It's been a week since I joined the knights. My everyday life was completed with training and training. Well, there are times when I am exempted from training. No boasting intended, but I learn fast, and probably my talent showed again after a long time.
Which is working perfectly for me. Because of this, I can easily raise my ranks and climb through the rankings in the knighthood.
"You've done well again, Elleana," our instructor complimented, and I've seen countless gazes that are glaring at me. However, they can't retaliate since I really did excel in this one. Right now, they are incredibly exhausted after 100 laps, while I am here, perfectly fine. Though I faked my fatigue, I don't want them to doubt my existence.
"Thank you, instructor," I respectfully replied.
"You were quite talented, Elleana. It makes me wonder where you have been before," a familiar voice boomed. It was Veyron.
He's staring at me curiously, which I returned with a deadpan expression.
Now I'm curious what he was trying to imply. Is he asking where I have been before he regressed or where I have been when I was a little younger?
However, he can't ask those questions of me since it'll arouse questions from the people here.
So I didn't answer him. Instead I said, "Thank you for your compliment, young master."
Then, the girl beside him grinned. "Oh my gosh, to think I'd see a girl here! I've been here for so long, but all I see are just a bunch of guys, so I can't wait to befriend a girl like you! "She was incredibly excited, and I slightly frowned. "Brother, can I take her with me? " she pleaded to our instructor.
Our instructor and Veyron exchanged glances, and the instructor nodded. It made the girl incredibly happy, much to my annoyance. But I refrained from showing any emotion since it isn't my palace and I am currently in an undercover job. I can't let them notice my frustrations about this woman. Otherwise, I'd fail the plan that I constructed.
The girl pulled me, and I remained nonchalant about it. But deep inside, I am frustrated. The audacity of this human!
"Hello, I am Haina. Can I ask for your name? " she said with a gentle voice and a kind smile. She was the type of person that everyone would love, wherever she went. And I bet that young master was even head over heels for this woman.
"Elleana."
I didn't say any more. That is enough to tell her to shut up and leave me alone since I'm not in a mood to socialize with other people.
But instead of backing off, her smile widens. "What a pretty name! I can't believe that a pretty, dainty lady like you was training with those barbaric people! If you want to train and become a knight, then you can train with me," she suggested. "Look at your doll-like skin. Tell me, are you a noble who was affected by boredom and decided to apply as a knight here? "
"I apologize, but I don't deserve this kind of treatment. For I am nothing but a commoner who was lucky to have a miniscule amount of talent." I declined her in the most respectful manner. Because I know that there are some people that I can't recklessly offend while I am hiding my identity. And this woman was one of them. So I humbled myself in the process.
But that doesn't mean that I won't do anything about this. I'll make them pay in the future for offending the god who's going to destroy your world.
And then, I felt that gaze again. I frowned and glared at the sky. Is he threatening me not to touch this woman?
If so, then her charm was amazing. To even have a god dancing in her palms.
"Aww. Don't degrade yourself too much. Trust yourself; I'm sure you'll become strong in the future. So much stronger than those knights with you." She spoke kindly, and I'm fighting the urge to roll my eyes.
So I shyly tuck a few strands of my hair behind my ears. I learn this move when I'm watching a certain event in the Akashic records. Though I can't act embarrassed with blushing cheeks, I can at least do this. So I acted shy and unable to meet her gaze.
And I guess I won her by that simple act. She instantly giggled and mumbled. "You're so cute, Elleana. To the point that I want to pinch those cheeks of yours."
Pinch my cheeks? Do I look like a fruit in her eyes? I've seen in the records that people pinch the fruit or vegetable to determine whether they are still good or they're already rotten.
"Please don't..." My voice trailed off when she suddenly pulled me and brought me elsewhere.
When I wandered off my gaze, I discovered that it was the room of a noble lady. Then my eyes shifted to that girl that was silently combing her hair in front of her vanity table.
She had very long silver hair and blood-red eyes. She resembled a vampire from another dimension.
"Elleana, this is Lady Vriana. She is the young master's younger sister. And milady, this is Elleana. She's one of the new trainees." Haina introduced the girl in front of me.
I showed a small smile and bowed a little. The woman just nodded her head as acknowledgement before she turned her gaze to Haina.
"If she's a trainee, then why are you bothering her?" Vriana inquired. I silently smiled and unknowingly approved this lady.
But instead, Haina pouted, and she was undeniably cute.
"Why can't I? She was so beautiful, so dainty, to train with those barbaric knights! And did you know some of those knights are ogling her and some are glaring at her! That is something I can't let her experience! " she said and stared somewhere in the air. She had this strange determination in her face. And that made me raise my eyebrows. What is she doing?
My eyes shifted to the emotionless lady. I'm expecting that she'd command to just let it go and ignore them, but instead she said.
"Is that so?" she said with a mysterious glint in her eyes. "Those weaklings ogle and glare at someone as innocent and pretty as her? Have they lost their minds?" A scary smile formed on her lips. It made me flinch. Why do I feel that she's planning something? And why does it feel like she's a lot scarier than Veyron?
She then called her maid to change her clothes. It wasn't a dress but instead a cloth that was used for training. Those clothes accentuate her figure.
"Let's go to the training hall and teach those bastards a lesson. They should remember not to mess with women." She was chuckling evilly, and I could imagine a dark aura around her. To be honest, it made me, a god, my hair stood on end. Goosebumps.
Meanwhile, Haina readily agrees. She led the way to the training hall while pulling me. I was in a daze until we reached the training hall.
"Vriana? What are you doing here? " Veyron asked, puzzled. So he shot a glance at Haina, who just smirked in response. Then he stared at me, and his eyes were inquiring why his sister was with us while dressed like that. I shrugged, unable to fully grasp her intention. Even I was puzzled by her actions.
Indeed, humans are so damn complicated to deal with. Maybe I should've just slept in my palace and destroyed this world at the right time.
"I'm here to talk with your trainees," she was chuckling evilly. "I heard something from Haina, so..." she walked confidently beside our instructor. She exchanged a few from him, and I saw him sigh.
"Kukuku..." Haina chuckled beside me, and Veyron sighed. I guess he understands what Vriana was doing in here.
Then, while shaking his head and with eyes staring at trainees with pity, the instructor announced.
"You've been training here for a week. Thus, the young lady of this house proposed a spar with you. If you win, you can wish for whatever you want as long as it isn't inappropriate. But if you lose, you will have to comply with her conditions."
Those words made me stunned. The newbie knights began murmuring with each other, but I can see that they are underestimating the lady. Some where sneering at her while some are staring with evident fear in their eyes. They are sneering because they see the young lady as a weak lady that was sheltered since she was young. But they fear that if they hurt the lady, then their life as a knight would be over.
Well, good luck to them. Because if the Akashic records weren't mistaken, then the lady there was a swordsman that's scarier than the young master there. And I'm innocent here. I didn't do or say anything.
I hoped those knights would survive this sudden hurdle in their lives...