Chapter 3: A Day in the Life of Princess Alicia

Tina suddenly let out a secret sigh, and hurriedly rang the bell to beckon the maids who had been prepared outside to come in. Although there were still nearly two hours before the start of the dinner, the preparation of Her Royal Highness Princess for the banquet was not an ordinary time-consuming. Just "getting dressed, combing your hair, and putting on makeup" take up at least half of the time.

This is also the reason why Her Royal Highness never liked to attend banquets. When she was very young, she spent all the time of other girls dressing up and talking about love on the cultivation of swordsmanship, and it was also this focus that made Her Royal Highness the princess surpass the golden rank at a young age, breaking the sky barrier coveted by countless knights on the continent in one fell swoop, and advancing to the realm of the knight of the Mandate of Heaven, and since then she has stood at the pinnacle of the knight world, becoming the only genius in thousands of years who has broken through to the legendary rank before the age of twenty. The glorious age of elves escaping from the world, even in the ancient era when dragons paraded in the sky, the age of elves with brilliant civilizations, the heroic age of epic songs, the dark age of endless wars, and the age of magic with many strong men were also an unprecedented feat.

More than twenty beautiful maids walked gently into the bedroom, their movements light and dexterous, and they served Alicia with a clear division of labor to bathe, dress, comb her hair, and put on makeup.

Since the Glorious Age, mankind has determined the hegemony of the continent, the holy light of the Lord of Glory has shone on most of the continents, and there has never been a major war in the human world that has affected the whole world. This makes the originally simple world more and more complicated, and at the same time, it also makes the original rudimentary etiquette system cumbersome. All this reached its peak after Franz I of the Saint-French Empire.

Franz I established a court known for its grandeur and elegance, attracting most of the nobles of the empire to the imperial capital of Van Sai, and skillfully strengthening the rule of the empire, a method that was admired and learned by the kings of the pan-continental human kingdom. Therefore, this elegance spread to all the kingdoms of the continent in an extreme time.

At the same time that the royal power of each country has become more solid, the etiquette of the court has become more cumbersome than ever, and the banquets held for different purposes have different invitees, and because of the different groups of people involved, there are various taboos, whether they are overt or covert, so when preparing clothes that match the style of the banquet, even Tina, who is familiar with all the court etiquette, has to carefully choose on the hanger.

From time to time, she had to take off her favorite dress, take it to Alicia and compare it twice, and then let the maids standing next to her hold the dresses that looked right in their hands. The obsolete sumptuous dresses were handed back to another maid beside them.

Soon the maid was stacked with a pile of luxurious dresses in her hands. There were as many as fifteen or sixteen dresses that were eliminated.

The maids were all quietly watching, although they felt that these luxurious banquet dresses were beautiful and impeccable, and no matter which one Her Royal Highness wore was very suitable. However, there is no doubt that in this regard, Tina, who is well versed in court etiquette, is the absolute authority.

Alicia, as the protagonist, stood quietly in front of the wide dressing mirror made of glass of equal height from beginning to end, at the mercy of them, neither urging nor showing the slightest impatience. And everyone was accustomed to the peace and calm of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and they did not feel strange at all.

When Alicia changed into Tina's final dress, everyone was stunned, only to see that Alicia was wearing a snow-white corset, which was a dress with a hunting suit and war skirt style, a beautiful and simple sleeveless white gauze dress, a knee-length evening dress like a lily petal, and a shawl woven with fine swan feathers, draped over her beautiful shoulders, exuding a holy radiance. The sunlight shone in through the window, as if the eyes and blessings of the whole world were gathered on her. Sketch an image of a Valkyrie looking down on all beings.

Tina took a few steps back, looked at Alicia carefully, and finally said with satisfaction: "Okay, perfect!" This dress with a hunting dress and war skirt style effectively alleviates Alicia's indifferent cold temperament, highlighting her heroism and majesty, although it is not suitable for an ordinary court dinner, but in today's party, it is not an occasion to show the elegance and beauty of the princess, only this perfect display of Alicia's heroic side of the dress, is more in line with Alicia's identity as a knight of destiny at the peak of knightly power.

The maids walked out of the chamber with Alicia dressed and walked through an archway covered with golden roses to a fragrant garden. By the fountain in the garden, a beautiful girl was carefully trimming a bright red rose.

The maiden wore a snow-white priest's robe embroidered with gold trim, and had no ornamentation on her body, except for a golden ribbon tied around her waist, and her countenance was eight or nine points similar to that of Alicia, only slightly immature, and a small princess crown bound her broken golden hair behind her head.

She was pruning a rose with a focused expression, and the evening sunlight reflected through the trellises covered with vines, outlining a quiet and peaceful image of a lady.

"Her Highness Elenie!" the maids snorted softly, and then silenced, for fear of disturbing Her Highness's dedicated work.

Eleni carefully selects the most beautiful and beautiful rose petals, and carefully matches those roses to form a completely different shape in different forms. The roses, which were indistinguishable in the eyes of others, were decorated by Her Majesty the Princess, and immediately glowed with a different kind of beauty and became exquisite works of art.

When everything was ready, Eleni gently held the flower ornament in her hand and blew softly. Suddenly, a blue mist shrouded the petals. When the fog cleared, the bouquet of roses had been frozen in a blue gem.

"Okay, it's done!" Elini cheered, picked up her masterpiece with satisfaction, and turned around and ran to Alicia: "Sister Niya, this is Lini's gift to you!"

Alicia looked at Alini with a calm look on her face.

"Sister Nia, look, how beautiful this rose is! I learned it with a lot of effort in the Ice Palace, and now even Elder Vivien of the Grand Temple envy me!" Instead, he held it to Alicia in a treasure offering, and at the same time told about his hard work in studying.

"Sister, don't move!" Eleni carefully pinned the elaborate rose ornament to Alicia's chest, then looked up and down, clapped her hands and said, "Hee-hee! I knew that only Sister Niya was the most beautiful when she brought it." ”

Tina sighed as she listened to Eleni tell her stories about her time in the Ice Palace like a lark out of the cage.

"Princess Alicia has no human feelings!", this is an open secret of the upper echelons of Ray's kingdom, but only the little princess does not care about this statement at all, and every time she sees her sister, she pesters her about the bits and pieces of her life, and wants to share her joy with her sister.

It's a pity that everyone knows that this is just a good wish. Ever since Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia pulled out the Hellsword - Skatier, a royal artifact that had been sealed by the royal family for thousands of years, human feelings have disappeared from her forever.

Legend has it that the Ice Queen, the god of winter, gave the Warrior Heartless Knight, the ancestor of the kingdom of Rain, to protect the Ice Queen's residence, the Ice Crown, which contains the huge magic power that instantly turns the continent from scorching heat to winter. Together with the "Hero Emperor Sword - Gilgash", "Knight King Sword - Atoria", "Flame Sword - Revadin" and other divine weapons, it is known as the top ten epic divine swords in the mainland.

The Epic Divine Soldier has a powerful incredible power close to the god level, but as the price of mortals mastering the power of the Divine Soldier, every Divine Soldier owner must have the consciousness of bearing the curse issued by the power of the Epic Divine Soldier before picking up the Divine Weapon. And the curse of the Ice Hell Demon Sword, Skatier, is: "Those who wield this sword, the living freeze this heart, and the dead freeze this body, and never sleep!"

Because every sword master of the Frozen Demon Sword will inevitably become an existence that only has reason but no emotion, so the Frozen Demon Sword has the title of the Sword of the Heartless. And Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia has never shown a trace of emotional fluctuation since she pulled out the Frozen Demon Sword when she was eight years old. Her Highness Elenie's efforts will be in vain.

The group walked through the garden to a square where a group of knights was waiting.

These knights were not seated on a war horse, but a giant silver wolf with a body size of more than two meters, with a single horn on their heads, and a solid armor draped all over their bodies, and they were majestically lined up in two columns. Just look at the unique silver giant wolf mount in the whole continent, and the iceberg crown badge engraved on the armor of those giant wolves, you can know that this is the Ice Crown Knight of the famous kingdom of Ryandiana.

The Ice Crown Knight, dressed in silver light armor and holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, lined up in front of Alicia, dismounted in unison, drew his sword, and gave Alicia a sword salute in unison. This is not a knight's salute to meet the princess, but an ordinary knight's salute to the knight's pinnacle existence. The way they looked at Alicia was not only their admiration for the beautiful princess, but also their admiration and reverence for the young Knight of Destiny.

When the knights finished saluting, the knights returned their swords to their sheaths. At this time, the cavalry captain on the left walked straight up to the princess and paid the princess a royal salute on one knee.

"Ryanstein, Captain of the Second Squadron of the Ice Crown Knights, greets Her Royal Highness the Princess. His Majesty is waiting for His Highness at the Mosenhai Palace, and asks Her Royal Highness to tour the Knight of the Ice Crown in front of the palace before going to see Your Majesty. Captain Ryan Stein spoke, bowing down and slowly retreating into the Cavaliers.

The three knights led a wolf to Alicia and got down on one knee with their hands around their chests.

Alicia walked up to the wolf, stepped on the knight's arm, and turned to the wolf.

Tina was slightly surprised, she didn't expect His Majesty the King to send the Knight of the Ice Crown to greet His Highness. Although there are only more than 500 Ice Crown Knights, each Crown Knight is at least an elite knight of the Black Iron Rank, and these knights must go to the dangerous Crown Ice Field alone to test before becoming an official Crown Knight.

This order of knights even created a victory of 500 people, defeating the 50,000 army of the most elite Tidal Legion of the Asrofik Empire in one fell swoop. It can be said that it is the most powerful combat power in the kingdom of Rayon. In order to master the strongest blade in the hands of the royal family, the head of the Ice Crown Knights has always been the head of His Majesty the King. Now His Majesty would let Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia patrol the Ice Crown Knight, which has to make people think differently.

After Alicia rode the wolf, all the knights rode the wolf in unison. Defend Alicia in the middle and advance towards the Mercensea Palace.

Eleni and the maids did not follow, for it was the stage that belonged to Alicia alone, and it was also her glory.