Akko, Diana, Hellene and Marianne arrived at the village of Luna Nova after a long journey, where they discovered that the place where Atsuko grew up was not as welcoming as they thought it was, in fact all the residents there did not even believe in the warrior and her abilities, so much so that they doubted her coming with the princesses of Wedinburgh, even being impressed when they discover the truth, but still making a point of belittling any achievement of the girl and forgetting that she exists to stay in the most flattering the princesses.
In Kagari's tree house she was alone there with Diana who was even managing to console her to feel a little better, that way thinking about focusing on the important mission of getting the master sword, which was the reason for them to leave, with that in the middle of the village Hellene and Marianne were kind of finding a way out of the crowd.
"Where does Akko live? Where is her house?" McLaren asks.
"We'll show you where it is" Lotte said.
"For all that is good, could you leave me and Mari alone, we want to see if Akko is okay and at her house, we care about our friend, she is important" Said the redhead and a part of the city was moving away.
"Except you two, you seem to be the closest to Akko" Leclerc said.
"For the Triforce, I ask you to step aside and give us some privacy, we want to see our friend, you don't even care about her, what's the point of playing friendly with us, worshiping us as goddesses who came to save the world, when we are just people like anyone else, my position in royalty does not make me superior to you" Said the purple-eyed one.
"You heard my friend, let us pass, we want to see how our friend is doing, we care about our friends" Said the one with dark hair with reddish locks.
And with that they manage to make their way, arriving at Akko's tree house, where with the help of Lotte and Sucy they climb the stairs and see the whole village practically surrounding the place as if they were celebrities who had just arrived, when they enter they soon notice that Diana and Atsuko are hugging together on the floor of the house.
"Have we interrupted something?" The younger princess asks as she notices the two hugging.
"Hellene... You were just makingAkko feel better, she was pretty bad about what happened and was revealed to her at the leader's house" the older woman said.
"Oh, poor thing, what happened? If you want to tell me, of course" said the curious girl.
"I'll tell you, then we'll prepare for the mission to get the master sword, I want to do that for sure" said the crimson-eyed one.
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When telling briefly even a little surprise comes to the girls to learn about the girl's origins and also about the fact that she suffered some physical violence when younger to be corrected from behaviour, as a form of punishment even, leaving the three very shocked and disgusted with the way she spoke of it even showing a little naturalness.
"The people here are really criminals, they should arrest them, this kind of violence in the kingdom of Wedinburgh is a crime, my mother Bernadette who lowered the law that hitting children is extremely illegal and gives imprisonment plus compensation in Rupees for the victim who even has a shelter reserved for her if both parents practice it" Hellene said.
"That was years ago, even so I prefer not to leave them in prison, it will only give them more reasons to hate me, anyway, let's go to the forest, let's get the master sword" Said the crimson-eyed one getting up.
"Let's take a rest first, we've barely arrived" Marianne said lying on the floor.
"I agree with the black-haired one, you have to rest, you've barely arrived in the city" said Sucy who had climbed the tree house.
"We'll prepare some food, you'll rest, then we'll go to the forest," said Lotte.
"Thanks girls" said the brownish girl with a mischievous smile.
"You deserve it mate, you're back with Annabel, she's even distracting everyone so they don't pile up here around the tree house, but even so there's one or two who are more annoying wanting to see the princesses, it seems they won't stop wanting something" Yanson said.
"They want Rupees usually, they know you two are very rich and will want some reward, since here in Luna Nova they don't pay us that well, well anyway I know what to do, they won't come close" Said the Manbavaran with a sadistic smile while making a potion.
"Are you really going to do this Sucy?" Akko asks.
"Remember when I did that to keep you from the whole village lynching you and climbing into your tree house when you accidentally made one of the legendary vases fall to the ground and having all that heavy luck and bad luck around here? So. That potion is great and quick to disperse the whole crowd - Said the pink-haired one who had already finished making the potion.
"The whole village stank because of that, they had to bathe in tomato sauce for almost 3 days until they left" Kagari said.
"Exactly" Sucy said with a sadistic smile.
With the potion ready the Manbavaran did not even need to threaten the whole village had already dispersed, they were in the most walking around following life or going to Annabel, leaving the princesses breathing a little, the few who stayed even ran out when they saw the potion in hand already knowing well what it was about.
As time passed the food was getting ready, Lotte was preparing with what she had and brought from the houses, she even received some Rupees to buy spices and food at the village food shop.
Soon the food is ready, they had already rested very well and in this the princesses are even getting a little confused by not finding any cutlery to eat and then they notice that simply the warrior of Luna Nova ate with her hand.
"How disgusting that Akko has table manners, where is the cutlery around here" Diana said.
"There are a few spoons, but I use them very little, usually when the soup gets too hot and the things inside it are hard to pick up, but mostly I used to drink straight from the bowl, I don't use cutlery so often here, it's better to eat with your hand" said the crimson-eyed one who was filling herself with food.
"It's common there on the island where I came from, but also very common here in Luna Nova, we rarely use cutlery, it's usually good for hitting food or soups that are very boring to eat" Said the pink-haired one who was eating with her hand too.
"I've eaten with my hand a few times" Marianne said, shrugging and eating.
"I've seen Mari doing it, I think I'll do it too, there's no reason not to eat another way" Hellene also shrugged.
"Disgusting, I'm going to stick my hand in this food, it's made for eating with cutlery" Said Cavendish who found a single spoon and insisted on eating with it even though it was a cauldron spoon until it was too big to catch the food, yielding some laughs.
"That's just the way she is" said the brownish girl, laughing a little.
When feeding with the eldest princess simply yielding some moments of her suffering to pick up the food with the spoon because it was too big, besides some conversations and attempts after she gave up the spoon and finally used her hands, feeling a little disgusted at first, but soon getting used to that different way of feeding.
They rested a little more and soon they were getting up to leave the tree house, the four were already picking up their things to start the journey to the master sword, keeping in mind that it is well guarded in the middle of the forest of Arcturus
"Well, not even the Holbrook leader knows where the master sword is, we will have to turn around to find where this sword really is" said Lotte.
"Wow, so it's going to be like another dungeon" Akko said.
"We will go with you too Akko, the more of us the safer we will be if any monster wants to come and attack us, we already know how we will deal with these threats, good and also because I have already seen that the princesses go armed too, do you really know how to fight?" Sucy said impressed.
"Not only do they know, but they are more skilled than me, I only end up having a little advantage now because I have the items I obtained in the dungeons of Hyrule, but without them the two are really better, well anyway let's go" Said Atsuko.
"You've been improving a lot even Akko, a little more practice and you can get better than us" Hellene said.
"Just have more focus on that, because it's good to always stay focused on the goals, let's go get that sword" Diana said.
"Wow, this is the first adventure of its kind I've ever been on, I'm a bit scared" said Marianne, trembling a little.
"Use what you know best Mari, I know your stealth will help us a lot" McLaren said.
"Yes, I'll get a bow in case, but I don't know if it's worth spending so many arrows" Leclerc said.
The six soon descended from the tree house, were walking through the village and this was already beginning to attract the attention of the residents just by the presence of the princesses, they were walking to where the cart was parked, where they were already taking the opportunity to go get the weapons, in the case of the princesses who use it out of Atsuko's special bag and Marianne too, already arming themselves with more quality.
With that everyone is even delighted with the way the four girls from Wedinburgh were preparing themselves, they had never seen such technology around, weapons so well made, even Lotte and Sucy are presented with staffs.
"For us?" Manbavaran asks.
"You will come with us, Akko said you were witches, so I think the best staff in Wedinburgh will help you a lot with magic" said the eldest princess.
"Woah, thank you princess, this is powerful just to feel it with your hand, only a witch of very high level has the pleasure of having one of these, not even here in Luna Nova we have staffs like this" Said the impressed Yanson.
"We even have good staffs, but many are too expensive, and others are hidden in the forest" said the pink-haired one.
"Well now let's go, master sword here we come!" Said Akko who even pointed the sword to the sky.
The six even struck a pose, which was enchanting the whole village, getting to see the six epic heroines who then followed the path with Kagari, towards simply one of the entrances to the forest of Arcturus, which she used to go to as a child, which before she could not usually because it was a place full of dangers.
As they entered, they already encountered how the leaves reached the point of making everything very dark around them with a small fillet of light passing through, which even so was still a little dark, due to a thick fog that covered the place.
"Wow it's really scary in here, did you really go in here all the time?" asks the platinum blonde haired one.
"It was our challenge as children, who could stand here the longest without running out of fear, I've been here for ten minutes" said the brownish girl.
"I stayed a whole day, I just think it's too cool here, there are mushrooms and more things to make my potions that are not in the shops" Sucy said.
Diana even lets out a few laughs finding the whole situation cute, when walking through the forest, they are already going up a little afraid since there are some monsters, but they are not as strong and scary as those in the dungeon, they are just some crows chasing the girls trying to give an attack that were quickly defeated and other jellies that were around that when touched could give an electric charge.
In addition to also having some monsters that came out of the ground that followed for a while until they buried themselves again, which was not a problem.
"It's a pretty quiet place apart from the monsters" said Sucy.
"Apart from the fact that there is this thick fog, even more with the leaves covering everything, even in autumn, it gets even worse with some gaps with some leaves here that are half fallen" Akko said looking up.
"It's just trees, the annoying thing is just the crows" said Manbavaran.
"And I wonder where that master sword is, it looks like this forest is huge" McLaren said.
The six are exploring more of the forest, entering deep where they are already coming across a stream, kind of having a trail to follow ahead, when passing through the stream they notice that the path that started quiet was already showing that it had more things that really the difficulty climbed much more than normal.
The creatures were becoming octoroks that went from one side to the other, in addition to having some challenges of jumping from one place to another with platforms, which gave on the ground on a path with some cliffs.
"Wow, there are a lot of skeletons there, so there have been a lot of me who have tried" said the crimson-eyed one in shock.
"You could be next if you're not careful" Sucy said, laughing sarcastically and even touching her friend's back to give her a fright.
After the challenging platforms that were passing they were arriving in a more challenging forest, where even in autumn the sunlight did not reach below, only a few fillets of light which the vision was already well compromised, which for this they did not expect, but soon Akko took out of her bag a lamp and helped to light the way.
"How do you get such big things out of this thing?" asks an impressed Yanson.
"This bag is special and magical, every chosen hero uses it, I'm one of them, I ended up getting it from Queen Laura, she was one of the chosen heroes, did you know? She was chosen 30 years ago and managed to become queen of Hyrule" Kagari said explaining about.
"I've heard about her in the classes we had, they always said she was a troublemaker who knew how to be a skilled warrior, then she became queen, I don't think you paid that much attention in class Akko" Said the blonde.
"Akko spent a lot of the lessons sleeping too" Manbavaran said, laughing.
Meanwhile they were walking through the forest with the help of the lamps coming across some branches that were moving to attack and narrowly hitting the lamp which the two sorceresses used a spell to be able to illuminate even better along the way ahead and the warriors were in the most protecting themselves, in the case Diana and Hellene on the front line.
It was in this that the two girls from Luna Nova could realise that the princesses were no small thing, they were even quite skilled with the weapons they used, even demonstrating agile movements and ensuring protection, especially Cavendish.
"Damn, I wanted to help too, holding the lamp really compromises the movements" Said the crimson-eyed one who even managed to cut some branches that reached towards her and the girls.
"Wow, but even with just one hand holding the sword you are doing well Akko, your movements are very fast" Said the one with platinum blonde hair.
"You say that and you can just look at me while I'm moving, it already proves that you're better than me, apart from the fact that I'm wearing power gloves I can move my hands quickly, you with my dungeon items would be an invincible unit, just imagine your mother Laura, she should be a warrior like that" Said the brownish woman who was doing her best to defend herself.
"You three are excellent warriors" said the blonde-haired one.
"It seems that the clumsyAkko from before no longer exists, I will miss her, she was very cute and funny" Said the pink-haired one.
They followed through the forest that was black from being covered with leaves, they had no enemies except herself defending herself from any advance of the six who still showed themselves to be very strong, easily
making it through that forest that had its difficulties to get to the other side, but they were doing their best to get far.
As they crossed the dark part, it was getting clear again with a thick fog, they were arriving in another quiet part the monsters were more docile, even getting very quiet, except that they only appeared.
"Watch out Akko!" Diana said as she warned the girl that she was almost attacked by a squirrel that soon showed that it had several tentacles in its mouth that opened in four jaws.
"These things look cute, but it's best not to get carried away" Hellene said as she watched the animals walk through the forest.
And they were being attacked by hares, squirrels and deer that appeared to be just normal creatures until they showed the claws that were actually mystical creatures that hid something very mysterious in appearance made to scare the girls who were soon involved in a fight, being kind of circling the way so nothing would happen.
"It looks like I'm going to have nightmares about this forest that I've never had before in my life" Akko said.
"Do you think so?" Cavendish asks sarcastically.
"I don't think I'll ever look at a squirrel the same way without imagining a creature wanting to devour me from the inside" said Marianne, who was already starting to launch arrows towards the monsters.
"Well let's protect ourselves, that's the way, you sorceresses try to make a shield protecting us from behind, so we can walk further ahead" Said the blue-eyed one.
The pair of witches from Luna Nova with the staff soon notice the immense power and even manage to make a nice barrier that protects them from being attacked from behind, as well as sometimes from above since squirrels fall from the trees to try to hit the girls.
"Wow, this is stronger than I thought, really a good staff" said Sucy impressed.
"Now let's focus on what's ahead, Marianne focus on the long range you take care of those who come from afar to us, the three of us will use our blows and Akko, take out that lamp, use the sword with both hands" Said the eldest princess.
The three warriors are going further ahead following little by little through the forest, Diana with the rapier giving blows to creatures that come close, soon wolves also appear and these are much more aggressive, Hellene is using the gauntlet to punch the monsters that are then hit in combined blows by Marianne who launched arrows, Akko is taking care of Diana, the two together are getting the cuts.
What the warrior of Luna Nova is feeling a little limited is the fact that she can not hit as accurately as the princess of Wedinburgh and also the sword of Luna Nova is considerably small compared to the long rapier of Cavendish.
"Damn, that sword is tiny, I really hope the master sword is at least something of considerable size" Said the crimson-eyed one.
Soon the monsters stopped appearing to the relief of the girls, they were less and less that they were chasing, they were coming across a place where the sunlight hit and did not have a thick fog, they even had some creatures, but they did not seem hostile, which even so they were attentive.
Continuing in that straight corridor there was simply a staircase, this staircase led to a sword that was at the top stuck in a stone.
"We're here, it's her..." Said the eldest princess.
"The master sword" said Atsuko impressed.
"She herself... Go on Akko we will look at you from here" Hellene said.
"Thank you for everything you've done for me... I'm grateful that you helped me get here" Akko said with a smile on her face.
"Go and get it up there" Manbavaran said.
"You're all anticlimatic Sucy, stop cutting the animation" Kagari said with her cheeks inflated.
With that she turned and went up the staircase, which seemed to be a little long, with a pedestal having the master sword stuck in it, when she got much closer she could see that it was a long sword and also with ornaments having the shape of the triforce, being written a message.
"The hero who comes with the pendants of courage will be proven brave enough to draw the master sword and wield the weapon by which he will protect Hyrule from all evil" said the crimson-eyed one reading the message from the pedestal.
The warrior of Luna Nova went around the pedestal where she bowed in front of the sword and was already noticing that the pendants were appearing, the sky was even changing a little while the sword was catching the pendants absorbing and beginning to emanate a glow.
She stood up and took the handle of the sword, lifting it from the pedestal managing to get out and with that a light was coming out, as soon as she got up she passed a whole glow around the forest which made all the fog dissipate around and a beam of light from the sky lit up around the sword and also the girl.
"She is the chosen warrior, what a beautiful thing" Diana said impressed with a sparkle in her eyes seeing everything.
"This is a beautiful scene to see sis, we have the privilege of being able to simply see the chosen one take the master sword, she will become the greatest warrior in the history of Hyrule soon" Hellene said.
"That's the legendary master sword then" Marianne said impressed.
The master sword simply by holding it already caused an effect of alleviating all the fog of the surroundings and soon Akko was seeing what appeared to be Woodward again right in front of the sword pedestal where she was, with her hands on her chest, she looked into the crimson eyes of the warrior showing a semblance of hope.
"You did it Atsuko Kagari, you are the brave warrior, you have the master sword in hand, with it you will defeat all the evil that plagues Hyrule, you will release the seals of the nine witches, you will hold in your hands that power that will one day defeat lord Andrew Hanbridge of Appleton who is with the evil spirit of Ganondorf, I will trust you with the future of Hyrule, with this sword I know you will conquer all of this, with the help of these great people you will also meet, you will bring peace and prosperity, you are our legendary heroine" Said Woodward who then disappeared into the sky in several butterflies.
And with that the enchanted Atsuko goes down the stairs with the master sword in hand she goes looking ahead notices that the creatures had disappeared from walking around, then she already takes the opportunity to use the sword and make the first cut where she notices that simply by doing so she ends up shooting a kind of magic wave that ends up hitting a tree and giving it several cuts to the point of falling.
"Woah this is too much, the power of this thing is not to be underestimated" said the impressed Kagari.
"You've done it Akko, but I don't think that's the end of the rewards" said Diana who got a little flushed as she got closer.
"What rewards do you mean Diana" said the also blushing brown woman.
"I mean..." Cavendish was embarrassed and pulled her face away until Sucy simply pushed the two's heads together and they ended up kissing.
The manbavaran had already left, but they didn't leave the kiss, which was getting very attached and embraced, the girls all kept looking at that scene very impressed and soon a heart also appears just like a light, near them, which then the kiss ends up ending and both look very blushed with the situation.
"Akko!" Said the blushing blue-eyed girl.
"Diana... I think they pushed our heads together, but the kiss was good, I think I can say it was the first time I kissed someone... Look, there's just a heart and a portal of light, let's go into them" said the embarrassed girl with crimson eyes.
One more heart is caught and with the arrival at the portal of light the whole group is transported to the very centre of Luna Nova, right on top of the cut trunk of a thick tree where it indicated precisely the central square of the city, which when they leave there is already being seen by the whole village.
"We're here, I love these portals of light" Akko said.
The girl raises the master sword to the whole village and just by raising the whole village turns its eyes to the warrior of Luna Nova, everyone is impressed to see that, that person who always underestimated and put down finally managed to carry a legendary sword and really had those feats, everyone was silent before the greatness of the warrior and even went bowing including even the princesses.
"What is that?" asks the confusedAtsuko.
"This is what fate has chosen, you are our legendary warrior Akko, we owe respect to someone who will save the land of Hyrule" Cavendish told her friend.
In all this commotion the town elders arrive even they are shocked to see that simply the clumsy girl from months ago was the legendary master sword warrior all along, she wasn't playing herself, she actually came back with a legendary sword in hand and you could feel her aura and power emanating throughout the village the hope of Hyrule.
"She really did it, Akko is not a liar" said the elder Holbrook.
"How could she get out of this alive, everyone who got to this point always gave up or died on the way, even the queen gave up the master sword and she is an exemplary warrior" said the elder Finnelan.
"Even Queen Laura you also underestimated and today she is our queen, they are the proof that they can be great warriors, they have something that a warrior must always have that no other has managed to have so far even though they are skilled, the pure heart of a warrior, the key to Hyrule's hope and the power of the triforce is her" Said elder Holbrook.
After showing everyone that she really arrived at that point calmly the legendary warrior of Luna Nova was walking to the tree house, all the comments doubting her were shutting up after all that was the real master sword.
Only far from there the glow of the master sword was seen from all over Hyrule, everyone realised that the legendary warrior had awakened, in Wedinburgh castle the air of hope was coming back, a smile on the queens' faces, but in Appleton there was a feeling of deep disgust on the part of Lord Hanbridge.
"You saw that, my lord" said the general.
"It's the signal we need, if we stay here and fool around the legendary warrior who has just awakened will decimate our troops" said Andrew, who was already grinding his teeth in anger.
"Are you sure about this my lord?" The general asks.
"I don't doubt anything, we must attack Wedinburgh now, for all that is smarter, we must not underestimate the power of the legendary warrior who is precisely a girl, without mercy or mercy, let's gain territory before she gets to know and prepare with the queens" Said the chief who was already giving the order.
"So we should start now? But there are still two days before our next troops arrive with reinforcements" said the general.
"I have my reinforcements with the darkness, we will attack now that it is dusk, we will arrive by night conquering Kakariko and there will be no living soldier left from Wedinburgh to protect the city, we will go like a rocket and dominate the city, now is the time" Said Andrew who even crushed a potato that was on the table.
"The time has come to go to war" Said the general saluting.
"Wedinburgh will feel the power of Appleton and this third war will solidify our position as the great lords of this land"said the smiling lord as he stood up, wielding his sword and getting on his horse to warn his men.
The camp was soon demonstrating itself and the troops were starting to move to be in the strategic position and this still within their own territories for an imminent attack towards the kingdom of Wedinburgh, which could already activate an alert around Queen Laura who had a bad feeling about all this.
Akko got the master sword, thus becoming the legendary warrior of Luna Nova, having in her hands the greatest power that a warrior like her could have, but still the challenges lie ahead and they will be much more complicated than it seems, they will require the girls a lot of intelligence and also overcoming, even more with a war that is coming, at the hands of Lord Andrew Hanbridge of Appleton, the imminent danger plagues the lands of Queens Laura and Bernadette who will deal with yet another war, the girls who have no
idea of the danger, the master sword already triggering a danger button on the leader of Appleton, everything will become a big snowball that is getting bigger and bigger and can cause greater and greater damage as it descends.
See you, master sword witches...