PROLOGUE: THE FEARED LITTLE LADY

AUTHOR'S POV

ON THE NIGHT OF HER SIXTH BIRTHDAY, SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A GROUP OF ELITE ASSASSINS. ELITES THAT ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO KILL HUNDREDS OF LIVES. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD TO SEND ELITE KILLERS TO DEAL WITH A LITTLE GIRL. NONETHELESS, THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE ORDERED TO. 

AS THE SKY TURNED DARK AND NIGHT CAME, THEY WENT INSIDE THE GIRL'S ROOM AND LOOKED AROUND TO FIND THEIR "TARGET". HOWEVER, THEY FROZE AS THEY SAW A CHILD SITTING ON A CHAIR WHILST SWINGING AND PLAYING WITH A SWORD IN HER HAND, LOOKING LIKE SHE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO COME.

THE GIRL STOOD UP AND WALKED TOWARD THEM WHILE SMILING SWEETLY.

"SO, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST?", SAID THE LITTLE GIRL IN A PLAYFUL BUT SERIOUS TONE.

ONE OF HER KILLERS BURST OUT LAUGHING AT WHAT SHE SAID AND MOCKED HER, MAKING THE OTHER KILLERS SNAP OUT OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND JOIN THE OTHER ONE.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO SCARE US LITTLE GIRL? YOU THINK A PAMPERED NOBLE CHILD LIKE YOU CAN-", ONE OF THE ASSASSINS WAS CUT OFF BY WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY AS HER HEAD FELL OFF THE FLOOR.

THE OTHERS WERE DUMBFOUNDED AT WHAT THEY HAD JUST WITNESSED, BUT QUICKLY JOLTED BACK TO REALITY AND CHARGED TOWARD THE GIRL.

THE GIRL DODGED ALL OF THEIR ATTACKS AND CHARGED AT THEM, CUTTING OFF THEIR HEADS ONE BY ONE.

"HOW DISGUSTING.", SAID THE LITTLE GIRL AS SHE WIPED OFF THE BLOOD ON HER SWORD.

A MIDDLE-AGED MAN ENTERED THE ROOM AND SHOOK HIS HEAD AS HE SAW THE SEVERED HEAD BODIES ON THE FLOOR.

"YOUNG MISS PLEASE RESTRAIN YOURSELF A LITTLE NEXT TIME. I HAVE TO BURN ALL THESE BODIES BEFORE THE MASTER AND MISTRESS KNOW OF THIS AGAIN.", SAID THE MAN AS HE SIGHED AND PICKED UP THE BODIES ON THE FLOOR AND PLACED THEM INTO A BAG THAT HE HAD PREPARED IN ADVANCE.

"I WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THOSE COWARDS JUST STOP SENDING USELESS AND WEAK ASSASSINS TO KILL A DAMN CHILD.", SHE STATED AND WENT TO LAY ON HER BED.

"LANGUAGE, YOUNG MISS", THE MAN COULD ONLY SIGH TO HIMSELF BEFORE GETTING OUT OF THE ROOM AFTER COLLECTING ALL THE BODIES AND HEADS ON THE FLOOR.

DIARA SILVANA AURELIA REINHARDT, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF REINHARDT. A POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL FAMILY THAT IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF THE DELIAMARE EMPIRE.

HAVING BEEN INVITED TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY BY THE HIGHER-UPS AT AGE FOUR, THE STUDENTS BEGAN TO FEEL JEALOUS OF HER AND SOME TRIED TO GAIN HER FAVOR. HOWEVER, THEY QUICKLY STAYED AWAY FROM HER WHEN THEY WITNESSED HER ALMOST KILLING A SENIOR DURING SWORDSMANSHIP TRAINING AND BEGAN TO FEAR HER.

HEARING THE SITUATION, SOME HIGHER-UPS BEGAN TO THINK THAT SHE WAS A THREAT TO THE ACADEMY AND WANTED TO EXPEL HER, BUT THE GRANDMASTER OF THE ACADEMY AND SOME OTHER HIGHER-UPS THOUGHT OTHERWISE AND THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS TO THEIR ADVANTAGED WITH A TALENT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

HOWEVER, SHE HAD BEEN PLOTTED BY ASSASSINS SINCE THE INCIDENT AND WAS SENT HOME FOR HER SAFETY.

THIS DID NOT WORK HOWEVER, AS SHE WAS STILL GETTING ATTACKED EVERY OTHER NIGHT.BUT WITH THE HELP OF HER BUTLER, WHO IS ASSIGNED BY HER PARENTS TO ACCOMPANY HER WHEN THEY FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE LIFE OF THEIR DAUGHTER AT NIGHT, SHE MANAGES TO DEAL WITH IT AND COMES BACK TO THE ACADEMY UNTIL SHE GRADUATES THREE YEARS LATER. 

SHE WAS THEN TITLED "THE FEARED LITTLE LADY" BY THE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMY.