Unpleasant

When Ena woke up, her eyes stared at the white ceiling in front of her. Everything happened too quickly, she's never experienced something like this. Throughout her entire lifetime, she never cared about losing someone close to her, it wouldn't faze her one bit. However, when she lost her brother, her heart pained, and tears would threaten to fall.

Lying next to her was Alice, her older sister was clutching onto her waist as if she would lose her. Ena smiled at this, but the smile didn't contain any feelings or meaning behind it. She simply smiled because there was nothing else she could do at the moment.

She wasn't a protagonist who gained special abilities once they were isekaid, she didn't have any cheats. she wouldn't instantly grow stronger just by 2 years of training. Nothing like that happened, once again, this was real life.

Closing her eyes, she once again fell asleep not wanting to feel any emotions.

...

The city was in an uproar right now, everyone was scared that the same thing would happen to them just like what happened to the royal family. Those figures were brave enough or even strong enough to kidnap the Quintus's familys' prince, who could say that their child wouldn't also be taken away?

"What will happen to us?"

"We can't use magic, let's stay low!"

"Who are they?"

Civilians who couldn't use magic felt more worried than the royal families, they had no ability to protect themselves from danger. They relied o staying in the outer parts of the city to not draw attention to themselves.

The royal family were currently in their residence thinking what had just happened. Soon enough, the heads of the 12 royal families were called in an emergency meeting by the king. Entering a closed off room that had a large, bright chandelier, as well as a big round table with 12 chairs for the heads of their family.

"As you all know, our family has been attacked, specifically my son has been captured, and we have no idea who it is. I'm saying this for all of the potential dangers for us, for you all, as well as the nation of Fiona."

"According to the information given from our family's maid, there were 5 figures dressed with masks and cloaks. They used fire, ice, and wind magic. I do not have any information on why they would take my son, however, there are a few guesses." said Alden, the king.

"And what is that your majesty?" asked Alianor, the head of the Azura family.

"This is only a hypothesis, the 5 cloaked figures who took my son, might be relatives of the 12 royal families here in this room. All of us are suspicious, they might've taken my son in order to rise to the top through schemes and dirty plans." said Alden.

This shook the 11 families in the room, they were all suspicious of each other. Almost none of them would dare betray the king because of the power he holds, especially of the people backing him up.

'Just who would dare attack the Quintus family?'

The question rang through all of the minds of the people who were in the room.

"There's also the possibility of two or multiple families working together with the plan of taking the higher families down. They might not also be after rankings, maybe even after us. This is what I propose."

"Everyone in this room will be on guard, as well as calming down the city as much as possible. I will be making an announcement after this meeting. Does anyone else have any questions?" asked Alden.

"What if it's another unknown family that's quite strong?" asked Alianor.

"If that's possible, then we must take multiple measures. We might be up against an unknown force and they might also have powerful backers. We all need to be careful. Though the possibility of us being one of the traitors is quite high. The rest of you will be focusing on calming down the city and lead them towards the main plaza, since I will be making an announcement. Is there anything else?" asked Alden.

"What about your son, Alex?"

"I will be taking care of that with my family, there's no need for personal matters to be taking care of by you lot."

"Seeing as no one else have something to say, the meeting will end. Let's gather the people." said Alden.

Thus, the meeting ended.

The eleven families went around the city to calm down the people and lead them towards a large plaza as a loud bell was heard.

"Isn't that the bell for a gathering?"

"Is an announcement coming?"

"Let's go! The king is going to make an announcement!"

The civilians started heading towards the plaza with the eleven families started leading them towards the plaza.

The king's dignified appearance as well as his noble atmosphere appeared before the balcony of the large luxurious white building that was used for the meeting.

"Look! It's the king!"

"Look how magnificent he is!"

"Amazing..."

Everyone in the city admired the king, his feats were amazing and he's helped a bunch of people that was in need. That was why he was well respected and where his influence comes from.

"Hello, the people of Fiona." said Alden.

Everyone quieted down as the king spoke to them.

"As you guys have heard, there was an attack at our residence by unknown people. You all are probably worried about the unknown people attacking your family but there's no need to worry. As the king, I will make sure no harm comes to my city along with the eleven royal families. We will defend the city and come to those in need, there will also be security for those who are unable to use magic so rest assured."

"Even with what I said, I'm sure a lot of you guys will still be worried and have a lot of questions but unfortunately, my wife or the queen, is currently tending to my children right now so she won't be here. Usually she's the one who'll answer your questions but for now, there will be no answers." said Alden.

"It's fine!"

"We trust you!"

"If the king says so, then we'll believe it!"

Alden smiled at the civilians, he sometimes would wonder how he got so many supporters backing him up.

"Thank you all. With that said, the announcement is now over, please get back to your homes safely, the eleven royal families will be watching over you all." said Alden.

The civilians gave a cheer before walking off as the royal families guided them. However, Alden was still uneasy about this situation, he wanted to check on the situation with his wife and children but he needed to take care of the city right now.

Currently in a separate mansion...

When Ena woke up, she was in an entirely different room, but she recognized it. She's been here before and it was a secondary residence if they needed somewhere else to stay in.

'Yue, what time is it?'

「 2:15 in the afternoon. 」

'Are there any missions currently?'

「 It's the same training as yesterday, there will be no time limit, there will be no bonus points. 」

'Thank you.'

Ena's eyes stared at the ceiling with expressionless, with just a deep breath, her expression was now with a soft smile as if her personality just turned a 180.

Getting up from her bed and putting on comfortable clothes. She walked through the hallways towards the living room where she heard voices.

There stood her mother, Alice, and Marie talking.

"Ena, you woke up!" said Alice immediately rushing over.

"Hey onee-chan , okaa-san , and Marie." said Ena.

"Good morning or afternoon sweetie. " said mother.

"Good morning, princess." said Marie.

"What're you guys talking about?" asked Ena.

"We're currently talking about the situation that just happened. Your father and I are sorry we weren't here to help, we were in a meeting while everything happened." said mother.

"It's fine, I understand." said Ena.

Ena's mind was currently running laps.

"Mother, can I ask something?" asked Ena.

"What is it honey?" asked mother.

"Was everyone in the meeting present while the situation was happening?"

"Yes, why?"

"I wanted to ask if someone was missing, but you said everyone was present. That would mean everyone in the meeting was innocent unless they had people doing thing behind their our back." said Ena.

Mother, Alice, and Marie looked at me in shock.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Ena.

"N-no, nothing is wrong." replied mother.

Elizabeth, Ena's mother, looked at her daughter who had a casual expression as if she just didn't say something absurd. However, what her daughter just said made her recall some memories.

During the meeting they had, everyone was working and suggested different ideas for the city. As the queen, she would read people's expression to see if they found the ideas that had satisfying or they didn't like it. While they gave out ideas, one of the dukes looked as if they were anticipating something to happen.

But she couldn't recall who it was for some reason, they only remembered their green eyes filled with anticipation as they listened to the ideas given out. And the only family with green eyes were the Valor family, the family who was ranked third. Although Elizabeth wanted to expose them, she couldn't do anything as to there was no proof that they had actually done it. She could only sigh in defeat.

Ena could see her mother deep into her thoughts as Alice and Marie was speaking to each other. Since they were busy, Ena decided to go to her room and train.

Without the mat, the sensation of the cold hard ground hit her hand. Her parents never bothered to carpet their floor since they never thought they would use the house at all.

「 Stat 」

『 System Name: Yue 』

『 Host Name: Ena von Quintus 』

『 Birthday: January 13th, 777 』

『 Age: 6 』

『 Sex: Female 』

『 Mana: 30/30 』

『 Magic: Locked 』

「 Mission 」

『 0/25 push ups ; incomplete 』

『 0/25 sit ups ; incomplete 』

『 2 minute plank ; incomplete 』

After Ena finished it, she didn't stop, she kept going. Her desire to get stronger to save her brother filled her. Even if she wasn't given cheats or plot armor, she would train until she her strength made those cheats in the novels seem useless.

But a six year old's body couldn't do much with 2 days of total training.

The most she did was 9 extra push ups, 9 extra sit ups, and 9 extra seconds of plank.

With that done, she hopped into the cold bath .

'Yue, how many points did I gain?'

「 Two points since you did extra. 」

'Thank you.'

"Stat."

『 System Name: Yue 』

『 Host Name: Ena von Quintus 』

『 Birthday: January 13th, 777 』

『 Age: 6 』

『 Sex: Female 』

『 Mana: 37/37 』

『 Magic: Locked 』

'Isn't my birthday in 3 days?'

「 Congratulations, you're turning 7. 」

'You don't have to sound like you don't seem interested at all.'

「 Then do you want me to seem interested in your birthday. OH my god! You're turning 7! Congratulations, you're getting older! 」

'Never mind, never do that again.'

「 You asked for it. 」

'Is there any gifts I'm going to get?'

「 From your family and the citizens? Probably. From me? No. 」

'Not even a few mana points?'

「 If you want them, start training. 」

Her system really was unpleasant.