Having that contract gave me too much time to spare. I gave Carl the honor to go and fetch me the books in Ignatius' room, Daisy always gives us some cookies and anything we need, Lucian whose room is located near to mine as when problem arises he is here to take care of it, and most importantly Ignatius is not bothering me for a month now.
"Lucian, you're not tired reading those spell books are you?" I asked him as I lowered my book to look at him while I was literally lying down on his knee.
"And you are not tired looking for clues about Zalarith, your highness. Your head is so heavy that my lower body is getting numb" he replied which offended me and I immediately lifted the book I was reading.
"You do know that you will get you tongue cut off by slandering me, the princess of the empire right?" I told him and he just scoff it off.
"You are getting bolder and bolder each day Lucian" I told him in a cold voice.
"You should find a new friend then Your highness. A friend who can bear the weight of your head" he said as he was about to stand.
"If my head touch the ground then I will cut off your head and your precedents" I warned him coldly.
"Then we will die together as to which you failed to do the end of your bargain your highness" he replied and we stood quiet for a while.
"I will take your suggestion. I should look for another playmate then. After that, you will be the one losing your life here not me" I replied and immediately stood up.
"Going to hold a sword again? I don't know why you're doing this but you're too young to wield a sword" he commented.
"At least I am making an effort to at least defend myself" I replied.
"Why would you do that? No one is after your life and not to mention that you are the sole heir to the throne so what's the use?" he asked while he followed me.
"Someone is after my life, you can say that the black mages is one of them" I replied.
"Ohh please~ I can erase them to the world with just a flick of a finger" he said confidently making me look at him with a disgusted face.
"Quite confident are you?" I replied.
"My teacher said that if I am good at something then do not afraid to show it and be confident that way no one will dare mess with you" he told me while he was smiling.
I really don't know who his teacher was but we do have similar taste.
"I am curious as to who that teacher is, he or she is quite good" I told him.
"Yeah~ I too am excited to meet her again in ten years" he said while looking far away.
"You love her don't you?" I asked while I was judging him with my eyes.
He suddenly turned red and shy all of a sudden.
"No, I don't. She is just someone I admire" he replied while he was really blushing.
"Eyyy. That's a lie" I told him and his face exploded.
"I am not lying and I have the most honest face in the world you know" he told me while he covers his mouth with his hand.
"Yeah~ Yeah~ Very very honest I see~~" I was trying to push some of his buttons.
"It's true though" he replied.
"I find it really unbelievable that a five-year-old girl is wielding a sword. Are you not interested in dresses and accessories like other girls?" he asked me again as he was judging me.
"Well~ I am not any other girls out there. I am quite unique you know" I replied and brush my hair off my shoulder which made him look at me disgustingly.
"Stop doing that~" he told me and I started fixing my hair for the sword training.
"Do you want a sparing partner, your highness?" he asked me
I looked at him on the side while I was still fixing my hair in ponytail, "If I am engrossed with swords or any weapon, I might consider you as an enemy, even though you are a friend. I am still trying to recover from something, you see~" I told him and trying to collect my inner thoughts.
"I can defend myself well, your highness" He told me again.
"Oh really? I thought a mere magician isn't that fond in swords?" I looked at him.
"Hmmm… How do I say this? Someone thought me so well before" he replied
"Now, I am getting chills when I see your eyes filled with love" I told him as I immediately covered his eyes.
"Don't go easy on me then. I'll figure out how can I keep up with big boys like you. You have accumulated some muscle mass compared to mine soooo… Argh! I'll figure it out along the way" I told him while my hand was on my chin.
"But basing on your practices, you are quite impressive as a first time" he commented.
"Well~ Like I said. I must build up my strength, stamina and many more to ensure my own safety. I do not want to rely on others in this part" I replied and picked up a wooden sword. I tossed him the other sword and he was removing his cape and others.
"You should just join me and we will build our stamina together?" I invited with a smile.
"I can regulate my heart rate with my mana unlike you who still don't last after three rounds, your highness" he replied and it did somewhat made me mad for a bit.
"If you showed me how or told me how to control it then I can easily learn it" I told him while I look at him already in position.
"You're quite confident dear sir" while I was looking at his weakness and there were quite few. When I attacked, I realized something, the spead of a five-year-old is different from my previous body.
He immediately caught on and the spar lasted only for less than an hour. I really need to increase my endurance because I might really die from running out of breath.
"See… I told you" Lucian said while he was acting like a smug and was pretending like a fool.
"How exactly does a mana regulate ones body? Teach me please" I stood up with the wooden sword to keep my balance.
"You won't able to learn such advance training" he said as he was brushing his nose, it's a new way to mock me. I can feel the nerves in my head ache for a reason.
"I'll teach you then" he said with a wide smile. "In exchange, you should call me master" he said with a very devilish grin.
This kid is a devil in disguise.
"I will never ever do it!" I shouted and the sword turned to a walking stick in an instant.