Akko met Ursula Callistis and Croix Meridies who ended up telling her about what was a legend of a hero carrying a magical staff connected to the stars and that way she was going to the royal castle, but she would have to go in stealth mode with Marianne Leclerc who knows exactly the way to go, since that thing seemed to be quite important by the tone that was said to Kagari about the importance of the mission that was put to her.
Atsuko went out through one of the observation towers where some of the guards were with Marianne where she was sneaking around the other side of the gate, which she needed to just penetrate the castle where there was already a moat around it, with Leclerc helping the girl along the way where they found a passage where the water comes out.
"Do we really have to go through this? It's going to wet all my clothes" said the brown-haired one already complaining.
"I always end up wetting my clothes, stop being fresh, this is the best way, come with me" said the dark-haired one with reddish locks.
They go helping each other to climb that water outlet, since it was easier to climb with two since they could climb on each other and then pull up and that's how they did it, getting wet on the way, where they pass the water fountain and come across some of the soldiers prowling those corridors of an inner garden.
"And now? It's full of them here" whispers the crimson-eyed one.
"Just follow me, you have to know when to move" Whispers the brown-eyed one.
Marianne is leading the movements and with that at the best time they are moving seeing that one of the guards was passing by walking around those bushes what they are hiding and moving to another part of the corridor, from there they are stealthily climbing the trees, where they are careful not to make any noise, jumping from branch to branch.
Where they reach a place where they hear some children running, there Marianne runs carefree waving to all even calling the attention of some guards.
"Diana! Hellene! Hannah! Barbara!" Shouts Leclerc calling for the girls.
(Damn it, she's got all the guards' attention, I'd better get out of here, or they'll catch me too)
The guards notice Akko's presence and she runs, they surround her by placing spears in front and Atsuko is already preparing to take the sword, which the girls appear and see that scene, with Kagari ready for the attack.
"Well, if we don't have a thief invading here, stay away from them princesses, we'll get you out of here" said the guard.
"Let her stay, she came with me" Marianne said.
"Listen to my friend, she is with us, let the lass go immediately" Said the girl ruined what the guards continued pointing the spears at them.
"Didn't you hear my sister? Let her go and return to your posts! She is with us!" Said the other princess with platinum blonde hair that ends up making even the guards stop and walk away.
A relief even hit the chest of Hyllian of Luna Nova, she was freed and the guards were starting to stay at their posts, and then Akko goes to where the girls were, noticing a look of contempt from two noble girls, while the princesses stayed to see if they were well and did not have an injury, such as checking her sword, and from there they walked to one of the places in the garden where they were playing.
"It's not enough that Marianne's crazy commoner around here, now she's brought another one of her rabble, I warned you two, soon you will bring all the poverty of the castle for accepting like this, it starts with her, now they brought this one" Said the brown-haired noblewoman named Hannah.
"Don't treat my visit with disrespect, they came to play and the more people playing with us the cooler it will be" said Princess Diana.
"I don't see a problem with them, they are people like us, just because they have less than us that doesn't make them inferior, now let's play, have you ever played with tops lassie, what is your name? My name is Hellene, I am one of the princesses of Wedinburgh" said Princess Hellene.
"My name is Atsuko Kagari, but you can call me Akko, I am a warrior of Luna Nova" Said Akko who was even relieved to be free and the two princesses are also impressed.
"Luna Nova? That's where our mum Laura lives, she's a warrior there too, how cool, you're a warrior" Hellene said.
"You see lassies, it's not because she dresses in ordinary clothes that makes her less, she is a warrior of Luna Nova, by the way pleasure, my name is Diana Cavendish, I am the eldest princess of the kingdom of Wedinburgh, for a warrior you seem a little clumsy, are you sure you are telling the truth? You don't have to look more than we think you are, we accept everyone equally," said Cavendish.
"Do you still think so Diana? It's obvious that this girl is thinking, she shouldn't even be a warrior, this is the clothes of those who work in the field, she is just an ordinary peasant, why don't you challenge her to a sword fight and test it?" Said the other noble girl named Barbara Parker.
"I don't make that kind of show of power, she's just an ordinary citizen" said the platinum blonde-haired one.
"Oh come on, I am a warrior from Luna Nova, I even have an important object that I need to show your mothers, in fact look at this I have one of the pendants of courage, only a real warrior would have one, do you want to see for yourself little princess?". I show you how I am a warrior" Atsuko said, challenging the princess without fear.
"Akko, she's the princess, don't come in so suddenly challenging her, you hardly know her" said Marianne.
"Woah, sis she's brave, let's play a little sword then, go sis show her how to do it" Hellene said.
"Okay, I'll show you, but I can't guarantee that it will be easy to show you're a strong warrior, I'm not just any little princess either" said Diana.
The girls walk together, to where the soldiers' training camp is, where Kagari takes a wooden training sword and Cavendish takes what looked like a training rapier, already arriving all delicate to the battlefield, some soldiers even looked at the princess with pride, already the crimson-eyed one began to have some suspicions as soon as she arrived in the middle of the battlefield when she saw the princess's posture.
(This style of hers is suspicious and very familiar with someone I know, she looks a lot like Mrs McLaren, too much so, I've seen her with a sword similar to this, it's a light sword just with jabs, I admit that this on the princess gives a charm, she looks very delicate that way).
"To the fight!" Said the youngest princess announcing the beginning of the battle.
"Girl you are very delicate and all, but know that even though you are the princess I will not take it easy on you" Said the brown-haired one and noticing an expression even of who did not give a damn on the part of the platinum blond hair.
"I'm flattered to hear that, everyone who fights me says take it easy and you don't seem to care much about my position, I can already respect you for your courage, but please talk less and attack more, I don't want to stand here waiting for so long" Said the blue-eyed one just standing in the same corner.
Akko did not hesitate she went up with the wooden sword in hand and simply as if it were the lightness of the water Diana only gives a slight movement that ends up passing through the whole attack of Atsuko without her realising, the rapier had already touched her chest and with that the shocked Kagari even takes a few steps back.
"You would have died by now, your movements are still very slow, you really look out of practice, you must have been lucky to beat a cockatrice in the Arcturus dungeon" Cavendish said, which annoyed Hyllian of Luna Nova immensely.
And again the crimson-eyed one was trying to attack, but she simply had all the ways to try something cancelled and it was always with the delicacy of the princess standing in the same place and with only a single hand, being even somewhat humiliating on the part of the brown-haired girl who was trying and trying, but nothing, she always ended up with the same twinge in her chest, getting breathless from trying so hard.
"Well I warned you that it would be fast, I do not doubt your capabilities as a warrior, but you still lose your temper a lot, you got nervous and exploded, well you still have a lot to learn, if you intend to one day have the master sword in hand it will not be like this" Said the blue-eyed one.
"How do you do it? They said you're my age, you practically wear it better than a soldier or an experienced warrior" said the shockedAkko.
"I've known how to wield a rapier since I was 7 years old, my aunt taught me everything, I kind of perfected it, it's the art of keeping calm and also with class, that's why I like this weapon so much, there's no way to look like a troglodyte warrior, but an elegant princess" Said Diana while putting the rapier away.
"My congratulations girl, you held out until quite a bit against my daughter, this little iron loves to find herself with this rapier, I saw part of this little fight, if I wanted I would join her" Said the queen appearing, a red-haired woman of short stature, who was clapping and even dressed very casually, but nothing shocked Atsuko more than her appearance resembling someone.
(What? She's... She's identical to Mrs McLaren, same hair colour, looks extremely similar, I wonder if... Was I working for the Queen's sister all along? Is that the queen? Is the queen like that? Is she that woman? I don't believe it).
"The cat bit her tongue" said the royal woman who ended up making everyone even silent with her presence.
"You're the queen, but you look a lot like Mrs McLaren..." Said the brown-haired one in shock.
"Ah hahahahahahaha! Chelsea did it again, oh how my sister is a prankster, I don't look like her, she's my sister, oh Countess McLaren of County Dublin is always full of it, she's a farmer, well I've seen that my family you know well, pleasure girl, I'm Laura McLaren, I'm one of the queens of Wedinburgh" Said the majesty offering her hand to the mere commoner who ends up shaking and then receiving a hug which everyone was shocked by this reaction of the woman.
"Mum, she came here with Marianne through the garden entrances, she called herself a warrior of Luna Nova, I just went to test her at her own request, there is still a lot for her to learn combat, does she really speak the truth" Said Princess Diana, which changed the expression from a total smile to a more serious and very shocked to see who it was.
"Oh, so you came from Luna Nova, I assume that on the way you met my sister who took you to the ranch, now you must be running away from work, because I know well that my sister stays with her workers in a hotel and barely pulls over here, that is if she came to Wedinburgh, she always sends someone, but anyway, you got here, I would like to know more about this story, I was also a warrior from Luna Nova, but it's been 30 years since all of this, come with me, except the two nobles, I want to know more about this story" Said Queen Laura.
In this the four girls were accompanying the queen in the middle of the luxurious castle impressed even with luxury, especially Hyllian de Luna Nova when she saw the beauty she had around her, it was not small, they were full of ornaments, statues, some of previous warriors, such as drawings of triforces scattered on pilasters, which had curtains with fine fabrics, in the middle of the checkered floor with a red carpet crossing in the middle.
They enter the royal library, huge and full of books, of all kinds, also with extreme luxury in everything they had, in the armchairs, tables, bookshelves, they went to where the other queen was, sitting in the middle of a table reading a book and there they all sat down in front of the majesties.
"My love, this girl here has just arrived, she is a warrior of Luna Nova" said Queen Laura, which already made her wife stop reading the book and look more serious.
"Oh so it seems that another warrior has been chosen, it has been 10 years since the last one, you are a child like all of them end up being one of those who survive, well tell us your story so far, we want to know more clearly in detail" Said the serious Queen Bernadette.
"Allow me to begin my majesties, my name is Atsuko Kagari, I am a girl from the village of Luna Nova, in the forest of Arcturus, I was chosen by Woodward to be the chosen warrior, I will tell you everything" Said Akko even a little tense due to the presence of two majesties near her.
And so Atsuko went on to tell detail by detail of her journey, from when she was chosen by Woodward, until she arrived at the moment she entered the castle, until she came to impress both queens a lot, even the princesses are impressed to know that it was no small thing, especially mentioning the legend told by the
astrologer Ursula Callistis, which was very shocking news for the queens who realised the concern of the situation they were in, knowing the seriousness of what it was about.
The princesses were even worried about the dream that Kagari had involving them leaving the kingdom of Wedinburgh being taken by two horses, which could be something very impactful.
"Now we realise, that's what we needed to know, well I will tell my sister that you will stay here in the castle with me training, I will make you a very versatile and powerful warrior, besides we need to prepare you for the journey, you are the chosen heroine, just as I was thirty years ago" Said Mrs McLaren.
"I will arrange your new rooms right away, it is of the utmost importance for the future of our kingdom to ensure your safety and well-being, welcome to the castle Atsuko Kagari" Said Mrs Cavendish.
"I must also tell you how my journey was, after all, it is of paramount importance to you too, this was all thirty years ago, I was just your age when it all happened too and off I went to start my journey, I arrived at Wedinburgh Castle welcomed by Queen Clarie and went about my journey until I was well on my way to picking up the pendants, but there was an imminent war, Bernadette fell in love with me and she did not want to marry the hitherto lord of Appleton, Paul Hanbridge, that disgusting man was already a clear sign that he would be a violent person and who only wanted the interest of uniting the two kingdoms for his own benefit, I had to prepare myself, I abandoned the mission to get the master sword, forged my own instead and went training for a war, where in five years it happened, since the trigger was to marry this beautiful woman who is my wife, it resulted in a war 25 years ago where I lost my parents in combat, I almost lost my sister, but we managed to reach the end, we won and the queen was unfortunately murdered, which ended up making us take the throne at the age of 19, but then there was another issue, the traitor of Daryl Cavendish" Said Queen Laura.
"My sister... She was always jealous of the way my mother treated us and thought she had some privilege because she was older and she wanted to be queen, to the point of running away to ally herself with the kingdom of Appleton by marrying Lord Hanbrige, only that all this time they were preparing for another attack, we knew that and in five years they come with everything, we also and this was the bloodiest of the wars, which was a victory suffered, luckily we won, Paul was killed, my sister too, in fact she was already found dead, when we invaded Appleton, there was even a newborn baby nearby that a woman said was her son and we knew it was the heir, we were going to take it until, but after a while the regents of Appleton County took it, the boy today seems to be the threat we expected to be, we should have prevented him from being caught by the regents, so as not to end up being influenced by it, it was our mistake, I imagine he is the person we will have to deal with yet another last war" Said Queen Bernadette.
"What about Claiomh Solais? The astrologer Ursula told me that it is important, that he has the power of the stars" Akko said to them.
"I don't know much about this thing, but if you have an object like this in your hand, it's a sign that things are going to be serious from now on, well come with me girl, I'll show you what you'll need for this journey, since this Luna Nova shield and Luna Nova sword won't do anything" Said Mrs McLaren.
The very serious conversation was made, the women go to a room where there are some weapons of the queens which Atsuko is impressed by the amount of things she had, quite shocked by the amount, but it was still not the room that was desired, they enter another, where they had Laura's clothes when she was still a warrior of Luna Nova.
"Here I keep my things from the journey I made, you will need this bag, it makes everything lighter and you can carry all your things here, it is like a bottomless hole that you put your hand in and take what you want, like the objects found in dungeons, but it is not as infinite as you think it is, yet you can only take 10 bombs inside, 30 arrows, 4 pots with fairies inside or potions and 999 Rupees, but it is already something, here it is, I will also give you a bigger shield, this one protects your whole body, it's kind of heavy, but I guarantee it's better than Luna Nova's shield, as for the sword I owe you, but you can use Luna Nova's sword until you get the master sword, I used it in the four dungeons of the pendants, I just didn't go after the master sword because I was already determined to protect the kingdom and preserve my queen's life" Said Queen Laura.
"Wow, it's like a bottomless bag, it's much better than carrying everything in my hand, so I can walk around the dungeons all armed" said the excited girl.
"Anyway I will train you, you need to improve a lot, how do you intend to save everything without a training? My sister must not have had so much time to train apparently, but I have, I will give you the best training to use everything that is varied sword technique, anyway, rest, tomorrow I will bring the news, while you Marianne go home, warn your parents and also warn Megan that Akko will stay here" Majesty McLaren said.
And so Akko is resolved after the conversation, she walks to the quarters where she will stay and is even shocked by the luxury that the place presents, even more than normal, she was soon throwing herself on the bed, but was held by one of the princesses by the clothes and was soon lifted by her who stared at her.
"Don't think of lying in that bed without bathing first, your clothes are all dirty" said Princess Diana.
"Bleh, I can't even rest, I travelled a lot just today, I still had to deal with Marianne getting into trouble, I barely arrived in this place, give me a break" Kagari said.
"Rest when you are clean, these sheets are very sophisticated, I will wait for you outside your quarters, you have intrigued me and I want to talk to you more" said Cavendish and that even caused a strangeness.
(What a nagging little woman, she is more nagging than the queens who are being sweet to me, it seems that this brat is the real queen, what a pain, well at least the bath here should be relaxing, better than taking the water from the stream to bathe and taking buckets and buckets bathing in icy water).
The princess went to stand outside just waiting for Hyllian de Luna Nova to take a bath, with all possible education and evidently the crimson-eyed one was bathing complaining, but at least she was happy that the water was warm and comfortable for a bath, even had some petals, which she can never take a bath like that, feeling a relief in her body while bathing.
After the bath the girl puts on some clothes given by the queen and sees that Princess Cavendish was still waiting for her what she enters the room and goes straight to talk to her.
"What do you want with me? I'm just the warrior who challenged you and you humiliated in combat" said the confused Kagari.
"You intrigue me lass from Luna Nova, you arrived full of yourself and did not let yourself be carried away by my position as princess, you are just like Marianne only maybe more stupid or brave, I don't know, you seem very different, but anyway I hope you excel in training, I hope this peculiar dream does not happen, I don't want to see me leaving here" Said the girl with platinum blonde hair.
"I don't want it to happen either, I didn't realise you two were the girls of dreams now it makes perfect sense, for a princess you're not an annoying pompous and starched, maybe a little, but I think I'll like you both, you seem like nice people" Said the brown haired one.
"Don't think that just because you are the chosen warrior that you will marry me because I am the princess, see? It's not because you were lucky to be a girl who is just what I like that doesn't give you much chance, don't think that the legend will materialise in this part, I'm not one to attend to these clichés" Said the princess which even made the warrior show an expression of even a little disgust.
"And who says I'm interested in princesses? I also like girls, but I prefer to keep out of your way, I'm not like those warriors who want to court the little princesses for power, I just want to save Hyrule and live my peaceful life, I want to find a person I admire and I also want to live a life with my best friends on a ranch like your aunt's, I don't care about marrying a princess and living a pompous life full of frills, where did you get that from?" Kagari said, which even caused a little embarrassment on Cavendish's face.
"It's just a warning, I obviously wouldn't subject myself to something like that, in fact just by your manner I can tell that you are a clueless girl who would never serve as a good wife, you have a lot of traits of a lassie who didn't leave childhood frankly" Said the princess getting up and going to the door.
"Fuck you, you love to pay superior to others just like your friends, good to know that you don't hide this noble way of yours, I prefer to remain a mere commoner than to be associated with this bunch of pigs" Said Atsuko already furious and even showing her middle finger.
"How petulant, honestlyAtsuko, that's how you behave, I'm going, it seems I was wrong to talk to the warrior, have a nice time, hum" Said Diana leaving Akko's quarters with her nose held high, which earned a few muffled giggles.
(She's all those pompous little princesses, but what a little bitch, I knew she would be like that, it's nothing different from what I imagined, "how much peulance" hahahahaha! Her pompous way of speaking, she's all furious, she doesn't let herself be taken by insults, but I never lower my head, I don't know where she got all this stubbornness).
In this that Akko is tidying up the things in the room for her to take a rest to the other princess, she arrives all more fearful, after all she had seen her sister all furious walking beating her feet in the corridor, which is already entering seeing if everything was fine.
"I'm sorry to show up out of the blue, I just wanted to know if everything was alright, I saw my sister furious" said Hellene worriedly.
"She just got really angry, I ended up saying things she didn't want to hear, she came to pick on me right away talking about marriage and I made a point of putting her in her place, it was bad to act like that, but I'm not going to keep lowering my head to someone who thinks she's superior to me, who does she think she is to think that I'm just a piece of negotiation, that I'm just here for power? I'm being an honest heroine" said Atsuko.
"Oh that's it, it's just that she is overwhelmed with suitors wanting to marry her all the time, since she became a lassie she has been having offers and more offers of marriage, she refuses them all, my mothers kind of say that we should marry for love and not for negotiation, well anyway welcome, I'm the youngest sister, I haven't had so much pressure from suitors, since they only focus on the oldest, which I think is great, I just want to play, I don't care about getting married, I just want to enjoy with my friends, tomorrow if you have free time do you want to play with me and my sister? We'll run around the castle or do something, we can show you what it's like here" said the kind McLaren.
"You're very different from your sister, you're sweeter and kinder and you don't even try to look like a pompous noblewoman like her" Kagari said.
"Hahaha, thanks, I'll leave you alone now, I'll see you tomorrow, maybe Marianne will show up too, she always sneaks out, there will be more people to play with, I liked you too Akko, you are brave and do not measure your words, you have more courage than me, you don't lower your head for anything, one of these days I want to show you the manners gauntlets that Mrs Meridies made for me, I use them to strike, unlike swords I like to punch, I like to fight" Said the princess who left the room.
(These two are a piece, one is pompous and picky the other is kind and caring, it does not seem that they came from the same mothers, Hellene is a love, seems much more daughter of the queens, has the way of Queen Bernadette, I felt a way of Queen Laura in Diana, she just does not show so much, but you can see that Queen Laura always seems to want to prove herself, just like her daughter has been doing).
While Akko was reflecting in the room, ironically Diana had heard everything, she knew what was going on, she heard the conversation between Hellene and Kagari, but then she left walking to her quarters. Marianne arrived at the hotel where she was faced with her parents already sitting in a chair about to scold their daughter.
"Have you been to Hyrule Castle again?!" Genevieve asks and her daughter nods.
"And where is Akko? You came back without her!" Megan said.
"I have something to say, the queens are with her, it seems that this Akko is more important than I thought she was, she is of enormous importance to the kingdom as if she were a chosen heroine, she came from Luna Nova, she is very angry, but seriously the queen sent me to tell you to tell her sister that Akko is now under royal care" Said Marianne.
"Ah, it was to be expected, she went to the only place I didn't want her to go, my boss won't like that at all, but I think she understands" said the blonde while Leclerc's mother still stands with her arms crossed.
"Don't think that this will get you out of the punishment girl, you will take care of the cleaning from now on, and tomorrow I want to see the stable clean, now go to your room" Said Mrs Leclerc and the youngest only lowers her head and walks to her room.
With the news arriving, Megan's concern is reassured, but at the same time she feels the fear of telling Chelsea everything, while Marianne is already feeling the fear of having to fulfil her punishment, for having given another of the several escapes she usually makes.
Akko arrived at Wedinburgh Castle, finally meeting the royal family, who already welcomed her very well, surprising her with the stories told there, on a journey that is about to happen in Hyrule with the warrior starting to train to go on a great mission that will save the place from what is to come.
See you, royal witches...