True King's Ecstasy

The next day, Velian announced to the capital how the previous royal family survive the rebellion, and how he wished to let them live.

He didn't forget to sugarcoat the story about how the previous king's mind was corrupted by nobles, and how Julius and Julie acted against his rules, at the same time he added how Julie was about to get killed by the nobles after she stood up for commoners' sake.

Velian didn't personally appear to announce all this, but he used the same method of the drum and representative to announce it.

The reactions to this information were divided as some people liked it since those two were prince and princess, while other groups didn't want them in the kingdom.

But right after, Velian announced his decision to marry Julie and make her a part of the new royal family, they had no choice but to accept it.

Most of the people in the kingdom knew how kind Princess Julie was but, as soon as they heard the name of Rapidclaw, they felt their blood boring in anger.

Soon, most of them calmed down and people started going back to their daily work, Velian also manage to recover his hand without any side effects.

"This is a miracle!"

Sariya carefully touched it from top to bottom, and couldn't help but feel like this was impossible because it looked like his natural hand rather than something which was built up of magic.

"Don't be surprised, in future I will make everyone one of you reach this stage," His words were kind but at the same time, Sariya felt he was looking at her like she was prey and knew he was trying to start another training plan.

"Julie, you don't have to stay with me, as long as you don't leave the castle, you can stay anywhere," Looking at her uncomfortable face, Velian muttered.

But inside Julie was thinking about how this man can have mother and daughter at the same time, it was the most immoral thing she heard in a while so her image of Velian wasn't the greatest one like other people.

"Maybe, I should stay away from him, what if he tries to force me," Muttering her wild fantasies, she travelled around the castle looking for a good place to read her books, since she was bored.

But suddenly outside the garden, she heard the voice of someone training.

*Whoosh

The sound of the sword waving around picked up Julie's interest, so she quickly decided to take a peek.

"It's a boy," Julie had no idea, who this dark-haired boy was, but she wanted him to finish his training and leave quickly so she can read her favourite book in her favourite garden.

She waited and waited for a few minutes, but that boy kept swinging his sword non-stop until he fainted from exhaustion.

"What is wrong with him?" Feeling conflicted, Julie decided to call a maid and ask for help but leaving this boy was out of the question for her.

"Idiot! Why do you have to wave your sword until you faint?" Feeling sad seeing his face, Julie tried to pick him up, but as soon as she touched his body her whole hand felt wet from his sweat causing her to back down a little.

"Ughh~ whatever," Even though she felt a little unhappy about it for a moment, Julie quickly tried to remind herself that she was not a princess anymore, so this was the perfect opportunity for her to get used to people.

Taking the boy's hand onto herself, she supported his body and dragged him and laid his body on a shaft.

"Hmm~ from the looks of it he should be younger than me," She took her book and started fanning him for a little bit and loosened his training suit giving him space to breathe.

"Ahhhhhhh~ this is the first time I saw a body of a male besides my brother," Unknown to Julie, her hand travelled through his chest and looked at the boy's torso in a daze until she heard a voice behind her sending chills down her spine.

"Heh! I didn't know we have a criminal here," Hearing a voice behind her Julie turned her head in a lightning-fast movement.

"Can you take your hands off my brother please?" The voice belonged to none other than Aiko, who usually comes to pick up Akiyo after he faints during training.

"Noooo! Noooo! I was- I was just," Julie felt like her whole brain was going haywire seeing Aiko's face.

"Ohhh~ you look familiar, you're not maid, you're-" Aiko carefully observed her face and suddenly remembered, who this girl was.

"You're Julie Rapidclaw, what are you doing here?" Aiko felt even more interested in this matter, as soon as she realised this person in front of her was someone that could possibly be her rival.

"I was just trying to help him, he fainted," Panicked by her words Julie answered, she didn't want rumours to spread around saying that she attacked a younger guy.

In midst of all this, she forgot about her own age and felt like she was an old woman that was getting criticised for touching a younger guy.

"Whatever! He must be dehydrated, let's talk after helping him," Aiko took her own bottle of water and started sprinkling some on Akiyo's face and drop some few dropped into his mouth.

"Why are you letting him do this if you're his sister? Isn't this really bad for him?" Interested in these siblings, Julie questioned as she wanted to know how different normal brothers and sisters are, from her own relationship with her brother.

"Well, it's not harmful to him, he's doing this for a reason," Aiko looked at her brother with a look, that she won't show if he had his eyes open.

"Both of us really admire, our big brother, Akiyo wants to be skilled enough to help him, I can understand him because I want to do the same thing, but I'm not a warrior, I'm a mage," Showing her magic to Julie, Aiko told with her eyes showing interest as she wanted to know whether this girl in front of her was a threat.