What a Surprise!

Jerrick summoned his own sword and prepared to fight together. However, Mariel stopped him because she did not want him to get injured in the assassination attempt.

"Mariel! I don't want you to get hurt because of me. Let me handle this battle by myself." Jerrick said.

"This guy who attack others like this is my enemy ! You just watch and do not to be worried." Mariel replied.

"B-But... Are you sure you can fight against him? " Jerrick asked.

Mariel didn't answer but slowly turned her head to look at Jerrick who was standing behind her with a smile.

"Trust me, darling." Mariel said in a sweet voice.

Ouchhhh!!!! Suddenly, Jerrick felt like Cupid had shot an arrow into his heart, causing his nose to bleed nonstop. After that, he fell unconscious on the grass, along with eternal bliss.

"WHAT??? Wake up! Who told you to sleep like this? Time-out!" Mariel turned to the assassins and told him to stop fighting for a while, so she could check on Jerrick with concern.

"Wake up! Wake up! You silly!" Mariel went to shake Jerrick, who was still unconscious with his nose still bleeding.

Clang!!!!!

The sound of the sword and metal claws clashing together was heard again, Mariel felt a surge of energy from behind her, so she quickly grabbed the sword and swung it back, hitting the opponent metal claws with a loud noise.

"Are you nuts????? Can't you understand human language? I told you to wait a minute!" Mariel shouted at him.

"Why should I listen to you? My mission is to assassinate the young master of this royal family, Jerrick." the assassin shouted back.

"Then I'll have to send you to learn the human language in the afterlife!" Mariel said, pushing her power to its limit and slamming into the opponent with full force.

"Ouch!" The killer's blood was in turmoil because he had been hit so hard.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of the magic sword's fire continuously struck the assassin, making it impossible for him to counterattack on her. Mariel knew that Jerrick was safe when people started to come to check on him, allowing her to focus only the opponent on this battle.

Mariel's long white dress moved with her various attack moves, making the people watching this battle even more impressed by her extraordinary swordsmanship skills. Her swift and agile movements that left the enemy unable to retaliate left even more of an impression on the people of the Royal Family.

"This woman is really extraordinary. Jerrick chose the right woman for his couple." Hannah praised.

"You are truly worthy of being my son. You guys, quickly bring my son to a safe place inside here now!" Conrad ordered his loyal men to quickly support the still unconscious Jerrick inside the palace.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Mariel continued to attack the assassins, causing multiple injuries to his body. This feeling of being humiliated only made him even more resentful. It was unacceptable for a schoolgirl with superior fighting skills to take advantage on him.

"Take this!" The assassin charged up his ultimate fire magic power into his two metal claws and swung it out in a stream of energy towards Mariel continuously.

Clang, clang, clang!

Mariel quickly moved her defensive power to her Dragon Slayer Sword and slashed at the incoming attack of fire magic claws, completely canceling them out.

"You idiot! Why are you using so much power to me? If my mother's long white dress is torn, I'll kill you!" Mariel shouted angrily.

"I don't care!!!" The assassin shouted back loudly.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

After a while, people were standing around cheering for Mariel to quickly defeat the assassin. Everyone was cheering loudly as if they were watching an exciting battle show.

"Let's finish this! It wasted my time." Mariel thought to herself, then she accelerated the dark magic power to both her arms until they started to turn black, along with snake scales covering both her arms and hands.

Clang!!!

The sound of the Dragon Slayer Sword, which had accelerated its dark magic power to its maximum, slashed against the two metal claws, causing them to break in front of the assassin's eyes.

"No, no! My metal claws…" The assassin exclaimed in disbelief.

Smash!!!!!

Mariel didn't want to miss this chance, so she quickly put the Dragon Slayer Sword back into her arms and accelerated the dark magic power into both arms, forming sharp black claws that were ready to stab the opponent to death. Finally, she slammed the dark magic power from her left hand into the center of the assassin's stomach.

Aaahh!!!!! The assassin screamed in pain.

"It's over!!!" Mariel said as she swung a dark spell from her right hand into the opponent stomach, sending him flying and crashing into a white warrior statue in the garden, shattering it into pieces.

The assassin was badly injured and could no longer stand up. The dark magic began to destroy Qi in his body, causing veins to bulge out all over his body.

Suddenly, two women rushed in and used healing magic and a small bottle of purple liquid to fill the killer's mouth. The bulging veins on his body gradually shrank back to normal. This surprised Mariel quite a bit, because the opponent was the assassin who had assassinated Jerrick, but why had some people come to save his life?

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The applause echoed throughout the area. People were cheering for the end of this battle. Mariel looked left and right of her side, confused as to what was going on. Jerrick, who was starting to regain consciousness, was also confused, the same as her.

"It's no wonder that you're the woman that Jerrick chose. I sincerely admire you, Mariel." Conrad said as he walked over to shake Mariel's hand and congratulate her.

"What's happen?" Mariel asked in confusion.

"I'm sorry, Mariel. This man is one of our royal family's guards." Hannah explained.

"Don't tell me father, mother, and the others..." Jerrick shouted.

"That's right, it was my plan. Grandma and Grandpa wanted to know how strong this girl would be for your wife, and how she would protect you in the future. The result was very satisfactory." Grandpa Jamil said with admiration.

"That's right, she even seriously injured our best guard. This girl is ordinary girl for our royal family." Grandma Riley said.

"Let's just say that Mariel has passed the mission to become a one of our royal family, daughter-in-law." Geo said in a good mood.

"I think we should propose the engagement ceremony." Grandma Lucy suggested.

"Agreed!" The others replied with joy.

"Wait a minute! This isn't true, right?" Mariel listened and made her confused.

"Congratulations, my daughter-in-law." Mother Hannah hugged Mariel tightly with satisfaction.

"Jerrick doesn't have any objections, right? I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this." Conrad asked his son for his opinion.

"Well... whatever everyone says, I'll just say it anyway." Jerrick replied.

"Could you guys please let me think about this? It was too sudden." Mariel begged.

"Don't worry, my dear. We have already prepared the dowry. We guarantee that your parents will be very happy too." Mother Hannah said cheerfully.

"Let's quickly contact the famous fortune teller to find out the auspicious time for our grandchildren and daughters-in-law in advance." Geo said.

"Sure, contact him right now," Grandma Riley said in support of this idea.

"Somebody helps me!!!" Mariel shouted.