Princess?

[ Leona ] got thrown by the ( Ogre ) tyrying to block its attack, the ogre moved towards her and raised his weapon and smashed the ground [ Astaroth ] raised his hand forward and casted a spell.

[ Wall of Death ]

A wall of skeleton rise up from the ground and blocked the ( Ogre's ) weapon.

{ Well, that's a close one }

The ( Ogre ) then notice and look at him, it then rushed towards him.

{ Hou? }

[ Astaroth ] casted a spell

[ Thorn Bind ]

A vines of thorns rise up from the ground tying the ( Ogre ) it the started to moved trying to escape from the vines.

{ How stupid }

[ Astaroth ] casted a spell

[ Fire Ball ]

A ball of fire hits the ( Ogre's ) body then explode and got roasted.

[ Astaroth ] went towards [ Leona ] laying on the ground and asked her.

" Are you okay? "

[ Leona ] the replied

" Ye - yes I'm fine nothing serious "

[ Leona ] stared at him with sparkling eyes and asked.

" Are you perhaps a Dark Mage? "

{ Hmm...Dark Mage? }

" What do you mean? "

" I - I guess your trying to hide your strength, I won't pry on it anymore I - I'll keep it a secret from the others "

{ What does she mean by that? }

" Umu! "

The group then collected the boars and head back to the village.

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The group arrived at the village many people welcomed thier return [ Leona ] look at [ Astaroth ] and asked.

" Right, we have a bathhouse here in our village "

" Bathhouse? "

" Yes , you wanna come with me? "

" Hmm..sure "

The two of them head straight to the bathhouse, they then went inside [ Astaroth ] look at the sign with Male on the left and Female on the right, he then moved forward on the left with a male sign [ Leona ] stopped him and pull his hand .

" Wh - where do you think your going? "

[ Astaroth ] confused and replied.

" To the bath? "

" Yes there's one in there but only for guys "

" There's no problem then I'm a "

[ Astaroth ] then remember his current situation.

" Ohh!! I see "

" You are? I know your acting like a guy but please refrain when it comes your body "

[ Astaroth ] nod and went to the right leaving [ Leona ] behind, inside the bath [ Astaroth ] remove his clothes then cleanse his body and soaked in the bath, he look at the water and see a reflection showing a face with black hair and red eyes.

" Thi - this is me? "

He touch his face and then move to the chest area.

" Hmm... What's this? Its kinda soft "

He groped his small loli breast.

" Thi - this feels nice? "

Said by the confused [ Astaroth ] , and then [ Leona ] went inside and moved towards him and asked.

" So how's the bath? "

[ Astaroth ] heard that leaked out a shriek and suddenly go up, he the looked towards the person.

" Yo - you fool! How dare you surprise me like that "

[ Astaroth ] said with a slight red face.

" Uhh - umm , is there a problem? "

" Of course there is you fool "

" Wha - what is it? "

[ Astaroth ] calmed down and soaked his body in the bath.

" Tha - thats well its nothing forget it "

" Yeah sure if you say so "

[ Leona ] the went in.

{ Well that's dangerous I almost lost myself there }

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The two of them went outside the bathhouse, they then see people in the middle of the village preparing a feast.

" [ Leona ] is there a festival that I don't know of again? "

[ Astaroth ] asked and looked towards her.

" Ah no the festival is done already "

" Then whats with those feast? "

" Ah those its for all of us in the village "

" All of us? "

" Yes , you see we share our food and help each other in this village "

" Hou? sharing? "

" Yes, we always do it everyday that's why when the boars decreased we got a little problem from out food stock "

" Hmm...I see "

{ Helping each other huh }

The villager that saw the two started to call them to come and eat, they then went to the table, a villager that call them started to talked to [ Astaroth ]

" Yo! missy thanks a lot earlier we'll be in trouble without you there so thanks a lot "

The people around them that heard that started to say * yes,* *right *, *thanks *etc.

" Hmm...sure it's not that big of a deal right?"

" What do you mean not it's an ( Ogre ) you know ( Ogre ) a B ranked monster you even need two A ranked adventurer to defeat one "

" B ranked, A ranked whats that? "

[ Leona ] then talked to him.

" You dont know about the ranks? "

" No? "

" I see that make sense you don't look like a person from this country after all, now that I think about what country did you came from [ Astaroth ] ? "

" Hmmm.. country? "

" Wait don't tell me you don't what country is? Do you perhaps have an amnesia or something? "

" I don't know if it's called a country or not but I came from the ( Under World ) "

" ( Under World ) ? never heard of that country before "

" I see "

A moment later a woman get close to them with similar gold hair like [ Leona ] the woman is her mother [ Layla ], [ Layla ] then asked both of them.

" Hey you two, can I ask you girls for something "

" What is it mother? "

" You know Silvia right? "

" Yes, I she's the one who made potions and sell it to the capital "

" Did something happen to her? "

" No nothing really , you see the adventurers that's always her guard when going to capital went on a quest and away for awhile "

" That's why I want you two to escort her, I head there are bandits on the way to the capital "

[ Astaroth ] the replied

" I see you want us to guard her safely to the capital "

" Yes , I heard you defeated an ( Ogre ) "

" Yes? "

" I see I thought your just a harmless girl , ha haha "

" So how was it can I both of you do it please"

[ Layla ] Clapped both her hands and bow.

[ Astaroth ] looked towards [ Leona ] her eyes is sparkling with passion with a huge smile on her face [ Astaroth ] let out a * sigh *.

" I guess it's fine "

" So where's the woman? "

" Then I shall guide you to her "

A minute later they arrive to a house [ Layla ] open the door and they went inside, a woman laying on the ground with messy hair [ Layla ] wake up the woman and the woman started to move and look towards them.

" Who? "

[ Silvia ] asked with sleepy eyes [ Layla ] replied.

" Oi , don't tell me you forget what day right now "

" Is there special today? "

" It's the deadline about your potions right? or you want to get scolded by your mother again "

Hearing the word mother the woman's eyes open wide and quickly stand to fix her messy hair and pick up the box of potions.

" Hey your guards are not here right? "

" Yes? " while picking up the boxes

" You see my daughter and her friend here want to go with you "

" So that [ Astaroth ] can go sightseeing at the capital "

" Astaroth? hmm... "

[ Silvia ] get close to him and check his face body looking all around him and said.

" Where did you get this one? and [ Leona's ] friend I didn't see you having one though i can see you having a spar towards the other villagers but that's all "

[ Silvia ] said to [ Leona ] with a mixed expression on her face not knowing what to say to her .

" Uh ummm that's " said by [ Leona ] while and looked to the ground while *fidgeting*

[ Astaroth ] look at her and said.

" Indeed , she is a friend of mine "

With [ Astaroth ] said that [ Leona ] look at him with wide teary eyes, [ Leona ] don't have someone she can call a friend in thier village she considered a prodigy on swordsmanship she's happy that someone said that she's her friend.

" Really? Well good for you then " [ Silvia ] said towards her, she then replied with incertain tone on her voice .

" Ye - yes she is m - my friend " looking down with her face slight red.

" Well if you two fine with it them why not? "

With that [ Astaroth ] and [ Leona ] started to help [ Silvia ] picking the boxes and put to the carriage.

The three of them then went towards the capital , seeing the view from the side of the carriage with a calm breeze in the air.

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A moment later they arrive at the capital with two knight on the gate and stopped them.

" Show your I.D " said by the knight

[ Silvia ] the give her I.D to the knight, the knight that look at the I.D with wide eyes and then started to bow towards her, and let them in

" Ple - please "

The carriage went inside the capital , seeing people with tail's, long ears, and black skinned people talking to esch other's , buying food , laughing together an Elf, Dark Elf, Beastman, and Human happily coexisting together.

The carriage then went to s certain shop with a signboard and round flask drawn on it

a sign that means potion.

The three of get down from the carriage and went inside the shop, various of colored potions can be seen side by side with color of red, blue, purple, yellow an old lady infront of them sitting on the counter crossing her arms that lady is [ Silvia's ] mother [ Niña ] started to talk.

" Your late do you know what time is it right now? "

[ Silvia ] hit her head and let out her tounge.

" Uh well I overslept tehe "

" Ha~ahh , well just bring the potions inside "

The three of them went outside and move towards the carriage then picked up the boxes of potions, moving the boxes inside the shop [ Niña ] asked.

" Who's that girl with you? never seen her at our village before "

" It's [ Leona's ] first friend haha "

" A friend I see, she doesn't look like a commoner "

Continuing what they're doing.

A minute later after done on putting the boxes of potions [ Silvia ] talk to both of them.

" Now that were done here how about both of you should looked around the capital "

" Right [ Leona ] you show your friend around

With that said [ Leona ] look at [ Astaroth ] and thier eyes met, [ Leona's ] started to get slightly red and asked [ Astaroth ] .

" We - well the shall we go? "

[ Astaroth ] the nod his head and followed her, [ Leona's ] first friend and first date moving towards the fountain at the center of the capital a group of ruffians blocked them.

" Yo! missy want to come and have fun with us? "

Saying that by the bald guy touching [ Astaroth ] shoulder, [ Astaroth ] look back at him.

" What kind of fun do you mean? "

" Well you know that kind of fun "

The bald guy said and the other laugh behind.

{ Hmm..Are we killing a dragon and eat its meat well the dragons meat taste good }

[ Astaroth ] look towards the guy .

{ Hmm... How dare this guys casually touching me? }

[ Astaroth ] then crushed the guy's hand on her shoulder, the guy kneeled to ground and let out a groan of pain, the other ruffians started to move towards [ Astaroth ] and then a group of people wearing armor stop the ruffians.

" Stop right there ! "

Hearing that [ Astaroth ] let go of the bald guys hand and the other ruffians look towards the people wearing armor.

" Ugh, It's knights let's go "

The ruffians run away from them and then the person with the group talk.

" Tsk, what a bunch of cowards bullying a girl"

" You two okay? "

[ Astaroth ] look at them .

{ Well your help is unnecessary and I can just beat up those guys to pulp, but thanks i guess? }

" Yeah , we're fine "

" I see , please becareful next time a lot of people from the outside come here because of the tournament as you can see not all of them got good intentions "

Hearing that [ Leona ] replied.

" Tournament? Is the tournament starting today? "

" No not yet its 3 days from now but you can register today for the tournament "

" I see thanks "

Saying that [ Leona ] look at [ Astaroth ] and pull his hand.

" Let's go [ Astaroth ] "

The two then run towards the colosseum , and see lot of people lining up, the two of them get in line.

{ Why did she pull me out of nowhere and get here? }

A minute later its their turn to register [ Leona ] then right her name and [ Astaroth ] on the paper the receptionist then talked.

" Uhmm, you know this is the registration form for the tournament "

" Is there a problem? "

[ Leona ] asked and the receptionist replied.

" Ofcource there is! do you kids think tournament is just a playground you might die there! "

Saying that the receptionist pick thier application form and the his eyes open wide.

" Yo - your [ Leona ] ? The Gladiator "

{ Gladiator? does [ Leona ] hiding something? }

Hearing the receptionist said [ Leona ] touched her head and look at [ Astaroth ] and said.

" He he , we - well its a long story "

Saying that they then leave the place and [ Leona ] realize what she did .

" Oh uhm [ Astaroth ] "

" What? "

" Well you see I got excited after hearing the tournament "

" And? "

" We - well I accidentally write your name at the application form "

[ Leona ] bowed her head.

" I'm really sorry [ Astaroth ] i didn't realize it I'm sorry "

" Hmm..well i guess it's fine? I never fighted in a place like that before so I'll call it experience "

" Re - really? Tha - thanks "

" Umu! "

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The two of them went back to the shop, outside the shop [ Silvia ] and [ Niña ] waiting for them with the carriage [ Silvia ] then talked.

" Yo how's your date is it fun ? Hehe "

Hearing that [ Leona's ] face slightly get red.

" We - well we didn't see much and I cause a trouble for [ Astaroth ] "

" Trouble? "

" Yeah after hearing the tournament from the knights we then went at the colosseum and put our names on the form "

[ Silvia ] and [ Niña ] let out a *sigh* .

" Well that's jist like you but you can't trouble [ Astaroth ] for it "

" Ye - yeah sorry "

" Well its already done anyways , so do you think [ Astaroth ] will be fine? you take responsibility for it "

[ Leona ] then look at [ Astaroth ]

" Well ? "

" Like I said earlier its fine you know my strength right? Do you think those contestants will defeat me easily? "

" Well that's I'm one of the contestants you know "

Saying that [ Leona ] *pout* .

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A moment later the three of them leave the capital and went back to thier village, while the three of them heading back to the village a sound of clashing sword can be heard from ahead, and then they see a luxurious carriage protected by knights wearing armor fighting group of bandits various of knights git injured and killed [ Silvia ] then stop the carriage from the distance and then [ Leona ] jumped of the carriage heading towards she unsheathed her sword and strike the bandit attacking the injured knight , the bandits back got cut and bleed the bandit then turn around and attack back [ Leona ] avoided his attack by dashing forward behind the bandit and stabbed him, the bandit fall to the ground bleeding a lot, [ Leona ] then change his target a bandit moving towards her and attack [ Leona ] quickly block the attack but the bandit is faster than her and got her arm injured , the injured knight then interfere from thier fight and attack the bandit , the knight slash the bandit and injured the front the bandit, it then attack back again but [ Leona ] dashes forward and stabbed his stomach.

A bandit move towards the carriage and open the door , a girl with pink hair sitting on the carriage and her maid hugging her, the bandit then pulled the girl out of the carriage and threw off, the maid then tried to attack the bandit but got caught her neck and threw her aswell, [ Astaroth ] then casted a spell.

[ Thorn Bind ]

All of the remaining bandits got tied up by a vines with thorn, the knights and bandits got surprised and stop from attacking, [ Leona ] then move towards the girl with pink hair.

" Are you okay? "

[ Leona ] asked her and the girl didn't reply immediately.

" Ye - yes thank you "

[ Leona ] then hand over her hand to the girl sitting on the ground.

The knights started to moved and tied the bandits up with ropes, the girl with pink hair started to speak.

" By the way may I know the names of my saviours "

" Ye - yes I'm [ Leona ] and this two people beside me is "

" Nice to meet you my name is [ Silvia ]"

" Hmm.. I am the one called [ Astaroth ] "

Hearing thier introductions the pink haired girl started to spreak.

" Nice to meet you my saviours I'm princess [ Cleo Oxilion ] from the Oxilion Kindom and this maid here is my attendant [ Miya ] .

Saying that she slightly lift her dress and did a slight bow.

" Ehh a Pr - princess? a real one? "

Said by [ Leona ] with a surprise reaction and the princess smiled at her.