17 Chapter 13

It didn't take long for Princess Aishia, Elise, and Freya to arrive at Silvast city. After that, they started touring around the festival wearing a robe to hide their identity. Along the way, Princess Freya kept glancing at Princess Aishia without her noticing. She wondered why Princess Aishia kept looking around like she was looking for something. But in the end, Princess Aishia realized that Princess Freya was watching her.

"What's wrong, Freya? Is there something on my face?" Princess Aishia tilted her head cutely.

"Nothing. I was just wondering why you put your makeup on today. Usually, you don't care about that." Princess Freya teases Princess Aishia.

Princess Aishia is the type of girl who likes herself as she is. It's not that she doesn't like makeup, but she already has natural beauty without using it. Surprisingly at this time, she put on makeup for quite a while before going out.

"What are you talking about? I make up because I will meet a lot of people. Besides, today is my birthday. So isn't it natural that I look better than usual?" Princess Aishia tried to make an excuse.

"Are you sure? Do you think Aishia is prettier than usual, Theo?" Princess Freya knew that was not the real reason. She couldn't bear to tease Princess Aishia anymore.

"Yes, I think she's much prettier at the moment." Theodore nodded and smiled broadly.

"Geez! Stop teasing me! Shouldn't you be giving me a gift instead of mocking me all the time?" Princess Aishia turned her face in annoyance at Princess Freya's words.

Princess Aishia felt angry that Princess Freya involved Theodore in their conversation. Princess Aishia knew Theodore's feelings for her, and she didn't want to give him false hope.

"Okay. I will give my gift at your birthday party tonight. But don't expect a better gift from your bracelet. Maybe you're the only Princess on this continent to get a Saint rank artifact for a birthday present." Princess Freya felt a little envious when she remembered Princess Aishia's bracelet. Princess Freya hoped that she would soon find what she had been looking for all this time.

"I don't expect that from you. The most important thing to me is the person who gave it. I don't even care if he gives me the ordinary bracelet he bought at the roadside stall." Princess Aishia smiled as she rubbed her bracelet secretly.

"Hee... I'm getting curious about that guy." Princess Freya teased her.

"Sooner or later, you'll know." Princess Aishia answered with a smile like a blooming flower.

Princess Freya also smiled, seeing her childhood friend's happiness. But there was someone who felt annoyed after listening to their conversation. That person was Theodore. He could only grit his teeth when he saw Princess Aishia's smile.

"Alright, I'll wait until then." Princess Freya couldn't wait to see a man who could make Princess Aishia smile like that.

"Yes, you have to wait!" Princess Aishia still didn't understand what she felt. She felt excited every time she thought about Ziel. Their attention was suddenly diverted by the sound of Princess Elise's scream.

"Sis! Look! It was Ziel and Siesta!" Princess Elise pointed towards the crowd.

"Yes, it was Siesta and Ziel. Let's go meet them." Princess Aishia was already walking towards Ziel and Siesta before Princess Elise, and the others could answer. She walked so fast that she left the others behind. Princess Freya didn't know what made her walk in such a hurry.

"Ziel! Siesta!" Princess Aishia shouted to stop Ziel and Siesta, who kept walking and didn't notice her appearance. From the start, Ziel noticed the presence of Princess Aishia and the others, but he pretended not to see her.

Ziel and Siesta stopped walking after hearing that voice. They saw Princess Aishia walking in a hurry towards them. Compared to the usual Ziel, Siesta was surprised by Princess Aishia's behavior. The thing that surprised her the most was the makeup on Princess Aishia's face. Siesta had never seen Princess Aishia make up her face like that. Princess Aishia looked much prettier than usual.

"Princess."

"Princess Aishia."

Ziel and Siesta greeted Princess Aishia at the same time. But Princess Aishia didn't answer their greetings and just kept looking at what they held.

"What a coincidence that we met at this place! Are you guys looking at the festival too?" Princess Aishia said in a slightly high tone. She looked even more excited than before. Even though she asked Siesta, her eyes kept glancing at Ziel secretly.

"Why are you walking in such a hurry, Sis!?" Princess Elise's voice came first before Siesta could answer. He came along with Princess Freya, Aryana, and Theodore.

"I'm sorry, Elise. I was too excited earlier when I saw Siesta in this place." Princess Aishia smiled shyly in response. Princess Freya kept her eyes on Princess Aishia because Princess Aishia would occasionally glance at the person wearing the mask next to Siesta. Princess Freya remembered he was a servant recruited by Princess Elise not too long ago.

(Hmm...There seems to be something between them)

Princess Freya muttered in her heart. At the same time, she thought about some possibilities between Princess Aishia and Ziel.

"Hmm...what are you eating?" Princess Elise pointed at the burger in Ziel's hand.

"This is 'burger,' Princess Elise. We bought it at the stall at the end of the street." Siesta answered first before Ziel opened his mouth. Siesta opened the small package in her hand and showed the burger wrapped inside.

"Sis, Sister Freya, how about we buy it too?" After seeing the burgers in Ziel and Siesta's hands, Princess Elise became hungry.

"Alright, let's go..." Princess Aishia smiled and was about to agree, but she stopped her words after hearing a noise from the direction of the city gate. She saw a dozen people tied up by soldiers and dragged away. Princess Aishia frowned at the sight in front of her.

"What happened there?" She muttered curiously.

"I don't know, Sis. How about we check it?" Princess Elise replied.

"Yes. We'd better ask those soldiers directly, Aishia." Princess Freya agrees with Princess Elise.

"Let's ask them." Princess Aishia nodded in response to both of their opinions.

Princess Aishia and the others walked up to the soldiers. Upon seeing the Princess's face, the soldiers were startled and quickly lowered their heads.

"Salute to the Princess!" The soldiers paid their respects to the Princess sisters.

"What are you doing? Who are these people? Why are they tied up and dragged like that?" Princess Aishia nodded her head and asked the leader of the soldiers.

"They are bandits who are actively seizing the goods of merchants or people passing through the border forest." The soldier explained to Princess Aishia.

"Aren't you too cruel to treat them like that? Wouldn't tying them be enough? Why do I see so many torture scars?" Princess Aishia's voice sounded angry at what the soldiers had done. Her words left the soldiers speechless, and no one dared to answer her. They could only lower their heads.

Ziel ignored their conversation. He narrowed his eyes at the Alba Mountain Range. Ziel suddenly said in a low voice that no one around him could hear.

"They came..."

Suddenly the sky darkened. It was not because the sky was covered by clouds but by magical beasts that numbered tens of thousands. Ziel saw that the person leading the monsters had white hair and black wings like a crow.

"Look! What it is there!"

"Why did the sky suddenly darken!"

"Is it a magical beast!? There are a lot of them!"

"Help! There are monsters!"

The people at the festival screamed in panic. Princess Aisha and the others looked at the tens of thousands of monsters flying in the sky. They opened their eyes wide, and their bodies trembled. The pressure exerted by the tens of thousands of magical beasts was overwhelming to them.

"Hahaha, so this is the place! Find that thing and destroy everything in this city!"

The sound of evil laughter echoed in the sky of Silvast city. The beginning of the disaster in the Argaint Kingdom has finally begun.