Phantasia: The Princess Knight 121 Test Of Strength Part Nine

Standing over a freshly dug grave Alicia gave a moment of silence to the young girl that she had killed. Alicia had promised to come back and give the girl a proper funeral and now she had kept the promise, though a few days late. "Alicia we should go..." Ro's voice came from the side.

Alicia nodded her head and whispered "Sorry..." before turning around and walking with the rest of her companions towards the battlefield. All nine of them drew their swords and rushed into the backline. They had altered their uniforms so that they no longer looked like ones from the Empire. This was done to make sure that the Dorian side did not attack them. 

With a sudden attack from the backline the Empire soldiers were completely thrown into disarray. The Dorian soldiers seeing their enemies being cut down from the back had their moral rise as they began to attack even more fiercely. Alicia endured the pain in her body as she continued to cut down as many Empire soldiers as she could. Because of the chaos made by her and the rest, the battle quickly turned in the Dorian Kingdom's favor. After being stuck at a stalemate for the past few months the tides of war had finally changed. The Empire soldiers were not getting any orders from their squad leaders so they continued to fight not realizing that their own side was dropping like flies. 

Soon the number of Empire soldiers standing was dwindled to a few hundred and rounded up. Alicia called for her companions to follow after her as she struggled to stay standing. When She made it to the base camp for the Dorian Kingdom she was surprised to see a man sitting in a chair at the camp with a crown on his head. She knew this man was supposed to be her father, King Dorian. When King Dorian saw his daughter struggling to walk into the tent he instantly stood to his feet in surprise. "It was you?"

Alicia looked at King Dorian, who had tears in his eyes. She ignored his question and said: "Royal Father, sister is dead…. I killed her for treason… The enemy commanders were killed and the enemy camp was set ablaze. The nine squad leaders are also dead and from the looks of it the rest of the Empire soldiers are now surrounded. Your daughter has been through much…" 

As Alicia finished her words the world around her became dark once again. The blood that dripped from her open wounds was too much for her body to take. Seeing Alicia collapsing The king hurried forward and caught his daughter. Alicia only heard him yell out for someone to call a doctor. The world went from black to white and then to color again as Alicia opened her eyes to see the training grounds for the third time this day. 

Her head was spinning after such a tough battle inside the Illusion World. She felt her body go weak and was about to fall only to find someone grabbing her shoulders and supporting her. She looked up to see Blake's handsome face looking worriedly down at hers. She gave a faint smile as she closed her eyes to rest. She felt safe in the hands that held her so gently.

Another figure also appeared from the Illusion World, except her face was filled with anger as she looked over at King Augustus. This figure belonged to Princess Catherine, she lifted the hem of her skirt and angrily marched over towards King Augustus who just now looked over to see the scene of his second daughter coming towards him.

"Hmmm? This seems to be a familiar trend… Ouch! Damn that hurts!" Princess Catherine who reached King Augustus lifted her leg and swiftly kicked King Augustus in the shin with all her might. Once again King Augustus was now hopping around on one foot. 

"Royal Father what the hell are you making my little sister go through! Do you even know what she just had to deal with!?" Princess Catherine shouted.

"Catherine! I know! But it is for her own good. There are some things you will not understand. The path she chose is one filled with these types of scenarios! Trust me when I say I am getting her ready for what will eventually come..." King Augustus did not wish to cause Alicia any grief. But with the Devils planning something in the background, war could break out at any time with them. At that time many people will take advantage of this to start committing all kinds of atrocities that they would never commit during peaceful times. Once the watchful eyes of justice weaken, evil will slowly creep in and run rampant. This was something that he, himself had seen before.

Princess Catherine was not happy with this answer. She wanted to refute his words but she couldn't think of anything to say. There was only one thing she could do. "Fine then I want to become a knight as well! I may not be as good as my little sister but I can at least try to share some of the burdens she will face later on!"

King Augustus looked at the serious expression on his second daughter's face and let out a sigh. "Fine… I will give you the same training I gave your sister. If you are able to suffer through this training just like your sister did then I will not stop you from becoming a knight! Your training will start a week after the test!"

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