038. Mask off {1}

Vivian pov:

After going back to my room I told Misa to bring me some water first.

Damn I feel very thirsty because I have been nervous very nervous about the announcement.

After Misa bring me some water I drink it all down at once. "Misa please bring me my mage clothes." I said as Misa didn't say anything and bow.

Then she went out and came back with my mage clothes. I change back into my mage clothes and ware my mask.

After I change my brother came in after knocking. Of course he would knock my brother is a gentleman after all.

Anyways my brother came in and said " Are you going to go meet with your friends." I just nodded. Then he spread his arms.

He wants me to give him a hug. Aww my brother is so cute. And yes I'm a simp for my brother. I ran up to him and hug him.

He give me a kiss on the forehead and said "Be careful ok?" I just nodded.

He's kinda overprotective as you can see especially when it comes to boys. Apart from boys he let me do anything I want.

What a great big brother. After our little bonding section I teleport to the garden in order for my identity to be discovered by anyone.

I mean imagine someone saw me coming out of the princess's bedroom. They would have suspicions.

Right now I am totally walking toward back of the garden. There is saw my two best friends. "Guys!" I yells as they turn around.

Third person pov;

"Guys!" Vivian yells as she ran toward them. "Hello princess" Zeckery tease her as Vivian glare at him .

"Do you have a death wish." "Oh my the princess is so generous that she's even granting wishes."

Zeckery said as he dramatically gasp. "You-" Vivian jump toward him to strangle him to death but Crystal stop them. "OK that's enough playing."

After stopping them Crystal went to sit then she hug Vivian in her arm. "Oh my sweet little bean. You know you look so adorable at the meeting."

Vivian chuckles. "Thanks Stalle." "So why did you want to meet up?" Crystal asked as she sit down under the tree and lean on it.

"Well I want to discuss about the announcement." Vivian said as she sit beside Crystal. "Why?" Zeckery asked as he sit down in front of the girls.

"Well when the announcement is made it's a given that my identity will be revealed but what about you two?"

Crystal think for a second and said "Well we can just reveal it." The other two look back at Crystal clearly shocked.

"What?" "I mean since we become an apprentice court mage our identity will be revealed sooner or later.

Beside a lot of people know our identity now. I don't think we'll be able to keep it a secret for long.

It would be better if we come clean from the beginning." Then they fell into a comfortable silent.

They didn't say anything and just stare into the distant.

Crystal pov:

What I said was right. Since we become apprentice court mages there's no way we can remain with our identities hidden like before.

The more people know our face the easier for our identities to leak.

When we were just master's apprentices master can just used his authority as headmaster to shut the whole school from leaking information.

Right now, even if we are the apprentice court mages we can't shut everyone up.

So it's better to come clean from the beginning to avoid future problems.

Third person pov:

Then Vivian took off her mask and said "Well guess we won't be using these for a while."

Zeckery also took off his mask and said "Not gonna lie I will miss wearing these everywhere because dang I look mysterious and more attractive when I'm wearing this."

Crystal and Vivian look at him with an 'WTF' face. Then Crystal also took off her mask. "Well we can wear them when we go out on missions."

The other two nodded. "Oh right after this meeting. We'll be wearing new uniforms right?" Vivian asked excitedly.

Crystal and Zeckery both nodded. "I'm not worried since I look good in everything." Zeckery said proudly.

"Yeah sure grandpa." Crystal said while rolling her eyes. "Hey just because my hair is grey doesn't mean I'm old."

Zeckery said as Vivian just burst out laughing. Then they heard a voice which made them stiffen up like a pole of ice. "A- Al- Alle?"

Louise pov:

After the meeting I was escorted back to my room by my knights. It seem that the rulers of the five kingdoms are in the throne room.

I know that father and mother will be in the throne room for the rest of the day.

Maybe even tomorrow too because it was news from the borders which mean that the drug smugglers have made their move.

I shake off my thoughts because I was going to have a headache soon. Then my mind wonder off to the meeting.

The second princess of Klolina, Princess Vivian Liberty. The most mysterious person in the whole kingdom.

Not many know her because no one has ever seen her up close like this before. There's a lot of rumors surrounding her in the 5 kingdoms.

They say that the whole royal family dote on her Rumors also has it that she has been cooped up in the castle for the last 13 years after the accident of the first princess.

There's also rumors that she has been away studying for the past 10 years. Those were just rumors. No one know anything about her.

It's kinda suspicious if you ask me. I would be lying when I say that I don't have my suspicions.

Also what really caught my interest is that she has lavender hair and violet eyes just like that one girl from the golden trio.

To make me more suspicious the same girl from the golden trio is absent in the meetings.

I mean who wouldn't get suspicious when everything is so similar too similar. Anyways we'll found out on the day of the announcement.

I need to clear my head right now. I decided to take a walk when I meet with young lord Light, Jeffrey Light, Alle's brother.

He bow and said "Good afternoon your highness." "Nice to see you too lord Jeffrey. Would you join me on my walk."

I asked because I need as company to distract me from my thoughts. He didn't say anything and just nodded. That's Jeffery for you.

People say that after his sister's disappearance he become more cold and distant.

We started to walk toward the garden when we saw a figure with a mask appear from thin air. It was the girl from the golden trio.

You know the one with the lavender hair and violet eyes. She just teleport here.

I heard from Mark that teleportation is a very difficult sell that is hard to master and she just did it like it's normal.

I guess they didn't call them prodigies for nothing. Anyways back to what I was saying. She seem like she was in a hurry.

She ran toward the direction of the oak tree. I was curious so in was about to follow her when someone call out to me.

"Louise!" It was my friends, Shinsu, Mark, Delia, Leo and Amber. "Where are you off to." Mark asked.

Then they saw lord Jeffery beside me and greeted him. "I was just about to follow someone suspicious." I sigh. "Who's suspicious?"

Leo asked. "The lavender head from the golden trio who was absent during the meetings."

I explain. Then I didn't say anything anymore and just walk toward the oak tree. They just follow me behind in silent including lord Jeffery.

When we got near it we saw all three of the golden trio. They were sitting under the tree and staring into the distant.

Then they started talking agian but we can't hear them because we were too far.

Then they did something extremely unbelievable that surprise everyone of us. THEY TOOK OFF THEIR MASKS.

I repeat THEY TOOK OFF THEIR MASKS. Everyone was speechless for a while.

Like that all my suspicions were proved THE LAVENDER HEAD FROM THE GOLDEN TRIO WAS PRINCESS VIVIAN LIBERTY.

THE SECOND PRINCESS OF KLOLINA. I KNEW IT. IT WAS TOO OBVIOUS. She was the first one to took off her head then follow by the grey head boy.

I didn't know who he was but he seem familiar. "That's Zeckery Smith. The oldest son of the Duke Smith's family from Klolina."

Lord Jeffrey observe them closely. 

Of course he would know everyone knows that the Smith family and the Light family were the biggest trade partners in the five kingdoms.

"Hold on a minute. So the one attending the meeting back then was?" Leo asked.