Saving The Abandoned Empress

162 [Bonus Chapter] “Duel”

In the middle of the night, Eleanora was looking at the papers in her hands as she was lost in thoughts.

She was wearing a white shirt with black pants, as her shiny silver hair was tied up into a high ponytail.

‘You’re more beautiful when you smile.’

‘...’

Eleanora took off the glasses she was wearing, with frustration and put down the papers in her hands.

‘Don’t think about it, Elee...’

She thought as she leaned back on the chair she was sitting and closed her eyes.

‘What he said doesn’t matters...’

With all those thoughts in her mind, Eleanora soon fall asleep while sitting on the chair.

.....

Right then, A person came in and slowly carried her in his arms so that she doesn’t wakes up.

He put her down on the sofa gently and covered her with her own long coat as he knew she can’t sleep without something covering her.

There was no blanket as it was just a small study room of hers.

‘Sleep well, Elee.’

Cedrick looked at her one last time before he came out from the room and silently closed the door before leaving.

As they spent the last four years together in the war, Cedrick knew how she tends to fall asleep in the chair while working.

As an habit, he came to cheak on her today too and found herself sleeping like that again.

‘Just when will she fix this bad habit of hers?’

Cedrick thought as he walked away, not noticing the person who hide himself behind with a blanket on his hands.

He clenched the blanket on his hands and threw it away before leaving with rage.

‘How dare he to touch her!’

‘She can only be mine!’

...

Eleanora woke up in the morning and frowned as her neck hurted a little as she slept without a pillow.

She frowned a little as she found her coat over her.

‘This man… how many time i have told him to not do this?’

‘He can just directly wake me up to sleep on bed, instead of putting me on sofa with no pillow or blanket!’

Eleanora thought as she rubbed her neck a little to ease the pain as she used her holy powers.

Then she came out from the study room with the war strategies she has worked on all night.

But then she frowned again.

‘...’

‘Who threw the blanket here?!’

‘I was freezing all night without a blanket where someone is throwing it away.’

Eleanora felt irritated as she walked pass the blanket on the ground which was only at a little distance from her study room.

After getting ready and changing into the official knight outfit, Eleanora came out from her room to walk towards the meeting room.

But she stopped as she heard some noises from the training field and wondered if the knights are fighting among themselves.

‘Who dares to fight during the war?!’

Eleanora walked towards the training field with rage to stop the knights but she was utter speechless as she saw who was fighting.

Cedrick was sitting on the ground with a tired face as the emperor’s sword was at his neck.

Both of them was full of sweat and heavily breathing, as they have been dueling for hours.

“Get up, Again!”

The emperor roared at Cedrick, who has lost again.

‘What’s happening here?!’

Eleanora thought as she looked horrified.

There is no way Cedrick, who is just a assistance mage can win against a powerful swordmaster like the emperor.

Cedrick can’t even fight with swords that much let alone duel against the emperor.

He is excellent at ministry and strategy, also as an assistant mage for swordmaster’s to fight.

‘What is the emperor thinking?!’

“Want some?”

“...”

“Try this, Your highness. This one is more tasty.”

“...”

Eleanora was speechless as Dion and Jennifer passed her Popcorn and juice.

‘They are enjoying the show instead of stopping it?’

“We can’t stop the emperor anyway, so why not just enjoy the show?”

“Yes, My brother looks so pitiful...”

“...”

‘Are they even serious?’

Eleanora thought as she took some popcorn from Dion and stuffed them into her mouth, before she took a sip of the juice from Jennifer.

“What are they fighting about?”

Eleanora asked as she watched Cedrick stood up with the sword and the emperor started to fight again.

“My brother must have pissed off the emperor to get beaten up like that.”

“No, it’s the emperor who is unreasonable. He came out of nowhere in the morning with a dead looking serious face and asked Sir Raven for a duel.”

Jennifer and Dion commented as they felt sorry for Cedrick.

‘This has something to do with her for sure.’

‘This has something to do with her for sure.’

Both of them thought as they looked at the person in the middle of them at the same time, who had no idea of it and continued to eat popcorns.

Cedrick was already exhausted but as his eyes fall on Eleanora who was watching him, he clenched the sword in his hands.

He doesn’t want to look weak and vulnerable infront of her.

Where the emperor sneered as he watched Cedrick’s action.

‘I was right, huh?’

‘So you wanna covet what’s mine!’

Cedrick charged at him with his sword and Cathain deliberately let him to do this.

‘If am hurt, will she care for me?’

‘Or think that this blonde dog is too weak if he loses to me again?’

With that thought, Cathain also charged towards Cedrick and both of their sword stopped at each others neck.

Where a few more swords was pointed at Cedrick at the same time by the royal guards of the emperor.

“RICK!!”

Eleanora subconsciously yelled for Cedrick by his nickname as the scene of her past life flashed infront of her eyes.

The scene of the royal guards pointing their swords at her father as he pointed his sword at the emperor.

Eleanora knew that Cathain has deliberately gave Cedrick the chance to charge at him.

Dion and Jennifer was shocked because of her actions and looked at the emperor with pity.

.....

‘My brother is dead now.’

‘Wow, she just added more fuel into the fire by this.’

Jennifer and Dion thought as they hastly catched their foods which was almost dropped on the ground by Eleanora.

She ran towards Cedrick and the royal guards hesitantly withdrew their swords from his neck as Cedrick put down his sword.

But Cathain’s sword was still pointing at his neck.

‘Rick?!’

‘So you call him by his nickname where you refused to call me by my name yesterday?’

Cathain’s expression darkened as he glared at Cedrick, who was being cared by Eleanora.

“Are you okay?!”

“Yeah...”

Cedrick spoke lowly as he was exhausted.

He was full of bruises and little cut marks, as he never got such excessive duel; his whole body ache because of this.

“Let’s go, i will help you.”

Eleanora glared at Cathain with disdain before she took Cedrick’s hands to put it over her shoulder as she helped him to walk away from the podium.

‘You care for everyone, laugh with everyone, even call them by their names...’

‘Why do you only treat me differently?’