Chapter 1

"The last of the enemy are finally made their retreat!"

"Father!! We're just going to let them go? Just like that?"

"If you want to pursue them, you're free to do so."

"Hmph, insignificant."

She went out to check on her horse who was still resting along with the other fellow horses, gently stroking him she tenderly embraced the creature who was panting heavily.

"Come on boy, let's get this over with." She got up on him and off she went back into the battlefield.

"Maya keep an eye on you sister would you?"

"She's no longer a baby she can take good care of herself."

The battlefield was already deserted, nothing was left but only the corpse of the defeated enemies. All alone on the field she started to scout for her enemies. The escape route was just round the corner and she was just a few steps away from pursuing them when out of nowhere someone came to stop her.

"Heli!! Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Father said that I could pursue them, so why not have some fun."

"All alone? Do you wanna die?"

"Elris! Let's go! We must head back to the capital."

"But sister!"

Maya wasn't the type to give in, once she set her mind on something she must have it no matter what. As the eldest she has a lot riding on her, the heir to the throne, the most sincere and beloved by all.

Elris wasn't the type to give in either, she had to get things done her way no matter what happens. These two were more similar than they thought.

"Let's go Elris! Now!!" Heli shouted heading back to their camp.

"What a life." Elris pouted as her horse galloped back.

Maya watched as her two sisters went back, and when she was all alone in the battlefield she got off her horse and started to examine the place. The enemy was strong but defeating an army led by the most powerful general of the country was nothing more than just a lucid dream.

It was getting dark and the rest of the army had already made preparations for their journey back. The horses had gotten all the rest they needed and it was time to leave the bloody place. The injured survivors were placed inside the carriages while those who died glorious deaths were buried in proper burial grounds and were given honour and respect.

The General along with the King led the way for the others, in the dark cold night they began their journey home.

"Father is this the kind if world we have to live in? When will there be peace?" The most cunning of all the sisters started.

"A time will come when there will be no more bloodshed, that will be the time when a new ruler shall ascend the throne and peace will reign." the King explained.

It wasn't a long way back, the sun was already high up in the sky when the king along with his army entered the city. Everyone welcome their arrival with happiness. Even the poorest of the poor were present there. Just then out of nowhere a man who appeared to be in his 20s came running in front of the general's path.

"You!!" The general shouted with her stern voice.

The crowed were all murmuring and whispering, but it was quite audible to know that they were talking about the man's insolent behaviour.

Just then a group of guards came chasing after him. The man who was indeed still a boy in front of the king jumped from on roof to another dodging every bullet that was shot.

"Interesting little fellow don't you think?" The king kept his eyes on the boy who effortlessly made his way to the tallest building in the area.

Steadily he stood at the tip of the roof readying himself to make a great leap once the guard takes his shot. The king watched with anticipation and as the boy planned he made his move and the bullet missed him by only a few inches.

The guards reloaded their guns and were ready to try again but the king stopped them. He unmount his horse and turn around to look at the trembling thief.

"Father he is a thief, he must be punished." Elris said as she made her horse turned towards the direction of where the boy was.

"Insignificant." Maya said and just like that her horse galloped to the palace.

Heli too took no interest in the situation and hurried to the palace without uttering a single word.

The general, Vanessa, on the other hand was very eager to hear her father's sentence for that insolent thief. She patiently waited for her father to make his move.

"What's your name young one?"

The boy still kneeling,bend down his head facing the ground, "Aillard Dragomir Williams, y-your majesty." The boy stammered.

The king, Basilius smiled at the boy and turned towards his remaining daughters, "What do you think we should do with this fellow?" He aksed them giving them the opportunity to control the boy's future.

"Treason, he deserves to be tortured to death." Elris was the first own to give her opinion.

"Talented lad isn't he father," Amanda exaggerated, "Pity that he must die." She turned towards her fourth sister who was busy admiring the clouds, her indifferent behaviour she didn't even give the least effort to try to hide it. "Elris let us go, Lillian is waiting for us back home."

Amanda's horse galloped to the palace with Elris's following behind it.

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