The Letter, the Master and the Princess

"Unending war, blood, bodies floating on the surface of the river. This was not how it should have been. Children and women being slaved, and men being slaughtered. Every decision has its own consequences. A result that you will carry forever."

Years ago, a peaceful kingdom was established by a very wise and generous royal family.

"Run! haha! you can't catch me!"

"Wait, brother! I'm thirsty."

"Here you go sister, drink."

While drinking, Yǐ sī tiē saw a part of a roof that was about to fall on top of her brother. So, she immediately kicked the pieces of the roof so that her brother won't get hurt.

"I had it sister! I could've handled it!"

"You almost got hurt brother, don't act like you knew about it."

"A girl shouldn't be practicing martial arts."

"Your brother is right Yǐ sī tiē."

"Father!" the children ran towards the King and Queen then; they hugged them tightly.

"Yǐ sī tiē, you are a girl. Girls must not learn how to fight they are meant to be the head of the household. You are a Princess and soon, you will be like your mother, a person who will handle the Harem and be the mother of our kingdom."

"Yǐ sī tiē one day, you will marry a man that will take care of you, and he will be the one you will comfort."

"Don't worry Yǐ sī tiē, if someone bullies you, just call for me and I will kick them for you! I will protect my little sister forever!"

"I don't want to get married to someone who don't know how to protect me and he must be someone I love Mother."

After hearing what the young princess told them, the Queen and the King just laughed and said, "Enough of this marriage talks, go... continue what you both were doing."

" Reporting to your Majesty the King!!" eunuch Li urgently rushed to the garden to report something very disturbing.

"Your Majesty, someone handed this letter to the royal guards and then killed himself!"

After reading the letter, the King hurriedly left and went to inspect the body while inquiring for who the man is however, none of the court members could find a clue of the man's identity. It was like, he didn't exist in the world at all.

The letter read,

"The Zhao will conquer; they are the rightful owners of the throne! They will kill your family and take over the kingdom that was rightfully theirs."

"This is treason! Whoever threatens the life of the royal family must be executed!" The court officials bellowed in fury.

"What must be done your Majesty!?"

"We must take this seriously. Minister Gao, mobilize the spies that are working under your watch. Try to get some information from them about the Zhao.

Minister Jiang, you're in charge of this investigation. Investigate the body of the messenger and try checking if the man has a family living within 10km of distance from our kingdom.

General Yi, what is the situation of the troops? Are our soldiers training well"

"Reporting to your majesty, our soldiers grew up to 500,000 and they are all well trained. Also, we're expected to have an additional 200,000 soldiers in the upcoming year."

"Hmm, good. Station more your soldiers in the borders of our kingdom and protect the civilians who live there. Don't ever let any of our enemies pass through them."

"Yes, your Majesty!"

"We must be prepared to face any situation that might arise. We've been living a peaceful year without any disturbing circumstances."

Soldiers swarmed the streets and the time between each patrol was shortened, making sure no corner is left unguarded. Rumors were spreading among the civilians from the borders to the palace about sudden tightening of the security in their nation.

Since the kingdom was peaceful for many years under the current King, this Sudden increase of military activity made them concerned for the Royal Family's lives.

The civilians love the King as he is very kind and generous, they never encountered a lack of food, clothing, or work.

The era of this royal family is very prosperous, the lands are beautiful, the people are warm and happy, the kingdom is full of gold and silver that are found in the cave and being mined. Many trees and flowers, everything in this kingdom is all great and perfect leading for some cities outside the kingdom wanting to take over it.

"Ning, is it alright if you handle Yǐ sī tiē's birthday?" The King asked the Queen during their morning walk in the garden.

"Yes, your Majesty. It's a privilege for me to handle our daughter's birthday. I want to handle this for our Princess. How time flies. I feel like old your Majesty."

"Haha, I'm just worried about her wanting to learn martial arts. This rule of no woman shall learn martial arts is for her own safety, and I want her to be the best Queen someday. You must teach her properly and let her be the rightful Queen and even if you get old, you will always be my beautiful beloved Queen."

While the King and the Queen walks in the garden, Yǐ sī tiē secretly went outside the palace to go to the Mountains to practice martial arts. While practicing, her master attacked her from behind however, Yǐ sī tiē's sensed it quickly and immediately counter him.

"Every year, you're getting better and better. Your senses are growing sharper but, keep in mind that, you must not let your emotions conquer you. Just like the other day when Jiji got killed by a tiger, you furiously attacked the tiger without thinking properly, and it almost got you."

"But, Jiji is a gift from my father and I love that bunny very much. I must take revenge for her!"

"Yǐ sī tiē, revenge can lead you to your unexpected death. You must not think of it no matter what! Do you understand?"

"But, why? What if my brothers got killed? ... or my father? ... or my mother? ... or even you?! I will not stand idly about it if someone hurt my family!"

Her master silently listened to Yǐ sī tiē and felt concerned that the Dark force from her burst out.