" Your Majesty."
"Hmm."
" You don't talk alot but your demeanor says something your majesty."
" Like?."
" Something happened your majesty. Is it about the fight?."
"Well yes, something did happen. How did you know about the fight?."
" This is something that is bound to happen due to our norms. So, even if it has not been announced, everyone knows what is going on."
I and angelica had sat in a swingchair while staring down at people.
" Do I have to do this?."
" Yes your majesty."
" I don't want to."
" Well, your majesty you don't have a choice." She is right so I guess I just have to try my best and get it over with. After all, I was sure to fail. I won't mind fighting because even the person in question is not worth it. Why the heck are we women fighting over a man!?. Yes! Indirectly we are kind of fighting over Kaden. That bastard. Okay that's not true, he isn't one(1) but you get the point.
" So what am I supposed to do angelica?."
" You train to fight her obviously. You train by yourself though to avoid snitching your majesty."
I and angelica left the courtyard and she escorted me to one of the trainrooms. As we went in the room.The room was dimly lit, with flickering torches casting eerie shadows on the walls. The air was thick with the scent of old leather and worn steel. A large, circular training area dominated the center of the room, its surface etched with intricate runes that seemed to shimmer in the torchlight.
The walls were adorned with ancient tapestries, depicting scenes of mythical creatures and legendary battles. The floor was made of worn stone, polished to a smooth sheen by generations of fighters. Along the walls, various training equipment stood at attention, including wooden dummies, pikes, and swords.
In the corners of the room, mysterious artifacts seemed to loom, their purposes unknown. A large, ornate mirror hung on one wall, its surface etched with strange symbols that seemed to glow with an otherworldly energy. The room was silent, empty, and still, waiting for the sound of clashing steel and the scent of sweat to fill its ancient halls.
" This room looks old angelica."
" It is, all the past kings and queens trained here. You are now going to do same your majesty."
" No I'm not."
" I didn't get that your majesty."
As she said that I went to the middle of the room, removed my shawl,placed it on the floor and layed down. I looked around and saw the portraits of the past rulers staring at me like they wanted to grab me and fling me out of not only the room but the kingdom at large.
I felt inferior.
And, I blame my kingdom for this. I blame my kingdom for being so male centered and traditional. Now I don't know what to do. Here, it seemed they trained both genders but in my kingdom we only trained the males so, it was my older brother raiden who did all the fun stuff. Also education, he got to learn science.
While I had to learn etiquette, vocational speech and how to be a proper wife. I didn't also have the privilege of education.
I disliked my kingdom for this, disliked them for looking down at half the population of the realm because of they had a vagina.
It was infuriating and made me surge with rage.
" Your grace, are you really going to just fail?."
" Yes angelica."
" Why your grace?."
"I literally just got here and they are pinning all this on me. Is this not too soon angelica?."
"We would have not had made it to be this soon but,because of the people have been talking about it and,it has been causing a commotion they had to do it before the honeymoon your majesty. After the duel you and his grace will probably have alot of time to go on the honeymoon." when she said that I couldn't help but feel so annoyed and I shouted
"What honeymoon Angelica who cares about the honeymoon?I'm talking about me fighting with a skilled trained warrior who had been fighting from the days of her mother's womb and you are talking about honeymoon who cares about the stupid honeymoon!?." I said in a breath before I could hold it back in.I felt sorry for taking it out angelica but I had been holding it back for too long and what she said had just made me snap.
"I don't want to do this angelica,I don't want to."
"Your Highness you don't have a choice abou-."
"Don't stress yourself Angelica,my mind has already been made up I'm not going to bother fighting with effort,I am just going to fail with grace and probably spend the rest of my days reading books in hammocks."
"Oh your majesty. " Angelica said in a tone of a mother who pitied her child.
Angelica came and sat next to me, sat on the ground and started forming a blue aura with her hand.
"What's that?."
"Touch it your majesty."
I touched it and the cold that consumed me was so much that my hands near became numb.
"Is this kingdom's specialty cryokinesis?."
"Yes your majesty this Kingdom's specialty is cryokinesis. Apart from our own personal abilities everyone has the power of cryokinesis and geokinesis."
"Ours is pryokinises and aerokinesis with also our personal abilities."
" Angelica, maybe I should give it a shot."
Angelica looked at me with a hopeful gaze and smiled
Maybe hope had not gone just yet