80 C76 Princess Aella

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After the tournament that night, I went to the dungeon as usual. Before leaving the palace, I bumped into the eldest princess or should I say the imposter. We talked a bit about the tournament, and I tried my best to act normal. That night I cleared the seventh floor of the dungeon, but I didn't rank up at all. The dungeon is finally starting to get more challenging, as the seventh floor was filled with traps. Pitfalls, wall spikes, secret rooms filled with beasts ready to ambush unsuspecting adventurers, etc. Although my magic sense helped tremendously in finding these dangerous areas.

The next day, Agatha was awarded her prize money along with an offer to join the royal army. After the award ceremony and the arena was clear, I addressed the crowd with an excited smile plastered on my face.

"With that out of the way, we can get the most exciting portion of this tournament underway. The 90s section! Out of everyone that registered for the tournament, only 6 people qualified for this section. They are the strongest our kingdom has to offer. Due to the strength of these individuals, a barrier will be placed around the arena for everyone's protection. Depending on how long these matches last, the winner could be chosen today. Would all contenders please enter the arena!" I call out and six people walk into the arena.

The six of the line up in front of me and wait patiently.

"Allow me to introduce the participants of today's matches!" I walk in front of the leftmost person and gesture towards him. "My trusted servant, Souei! Since he is my servant, Souei is my favorite for winning this tournament!" The crowd cheers happily.

I then walk to the next person and gesture towards her.

"My other favorite and great great great great... grandmother, Amelia Fortis." I introduce her and the crowd freaks out.

I guess my grandmother is very well known amongst the populace. After the crowd calmed down, I moved to the next participant.

"My grandmothers sworn rival and water mage, Delilah Rothman." The crowd cheered almost just as loud as they did for granny.

After introducing the known participants, the other no-name half was introduced as well. The first set of matches was between the known and the unknown. The matches lasted the entire day and the known came out on top. Amelia, Delilah, and Souei won their matches. Weren't even winded by the end of their matches either. Especially Souei, as he won his match within the first few minutes. With the next matches not scheduled until tomorrow, I went to the palace and decided to skip the dungeon that night.

While relaxing in my room that night, one of Souei's clones appeared in front of me.

"Yes?" I ask with a questioning look.

"I've found the real princess Aella." Souei informs me.

"Good, where is she?"

"She is being held captive in the dungeon of her own palace."

(A/N: by 'dungeon' i mean like the jail area of a castle.)

"Huh? You're telling me that the princess of the Bestia Kingdom is being held captive in the dungeons of her own palace in the capital of the Bestia Kingdom." I say with a look of disbelief written all over my face.

"Yes." Souei nods.

"How is that even possible?"

"She doesn't look like herself anymore. My guess is the imposter used blood magic to change her appearance. After changing her look, the imposter must have gotten her arrested somehow." Souei explains.

"Can you change her back yourself, or do we need to get the imposter's cooperation for that?" I ask.

"We would need the imposter to change the princess back." He replies.

"Alright, bring me the real princess." I order.

"Now?"

"Yes, it's best to get this taken care of now. I have to decide if I want to marry her after all." I say and the clone teleports away.

Not even a minute later, the clone returns with a disheveled and dirty man. The man looked around the room with a shocked expression.

"It's nice to meet you, Princess Aella. I'm Syrin Fortis, the crowned prince of the Fortis Kingdom." I introduce myself.

After hearing what I said, the man snaps his attention to me and watched me warily.

"When someone introduces themselves to you, it's polite to at least say hello." I say with a playful smile.

"How do you know who I am?" He asks with a worried look.

"I thought you would be happy that someone knows who you really are. Why are you so worried?"

"I've been telling everyone who I am and no one believed me. How would someone from another kingdom know about me? Are you the one that had me locked up and replaced?" She asks with a fiery glint in her eye.

"No, I had nothing to do with your imprisonment or replacement." I deny with a shake of my head. "I was introduced to Princess Aella recently and uncovered the fact that she is a fake. After finding out that she is an imposter, I have been looking for the real you for a few days now. You can calm down. I'm going to help you."

"Why do you want to help me? We've never met before." He asks as he eyes me up and down.

"Well, I happen to be very against marrying an imposter. What would I do if they end up being a man." I say as a shiver runs through my spine.

"Married?!" He screams with a bewildered expression.

"Yes, married. Although, we'll have to fix your current predicament before that happens. Like I said before, I'm not interested in men." I say with as I gesture to her current appearance.

"Well, excuse me. It's not like I asked to be turned into a man and locked up in my own family's dungeon!" He exclaims with a livid expression.

"You're excused. Let's get you cleaned up and ready for tomorrow."

"What's happening tomorrow?" She asks.

"We are exposing an imposter!"