CHAPTER 12

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"Wow, your sword skills have gotten better since we last met

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"Wow, your sword skills have gotten better since we last met." she said.

"And you've gotten rusty." Orion said back. Both of them looked at each other for a minute then broke into a smile ignoring all the blood on the road and on the clothes.

"I greet, her royal highness. May the blessing of the moon be over you." Orion bowed a little and teasingly greeted the blond girl. Hold on!? She is a royalty?

"Hush! No one calls me that! And don't you dare say that out loud in public!" the blondie panicked.

"Fine! Fine! I won't do it again, and everyone is cowering away in fear." he chuckled. He was not wrong, the moment the thugs showed up as the nobles fled. And not a single one came to help. Cowards.

"Sister!" the red head called who had her hands still around me. Orion also turned his attention to us and rushed towards us.

"Are you hurt?" was the first thing he asked as he crouched down to my level. His voice was soft, his smile was hiding away the anger and worry. I looked over at the road where all those half dead thugs layed. To think the person I was teasing all along is capable of that.

"I won't tease you anymore." I mumbled, avoiding his eyes.

Orion just stared at me and blinked a couple of times, then burst into laughter.

"Is that so?" He jokingly asked with a genuine smile on his face.

He pushed his hand forward for me to take, as soon as I took it he pulled both of us to our feet. I looked around once more until my eyes fell on the 3 thugs who were still chained up. At least a few of them were alive for interrogation.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Orion asked once more.

"No, I don't think so. But it's them who need proper rest and treatment." I told him, no idea how to address the two ladies.

"Oh, I am so sorry we never actually had a proper introduction." the blonde spoke. Her voice was filled with confidence and grace. So she is actually a royal. But there was no princess in the empire.

"I am Asterin Adarlan, eldest daughter of Duke Adarlan." She said.

"And I am Catherine Adarlan, the youngest daughter of Duke Adarlan." the red head said.

"Oh," was all I could say. I never heard of such names in the book. Are they side characters or something?

"Not to mention, Lady Asterin over there is the fiance of the second prince Derek De Conlaed Alastair." Orion said. The fiance of the second prince?! The mysterious unnamed fiance of the heart throb second prince which almost made the whole fandom cry just because they couldn't have him for themself. Oh wow.

"Does it not make Lady Asterin the second Princess?" I asked.

"Well, it sort of does but we are waiting till the official marriage we will have when I am 18." Lady Asterin smiled sweetly. I almost remember that I didn't introduce myself, and also I don't remember them even if I met them before.

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