Estell city, southern courtyard of the royal palace. On the training ground, a girl around 16 years of age, with blindfold on and a long sword on her hand was standing with heightened focus.
Suddenly, small metallic spheres with immense speed, came at her from two directions. The girl moved elegantly with her sword and cut every single metallic sphere that came at her, with minimum motion and high speed, cleaving them cleanly in half.
After nearly an hour of slashing, the attacks stopped. Just then, the man standing opposite to her, raised his right hand and gave a forward slashing gesture.
Immediately, four people with four different weapons, a sword, a spear, twin daggers and a hammer attacked her simultaneously. The girl though calmly handled the incoming attacks, started to feel pressure, as time went on.
After about twenty four minutes of fierce battle, she was able to disarm three opponents and knocked one unconscious.
Finally, the young man standing opposite to her spoke "Enough. You pass".
The girl, slowly sheath her sword and opened her blindfold with a smile.
The girl's name is Caroline Raihan, the fifteenth princess of the kingdom of Raihan. At the young age of 28, she has reached the realm of martial arts grandmaster. A realm only those who are extremely talented in martial arts and with years of rigorous training can achieve.
Caroline has a chubby build, an innocent and naïve face with blackish hair flowing over her shoulder, reaching to her mid back. Though she is 28 years of age, she looked, like she is only 16 years old.
She is the daughter born of the current king and a maid, serving him in the royal palace. Once the king learned of her birth, he appointed the maid as his concubine and gave Caroline the status of the princess.
Though she was the fifteenth princess, as she was born to a maid, she was marginalized. Her early stage of life was filled with hardships and bullying.
This all changed when she reached the age of 15, when she was selected to undergo training, to join one of the immortal sects, to practice immortal arts. That's when she met him, the man standing opposite to her. He is her mentor, her protector, a close friend and her idol.
Initially, he was meant to be the protector of the eleventh princess, but for reasons unknown, he chose her. When questioned by the king, his reply was "I can see great potential in her".
From that moment, her life started to change. Her dark and gloomy days filled with fear, gradually turned bright and filled with purpose and happiness.
He taught her martial arts, medicine, how to handle different situations, how to read people, how to solve conflicts, how to plan, how to improvise if the plan failed, and most of all; he taught her how to be happy.