The Devil's Kingdom

The Unknown Crown Princess

I stood in my usual spot on the upper floor of the military wing, watching the troops doing their as usual sparring practice.

I keep my presence hidden from everyone there. And now my senses of hearing the footsteps & sensing someone's presence from afar has been also starting to gradually increase.

And most importantly, I'm successfully avoiding my presence here, from Jungkook after that first day when he'd caught me here. He don't know I'm watching sparring practice from here, everyday. Or that's atleast what I think.

That he don't know.

Like everyday, the practice was going peacefully. The only time, the troops are not tortured by the harsh punishments is when they were practicing sparring. But suddenly a high ranked warrior announces something. I couldn't hear his words clearly but from his posture and expression it looked like he's invoking someone to come up from the troops & have a duel with him.

This is absurdity, I thought. That high ranked warrior's absurdity or may be just to show off he's choosing weaker opponents than him.

To my surprise, one among the troop members dares and steps up to fight with that fool of a warrior.

The fight soon starts. The man is trying with his everything to unarm that high ranked warrior but it's hard and I can say looking by it from this far. High ranked warriors are given better training, facilities and knowledge about weapons, duels, and more about it, they are much much better equipped than these normal soldiers.

The high ranked warrior lunges his sword towards that soldier's side body. And the moment blood splatters on the ground, my eyes goes wildly wide. I forgot this is Asterin, the Kingdom of Tyranny! I forgot cruelty & bloodthirst flows in their veins. That bastard of man is trying to injure that soldier badly.

Without caring about anything I ran from my hiding place through the corridors of the military wing. I hear many gasps and surprised eyes turned towards me but I don't care.

Descending through the stairs hurriedly, my eyes noticed the many weapons that had been brought here down for practice sessions. I grab one huge bronze silver sword. The moment it completely came into my hand, only then I realized how heavy of a sword this is. I've never ever practiced using this.

Walking in huge steps, I finally reach the place where the fight was going on. That high ranked warrior again lunges with all his power at the soldier even seeing that he's bleeding badly.

" Stop! " I demanded standing beside them. But so ignorantly that man keeps attacking at the injured soldier. I desperately looked up at the floors where people are gathered and just simply enjoying the show.

I lift my sword and in a flash, locked his sword's cross guard in-between mine and jerk it away from him disarming him.

I step back and lower my sword. But the anger stayed on my face & my whole body language. My chest was falling up and down heavily from my fast breathing.

A murmuring sound bursts up in the crowds & the troops standing there.

That high ranked warrior turns his shocked eyes from his sword now to me furiously. " How dare you disarm me like that? "

I knew no one knows my identity after hearing the murmurs of lines like " Who is she? " another then goes " She doesn't looks like any ordinary girl. She's dressed like a noble lady. " Another one questions " But most importantly what she's doing in military wing. No females are allowed here. Doesn't she know? "

I shrugged their words before I look up at that high ranked warrior. He's a huge man with demonic & dark features. He's glaring daggers at me. But I didn't cower as I held my head eye and glared back at him as I speak " You knew you were always at an advantage against him yet you still invoked him for this absurd competition. And then, even after wounding him badly, even after seeing that he is bleeding badly you didn't stopped. And then, I asked you to stop. But you didn't. "