The Chronicle of Aurelia Aurelius

Chapter 41 Unexpected about Sparring

  The father of Lady Hillaria, Sir Kaeso Antia, the commander of this ground, knew about someone equal to Lady Octavi...Before he pointed to someone among us, I knew whom he would point at about the person... Slowly, he raised his hand and pointed at someone beside me, it was Adel...

It didn't surprise me if he pointed at Adel, because I, myself, watched it with my own eyes. Lady Octavi and Adel sparred with each other... The last spar between Lady Hillaria and Adel, surely caught the attention of everyone, like the commander of the ground...Yet, the Crown Prince, Fabian, didn't show up or attend it, so he didn't know how capable Adel was...

"It's her..." said Sir Kaeso, while pointing at Adel...

Before I disowned it, I saw Lady Hillaria and Lady Clara have a concerned face, like they didn't want to go along with him, out of fear of me or being friends with me...I didn't know it...Yet the first one to ask a question about it was Fabian...

"What do you mean by her? She is just a maid..." asked Fabian to him...

"Your Royal Highness, it seems you weren't here when my daughter had a spar with her...She showed some excellent moves and great skill, even my daughter with her transmutation outmatched her...It showed how monstrous she was if she could beat easily my daughter with her transmutation, so she should be equal with Lady Octavi in terms of skill..."

"Still, what you asked was a maid; it was unethical to ask a maid with a proper knight, especially from the White Order. What are you thinking about?"

I was caught off guard when Fabian referred to Lady Octavi as a knight of the White Order...I just knew about the order not long ago, yet I didn't know she was part of it. I didn't know that; it showed me how fragile or foolish I was past these years...Was I ignoring all of that or being ignored by everyone around me?

"If your royal highness doesn't believe me, may my daughter tell you about her capability and skill? Hillaria tells the royal highness how monstrous she is..." said Sir Kaeso, and persuaded Lady Hillaria to tell about Adel's skill when they had sparred to Fabian...

Still, I saw Lady Hillaria hesitant to tell about Adel in front of me, took a lot of glimpses of me as her father started to talk about Adel...As if she were scared of me or being friends with me, she was hesitant or didn't want to tell me about Adel in front of me...

Her father kept persuading her and telling her to tell him about Adel, yet she didn't budge and didn't open her mouth...Seeing her daughter, who didn't open her mouth, Sir Kaeso went to another, Lady Clara...He tried to persuade her to open her mouth about Adel, but yet again, she didn't budge and didn't open her mouth... Out of options, he looked at Milo. As with others, Milo didn't open his mouth...As if everyone wanted to keep Adel's skill in secrecy, or they were afraid of me especially my family, and Lady Octavi with me, it indicated the influence of the Aurelius Family was in front of them...

"As you can't provide me with the evidence about Aurelia's maid, it indicates you are lying to me...It's a shame that a commander like you is lying to me, especially when comparing someone's maid with a proper knight... It's not like the usual of you...If you want a great show of spar, how about you, as commander, have a spar with Lady Octavi? It surely will be a great show to show everyone, I am with pleasure scheduling it for you..." said Fabian, the Crown Prince. I felt some of the tension in his words, even from outside, I saw he was so composure and calm...

"I deeply apologise to Your Royal Highness," replied the commander, his voice filled with regret. "I assure you that there must be some misunderstanding... I would never intentionally deceive you. As for the spar with Lady Octavi, it would be an honour for me to participate and showcase my skills in front of Your Royal Highness." as he was talking, bowing towards Fabian...