Me, Henry, and Prince Orion are standing in a triangle, stretching out our limbs. Mary came over and helped me tie up my hair to keep it from falling on my face. Prince Orion also invited Bella, but she won't join us till later because she still had some chores to do for the day.
"My lady, you need to fully stretch out your legs properly," Henry says, glancing over at me.
"Ah, is that so?" I whimper, feeling the burn of my legs being stretched to an extreme. My lack of flexibility is embarrassingly showing, with my stiff posture and poor excuse of leg spreading. Henry, I don't mean to be disappointing, but this is as far as I can stretch my legs! I really can't go anymore!!
"My lady, you can do it!" Mary cheers me on from the sidelines, holding towels and bottles of water for us. It must be nice, not doing anything.
"Prince Orion, let us start. My lady, please continue to stretch out." Henry says to us. Ahhh, how long do I need to do this?
"Your majesty, please show us some of your moves." Henry directs Prince Orion.
"Okay!" He nods. Prince Orion takes a deep breath and then bends into a stance, hands readied up. He swiftly and smoothly performs some moves with his hands and feet. Sweeping overhead kicks and graceful but powerful punches in the air. His skills are no joke, his childish innocence masked under the dominating and strong display of his arts. If Henry's awe-inspiring manliness weren't in front of me, I would have swooned over Prince Orion's stunning performance.
"Very good. The skill level of the royal line is no mistake." Henry nods with satisfaction of Prince Orion's prowess.
"Thanks." Prince Orion smiles while breathing hard.
"Is there a particular style or weapon of choice you would like to specialize in? The royal soldiers are typically trained in the art of the short sword and spear, but you should choose something that aligns with your interests." Henry asks.
"Um, I don't know. We didn't really focus on a particular thing. I just learned all of the stuff." Prince Orion thinks.
"What do you think, Annelise?" He turns towards me.
"Well, what are you going to perform at the welcoming ball?" I wondered. Something grand but simple. We don't have much time so it needs to be something Prince Orion already has a foundation in and can be learned relatively fast.
"What represents nobility? Royalty? If we have an idea on what that is, we can figure out how to show it." Mary suggests.
"A knight's honor represents one's passion and belief in their master. Presenting a knight's honor to the Elden empire might be a good idea." Henry points out.
"But do you want to even be a knight?" I ask Prince Orion. He shakes his head.
"No way, knight training is arduous and intensive. I had to wake up super early and it was so boring." He says.
"I appreciate your service of course!" Prince Orion adds on quickly, addressing Henry.
"Knight's training is not for everyone You don't need to force yourself to do something that is not enjoyable." Henry waves off the remark.
"King Drayden doesn't seem to think that you are doing anything worthy of your prince title so maybe helping to create new laws or programs to improve the lives of others would represent nobility?" I suggest. This is something that isn't related to knight training so it may be a good option.
"But I don't know anything about politics or law-making. Does anyone here know anything about policy making?" Prince Orion sighs. We all shrug. Boy, if we knew anything about politics, it would be you, the prince of this empire, not us common folks. Well, I should have gotten some training but I'm not the eldest so it's unlikely that I would do anything in that field.
"What about a competition of sorts?" Mary jumps in. A competition? We all look at her for further explanation.
"Like a competition of skill, horseback riding, hunting, sparing, cooking, debate,.." Mary lists off different ideas.
"That sounds really cool!" I say. Henry nods.
"That could show off how cool I am and we could have prizes!!" Prince Orion says excitedly. Gotta love prizes!!
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Villainess Loves
RomanceAnnelise Thornweather trips and hits her head causing her to remember her past life and that she is a villainess in a popular webnovel that dies in a carriage accident due to her family sending her away in embarrassment after the prince breaks his e...
