Themis, The Flower of Justice
Chapter 19 — Start of War
[Two years later, Forest 'Nema', Kingdom of Medeia]
In the darkness of the night Nema forest, from a distance saw a group of soldiers who were crossing the forest through a path. The soldiers were wearing full armor that was jet black, clad in the darkness of the night, they all looked creepy.
Behind the entourage, several infantrymen held flags with black jaguar symbols, and also a red flag with a golden sun symbol in the center, it was the royal emblem of Medeia.
In the middle of the group there is a dark red horse carriage with a gold pattern and some sun symbols. Some cavalry seemed to surround the chariot as if they were protecting it.
And in front of the entourage was a large man with muscles sticking out despite being covered in armor, he was also riding a large black horse that looked in harmony with the man riding it.
The man was accompanied by several knights riding on horses, they all seemed to be walking in tune with the speed of the big man and not passing through him.
“Your Highness Duke,”
A knight who had bright brown hair came over to the man.
“What's Chris?”
“After passing through the Nema forest, we will arrive at the nearest city from the capital, Golda City. Maybe if we keep walking at this speed and stop for a while, then we will reach the capital at dawn,”
“Hmmm..”
The large-bodied man that Duke had summoned by Chris stared straight ahead while stroking his chin.
“Speed speed, we will pass through Golda City,”
“What? But Your Majesty, aren't we going to the capital? Why don't we stop by in Golda City first?”
The knight called Chris protested.
“We are indeed going to the capital, but we are going to the south of the capital,”
“South of the capital? Then...”.
“Yes, we will be heading to the residence of Queen Selena,”
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[Selena Residence, Capital of the Kingdom of Medeia]
Two years have passed since the duel between Luminas and Dorothy. Luminas is now eight years old.
The day after Luminas and Dorothy dueled, Selena decided to allow Luminas to learn to sword, and the person responsible for training Luminas in the sword was Queen Selena's confidant, Knight Captain Scott.
Hearing the announcement, the entire residence became rowdy. This was because they did not expect that Selena would make her daughter just like her, a Magic Knight.
They did suspect that Princess Luminas was extremely talented in the field of magic, but they did not expect that Luminas' talent would be directed into the field of Magic Knights. They do not know whether their queen's decision on the matter is right or wrong.
Of course it is still kept secret around the Selena residence and has not been delivered to the royal palace. If they heard about it, they might oppose Selena and tell Luminas to focus on the field of magic. They would make Medeia give birth to the strongest magician like the leader of the Magic Tower.
Of course, the person concerned also feels unhappy about it. But the thing that makes him unhappy is not about it, but about that his schedule will be increasingly busy.
“Haah.... The last two years have been difficult... Who would have thought that a little girl's life would be this busy?”
Luminas took a long breath.
‘I don't understand why everyone is excited about the Magic Knights...’
Luminas was sitting on the edge of a large pond while gazing up at the sky and shaking both of his legs.
In the last two years Luminas experienced a very busy life, after the announcement Luminas had a busy schedule, and the rest time was reduced.
‘It's been eight years I've been in this world... What a peaceful life,'
Luminas smiled faintly as he looked at the image of himself reflected in the water.
‘Really cannot compare to my previous life'
Given his former life, Luminas' expression became heavy. The war he endured as a child, plus being a puppet of the organization that had housed him, he had been made to suffer greatly.
But now her life has changed. She was dead by then and reborn as a princess, her life was inversely proportional to her past. At the moment she was feeling quite happy, with a loving mother, coupled with a cheerful friend, having colored her somber soul.
Living a life like this, he always wondered, is he worth living like this? Is this the payment for the suffering he endured in his previous life? Or perhaps is there a hidden purpose behind his birth in this world?
At first he felt doubtful, but after the events he had experienced lately, his determination became more and more unanimous. He decided that he would protect his life in this world.
‘If indeed my life in this world there is something he must do, then whatever it is I will do. For the sake of the people I love here, for the sake of a peaceful life I almost never feel, I will protect everything. though it must be ..’
“Mr Princess!!”
As Luminas was deep in thought, a girl's voice called out to him.
A teenage girl with long red hair who was draped was running towards the visible Luminas, she was Dorothy.
After her defeat of Luminas, Dorothy trained very hard. He constantly trained his physique and technique without knowing the time, whether it was summer or rain, winter or spring, he never once stopped training.
But thanks to this, Dorothy's physical development became better. The muscles in his body became dense, which caused the aura pathways in his body to open little by little. So maybe in a few years, he has been allowed to learn to absorb and control the aura.
In addition, her appearance also became more beautiful. Her body became taller compared to most women in general..
“Mr Princess!!!”
Looking at Luminas who was looking at him, Dorothy's expression brightened. His nature was very simple, just by looking at Princess Luminas he served, he became delighted.
Dorothy then sped up her running speed and fell tripping over a rock.
“Aduh!!”
Seeing Dorothy's recklessness, Luminas shook his head. Although Dorothy's appearance became more mature, her childish nature still did not change.
A faint smile was depicted on his face, he was also happy to see Dorothy's unchangeable nature from the moment they first met.
Luminas approached the fallen Dorothy, then extended her hand.
“You okay Dorothy?”
“Ah!”
In an instant Dorothy instantly rose to her feet as before, as if she had never fallen in the slightest.
“.... Dorothy,”
“Yes, Princess!”
“Did you ignore my help?”
Luminas glanced at her outstretched hand to help Dorothy.
“Ah! Forgive me Princess, but I am not worthy to receive your help! After all, I also don't want to dirty your soft hands!”
‘.... Soft hands?’
“Ah.. so?”
“Ah! Please excuse my disrespectful behavior! Then let me repeat the incident I fell so you can—“
Dorothy bent her body repeatedly, she also intended to repeat the scene when she fell.
“B-really? Then—“
“Yes, Dorothy. In that case, what need is it that makes you so hasty to meet me?”
“Oh! Princess, Her Majesty Queen Selena is calling you,”
“Call Me?”
“Yes, it seems he has an important thing to talk to you about,”
‘.... Important thing?’
“Then do you know what my mother will say?”
“I'm sorry Mr. Princess, but I don't know that,”
“..... So”
Luminas slightly lowered his head and stroked his chin.
“Oh yes, Princess, I don't know if this has anything to do or not with it, but I see hordes of people coming from the royal palace”
“Royal palace?”
“Yes, I do not understand about it but it seems that the one who came was one of the important people from the palace, considering the many soldiers who accompanied him,”
“.... Do you know the identity of the royal palace people,”
“I don't really understand, but it seems that the person is called Duke Ludwig Dynema?”
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In the peaceful Selena Argaient residence, the sun rises, signalling the morning coming and the end of the duty of the soldiers who stand guard at night. The soldiers on duty at night yawned and stretched their bodies.
“Bang Berry!”
A soldier came from the castle walls, it seems that he was a soldier who was on duty at this time replacing the soldier who served at night.
“Ah, Ary. Apparently this time it's your turn!”
“Good work for having been keeping this residence at night, Bang!”
“Hahaha, what do you mean? Although this residence was outside the capital, but this residence was very peaceful know! Ahaha!
The soldier called Berry laughed loudly.
Selena's residence is within the capital, but it is far from the wall surrounding the capital. Selena's residence is to the south of the capital, across the forest that leads to the border with the holy kingdom.
On the wall overlooking the Nema Forest, Selena's residence faces the border that leads to the Lyberion Kingdom. But across from the Nema Forest is the Dukedom Dynasty which has many military cities, also there is the industrial city of Golda.
“Then Ary, congratulations on doing the job! Brother go first!”
“Yes, Bang! Careful!”
Before the warrior called Berry left, he felt the ground on his foot tremble slightly.
“Ary, do you feel that the ground is slightly shaking?”
“Vibrate? No tuh?”
When the two of them spoke to each other, suddenly a soldier shouted loudly while pointing towards the forest.
“See! Look towards the forest!”
From the direction of the forest was a puff of smoke rising into the sky. As the puff of smoke drew closer, the sound of the horse's legs rang out, and the tremors on the ground grew stronger.
“B-bang Ber, a-what is it?”
“A-I don't know either,”
As the sound and vibration drew closer, from a distance saw a group of knights in full black armor riding a horse towards the residence of Medeia.
The soldiers who saw the mounted knights were frightened, the knights appeared to be wearing full gear as if they were heading for the battlefield.
But after approaching for a while, the soldiers holding flags bearing the symbol of wolves and the sun were seen. The soldiers were relieved to know that the warrior was ‘The Knight Order of Black Panther’, the strongest Knight Order after the Knight Order of Golden Sun Palace.
“I-it is—“
“”Duke Ludwig Dynema!!””
They all exclaimed when they saw a large man leading the knight order. Duke Ludwig Dynema was the second most powerful knight after King Elios Von Medeia. He was a knight who led his soldiers to face the Lyberion Kingdom overwhelmingly.
As the soldiers above the walls were admiring the view of the Black Panther Knight Order, a strand of silver white hair was seen before their eyes.
““Y-Y-YOUR NOBLE QUEEN!!””
When they realized the identity of the passing silver hair, they exclaimed. They were shocked when they saw their queen standing before them without them noticing while looking at the Knight Order of Black Panther.
Selena who heard the screams of her soldiers turned towards them and smiled. Then he turned forward and descended from the top of the castle wall.
Ludwig Dynema who saw Selena from a distance grinned.
He suddenly disappeared from his horse and darted alone towards Selena.
Selena who saw the approaching Ludwig smiled widely and darted towards Ludwig.
They were both very fast, the path they were walking through was both filled with dust smoke, and on the ground where they stood there were deep and cracked footprints.
“SELENA!!!”
“PAK OLD!!”
They both concentrated the power of aura on their fist fists and—
*BAMMMMM
When their fists clashed, a strong wind blew from their direction. The huge ripples on the ground were imprinted with just a wave of aura from the blows of the two of them. Although the soldiers were quite far away from the two of them, the soldiers still felt the impact of the strong wind that pushed them backwards.
After they finished exchanging one punch, the two of them immediately jumped up and kept their distance.
“A long time ago, Old Man,”
“Haha, you're getting disrespectful. Does your age make you talk more like most old ladies?”
“Ha, it looks like you want to die,”
Although they laughed at each other, their faces said the opposite. And also although they were mocking each other about the old face, none of them had an old face. Instead, each of them still had a face like in the early 20s and also 30s.
“Save your mockery, I'm here as Duke Dynasty and also envoy of His Majesty the King,”
When Duke Ludwig said this, their expressions changed. It was as if their ridicule and sarcastic faces had never existed.
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