It was quiet as everyone stared at the two of them, James pushed himself forward, slithering from under Lilith's sword, she didn't chase after him but stood there watching him, as he jumped, and slide from left to right, then when he lunged towards her, she swiftly dodged him, "Rule two! Don't let them read you so easily! You look towards the spot you plan to move, keep your eyes on them!" she shouted, her sword was still inside its cover as she hit the back of his leg, as he lunged past her, "Rule three! Don't leave your limbs behind like that! Keep them tight, move them as fast as you move your body!" she shouted, she sent him flying back with a jumping back kick, just as he landed on his feet, she went in for an attack, "EYES, EYES EYES! Keep your eyes on me young prince!"she ordered, she jumped back, letting him take stance, she signaled for him to look at her, then she went in, this time he was able to jump to evade, she jumped with him, and swung her sword, he spun to dodge, as they landed, he moved from left to right again, "On me! On me!keep them on me! Don't let me catch you!" she shouted, he did as she said, then went in, he looked to the right, but just as Lilith was ready to block, he went towards the left, she was swift with her move but she didn't yell, so a small smile crept upon James face.
They continued to fight, Lilith pointing out when he messed up, and James fixing it by the next he uses them, finally his father stood up, he raised his hand, and the both of them stopped, Lora covered her mouth, as now that she wasn't moving at high speeds, everyone could see the few scratches and gashes from James sword, while he had a few bruises, from the cover of her sword, out of breath, Lilith walked back to Lora, James walked towards his father, staring at Lilith with something new in his eyes, his father looked at Lilith proudly, then waved over a few knights, "My dear" he called to Lilith, she looked at him, walking towards him, she greeted him with a bow, "would you mind if I see your skills against my men?" he asked, she looked at the Knights, it was the same two who laughed at her, "With pleasure you highness" she answered, she was fitted, and handed the sword James was just using, "And….. Fight!" he shouted, the Knights went in fast, the way they were fighting was more like they were trying to….kill her.
"What's wrong girl?! Don't be scared to point out where we're going wrong?!" one laughed, as he tried to slice her throat, but she was just dodging, while it seems cowardly she was doing a very great job of evading them, she stayed quiet, then jumped and landed in a spot away, she took a deep breath, removed the cover, "Forgive me for the war of fire has been ordered to be awaken" she prayed to herself, then..."STOP!!" she knocked them on the ass's, took away their swords, a sword around one's neck, the other sword pointed at the others heart, they were pale, as they looked at her, Lilith's eyes dark, her eyes saying, no… shouting, "kill,kill,kill,kill,kill,kill" It was James who called out, Lilith looked back, as the two Knights crawled away in fear, Lilith breath in then out, when she opened her eyes, she seemed back to normal, the king himself walked towards her, "My dear would you please stay the night?" he asked, Lilith looked shocked, she pointed at herself, causing him to start laughing, as he nodded, "I'd be ever so honored your highness" she said lowering her head, patting her on the back, he nodded, him and his wife left, Lora following down behind them, she smiled softly at Lilith, waving goodbye, but she was still shaken seeing Lilith's injuries. James began to walk up to Lilith, but was pulled away, but his Uncle, so James handed her cloak, and shirt, to who looked like a close friend of his, he whispered something in his ear, before walking away, his eyes never leaving Lilith, as he bit his lip watching her, handing her her clothing, the boy followed her eyes, "she has work to do as a princess, she'll be back later on, same with Jameison" he explained, Lilith nodded, as she got dress, "My name is Seth, I'm Jameison's childhood friend, and his right hand knight" he introduced.
Lilith shook his hand, and she followed him as he led her to wear she'd be sleeping, "Lorean will most likely beg for you to sleep in her room, but as that is not allowed given your status, Jameison told me to give you the room in beside him, being that she is the princess,her room takes up most of the whole third floor lol" he laughed, "....never been inside of a castle?" he asked, Lilith shook her head, "Not that just….it's different, I can feel the air from outside, I can see the sun from in here…." she said, "This kingdom, our summers can get really hot inside the castle, so they built it so that when air hot air comes in the castle, it becomes cool air, refreshing breezes" he explained, he stared at her, "what castles have you seen if this is shocking to see?" he asked, Lilith wasn't paying attention as she spoke, "Winter castles, it was always so cold, I used to hate how big my room was, cold air was all around me, and the fireplace did nothing to help…".
He stared at her, "winter huh?" He said he looked forward and saw James walking towards his room, Seth started to walk slower, making it so that Lilith was in front of him, from behind her, Seth circled his hand around his head, then pointed at Lilith, and shrugged his shoulders, signaling to James, he nodded, and walked up to Lilith. "Lora will be to your room as soon as she is done with her dress fitting" he said, Lilith nodded, James opened the door to her room, moving aside to let her in, "Ladies first" he said, Lilith walked in, she looked around, it was a small room, she looked around, it was like her old room, but….bright, warm, as the sun shined in "it's beautiful…" she said, James looked at her confused, but as Lilith walked around the room, Seth relayed what she said earlier about winter, and castles, James stared at her.
Seth left the room, going back to the practice grounds, leaving Lilith alone with James, "Lilith, what do you think about being….a princess?" he asked, walking around the room, he looked at her as he asked "what do you mean?" she asked, "I mean….how would you feel if you were a princess?" he asked, he noticed her face shrutching, "I'd hate it!" she snapped, her eyes widened, and she turned towards him bowing, "Sorry ... .that came out sharper than it meant to" she apologized, he smiled, and chuckled, and walked over towards her, as she sat down, "Why?" he asked, "You ask a lot of questions, you know that?" she said, she laughed, and nodded, but staring at her, she knew he still wants an answer, sighing "You can't do this and that, but it's okay for a boy, or man to do it, because they're males, you have to do this and that even if you don't like because others like it more than when you do what you want, I love wearing what I want! Not what someone likes to see me in! It's my body not their's….I wouldn't be able to fight the way I did today if I was a princess, and if I did it would've been called a disgrace, they would've told me no man wants an independent women, learning all of that was such a waste, being a princess means I'd have to have men following me around in order to keep me safe…..even if it means they have to stick so close to me that I can't breath? So close that in order to keep me safe it would be better to have them, men, grown men help me dress, or things like that! Princesses need to be helpless, weak, fragile, obedient, and submissive things that I am not, but will be forced to be, who ever my husband would be could do no wrong, even if he was not of royal blood, so whatever he'd do to me I'd have to deal with it because I'm a women? A girl? Like hell I'd let that happen, if I was a princess, then to become a queen, with a smile I'd strike him into a pool of his own blood if he dared...dared to….ughh..ha…!" she explained, her eyes were dark again,as she stared at the ground, her eyes tearing up in rage and sadness, her hands shaking, James stood there staring at her, in his mind he asked, /what hell could someone put a princess through?/, suddenly Lilith was embraced, she didn't move at first, not until she inhaled, then she froze because…..that was not Lora hugging her….
She looked up slowly, though she couldn't see him, his hair fell on to her shoulder, "not all kingdoms treat their princesses in such disgusting ways Lilith…not all of them" he assured, she closed her eyes, this was….nice, besides the children back in the town, the last man to hug her….was her uncle, and it's been years since she last saw him, she didn't pull away, and neither did he, but she did find it funny, how though his arms were around her, he kept his chest, and pelves away from her, "Thank you Young prince" she said, "...James….call me James, when you're here..okay?" he said, she smiled, and nodded, turning around, he let go of her, "Thank you James" she said nodding her head, he stared at her, "oh, you have a stick in your hair let me ... .Ahh ha AH!" The two of them fell, James falling on top of her, he used one of his arms to brace her fall, the other to keep him from falling directly on top of her, they winced in pain, the bruises, and scars from the fight, burning, being so up close to her face, he stared at her eyes, again he noticed the color was weird, like there was a second color behind it.
"Lilith! I brought an aid kit for your cuts, come and let me patch you up!" Lora yelled running down the hall, the click, clacking of her heels, filling up the silence of the hall, James hurried and stood up pulling Lilith up as well, but he pulled her too hard, so she bumped into him, the clip from her chocker, getting stuck to the collar to his vest, he tried to unbutton his vest, but his hands would brush again her breast, the both of the blushed as he pulled his hands a way quickly, she tried to unbutton his vest herself, but her breasts were in the way, making it hard to catch the button, Seth walked in, he froze as he saw their situation, but snapped out of it as James threw a rock at him, "Help us!" he shouted in a whisper, Seth looked out the door, and rushed towards the two of them, as they heard Lora getting closer, they hurried to detach, Seth tried the same not feeling as embarrassed as James he tried to unbutton the vest, not caring about how many times his hand hit her breast "wait, stop, stop, stop!" Lilith said, she looked at the door, and Seth rushed to close it,"trust me!" she said looking at James, she pushed forward, and the two of them fell onto the bed, Seth covered his mouth as not to laugh, as James folded his lips, as not to make a sound, she hurried and took off his vest, while Seth, shrugged a little to get her choker off, once free, the vest, and choker let go of each other, Lilith stood up, helping James off the bed, Lora opened the door so Lilith hid James vest behind her back, and he hid her choker behind his.
"Oh James there you are! Great! Uh oh…is something wrong?" Lora asked, "No!" all three of them said, out of breath, "well Seth here take this and patch up James, and I'll patch up Lilith" she said with a smile, Seth nodded taking the kit, James walked behind Lilith, switched his vest, with her choker, Seth, and him left of the room, Lilith closed her eyes and exhaled. It was quiet so she opened her eyes to find Lora standing there crying, "Lora wha-" Lilith began to walk towards her, but Lora used her glove to hit her, "Dummy, dummy, dummy, you had me worried when you fought all of them! What were you thinking!? I was so scared you'd get killed! You dummy!!" she cried, Lilith hugged her as she cried, Lora hugged her back, holding her tight.
"The last time James fought with a girl who criticized him on his skills, she was the eldest daughter from another kingdom, and when she did that and father permitted them to fight, he didn't go easy on her, mothers words, of go easy on her means go all out, because more than father James is Mother pride and joy, so she hates when he is put down in anyway, she was a good fighter yes, but against a man who's using all his power...she didn't stand a chance! Then you, who just woke up just a few minutes ago! How could you…. How dare you give me a heart attack like that!"" Lora explained, crying more, holding her, Lilith sat on the bed, she didn't say anything she just let Lora hit her, and cry, when she started to calm down, "I'm sorry Lo- I'm sorry sis, I won't ever scare you like that again…" she said as she rubbed her back, Lora laid her head on Lilith's shoulder, wiping her eyes, Lilith began to hum, and rocking back and forth, it didn't take long for Lora to fall asleep.
Lilith smiled as she looked down at Lora softly snoring, she picked her up, carrying her in her arms, Lilith walked up to Lora's room, there stood a young man guarding her door, when he saw the two of them he looked around, "She has fallen aslumber?" he asked, Lilith nodded, he sighed "Ms. korean has female maids who are suppose to dress her for bed, as you can see they are not up here, meaning they've been pulled to help with dinner…" he said, Lilith looked at him confused, so he cleared his throat, "I have young sisters back home, I help them get dressed for bed, and bathe, but in this instance of the princess, I'm supposed to take the role of bathing and dressing her when the female maids aren't around, a role which me and the young lady both hate very much…I won't tell anyone, and I don't she'd mind but could you maybe?....." he asked, Lilith nodded understanding what he was saying, and asking, he sighed out of relief, and opened the door letting Lilith in.
Lilith looked through Lora's closet, "such odd attire…" Lilith said, she walked over to Lora, and instead dressed her in her own bed clothing, a under-tank(silk tanktop basically), a thin shirt, and a long skirt, reaching to her feet, as well as knee high socks, she left the room, looking back at Lora one last time before closing the door, Lilith walked through the halls, back to her room, where she saw James standing outside her door, with two swords, "I heard Lora through the walls….Look I just want to explain, that was a boy not a girl" he laughed, Lilith stood in front of him, "He had feminine features, he looked like a women, and dressed like one too, so she just assumed he was a girl, and their daughter…" he explained, Lilith laughed, as she looked towards Lora's room, "And I only went as hard on him as I did, because he was tricking Lora, he wouldn't tell her he was a man , at that time Lora was really shy, almost scared of men, so if she knew she wouldn't have spoken to him, or have been as close as she was, when I found out he didn't tell her anything when she led him into her room, I was pissed and knowing how much my mom is in love with me, I knew he said something smart,and I knew mother would make us fight… but Lora had fun that day thinking he was a girl so, we decided not to tell her the truth, and have her heart broken…." he added, Lilith nodded.
"Does she still talk to him?" she asked, "Yes but for some odd reason our fight that day…it must've knocked something loose because he have an interest in men now" Lilith laughed as she heard that, "He sends me love letters almost daily" he added, she shook her head laughing, holding her stomach, she wiped away the tears as she calmed down. "Would you care to spar? It's nice to have someone point out to help me become better, I have defeated all of our knights, my brothers, older and younger, and no one else would willingly fight against me, hence why those bandits were outside today, they were all imprisoned, and given the deal of freedom if they were able to beat me, or agreed to at least fight me" he explained, Lilith took the wooded sword he handed to her, and followed to an indoor practice floor, Seth locked the door, and stood watch to make sure Lora didn't awaken.
Just like before Lilith would call out his mistakes, and defeat him, then she'd have him retry the same move until he got it right, that lasted for a few hours, when Lilith noticed Seth starting to fall asleep, "That's all for tonight" she said, James nodded, putting away the swords, they made sure to clean up, before leaving, "Tomorrow we'll fight spar, you will use what you perfected tonight" she said, James stared at her as they walked back to their room, "if you could…..what would you be?" he asked, "A general!" she said, a smile on her face, unknown to James she was thinking of her uncle as she answered, "really?" he asked, she nodded happily, "Not a queen?" he asked, "only in a fair rule" fair how?" he asked, " If my kind did me any harm of any kind, I could fight back and that would be okay, or he'd be rightfully punished, I could do what I want, and have as much say as he does, I could be as free to do what I want as my king is, and choose any role I wanted to as he could, and if he died, I'd take on as the ruler until my children are old enough, or I choose to hand over my role" she said, with a smile, he looked at her with a smile on his face, "what do you hate the most about…being a princess…..Lorelei?" he asked, staring at her face, "Oh that would have been when grandmother Lou would try to force me to strip for older men to show I..was..... What was the..question?..." Lilith asked as she stopped in her tracks, "What.did.you.hate.about.being. A princess...Lorelei" he said his voice deep, she slowly turned around, he stood there with his arms crossed as he stared back at her...