章 1: Introduction

A Gallant looking Knight is above a great horse, standing in a hill with at least a thousand men surrounding the Knight, waiting for the Knight's order.

The Knight seems to be the General of these men.

The General is looking somewhere, a few hundred meters away.

Thousands and thousands of men are charging at their direction.

The General looked at the Knights around him as he spoke.

"Men, today, we shall have our feast, a bloodbath, we shall remove these foul creatures away from our Empire! Remove the savages!"

"YES!"

The General rode a horse and shouted.

"Men! For the Empire! For our Loved ones, and for our Land! Charge!"

"WOAH!

The General led the charge as the men followed him.

The General summoned three elements, fire, dark, and light.

"I... STAND... SUPREME!"

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The Kingdom of Trumna.

Within the Castle, a group of men is running back and forth, like they are looking for something.

"Princess, where are you?"

"Princess! The King is searching for you!"

"Princess!"

They were searching for the Princess of their Kingdom.

Then, one of them, a tall figure adorn with gold plates in his armor spoke, seemingly the captain of the Royal Guards.

"The Princess might not be in the Castle, Brandon, bring a hundred men with you, search the Market and the boundaries of our Kingdom."

"Yes General!"

The Man named Brandon is a captain, he immediately rushed out and called a few people for the search.

The General is named Gordon, he is one of the most famed swordsmen in the whole of the Empire, but sadly, he had no talent for Rakzswei and was left by his peers.

Gordon was picked up by the King of Trumna, Gordon became his adopted son, but that was 27 years ago, Gordon now is 43, and with the treatment he had received from the King, his adopted Father, he is the most Loyal amongst all the people of the Kingdom.

Gordon sighed, he then looked at the sky and spoke.

"Such a mischievous little Sister I have."

Gordon chuckled as he went to the stable and got his horse, he then immediately had gone out of the Kingdom.

Gordon wasn't searching, instead, he went directly in a single way, like he is going somewhere he already knows.

After a few moments, Gordon stopped, he looked at the distant big tree where a horse is tied to a tree.

Gordon chuckled as he slowly approached, he then saw a figure of a person at the end of a cliff, a great vast ocean underneath, a beautiful lady staring at the vast sky as her arms were opened wide, wanting to embrace the wide horizon.

He then immediately tried to sneak as he slowly walked closer and closer until he reached behind her.

"WAAAA!"

Gordon shouted as he pushed the lady.

"Ehhh?! Kyaaaa!"

But before she could fall, Gordon immediately held two of her hands as he pulled her back at the ground.

The Lady looked behind her and saw Gordon.

"Big Brother! Are you trying to scare me to death!?"

The Lady immediately puncher Gordon's shoulder.

"Ouch!"

Gordon chuckled as he spoke.

"Who told you to punch steel barehandedly, hahaha."

The Lady pouted as she asked.

"Father is looking for me?"

Gordon smiled brightly as he nodded.

"Yep! Father is looking for you."

"Haaaa... I guess my time here is done, let's go, Big Bro!"

The Lady came back from her cheerfulness as she smiled and spoke, her name, is Nyken, Nyken Triwivs, the Princess of the Trunma Kingdom, the only daughter of the King.

Gordon nodded as he assisted Nyken up the horse and untied it from the tree.

Nyken chuckles as she spoke.

"Big Bro, thanks for always covering up for me."

Gordon smiled as he nodded: "Don't worry, it is my job as a Brother to let you have fun, once in a while."

The two of them shares no blood connection, but the bond between them is stronger than one, Gordon had cared for Nyken like the most treasured item in the World, one of the four things he dearly wanted to protect for all of his life until death, while Nyken treated Gordon like a real Big Brother.

The two of them rode their horse as they went back to the Trunma Kingdom, after a few moments, they finally arrived.

"Big Bro."

Gordon chuckled as he replied.

"I know, I know, I won't tell them your secret place."

"Yay! you are the best!"

Gordon then assisted Nyken down her horse as they both entered the Castle, Gordon stopped at the entrance of a massive door and spoke.

"Well, since, I wouldn't be able to help you, I`m going to stay here and cheer you on!"

Gordon teased Nyken as she pouted and pleaded Gordon to enter the door with her, but Gordon kept ignoring her eyes as he looked at the other way.

Gordon then opened the big door as he made way.

Nyken sighed as she looked at the ground and went inside.

"So... you do know how to return."

Nyken then shook her head as she looked at the person that spoke, the left side of her lips curved upward as she blinked one of her eyes and ran towards that person.

"Father! I missed you so much! how are you!"

Nyken immediately hugged her Father, Dammi Triwivs, the King of the Trunma Kingdom, trying to avoid any nagging from her Father.

Nyken's Father, Dammi sighed, he had already grown accustomed to such behavior tried to part himself with Nyken.

Nyken sighed and then parted ways with her Father.

"Take a sit, I`ll talk to you about something."

"You won't nag at me?"

The King chuckled as he replied: "Do you want to be nagged at?"

"NOPE! Definitely no."

After answering, Nyken immediately took a seat as she sat there.

The King also sat and spoke.

"So... you don't want to be married? not to anyone you have no knowledge for?"

Nyken shook her head as she replied: "No, I want a mutual understanding relationship Father, I don't want an arranged marriage."

The Dammi sighed as he shook his head and answered: "Okay then, I`ll immediately send a reply to the Emperor, of your decision."

The Kingdom where Dammi Triwivs lives. The Trumna Kingdom is actually just one of the hundred Kingdoms inside the Markna Empire, but the Trumna Kingdom is actually the most powerful Kingdom in its whole territory, but it's not based on military power, it is based on monetary power, cultural power, the Trunma Kingdom, is the wealthiest Kingdom inside the Markna Empire. the second richest territory, only second to Markna Empire if it comes to Economical Power.

The Tax that the Trumna Kingdom had been offering the Markna Empire, if you based it on a total of 100% from all of the Kingdoms inside the Empire, the Trumna Kingdom is giving 30% of it, that's why the Markna Empire favors the Trumna Kingdom so much, giving the Trumna Kingdom a total of 5% of its total armies.

The Emperor of Markna had requested for their Princess's hands, Nyken's hand, but you read it right, the Emperor requested it, not forced, nor anything else, requested it as a way of respecting Dammi's decision.

The Emperor of Markna treated Dammi like half a Half brother, the two of them kept goes way before the both of them had become King and Emperor.

A Scholar and a Great Swordsman.

Dammi sighed as he shook his head and wrote a letter before giving it to the courier to be delivered through a wyvern messenger.

Dammi then looked at Nyken as he smiled and spoke.

"Well... should we eat?"

"Un!"

Dammi chuckles as he called out.

"Gordon, let us eat! call your Mother!"

Gordon, waiting outside chuckled as he replied.

"Yes, Royal Father!"

The three of them then stood up as they walked towards the dining hall, while Gordon went past it and straight towards the Garden to call his Stepmother.