Chapter 23: Epilogue of Volume One

Imperial Palace , Room of Princess Alice.

Lying on the bed, Alice covered her face with a pillow, and considered what happened a few minutes ago. Five minutes ago, Esh kissed her and challenged her to a duel four years later , on her eighteenth birthday.

"From the age of fifteen, a girl is considered an adult and can get married, does he really want to give me four years to think?" - She thought that Esh could specially tune it, but almost as quickly as this thought came to her, she threw her aside

"No, he called me to a duel, he gave me another chance to beat him, and I shall not lose it! Even if I do not defeat him, I must make him take me seriously, and make him fight with both of his swords." - With these thoughts in her head, she got out of bed and dressed, left her room, heading for the throne room, to her father .

Having entered the throne room, she did not find her father, and asked the servants where he was, she went there. Going into the cabinet of ministers in which, in the midst of the heat there was a meeting between the three races, namely the race of elves, people and beastmen, Alice began to speak.

- Father, I'm heading to the demonic forest , please do not look for me . - Having said this, she, without letting her father answer, ran out of the office, and went to the city of Krival. She took only what she took on her last trip , namely several sets of clothes, thirty coins of white gold and some food that slowly deteriorated .

"In one day he defeated the nineteen Goblin Generals and about a hundred other monsters, if I can't do it either, then you can't even dream of victory..." - With these thoughts, she reached the city of Zover in a week and took off to the room in the hotel , waited for the night , and then renting a carriage, went to the city of Krival.

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Demon Nation, Devron City

- Fuf, finally I came here! - said Esh, getting to Devron. - "And Alice is having fun as I look" - having received information from the shadow warrior who was sitting in her shadow, he smirked at the fact that she correctly understood his thoughts and began to raise levels.

Asking Aina to monitor her condition, he went to the checkpoint in Devron and took a turn. After ten minutes in line, he was allowed into the city, without any silly questions. The first thing he went to the hotel to occupy the most comfortable room. Walking through the streets of Devron, he constantly noticed workers with picks and carts with ore, mainly demons and dwarves lived here, they worked in mines, which are located slightly south of the city itself. It was a city of miners, due to the fact that the forest of demons was far away, and there were no other interesting places for hunting, there were almost no adventurers here, only a few newcomers who hunt kobolds in mines. For the same reason, there were almost no blacksmiths here, due to the fact that the creation of good weapons requires spending magic stones of medium and high level.

"What a boring city... I hope their capital is better..." - Inspecting the surroundings of this city, he thought to himself.

The reason he stayed here was the supply of mithril from the mines in the south. Checking in at the hotel, he immediately went to the guild of merchants, where he hoped to find out the reason for the poor supply of mithril to Krival. Entering the merchants' guild, he went to the counter where members with diamond status were received, talking with the administrator, Esh realized that the main reason that mithril was almost not mined was the kobolds that occupied the mithril mine. According to the information that he received from a man with glasses, he realized that about a hundred kobolds, under the leadership of Kobold General , settled there , who belonged to the level of threat of rank C. , there were adventurers who could solve this problem just in this city .

After receiving information and selling the materials of goblins and hobgoblins, whom he killed on the way to the city, he left the guild and, returning to the hotel, took a bath and fell asleep. The next day, he went to the mine to quickly clean it and get a few pounds of mithril for free. Having finished this, he, having reported that it is now safe in the mines , set about his routine work .

***

Kingdom of Meyer, Royal Palace

- Mom, I want to go to the Imperial Military Academy. - The first prince of the kingdom of Meyer declared. - I want to study military affairs . - He added quickly.

- Good son, I'll talk with Emperor Egert about your enrollment. - The Queen replied to the request of her son .

"Great, I'm already tired of sitting in this damn palace." - He thought to himself, and was about to leave when his mother called to him.

- Wait, you can only enter the academy at the age of fifteen. When will the main course begin. - The queen warned him.

- I know mother, I will immediately begin preparing for the entrance exams! - added the prince.

***

Kingdom of Yesenil, First Princess Residence

- Daughter, next year I will send you to the Kraus Empire to undergo training at the Imperial Military Academy. In a year, preliminary exams will take place, where you need to show yourself well, for this, you need to try and conclude a contract with the spirit . - The queen warned her eldest daughter.

- Good mom! I understood everything. - Answer The first princess, who played a camping with his younger sister.

***

Bestas Beast Federation

- Gentlemen, things are extremely bad! - The lizardman turned to his brothers . - The Duchy of Brux is experiencing increasingly powerful attacks from the undead. Emperor Egert insisted that all young people from the highest nobility undergo training at the Imperial Military Academy. - Having finished speaking, he drank some water and looked at the other representatives of his clans.

- I already talked with my children, they agree. - expressed the representative of the fox clan.

- My daughter also agrees. - added the representative of the cat clan.

- My children are too young for this, they will be able to act only after five years. - shook his head, said a representative of the Minotaur clan.

- My child has already passed the exams, and she will begin training from this year. - said the representative of the harpy clan.

- My daughter also agrees, she will go to the academy next year. - After the harpy said the representatives of the clan of the wolf.

- My son has already entered, and my daughter is now preparing for exams, so she will go next year. - nodded, the representative of the tiger clan spoke out.

- They decided on this, now let's move on to the issue that concerns more undead at the Brux borders.

***

Duchy of Brux

- Darling, a letter came from Emperor Egert Kraus. - Turning to his wife, said the duke.

- What is there? - Having finished braiding the hair of her daughter, the duchess asked.

- Egert asks not to hesitate with the decision regarding the admission of our daughter and son to the academy. - Having printed and read the letter, the duke said.

- I agree, I want them to be away from the north at this terrible time . - The duchess agreed with the emperor.

- Then Finn will do it this year , and Elise in a year. - Having nodded, the duke left his daughter's room and went to his office to write an answer to the emperor.

***

A year later , the capital of the Demon Nation , the city of Saren

- Finally, I can register with the adventurers guild! - Standing in front of the guild building, said Esh, who could no longer wait for his first job!

Entering the guild, he went to the free counter and said the words that he had been thinking about last year.

- Good afternoon, I want to register as an adventurer! - He declared to the girl with horns who was standing behind the counter.

- Well, provide your documents . She answered with a smile.