Consequences of Failure

Zhu Zhuqing looked ar herself in the mirror. She was dressed in a maid uniform. It was a perfect size for her. It slightly weirded her out how many different sizes of uniforms these girls have.

After putting on the uniform she was made to dress the armour. Since they were in the Forest all of them have to wear them for protection. 

Though she wanted to complain that armour makes her slower. But none of the maids cared about what she wanted.

"You need to get used to the weight of the armour. This will improve your muscles. Since you are a speed type the armour on your legs is a must even more so." A blonde girl said that to her as she walked over.

"I see… so I am already starting my training?" 

"In this place, almost everything is training to become stronger. Our prince is making sure we are as powerful as we can be. And in return, we serve him any way we can." The blonde said with a small smile.

The younger Zhu girl saw how much this girl cared about the prince… this should not be a surprise though all of them are…extreme. 

From what she saw so far.

"...I see… I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Zhu Zhuqing." The cat girl wanted to know who is this blonde. She can't sense anything from her. Just like the other maids. Is this some sort of training they going through as well?

"Hu Liena. I am one of the earliest maids around here." She said with some smugness in her voice.

"Oh… you are from the Silver and Gold duo?" The black-haired girl asked with a slightly squeaky tone. She has heard about these two girls even in the Star Luo Empire. Their age and the domination of the Spirit Arena is something known throughout the continent!

"Hmm? Do people still remember us? We haven't had a match in Spirit Arena in years now." The blonde asked with a curious tone.

"Of course they do! Such rapid progress in the rankings is something everyone is still talking about everywhere!" Zhu Zhuqing said that with a small amount of heat. She is not going to tell her that she is looking up to these two… 

"Good to hear. Not that I could fight Spirit Arena anymore." Hu Liena said with some disappointment.

"...Why not?" 

"Do you think anyone would get a match for me as I am a Spirit Douluo?" She asked with a joking tone. Not that the younger Zhu laughed with her… 

She was more baffled to hear that…

Though what she said made sense… no Spirit Douluo would ever agree to fight a girl who is around age 15… Most Spirit Douluo are between their 60 to 70…

It would be humiliating for these old men who fight and might as well lose because of how powerful these maids are.

"...You are right. Is this the reason why you stopped fighting in the arena?" Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously.

"It was more like my Prince's choice. I don't truly care about those fights. We originally fought because our Prince wanted us to have experience in fighting other people." Hu Liena explained to the new maid.

"I see…"

'These girls don't even care. They fight because their prince is telling them. They are so powerful…but they only do things because Xue Long wants for them to do it…'  The cat girl realised how weird this was…

These girls were servants…but extremely powerful servants. This prince is making a parody of Spirit Master's way of life. Showing that even his servants are better than most experienced Spirit Masters.

By this point she didn't know should she laugh or cry about this. 

She spend most of her childhood training, hard, day in and day out.

Yet, these maids don't do that. Yet, they are more powerful than she is. Way more powerful…

"Now that you are done it's time to show yourself to the prince." 

"Very well." Zhu Zhuqing said with a sigh. She looked herself once more in the mirror.

Black and White frilly dresses. With knee long stockings with. Black and gold armour with dragon embroidery… she looked like a soldier mixed with a maid… 

'Only thing I need is a spear or a Halberg and I could pass as a bodyguard or a soldier…'

~~~~~~Star Luo~~~~~~

"What do you mean Zhuyun has been kidnapped by Prince Xue Long!? How did this happen in the first place!?" Dai Weisi asked with a furious tone.

"The second miss of Zhu Family has been running away and the first miss has been chasing her. By coincidence, they ended up in Crown Prince camp who quickly apprehended them.

He then said that… as I quote 'Weisi is a bad cat owner'." The Zhu family bodyguards nerviously quoted what Xue Long said to them.

"That bastard! How dare he! Father! We must get Zhuyun back!" The Star Luo Crown Prince said that as he turned around and looked at his father who was sitting on the throne.

"Calm yourself. Heavenly Dou Empire is extremely powerful at this moment. We don't have the means to demand anything of them."

"B-But my fiance! And the amount of face we will lose if we do nothing!" Dai Weisi said with disbelief as he could not believe what his father has been saying to him.

"...this is… I was wondering why Heavenly Dou was not doing anything for all those attempts… hmm, officially we can't do anything. I bet that the Crown Prince is waiting for us to act." The Emperor said with a frown. He didn't expect something like this could happen. Dai Mubai simply leaving the Star Luo was something he didn't foresee. And now his second son's fiancee was running away as well…

"...But…father…" The Crown Prince was in disbelief. Zhu Zhuyun is important to his future rule! The spirit fusion ability is something important to their royal family! Now if he doesn't have one… his claim to the throne will be weaker!

He might end up as a laughing stock! Dai Weisi can even imagine people sending green hats to him!

That just made him pissed beyond reason!

'I will get Zhu Zhuyun back! Even if it means doing it myself!' 

Without telling anything the Crown Prince stormed out of the throne room. The Emperor motioned for one of the bodyguards to watch his eldest son over. To make sure he doesn't do anything reckless…

~~~~~~Star Dou Forest~~~~~~

Zhu Zhuyun was unnerved and impressed by the capacities of the maids in this camp.

She found out that these girls don't utilise their Martial Spirit. It's like it's their secondary weapon which they use from time to time.

The majority of the time it's usually regular Martial arts and only then do they use their Martial Spirit.

This kind of method made works wonders. Because even though she is 17 years old… even a 10-year-old can beat her!

"The way you attack is far too straightforward. There are many ways to counter that." Xue Long said that as she was looking at the spar between the older Zhu and one of his newer maids.

"...But my spirit ring ability makes copies—"

"It does. However, you won't going to confuse anyone if you use it straightforwardly like that."

"...But the ring ability switches me—"

"Your copies don't have Spirit Energy behind them. One can sense where the real one is. In other words, you need to use this ability as a surprise attack instead of a frontal assault." His explanation only makes Zhu Zhuyun feel self-conscious about her abilities.

Her new…Prince dissected her and her abilities in just a few days. 

Now he is teaching her how to use her powers! This is embarrassing!

"The true power behind your first ring is the ability to switch places."

After saying that he called out one of the maids to come to the front.

"Show her how to use such ability properly." 

The maid slowly nodded. And her spirit rings appeared behind her.

That moment Zhu Zhuyun gulped down nervously as she saw seven rings. 

This maid was a Spirit Sage! With two yellow, one purple and four black rings.

The maid then summoned a pair of beautiful short knives.

She threw one at the ground next to the older Zhu while the other one to the cat girl's side.

One of her yellow rings glowed and she was gone!

Standing in front of Zhu Zhuyun and the next moment the maid was standing to her side while holding the knife to her neck.

It was so fast that the cat girl didn't have much time to react.

"The trick is to switch last moment. And surprise attack from one's side. While it's not the exact ability as yours, you got the idea?" 

The older girl slowly nodded with some sweat.

"I am pretty sure you got the straightforward attack idea from that idiot Weisi. I am going to fix your shortcomings." The Prince casually insulted the Crown Prince which made her grimace for a few moments. 

She is in no position to get snappy for this kind of insult.

"I understand…"

"Good now you will be learning with the maids who are of speed system. Once we are back in the capital we will work out a proper schedule for you." After saying that Zhu Zhuyun's training got sorted out and the Prince returned to do his things.

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

Dai Weisi was smirking from ear to ear as he saw the camp in front of him.

The Zhu bodyguards were right. Xue Long camp was still here! Yet, it was around a week since Zhu Zhuyun was taken from him!

"Let's go! We will sneak in and rescue Zhuyun! We have to be as quiet as possible!" 

As he said that they suppressed their Spirit Energy and started to walk towards the camp.

Dai Weisi was perplexed to see so many maids. They were everywhere and their age varied from around 10 to 15. He didn't see anyone above that.

Not that there was a good chance to see much!

As he got closer to a bigger tent he heard a familiar voice.

"My Prince~ is there a way I could serve you properly today?~" 

'That sounded like Zhuyun!' 

He quickly looked from where it was coming from!

His eyes widened as he saw his fiance sitting on the prince's lap and trying to look as sultry as possible!" 

That moment he saw red and lunged forward only to end up… in the middle of a forest!

"What is this!? Where am I!?" He looked around furiously it was lush forest in all directions!

Then he heard a familiar giggle of his fiance. Dai Weisi quickly rushed towards that giggle. He needs to know what the hell is happening!

Only once again to see similar sight as he saw before! Zhu Zhuyun seducing the Crown Prince of Heavenly Dou Empire!

Each time he tried to approach them he would end up in some sort of different location!

~~~~~~~Hu Liena~~~~~~

"This guy is pretty dumb. Is he truly the Crown Prince of Star Luo Empire?" The Foxy maid said to other maids as her spirit Rings were floating around. The sixth one was glowing repeatedly as it was feeding illusions and hallucinations to the blonde prince from Star Luo.

"He looks quite amusing with all those expressions. I wonder can I beat him up later for trying to break into the camp?" Shui Yue'er asked Hu Liena.

"You won't be getting any brownie points for that." Hou Wu said with a frown. 

"Why not? It's such a great opportunity!"

"It would be so if he wasn't discovered by Prince himself. He sends a senior maid after him. You should have acted first instead of looking clueless about what to do when these idiots tried to 'sneak in'."

"But it was so hilarious to look at them while trying to sneak in!" 

While it would be interesting to watch how pair of girls with two distinctive powers try to bicker. Hu Liena was much more interested in tormenting the Star Luo Prince who was running, falling, screaming and doing other things… on its own!

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