~~~~~~~~Jerome’s POV~~~~~~

We finally reached our destination but what greeted us are the soldier with faces full of despair.

You can see and feel that hope is not a word you will expect to be in the minds of these soldiers.

I call out the person in charge but the one came is a young woman who I think have no experience in terms of commanding an army for war.

In the confusion she declared herself to be a princess and by the flow of our conversation I called out Frau.

Personally I think what I did is placing the kid in a tight spot and probably blowing his cover as a spy but what we need now is to increase the morale.

Frau did not betray my expectation and display an amazing skill which gets the soldiers on their feet. Now before their eyes an impossible thing transpired, expressions with shock and disbelief filled the faces of each and every person in the area. Even among the people in the army I command no one else knew the real capabilities of Frau.

The princess after witnessing such an impossible feat told us to follow to a room. The conversation got heated up and the princess end up begging Frau to create a miracle for us with tears falling in her eyes.

I panicked but I manage to keep it for myself and tried to calm down. Right now in front of me is a beautiful woman, a princess crying her heart out, on the verge of a mental break down. With the pressure of the situation and her responsibilities as a princess, the burden is too heavy so at some point I understand her but what can I do?

At this point something unthinkable happened. This brat Frau kissed the princess in front of me and the knight of the princess.

I was stunned, even the knight beside the princess dint move.

I mean who on earth has a right mind to kiss a princess like this. Doing so will definitely and up his head rolling, separated from his body.

But that won’t happen given the situation we are in, even the princess said that she is willing to take him as his husband but Frau dodge it saying he is not interested.

Night starts to fall and a lot of things are still raging inside my head.

The signal is heard and soldiers began to man their positions, so did I.

The demons start their attack not too long, but there began a commotion at the walls of the fort.

It’s Frau he jumps off the other side of the wall. The wall which is about 10 meters tall which means suicide just by jumping down.

The soldiers ignored the fact he just jump down as if it was nothing. And started to laugh at him and spewing insults.

Moments later all of that change, as he charge towards the demons. Corpses of demons began to pile up before it even evaporates in the air like a smoke. The soldiers are now in a crazed situation seeing the marvel before them.

There are some demons charging towards us, we must reclaim out wits and defend or else its doom for us.

The knights near the princess unleashed a war cry which reached the whole fort. Thus raising the morale and returning to their senses.

The defense went on and we struggle a lot. Several hours passed but the death’s on our side is still at minimal level.

“Commander the demons are less than I expected” the soldier beside me said

“Of course it will be less; we have a far more demon on our side diminishing their numbers for us” I said with a slight smirk on my face.

“Don’t let your guards down a single mistake can lead to your death” I shout towards my men

We struggle and tried to stay alive, most are wounded but only few are dead.

Before sunrise even came a miracle did happen.

The demons began to disappear one by one, as if an illusion show just ended and leaving nothing behind besides the casualties of their rampage and the evidence that they exist here not long ago.

Everyone became restless, looking in every direction. Not too long ago the walls are full of demons some even manage to enter the fort but now, now as if it did not happen.

“What happened? Where did those bastards go? It’s still dark but no demons?” questions after questions were heard in every soldier.

The sun came and gave light in the darkness. A man can be seen walking towards the fort, wounded and exhausted, holding a broken sword in one hand.

“Rejoice my fellow soldiers for our savior our hero has succeeded and gave us a miracle no other man can” the one who spoke these words is the princess herself.

Shouts of joy roared the whole forth, some are hugging each other out of joy, some can be seen slamming their swords on the ground then raising it again to shout a war cry.

The wounded man stopped and collapsed on the ground.

I immediately rush towards him with a couple of my men and treat his wounds.

On our way back inside the fort we were greeted with the fading of joyous cries as they look towards the wounded man named Frau.

“Take him to my quarters and we will give him the best treatment for him to recover”

At this point Princess Luna gave the order and we left him in a room while the healers are tending to his wounds.

“What a night, I bet that I will never forget this night for the rest of my life” I said while the other soldiers nodded with agreement to what I've just said.

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~~~~~~~~ Luna’s POV ~~~~~~~

It has been weeks since I was assigned to defend this fort. After hearing the attack, my country sent reinforcement and given my status and accomplishments I was given the task to command the reinforcement army.

At first I was confident that this will only take a moment before we annihilate the attacking army. To my surprise when we arrived the fort is almost falling, the number of the soldiers is too few.

Three other armies arrived the same time we did. I thought that the soldiers at the fort abandoned their duties, the remaining soldier insist that none left their post and they are the only ones that manage to survive up until now.

Of course I did not believe them, neither the other commanders of their respective army. But I have this unsettling feeling that I must believe them.

I have my doubts about this war, we did not receive any decent information because all of the remaining soldier kept saying it’s useless no matter what we do we will all die.

I decided to take a defensive position and to remain inside the fort, no matter what comes we will defend it.

The other three did not agree with me and branded me as a coward, a useless sheltered girl wet behind her ears. But I did not take their insults and told them to do what they want but the remaining soldiers defending the fort including my men will stay and defend the forth.

The three create a formation outside the walls of the fort and started to march and annihilate anything that blocks their path.

Night came and in the silent night sky, loud screams can be heard, screams that came towards the army that just left the fort.

“They are coming, they are coming” one soldier from the survivors said.

I do not know what will come but I don’t want to wait for it.

“Man your positions and prepare to defend the fort like your life depends on it” I gave the command to my soldiers.

In the deep dark night the screams began to come close. What we saw are the soldiers that left earlier are now screaming and running towards the fort.

We opened the small gate saving what we could but still I have no idea why they are running away.

The army that left the fort is a no joke. Every one of those three brought about more than five thousand strong even if the enemy has more numbers the soldier will not retreat like a scared dog with tails between their legs.

I’m confused because I do not know what exactly is happening. But that ended when I saw a huge black animal with red eyes pounce one soldier and bite the upper part of the soldiers body.

Right now I’m in a state of shock. A creature that should only exist inside a story book.

An existence that is used to scare children to sleep or stop them to do bad things.

Right in front of my eyes I’m witnessing something I cannot understand.

“Close the gates” I command.

I know it’s cruel for those who are still outside the fort but leaving us open will lead us to our deaths to our total annihilation.

“Defend the fort, never let your guard down if you don’t want to die” I said.

The night passed and all of us are exhausted, physically and mentally.

Several night passed and our numbers are steadily decreasing, moral keeps getting lower and lower.

If things go on like this we will never make it out alive.

Retreat is not an option and right now I know we are only delaying our death in each passing assault.

I prayed every single night to any god’s out there to send a light of hope a saviour a hero. Someone who is strong enough to repel our enemies, give us the bitter hope of obtaining a victory.

Night after night and no answer came.

Morning light shine once more and at this moment the moral hit rock bottom and I know after the next night we will all die.

This time an army arrived and entered the fort.

Their commander shouts out looking for the one in charge. I walk towards him and said

“Glad you made it, but I’m afraid it might be in vain”

He then asked me about who I am, I knew he like the other three who died will see me unfit commanding this fort but at this point I really don’t care since I know I will soon die.

“I’m Luna De Chavez third princes of the kingdom of Azul two months away from here”

I said, he and his army kneel before me while he introduce himself and asking for forgiveness and asking about my first statement towards him.

I told them to stand up, and our status does not matter anymore since all of us are going to die.

He asked about the enemy and those reinforcements before them.

“Ah you mean those idiots? They charge ahead and disagreed to cooperate in the defence hence they all died. Those that survived are now part of my army and work under my orders. Well it does not matter anyhow since the chance of victory is close to nothing”

Yes I refer to those three as idiots, if they are not so arrogant as to not heed my desire to defend instead of attack. All of them should still be among the living.

After that he’s spouting things like they can make any difference but I know nothing can be done.

“I believe that you know what kind of enemy we are facing am I correct?” I said

“Yes I've been told and I encountered two of them on our way here”

I fell silent, hearing those words that they encounter two on their way here.

Just how much casualties they suffered and how did they manage to survive. These thoughts float in my mind.

Regaining my composure I ask him “How many men have you lost?”

“None, no casualties no injuries your highness”

Those words left me stunned. What do you mean no casualties? And what’s more no one got injured? Not a single one?

This news broke my wits to the limit but luckily I still manage to not let out my true emotions.

“Are you sure about this? You’re saying you've defeated two of those demons? We even need to sacrifice 100 men strong to kill one of them and here you are saying you killed two. No casualties, not even injuries? Do you expect me to believe you?” I said, showing my anger if he ever meant it as a joke.

He then confirmed that they encountered the real thing. But what made me curious is that a single individual defeated them. Then I ask him to prove his statements

“Prove it; prove to me that this companion of yours is capable of slaying those that cannot be killed”

He agreed and called out a man in his army.

Rage filled my heart when I saw the man or rather the boy. A young man a very young man came forward; this must be a joke a very very very bad joke.

“This is the one you spoke of? Isn’t he just a kid? I’m expecting a man bigger and stronger. Is this supposed to be a joke? If it is then I must have you executed for treating me like a fool”

Now the only thing stopping me from executing this man and the young boy is my status as the commander of the army defending the fort and my status being a noble blood and should remain calm to make the right decisions no matter what happens.

“Looks can be deceiving your majesty” said the commander

“Prove yourself soldier, or else you die” I told him

Slightly scratching his head as if saying ‘what a bothersome thing to do’ which really annoyed me.

He looks around and picked up an arrow, then he remove the arrow head and its wing.

Then he asked one knight beside me to draw and lift his sword in front of him. The knight hesitated but having my anger continuously building up I gave the order for the knight to play along.

The kid now holding the headless feather less arrow, he made a stance then strike towards the sword.

It was fast but being fast is nothing if you can’t add enough force to cut.

This time it made me speechless, stunned on what happened next.

The thing this kid is holding began to burst that reduced the headless feather less arrow into nothing.

And the most astonishing part was when the sword’s blade fall down. The sword which the knight is holding was split into five parts.

The crowd became speechless; some have mouth wide open unable to produce any sound. I even notice that his commander is also in shock. I thought he knew his capabilities but seeing him do something like this made him speechless?

The kid performed a loud clap which is enough to make a person deaf if that person is too close to the kid. Then he said “I think this is enough to prove my worth in the most efficient way”

The crowd became restless as each and every one of them discusses what happened and caused a huge confusion.

My personal knight and my half-brother began to shout to silence them.

I personally asked the commander and the boy to the fort’s main office which I use right now.

We began to discuss some things just to be cut in the middle by the commander and head towards the main point or reason why I told them to be here.

The commander began to have some idle talk about what he saw but what made me more dumbfounded is when the commander mentioned about killing the two demons bare handed.

At this point I cannot hold it anymore, tears began to fall and my mind starts to break down.

‘Finally a light of hope has shown itself’ is what I thought

Then I asked him how strong is he. Just to be sure that I’m not placing my hopes on a fragile light.

He looks at me in the eyes and said “Strong enough to kill two demon wolves at once”

This made me even more helpless and I became desperate by asking him to save us, perform a miracle.

I know I’m asking him on what is impossible but right now its do or die.

He then suggests escaping, to run away but doing so we will be branded as traitors.

Our discussion continued until I can’t endure it any further, desperate to live and to save face I even offered my own body.

I feel miserable but what I can do I’m just a helpless princess that awaits her death on this fort in every single night that passed.

I felt something touching my chin and before I realize what is happening something soft fell upon my lips.

He kissed me

That gave me a wake-up call but I did not resist I let him do what he wants. Though personally I thought it was quite a nice feeling

After the kiss he said “fine ill save you, this will serve as the initial payment, remember you owe me big time princess”

That time I really felt so embarrassed not only did I enjoyed it I also thought it would be nice if he do that again. Realizing my thoughts I felt a burning sensation on my face though my ears.

My knight became angry ready to attack him but I stopped it. He then left the room saying, not to get on his way and something about going on rampage.

Honestly I don’t really understand because right now my heart is in turmoil.

My knight began to complain but he was scolded by the other party telling my knight about his incompetency and suggesting that my knight should become stronger and challenge the boy into a duel as a proud knight should but reminding my knight to watch the boy fight before doing so.

The commander left the room and my knight want to discuss something which I as a princess dealt the situation for him to be calm so there won’t be animosity against that boy.

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Night falls and once again the battle against the demons began. But this time it will be different.

To my surprise the boy jump out of the fort rushing towards the demons. ‘He’s an idiot a big idiot who wants to die first, so placing my hope on someone so young is really a useless thing to do’ I thought gripping my sword tightly.

The soldiers even start to shout at him spouting insults to him but I can’t blame them for I myself know how strong the enemy is.

I don’t care how strong he is but facing an entire army of demons alone is suicide.

But moments after, demons began to fall one by one as if killing chickens that rush towards him.

I can’t believe it, seeing this with my own eyes makes me want to bet everything to him.

We struggle to survive the night but midway demons began to disappear one by one as if there is nothing there to begin with.

At this moment I thought ‘he really gave us a miracle’.

Morning came and a figure of a lone man can be seen heading towards the fort.

Wounded, exhausted, and carrying a broken sword in his right hand. It was him.

Happiness filled my heart. Not only did he perform a miracle he also returned alive.

“Rejoice my fellow soldiers for our savior our hero has succeeded and gave us a miracle no other man can” I shouted

His commander rushes towards him as he collapse and lift his body towards the fort

I instructed them to bring him in my quarters to give him the best treatment for his wounds.

I watched over him as he sleeps until my body forced me to slumber.

For a moment I notice that he woke up and lift me, placed me on the bed ‘what will he do’ I thought.

I did offer him my body but I myself have no experience in this kind of thing.

Will he do it to me while I’m sleeping? Does he know I’m awake? But I’m afraid and too nervous so I pretend to be asleep.

To my disappointment he left the room *sigh* I let out a deep breath.

“ ! Wait! Why did I feel disappointed? Do I really want him that much ” I said which made me blush and shove a pillow in my head.

[Note: i don't know if i should put this here but anyway i did *tehee]

“Ok just let it pass and let’s sleep. Yeah let’s just sleep, let’s do that” I said again but it made me more embarrassed.

Several hours passed and I’m conscious of my surroundings again. Then I felt that someone entered my room.

I know it’s not like anybody can just come and go into my room so I assumed he returned.

I decided to fake my sleep.

He began to crawl towards me in the bed *bathump* my heart started to beat like crazy

He approaches me and started to caress my face and slowly moving down wards which made me gasp

‘This is it’ I thought

I opened my eyes and saw his face. Staring at each other while his right hand is on my chest *BATHUMP* my heart began to beat even wilder.

He then closes the gap between our faces and I closed my eyes waiting for him to let our lips touch.

“Princess” he said with a soft and seducing voice

“Princess” he said again

“PRINCESS” then I felt something cold and wet dump on my face

It was my close friend and attendant throwing a bucket of water on my face.

I glared at her.

“It’s time for the celebration” she said

“aaaaaaargh, really Ana don’t you have an even more worst timing than now ” I said while calling out her name

“Did I do something princess?” she asked while tilting her head a little

“I’m having a dream a very good dream and you woke me up just right before the good part, aaaaaaargh”

“I’m sorry for disturbing your wet dreams but the soldiers are waiting for you to give some speech about the battle”

“Fine Fine” I told her “HUH? Wait did you say wet dreams?” I asked

“Yes your breathing heavily and your face is beet red at first I thought you have a fever so I checked your temperature by placing my hand on your forehead but you suddenly made an erotic sound so” she den blushed and looked away

“wha wha I din’t ok I dint have a lewd dream about Frau” I said

“Ooh it’s about that strong young boy? fu fu fu I dint know your into younger ones” she said while slightly covering her mouth and giggled

My face started to burn like crazy after I realize that I just revealed my dream to her.

I burrow my head under the pillows out of embarrassment but Ana just giggled and forced me to get ready and head out of my room.

I manage to calm down but remembering my dream still made my face heat up and my heart skip a beat.

Okay time to perform my duties as the princess.

We are now heading towards the gathering area.

“Ooh princess good morning. Thought it’s already after noon. Did you have a good rest?” the one in front of me is the man I least want to see after I leave my room, it’s Frau.

My knees felt weak and lost its balance but he then catch me and my body is now leaning against his.

“Yep she even enjoyed it” Ana said

“ ANAAAAAAAAAAA” Realizing what she just said I made a scary expression towards her

“Fu Fu Fu it seems that way to me” she said then remembering my dream my face began to burn again

“I think you should rest some more you it seems you have a fever, your face is quite red” he said

“I, I’m fine I can handle myself” I said while rushing towards the gathering area.

“Well I would like to excuse ourselves” Ana said to him

“Thank you and I think I will take a nap so if ever you need me” he said

“Well do” Ana replied.

This is really an embarrassing day for me.

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Hello HalfSpicy here

I enjoy reading your comments and i will use this chance to give you guys my thanks

@masuakal

sorry for mentioning you but i just want to address some things

first of all I'm a novice and i write for a hobby

i know the idea of this story has been used by others several times the only difference is the content which make them fall on the same genre

"usage over words and emoticon and even time frame was well thought as to not make the story seems strange and rigid"

actually i haven't given it much thought *tehee

well i do not literally think when i write. i mean what ever ideas come into mind i just write it at random. good thing the story is still connected to each other hahahahaha

as an example is the chapter "the Encounter" in the first place its not supposed to exist but on a whim i thought " I want a sexy HOT elf *droll* " idea since the distance from Frau's starting point to the fort is quite long why not add it there i though

"2 beginning in one story haha"

actually i asked my sister on how should i start the story, i gave her two scenarios ten she told me . "Why not put them together?"

yep why not? since i find it annoying if a story has too many flashbacks *ehem naruto* where in the middle of a fight scene suddenly a flash back appears. No offense madam/sirs

about the fast forward of his growth well i don't want to focus on it since it will cover too much of the story.

my main focus will be the second arc so first arc is only about encounters in his life and how he gain his strength

about the grammar

HMM truth to be told *ehem* the one you are all reading is nothing but a RAW copy and paste after i wrote everything in my MS word file.

sorry for being lazy and not proof reading it *tehee

" the vocabulary usage are also vast"

thank you its the accumulation of my vast reading experience

there are a lot of random things in this story which i consider "whispers of the devil" since it suddenly pop inside my head which usually happens when i wrote things from 10:30pm to about 2 am in the morning

i dunno but that's the time when sudden ideas pop while I'm writing

hmm for now i bid you farewell and see you on the next chapter buh bye and thanks for your comments