Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter I Chapter 27

"Did you say something, Princess?" Alice stopped blowing her flute after faintly hearing Marianne say something.

Marianne walked up to him near her head lowered.

"Mr princess?" Alice called him soft.

Marianne remained silent and lowered her "Sister..." Call him still in a slow tone.

"I'm sure I didn't hear wrong, did I?" Benak Alice's. "I don't remember we had any relationship, not even familiar. I remember the last time I asked her to speak but she just waved her hand and left."

Marianne once again called him "Sister.this is me." After that, he went back to silence and raised his face to look at Alice.

Alice was astonished to see those teary eyes. "Did something happen?" Ask her a little worried.

Marianne advanced once more until their distance was only a collar. "Sister Nian.This is Yan Mei."

Alice, who was still able to smile, was shocked and her body stiffened instantly. A number of memories suddenly flashed across his head. "Yan May..."

At that time, clearly their eyes met each other. Yan Mei, his foster sister who was so close to him and very dear to him looked at him coldly. His sister's last smile was only seen for a moment after she had a sword pierced through his body.

Although there was no wound but, the pierced part suddenly felt hot and a little pain.

"Sorry Princess, I think you're wrong." The reply smiled bitterly. Alice then turned around and wanted to leave immediately but Marianne quickly hugged her waist from behind. "Sister.I know it's you. Please, please listen to me."

Alice endured the bitterness and pain in her chest. He bit his lower lip. Because he does not want this to drag on and anyway he tries to forget his past. Alice then said, "What do you want to explain?" His chest felt heavy and his eyes became teary. Yan Mei was his sister. The only person he made a sister and loved so much but in the end he was not even much different from his first friend and love. Yan Mei betrayed him. Even when he stabbed her, there was no guilt on her face.

"Sister.I know you may find it hard to believe, but I was in control of that woman." Marianne said in a trembling tone. His body also shook when he had to remember his blood-soaked hand. Yan Mei or Marianne did not know whether Alice would believe her or not.

Alice closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath to calm her mind. "Explain to me." Then he turned to look at Alice seriously.

"Sister Nian, thank you."

The two sat on a stone chair and faced each other.

"Before I lost control of my body. I remember that rotten woman giving me a drink. After nightfall, I felt I couldn't move my body but I was sure it was moving by itself." Marianne was silent for a moment before she continued her sentence. "I was conscious and knew what I was doing but when the woman whispered something into my ear. My body just moved to obey his words. Since then. I feel like I'm no longer me. Sister..." Marianne looked at Alice with teary eyes.

"Sister, it's okay if you don't want to believe me. I. I just wanted to apologize to you. Brother, I really felt guilty at that time. Even after reincarnating into this world. The dream when I kill you with my hands and the inherent guilt continues to haunt me."

Alice saw sincerity and regret on her face. Whether he is too soft or his affection is too big, Alice really can not hate his sister.

In difficulty and in pleasure they were always together. When he saved Yan Mei from the slaughter of the bar-bar tribe, it was from there that fate united them. And now the thread of fate is still connected between them.

Alice grabbed Marianne's face and stroked her cheek. "I believe you." He said he took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Marianne's tears.

That night the red-haired Princess who was famous as the royal Mentari who had a valiant charm and aura when fighting cried so badly in Alice's arms.

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After the welcome for the King and Queen who attended the tournament. The participants began to enter the arena and take their name lottery.

The cheers of many spectators fluttered around the arena. After taking the raffle. The participants were already divided according to their skills and one by one were ready to fight on top of the arena

It started from the martial experts exchanging attacks. The sounds of swords and spears clashing against each other rang out loud in the ears of the audience. Their attack techniques and moves left the audience dumbstruck. Nimbly they avoided each other's attacks. After fighting for quite a long time, finally one by one the knockout participants and the victory score was held by the Royal Seed Academy. The audience cheered for those who had fought.

The next match was the turn of the magician department. As before, participants were ready to fight according to the name they got.

Not to forget anyway, Iris as one of the participants has also prepared her mental and abilities.

When Iris glanced at the audience, she accidentally saw Alice. Alice realized that Iris was looking at her then slowly waved her hand from the audience seat at Iris.

Iris clicked her tongue "Why is she here? Humph!" His mind was upset and he turned his face away.

When the fight started, the participants cast their spells and started attacking each other. Magic attacks of each element scatter and occasionally collide. With the help of a protective mechanism that surrounds the side of the arena so that the audience does not have to worry about magic attacks that will hit them.

The king who watched the competition was excited. He laughed softly and said, "This year we have a lot of great talent."

After quite a while, finally arrived the last participant who climbed to the top of the arena. The provisional score series where the first match was won by the Royal Seed academy and the second match was won by the Sky Empire academy

Alice deg-degan when she saw Iris was going to fight. But suddenly he had a bad feeling. "I felt something strange from that person." He muttered when he saw the man who was the opponent competing Iris.