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{ January 4, KB 451, 7:30 AM }

It was a normal day for Stella Dracorell, the princess of the Kingdom of Dracorell... or, she was the princess of this Kingdom of Dracorell.

She was working not as a princess, or even as a manager of a portion of the military of Dracorell, but a mere farmer girl, tending to the crops of the vegetables that she was given by the kind mayor of Deo Village.

As expected, she was... alone in a sense.

Her soldiers (still a hundred of them) had been assisting on guarding the village, taking care of their weapons, and doing their tasks as soldiers.

The villagers at this settlement were all kind towards her, and even though she has lost her position, the villagers were still full of respect towards her. She was quite popular among the lower class people, after all.

That came with benefits and... troubles. Lowering herself to lower class people was a complete taboo to her royal family, and even if she was threatened with being exiled from the kingdom and having her title as princess removed, her father was kind enough not to allow that.

To describe her current appearance, she was 4'5" tall, has C-cup breasts, wide, child-bearing hips, and she can be called one of the most beautiful people in the continent. Though, her regal dress was now reduced to a mere villager's dress.

Not that she was complaining.

After she was finished tending to her work, she noticed that the air smelled like something was burning. And once she turned around, her eyes widened.

"No... not this again..." Her trauma returned, and she ran towards the direction of the village, which was just a few hundred steps close.

Once she arrived, her fears became true.

Many soldiers, Dracorellian Soldiers (excluding her units) to be precise, had attacked the village. Before some of them could notice her, she hid, and slightly poked her head out to see what was happening.

"Where is the witch princess!?" One of them angrily shouted towards a villager, who only gritted his teeth.

"We will never tell you!"

*bang!*

The said villager was shot to the head, making her gulp and then glance towards where her weapons are before making a quick dash towards her home.

"Look! There she is! Chase her down!" Once she heard that from afar, she dashed even faster, and then she tripped, passing through a wooden wall in a painful fashion.

At least she was now inside her current home, with her instincts telling her that she needed to get her weapon fast, if she really wanted to fend them off or die here.

Once she grabbed her sheathed rapier hanging on the wall, Stella was ready to fight them.

A few gunshots were heard outside, and once she glanced at them, the enemy Dracorellian Soldiers had been shot down by her own soldiers.

"Princess! The traitors are attacking the village in search of you! There's thousands of them, so you need to stay here while we save as many villagers as possible-" Before her own soldier could finish his sentence, she cut him off.

"No! I won't stay here! I have people to protect!" She shouted out, before recklessly dashing to a direction where the orphanage should be.

Her units followed after her, though it can be said that some of them had died defending against the traitors outside or inside this village. They didn't have any other choice, after all, the princess needs to be alive for she is currently the very last of the Dracorell Royal Lineage.

Stella dodged and weaved through the energy bullets from the Traitorous Dracorellian Soldiers, and even cut her way through the orphanage, where it was being invaded by several of them.

She saw a few corpses of the villagers, and steeled herself. They have died in order to protect the children on the orphanage, and she has to hurry.

Her ears twitched, hearing a conversation while she approached the orphanage.

"So... why did our Herr Heiliger require we take away children alive?" One of the traitors said, somewhat skeptical about what they were doing. Hearing this, the princess was stunned.

"They are needed for our future. After all, a child's mind is the best." His ally replied vaguely, to which Stella processed their words.

Whoever this "Herr Heiliger" person was, he was a dangerous man. She didn't dare think of what he was going to do.

However, her being stunned only managed to give a few traitors an advantage, grabbing her arm and cuffing them quickly. She had reacted too late.

"...?!" She felt like she could no longer use her magic unless these cuffs are removed, and then she was knocked down to the ground by a few, powerful people.

Stella could barely move because she was disoriented, and after another click, she felt her legs being cuffed.

Then, she was dragged by her hair, which was quite painful until she was led inside the orphanage.

Stella shook her head, and looked around her, seeing that many children were looking at her with sadness.

"Big Sis Stella... What will they do to us?" One of the children asked, with tears coming down from his eyes and some snot about to run down his nose.

"..." She only tilted her head to the side.

"... Will Lord Kayblis save us?" Another child asked, before she went onto a praying position.

Then, she remembered that all she might need to do was to pray to their god, that she and the others might be saved.

"Heh. Try your best, witch. Our god will only ignore a cursed being like you." A man that had been watching them from the sidelines spoke out, yet it did not hinder her.

She prayed.

Then the door opened, revealing a young, platinum haired boy with four large horns pointing forwards.

"Ah, I'm glad I found you brats here. The other villagers are safe and away from trouble right now, my allies have done some assisting with ending the lives of those who tarnished my dear name on the mud that is... heresy." He said with a cheerful grin, confusing the Dracorellian Traitor and the others in this orphanage.


{ PoV: Kayblis }

I must say, this vehicle is fast. Although we could have moved on foot, it was getting boring and most of all time-consuming.

Everyone else inside this vehicle held on tight because the road ahead was a little bumpy and we are surprisingly going at a surprising 100 km/h.

When I noticed a village burning from afar, I immediately turned the vehicle towards the location, ignoring the screams and shouts of most of my party members. Though it seems like Shadow is having fun and Suu only being a little indifferent to me.

Once we arrived at the village with a sharp stop, Amadeia, Margarine, and Butch had rainbows (not literal) flow the ground after we hopped out of the vehicle.

"Boss... please don't do that again..." Butch complained, with Margarine and Amadeia silently nodding before the riflewoman turned towards her side and started firing on specific targets. The ones with that cult's sigil on their chestplates.

Butch immediately recovered and independently assisted Margarine, and quickly assisted the allied Dracorellian Soldiers in villager wear.

That is strange.

"Boss! What do we do now?"

"Go inside and around, rescue all villagers and kill anyone with the false cult's sigil. Amadeia, you know what to do. And Ssu..."

"Yes?"

"Assist them. I'll go my own way and we'll meet again sooner." I finished putting the orders, before we split up, going on our own ways. Suu didn't hesitate and retreated to the vehicle, which now had started to move once again.

Umu...

I "peacefully" ended the lives of a few Lis Humans on my way, and then I noticed a heavily guarded orphanage.

Why would an orphanage be guarded heavily? That's strange, and my curiosity got the better of me as I quickly approached the building lying around.

Then I turned around, about to kick an Elite Dracorellian Soldier that tried to sneak behind me, but him and his several partners were held by the dark grey hair of Shadow, who refused to leave me behind.

"Ghhk?!" One of them tried to speak something, but a part of her hair tightened around his neck until a crack was heard.

Of course, the others had already noticed and the ones near the orphanage were alerted and aimed their weapons to her and me.

She immediately used the other captured soldiers as meat shields while she approached them, forcing them to hesitate.

"Kayblis, are you okay?" She asked, in which I only sighed out.

You are a little overprotective to me too, Kkulf Kkulf. Just a little, not too much... maybe. She didn't follow me any longer for now, with the intention to wait and guard the surroundings.

Anyways, I walked towards the orphanage, and opened it. Inside, many children and a familiar looking princess were on a praying position. They were the first I noticed that were alive, so...

"Ah, I'm glad I found you brats here. The other villagers are safe and away from trouble right now, my allies have done some assisting with ending the lives of those who tarnished my dear name on the mud that is... heresy." I spoke calmly, noticing the man wearing the same sigil as the other traitors. The children and the princess were in a daze upon seeing me.

"My underlings aren't weak at all... who are you?! Are you here to rescue-"

"Lord... Kayblis...?" Stella spoke out, still staring at my face, before I glared at the one guarding the inside of the orphanage, who was about to attack me.

By exerting my willpower towards him, I was able to halt him from moving even when he is at midair. With a quick tilt of my head, he was tossed out of the orphanage and his body almost hit Shadow, who stepped out of the way and delivered a brutal hair spike through his head.

Using my sword, I cut the cuffs that were on the dazed Stella, who squeaked in surprise.

"Stay with the children and guard them, I'm finishing my job." I spoke, turning around and walking through the hole on the wooden wall, repairing it when I did.

I didn't mind the awestruck faces of the children, or even the bloodless corpse of the Humans before me, and moving forward is the only choice I should make for now.

Suu and my other party members had successfully rescued around 231 villagers, 50 soldiers, and 35 children, most of them still being healed by Amadeia, there were soldiers that inquired about Stella's location, and I did not mind telling them that she's safe with the children on the orphanage.

Ah~! I want to rest after all of this shit is over, once I find out whoever their leader and their true base of operations are, I'm not holding back and launch a full scale attack on their base with help of many forces.

Hm...

How about I turn his allies against him? 75% is needed

Without me realizing, I had a grin showing my fanged teeth that almost scared those around me.

Anyways, an army of 20,000 is coming, so I'll vent out some of my anger on them or even convince them to join me. Or both.

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