where there was a lack of technology. The town gave me the same vibe as the book i read. Instead of motorised vehicles, there were carriage with green giant lizards pulling them. The people in the towns were wearing peasant clothes. As we travelled we passed by bigger towns. The towns had better technology than the towns before but it still felt medieval to me. Houses were better looking but were still made of stone. None were made from high quality material like in the city. I could definitely say that none of the buildings i saw were better than the buildings in district 2. The buildings in the town were worst that some of the houses in district 3. Eventually we arrived at a city called Windon. This place was going to be a pit stop where we would refuel and sleep at an inn for the night. This city was a bit similar to other towns. However i saw that in this town, there were some fancy buildings. When the carrier entered the noble district area to look for an inn to rest, i saw that the houses were similar in design to some of the houses in district 1 and the capital. Though the houses were similar, I did not see anything big or tall like those big high rise building made of glass that some corporations in district 1 and capital had. In the noble district,the houses were 3 to 4 stories mansion with a large amount of land separating them. I could see that most of everything was powered by mana crystals unlike the city where everything was powered by zero-point energy. By the road, animal carriage were replaced by mana crystal powered vehicle. Streetlamps with crystals lined the streets and people with fancy clothing similar to mine were bustling about. After the carrier parked by the inn and a few rooms were rented, i told my guards that i wanted to look around the town. I wanted to have a better look around the city before we leave for the capital tomorrow. Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. I change to a proper attire and left the inn with a few guards. I wandered the city looking at the new and exciting things i never seen before. I visited the local restaurants for lunch. While i was wandering, no one realised who i was due to me not wearing my insignia. Most thought i was just a noble''s daughter. After lunch, i decided to hit the marketplace see if there was anything i would like to buy. When the Legion brainwashed me,they had given me the real princess belongings. One of those belongings was her purse. One of the things inside it was a purple crystal card. From my memory, the currency of Iranda was in the form of crystal points that is stored in the crystal card. I sent mana into the card and saw that it contained more than a million points. In Iranda, commoners would usually earn a few hundred points a month. With the amount of points i had, there was nothing i couldn¡¯t buy. In the market place, there were many shops. I saw a lot of clothing,jewellery and mage shops. I entered one of the mage shops by the corner to check what¡¯s inside. The shop looked dark and eerie but i was somehow drawn to it. My guards didn¡¯t say anything and followed behind me. Inside the shop was an amalgamation of magical artifacts. I could feel the mana seeping out of them. I recognised some of the devices from my memories but there were some i had no clue about. I ignored them and went deeper into the shop. There was no shopkeeper inside the shop. At the end of the shop was a pedestal with a blue cube on top. I felt a force attracting me to it. Like i had to touch it. I placed my hand on it and it felt cooling to touch. ¡°Oh deary, don¡¯t you know you shouldn¡¯t touch anything inside a magic shop¡± a voice appeared beside me. I instantly let go of the cube and looked to my side and saw an old man. He had a long flowing beard and was in a black clock with a red robe. I looked at his face and saw that his pupils were completely white. He¡¯s blind. Wait,if he¡¯s blind how did he know i was touching it. ¡°A..a.. Sorry for touching it, somehow i felt like i was drawn to it and felt that i had to touch it¡± I apologised. My instincts screamed that he was dangerous even though he was blind, so i decided to be nice and humble. I felt like a lamb in front of a tiger when i was in the old man pressense. ¡°Don¡¯t worry deary, the cube is always like that, it draws people in to absorb mana from the user¡± the old man said. Damn, here i thought that the box was a treasure that no one but me could use from the feeling of being drawn to it. It would¡¯ve been divine treasure that no one had noticed before like those adventure books i read when i was in school. But too bad this is reality, there is no way i would just randomly get a cheat treasure just by going into a random store. ¡°So what might you be looking for in this decrepit shop of mine?¡± he asked. ¡°I was just browsing around looking at the magical devices before i saw the cube. I find magical device interesting.¡± I answered. ¡°So,do you see anything that you find interesting?¡± he asked. ¡°I saw some that caught my eye but nothing that i would liked to buy¡± I answered. ¡°Oh i see, follow me to the back then,i have more¡± the old man said as he walked through a door. I followed him, curious at what he had. He took out a wooden chest and opened it. Inside it were a number of odd trinkets with different shape and sizes. I browsed through it looking for anything that might be worth my time here. As i was rummaging through i felt a sharp prick. I winced at the pain and saw that my hand had a small cut about. I looked for what cut me and found a small dull black dagger. Great,i cut myself with a dagger so dull,it can¡¯t even cut paper. The dagger had only one sharp area and that was at the point. As i gripped the dagger, i felt a suction from the dagger handle. I couldn¡¯t let go. Shit,what¡¯s going on! Suddenly the dagger started to absorb my spirit energy from me. I tried to resist it but it was to no avail. After a few seconds it stopped. I felt a sort of resonance from the dagger as if it was a part of me. I willed it to release from my grip and it did. I willed it to hover on my hand and it flew up and start to hover a few cm above my palm. ¡°Oh looks like you can use it,i¡¯m impressed¡± the old man said. ¡°What¡¯s this dagger?¡± I asked. ¡°I¡¯m not really sure myself. It was an old memento from my friend, he told me that only a few people in the world could use it. I tried to use it myself but i couldn¡¯t get it to move to my will. I tried placing mana inside and force it to move but no matter what i do, it was impossible to force mana inside it. So tell me how were you able to move it ?¡± he asked. ¡°I don¡¯t know, the moment it touched my hand, i wasn¡¯t able to let go of it. After a few seconds, i just suddenly felt a resonance with it and it moved according to my will¡± i lied as i put on an innocent face . Ha,who can resist an adorable face from a cute girl. There was no way i was going tell that i can use spirit energy. Even if i was the princess, it would be incredibly dumb of me to just blurt it out. This knife is such a perfect weapon for spirit energy user. Though it would be better if the only way to attack with it is with the point. If only the edge was not dull, itwould be incredible. But i shouldn''t complain,i already got a weapon that i can move according to my will. I can just sharpen it when i get to the inn, i have all the knowledge on how to sharpen it in my memory. He looked at me sheepishly and told me the price of it. After i payed for it,i left the room and saw my guards. They were stood still as if they were in a trance. ¡°Oh,i forgot about that¡± the old man said. As he said that,the guards left out of their stupor. A shiver went down my spine. If he wanted to do anything to me just now, there was no way me or my guards could have done anything to resist. How scary! We left the building to get out of there as fast possible to get away from the old freak. As i was going out i heard the old man whisper using my heightened sense of hearing. ¡°Ah,so princess is as cute as Ranford said she was. Next time i should go to the castle to see her again,he he he.¡± Fuck that creepy! He even knows and talks to my father! Fuck! After we left, i continued to look around the market place,buying anything i found interesting. I had even managed to find a thigh holster to sheath my knife. The thigh holster wrapped around my thigh underneath my skirt fully hidden from view. The wrapping was made of lace to blend into my stockings. At least this is one advantage of wearing a skirt. I can hide a weapon underneath it. After buying everything i wanted and eating dinner, i went back to the inn to rest. Chapter 10 : The brother and the king The next day we head off from Windon to the capital city of Iranda. Along the way i tried to sharpen the edge of the knife using the tools i bought from the marketplace but material the knife was made out off was too hard. Damn, what is this thing made of. I have knowledge of thousands of materials in my memories and i can¡¯t find anything that matches. Perhaps i should ask my father? He could just order people to find someone who can sharpen this knife. Hehehe the powers of being the daughter of the emperor is so useful. Some time later, we arrived at the Murgan,the capital city, and it looked absolutely gorgeous. It was different from the feel from everything town and city i had been to. Not only was it three times bigger than windon, it is situated on a hill. As we enter through the gates of the city, the guards at the gate saluted. The people by the sides of the street stood still to pay respect. Even though, i was at the bottom of the hill, the place where commoners usually stays, i could see that everything was high quality. The roads were paved with concrete. The buildings had metal structural supports and there were many motorised vehicles. Far away,i could see many tall buildings that reached ten stories. There were some buildings that looked like apartments. (What the city look like) (i do not own this images) We went up the hill to get to the castle. Along the way i never saw anything that remotely resembled the carrier in terms of technology or looks. Even at the nobel district, there were no vehicles that could hover above the ground like the carrier,everything had wheels. How come Iranda is so lagging in terms of technological advancement? The only thing that is technologically advance is the thing i am in right now. Dammit, why is the reason for this not in my memory! I went to the driver room and asked the driver why this is so. ¡°Answer me this, are there any vehicles like the carrier in the Murgan?¡± I commanded. ¡°No your highness, this is the first of it¡¯s kind in Iranda¡± he answered. ¡°Do you know why this is so?¡± I questioned him. ¡°Yes your highness, the reason for this is that we were just given this carrier for trading mana crystals with Holakur.¡± he answered. Holakur, so that¡¯s what the city is called. (Author note, I kinda forgot to name the city where the mc is born,i just realised that call it the city would be confusing,so i added a name for the city here) I had never known that the city even had a name. I had always called it the city or home. It was always either district one,two,three or the capital. The were no mention of the name of the city in school nor did the Legion ever mentioned it. Okay, so Iranda traded mana crystals for the carrier to Holakur. So what does this mean? This means that Iranda technology is far different from Holakur. Holakur mainly focus on zero point energy while Iranda culture and society is based on mana crystals. Shit,he¡¯s looking at me funny. Did i screw up and blow my cover? I need to make him think i¡¯m just testing him. ¡° Do you think this is the first time we trade with Holakur,when do you think we found out about them and are there any country other than Iranda and Holakur?¡± i asked. ¡°To my knowledge,this is the first time we trade with them,i think we found about them when they came to us and asked for a trade a year ago and we do not know of any other country your highness¡± he answered. Ahh, so the Legion found out about them first and initiated contact! Both side agreed on a trade and the princess was sent as a diplomatic ambassador. When the princess arrived, the Legion took her and made me replace her. After that they want me to do my mission and become the empress. The Legion will then have control of Iranda. From what my memories state, both the Legion and Iranda sent an ambassador. The Legion sent the son of the Prime Minister while Iranda sent the princess. So since i just returned here with the carrier, the prime minister son should be on the way back to Holakur. Why did the emperor send his precious daughter to such a dangerous area. Did he underestimate the power of the Legion? Doesn¡¯t he know that the legion could just kidnap me or did he just believe that in the power of the guards. I need to investigate this more in the future. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°Your highness, we have reached the castle¡± the driver said. Damn i spent too much time internal monologuing,i missed the sights. I should probably go meet my father. Okay Tate,you can do this, don¡¯t fuck up and blow your cover. No scratch that, I am Anna from now on, not Tate. Okay Anna,you can do this, don¡¯t fuck up and blow your cover. And with that i got out of the carrier and got into the castle. The castle looked majestic, Eleven strong, circular towers form a protective barrier all around the castle and are connected by giant, narrow walls made of White obsidian. Tall blue windows were scattered thinly around the walls in seemingly perfect symmetry, along with crystals which seems to float delicately above the spires of the towers. A vast black metal gate with a wooden draw bridge was the path to entering this holy ground. The gate was similar in design to the Holakur capital gates. As i entered the castle I could feel that the mana density in the air was a few times higher than Holakur. I knew from the my memory that during this time of day, the emperor would most likely be in the throne room. Thus i headed for it. When i reached the throne room door, i heard something through the door with my heightened senses. I motioned the palace guards to not open the door yet. ¡°Your majesty please, you should change your title to King, there is no point in you being an emperor if you only rule one country.¡± ¡°Charles, I need to be different, I can¡¯t just be called a king,i must be called an emperor. Look at this.¡± With that i suddenly felt a pressure, an overpowering bloodlust emanated from beyond the palace door. That¡¯s spirit energy! ¡°This power is absolute, this power is a gift from god, there is no way i can just be called a king. No, I must be called Emperor! My family are the only one who have this power. No one else has it. This must mean that my family is special, a special family can¡¯t just be called normally,it¡¯s need to defy the norm. Thus I must be called emperor to defy the norm, i will defy language. Muhahahaha¡± Wow egotistical much. Just because u have spirit energy, doesn¡¯t mean you can just screw around with the language. Emperor means you rule multiple countries, a king only rule one country. This means you are a fucking king not emperor! Are you an idiot or what! What more,your family isn¡¯t only one who has spirit energy. There are others who has it too! And what¡¯s with that stupid evil laugh. ¡°Is that the really the reason you want to be called emperor, if it is, that¡¯s a very stupid reason.¡± ¡°Hahaha, looks like i can¡¯t fool you Charles,can I. the real reason is that I just like the word emperor more than king. Hahaha.¡± ¡°Okay nevermind,that¡¯s even stupider. Yup, he¡¯s an idiot. I facepalmed. Okay looks like it¡¯s time for me to go in. I can do this . I must act like his beloved daughter. I already know what to do from my memories. I can do this! And with that i opened the door and charged towards my father. ¡°Daddyyy¡­!!¡± I ran towards him and hugged him. The guy he was talking to left after i entered. Yuck! Never would i have thought in a million year that one day i would be running towards a guy screaming daddy. ¡°Pumpkin, you¡¯re home!¡± he screamed as he hugged me tightly. Seriously, Pumpkin? And why the fuck is he so strong, i can feel my bones cranking! ¡°Ah sorry pumpkin, i used too much strength.¡± he said. ¡°So how was the trip, pumpkin, tell me all about it.¡± he said. ¡°It was so different, their city is divided into four sections. One with a lot of poor peasants, one with a lot of commoners, one with a lot of rich people and one with a lot of nobles and elites. Their city is like a circle, each section in a ring while the nobles lived in the center¡± I replied. ¡° Did they try to do anything to you? If they dare touch a single hair on you, i will mobilize the troops and teach them a good lesson.¡± He said. ¡°Can¡¯t you see I¡¯m fine daddy? They would never dare to do anything to me. If not, you will take care of them,right daddy? ¡± I lied. It¡¯s nice of you to care so much about your daughter, but your precious daughter should already be dead by now. Nice job you did there buddy, you just sent your daughter to her death. If you never sent your daughter as the ambassador,none of this would have ever happened. Your daughter would be alive and i would still be living as Tate! I berated him in my mind as i put on an innocent smile. ¡° Of course i will take care of them pumpkin, They think with just their fancy toys they can be a threat to us,hmmp preposterous, they don''t even know how to use magic properly.¡± He said. I wonder if an Ion energy cannon could do anything to that magic shield they had around the whole country. I should probably use this chance to get rid of the guards, ¡°Daddy, i don¡¯t like my guards, they are boring, can you please change them?¡± I asked. ¡°Pumpkin, not again. This is like the fifth time you are asking me to change your guards. Good guards don¡¯t grow on trees you know.¡± ¡°But daddddyyy.., i don¡¯t like them. They are so boring and bad. Change this please.¡±I said as i gave him the puppy eyes. ¡°Sure sure pumpkin,anything you want. But this will be the last time,alright? He said. ¡° Yay! Thanks daddy, you¡¯re the best!¡±I said as i hugged him again. Damn,this is easy. Just ask nicely, put on a sweet face and give him the good old puppy dog eyes. He¡¯s so easy to manipulate. Hehehe. ¡°Oh daddy, i found this dagger in an magic artifact shop in Windon.¡± I said as i showed him the dull dagger. He took the dagger from me and inspected it. ¡°This dagger.. Pumpkin where did you say you bought it from?¡± He asked with a shocked expression. ¡°I found it in an the magic artifact shop in Windon, the blind old man there sold it to me. I think he knows you.¡± I replied. ¡°This dagger once belonged to your uncle. He had found it when we was roaming the outlands together. He was always an adventure, he loved to explore and discover new things. So one day he told me he wanted to conquer and explore the outlands. Fool i called him, but i followed him anyway. We traveled the outlands with the clothes on our back and our weapons. We fought various monsters and creatures of the night.While fighting, we fell into a portal and uncovered an ancient ruins. The murals of the walls depicted humans fighting giants.¡± ¡°We searched every neck any crany to look for treasure and and a way out but the only treasure we found were a bowl of green liquid and the dagger. That was where we got our powers from. When we drank the liquid, mysterious energy poured into our body and gave us power. I decided to let him have the dagger since he found it. After that adventure, he decided to explore more and left the dagger in the care of his mentor to study and told me to become the king instead. That was the last i saw of him.¡± ¡°He once told me that the dagger would react with the power we had inside of us. I also overheard him talking about how he had to supply his spirit energy to make the dagger sharper. Pumpkin,treat this dagger well, it¡¯s the last gift of your uncle¡± he narrated. He had a solemn expression after that. I decided to change the subject to lightened the mood and started lying about the good experience i had at Holakur. Chapter 11 : The Spoilt Girl After having a nice chat with my father,i went to my room. When i entered my room, i was blown away by the size and luxuriousness. The room was bigger than my old house. Not only did my room have two floors but my closet did too. My closet was enormous, it was half the size of my old house. Inside it were an assortment of clothes, it had every colour of dresses,shirts,skirts and underwear imaginable. What pissed me off was not the amount of money wasted on the clothes which most were not even worn once,what pissed me off was that, there were no damn pants. She had close to a thousand clothing and not one of it were pants. After my outrage was over,i went to explore more to get myself more familiar with the room i would be in for a long while. I went into the a gold colour door inside the closet to get a look at what was inside. Okay,this princess is seriously spoilt. This amount of jewelry could buy a carrier easily! Why the fuck does she need so much jewelry for! There is so much inside that i doubt she even worn everything more than once. Inside the gold room was a kaleidoscope of gold,ruby,emerald,topaz,sapphire and many more precious gems. My hands were twitching and my mind was telling me to grab hold of everything but my rational side stopped it. All these were already mine, there was no point in try to take them all. Maybe i should take a ring or two with me, just in case. Hey, don¡¯t judge! Who could resist such temptation. After looking through everything in my room, i went the bedside table to plan my next step. Okay that resistance guy said i needed to get the aid of the finance minister, the Emperor, Duke Kinston Biwar, the Academy Head Wise Agnor and the four great guild. So how am i going to do that? It¡¯s not like i can just go to them and ask them¡± would you like to partake a revolution and help overthrow the Legion?¡± Judging from my previous interaction with the emperor, i know i can easily manipulate him into helping me. So there¡¯s one down i guess. When the emperor wants to go to war,he¡¯ll need to convince other people in power to comply. If I can get the others to help, the rest will follow. The finance minister should be Duchess Elina Thorne, from my memories not much is known about her. It¡¯s says she is a very quirky person and is the head of the merchant guild. She is very mathematical and all she thinks are numbers. If i can convince her the advantages of helping the resistance is going to be advantageous, it should be easy. But that is if i can even convince her. When my father wants to go to war, we will need her approval. She will be needed to convincing the other ministers. Even if my father is the emperor,if all the big heads disagree, he can¡¯t do anything. Duke Kinston Biwar is a magical weapon manufacturer and he also has many ore mines. From my memories, although he is a very greedy person but he would always say true to his word. He likes gold and riches but dislikes owing a debt to people. If i want his help, I need to do something that would make him indebted to me. He will be needed for his weapon supplies. During war,weapons are always a must. Academy Head Wise Agnor should be a difficult one. I have very little knowledge of him in my memories. All i know is that he is the current headmaster of Skyin Academy and is a member of the mage guild. Skyrin Academy and the four guilds are the only ones who goes not have to be under the emperor. Skyrin Academy is an unaffiliated school to nurture the next generation of mages and to pursue the the enigma of magic. I do not know what is personality is like nor do i know how even looks like. This is going to be a hard one. He is said to be the most powerful mage in Iranda, he should be a great help during the war. The four guilds are the mage guild,craftsmen guild, adventuring guild and the merchants guild. The mage guild is similar to the academy. It¡¯s goal is to unravel the mysteries of magic but it does not accepts students. Only the best and and smartest of mages are allowed in this guild. The only method of joining this guild is though the invite of an active member. This guild should have a lot of mages with high power. They will be very useful in a fight. The craftsmen guild is a place where people from all walks of life go to. It houses the best blacksmiths, carpenters, weaponsmiths, armorsmiths, jewelers and many more artisans. They aim to best in their profession and be the best craftsmen. They are innovative and always tinkering in making new technology. Unlike the other guilds, craftsmen guild is not very old and is the smallest. All the best inventors are in this guild and they will be a great help in learning Holakur weapons and defenses. We can use them to build better weapons or replicate Holakur technology. The adventuring guild is the biggest guild out of them all. They aim to explore and discover the world. They would travel to the outlands in groups in search of treasure or new land. They face many untold dangers while exploring. They have not really travel far due to some areas of the outlands being too dangerous to enter. Some are the territories of ancient beasts that no adventuring team wants to encounter. Thus only the outlands nearby Iranda have been fully mapped. Anything beyond the Great mountains were not mapped.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. From my talk with father, i now know that holakur was on the other side of the mountains, thus adventures do not dare travel beyond, afraid of wendigos that nest there. However it was only after Holakur uncovered a hidden path below the mountains that Holakur had safe passage to Iranda. This means that now, people of Iranda can safely travel across the mountain and explore the other side. The adventuring guild has a lot of great warriors,fighters and mages. They are needed to bolster our forces. The merchant guild is the second biggest guild, It deals with trading and information. It trades for materials from beasts in the outlands and mana crystals from mines. This guild is the place adventurers goes to after going to the outlands to sell what they got. This guild also sells information. Merchant guild will be useful in providing supplies and money for the war. Okay these four guild except the craftsmen guild will be difficult to enter and ask for help. To ask their help i would have to enter the guild and become friends with the higher ups of each guild. Even if I am the princess, I doubt they would help me. I could ask for their help by using my powers as the princess but they would most likely decline. The best bet to get them fully on my side is to join their guild. Mage guild is obviously impossible to enter unless i become a better mage and get the invite of one of the members. Adventurer guild would require me to have great strength and skills to enter. With my memories and skills implanted into me, i should be able to enter easily. But there¡¯s one big problem, i don¡¯t have any guns! I am now the princess, so it was not like the Legion would have given me a collection of weapons when i am going to be undercover as the princess. This means the only thing i can rely on is my military knowledge on fighting, mana and spirit energy. But my mana pool is still small as heck and my spirit core has it finish forming. I can feel that it¡¯s getting close but it would still take a while more. I would have to wait a while before i can be a competent fighter. The merchant guild would be easy and hard at the same time. If I can convince them that helping the Resistance overthrow the Legion would be a great investment, they could help me. However, I¡¯m not sure whether this would be enough to convince them. I will have to think of a better method in the future. The craftsmen guild would be easy though, with my memories. I have so much memories on the technology of Holakur. All i have to do is replicate some of the smaller items and i will be known as a genius inventor. All in all, the Emperor and the craftsmen guild will be easy. Mage guild, Skyrin academy headmaster, adventurer guild, Duke Kinston Biwar will be difficult. For the Duchess Elina Thorne and the Merchant guild, they will be my hardest challenge. Okay i can do this, first I need to start by slowly befriending them, i doubt they would say yes if i just ask them to fight a war straight away. I need them to be my friends and support my cause. First I should get used to this place and get as much information as possible. Perhaps something new will popup. While i doing that i could have some fun being rich and powerful, if i am a princess i should at least have fun as one. From my memories the princess was quite spoilt and always got what she wanted. So this means that even if i did something wrong or acted out of character, people won¡¯t notice it. What could go wrong? =====Two weeks later===== Crowned Prince Azir POV It has been two weeks since Anna returned and she has gotten worst. I thought father sending Anna away as an ambassador would make her become more responsible but not only did nothing changed, she has gotten even worse! I already told father that he should stop spoiling her so much but he never listens! Ever since mom died, he treated her like his precious. Whatever she says, he¡¯ll do. When she came back the week before, she asked to changed her guards again! And he said yes again! That¡¯s the fifth time her guards were changed. Unbelievable! Good strong guards don¡¯t grow on trees! It takes so much resources to get a platoon of strong guards that complements each other well. That¡¯s so much crystal points wasted! Even her wardrobe is a waste of crystal points, she has so much stuff in there! Now that she came back, she now started to waste even more crystal points. I need to see father right now to correct her behaviour or else in the future she will blow everything in our treasury away! At least there is one good thing that happened from the trip, she started to take her magic training seriously. Her tutor has said she had a sudden interest in wards and spells after she came back from the trip. Perhaps she is finally going to stop slacking on her training. I shouldn¡¯t get my hopes up though. The last time she was interested in something useful, she lasted a week before she gave up. If the guards or servants in the castle were looking around, they would see Azir speeding through the finely decorated halls like a man on a mission. His white cape flowing through the wind behind him as he quicken his pace. They could see that he was grumbling to himself as he headed towards the throne room. ¡°Father!¡± Azir said as he reached his father. ¡°You need to do something about Anna, she is getting far too spoiled. She is ruining the image of our family. You have to do something!¡± Azir complained. ¡°What are you talking about Azir, she¡¯s fine. There¡¯s nothing to worry about, as she grows older she will mature. Just let her have her fun.¡± the emperor replied. ¡°Yeah right!¡± Azir replied sarcastically. ¡°Just this week, she went to restaurant and spent a hundred thousand crystal points on just food. When i asked her how she could spend so much on just food, you know what she said?¡± Azir asked. ¡°She said that she just wanted to have a bite out of every dish to see how each dish tasted.¡± Azir complained. ¡°That¡¯s fine, it¡¯s just food that¡¯s all, there is nothing to worry about. You are just being strict agian Azir¡± the emperor replied. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s not the only thing she¡¯ve done. There¡¯s more!¡± Azir said. ¡°Three days ago, when she saw her old guards that went with her to Holakur, she had them sent out of the castle and didn¡¯t allow them to return.¡± Azir said. ¡°Whatmore, i even heard her muttering to herself about how she could always get more crystal points from you if she ever spends too much. She has no sense of humility or self dependence. She thinks that any problem she has can be solved by you. If this goes on, she will not be able to take care of herself properly in the future. ¡± Azir said. ¡°How could i have been so blind to this. I just wanted to her to have everything she wanted so that she won¡¯t feel lost about her mom''s death. But i guess i took it too far, huh? Then what do you suppose we should do?¡± the emperor asked. ¡°You know how she said about not she didn''t wantto go to Skyin Academy because of the commoners there and you had to get her a tutor instead?¡± Azir asked. ¡°I think we should send her to there. This will teach her to be more humble and learn how to socialize with others. Moreover, I think you should remove her title as princess and let her live on her own. Give her a fake identity as a commoner so that she learn to take care of herself without the help of others. Only allow her to get back her title if she finish her four years of school. This will also force her to improve her mana pool and train her skills properly if she wants to pass the academy exams.¡± Azir said. " Father, i know i''m being mean to her right now but she needs to grow up! I can''t just let her ruin our family image! I just want our family and the country to prosper! What would the people say if they saw how badly she''s acting!"Azir said. "Sigh! I know what to do, you may leave now." the emperor said with a grim face. Chapter 12 : The first battle ¡°Anna you are going to Skyin Academy¡± the emperor said. Wait what? ¡°I have spoilt you for far too long, you have to be more responsible¡± the emperor said. Wait what? What the fuck is going on? I just got back to the castle and the first thing my father say to me is that i have to go to Skyrin Academy? How did he know i wanted to go there? ¡° I know you don¡¯t want to go there, but u need to learn how to socialize with other people. I have been spoiling you, giving you everything you ever wanted but recently i¡¯ve realised that it was a mistake. Because of my mistake, you have grown up with a silver spoon and have never had any troubles. You have no self independence and are over reliant on me. Thus I¡¯m sending you there to be independant and take care of yourself ¡± the emperor said. Well,that was easy. Just by acting spoilt, i got to enter the academy. Nice! ¡°Not only that, you will be living there as a commoner. Your title as a princess will be revoked and you will be given a fake identity. Only after you graduated, will you be allowed back your title. I know that you¡¯ve been lazy about training your mana, so if you want to live as a princess again, you will have to bulk up¡± the emperor interrupted. Wait, what the fuck! I¡¯m not the princess anymore!? How am i going to talk and befriend Duchess Elina Thorne now!? Using the power of the princess is the only way i can meet her. Fuck! I shouldn¡¯t have continued acting spoilt like the princess! This is really a kink in my plans. Yeah it¡¯s great i¡¯m going to the academy but losing my authorities is a huge blow. How am i going to meet the Duchess as a commoner? There¡¯s no way she would even spare a look at me. ¡°Daddy please don¡¯t make me live as a commoner, i will go to the academy and bulk up but please don¡¯t make me a commoner, anything but that!¡± I pleaded with my puppy dog eyes. ¡°Not only that, your servants will also not be accompanying you . So you will have to do everything by yourself. I will also be revoking your allowance though i will allow you to keep your crystal card¡± He scolded. ¡°But but..¡± I tried to argue before i was interrupted again. ¡°No buts! Anymore words from you and i will add in more.¡± He said. ¡°Anna, i¡¯m doing this because i love you. I already growing old and I won¡¯t be able to take care of you forever. It would be my lifelong regret if i left you and you still aren¡¯t able to take care of yourself. So would you please do this for me? ¡± He asked. Goddammit, how am i supposed to argue with that. He¡¯s pulling the old man last wish before he dies card. That¡¯s so unfair, he¡¯s not even that old yet! Sigh, I fucked up. I fucked up so badly. I got too engrossed and excited about my authorities and power that i didn¡¯t think about the consequences. Dammit! Why did i have to go around acting all high and mighty. In fact, i already got used to this place a few days ago. I could have just started my plans then. I didn¡¯t have to wait this long. Oh my god! Did I get corrupted by power? I wanted to enjoy acting high and mighty so much that i had put my revenge to the back of my mind. Dammit! I had gotten used to the female body and had lost my resolve. Stupid! Stupid! I¡¯m so stupid. How could i let myself become used to this body. How did i let myself forget about revenge! COME ON TATE! Cass is waiting for me to return home. The people of Holakur needs me and i need to make the Legion pay! The Legion needs to pay for the crimes they have committed! I can¡¯t mope around, i can¡¯t fucking to play around as a princess. I got work to do! It doesn¡¯t matter if i lost my privileges now, i can still follow most of the plan. I can work around this, all i have to do is graduate! It¡¯s only a few years, what did i tell myself before! NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE! THE LEGION WILL FALL! Good! At least i learnt my lesson early. If i had learnt about this later in time, i would have had a lot of troubles. From now on,i will only focus on my goals! No more playing around! ¡°Yes daddy. I will bulk up, i will graduate from there and get back my privileges. Okay daddy?¡± I said with my resolve strengthened and renewed. ¡°Oh pumpkin, you know i¡¯m doing this for your own good. You will be living as Ariana in a dorm room. I will give you four artifacts to protect yourself with. Don¡¯t even think about using them needlessly, i have enchanted them to only work when you are in danger. So don¡¯t try to act smart. Lastly i have talk to my friend in the academy to look after you for me.¡± He said. ¡°You will know who he is when you arrived. Don¡¯t worry ,you met him before¡± he said with a smile as he hugged me. ======3 days later===== I walked through the academy grounds walking pass many groups of people. Everywhere i went, boys would turn their heads towards me muttering to each other about who the new mysterious beauty in the school was. Some of the older boys gave me lecherous gaze and talked to each other about how i would feel like in bed. I could hear almost everyone conversation with my enhanced hearing. I was wearing a black shirt with blueshorts. My now blond hair tied in a pony tail. I was wearing a loose attire to be ready for my admission test. Yuck! When i had my guards with me, no one would dare give me such looks or talk about me in such way! Now that i¡¯m alone, i am now feeling like what a normal girl feels like. Is this how girls felt whenever i looked at them when i was Tate? I admit, when i had look and talk about girls like this before, but i had thought that girls would find it a compliment that people think they are hot. But now when the shoe is on the other foot, i now know that this feels so disgusting.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Just ignore them, just ignore them. Fuck why is one of them coming over. Go away! I don¡¯t want to talk to you! ¡°Hey pretty, My name is Justin Holfgar, what¡¯s yours, you seem to be new here?¡± He asked. Fuck me, it¡¯s a noble. Just play nice, you can do it! Just give an excuse and leave. ¡°Oh I¡¯m Ari,short for Ariana, I just recently entered. I have to go to the admin office, so i can¡¯t talk right now. If you excuse me..¡±I said. ¡°Oh, I can lead you there.¡± He interrupted. Fuck! Just go away! ¡°You seems quite nice, my father is have a party this friday, would you like to accompany me there?¡± He asked as he followed me. Dammit! My memories are telling me to flirt with him and use him and his power for my own gain. However there¡¯s no way, i¡¯m going to flirt with this playboy. Not in a million years! ¡°Sorry, i just recently arrived here and this friday i have an appointment. I don¡¯t think i¡¯m ready for any parties or anything like that yet¡± I said. ¡°Okay then, come find me when you¡¯re ready. I¡¯ll show you around.¡± He said before he left. Good, he finally left! At least he didn¡¯t pressed me or get angry at me for rejecting him. I was expecting him to be pissed that a commoner would reject him. I entered the admin office to take to choose what subjects i wanted to take and to take my admission test. I was given a list of subjects to choose from. I had to chose between a large number of subjects some which were compulsory.Unfortunately, most of the stuff i had already learnt before were compulsory. The only subjects which i had never learned before that were compulsory were History of Iranda, Magic dueling and Magic casting. From the number of subjects i could choose to take, i had to take a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6. I had decided to take spirit beasts,adventuring,warding, magical artifacts and enchanting. I had decided to not take that many as i had to catch up with the rest of the class i was going to be in. It was already the 3rd month of the year. This means that i was already behind by 3 months worth of study. If i took too many,i did not think i would be able to handle it. After i finished choosing my subjects i had to taken my admission test. I had went to a test arena to test my fighting aptitude, mana usage,element affinity and mana pool. To pass the admission test, i had to score minimum 14 points out of 20. At first i had thought it was easy, until i was informed how it was graded by the examiner. For the test,people were graded by letters. S was top tier genius level, A was for people who were very skilled, B was for people who were above average, C was the average score, D were below average and F were for failure. F grade meant 0 points,D was 1 points,C was 2 points,B was 3 points,A was four and S was five. The first test was to check my mana pool, i had to place my hand on a crystal ball and allow it check my mana pool size. I was given a B rating. The second test was my mana usage and element affinity. It was a test to see how well i could control mana ,how efficient my mana usage was and how high my element affinity was. I had to cast some simple wind spells in quick succession while they time how long i took and how much mana i need to use. The end result was that i had A grade for mana usage and C for element affinity. I had expect this result as i had 17 years of using my mana. It was almost impossible for me to not do well for that test. For my element affinity, i did poorly. It was because i had just recently started training my affinity. During my 17 years in Holakur, i had never even known that mana pool had an element. It was almost a miracle that i had an average affinity rating when i had just recently started. The last test was a battle with the examiner. He had wanted to simulate real combat and see how well i could do. It was a first real battle i had experience in my life. I was nervous. I started off by buffing myself first. I placed my hands together and willed the mana in my body to surge.Specks of cyan light appeared and formed around my body. As the mana surged and rotated around me,i casted wind run and wind prediction. Two most useful buffing spells i had in my memories. Wind run was a spell that removed air resistance around my body and used the wind to push my body in the direction i wanted to move in. This spell increases my speed tremendously. Wind prediction was a spell which allowed to predict what direction the opponent was going to move by feeling how direction of the wind changes when the opponent moves. After buffing myself,I willed my mana and specks of cyan light appeared in front of my body. Instantly, an enormous Wind Blade tens of feet long appeared in the air. The wind blade promptly transformed into a ray of cyan light as it violently shot out. As it shot out, the examiner placed his hands together and two pillars of flames formed around him. It intertwined with each other and faintly began to morph into a long scarlet cloud of flame that was a few feet in diameter. He shot the the scarlet cloud of flame instantly towards my wind blade. It met in the middle of the arena, causing an explosion of flame and hot wind. Using the smoke of the explosion as cover, i formed seven wind blades formed from cyan light. A shattering sound rang out immediately as the wind blades shot forward. The examiner retaliated immediately to that by forming 7 red flaming fireballs. Each fireball meeting each wind blade. More explosion formed as they met. Feeling that i would eventually lose, if i just continue to shoot wind blades at him due to him having a higher mana pool, i ran forward using the cover of smoke again. This time, instead of forming wind blades in the air and shooting at him, i formed a wind blade around my practice sword that i was given for the test. My sword teared through the air as i swung it at the examiner¡¯s head. In my memories, i had a master¡¯s knowledge in terms of sword fighting. As it was about to hit him, he deflected it using his own practice sword. I continued my barrage of attacks but he perfectly deflected every hit. Everytime he tried to hit me back,i would dodge or deflect it narrowly. Using my wind run i could keep up with his speed and using my wind predict i could predict where he was going to hit in the nick of time. He would also sometimes shoot fireballs at me while i was distracted and every time i tried to do the same using wind blades, he just blocked it with his fireballs. Through my superior sword skills,every few swings of my sword,i managed to pass his defenses and get a hit. However as my barrage continued, i grew more tired and my mana continued to drop while his mana and stamina were still relatively high. ¡°Arrh!¡± he said as my sword slashed at his mana shield. Though mana shield could block and negate damage,it could not prevent the pain from the force of the attack. ¡°Darn it, looks like i have to get serious now. I can¡¯t be losing to a 13 year old girl, can it.¡± He said ¡° I really wish to see your limit, right now i can already see that you are an A grade. I wonder if you can reach S grade. Now come on,show me everything!¡± He motivated me. He willed his red specks of light around his body and formed a whirlpool of flame. It rotated around him and flung fire balls at me whenever i got near. Not only that, he casted flame sword which imbues the sword with fire. Everytime, my sword met his, i would get burned by the flickering flames. Dammit he went serious, looks like i¡¯ve to get serious too. I went into sensory overdrive mode and used divine sense. As i activated my spirit abilities, i felt everything around me. I felt the wind slicing through the air and the flames burning around arena. Stacking my divine sense,sensory overdrive,my heightened senses and wind prediction. I could see all of his weak spots and predict his next attack. Every time he swung his sword, i dodge to the side and attacked his weak spot. Every time a fireball is thrown, i would use my small amount of remaining mana to form wind walls to deviate their path as I did not have enough mana to form wind blades to block them. ¡° Where did you learn your sword skills from? Even when i¡¯m going all out, you¡¯re pushing me back.¡± the examiner asked. ¡° Darn it! I can¡¯t believe i¡¯m losing to a 13 year old girl.¡± the examiner said. ¡°I going all out now,if you can last for a minute,you win.¡± the examiner said as he charged his mana. I could feel the fire element particles in the air flying towards him as he charged his spell. Red hot flames started to converge around him forming an armour of fire surrounding his body. As he swung his sword, a wave of fire flew towards me. I ducked and rolled on the floor as I narrowly dodge his attack. He rushed forward towards me while continuing to swing his sword at me. I retreated as fast as i could while narrowingly dodging every attack. I just need to hang on for 40 more seconds. I can do it! As i continued to dodge his attacks, i poured all of my remaining mana to wind run to increase my speed as much as possible. I used my spirit energy to focus my mind to stop myself from fainting from exhaustion and to not get distracted. 20 seconds left. Just a bit more! I side stepped right and left dodging every single attack thrown at me. I didn¡¯t have enough strength in my arms to deflect his sword. All i could do was use my legs to dodge everything. I dropped my sword in desperation to decrease my weight. 3 seconds left! Just a bit more, just a bit more! He got closer, his sword was in range of me. He offed his all his flame around him in fear of hurting me too badly but swung his dull practice sword to hit me. 2.5 seconds! As he swung at me, i rolled to my side. 2 seconds! I willed my last trump card i had left. 1.5 seconds! I grabbed my dull knife from my holster. 1 seconds! Using spirit energy i willed the dagger to block his blow while holding it to hide the fact that the dagger could move through the air. 0.5 seconds! ¡°Clack¡± a metallic sound reverberated around the arena 0 seconds! ¡°Looks like i lost huh...¡± was the last thing i heard before i lost consciousness. Chapter 13 : First day The first thing i saw when i woke up was the white ceiling. My fingers dug into the soft bed below me as i push myself up into a sitting position. As i look around ,i could see that i was in the infirmary. At the corner of the room was an mature woman in a doctor''s attire looking through files. I was still in my uniform which i had just used for the fight. ¡°Errm, what happened?¡± I asked her. ¡°You had exhausted your entire mana pool, your body couldn¡¯t handle it and you collapse. However, you shouldn¡¯t have anything to worry about, you have no physical injuries . It seem to have been a very tough fight.¡± She replied ¡° Your body should be fully healed and rested by now, you were out for 4 hours. You should go find your examiner, he told me to tell you to find him after you woke up, he is in the arena¡± She said. I left the infirmary to search for the examiner, I followed the signs on the hallway to the test arena. When i arrived, i saw my examiner surrounded by a number of adults. They all seem to be looking at a projection of my fight with the examiner. One of them looked familiar though i couldn¡¯t place where i met him before. When i entered the arena, all of them looked at my direction. ¡°Ah! The battle genius has awaken.¡± One of the adult said. ¡°We¡¯re impressed, young girl. It¡¯s the first time in a decade where a student manage to beat the examiner. Not only did you beat him, you beat him with your meager aptitude. If you had an S in any of the other tests, we would have been more accepting.¡± ¡°However, looking at your results for the other tests, we saw that you had a B grade for mana pool, A grade for mana usage and C for element affinity. With those grades, it¡¯s almost impossible for you to win. So how did you do it?¡± Another adult questioned me. ¡° I don¡¯t know, that was my first fight i ever had in my life. Everything just came to me during the moment¡± I answered. ¡°Moreover your swordsmanship,it¡¯s unlike anything i¡¯ve ever seen before. It looks like as if you¡¯ve been using a sword for twenty years.where did you learn your swordsmanship from?¡± He questioned me again. ¡°I honestly have not used a sword in my life before, That was the first time i ever used a sword.¡± I answered. That was not a lie as i had never been in a fight or used a sword before. Even though i had memories of how to fight and use a sword, I had physically never done any of them before. So in essence, i did not lie. ¡°I can testify to that. She has never been in a fight nor used a sword before.¡± The familiar old man said as he winked discreetly at me. As i set my gaze to him, he got more familiar. It felt like i knew him but i couldn¡¯t figure out who he was. I used my spirit energy to view what his mana aura looked like. This was one way to differentiate one person from another, everyone had different mana signatures. As my spirit energy entered his body and show me his mana, i felt a chill down my back. My instincts and spirit energy screamed at me that he was dangerous. Dammit ,i felt this before! It¡¯s the guy who sold me the knife! Wait! How come he¡¯s not blind now. ¡°I know her father and i have visited their house before. I know for sure that she has never fought before¡± The old man said as he winked at me again. As he winked at me, the pupil in his eye that closed turned white for a few seconds before turn back to black. Dammit he tricked me! He¡¯s not even blind! I guess by the way he¡¯s winking at me he must be the person my father was talking about? The one i met before and the one who would make sure i don¡¯t get into trouble in the academy. ¡°If what you said is true then i think we have an unprecedented genius in the making. She¡¯s is born for battle and the sword. If she¡¯s already this good when she never trained before, how good will she be when she is fully trained! I want her in my advance battle classes!¡± one of the adult said. ¡°From her result before the fight, even if she got S grade for the battle test, at most she will get is 14 points, meaning that she would be in the lower classes. But since she won the fight, it would be a waste if we place her there. I think we should put her in the first class¡± another person said. Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°I agree¡± another person said. ¡°I agree¡± another person said. ¡°Me too¡± another person said. ¡°Then we have a consensus, she will be in first class for now.¡± one adult said as more people agreed. ======== The next day, If one were to enter room 4-13 of the girls dorm in Skyrin Academy, one could see a beautiful blond girl in her underwear putting on her new school uniform. She started by putting on her white button up shirt with red edges. Next, she pulled up her red plaid skirt and tucked her shirt in. Followed up by donning the school blazer which was black with red trims and edges. She then tightened her red and black tie around her neck. Lastly, she pulled up a pair of knee high white socks and placed her feet into a pair of black shoes. If one looked closely enough,one could see that underneath her skirt and around the top of her socks was a white knife holster with a black knife sheath in it. Seeing that black knife, one would realised that that girl was me. On my body ,one could see that i had a few cheap jewellery on me . A silver necklace with a small shield, a silver anklet with feather patterns, a gold coloured hairpin that blend into my now blond hair and a bronze coloured obsidian ring with the Iranda Insignia around my right middle finger. Though the jewelleries were not grand or exquisite looking, they were certainly powerful. They were the only magical artifacts that i was allowed to bring along to protect myself. They were normal looking and one would not think they would cost hundreds of thousands of points. They were not as beautiful or shiny as my other jewellery in my closet. In times of danger, the necklace would automatically summon multiple layers of mana shield to protect me. My anklet was enchanted with a wind spell that would increase my running speed when i¡¯m in danger. My hairpin would glow brightly when mana is supplied and blind people in an area around me. My ring was a mana storage ring that contained ten times my mana pool. It was enchanted to only show the insignia when i want to. All these artifacts were enchanted to only work when i was in times of grave danger. They were suppose to protect me, while also making me not reliant on them. It was 8.30 in the morning, school was going to start soon. I left the dorm and walked towards the large white building. Fuck!Why is this skirt so short! I can feel every eyeing me. I feel so naked! The skirt wasn¡¯t really short by normal standards, It was a few centimeters above my knees. However, due to my growing nervousness for my first day of school, my fears were amplified. I knew i had to do the whole new student introduction to the class thing. Even though i had already done it a few times before at my old school whenever i skipped a grade, i still felt nervous. I always had a fear of standing out and getting ostracized. This was one of the reasons i wanted to do this mission, to overcome my fears. In my old school,i was ostracized by the rest of the class. Not only was i younger and smarter than them, i was physically weak as well. This made me an easy target for bullying. That was where my fears had manifested from. I viewed my timetable.
Time\Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursaday Friday
9-10 Element training Advanced Battling Mathematics Language Advanced Battling
10-11 Element training Advanced Battling Mana control Magic casting Advanced Battling
11-12 Element training History Mana control Magic casting Study of the enviroment
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1-2 adventuring studies warding formations enchanting
2-3 Study of spirit beasts adventuring studies warding formations enchanting
3-4 Study of spirit beasts magical artifacts crafting enchanting
4-5 Study of spirit beasts magical artifacts crafting
I saw that my first lesson of the day was language as it was a thursday. In my memories was the full language dictionary of Iranda language. This meant that this subject was going to be a breeze for me through. I noticed that the compulsory class were all in the morning too. This was so that the class could bond together in the morning everyday while seperating into their individual class in the afternoon. I went to find my class teacher before going to class as instructed.After meeting him, he took me to the classroom to introduce me to the class. ¡° Hello class zero, today we have a new student,Ariana please come in¡± The language teacher said. From conversing with him on the way to class,i had inquired a lot of details about class zero. Normal classes were like class 3A,1B,2C and more. The number referring to the year and letter referring to the class. However, class zero was the class for the best students of year one. Only those with S grade and had more than 16 points could enter the class. I was the exception. ¡°Hello, it¡¯s nice to meet you all, my name is Ariana but you can call me Ari. I hope we can get along well.¡± I introduced myself to the class. This was the same introduction i have said many times before but with a different name. A few of the boys were immediately interested and started to ask question about my life before the teacher asked them to stop. ¡° Why don¡¯t you take a seat Ari¡± the teacher said. I looked around the room, the seats and tables were divided into a few sections. There were 8 tables and each table had 2 seats. There were only 15 students in the class. Everyone was sitting in pairs except for the one girl at the back of the class who was alone. She had long raven black hair that reached her shoulder blades. It was a huge contrast to her glowing, porcelain-like skin. Her eyes, framed by long lashes, were a cold dark black attract my full attention. With a straight nose, full lips, she seemed to be the picture of perfection. Had she smiled, it would have been a beautiful sight but her sad frown and lifeless eyes turnedthe picture dark and sad. Using my spirit energy i could see an aura of pitch black darkness around her. It was like a mist of gloom that wouldn''t rise. A state of depression that she couldn''t see herself through. She had the exact look and sadness that i could remember clearly. It was the look of a child feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders. It was the exact expression, the exact aura that i had before when i was in school. Just alone inthe world, no friends to share sadness and emotion with. Seeingher brought up hidden emotionsinside me. I walked down the row towards her and sat down beside her. As i was sitting down someone said ¡°Don¡¯t talk to her!¡± ¡°Yeah, she¡¯s cursed, if you interact with her, your beauty will be gone.¡± a girl said. ¡°Her element attribute is Death, if you talk do anything with her, your body will start rotting.¡± the same girl said. ¡°I heard that during one routine inspection by the guards at her house, they found her alone with her father dead body rotting¡± another boy said. ¡°I also heard that when she was born,she killed her mother with her magic¡± another girl said. ¡°Enough! It¡¯s time for class¡± the language teacher said. Chapter 14 : The Black Haired Girl During the class,i tried to talk to her but i just ignored. I was much of a conversationalist either, i had little to no social life before. I didn¡¯t know how to talk to her or even be friends with her. My memories only had knowledge of how to interact with adults, not a 13 year old girl. However, my heart never wavered, i continued to try and get her to talk to me. I knew that this was what she would want. Like me, she wanted someone who would care about her. Throughout language class I didn¡¯t pay any attention to the lecture. I already knew everything he was teaching us. The class i had after that was magic casting, It taught us how spells are casted. This class taught us how to improve our casting speed and how to use spells using less mana. While we were practicing, i peeked a look at the girl beside me and saw that her weaving of mana and her element were close to perfect. There were very little wasted mana, wasted turns or movements. Every spells was casted beautifully, even with my 17 years of experience,i could see that hers was as good as mine. All the death energy particles in the air were beaming to help her while my wind energy particles were slow and sluggish. If i were to rate her,i would say her mana usage was A grade while her element affinity was S grade. The death element seemed to be in love with her. I could tell that in the future she would grow to become very powerful. After class was over and was lunch break my classmates turned to me. ¡°You should stop concerning yourself with that her.¡± a girl said as she points at me with a stern expression. ¡°You are so beautiful, if you stay with her, all of it will be gone.¡± I smile at her. ¡°Hahaha. I am sorry, but I don''t beleive how things like that could happen just by me talking to her.¡± ¡°Then don¡¯t come crawling back to us asking for help!¡± She said angrily before leaving. The rest of the girls followed while some of the boys stayed to convince me but i ignored them as i eat my packed lunch. After the break, i had enchanting class.Instead of the building i was in, enchanting class was at the far end of the school. It was in a old gray building with runic formation surrounding it. When i entered class, i had to introduced myself again. There were more than 40 students, some who i recognised. There were 6 people who were from class zero there and One of them was the black haired girl i had sat beside. Like the previous class, she sat alone at the back of the class, everyone avoiding her like a plague. I could empathise with her as i had been shunned by my class before too. Somehow seeing her like this, my resolve to help her rose. I sat beside her once again. This time, she look at me for a second before ignoring me. At least i have progressed abit. In enchanting class,we were taught how to enchant any item. The lesson started by the teacher showing us a few runic formations to practice with. We were to replicate what she was doing on a wooden stick. While the class was practicing, she came to me and personally taught me how to do it. I had seen runic formations before but i had never weave it before. Since it was my first time enchanting, she explained every single thing to me slowly. After an hour of teaching me, she went back to the rest of the class to check on their work. I took my time to digest the information after she left me. I learnt from her that enchanting was simply weaving an runic formation into an object then applying mana circuits from the runic formation throughout the object. It seemed simple on the surface until I found out that for the high end enchantments, it usually contain thousands of lines in the runic formation. Not only that, the mana circuits had to flow while not cutting each other off. To draw a line,i had to use my fingers to weave it. Using my fingers to guide the mana into forming a line. When i tried to weave the runic formation she showed us, i found that it took a ton of effort to even make a small enhancement. Every time one of the lines in the runic formation was weaved wrongly, I had to restart the whole runic formation. Using sensory overdrive, the higher number of lines in a runic formation i could reached was 48. The runic formation that she showed us had 56 lines. After practicing for half an hour, i looked around the class to see how everyone else were doing. I could see that some had already finished the enchantments while some were writing applying the mana circuits. Those who had finished were told to practice another runic formation. As i was looking at how everyone else were doing, i noticed that the teacher would go and check on the progress of every student except for the black haired girl. Even the teacher is shunning her. What has she done so wrong that cause her to be treated like this? Just because her element is death,doesn¡¯t mean she should be bullied like this! I took a peek at her weaving and saw that she had already finished with the first enchantment. Her soft long fingers danced like spiders as she weaved one line after another. Sometimes she would even draw two lines at the same time. It was a magical sight, i felt like i could look at it for hours. Comparing her speed of weaving to others, i could see that very few could be as fast or accurate as hers.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. As i was following her fingers with my eyes, somewhere in my sea of conscious something shook. I lost all my feeling and senses. Even though my mind was in sensory overdrive, i did not realised i lost all my senses. The only thing on my mind were her beautiful fingers. My fingers moved and mimicked her without me noticing it. All my attention were on her fingers. Every single movement she made was perfectly copied and memories by my mind. Only after she finished her runic formation did i realised what happened. I had managed to weave a 64 line runic formation without me even noticing it. Wow that¡¯s new, I didn¡¯t know i could do that. However when i gained back my senses, i was not able to enter that state again. No matter how hard i tried,nothing happened. After a few minutes of trying, i gave up and started to try making the mana circuits. Mana circuits were a lot like electrical wires. They were a pathway for mana to run through from the runic formation to the object. The mana circuits could flow around each other but could not intersect. Each pathway could only lead one direction. Using my knowledge of electrical engineering, it became easier for me to create each pathway. Only when the class ended, did i managed to complete the enchantment. The teacher was very happy with me, calling me a genius for being able to learn how to make an runic formation on the first day of learning. I was told that most people could only do it after a few days of practice. After that she told me to continuing practicing in my free time so i could catch up with the rest of the classes. After i finished speaking to the teacher,i noticed that the black haired girl had already left the class. Okay,tomorrow i¡¯ll try again. Hopefully she will at least look at for more than a second. After class,i went to the cafeteria to have dinner. Due to me only having around fifty thousand points in my crystal card to spend for the next four years, i did not buy anything fancy. After having dinner i went back to my room in the girls dorm and started practicing weaving runic formations. I practiced the runic formation i memorised for a few hours before going to bed. I had no friends to hang out with as it was my first day of school. And even if i had friends, it was not my style to hang out. I had to catch up to the rest of the class and i didn¡¯t want to go around doing girly things with girls four years younger than me. The next day i had advance battling. This class was held in the battle arena. The battle arena had 3 sections, the one we were at was the dueling arena. The instructor was called Instructor Stone and he was the man who said he wanted me in his class. I was wearing a black tight black sleeveless shirt with red edges and a black leggings with a red line running down the sides. The female academy battle uniform hugged my body leaving no room to the imagination. All the girls were wearing the same thing. All the girls in my class were to a certain degree could be described as hot. However seeing the black haired girl in the uniform, i was mesmerised. I could see every inch of her perfect body. Her perky immature breasts jaunting out,her slim waist not allowing an inch to slip by and her wide hips gave her a body of a goddess. I could not keep my eyes off her. If only she was not ostracized, almost every guy would be clamouring to her. ¡°Okay, so u guys must be curious about how skill Ari must be to have defeated her examiner¡± Instructor stone said. ¡°So we¡¯ll have a duel like usual,who would like to have a go at her?¡± Instructor stone asked. Everyone except for the black haired girl raised their hands. ¡°Lulu you¡¯re up¡± Instructor Stone said. ¡°Ari go up the arena and go to one corner. Go all out, if there is any danger, i will jump in and stop the fight.¡± Instructor stone said. I went up the arena and stood on one side while Lulu went on the other side. ¡°Three,Two,one, start !¡± Instructor Stone said. I instantly casted wind run and wind predict while she surrounded herself in an armour of lightning. There was a loud sound of crackling as the danced around her body. Lightning was one of the more dangerous elements affinities one could have. It was highly destructive and powerful. Though it is strong,it has negative side effects. It requires a lot of control and mana. I went into a defensive posture as i tried to tire her out. My plan was to dodge every attack and wait till she used up all her mana. After surrounding herself, the lightning storm around her started shooting lightning bolts at me. Fortunately for me, lightning made from mana was a lot slower than natural lightning. However, It was still fast enough to make it very hard and dangerous for me to dodge. For every lightning bolts shot at me, i had to used two wind blades to block. After seeing that her lightning bolts didn¡¯t work, she made the lightning storm around her to start whipping. Tentacle like whips of lightning started to strike me. I knew that if i were to get hit by anyone of those whips, it would cause a lot of damage to me even with my mana shield. I narrowingly dodge an attack as the whips stuck the down where i was previously at. The arena not taking any damage. As i dodge more and more attacks, Lulu split her whip into four. Sweat was pouring down her as she tried to control the four whips as best as she could. Even though her control of her whips decreased due to that, the fact that there were more than one whip pressured me. I tried to not use my spirit abilities to the best of my abilities as i wanted to see if i could beat her without it. I just continued to dodge and block any attack that i couldn¡¯t dodge. With just my heightened senses,wind run and wind predict, i could just barely dodge all her attacks. As my mana reached 10% , i could see that she was about to fall. Her mana seemed to be running out. She continued to feverously attack me hoping for me to make a mistake while i charge in. I ran towards her as i used wind blades and wind walls to block and deflect the whips while wielding my dull practice sword. My dull practice sword glistened in the lightning storm as i got near to her. The lightning around her buzzing as her mana was almost depleted. When i got a meter in front of her, i threw my practice sword at her using wind blades to increase its speed. I was immediately hit by a few lightning bolts when i did that but i didn¡¯t take much damage as she had very little mana. My sword flew and rocketed through her lightning storm, hitting her squarely at her chest, knocking her down to the ground. ¡°Stop!¡± Instructor Stone shouted. The healer by the side immediately ran forward and started to heal both of us. Neither of us were severely injured. I only had minor burns while Lulu only had a cut on her chest. It was nothing light mages couldn¡¯t heal in seconds. However i noticed that my clothes had tons of burned holes and cuts from the fight showing the world explicit amounts of skin. I covered myself up with a towel given by the healer while the boys cheered. I didn¡¯t know whether they were cheering because of the fight or because at the explicit sight. ¡°Good tactic Ari, It was smart of you to try to exhaust her out her mana before charging in¡± Instructor Stone said as he gave me thumbs up. ¡° Go take a rest and see how the others fight.¡± I went and sat down by one of the chairs from the fight while i tried to recover my lost mana. I watched as my classmates went up the arena to battle one by one. Some had enormous mana pools, casting high tier spells one after another. Some had strong and rare elements like iron,lava and sand. What more, one guy was able to cast two spells simultaneously, i was sure he was an S grade in mana usage. After a while if resting,i had fully recovered my mana and was sent to fight again. My opponent was a guy who had the water element. He used a spear and tried to fight me in close combat. He used his water element to increase his fluidity of his spear. After ten minutes of fighting him with my sword, he messed up and showed me his weak point. I took advantage of that and managed to get a clean hit, winning me the fight. I went back to the bench to rest and watched the duels. While watching who were sent up to fight, i noticed that the black haired girl was never called up to duel another person. She was alone at one arena just practicing her spells. She had a sad expression on her face as she launched one deadly spell after another at the training dummy. After being taught by Instructor Stone on how i could improve my spells, class was over. After he dismissed us, i noticed the black haired girl walked towards the cafeteria. I chased after her. This time,i¡¯ll eat lunch together with you! Chapter 15 : Ciri and our love for cute animals After advance battling class was the study of the environment. It was held at the same build i had language lessons. It was very easy to understand as the subject was very similar to science class i had in Holakur. I zoned out through the whole lecture as i planned out how i could be friends with the black haired girl. After the lesson, i followed the black haired girl to the cafeteria as i did make any packed food in the morning. Arriving at the cafeteria, i could see one table that wasn¡¯t filled with people. I could see one girl alone on that table. For such a huge table with six chairs, she was the only person on the table. This was a huge contrast to the rest of the cafeteria as most of the other tables were filled with people. There were many students scouring the cafeteria, looking seats to have their lunch. When the students saw the lonely island at the corner devoid of people, the students would run towards it. However as they got closer and saw who were sitting there, not one student didn¡¯t turn away and look for another table. I went and sat on that table, sitting directly opposite the black haired girl. I did not really expect her to say anything as she¡¯ve been ignoring me since yesterday but unexpectedly she stopped eating and turned to me ¡° Why do you keep hanging around me? Everyone else will hate you and ignore you too if you do.¡± ¡° Because i want to make a friend.¡± I answered. ¡° Then go friends with other people, surely there would be people who want to be your friend!¡± She snapped. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be friends with people who bully someone just because her element affinity is death.¡± I said. ¡°Haven¡¯t you heard what people said about me? I killed my father!¡± She hissed. ¡°I don¡¯t believe in rumors.¡± I said. She gave me a blank look before returning to her meal. She left without even a glance at me after finishing her meal. I decided not to follow her, i didn¡¯t want to be the creepy type. It was a friday today, meaning that i had no more classes till next monday. I decided to head back to my room to train my enchanting. I still had to catch up with the rest of the class. At the end of the semester, there was a test for every subject. If i failed any of them, i was going to be kicked out of class zero. While during the weekends,i would try to complete my spirit core as it was just about to be complete. ====Monday===== I was in class again. This time however, the lesson was Element training. Unlike the other compulsory classes, i was not together with class zero. I was in a class with other wind element students. Due to the fact that wind was a basic common element, there were a large number of students who had this element. The class was held in lecture hall and our instructor was a young women around the age of twenty. I eavesdropped on some of the other students conversations and found out that her name was Mrs Emily. ¡° Good morning class!¡± Mrs Emily said with a smile. I could immediately tell that she was those enthusiastic teacher. ¡° Today, i¡¯ll be teaching you u guys a new spell called ¡®Floating Technique¡¯.¡± She said confidently. ¡°As you all know, Saint level mages can fly, yes, but our academy can only produce one every few decades! But we mages with the wind elements can execute the ¡®Floating Technique¡¯.¡± she said confidently. From the previous magic casting class i had last thursday, i already knew what Saint level mages meant. Saint level mages were a name given to mages who managed to comprehend some of the true meaning of their element. Upon comprehending their true meaning, they could challenge human limits and fight away the shackles of gravity. However doing this is no easy task, many have tried comprehending the true meaning of their elements but very few people succeeded. Currently, there were only four mages in the academy who were Saint level. ¡°Moreover, Using floating technique in conjunction with ¡®windrun¡¯ and ¡®supersonic¡¯, it will allow us to fly just like Saint level mages.¡± she said cheerfully. ¡° For the majority of you, you do not have enough mana or skill to be able to sustain the floating technique for more than a few minutes. But fret not, in the future, i¡¯m sure u guys will be able to fly.¡± She taught and showed us how to use the floating technique. She float upwards to about five meters above the ground as she demonstrated the floating technique. Almost everyone started to mimic her actions but only some were able to float. However for those who were able to cast it, they were only able to float up by a few centimeters.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. The first time i tried to cast it, i had failed. However after she came back down and explained to us our mistakes, more people were able to cast it. I too was one of those people. Mrs Emily told to everyone to try maintain their spell and to not fall down. Thus for the rest of the lesson, everyone was trying to maintain their spell. Whenever someone fell or ran out of mana, they would take a break before trying again. At the end of the lesson, i was able to float up to float up to half a meter. After class, a boy came to me and asked me if i wanted to have lunch with him. In this class, since no one know about me spending a lot of time with the black haired girl, i was quite popular. I politely declined before heading off for lunch. After eating alone at lunch, i headed to my next class, Study of spirit beasts. It was located near the edge of the academy grounds which was surrounded by a vast forest. At the edge of the forest, i could see a large green building. I was very excited about this class as i always had a love for animals. I had always wanted a pet but it was too expansive in district two. Only those in district one or the capital could afford one. During the day of my admission when i was choosing what subjects i wanted, I had ticked this class as one of my choices immediately when i saw it. When i had read the description of this class that day, i had immediately fell in love. It said that in this class, i would interact with local small beasts and learn about some of the bigger ones. It would teach me about how to interact with them and how to become a spirit beast tamer. When i arrived, i saw that there were about forty students and a tall muscular man. On his shoulder was a red eagle about the size of the man''s large muscular arms. The instructor introduced himself as Instructor Marun. ¡° Okay, since we have a new student today, why don¡¯t one of you tell her the rules!¡± Instructor Marun said with a laugh. ¡° Yes Instructor Marun, the number one rule is always listen to what you say and never do anything stupid near or to the animals.¡± one boy said. ¡°Good,now we¡¯ll begin lesson.¡± Instructor Marun said as he pointed at the eagle ¡°Today we¡¯ll be learning about Farels.¡± ¡°This species of eagles are called Farels, named by Mr Farel himself when he discovered it thirty years ago.¡± Instructor Marun said. ¡°When being near this species, do not make loud noise near it, or else it will attack you. Is that clear?¡± Instructor Marun shouted. ¡° Yes Instructor Marun!¡± Everyone answered. He began to tell us more about the animal, teaching us on it¡¯s life cycle and history. He taught us about its attack patterns and weaknesses before letting us pet it. When i pet it, i could feel a slight heat as my hand ran down it¡¯s red feathers. My face lighting up into a smile as the bird nestled its head into my hands. After letting everyone pet it, Instructor Marun dug into the bin by his side and pulled out a few mice. He released the mice into the wild after ordering the Farel to chase them. The Farel flew up then dove down in an arc before grabbing a mice with its talons. After catching one mine, it threw it up the mice into the air before spewing a cone of fire at it through it sharp yellow beak. After eating it, it flew in a red flash as it tried to catch the other mice that were running away. We all watched as it caught and devour every mice before returning to the top of Instructor Marun shoulder. ¡°Farels like are a species of eagles which are born with the affinity to fire. Its ancestor is the mythical vermillion eagle. As it eats and devours fire type herbs in the wild, it has a chance of evolving and awakening some of its bloodline. These type of beasts are called spirit beasts.¡± Instructor Marun said. Aftering teaching us more about the Farels, he allowed us to play and pet it for the rest of the lesson. While eagerly waiting for my turn to play with it, a short girl walk towards me. ¡°Hi, My name is Ciri karter, what¡¯s yours? The girl introduced herself. She had green twin tails that came up to her back. With she short stature and twin tails, she had the look of a cute and innocent girl. ¡°Hi, my name is Ariana but you can call me Ari.¡± I introduced myself. ¡°You must like animals very much.¡± she said. ¡° Huh?¡± I was confused. ¡° When i saw your smile when you pet the Farel, i knew that you loved animals as much as me!¡± She said in confidence. ¡°This is the first time i found someone who loved and appreciate animals as much as i do.¡± She said. ¡° Everyone else here just don¡¯t appreciate them, they just treat them like battle pets.¡± ¡°But you¡¯re different, come look.¡± She said as she showed a picture of me petting the Farel. ¡°Look! No one who doesn¡¯t love or appreciate animals would have a smile like that.¡± When i looked at the picture inside the magical artifact, i saw myself with an innocent smile and sparkle in my eyes as i was gently petting the Farel head. OMG! I look so cute! Dammit! Why do i have to look so cute. If only i could date myself. She showed me more pictures of other cute and fluffy animals as we talked and squeal at the magic artifact whenever we saw some really fluffy ones. For the rest of the lessons, i spent time with Ciri as she spoke of her collection of cute animal pictures while i patiently listened to every word. It was so focused in talking to her that i had completely forgotten about the Farel. ¡° Class over!¡± Instructor Marun shouted. After he dismissed us,i left the class with Ciri in tow. ¡° You should totally visit me at my dorm, I have a pet Blucarl there that we could play with! Her name is Katti¡± Ciri said enthusiastically. ¡°Sure, i would totally love to visit and play with Katty¡± I replied. I followed her back to her dorm room. Her dorm room was three floors above mine. The insides of her room were almost identical to mine except for the fact that hers were a lot messier than mine. Not only that, she had a few family portraits and picture hanging on her walls. As we enter the room Ciri shouted ¡° Katti, i¡¯m home!¡± Kitti ran from her bed and leap into Ciri stretch out arms. It landed on her bosom as Ciri cradled it like a baby. Seeing the small animal nesting deeply in Ciri breasts brought out deep feelings that i¡¯ve been trying to suppress. The Blucarl was light blue in colour and looked like a traditional household cat. However, as i got closer to pet it while it was it Ciri¡¯s bosom, i noticed that it had small dark blue stripes. As i pet it, i felt a cooling sensation. However, the Blucarl was not my main focus of attention. As i pet it, my hand would slightly graze Ciri¡¯s breast. It felt soft but firm. No! Don¡¯t do it. I shouldn¡¯t take advantage of a girl like that. Especially a girl who is 13. I stopped petting it allowing Ciri to place Kitti on the floor so that i could continue playing. After we played with it and talked for an hour or two,we went out to have dinner together. I wished we were having dinner as a guy and a girl and not as two girl friends. After dinner, we said goodbyes and promised to meet again tomorrow as i found out that we had adventuring studies together tomorrow during our talk. As i was walking back to my dorm room, a sudden realisation dawned on me. WAIT A MINUTE! When did i ever act like that! Even when i saw cute pets before when i was Tate, I had never acted this way before! I had never ever acted so cutesy and girly before when i was with animals. What the fuck is going on with me! What happened to me just now! I went to sleep thinking and rationalising about what just happened to me. Chapter 16 : More questions than answers ¡°Crack! Crack!¡± the sound of something crunching and breaking rang inside my head. My body tossed and turned in my bed as i was still asleep. Vivid dreams flashed by as the crunching sound got louder. I lived through dream after dreams as i showed no signs of waking up. Each dream moving too fast and too short for me to remember even a glimpse of. The one thing i could make out from every dream was the sound of a storm. The howling of violent gales thundering throughout each dream. Some dreams,i could remember a humongous bird, some a giant dragon while the rest i could see a three legged bat. When they flew across the starry skies, large turbulent storms erupt wherever they passed by. I could slightly seeing them fighting a large being. Though i couldn¡¯t see what. As the crunching sound got louder, so did the storm. But suddenly it stopped. A pleasant sensation washed over me as the sounds stopped. As the sounds stopped, i could finally control myself in my dream. I went from an observer to a player. In this dream, i was in a large field. The grass wiping like daggers as the powerful winds caused it to lash about. However, i did not feel the wind at all. I could see that when the violent wind were about to hit me, it went around it. Completely ignoring me. At the center of the field was a girl that looked just like me. She was lying naked on a patch of soft grass which seem unaffected by the violent winds. She seemed slightly translucent. I walked through the violent winds towards her. The winds not affecting me at all. When i reached her, i felt something off about her. Even though she looked exactly like me, i could feel that she wasn¡¯t exactly me. I raised my hands to touch her but when my hand made contact with her translucent skin, i felt a sharp stabbing pain in my head. ¡°Arrhh!¡± I screamed. ¡°Isn¡¯t this a dream? Why am i feeling so much pain!¡± I shouted. As i was rolling around on the grass, the area of the translucent girl which i touched started to dissipate. It dissipated into small specks of cyan light and flew into the storm. The storm increasing in furiosity. New memories started to enter me as i felt life drained away from me. Memories started to enter as I could feel myself going brain dead as too much information flooded my mind. I used my spirit energy to manipulate my mind and slow down the process of the memories barraging into me. I could feel that my manipulation of my mind was a few times stronger than before. Not only that, i could feel spirit energy circulating at a breakneck speed. As, the memories start to slow down, i could make out what it was about. I was chained in a room. I could see that my hands and legs were cuffed to a chair. I struggled to get out about it was a futile attempt. The ionic titanium chains locked me in placed tightly. Around my head was a helmet with two long needles sticking into my head. I could remember the large torrent of pain i felt as the needles stuck itself into my head. At first i thought, it was my memories of being brainwashed. It was until i heard this that i was proven wrong. ¡°My father won¡¯t let you get away with this! I will not let you get away with this! ¡± I said. The memories were of the original princess, not me. ¡°I will not let you do whatever you¡¯re planning to, I¡¯ll kill myself before you do!¡± the princess said as she tried to bite her own tongue. But as she were about to perform the act, she stopped herself. ¡°What! Why can¡¯t i do it!¡± She screamed. ¡°What did you do to me!¡± ¡°Looks like the rehabilitation is a success.¡± The white haired old man in front of her said. ¡°In a matters of few hours, you will be our puppet. You will dance to our fingers and kill your own family. How wonderful would that be!¡± The white haired old man said. ¡°How is this possible, why isn¡¯t my powers working!¡± the princess screamed! ¡°You think your puny low level of spirit powers can stop me? HAH!¡± The white haired old man laughed. ¡°Nooo! ¡° The princess screamed. The flow of information stopped at this stage! What happened to her! What happened next! Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. I got up and ran towards the translucent girl again, trying to touch her and get more of her memories. If i touch her once more, i¡¯ll know the full story! However, as i ran towards her a force pushed me back. Every time i stepped on the soft grass she was sleeping on, i could feel a force pushing me away from her. Now matter how many times i tried, i could not get to her. What is she? A ghost? A spirit? Her spirit energy? Her powers? Just what are you? I tried to reach her many more times as my curiosity propelled me. Only after a few hundred attempts did i finally gave up and stopped. How did you even get here? I need to know! Why did you come here and give me your memories? Why did you allow me to see ur memories but stopped me from seeing more. What are you trying to hide from me. Why won¡¯t you allow me to see it? Looks like i can¡¯t do anything about this now. Perhaps in the future, you will allow me to see more. Before i leave this place, i should look around. Giving up on ever reaching her, i took a look around the place. Although the vast amounts of lashing grass filled the place, in the far distance to the left of the girl, i could see a patch of blue. I ran towards that area, allowing the violent winds to propel me forwards. I tried to use mana to use wind run and quicken my pace but i could not feel my mana at all. However, when i thought of using the winds to push me forward, the wind responded to my will. Whatever i wanted the wind to do, it followed. As i traveled, i could see the patch of blue getting bigger and bigger. After what seems like days of travelling, i finally reach the area. As far as my eyes could see, a vast sea of water surrounded the land i was on. As i touched the sea, i realised what this place was. This sea was my sea of consciousness and the land i was standing on was my spirit core that i had been trying to form. More questions than answers were acquired when i had reached this blue area. I had thought that when i reach here, i could answer some of the questions that i had. However, finding out that this entire place was actually my sea of conscious sent me into a loop. Why is the princess in my sea of consciousness? Why is my core a piece of land with grass instead of a gold core that the guy from the resistance had described? Why are there wind in my sea of consciousness, isn¡¯t mana and spirit energy two entirely different things? I was so confused. The only thing i was certain of was that my core had complete forming and i had new powers. My divine sense had increased, i could feel and see everything in a 20 meter radius around me. The speed and skill of my ability to manipulate my mind was a few times better. I could go into sensory overdrive mode for a long period of time before my brain start hurting. Moreover, during overdrive mode, i could copy and memorise whatever i see. I had gained two new abilities. One was mind haste, it allowed me to multiply cognitive abilities. Doing this will let me perceive everything around me at a faster rate. When i tried using it, i could feel as if time had slowed down. My body and everything around me moving 25% slower than normal. Everything felt like it was in slow motion. The other ability was six sense. This allowed me to sense for danger around me. It could even warn me of danger before it happened. Six sense not only allowed me to sense danger, it also increased my intuition. When i had found out i had new abilities, i was excited and had hoped i had some sort of super strength. I had imagined myself lifting cars and carriages and tossing them at people. However, i didn¡¯t get sad when i found out that i didn¡¯t gain super strength. I was quite content with my new powers. On the surface, it didn¡¯t seem as strong as super strength. However if i used six sense,mind haste,sensory overdrive, windrun, wind prediction all together at once, I would become a monster! I can predict everything someone is going to do before they even do it. Imagine fight someone who can predict your every move. Yeah, a predicting a few seconds into the future may not be a big deal now. But in the future this will be overpowered. When two strong opponents fight, a few second is the difference between life and death. After finding out that this was my sea of consciousness, i left it like how i usually do. When I woke up, i found myself the carpeted floor. I turned to my clock at found that it was only 4am. Looks like i only spent a few hours there. I went back to bed hoping to get more rest before the start my day tomorrow. I had decided to put what happened to me just now to the back of my mind. I could not force it to give me more answers and i would accomplish nothing trying to force it. I will carry on with my mission. As i grow stronger, i¡¯m sure i¡¯ll learn more. =====4 hours later===== I woke up and start on my morning routine. I had already gotten used to it, it no longer felt as shameful as before. When i had my dream last night, i had an epiphany. Anna was my life now, even if i was Tate before, i can¡¯t lie to myself that right now i am not Anna. As i wore my school combat uniform, i remember the last time i wore it. About how much skin i showed off. In the future when i have my own supplies, i will make my own uniform! I just need to make a bionic synthesizer and a energy printer to make my own composite silk. I wonder if i can combine enchantments with composite silk. Okay, this will be one of my goals during the academy from now on! After pumping myself up, i left the room and headed for advance battling class. I arrived at the arena 30 minutes early and saw that the black haired girl was there. She was sitting at the corner of the arena reading a book. I couldn¡¯t help but stare. Even though i hate wearing this stupid uniform, I can¡¯t say that it doesn¡¯t look nice. I walked towards her and sat beside her. She turned her head towards me and raised an eyebrow when i sat down beside her. ¡°Hey! What are you reading?¡± I asked. ¡°My name isn¡¯t Hey.¡± She said. ¡°I don¡¯t know what to call you, you never said what your name is before¡± I said. ¡°My name is Vivian¡± She said before returning to her book. ¡°Your name match your looks, both beautiful.¡± I told her. I could see a faint blush on her face as i complimented her. After noticing that she was ignoring me, i went to the training room to practice by myself before class started. I went up onto the training arena and five metal dummies formed. These dummies were very tough and hard to damage. Not only that, if implement mana, it could come to life and fight. I went to the crystal core of each dummy and inserted enough mana for each of them to last ten minutes. The dummies each pulled out a sword and the battle began. I immediately used six sense, divine sense, sensory overdrive, mind haste, wind run and wind predict. I had started this practice match with the dummies to see how well i would do when i used every ability. Instantly, everything slowed down. I could see faint images in front on each dummy. The dummies following the exact footsteps of the images. When the image slash at me, i felt nothing. I back out after the image slashed me, narrowingly dodging the dummy slash by a few centimeters. This is incredible! I can see exactly what action they are going to take 1 second into the future. I continued to dodge every attack even when fight five at once. It felt like a breeze dodging every attack and stabbing their weak point whenever i had the chance. When i saw a red line at where i attacked, I had no fear of breaking or damaging the dummy. The red line were only meant to show that i had made lethal damage to it. I continued dodging and attacking till the time ran out and the dummies stopped attacking. I was not hit even once and i had hit more than fifty lethal strikes. Using my divine sense, i could see Vivian spying on me. Her eyes taking a peek from behind her book every few seconds. When i turned my head towards her, she ducked her head and hid behind her book, pretending that she had been reading all along. So cute! Chapter 17 : Easy cheating ¡°Okay class, today we¡¯ll be learning how to fight a Taurom.¡± Instructor stone said as he brought us to the underground floor of the arena. The underground arena was just like the other arenas other than the fact that on the side of the arena was a barred room. ¡° You all know how this goes, Tori you¡¯re up.¡± Instructor stone said. A red haired girl ran up the stage ¡° Woot! I get first blood!¡± After she got onto the arena, a dome made of mana surrounded the arena and the barred room opened. A beast walked out of the room. It had a body of a gorilla and a head of a bull. It pounded its chest as it watched aggressively at Tori. It immediately charged at her, mountain of dust flying into the air as he leaped from his position. It was as fast as me when i use windwall. Tori planted her palm onto the ground in retaliation. Reddish brown specks of light floated around her as she got ready to use her spell. An influx of mana boomed as her spell was complete. ¡°BOOM!¡± A large geyser of lava spewed out in front of her spraying the Taurom. The Taurom continued to charged at her, punching and blocking the lava. Its fists red and burning from the impact. More geyser spewed out beside Tori and shoot more lava at the Taurom as it struggled to stop the Lava from solidifying around it. Its body burning from the hot lava. However, it was a futile attempt. It roared loudly as more and more lava started to cool,solidify around it. After a while, it was fully encased in a mountain of rock. ¡° Yay! I won!¡± Tori jumping in happiness. ¡°Tori, you took too long to kill it.¡± Instructor Stone lectured her. ¡° Your lava is too slow in killing something, you should improve on trying to cool the lava down faster.¡± ¡° Okay Deremick, you¡¯re next.¡± Instructor stone said. After Tori¡¯s fight, one by one we went up the stage to fight the Taurom. Some of the students like Lulu killed it instantly while some took a long while. ¡° Okay Ari, you¡¯re next.¡± Instructor stone said. I leaped up onto the arena as my name was called. A mana shield surrounding the arena as i entered. A Taurom walked out of the room and i instantly buffed myself with everything. Time slowed down as i perceived everything around me. With my divine sense, i could see Vivian watching me intently. This fight, we were allowed to use lethal weapons, thus i had with me a steel longsword. An image of the taurom swept its paws at me when it got near enough to me. I instantly leaped backwards as the image hit me. A second later, the taurom swept its paws at where i just was. HA! This power is so good! After dodging its attack, i used my long sword and slash his meaty paws. Though my sword was enhanced by my wind blade, my sword only left a light gash on the forearm of the Taurom What is this thing made off! After slashing at it, I unleashed more wind blades at it spending 30% of my mana. It used it large hands and blocked my wind blades, giving me an opportunity to get behind it and out of its sight. My wind blades left large amounts of damage on its arm but generally it was still okay. It immediately turned around to deal with me but i was already ready with my next spell. More wind blades were launched at its face while i tried to look for an opening. The only way to kill this thing is for me to hit its weak point! I can¡¯t keep wasting my mana shooting wind blades at it! I have to play with my strengths, my mobility! Instantly i ran forward again, going close quarters against this large beast. It was twice my height. See this beast had made me subconsciously want to fight it from far range. However, since i had no good spells that could kill it from far range, i went into close range. It tried to punch,swipe and slam its fist at me but i effortlessly dodge everything by seeing into the future. Every time it tried to hit me, i would dodge and counterattack. After a while, it had many large gash all over it¡¯s body. There was a large pool of blood as it bleed profusely. Eventually, it lost too much blood and bled out to death. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°Ari, you took too long to kill it.¡± Instructor Stone lectured me. ¡° Even though you are fast and agile, you don¡¯t hit hard enough. In the future, i suggest you look for ways to improve it.¡± ¡°Ermm.. aaa.. Vivian you¡¯re up.¡± Instructor stone said hesitantly. Everyone went quiet as silence filled the air. Vivian walked towards the arena as i sat down on the bench. As she got onto the arena, the mana shield went up and the Taurom got out. Instantly a veil of darkness shrouded Vivian. My spirit energy horrified at the sight. It was terrifying. I couldn¡¯t control my body from shivering in terror. It took me a few seconds before i could stop myself from shivering. Now i understand why everyone fear her! This power, this darkness is absolutely terrifying! Dark tendrils spawned all around her as the Taurom tried to run away in fear. However, it didn¡¯t even had a chance. The tendrils sped towards it, stabbing it throughout it¡¯s body. Taurom slowly started deflating and turning black as it¡¯s flesh, blood, and lifeforce were sucked out by the tendrils. After a few seconds later, an empty husk of a body laid there. A cold wind blew and the corpse disintegrated in a cloud of dust. A life had been demolished in the span of a second, leaving not a single trace behind, thanks to the dark tendrils. What the fuck, it took her just a few seconds to kill it! That¡¯s so unfair! I had to fight tooth and nail to slow whittle it down and she just killed it in one attack! That¡¯s so bullshit! How can anything survive that attack! One stab from the tendrils and you¡¯re dead! ¡°Ermm..Looks like class is over, you¡¯re dismissed.¡± Instructor stone said while looking at the time. The rest of the class left the arena acting like as if nothing happened. So they are used to it huh? I sat there with my gaping mouth as Vivian walked towards me. ¡° You think i¡¯m a monster too, right?¡± Vivian said. ¡°No, you¡¯re not a monster, your power is the monster¡± I got out of my stupor and replied ¡°Just because your power is powerful and terrifying, it doesn¡¯t mean you are.¡± Her face went into a mix of emotions as i answered. ¡°Hurry up, we got history class now.¡± I said to take her mind of what i just said. We left the arena and got to class, Vivian following behind me to saying anything along the way. ¡°Okay class we got a surprise test today!¡± the teacher said as he entered the class. What! This is my first history lesson, how am i supposed to do the test! ¡°New student, just answer what you know, it¡¯s your fault for joining so late into the year anyway.¡± The teacher said. ¡°You beat your examiner in your duel,right? If you can do that, you can definitely do this test.¡± Oh fuck this guy! He gave out a sheet of paper to everyone. When i saw the question i nearly cursed out loud. What the fuck are these question! Name the three person lead the rebellion of the black days? Rebellion of the black days? How am i supposed to know this shit! As i saw the rest of the question, i cursed the teacher even more. Everyone started to write down their answers as i stared at the paper. ¡°And no cheating,or i fail your whole year,hahaha!¡± The teacher laughed as he put a ward checking for mana usage and looked at me. Fuck you! You¡¯re doing this on purpose aren¡¯t you. Wait a minute! If i can¡¯t cheat using mana, what if i used spirit energy? I unleashed my divine sense and covered the whole room. I could feel and see everything that everyone was writing. Name the three person lead the rebellion of the black days? Archemon Domanic, Arkneidus Rafam and Karrin trudon. I saw that almost everyone answered these three names. Great! All i have to do is copy down whatever the majority writes! HAHAHA I immediately started copying down what the majority wrote down as the teacher stared at me. ¡° Test over!¡± the teacher said after 30 minutes and collected our papers. ¡° How is this possible!¡± the teacher said in shock as he read my paper. ¡°You just started the year, how did you know all the answer to every question?¡± the teacher said. ¡°You cheated, didn¡¯t you! Tell me how you cheated or else i will find the academy head and expel you!¡± the teacher shouted at me. ¡°What? I didn¡¯t cheat sir.¡± I answered innocently. ¡°It¡¯s just that Vivian taught me all of this during the weekends so i could catch up.¡± I answered. ¡°What! You¡¯re friends with that waste of a human being?¡± the teacher shouted. ¡° She¡¯s not waste of a human being!¡± I shouted in anger. I really feel like punching him now. Hold it in, hold it in, I won¡¯t achieve anything if i do anything stupid. When a nobleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late. ¡° Hmmp, A piece trash friends with another trash.¡± the teacher said with a sneer before collecting all our papers. What is with this guy! I have not even done anything and he is already out to get me. What wrong have i committed that he has a grudge against me? After collecting our papers and keeping it in his bag, he started the lesson. ¡°Now that the trash has stop wasting our time, we can begin lesson.¡± Throughout the lesson he spared no effort to insult me that i started to wonder if he was mentally challenged. After a few minutes of listening to him talk, i gave up ever trying to learn anything from him and read my textbook instead. I decided to study by myself using the textbook. The textbook was very large and thick, it had about a thousand pages. With my superior intellect and memorisation capabilities i skim through it very fast. I counted that it would take me a week or two to full memorise the entire book. While i was reading the book, Vivian did something unexpected. She whisper to me ¡° Did you really think i wasn¡¯t a waste of a human being?¡± ¡°Of course not! How could I ever think of you as a waste of a human being.¡± I answered. She had a grateful look as she whisper ¡° Thank you, no one have ever defended or be nice to me before.¡± ¡°Want to have lunch together?¡± I asked. ¡° I would love to.¡± She answered with a heartwarming smile. Damn, that¡¯s so cute! ¡°You should smile more, you look even more beautiful when you do.¡± I said. As i said that, she froze and went red. Her face was blushing wildly as she tried to hide her face behind her book. However, how could she ever hide from me? With my divine sense, i could see everything. I decided to stop teasing her for now and returned to my studies. ¡°Class dismissed.¡± the teacher said before he immediately left the class. ¡° Hurry lets go get some seats before they are all gone!¡± I said as i dragged her towards her cafeteria. When we arrived, we noticed that almost every table was taken. ¡°Damn, all the table are taken. You wanna go buy food and eat somewhere else?¡± I asked. ¡°Watch, i¡¯ll show you a trick¡± she said as she walked towards a random table. ¡°Excuse me, may i sit here?¡± she asked the students sitting at the table. ¡°Yes,yes, aaa.. Just take the whole table, we were just about to leave.¡± one of the students said before taking their food trays and leaving. ¡°One of the good things about being dislike by everyone is that no one wants to sit with you.¡± Vivian said to me. We sat down on the now empty table and ate our lunch. ¡°How did you really do the test?¡± She asked me. ¡°Secret¡± I replied sticking my tongue out. ¡°What classes do you take?¡± I asked her. ¡°I take enchanting,warding formation,magical artifact crafting,potioneering and study of ancient runes.¡± She said. ¡°Oh cool, that means i¡¯m with you the whole day tmr, i took warding formation and magical artifact crafting too¡± I said. Chapter 18 : Finding Materials After saying goodbye to Vivian after lunch, we both went on our separate ways. Adventuring studies was located near the study of spirit beast building. It was build there for convenience as entering the forest was a natural occurrence. When i arrived, i heard Ciri shout to me ¡° Ari!¡± ¡° Hi Ciri,¡± I tried to say before she tackled hug me. ¡° Ari, i missed you. You can¡¯t believe how much i can¡¯t stand the people in my class.¡± Ciri said. ¡°None of the treats animals properly, they only think of them as beast used for fighting or labour. They have no love for them!¡± Cri complained. ¡° Settle down kids, it¡¯s time for class, today we¡¯re going into the forest.¡± The instructor said. The instructor was a beautiful woman with a large pair of boobs. I mean really really large. It was jaunting out of her shirt. I could notice every boy staring at her boobs. I also noticed that more than 75% of the whole class were boys. Most of them probably only took this class so they could ogle her tits. ¡°Does everyone have their camping equipment?¡± She asked as her tits bounce up and down. ¡° Errm.. I don¡¯t have anything with me, I¡¯m a new student.¡± I answered. ¡° Oh that¡¯s alright girl, just have them be next week. You can call me Mrs Blonda.¡± She said. ¡° Ciri, can you share your camping equipment with her?¡± She said Ciri. ¡°Yosh!¡± Ciri said happily. ¡°Okay, then we can head off then. Follow me closely,¡± Mrs Blonda said. She turned around and entered the forest as we followed closely behind her. As we followed her, i could tell that she was very experience. Her eyes darting left and right looking for any trouble that we may head into. She walked gracefully through the mud, leaves, branches and trees. We walked through the forest for 10 minutes until we reached a small clearing. I could tell that this area was used very often. The ground was tough and hard, easy to walk around. Most of the grass were laid flat, due to the amount of people walking over it. There were small signs on the ground showing where to place the tent. ¡° Okay class, If we are going to be camping here, what do we do first.¡± Mrs Blonda asked. ¡° We scout around the perimeter to check for anything dangerous,¡± one boy answered. ¡°Then what next?¡± Mrs Blonda asked. ¡° Then we discuss what each of us are going to do, some will pitch the text, some will set the fire and etc,¡± another boy answered. ¡° Good, then start setting camp, I¡¯ll be tell you if you make any mistakes,¡± Mrs Blonda said. After that, we started to discuss who do what. Me and ciri were chosen to help pitch the tents. ¡° Since it¡¯s your first time doing this, follow what i do,¡± Ciri said. ¡°No need, watch,¡± I said as i started pitching the tent. With my implanted memories, i knew exactly what to do. I had an entire encyclopedia on outdoor survival. From when i started to when i finished pitching the tent, it only took me 5 minutes. ¡° Omg! Ari, you¡¯re so good!¡± Ciri celebrated as she clapped her hands ¡° How did you know how to do this?¡± Oh shit, I¡¯m not supposed to know how to do this! Fuck! ¡°Erm.. I went camping with my dad many times before,¡± I lied. ¡° Wow, you are so good. You only took 5 minutes to pitch it, normally i take 15 minutes to do it,¡± Ciri said with a smile. ¡°Girls, i¡¯m impressed, you two managed to pitch it in less than 10 minutes. What more there¡¯s no mistake on it, it¡¯s perfect!¡± Mrs Blonda said from behind. ¡° Go help the other pitch their tents,¡± Mrs Blonda said. The other people who were pitching their tents were not as fast as we were. Thus with our help, our efficiency increased. Soon all the tents were pitched. However as i was helping others, i tried to slow down my pace as to now attract too much attention. I had already shown off too much to Mrs Blonda and Ciri due to my mistake.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. It only took about 45 minutes for every group to be finished with their respective work. ¡°Good work kids, you guys only took 45 minutes without my help. That¡¯s about 10 minutes faster than usual.¡± Mrs Blonda praised ¡°Now, clean and keep everything up. You will only be dismissed if you keep everything.¡± ¡°Aww,¡± Everyone wined. ¡°Hurry up guys, i want to be released, i got something after this! Let¡¯s finish this quick!¡± One boy shouted. When we were cleaning up, i shorten my pace to not showed that i was skilled. ¡°I¡¯m only good at pitching tents,¡± I lied to Ciri. After 50 minutes, we were done cleaning everything and left the forest following Mrs Blonda. It was an uneventful trip going back. My shoes were muddy and my skirt had dirt marks all over it. As it was my first time, I did not know that i had to wear an outdoor uniform. ¡°Ciri, do you know where i can buy some outdoor outfits and the camping equipments?¡± I asked Ciri. ¡°I don¡¯t have any more classes today, so i free till tomorrow.¡± I said. ¡°Woot i am free too,let¡¯s go shopping! I know just the place and we can buy some cute clothes too!¡± Ciri cheered. ¡°Wait no, i just need camping equipments and outdoor clothes.¡± I tried to stop her. ¡°Too late, come let¡¯s go!¡± Ciri cheered as she dragged me along out of the academy grounds. The academy was situated beside a forest in the City of Varandail. The city of Varandail was a lot like the capital with its architecture and aesthetic. However, since it was a city that housed the greatest academy in all of Irana, it was very rich and crowded. Many people from all over Iranda come here to make a fortune because of the population. Thus buisness was very good here. There were many magic related shops all over the market place. There were even a magic artifact that worked liked an elevator. ¡°Ciri i don¡¯t have enough money for anything other than camping equipments and outdoor clothes.¡± I lied to get Ciri to stop dragging to underwear and clothes shop. Even though i only had around fifty thousand points left in my card, It was still too much for a commoner to usually have. A peasant would only need a few hundred points per month to live comfortably. Thus i had to hid the fact that i had fifty thousand, else my cover will be blown. ¡°Don¡¯t worry i¡¯ll lend you. You have such a great figure, i want to see you in some cute clothes.¡± She said. ¡°Ciri, why dont we buy the stuff i¡¯ll need first then we go to a pet shop later. Next time then we¡¯ll buy some clothes!¡± I said to distract her with her love for animals. ¡° Okay then, but next time i¡¯m definitely going to see you model for me!¡± Ciri said with a mischievous grin. She brought to a store that sold camping goods. It sold a large variety of camping equipments and everything related to it. We bought a medium sized tent, camping equipments and everything we needed for the course. Beside the store was a outdoor clothes shop. I tried to buy the first thing i saw, but Ciri made me model one outfit after another to find the right one for me. In the end i bought three different outfits. The designs were different but the colour was mostly the same. It was a green tunic, a black jacket, long tight green pants and black high boots. After buying what i needed, Ciri dragged me to the pet shop. On the way i noticed a blacksmith shop. ¡°Wait wait, i need to do something, go to the pet shop first.¡± I said. ¡°Okay i go first, but don¡¯t ditch me, okay? She asked. ¡°Yeah, i just need to do something, just go first, i won''t ditch you, i promised,¡± I assured her. After she left, i entered the blacksmith shop. When i had noticed the shop, it had reminded me of what i needed to do. To make the synthesizer and printer, i need a lot of different kinds of materials. I knew that the materials need to make them were available in Iranda, however i did not know how rare or how abundant they were. ¡°Hello?¡± I said as i entered the store. ¡°Hello missy, how may i help you? ¡° A large burly man answered. He was the only one inside the store. All around the shop were swords, armours and precious metals. ¡°Excuse me, i need to know if you have any Torium, Antenide and Mithril or Adamantium.¡± I asked. To make a synthesizer and a printer, i would first need to make the tools needed to build it. All i needed to make the tools were common metals so i did not worry about it too much. However to make the synthesizer and the printer i would need Torium to make the glass so that it won¡¯t shatter when it is hit by the laser. For the antinode, i need it to build the motherboard, processors and the Modulators. I require mithril or Adamantium to build the machine as the heat of the laser would melt most common metals. ¡°Hey missy, what do you require these rare metals for?¡± He questioned me. ¡°My father is a crafter and he needed some rare metals to craft a magical artifact.¡± I lied. ¡°Yes i have them, however i don¡¯t have much. How much do you need?¡± He asked. ¡°I require 10 kg of Thorium, 5 kg of Antenide and 40 kg of either Mithril or Adamantium,¡± I said ¡°For the Mithril and Adamantium, either would do, i just need 40kg total.¡± ¡°I have everything except for Mithril¡±He said ¡°For the cost, hmmm, 10 kg of Thorium should be 1000 points,5 kg of Antenide should be 4000 points while 40 kg of Mithril should be 40000 points.¡± Fuck, I don¡¯t have enough to make the tools if i buy them. I would at minimum require 10000 points to make all the tools. Doing the math, 1 kg of Thorium is 100 points, 1 kg of Antenide should be 800 points while 1 kg of Mithril should be 1000 points. If i just build the synthesizer and the tools only, I should have enough. And by using the synthesizer to make unrefined composites and sell them i should be able to earn enough to make the printer. Since people here don¡¯t not know much about composites materials, i can convince them that the unrefined composites is a new material someone concocted. There will surely be people who study materials for a living who would pay a fortune for them. Okay, this is a good plan. ¡°How much will this cost?¡± I asked as i showed him a list of common materials i needed to make the tools. ¡°Missy, that¡¯s an awful lot of material you require, I really wonder what your pops is building that he require all these materials.¡± He said ¡°These should cost about 16932 points¡± he said as he did calculation with his fingers. ¡°I want to buy 10 kg of Thorium, 5 kg of Antenide and 20 kg of Mithril and all the items in the list. How much would it be?¡± I asked. ¡°Total should be 41932 points¡± he answered as he did the calculations in his head while counting fingers. ¡°Sir, can you drop it to 40000 points?¡± I bartered ¡°Since i did buy a lot of materials, shouldn¡¯t i get a discount?¡± ¡°The best i can do is 41000 missy¡± he said while cross his arms. ¡° Please sir, all my father gave me 40000 points, can you please give me a bigger discount, my father will be disappointed if i come back with everything he needed.¡± I begged while using my puppy dog eyes and held his hands. ¡° Aaa¡­ aaa.. I guess i can drop it to 40000 if you really don¡¯t have enough.¡± He said hesitantly while blushing as i held his hand harder. ¡°Thank you so much Sir!¡±I said with a big smile. Ha, sucker! That was so easy. ¡°Come back this weekend, we will have everything ready by then, take this card.¡± he said as he handed me a card after i paid him 20000 in interests. After taking the card,i took off to find Ciri in the pet store. When i found her, i saw that she was in the petting zoo playing with a puppy. Before i even realised what i was about to say, i instantly said¡± Aww, that¡¯s so cute!¡± Fuck, i¡¯m acting girly again. Control it, control the urge to dive in. I walked to the pen and started playing with the animals and Ciri.However, this time i controlled myself and didn¡¯t start acting cutesy. I played with many different small animals which i had never had a chance to in Holakur. It was as if my childhood dreams were acheived. After an hour there, I decided to head back. I need to start planning and building all the blueprints for the synthesizer and the tools so that it would be easier for me to build them. Chapter 19 : Friends The next day i finally found something that Vivian was not good at. Math. The teacher was a old lady called Mrs Mars. When she entered the class, she gave all of us an assignment to do. When i had saw what we were being taught, i was flabbergasted. The level of math that were being taught to 13 year olds in Iranda was absolutely horrendous. The stuff that were being taught were what 9 year olds in Holakur learnt. After we were given our assignments to do, she sat down at the front of the class. ¡°When you finish your assignment, you can take a break until your next class.¡± She said. I breezed through the assignment, finishing it in less than 5 minutes. Since i had nothing to do for the rest of class, i decided to check on Vivian to see how she was doing. She was atrocious! Almost all of her fractions and multiplications were wrong. I immediately tried to help her. ¡°Pss, Vivian your answers are wrong,¡± I whispered. ¡°I don¡¯t know how to this, i¡¯m bad at math.¡± She whispered back as she shrug her shoulders. ¡°Here let me help you, i¡¯m already done.¡± I whispered as i got closer to her. I started to tutor her on everything that she has ever learnt so far. I could very confidently say that i was better at math than the teacher. With my degree in Electrical engineering back in Holakur and how bad the state of technological advancement in Iranda, i was pretty sure i could school Mrs Mars easily. After helping her for about 40 minutes, i had found out that she could pick up things very easily. She absorbed everything i taught her in a matter of seconds.She could now do the assignment herself very easily. The reason she was so bad at it before was that she could never clarify on any of her problems. She was too scared to ask the teacher on any questions she may had. After we both handed in our assignments, we both went back to our table and i started to tutor her the stuff she will be learning in the future. I could see that she was very intuitive and asked me a lot of questions. I answered in such a way that she could easily understand. When the class was over i told her ¡°In the future, you can always ask me for help, i would be glad to help you.¡± ¡°Thank you so much!¡± Vivian said as she hugged me ¡°Thank you for being my friend.¡± ¡°Settle down class¡± A short plump man entered the class. The class itself was similar to the magic casting class. However, unlike magic casting class, we were not focusing on how to cast spells. This class taught us how to control and weave mana to better facilitate a spell. Instead of trying to weave a magic spell in a certain way perfectly, we were trying to control the mana to move. The teacher taught us how to control the mana faster, slower and turn into a certain shape. We practiced trying to form the mana into different shapes as fast as we could. With my A grade in mana usage and my 17 years of experience, i was only slower than 7 students in my class. When i peeked at Vivian¡¯s progress, i could see she was as fast as me. The black fiendish mana morphing and turn as it produce a variety of shapes. After class, Vivian and i ate lunch together again. This time, she was more outspoken and we finally held a conversation that lasted more than 5 minutes. During lunch, she taught me more about enchanting and how i could improve on my runic formations. I was very interested in enchanting as i wanted to enchant my composite silk armour that i would be creating in the future. I had found out that it was very hard to enchant normal clothings due to how easily they tear apart. Once there is a slight cut or tear in the clothing, the runic formations and the mana circuits would be disrupted. This would cause the whole enchantment to stop working. Thus it was very inefficient to enchant clothing.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. After lunch we had warding formation class. In total, me and Vivian had three non compulsory classes together, arding formation class, magical artifact crafting class and enchanting class. The class was located in the same building as my enchanting class and was taught by Mr Ronic. He was a tall man with messy hair. In this class, he taught us on how to set up a ward. To make a ward, it was very simple to understand. One would need to find a random object and set an array of runic formations inside it. Different array of runic formations would result in different results. However, these array of runic formations does not last forever. Without power being supplied to them, they will eventually dissipate. Thus, this is why it is called a ward and not an magical artifact. A ward runic formations is meant to only last a certain amount of time. Today, Mr Ronic taught us how to make an array for a detection ward. This ward could be placed on any object bigger than the size of our fist. However, the bigger the object and the amount of formations in the array, there further the range of detection. The array comprised of 4 different runic formations, each runic formations comprising of 30 to 40 lines. Most of the class had already been taught about runic formations from previous lessons, thus they could easily accomplish it after some time. In contrast, i was struggling to even make one runic formation. I had just learnt how to even make runic formations last week. In the end, i decided to just go into sensory overdrive and copy how the teacher did it. Becaused i copied how the teacher did it, i managed to complete the ward before class was over. However, even if i copied and memorised how he did it. I could not replicate the ward again. Even if i knew how to do it, i still made mistakes due to my unsteady hands. I did not have the muscle memory to accomplish it. I had to get Vivian teach me how to do it before i was capable of finishing three of the runic formations before the class ended. After i made my ward, i had immediately destroyed it to get rid of the evidence. After class we had magic artifact crafting class taught by Mr Tink, he was wearing spectacles and a lab coat. The place it was held was in the build to the right of us. When me and Vivan sat down in the workshop waiting for the other classmates and the teacher., i realised that i had a problem. Ciri was also taking this class. This means that i have to get Ciri and Vivian to become friends. I had completely forgotten about this. Becaused i was so focused on making the blueprints yesterday nights, i had completely forgot to plan on how i was going to get Ciri to like Vivian. Due to the rumors about Vivian and her terrifying powers, almost everyone in the academy is afraid of her. Fuck, looks like i just have to wing it. ¡°Ari!!¡± Ciri screamed as she ran towards me to hug me when she entered the workshop. However, just as she was about to hug me, she saw who was sitting beside me. ¡°Ari, why are you sitting beside... her¡­¡± Ciri asked in concern as she hinted at Vivian with her eyes. ¡°I think i should leave,¡± Vivian said as she tried to leave. ¡°No, you¡¯ll stay,¡± I said as i got hold or her arm and held her down, prevent her from leaving. ¡°Ciri, this is my friend, Vivian, say hello,¡± I said as i hugged Vivian arm. ¡°But.. but..but..¡± Ciri tried to argue. ¡°I really think i should leave¡± Vivian said as she struggled to get out of my grip. ¡°Both of you are going nowhere,¡± I said to both of them ¡°Ciri, trust me, Vivian is my friend and she is not like what the rumors says she¡¯s like.¡± ¡°But.. but..but..¡± Ciri tried to argue with sweat pouring down her cheek. She had the look of horror. ¡°No buts!¡± I screamed ¡°I want all three of us to be friends.¡± ¡°Do you trust me Ciri?¡± I asked. Ciri eyes dart around in confusion before look down and saying ¡° yes, i trust you.¡± ¡°Then good, can you try being friends for me¡±? I asked. ¡°Yes,¡±Ciri said in resignation. ¡°Hi, i¡¯m Ciri, nice to me you.¡± Ciri introduced herself to Vivian. ¡°Hello, nice to meet you too, i¡¯m Vivian.¡± Vivian introduced herself to Ciri. ¡°Yay, good!¡± I cheered ¡°Now we can all be friends.¡± During class both were very quiet. Both didn¡¯t or had the confidence to talk at all. They both need to warm up to each other. I can¡¯t force them to be friends. They will both need time. The magic artifact crafting class was very interesting. Mr Tink was a quirky man. He would ramble on and on about how his inventions would one day revolutionise Iranda. He had brought some of his new inventions to show us. When he pulled them out, i heard the class mumbling ¡® Not again¡¯. It was a total failure. It just blew up in his face. ¡° Does this happen often?¡± I asked. ¡° Yeah¡± Both Ciri and Vivian sighed. ¡° Mr tink, can we just start the lesson? ¡± One of the students asked. ¡° You guys just don¡¯t understand the potential that my inventions has, nevermind, one day you will see my inventions change the future of Iranda, just you see.¡± Mr Tink said before starting the class. ¡° Don¡¯t mind him, he does this very often,¡± Ciri whispered to me. Magic Artifacts was one of the classes i needed to pay a lot of attention to. For the crafting guild, crafting magic artifacts is one of my tickets to get in. Magic artifacts were a loot similar to technology except for the fact that it gathers power from a mana crystal. Like warding, it has an array of runic formations inside the object, however unlike wards, it lasts a very long time. As long as the mana crystal is not destroyed or damaged, it would work. To make a magic artifact, the basic idea is to set an array of runic formations with mana circuits linking the mana crystals and the object. However, when making a magic artifact, one has to pay attention to the object. Different shapes and types of material would require different arrays of runic formations and different sizes of mana crystals. A rarer material like mithril and adamantium were often used for making magic artifacts due to the fact that it can store a larger array of runic formations. This means that it would be stronger and better than other magic artifacts that uses normal materials. This lesson we were taught how to make a lamp. It consisted of an array with 5 runic formations each with 40 lines. It was a truly hard for me to even make 1 runic formation, but now i had to make 5. I had to get Ciri and Vivian help in making the runic formations. I could not use sensory overdrive and copy how Mr Tink did it, it was too much of a risk. As much as i wanted to take a shortcut and use it, I steeled myself from using it. If people found out that a person could complete a runic formation with 40 lines easily in just a week of learning, it would be too troublesome. That blind old man who my father was friends with could help me vouch for my combat skills but i don¡¯t think he will be able to explain about how i am not only a combat genius but also an formation genius. That would be too suspicious and conspicuous. Thus i had to not use this ability. In the end i managed to complete 4 runic formations with the help of Ciri and Vivian. I had also found out how good Ciri was at it. If i consider Vivian fast, Ciri was even faster. She took just half an hour to complete all the runic formations and make the array and another half to complete the lamp. It really was great seeing Ciri and Vivian work together to help me. Chapter 20 : Passing Time Finally! The synthesizer is finally working! After months of building, tinkering and rebuilding, it¡¯s finally active. After countless times of it failing to on,finally the systems are all online! Due to not having a zero point energy generator, i had to substitute the powersource with mana crystals. Because i had changed the powersource, i had to recalibrate all the numbers. However, trying to recalibrate all the numbers just by myself was no easy task. A slight error in any part would cause the whole machine to not work. I had to change many things in the synthesizer to work. Firstly, the wirings in the synthesizer were changed to mana circuits.Next, I changed all the power supplies to mana crystals. The first two steps were easy, only taking me a weeks. The hard part was changing all the coding in the computer by scratch. Since I had nothing to reference to, everything was mostly done through guess and check. I had to rely on myself to build it. Although i knew how to code all of the programs in the computer due to me taking a programming module for my degree in electrical engineering, all the numbers in the code had to be changed to fit the change in power supply. And like all programmer knows, writing a program with thousands of lines, it was easy to make a mistake. One mistake was all it took for the synthesizer to not work. However using my memories, my degree in electrical engineering and from what i learnt in magic artifact crafting class, i had finally achieve it. The synthesizer is now fully operational,i can finally make some unrefined composites to sell. Not only that, i managed to make a smaller version of the usual synthesizer such that it could fit in my room without being conspicuous. This would have taken me a long time to finish if it weren¡¯t for the help of Mr Tink( magic artifact crafting teacher). At first, i had thought that he was a just a fanatic, but after learning from him for months, i realised that he was really a genius. Even though all of his inventions were a failure, he had many unique and interesting ideas that helped me greatly. He was the teacher i liked the most of all my classes. For all my classes, after months of hard work, not only have i catch up with the rest of the class, i managed to be ahead of the curriculum for some of them. I¡¯ve managed to improve my elemental affinity to B grade and my mana pool size to A. I have also learnt a few new useful and powerful spells. After learning how long it takes me to kill anything, i went to scour the books and got help from Mrs Emily(Wind element teacher). She taught me a very offensive wind spell called, piercing spear. For weaving runic formations, i have vastly improved from when i first started. I could now easily weave a 50 line runic formation in a few minutes. In terms of combat capabilities, aftering learning piercing spear and improving my mana pool, i was now ranked 5th in class. I was only behind Vivian, a girl with lava attribute, a boy with poison attribute and a boy with crystal attribute. First place was obviously Vivian. When i had found out what her scores were, I had almost cursed out loud. She had S grade for element affinity and Mana pool, A for mana usage and her combat skills. She said that her combat skills could have been higher if the examiner had tested her. During her test, when the examiner had found out that her element was death, he didn¡¯t want to fight her and just gave her A instead. As for Ciri¡¯s, her attribute was water. She had A grade for everything except for combat which was a C grade. Water element like few other elements was not offensive. It had very little combat potential until the user reached a high rank. Only when Ciri grow older and more powerful, would she be able to use some of the strong mana intensive offensive spells. Moreover, like light,life and plant, water element has the ability to moderately heal injuries. However, water element healing spells are not able to heal major wounds like light and life element spells. As for the relationship with Ciri and Vivian, i can say that it has greatly improved. For the first few days after they¡¯ve met, they were very awkward with each other. However, after spending some time together, mostly due to me forcing them, they grown on each other. Now we are all very good friends. Everyday we would eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together. Ciri even made us go shopping. She had kept complaining about how me and Vivian were wearing plain and uncute clothes. I was always wearing shorts or jeans while Vivian was always wearing dark clothing whenever we went out on the weekends. I don''t know how she did it, but she had managed to convince Vivian to get new clothes. After that, both of them forced me to follow them. Now my closet had dozens of skirts and dresses again. Somehow when we were shopping, it wasn¡¯t Ciri who tried to make me model, it was Vivian instead. At least with Ciri interference, Vivian isn¡¯t as gloomy as before. Criri cheerful attitude must have had rubbed off on her. Vivian became more friendly with us and stopped being so detached. She also became more intimate, she even would hug me strongly sometimes. Whenever she hug me, she would always blush. I think that just was how she showed her feelings. She¡¯s very shy.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. However, i didn¡¯t complain. Why would i? Whenever she hug me, her body would pressed into me, her boobs squishing into mine. Sometimes she would accidentally touch me in inappropriate places whenever she hug me, making me so wet. I have also taken the role of their teacher. I taught both of them advance levels of math, language,environment studies and history. Vivian had no trouble learning about advance subjects, while Ciri took some time. However, I can safely say that for our end year exams which is in a week, that all of us would top our class. For me to be their teacher, i had to lie to them. When they asked me how i was so smart and already know so much, i had to lie that my father was a scholar and that he taught me all of this. They believe me fully, they had no reason to doubt me. Life was quite fun in school. I had many things going for me. Not only do i have friends, i¡¯m also a few steps closer to my goals. Now that i finished making the synthesizer, it won¡¯t be long, till i finish the printer. This will allow me to create composite materials and allow me to make magical artifacts. I just need to figure out how to build the printer such that it could also make runic formations. To join the adventure guild, i just need to wait for 1 more year. The minimum age needed to join the guild is to be 15 years old. My 14th ¡®Anna birthday¡¯ is in a week. Due to me taking adventuring studies and study of spirit beasts, i have acquired a plethora of knowledge and skills needed to succeed. It is very common for graduates of this academy to do very well in any of the guilds. To join the mage guild, i would have to wait till i¡¯m a third year student. When students reached third year, we will have a chance to apply for a selection to join the guild. In the selection, they would be looking for the strongest and most intellectual mage. The headmaster would be personally holding the selection, meaning that would be my chance to meet him. So this means, I¡¯ll just need wait patiently. One good thing about being friends with Vivian is that she scares all the boys who tries to court me away. Whenever a guy walk towards or tries to talk to me, Vivian would release her death aura and glare angrily at him. He would immediately start running away. Vivian was very protective of me from guys. Though i don¡¯t know why she is so protective of me from guys, I¡¯m glad that i have such a good friend who cares about me. The only problem I have in this academy is Mr Chad(History teacher). He would always pick on me or Vivian in class. I don¡¯t even know why he got a grudge against us. Nevertheless, me and Vivian had already planned our revenge. Well, mostly me, Vivan was too timid and scared to try anything. She even tried to deter me from taking revenge, saying that it was wrong. Such a pure and kind girl. Thus i had to do most of the planning. We had been observing him for awhile now, try to find some dirt on him that we can exploit. So far, we gotten nothing yet. The only thing we never check is his office which he always locks. The office had detection wards and alarm ward on it. If someone tries to enter without the key, it would go off. The only way to get into there was to steal his key. Tomorrow would be the start of our operation to steal his key and enter his office. However, first i need to earn some points. Now that i had completed my synthesizer, i could finally sell unrefined composites. I started by keying in numbers to the keyboard of the synthesizer, stating the size, weight, type and compositions. I didn¡¯t want to make some of the high end composites yet as i did not know how it would affect the economy if i introduce it into the market. Thus i only made about 5kg worth of unrefined composites. After storing it in a bag, i took off from my dorm room to head to the crafting guild. I had the best chance of finding someone who would want to buy this in the crafting guild. It was a saturday, thus i had a lot of free time. When i arrived at the crafting guild, i was greeted by a female receptionist. She looked to be about 20 year old. ¡°Good Morning miss, how may i help you?¡± She greeted. ¡°Ermm¡­ I have some material that i need help identifying,¡± I said ¡° I¡¯m not sure what this material is, it is something i have never seen before and i was hoping that someone in this guild could be of help.¡± ¡°Oh sure thing hun, let me check for you, i¡¯m trained in identifying many types of material,¡± she said as she took out a magic artifact. It looked like a magnifying glass but with crystals instead of glass. On the crystal, it showed many lines of text. ¡°That¡¯s odd, i can¡¯t seem to identify it,¡± she said with a puzzled expression ¡°Wait a moment by the chairs over there, i¡¯ll go look for Master Shen.¡± After she left the desk and entered the back room, i went and sat on the chairs. The guild reception area was quite large and crowded. As i was sitting down, i could feel many people eyeing me. I had already gotten used to the stares. Everytime, me,Ciri and Vivian went out of the academy, there would always be people eyeing us or people trying to talk to us. Usually, Vivian would scared them off with her aura but right now I was alone. ¡°Hi there, what¡¯s a girl like you doing in a place like this,¡± a guy came up to me and said. He looked about 17 years old. He had blond hair and the deposition of a noble. It was quite common for there to be guys who tries to flirt with me, hoping for a chance. Even though i was technically 13, due to my mature looks, i looked closer to 15. During the last few months, my body had grown more womanly. I did not know how the Legion did it, but my body felt so much like a girl. I could not sense any signs of surgeries done to me. It felt as if i was born a girl. My boobs had grow bigger and my hips got wider. However, i was still only 164cm tall. ¡°I¡¯m waiting for Master Shen.¡± I replied. Normally, i would try to play nice but today i didn¡¯t want to spoil my mood by talking to him. Hearing the receptionist talk about master Shen, i had guess that he was someone important. Thus i decided to use him to get rid of this guy. ¡°Old Master Shen?¡± The guy said ¡°Oh what a coincidence, i looking for him too.¡± ¡° That means we can go see him together,¡± he cheered. And now my mood is gone. ¡°I¡¯m Garin Biwar, nice to meet you, what¡¯s your lovely name?¡± he asked. Biwar? Wait a minute He¡¯s the son of Duke Kinston Biwar. Chapter 21 : Petty Revenge My eyes sparkles as cogs turned in my head. A plan forming just soon as i heard his name. Didn¡¯t think i would have to use these knowledge, but i guess i don''t have a choice. ¡° My name¡¯s Ari,¡± I said with a smile ¡°What are you seeing Master Shen for?¡± He sat down on the chair beside me and replied ¡° I¡¯m here to ask him to craft a weapon specially designed for me.¡± ¡°Cool,¡± I acted as if i was interested. ¡°I¡¯m here to sell some materials but the receptionist could not identify it, so she went to find Master Shen¡± I said, getting closer to him. ¡°Then that must mean that it''s very rare if even Sheryl couldn¡¯t identify it,¡± Garin laughed. ¡°I don¡¯t even know if it¡¯s even any good, I accidently made it when i was fooling around with a magical artifact i made.¡± I said as i flipped my hair to the side. ¡° Wow, you must be very talented,¡± he complimented. ¡°Thanks¡± I giggled. Yuck! How long do i have to do this for, this feels disgusting. To my dismay, i had to continue flirting with him for thirty more minutes until the receptionist came back. ¡°Miss, Master Shen would like you speak to you,¡± she said. ¡°Sheryl, I need to see Master Shen too,¡± Garin said. ¡°Sorry Garin but Master Shen wants to speak to her alone,¡± she apologised. ¡°Okay then, i¡¯ll talk to him later,¡± Garin said as he waved ¡°See you next time Ari.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll be back here next week¡± I said as i waved back while walking towards the back room. While walking, the receptionist said to me ¡°Careful around him, he¡¯s a playboy.¡± ¡°Oh you got it all wrong, i¡¯m only 13 years old, he¡¯s too old for me,¡± I replied as i was caught red handed. After entering the backroom, we navigated through the maze of corridors and entered through a curtained door. We were greeted by an old man with white hair and a long flowing white beard. He was in a blue robe. His eyes showing a great deal of life in contrast to his appearance. Master Shen motioned me to sit on the chair in front of him while the receptionist left the room, giving us privacy. ¡°Girl, in my forty years of experience, i have seen many different types of materials before but i have never seen anything like yours,¡± Master Shen asked ¡°where did you find this?¡± ¡°I accidently made it when i was tinkering with a magical artifact i created,¡± I replied. ¡°Where¡¯s this magical artifact now?¡± Master Shen asked excitedly. ¡°Why? Is the material useful?¡± I questioned as I looked into his eyes, trying to search for lies. ¡°This material is unbelievable! Even though it is unrefined and can¡¯t house many arrays, it can handle extremely high temperature,¡± he said enthusiastically ¡° People at the blacksmith house would pay a fortune for this.¡± ¡°Unfortunately, the magical artifact was destroyed when i made the material,¡± I lied. ¡°Can you try making it again?¡± he asked. ¡°I could but i would require a lot of materials and even then I not even sure if I can replicate the results,¡± I said ¡° However, before it was destroyed, i managed to make 30kg of this material.¡± Master Shen eyes immediately lit up as i felt his heart beat rise with my divine sense.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. ¡°I¡¯m willing to buy all of the materials you have for 30000 points,¡± Master Shen said. You take me for a fool? There¡¯s no way that it¡¯s that cheap. ¡°There¡¯s no way that it¡¯s that cheap!¡± I screamed ¡°I¡¯ll only sell for 60000 points.¡± ¡°This material maybe good but it¡¯s only useful for blacksmiths, so i can¡¯t sell it for that much,¡± Master Shen bartered ¡° The best i can do is 40000.¡± ¡°I really need the points, can you please sell me for 50000 points? ¡± I asked as i put on my puppy dog eyes. ¡°Nope¡± Master Shen shamelessly replied. Not even a flinch! How shameless must you be to refuse a cute girl without a single emotion! ¡°How about 30000 and you help me get all the materials i need for the magical artifact?¡± I said as i acted innocent. I was hoping that he would take this bait thinking that the materials would not be so costly. ¡° What do you need to rebuild it?¡± he asked. Dammit, he didn¡¯t fall for it. ¡°I need about 20000 points of material to rebuild it.¡± I said bashfully. I didn¡¯t really need to rebuild it as it was never destroyed. However I needed the 20000 to build the printer. ¡°How about I¡¯ll pay you 30000 now and 30000 later if you can build the magical artifact?¡± he asked. ¡° I¡¯m willing to invest in you if you only sell the material to me if you can rebuild it,¡± he said. Dammit, he¡¯s smart. If i can¡¯t rebuild it, he would be buying it at his original price and if i can rebuild it, he would have all monopoly of this. You think you can outsmart me? ¡°How about you pay me 30000 now and 50000 later if I can build the magical artifact and only sell to you?¡± I asked with confidence. Since i had already build the machine, i knew that i would definitely be getting 50000 points. Moreover it would be better for me if only one person knows that I can make this material. ¡°Sure, pleasure doing business with you.¡± he said as he raised a piece of paper infused with mana. ¡°Next week,i¡¯ll be back with all the materials,¡± I said as signed the contract in agreement. After signing the contract, our business was complete. I left the room only to find the receptionist standing outside. She guide me out of the maze of corridors and onto the main lobby where i found that Garin had already left. Finished with my business, i went back to the academy to discuss with Vivian and Ciri what we would be doing tomorrow. We were meeting in Vivian room to discuss our plans. Tomorrow was the day we would start our operation of stealing Mr Chad office keys. When i arrived at Vivian¡¯s room, i knocked the door. ¡°Come in¡± When i entered the room, i was stunned. Speechless. Vivian was blue babydoll. I could see all her perfect curves which was enunciated by the sheer almost see through fabric. I could even see her nipples poking through the fabric. I would be lying if i say i wasn¡¯t wet by the sight. I was sure if i used my divine sense, i could see even more. NOOOO! Bad thoughts! I can¡¯t do it, she¡¯s only 13. I¡¯m technically already 18. ¡°Vivian why are you wearing this?¡± I asked, pretending that i was unfazed. When i acted as if it i did not feel nothing, i could somehow feel that she felt irritated. However, that only lasted for a second. Perhaps this sight is playing with my mine. Why would she be irritated? Probably just my imagination. ¡°Ciri showed it to me, she said i should stop wearing such ugly clothes,¡± Vivian said with an innocent face. Nooooooooo! Ciri what have you done. You have corrupted my pure Vivian. As i was sobbing internally, i heard a knock on the door. ¡°That must be Ciri¡± Vivian said ¡°Ciri, you can come in.¡± When Ciri came in saw Vivian, she screamed ¡°OMG! Vivian, you looked so cute!¡± As Vivian turned to Ciri and shook her head, Ciri sighed in disappointment. ¡°What¡¯s is..¡± I tried to asked before i was cut off. ¡°So what¡¯s our plan tomorrow,¡± Ciri interrupted. Not noticing her trying to change the subject, i answered ¡° Okay this is the plan. Tomorrow during lunch, Ciri you will accidentally knocked into him, spilling all his papers onto the ground. While you two are picking up the papers, me and Vivian will try to steal his key from his back pocket. Since, he doesn''t know who you are, he won''t suspect anything.¡± ¡°How are we going to steal the key from his back pocket without him noticing? Wont he notice something missing from him?¡± Vivian asked. ¡°Watch,¡± I said as i showed them my dull dagger. The dagger floated up into the air, not releasing any mana fluctuation. ¡°How are you doing that?¡± they asked in shock. ¡°I bought this in marketplace in Windon, this dagger can hide mana fluctuations. However, it can only last for a few minutes and the dagger is not sharp.¡± I explained ¡°I will use this dagger to hook onto the chains of the key and pull it out while he¡¯s distracted.¡± ¡°Cool!¡± Ciri cheered. ¡°Any more questions?¡± I asked. ¡°If you can do that yourself, why do you need me?¡± Vivian asked. ¡° You will use your power of death to hide our lifesigns from him, so he won¡¯t notice anyone else around him,¡± I answered. ¡°Ari! That¡¯s dangerous, if i mess up any part of the spell, it would backfire on both of us. I don¡¯t think i can do this,¡± Vivian cried. ¡°Nonsense, you have never failed any of your spells before, and besides, I have no doubt that you will not fail.¡± I cheered her on. ¡°Really?You really believe in me?¡± Vivian smiled. Dam! This is really hard to not get distracted when she¡¯s giving me such a cute smile in that attire. Focus! Don¡¯t let your eyes wonder. ¡°Of course I do, i always believe you can do it,¡± I said as i put my hand on her shoulder. ¡°Yeah Vivian, i believe you can do it too,¡± Ciri added as she hugged us together. Our bodies squashing against each other. I could feel myself going red as my face was pushed into Vivian scantily covered breasts. ¡°Let the operation screw Mr Chad begin!¡± Ciri shouted. Tomorrow me and Vivian met up with Ciri right after lunch at block 23. We had already memorised Mr Chad timetable a long time ago, thus we knew exactly where he would be at what time. When we saw him walked out of the block, we immediately begin our operation. Me and Vivian hiding behind a large pillar as Ciri walked down the corridor preparing to accidentally knock into him. When we hear the sounds Mr Chad screaming, i began to will my knife to move. ¡°Now see what you made me do!¡± Mr Chad screamed ¡° Now all my papers are all over the place and i¡¯m going to be late for lunch.¡± Ciri began to profusely apologise as she tried to pick up all the papers. Vivian began to use her spell and coated us in a dark membrane. My knife floating from above near the ceiling. When Mr Chad bent down to pick up his papers, my knife went down. As slow as a snail, my knife gently hooked itself onto the small thin chain of his office keys. I willed it to pull back as slow as i can to not let him notice. ¡°Success!¡± I cheered internally as my knife latched onto the keys and pulled it upwards towards the ceiling. After picking up all his papers, Mr Chad immediately left to get his lunch, mumbling and cursing at Ciri along the way. Seeing that he left the vicinity, i let the knife and the keys drop onto my hands before heading towards his office together with Ciri and Vivian. Chapter 22 : Mr Chad Secrets When we arrived at his office door, a brown wooden door with an array runic formations greeted us. The door was enchanted to make loud noises if someone tries to enter the room by force. We slot the key into the keyhole anxiously, hoping nothing would go wrong. Thankfully our worries did not come true. The door unlocked with a click and the door swung open. The room was just like what i had imagined. Piles of paper and books on the desk. Many cupboards full of books and files. Me and Vivian immediately began searching the room after making sure there were no more traps or wards inside the room. Ciri was our lookout, thus she stood outside the room, pacing around the corridor. She would give us a signal, if Mr Chad was coming back or something unexpected was going happen. ¡°Ari, I don¡¯t think we should do this, what if there¡¯s a hidden ward or something that goes wrong,¡± Vivian said ¡° we could get into a lot of trouble.¡± ¡° Don¡¯t worry Vivian, we already checked the room, there are no hidden wards,¡± I said trying to calm Vivian. ¡°I don¡¯t know..¡± Vivian said. ¡° Don¡¯t worry, if we get in trouble, i¡¯ll be there with you and perhaps someday we would look back on this adventure,hehehe,¡± I chuckled. ¡°Okay then,¡± Vivian said softly. We search through the whole room, looking through every nook and crany. We flipped through every book and files in search of incriminating materials. However we couldn''t find anything. Everything was something a teacher would have. ¡°Dammit! Why doesn¡¯t he have anything!¡± I complained. ¡°I don¡¯t think he have anything thing here, i mean why would he even keep anything bad about him here,¡± Vivian explained. ¡°I¡¯m sure he have something bad here, my instincts are usually right,¡± I persisted. ¡°Maybe we¡¯re searching wrongly?¡± I questioned ¡° Maybe instead of searching through books and files, we should be looking for hidden compartments?¡± I immediately unleashed my divine sense to cover the room, fazing through everything, allowing me to see every little thing in the room. From the small bumps in the walls to the misalignment of bookshelves. My divine sense searched through the room, looking for anything that was out of place. It went through bookshelves, and cupboards, looking for any hidden room behind them, but no luck. Next it went into the walls, looking for things hidden between the spaces between the sides of the wall, but no luck either. It was only after i sent it to search the desk that i found something out of place. There was a slight misalignment between the boxes. I ran my finger though the bump, feeling that there was a tiny gap. ¡°Got it!¡± I cheered ¡° There should be something hidden in this desk.¡± I traced my fingers through the line of the gap to see the shape of it. The gap form a shape of a rectangle. ¡° There should be a mechanism to open this hidden compartment.¡± I pondered as i search the desk thoroughly with my divine sense. As it peered through the rectangle and inside of it, I saw gears and springs. I followed the gears to find the start and end of it. The end was connected to the rectangle while the start was connected to one of the stand at the bottom of the desk. Curious of what would happen, i turned the stand clockwise. As it turned, i could hear the sounds of gears turning through my divine sense while Vivian just watched me play around with the desk. The rectangle pushed forward with a click and reveal its hidden contents. It was a laptop! Holy shit, what¡¯s this doing here! ¡° Ari, what is it?¡± Vivian asked as she peered from my shoulder, her breast pushing against my back. ¡° I don¡¯t know.¡± I answered. Why does he have a laptop? Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! I opened the laptop and pressed the start button. A light blue screen popped up as lines of words raced through it until forming the symbol of the legion. WHAT THE FUCK! It¡¯s the legion!! Why are the legion here and why does Mr Chad have the laptop with the Legion symbol on it? Is he here to check up on me? Many question sprung up as i saw the symbol. The shock evident on my face. ¡°Ari, are you okay?¡± Vivian asked in concern as I stood there dumbfounded. ¡° Erm.. Nothing, i¡¯m alright,¡± I replied as i gathered my wits. ¡°Lets see what this thing have,¡± I said as i scrolled through the wall of text. ¡°What are these words?¡± Vivian asked ¡° I¡¯ve never seen any language like this before.¡± ¡° I don¡¯t know,¡± I lied. I knew exactly what language it was and what it was saying and obviously i couldn¡¯t tell Vivian that. It was english, the language used by the Legion. I scrolled through the text quickly as Vivian looked at me funny. I knew I was acting suspicious by doing this, but i didn¡¯t care. I needed to know what¡¯s going on. My mind to occupied in knowing more about the Legion. As the mass of text wave by, i finally stopped when i read something interesting. ¡°Subject Anna seems to be acting strange, I¡¯m not sure whats going on but It could be becauses she is sent here by her father.¡± ¡°Subject Anna is together with Experiment Black death, i¡¯m not sure why she is getting together with subject death. I have tried to split them apart, but Subject Anna is acting strange.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not sure what Subject Anna current plan is, but i believe that she was sent here by her father and she is now trying to work hard and get back there.¡± ¡°I will reply more when i have more information.¡± Wait! So Mr Chad is working for the Legion and he¡¯s watching me? Whose experiment black death? The only one that fits this profile is Vivian. They named her as experiment black death. Why is she called experiment black death? Could she have been experimented on by the Legion? Working that out, i could not stop myself from looking at Vivion. As i gaze at her, she watched me in confusion. ¡°Ari? What¡¯s going on? Why are you looking at me like that?¡± Vivian asked. ¡°Nothing,nothing.¡± I said as i turned back to the laptop. I don''t think she knows anything about this, i should just find out more from the laptop first then ask her. I returned to looking through the wall of text, trying to find out more. More and more questions popped up as i read it. It mentions the state of this academy and this city. The weak points, the teachers and instructors and much more. It seem as if he was sent here to spy on this academy and me. It also states of how he took over and replace Mr Chad. The laptop contained the messages Mr Chad sent to the Legion headquarters. Some of it was about me and how i was doing. As i scrolled further down, I found out about many disturbing stuff. It talked about how Mr Chad has been kidnapping children from the city to be sent to the Legion research facility in Iranda. ¡°Ari, are you okay, your face turned ugly as you skim through the text?¡± Vivian asked ¡°Ari, you can read this language right, if not you won¡¯t be making that face as you look at these words?¡± ¡°Yeah¡± I answered without even realising it. My mind was too blown by what i was reading that i didn¡¯t even pay attention to just replied. More and more disgusting thing popped up as i scrolled more and more. He described in vivid detail about each student and how the research and experiments on them work. I continued reading as Vivian shook me, trying to get me to tell her what i was reading. However, i was too stunned and focused on what i reading to reply. When i reached the last page, i almost puked. My breakfast rising up as i tried to stop myself to puking at the pictures. The pictures were of naked children in chains. Some were pictures of them being experimented on, while the rest were mugshots of children with IDs scorched onto their heads. As i was stopping myself from vomiting out my breakfast, i failed to noticed the expression on Vivian face. It was on full of terror and anger. The mana around us boiled into life as black dark energy seeped out from Vivian. It took me a moment to collect myself and noticed what was going on. A large pressure burst off from Vivian as more and more black tendrils of mana form around her. ¡°Vivian!!¡± I screamed at Vivian as she stared lifelessly into space. ¡°Vivian what¡¯s wrong!¡± I screamed even louder as i shook her violently to stop her. ¡°Vivian stop what you are doing, you¡¯re going to expose us!¡± I screamed again as i placed a large mana sphere around her to prevent other from noticing the disturbances. Shit! This isn¡¯t working! Why is Vivian acting like this? This must have something to do with the pictures! Dammit, I need to stop Vivian from leaking all this mana, or else we will be exposed. My heart was racing as i thought of what i should do to stop her. I had already used my mana to stop hers from leaking but this was too much. Her mana pool was higher than mine. Shit! What do I do! What do I do! If she don¡¯t stop right now, people will start to notice the mana fluctuations! I need to shock her. I¡¯m sorry for this Vivian! As it was about to get out of control, there was nothing i could do other than using force. I summoned wind blades after wind blades and shot at her to shock her. However, the black tendrils just moved in the way and blocked it. I increased my mana output on each windblade to get through the dark tendrils but it was too strong. Dammit! I¡¯m sorry for this Vivian but I have no choice, i need to use a stronger attack. Cyan colour lights swirl around me as i used my next spell. The wind mana solidating in front of me to form a long spear. Sharp winds stormed around the room as the spear started to rotate. Like a cyclone, papers and books flew around from the large winds from my spell. As the spear rotated faster and faster, the intensity of the cyclone increased. As it reached the maximum speed it could rotate with my mana, the spear shot forward at a blitz speed. The spell piercing spear was my strongest single target attack i could muster. As the spear got closer to her, the tendrils shot forward together and weaved in a criss cross pattern to block the attack. The shield made of tendrils bent as the spear pushed against it. It bent further and further back as my spear started losing momentum until it stopped just right in front of Vivian. How is she so strong! My strongest attack isn¡¯t even enough to get to her. Just as seconds before her mana pressure got out of control, an idea popped into my mind. Wait! When i got close to her just now, the tendrils did nothing, only when my mana was used did it stopped me. This means that if i want to shock her, i need to do it myself and without mana. I leap forward onto Vivian and violently shook her as hard as i could to stop her. I tried to slap her awake but the tendrils caught my arms. Dammit! I can¡¯t use force! That means this is the only way if i can¡¯t use force. A young girl most precious thing is her first kiss! This should shock her! My face went close to her. I could see her beautiful in vivid detail as my face was mere inches from hers. I could feel her fast breath as i got even closer. Just as mere moments from the mana sphere breaking, my lips met hers. Her soft pink lips mashed onto mine as i kissed her. Everything stopped as Vivian eyes popped out in shock as i passionately kiss her. All the mana fluctuation ceased and the black mana tendrils disappeared. I kissed her and held her in my embrace until everything was over and Vivian was under control again.