After practicing for several hours, my arms were killing me.My eyelids were heavy and I felt exhausted.I was so sick of seeing myself die over and over in these damn dreams..."I just want to sleep comfortably again... Is that too much to ask...?" I mumbled to myself.I stopped swinging my sword and imagined being warm and asleep in bed... Perfectly safe and comfortable.Just the thought of not being killed in my dreams was enough to make me long for my bed.Actually, seeing myself die in so many situations had caused me to feel unsafe in general. I had begun to develop paranoia lately.I just sighed and continued training.Eventually, my father came out to join me as well. I was happy to not be alone, because I had actually felt myself being watched lately.There were times where I even woke up in the middle of the night and saw eyes in the darkness.One time, I could have sworn that I saw a hooded and masked figure.Warmage was silent on the subject, however...Regardless, I began
When we entered the throne room, I saw Duke Oswald sitting on his throne with two beautiful women standing next to him.Garmal, his...son...was sending nearby and talking to...Princess Cassandra...?She looked both annoyed and disgusted at Garmal.The Duke noticed us immediately and waved us over."Ah, you must be Mizik Iratus...and I see Cain also allowed your father to come as well. That's fine..." Duke Oswald said.Suddenly, Princess Cassandra looked over at me and my eyes locked with hers.Her expression went from utter disgust to one of pure joy as she looked at me.Then she composed herself and strengthened her posture.What was that...? Why did she look at me like that...?{I have a theORy...}The message only brought more questions as I approached Duke Oswald.Suddenly, I realized that I was staring and looked away from Princess Cassandra.Although...she didn't seem bothered by my gaze...Stupid...don't stare! That's rude! That is a Princess!"Umm...Princess Cassandra? Were yo
I opened my eyes and immediately knew I had been crying in my sleep again.Who was that woman? What was her name?Leiso?Why did it sound so familiar!?Suddenly, I realized that Cassandra had been resting my head between her breasts.My face heated up and I tried to get up, but...Her grip tightened.She was sleeping and somehow still stronger than I was.She had a death grip on me!"Haaah...Mizik...that tickles...hnn... Darling..." She mumbled.I didn't want to be rude, but I also had to...umm...Use the bathroom...!I tried more to pull away and eventually reached my arm up as an idea crossed my mind.I'll probably get slapped for this, but I need to be free...I squeezed her chest.She immediately opened her eyes."Ahn! M-mizik!? What are you doing!?" Cassandra said."I need to use the bathroom and I can't move... I needed to wake you up... " I said.I was still expecting her to hit me at any time..."Oh...my apologies!" She said.She let go of me and I slowly pulled myself out of
Over the next week of travel, I got to know Cassandra a lot better.She was the Second Princess of the kingdom, but she had been mostly overlooked.Her older sister, who was only born mere moments before her and looked completely identical, was the First Princess. Isabella Victoria Albatross.For some reason, I had very strange feelings towards that particular name...But I had no idea if it was the same person or not...Regardless, Princess Isabella was very kind to her younger sister.They were good friends. Although years of busy schedules and training to take the throne tore them apart. Cassandra was only looked at as a spare...Someone to look to if something happened to Isabella.The other members of nobility constantly bothered her for her looks and status.Many of them insulted and belittled her. They called her useless because of her family's fertility issues and even Cassandra's own lack of certain talents. The one's that her sister specialized in.Cassandra lacked certain
We were let in very easily because Cassandra had requested to see her parents upon her return prior to leaving.She wasn't looking forward to this conversation and wanted to get it over with.Cassandra quickly went over a few tips about etiquette with the royalty, and for the most part, I understood.Mainly, however, I would not be talking.As we walked towards the set of two thrones, Cassandra changed her way of walking into a graceful and well-practiced stride.I did my best to copy her in my own way.On the throne sat a man with icy blue eyes and brown hair. He had on royal attire and wore a crown atop his head.I was told that his name was King Ronald Balthazar AlbatrossNext to him was his wife, Queen Evryss Victoria Albatross.Supposedly, Evryss was from a noble house called Victoria. Which was where Cassandra and Isabella got their pink hair. It ran in the family.But they had Ronald's eyes. Evryss had dark blue eyes.I was astounded at the mature beauty of Evryss. She looked a
Cassandra led me through the castle and brought me to a room on the first floor.It was an elegant room with a large window that gave a nice view of the moat outside of the castle. Although the window was locked and had been nailed shut, for some reason.The bed was large and had a canopy above with curtains around it. I saw a bathroom on the right. And next to it, was a pair of dressers with a partition in the corner.I could see another door partially open behind the partition lead into a large walk-in closet.The carpets were a beautiful dark blue with white designs on them.In the back left corner of the room, I saw a single wardrobe sitting directly against the wall."Since you don't have anywhere else to sleep, you can join me!" Cassandra said."Umm...is that okay?" I asked."Hm? Why wouldn't it be?" "Because... Look, we're engaged! And you know... If a boy and a girl sleep together..." I said."But we've already slept together multiple times. Why is this different?" Cassandra
"I've tried killing you so many times, myself. So I decided to try something different..." Difar said.I looked on in terror as Valthiem stepped forward.Her horrifying gaze looked into my very soul. I was frozen by it...and I couldn't move at all."Y-you can't be serious..." I said fearfully."Oh, I'm deadly serious. I want you to stop making trouble for me. If you didn't exist, my conquest would be simple! So, you simply have to stop existing. Valthiem, devour him for me," Difar said."I...obey..." Valthiem said.She lunged forward and before I could even scream, her hand changed into a gaping maw of sharp teeth and it closed around me...Just like it had for Gavin...moments ago...Suddenly, I found myself in a place of complete darkness and silence.I couldn't breathe. I couldn't see or feel anything.And then...I felt my body falling apart.Oddly enough, I could still see my hands... They were disintegrating before my very eyes.I tried to scream for help, but I heard nothing.Eve
After that day, we began practicing constantly.Cassandra managed to keep it a secret that we had been sharing her room, and we grew even closer.She couldn't decide if she preferred to sleep in my arms or if she wanted me to sleep in hers.I enjoyed both, but wasn't ultimately concerned with it.Sometimes, the two of us would practice fighting in her room.That also had a lot of negative feelings that came along with it...And shortly after we began, Cassandra refused to spar with me in her room. I was a bit let down, but she promised to train with me once the wedding had finished.Additionally, once the time drew close, we began to practice for the wedding itself.Cassandra decided that she wanted it to be a fairly small and private event that no one other than family would be attending. Unfortunately, it did mean that the Victoria family would be here.Most of them really did have pink hair. Even the men. But since Cassandra hated the other noble families, they wouldn't be attendi