Elena's eyes opened as a bright light had creeped out of her heavily curtained window. It was morning.
The sun was up and Elena was already being tended by her maids for her morning routine.
Her morning routine started with a healthy breakfast in bed. After that, they helped her dress up neatly in her gowns that were the best in the kingdom. Today she wore a yellow dress that had white frills, a bow at the chest and two at the bottom. The dress was generously decorated in white folds and lining to compliment the pale yellow of her dress, and the paleness of her skin. The look was finished with white panty hose and white Mary Janes. The maids knew exactly how to dress the princess to her taste.
Today was the day the swordswoman was coming, and Elena wanted to look her best to impress. She wanted to make a good impression to the swordswoman, she was a princess after all.
"Missus Grace, do you think my father will let me meet this swordswoman at the interview?" Elena asked one of her maids, who was neatly fixing some wrinkles at the ends of her dress. The maid had dark green hair that neatly sat on her shoulders.
"I'm more than sure you will, it's up to you and your father to pick who is worthy enough to serve the kingdom." Said the maid as she finished, standing up from the floor. Elena smiled happily. "Hey do you think.. If I liked the swordswoman a lot, do you think father will let me have her as my personal protector?" The three maids that were in the princess's room giggled softly at the princess's question.
"Eh? What's so funny?" Elena was confused but continued to smile. The maids looked at the princess with soft eyes and warm smiles.
"Everyone in the kingdom is your protector, my lady. Everyone in the kingdom loves you so much. ", said a maid with red hair, that was neatly put together in a high lose bun, who was at her bed tucking in the bed folds and fixing the wrinkles. Elena blushed and smiled. "Oh you guys.. I love you so much."
King Joseph sat at his throne, as Elena sat at the throne next to his, which was the queen's. Elena swung her legs excitedly. She couldn't wait to meet a strong swordswoman. As for her father, he sat stiffly, he was obviously nervous. He had heard rumors of a swordswoman, whom many feared due to her incredible power. He wondered if it was her. He shook the thought as he rubbed his scruffy black beard.
The doors to the throne room opened, and the king tensed up. Even Elena stopped swinging her legs. Kid walked in with the swordswoman who was skittishly trying to hide behind his back. As the doors closed behind them, the room was quite. Crona was standing besides kid now, gripping at the fabric of her dress.
"Crona, there's nothing to be afraid of. The king and princess are very king people, I promise.", Kid told the swordswoman as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Crona flinched a little but her body relaxed. "T-thank you." The swordswoman had pale lavender hair, that was tied into a side braid that passed her collarbones. Her eyes looked sad and unsure, but they shined a beautiful color of pale blue. Her body was thin, but her body had a slim voluptuous frame. Her body was an hour glass indeed. She wore a black fitting dress that was long, but above her ankles. The sleeves of her dress has a floral lace thin design, and her petite feet wore short black heels.
"Good evening , your majesties. It is an honor to be at your presence. ", She was visibly nervous. When she did a curtsy , her body stumbled, probably due to the heels, and she apologized softly but audibly. The king noticed this and lightly chuckled, he was nervous for no reason at all. She was probably much more nervous than he was.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Crona Makenshi. I've heard quite a lot about you being quite the swordswoman. ", Crona was blushing lightly, unable to really respond as she was still slightly uncomfortable. Kid laid his hand on her shoulder again, which surprised her again, but her body seemed less tensed, she gave kid a smile as if saying 'Thank you for supporting me'. She faced the king and princess.
"Y-yes, I've been taught to use the sword ever since I was a child, your majesty. My mother taught me for many years. " "Is your mother a swordswoman as well? ", The kings question made her tense up, but she forcibly made herself answer "U-um..no, she would take me to classes to learn and practice. I also have a childhood friend who would teach me, we would practice daily. "
"Ah I see. That's quite impressive indeed. So.. " He trailed off as he stroked his beard. "I know this might be sudden but how about out you show us your skills? " The king snapped his fingers, and a row of six men with armor and swords walked in. The instructor walked towards crona with a sword still in its sheath. "Whenever you are ready, Crona."
"F-father, don't you think this is a bit too sudden?.." Elena tugged at her father's sleeve. The king looked at his daughter and gave her a cracked smile. "Every protector, Warrior, guardsman, should be prepared to fight at any given time. This is only a test of independence. ", The king rubbed his daughters head and faced Crona, who was unsheathing the sword. Kid gave her a pat on her back and said something inaudible, and he walked to the Princess's side. Elena was excited and worried at the same time. She's never watched a sword fight in person. She's only ever seen them in fiction books and movies. Soldiers always held swords close in their kingdom but they never had to use them, since bad guys never came close to the castle.
Crona had the sheath in one hand and the sword on the other. She seemed confident. "I'm ready."
"Alright, don't hold back boys." The soldiers circled Crona, and they charged in, and with a smooth swing, Crona swung at two swords that were about to strike her, her sword making a sharp clashing sound against them as they flew off their hands, causing them to fall to the ground. As she did that a soldier came from behind, he swung high and then low, about to strike Crona with the blunt of his sword. Crona noticed and she drew the sheath she kept in her opposite hand quickly and blocked the blunt side of the sword from striking. She swung her fist in an upper cut- sword still in hand but not striking with it, her fist slammed his jaw and kicked the solider on the stomach, sending him flying to the floor. The other two who she had swung at before came back, but she swooped past them and hit their heads with the back of her sword, causing them to fall on their face. Three more soldiers came at Crona in an ambush like way. They were screaming in a war cry like way and they all swung in sync their swords clashing together above Crona, and Crona didn't move.
Elena closed her eyes and covered her eyes with her hands as she squeaked in horror… Until, she heard a feminine chuckle. She looked through a crack of her fingers. Her mouth gaped as her hands slowly slid down to her lap. She saw Crona had all three swords blocked with her sword and sheath, pushing back at them with equal force, her body was knelt but her arms were strong and she looked determined. This caused the soldiers to panic, trying to force more strength, but she had them in a state where they were more vulnerable than she was. The king was surprised too, he had never seen anyone, much less a woman, block three swords at once.
And with that, Crona forced all three swords off from above her and sent them flying high at the opposite direction from the thrones, to avoid causing the royal ones danger.
The king clapped twice. "Alright! I've seen enough. ", Three soldiers dragged away two unconscious soldiers , the other supported one by their shoulder. Crona slid the sword back into its sheath, and faced the king and princess.
"You have proven yourself as independent and worthy to me, I like you. ", Crona smiled and bowed , "Thank you so much you majesty, it's an honor to be praised."
"What about you Elena? What do you thin-"
"SHE WAS SO COOL, I CAN'T BELIVE HOW SHE BLOCKED ALL THREE SWORDS AND THREW THEM ACROSS THE ROOM! PAPA SHE MADE OUR BEST MEN FLY!" Elena was screaming excitedly.
XXX- The Soldiers POV
One of the soldiers quietly protested "I held back because she was a woman…" "It's okay, I think we all held back.. The power woman have against men is scary." The soldiers sighed, since a woman beat them, they tell told themselves that they held back, to protect their pride.
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Crona was shyly giggling at how Elena was praising her.
"M-my lady, I'm so honored. I'm grateful to have impressed you!" Crona bowed, again and small tears wanted to form in her eyes. "I hate to fight, but when it comes to protecting, I think I will be able to do anything for your sake, princess- OH, and of course you too my king. I'll do my best at protecting this kingdom with my life."
"Please be my personal protector Missus Crona!" The princess leaped off her mother's throne and ran towards Crona. Her father was about to protest but was too late, Elena wrapped her arms around Crona's waist. Crona was so delighted by the sudden affection, she blushed brightly and her eyes began to swell with tears. "Oh, my princess! " Crona squatted down and held the princess softly in a hug.
The king smiled but sighed at his daughter's reckless behavior. "You know.. I was afraid. Afraid of the swordswoman being potential bad news" The king told kid, who chuckled at the king. "When I went to pick her up, she looked frightened, like a puppy. A nervous wreck, but in the end all she needed was my reassurance. She's a frail woman, but her spirit shines through her like a jewel. I hope to learn more about her." The king nodded in response. "I'd like for you to show he to her room if that's okay with you kid. And tomorrow, you can show her around the kingdom, make her feel welcomed." Kid bowed at the end of the king's request. "Yes sir. I'll show her around the castle as well so that she will not get lost." "Thank you, kid."
Phew that took a while! I hope you guys are enjoying my story so far! Next chapter is going to be a lot more longer! Look forward to that! *Wink*
And thank you so much for your reviews. This story will start slow but you'll get a kick soon enough! This chapter is my longest so far and I'm so proud! *Squealing.*
Anyways next chapter wil com in a few days, I gotta catch up with homework and I need to get back into working out - My butt is jelly. But that's okay I guess, Jelly is delicious.
Anyways I should ptobably stop rambling! Thank you for reading!