“Aniza, my dear, foolish daughter, know that as your mother, I can’t blame you for following the way of your heart and that I still love you…”

Mother, who’s barely supporting herself on one knee, speaks while she’s on the verge of crying. Why, Aniz? Why have you betrayed our mother? Why have you betrayed us? Your love? Does that man mean more to you than your family?

“But it’s also a mother’s duty to punish her children when they stray off the correct path!”

As mother said that, she raised, removed the dagger form her heart, then turned around and slapped Aniza, sending her flying through the window. Mom…

“It’s no use ‘Your Majesty’, that dagger is the legendary ‘Betrayer’s Last Kiss’, crafted personally by the last wielder of the sin of Envy at the end of his life. Not even you can remove its curse. My Queen, you’ve became weak since you became a mother. Blindly trusting your back to someone, a thousand years ago, you wouldn’t have made such a foolish mistake.”(Seiron)

“My ‘Trusted General’, I really pity you, for you won’t ever experience true happiness. It’s true that in your eyes I may have gotten weak. It’s true that I can’t remove this curse, and I know I won’t live for much longer. BUT DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ME SO MUCH! THERE’S NO WAY I’M MAKING THIS EASY FOR YOU, BETRAYER!”

With mother’s shout, the earth began to shake once more, this time even more violently. The walls began to crack and the roof is blown off, revealing a furious storm outside. The entire sky is black, tornadoes are forming everywhere and the sound of thunders echoes through the entire plane.

The duke reveals an uneasy expression and for the first time since the beginning of his speech, Feidan lost the smirk on his face. Black lightning starts to descend striking all the guards present and mother blinked near the duke striking with a spear that appeared in her arms. No, she charged towards him, lightning is still present in her wake.

The duke tried to guard himself, but he lost an arm and was pushed to the end of the room after the impact. Feidan wanted to intervene, but he was also blasted away with a powerful black lightning that erupted from mother’s hand. Just as I begin to calm down a bit, happy that mother is pushing them back, she falls once again on her knee.

“My children, your mother has failed! She can’t protect you any longer… Zorld, come here, let your mother give you one last gift.”

A bright light enveloped all 4 of us and the poison loses its effect. The sudden change causes me to start coughing. When I look back at mother, she is whispering something in my brother’s ear and she gives him her bracelet. A golden lightning then strikes him, but leaves him unscathed.

“Now, leave! I’ll do my best to hold them back enough for you to escape! Please, live! Live and know that your mother always loved and will always love you. Bear the Thunderroar name with pride and seek your happiness.”

“No! Mother, I’m staying with you, I don’t want to leave you alone. You’ll get better! I know you will! Let me help you somehow!”

Just as I tried approaching mother, Zorld picked me up and started running. Zeira also picked up the confused Ainzfel and followed us. Are we really abandoning mother like this? Can’t we do anything to help her? Why is this all happening?

“Izi, I know you are sad, but now is not the time for crying. Hold your tears and be strong. Be strong for mother and survive. Don’t let her sacrifice be in vain!”(Zorld)

“But, but… I understand. Put me down, I can run as well.”

“Zorld, I know that we’ll be faster if you’re carrying her, but you won’t be able to respond if anyone attacks us. I think it’s better to let her run on her own.”(Zeira)

“Your Highness, I’m so happy to see you! What is happening? The whole palace is crumbling, all the guards are running left and right, but nobody is telling us anything!”

Just as Zorld puts me down, Martha appears from behind the corner. I’m so glad that at least my dear friend is safe. She can escape with us now.

Just as I rush to hug her, Zorld beats me in speed and strikes at her heart…

“I’m sorry, Iz. There’s a coup going on. We can’t trust anyone but ourselves.”

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! Martha is my friend, there’s no way she’d betray us! Quick, we’ve got to heal her! We can’t let her die here! There’s no way I’m abandoning her too…”

I look towards Zeira as she watches with an undecided expression. She’s the best of us at healing magic, if someone can save Martha, it’s her. Just as I’m about to start crying for her help, Martha interrupts me.

“I see… *cough* *cough*… I was a spy all along. Iz, don’t worry about me and run, the others will heal me.”

What?! Martha was a spy, no! That’s not possible! How can this be?! I turn towards Zorld that speaks with a heavy expression.

“Let’s go! Iz, you have every reason to hate me, but we need to run now!”

Hate you, why? Didn’t she just confess? I don’t understand. I struggle to keep such thoughts to myself and follow Zorld and Zeira as they start running again. On our way we meet two pair of guards, but my two older siblings are able to dispatch them. In almost no time, we are able to reach the palace exit.

“There they are! Quickly, kill the royal children! Don’t let them escape!”

But, instead of the moment of relief we were expecting, we are met with a whole platoon of the royal guards.

“Damn! Zorld, keep them out for a bit! I’ll open a portal towards another plane, there’s no way we’ll be able to leave the city with this pursuit!”

Just as my sister finishes speaking, she already starts chanting. Zorld, also, doesn’t waste a moment and blocks the exit. What am I supposed to do? I’m no match for a single royal guard! Even my brother can barely defeat 3 of them. There’s no way he can stop more than 40 of them for long. Maybe I can slow them with wind magic. I’ll create a barrier around us.

By stopping them at the palace entrance, Zorld is able to buy 30 seconds and a portal appears beside Zeira. Just as I see it I rush inside of it.

“Zeira, I’ll keep them from following you. Take care of Iz and Ainz for me. Catch this and keep it safe, mother told me to give it to the guardi…”

Due to special circumstances, your ‘Princess’ path has been forcefully canceled. You have received the ‘Fallen Princess’ title. You will receive massive bonuses if you reclaim your kingdom.

My brother said something, but I wasn’t able to hear all of it as I already entered the portal. I also received a notification from the System, but I quickly dismissed it. I suddenly fell way heavier as I find myself landing in a forest. I turn around and look towards where I came from, waiting for my siblings to appear. But, after 5 seconds, instead of my sister, I see 2 guards come through the portal.

Lightning carrots! Why? I immediately start running, trying to get away from them. My speed is way too slow compared to normal, but it seems that they suffer from the same thing.

“Damn, the bitch brought us to the main plane!”

“Shut up and focus! We’re in the forest surrounding the Lightning’s God Mountain, if we encounter any monster here, we’re done for. We need to kill the princess and return at once.”

Lightning’s God Mountain?! Main plane?! No wonder our speed dropped so much! And no! Don’t kill me, just go back already!

Just as I was about to get more confident about my escape, the two drop their armor and they catch up to me almost instantly. What should I do?! The necklace! It contains a trace of mother’s magic. I can overload it and use it to gain some distance! *boom*

Ouch! That was not supposed to explode so fast! Lightning carrots! What should I do?! I can’t run anymore. I’m not sure I can even stand! Please, I don’t want to die! Sister, what happened to you? Why didn’t you come as well? How were the guards able to enter the portal?

I can only watch in horror as the two guards approach me and one of them starts raising his spear. I don’t want to die! Please!

“Why? Big brother, where are you? Please, help me! Big sis, what happened to you?! Big sis… Please, help! Anybody, please! PLEASE HELP ME!”

Just as the guard is about to strike, a silver-haired wingless fairy lands behind him, beheading him with a clean strike while he fell. Where did he come from? Who is he?

“Who are you?”

The other guard beat me to it and asked him, while rising his guard and taking a defensive stance. The older guard showed a bit of fear in his expression, but quickly hid it.

“Me? Oh, please don’t let me bother you. I’m just a traveller coming here to collect some free stat points, please excuse the intrusion.”

Not losing even a second, the stranger started chanting a basic lightningbolt. Why would he expose himself to danger for weak spell? The guard also notices and takes advantage of the moment by charges at him. There’s no way he’ll finish the chant in time!

The stranger watches with a relaxed expression as the guard approaches him, and, just as he’s about to be stricken, he stops chanting, let’s himself be hit by the full rebound and stabs the guard in the neck with an unbelievable speed. It wasn’t even a millisecond as he closed more than 1 meter and killed the guard.

I really want to appraise him, but I don’t have the long-range version yet. I still need a bit more skill points, uggh! I inspect him more as leisurely he washes his hand of blood in a nearby stream. He seems to be quite young, I don’t think he’s even 100 yet. He is quite handsome, but what stands out the most about him is his clothing. His clothing is really strange. I mean like really, really strange.

On his top he has a black shirt with claw marks on going from bellow his shoulders to his belly. The shirt itself is very thin and rigid and seems to be made from an unknown material, but it doesn’t provide any protection. And don’t get me started on his trousers that seem to be made of black bricks. They are also thin and rigid, but this time I’m not sure how resistant they are.

Wait! He’s looking over here! What should I do? Should I simply thank him and ask for help? There’s no way I can survive on my own. Still in a relaxed manner, he picks up a spear and heads over here.

“Ugmm, hel…”

“So, young princess, how many stat points are you worth?”

Spoiler: Status Eaizbelle

Identity

Stats

Active Paths

Name

Eaizbelle Thunderroar

STR

76

[120]

VIT

103

[150]

Lightning Fairy

26.9%

Race

Lightning Fairy

AGI

112

[200]

PER

30

[50]

Lightning Mage 2

18.3%

Sex

Female

DEX

95

[130]

INT

127

[250]

Age

35

CON

45

[80]

WIS

63

[150]

Title

END

20

[40]

TLN

240

[350]

Affinities

Resistances

Titles Earned

Perks

Lightning

97%

Lightning

92%

Fallen Princess

Magical Being

Lightningborn

Wind

24%

Poison

20%

Light

18%

Skills

Common

Rare

Advanced Appraisal Lv7

Lightning Magic Lv3

Meditation Lv5

Lightning Magic Language Lv12

Basic Lightning Magic Lv9

Basic Lightning Magic Manipulation Lv2

Basic No-Attribute Magic Lv5

Basic Wind Magic Lv3

Basic Light Magic Lv2

Basic Spearmanship Lv1

Basic Swordsmanship Lv2