Sorry everyone for the late update, I was having problems. I rarely get a chance to write in my computer and cellphone, so this might be boring but this chapter is a bit long. But i hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3
A bright winter morning welcomed everyone. Spring is nearly making its way through the lands although a month still needs to pass before it comes. Akira is already on her way to wake her princess from sleep. She arrived at Hikari's chambers, she feels something's wrong. She can't sense any presence in the locked room. She grabs the extra key she has and opened the door. She didn't see Hikari on the bed; she went to the bathroom, the closet room but no sign of her. She didn't panic because she knows her lovely princess wouldn't be in danger if she decides to go out.
"She can't be awake in this hour but even though she did she would be in the bathroom to get ready. I didn't see her when I was cleaning downstairs. I can't sense her presence in the castle either." Then she saw a letter on the desk. It's already clear to Akira what Hikari decided for now. She smiled lightly and it looked like flowers are all ready to bloom.
"I hope you can find the answer, Hikari. Now then, I should bring this to Her Majesty for her to know Hikari's decision.
Meanwhile...
Oichi just finished with clearing the pavement, "Okay that's everything done now to eat breakfast and after eating I will go to town and buy food and supplies." She went inside to take her breakfast alone this time.
Last night, she managed to build this not so big house on the very end of the kingdom's territory, which nearly crosses the opposing kingdom that always has an invisible black aura that can make any angel scared to go. The house is two story tall made of bricks painted plain white, it has 8 windows made of glass (four on front and in back).
Inside, the living room looked wonderful. The sofas have a beautiful design of flowers with green background. The pictures hanging on the wall has a comforting aura that helps you relax and there's a chimney at the side. In the kitchen all the kitchen utensils, pans, woks, the sink and the table are sparkling like stars. You wouldn't see a speck of dust around. The bathrooms in each room are so clean and white.
The dining room next to the kitchen is quite what you expect from a rich family's dining hall except for the flowers that can live in winter which surrounds the room; the window gives you a view of the mountains from outside. Also she has a music room that has so many kinds of instruments that were used a long time and the usual ones from today. The second floor has 4 bedrooms, each have a different and unique design that makes anyone feel at home.
At the backyard there are two tombstones, the left was "Takumi Misaki" and the right was "Takumi Usui", this was probably how Hikari would explain to the guards that may visit the house why she was alone in this house.
After Hikari finished breakfast, a knock was heard in the door with a man's voice calling out: "Excuse me, is anyone here? May you kindly open the door?"
Hikari sighed, 'It's only 9 o'clock in the morning, I guess father and mother already know about it. Oh, they might recognize that I look like Akira since she's always with me when I go outside so I need to change my appearance' She thought while putting on another mask on her face. This time she has long white hair in twin tails, sparkling blue eyes and pearl white skin.
She opened the door and greeted the tall man that looks like a guard on patrol. "Good morning my good sir, how may I help you?"
"Good morning my lady, I would just to confirm if you are a long time resident of this house, it seems like we've never seen anyone in this area since it's near to the borderline of our kingdom that no one would dare build one here." The guard replied to Hikari's question.
"Oh, so that's why. Actually I have been here for 18 years, 15 years with my parents and 3 years alone. And also the reason why you didn't know that someone is living here is because my parents didn't register as residents here before." Hikari said with a fake sad expression on her face.
"I'm sorry for your loss; I'm here to ask you if you saw a woman in a blue dress with dark long hair, black eyes, and have a white flower necklace on her neck?"
"Why? Did she did something wrong?"
"No, it's just that we can't reveal anything else about her. We just want to inform everyone of her and report to us if you see her. On the other topic, so that no more guards come here to ask if you lived here long, would you like to register as one of the residents in this kingdom?"
"Of course, if that's what you need." She said trying to smile.
"Here just fill this form." The guard handed Hikari a piece of paper that needs her personal background.
She completed it in just a minute then said: "Here, thank you for the wait."
"No problem, miss... Ayumu Takumi. Thank you for your cooperation, I will take my leave now. Have a good day Ayumu-san." The guard said with a bow.
"Goodbye then." Hikari said smiling and waved goodbye.
She went inside the house and sighed with relief since she got away with this one. 'I bet my registration will make all of them suspicious of me and send someone to spy on me. Oh well, I just need to be careful on my actions. Now I need to go to the market." Then she got her basket and went.
The market is lively since snow stopped falling and supplies had been low before. Good thing everyone was prepared. Hikari was happy because she doesn't go out of the palace so much and she really wants to live like a normal person. 'I think this is what I want my life to, a happy normal woman along her family living peacefully. But that's too bad; my real life is a princess who is an angel alongside her angelic family, trying to find a way to stop chaos from spreading all over the world by using soldiers to fight until they die, not using magic that can stop all of this in just a snap.' She thought with a worried expression on her face.
When she was walking home, three tall scary guys came out in a corner of the alleyway, surrounded Hikari and said: "My, are you alone miss?"
Hikari talked back, "Of course my good sirs, does it look like I have a companion with me?"
The men laughed at Hikari's response, "Would you like some help with your groceries? You must be tired."
"No need but thank you for your offer. If you wouldn't mind, I'll be taking my leave."
One of the guys grabbed Hikari's left hand tightly not giving her a chance to escape. "Woah wait up my lady, do you think we would just let you go? No one's here in this part of town since everyone's preparing for harsh snowstorm that will be coming tonight. Why don't we have some fun?"
"You want to have fun? Well why didn't you say so. I have an idea; how about this. We'll have a competition, me against the four of you. You will try to beat me, you can use any fighting style even those knives on your pocket. This is simple; the loser will have to do what the winner wants. Are you up to it?" Hikari said with a smile that said: 'This is going to be fun'.
One of the men that looks like the leader of the gang said with an evil grin on his face: "Ok but are you sure that you can handle four of us alone?"
"You might think I'm weak but actually I can protect myself just fine." Hikari replied.
"Looks like you really made the wrong choice. Oh well, you're since the one who asked for this so I hope you're prepared."
"Okay we'll begin in 3..2..1.."
The man on the left charged to Hikari, he tried to slice HIkari's dress but she dodged it and grabbed the arm, pinned down and hit each vital point on both his arms and legs. Next, the two men in her front and back tried to charge against her using their heads as rams. Hikari avoided it by jumping high, letting the two idiots hurt themselves, and then she stepped hard on both head which knocked them out.
The leader was happy at the scene he witnessed: "You're really not lying, you're either good or the three of them are really stupid. Well how about I finish this?"
Hikari sighed with disappointment "They're really idiots, it was pretty boring. I hope you could make up for their boring loss."
"Oh don't worry, I'm wish you can see my potential so that you will know who you are dealing with. Oh and by the way my name is Kazuma, thought you should know before you see yourself bowing down to me." Kazuma said with a devilish grin on his face.
He started with a knife hand strike on the head followed with a chest thrust, Hikari managed to dodge it. 'From those attacks, he has trained aikido, but those are only initial attacks. Boring.' Hikari thought. Kazuma fought again, he tried to pin her to the ground but instead he was pinned. Hikari then hit his vital points on neck, arms and legs.
"You're still an amateur; please train harder because you'll never defeat me if you just use initial attack and basic throws. Sorry you lost, now think of this as your lesson and stop picking on girls. Now then, I'll be going." Hikari said with a bright smile and waved goodbye to the four men.
After that, everything went well with Hikari's whole afternoon without any disturbances and night came quickly. The harsh snowstorm came and piled the whole kingdom with snow. It became hard to walk outside.
Hikari was reading a book near the fireplace, when suddenly the fire has gone out. She went to the basement to get some wood, but unfortunately she was out of it. She sighed lazily because she knew that she's going outside to get what she needed. She put on her jacket and gloves and left her warm and cozy house.
10 minutes passed and Hikari managed to gather wood that would last for at least tomorrow noon. She made her way back to her house; on the way nearly 20 meters from her home she saw something on the ground; It looked like a body but she was not sure, so she took a closer look. She dropped the wood on her hands and removed the piled snow on it. It was really a body and without a second thought she dragged the body into the house and put the body in the sofa. She checked if there was a sign that he's alive, gladly the body's heart was still beating and he was still breathing. She noticed that it was a man and it wore a robe that looked exactly the uniforms the opposite kingdom which was named "The Demon's Lair" has. But Hikari didn't bother the robe what worried was the man was injured. The biggest injury was on his chest, Hikari got a bowl with water and a towel. She took off the upper clothes and washed the injuries.
After that she filled the tub with hot water and poured it with potion that can heal wounds in the body inside and out. Then she immediately went to the closet to get clothes. She got thin white pajamas and dress shirt for the unconscious man to wear while in the tub because she's not a pervert to just let the man naked and she'll get to see his body, she can't handle that.
She put on a blindfold and started dressing the man; it was pretty easy for her since she has trained herself to do something while you can't see. After that she dragged the man to the tub and let the water sink into the wounds.
"The wound on the chest is really deep so it will take time for it to heal so after… 20 minutes I'll get him out. Now to fix his robe." She sighed with relief and got the robe and began to sew it.
It didn't take long for her to finish fixing the damaged parts of the robe since she excels in everything. She thought: "What was the reason of the man for going in this kingdom. Maybe he got the injury from the guards patrolling the area; he really picked the wrong time of day to either spy or attack us. Night guards are more powerful and attacks anyone with clothes that looks like the enemy's uniform. Oh well I will hear it from him when he wakes up. It's nearly time for him to get out."
She went to her closet and got a cotton cloth and went back to sewing. She made a night dress for the unconscious man, simple white pajamas and shirt. She got the man out of the tub, dried him up, dressed him and let him sleep in one of the bedrooms upstairs.
She noticed herself getting sleepy; she dressed into one of her nightgowns and went to her bedroom. "Ahhhh, today was eventful, now it's time for me to hit the hay." She said with a yawn and slept.
In the Kingdom "Demon's Lair"
An injured soldier went inside the palace shivering with fear and nervousness. He can see the dark atmosphere surrounding him as he makes his way to the king's throne. He kneeled and reported with a hoarse voice: "Your Highness I'm afraid to report that the men whose mission is to spy on the kingdom "Angel's Domain" were attacked and imprisoned but the prince wasn't mentioned in the list of those spies that was caught so he's still wasn't found."
The king smiled like it was nothing bad but a black aura surrounded him and talked to the soldier in front of him with a gentle voice, "Oh is that so? So that makes all of you including my son useless and I thought demons would be unstoppable. They were able to detect you because your hiding skills are poor or the guards discovered your presence without seeing you."
The soldier replied,"They easily felt our presence, we run through the forest but the guards caught up and they defeated us with ease. Prince Kei managed to defeat 6 out of 10 guards but he got serious injury on his body but he managed to escape."
The king grinned at how pathetic his son is, not being able to defeat those guards without getting hurt. "I see so they really are interesting, I'm interested to see how powerful their ruler is. You can now go, later you will receive punishment for failing the mission."
The soldier was shivering more intensely at what he heard he begged at the king while being dragged by two soldiers out of the room, "No please don't I'm begging you your Highness. I don't want to receive punishment. I promise I won't do any mistakes again. PLEASE!"
He laughed devilishly, dark feathers falling from above he shouted, "Let's make a great battle King Jiro."
At the Kingdom "Angel's Domain" King Jiro muttered like he was answering his enemy yell, "Oh it will be, just wait King Satoru"
A/N: Sorry if there were mistakes or misunderstandings. King Jiro's Kingdom was named "Angel's Domain" and King Satoru's Kingdom was named, "Demon's Lair" for some reasons. Thank you for your reviews, I hope to meet your expectations.
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