Part 5

"What?! No!" Someone suddenly yelled out of nowhere and walked out of the crowd with its furious gaze.

"Pardon me Your Majesty but You can't make just give her that title, she's an outsider! She doesn't even belong to one of your people" The Lady exclaimed while pointing her finger at Abigail making everyone gasp in shock.

"Ella! What are you doing? You're making a scene!" A man's voice followed, gathering everyone's attention as they all looked at that person. It was the Minister of War whom just yelled, stopping his daughter from making such a mess in a special day. Knowing very well that this will not end up well if he doesn't take actions and control his own daughter sooner.

"No way, she-"

"Silence!" The Emperor ordered out of furiousity while massaging his temples, cutting Ella off while Empress Shi was holding her husband's hand, hoping to calm him down a little.

"Minister Woo, with all due respect, I think you should drag your daughter out of this hall this instant... She might be a daughter of a noble man but that doesn't mean she's safe with the punishments from disrespecting the people above her status, especially the Emperor" Abigail said plainly, glancing at Ella with her mesmerizing gaze.

The sudden heated moment made every people feel excited and worried at the same time, knowing very well who's side will the Emperor take. This made Ella furious and angrily approached Abigail but gladly Minister Woo manage to stop her from doing so.

"Let go of me-"

"Do you want to get killed?!" Minister Woo yelled, cutting his daughter off. Ella might not notice it but everybody does, the sword that was hidden at the back of Abigail's dress that was slowly revealing, this alarmed them, knowing that she will literally grab the sword from its sheath once Ella lays a hand on her.

"Kick them out of here" This time, Prince Edward ordered which made the guards nearby take actions and grabbed the Minister and her daughter, kicking them out of the castle without hesitation.

"I apologize for everyone to witness such happening, no one had expected that someone whose shameless enough would cause problem at such important event" Edward added but before he could say anything else, Emperor Ling stopped him and just ordered to continue the celebration.

The music was set and the nobles went back to minding their own business, as if nothing had happened. Some of them were dancing, some are eating and some were happily talking to each other.

The Emperor and the Empress were also having quite the conversation along with their sons and their daughter. But not for Prince Edward, he excused himself first and just went to the balcony where he could have some time alone while holding a glass of wine, looking at the night sky as he tried to ease his mind a little.

Until, he heard the curtain loosen and the door closing. Knowing who the person already, he didn't mind to look back and just continued to drink the wine little by little.

"Is everything... alright?" A soft voice of a woman was heard behind him but he just nod which made her sigh and approached him slowly.

"You shouldn't have done that" The woman added and ran her finger from his back up to his shoulder gently.

Edward took a deep breath and put the glass down as he then grabbed the woman's hand before turning to face her as he then pulled her, kissing her while holing into her waist and his other hand to her head pulling her even close so that he can feel her lips more before pulling out a few seconds after, still not letting go of her hand.

"Sorry... I just missed you"

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{Time Skip}

Its been a week since Abigail was entitled as the Princess Of Peace of the Veoral Kingdom. She is fully aware of the upcoming event about the neighboring Kingdom whose willingly to participate at their little celebration. Not just that, Abigail herself would be the one who will be the participant of the Veoral Kingdom while the participant of the Lutos Kingdom is still unknown. Seems like they intended to surprise them.

"Princess! Princess! Princess Abigail!" A loud voice was heard outside the hall, seems like that person was on a hurry of finding the Princess in her huge mansion. As soon as the door slides open, a figure of a woman was seen sitting near the table wearing a plain white dress that soothe her silky white skin. The Princess was somehow busy, sharpening her sword.

"F-forgive me for barging in without permission Princess Abigail but, I just receive a very important report from the Generals. They also sent this letter to you" The young man reported while panting from running down the halls.

Abigail didn't respond and put her sword back to its sheath before raising her hand to grab the small envelope which the young man handed it to her sternly before closing the door to give the Princess privacy.

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A small curved on Abigail's lips as she was slightly satisfied with the reports that one of her loyal General that sent her.

"Hedrick!" She called the young man's name as the door then quickly slid open.

"Get the 300 soldiers ready for combat, leave 20 soldiers for me while send the 280 soldiers to the west. Its the Princess's orders...I'll report this to the Emperor as soon as I'm finish" She responded which make the young servant shock and confused at the same time....

What? 300 soldiers? But our enemy's count is more than 4,000 soldiers...Is Princess Abigail that crazy? How can a 300 soldier win over 4,000 soldiers...The young servant thought for himself.

Just before he could try to testify the Princess's soldier, Abigail stood up and walked near the servant....

"Just looking by your eyes, I can already tell that your doubting my orders.... Or?"

"I will deliver your command Princess"

Abigail just sigh after the servant left.....

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The soldiers that was already in the kingdom border are all busy prepairing...

"Rim, where's the Princess?!" one of the captains asked, most likely yelling at the young servant whom he ordered to report the unusual happening at the border to Abigail...

"Sir! Princess Abigail has sent 280 soldiers to protect the border... We must stay calm and protect the border until the Princess will arrive and help us, Princess Abigail's Command" The young servant reported, tryih to stay calm towards his captain

"Hmm, Is that so then... Everyone! Listen Up!!! We'll fight and ready to die just to protect our dear homeland! The Princess of Peace will arrive to help us in the right time but now, we must first stand on our own feet! FIGHT!!!"

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"Princess Abigail, I am not against your decision but are you really sure about it? We cannot risk to lose a soldier like you Princess" One of the captains said while looking at the princess whom is seriously glaring at the map she just arranged earlier, all the places of the assigned soldier should be at their places right now but some of the captains were stopping her because of how risky the plan is.

"No, we must put our trust on the princess just like how the Emperor trusted her" One of the commanders spoke bravely, all of them are quarreling again making the princess sigh and stood up from her chair.

"Get the soldiers ready, we must not waste time if we want to win over the invaders of this kingdom" Abigail said and walked out of the tent, ignoring the captains call.

"It seemed like we don't have a choice but to follow her orders, otherwise we won't be able to defend our kingdom, I put my whole trust to our princess" Commander Biclar said and stood up from his chair as he then raise his hand.

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at this point, it came to the part that the invaders are near to the walls but it confused them why the soldiers of the Veoral Kingdom is not yet attacking them and was just standing straight, guarding the wall's entrance making them think that they were stupid as they then took that advantage to attack but they were all wrong.

"Attack!!!" One of the generals appeared from behind the bandits leading 380 soldiers, ambushing them from behind while the soldiers that guarder the gate also attacked the bandits surrounding them. Not to forget the 20 Archers that Abigail lead starting shooting the bandits from above with fire arrows.

"T-this is not good....Retreat! All of you Retreat!" The leader of the bandits yelled cowardly but there are no other ways hence they were already surrounded by the Veoral soldiers.

"Princess Abigail, the bandits are all in sorrounded, we are waiting for your orders to finish our job" General Lex said while looking at the trapped bandits while Abigail stayed silent for a moment, thinking of the most certain ways to handle them.... As the general said, they are waiting for the Princess's orders, its up to her if she will kill them or imprison them.

"Bring them to the Prison, I'll give the Minister of Agriculture a very unforgettable present for his upcoming celebration. Also, Create a report about this matter and send it the King in person and I hope no one will know about it....Am I clear General Lex?" Abigail said with a commanding voice and a slight smirk before turning her back as she then walked towards back to the tent while Gen. Lex just followed her from behind. It was not unexpected for Abigail to keep those bandits alive but a present for the Minister? Is it a clue to her future move or is the General is just overthinking.

As soon as Abigail stepped at the ground, she and the captured bandits crossed paths as she they looked at her with an angry gaze on their eyes which made Abigail felt irritated as she then stopped them while the soldiers made the bandits kneel in front of the her.

"Pluck out their eyes, I don't like how they stare...." Abigail ordered as the soldiers didn't hesitate to follow her given orders and do what the princess said without giving mercy on the bandits. Soon a crying shout was heard by everyone at the surrounding but ignored it as if it is nothing.

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The attack of the bandits last night soon spread at the whole Veoral Kingdom and not just that, it also spread to the other kingdoms how the Princess of War ordered to pluck out the bandits eyes and there are also rumors that the Princess burned the bandits body and feed them to wolves afterwards. It was like Abigail was an evil person according to the rumors on the other kingdom but still no one knows the truth what really happened to those bandits afterwards hence, they were brought to the Prison where only the Princess of War and her assigned soldiers could enter.

"Hmm, a Princess from the Veoral Kingdom who had a possessive attitude towards invaders? I'm really pleased if we could meet her to our upcoming visit to the Veoral Kingdom tomorrow" King Herald said with a stern voice while drinking the cup of wine. He is now having a meeting with the Ministers and Generals at the Kingdom Hall. King Herald III is a King from the Fiorre Kingdom that has 2 sons and 1 daughter.

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