Alice entered the dueling arena.
The two were at daggers drawn, ready to strike at any moment.
"I see, Alexia just found a random extra to go on stage so she could show off her strength in front of everyone."
"But Lady Alice was the previous Martial Heart Festival champion; how could she easily lose to Princess Alexia!"
"Princess Alexia didn't become this year's Martial Heart Festival champion. This proves that Princess Alice is even more formidable."
"What do you know? There are differences even among champions."
"And what do you know? Princess Alice also participated in this year's Martial Heart Festival, and her ranking was even lower than Princess Alexia's."
Alice's fans and Alexia's fans began to argue.
Both sides started debating who was more powerful.
"Both sides ready, prepare, begin!"
As the referee's words fell, Alice launched the first attack.
Her Magic Swordsman's sword, glowing with red magic, slashed towards Alexia.
Alexia dodged the attack by sidestepping.
"Royal Sister, you're as fiery as ever when you fight! Does Royal Sister want to play poker with me?"
Alexia spoke.
When Alexia mentioned playing poker, some indecent images appeared in Alice's mind.
Alice shook her head, making all the images in her mind disappear.
Alice flashed and appeared in front of Alexia.
She swung her Magic Swordsman's sword extremely fast.
The audience could no longer see Alice's sword, only afterimages.
But under such an incredibly fast attack, Alexia hadn't even drawn her sword from its sheath.
She was only dodging, showing no intention of counterattacking.
As she slashed through the air again and again, Alice gradually became more agitated.
Her attacks became disorganized, just a series of wild sword swings.
Alexia also didn't attack, only dodged.
Alice grew more and more anxious, while Alexia looked quite leisurely.
She didn't seem to take the battle seriously at all.
It was more like she was toying with Alice.
"Alexia!" Alice roared.
At this moment, Alexia moved.
She directly pushed Alice down.
Alice was pushed to the ground by Alexia.
And Alexia was lying on top of Alice.
Their lips were only five centimeters apart.
"Royal Sister, calm down!"
From the audience's perspective, it looked like Alexia had kissed Alice.
"What is Princess Alexia doing!"
"It looks like a kiss..."
"This..."
Alexia backhanded and snatched Alice's Magic Swordsman's sword.
In front of Alice, she used her own magic to destroy the Magic Swordsman's sword.
"Royal Sister, you lost!"
A Magic Swordsman losing her Magic Swordsman's sword clearly decided the outcome of the battle.
Alexia turned to leave.
Alice stood up.
She flashed behind Alexia, and a whip kick was about to connect with Alexia.
Alexia didn't move, enduring the kick head-on.
At the same time, she grabbed Alice's leg.
She pulled her entire body closer.
Just now, the two had only been close but hadn't kissed.
But now, Alexia pulled Alice closer.
She tilted her head and directly kissed her.
"Wow!!!"
The arena erupted in gasps; Princess Alexia forcibly kissed Princess Alice.
A shocking scandal.
Just now, everyone hadn't seen clearly whether they had kissed or not.
Now, they had fully kissed.
Alice also looked at Alexia in disbelief.
She didn't understand what Alexia was doing or why she would kiss her in public.
"It's not the first time, why are you so surprised?"
"It's not the first time!!!"
The audience was in an uproar.
Alexia's words implied that the two had already kissed before.
"Don't forget, you were the one who initiated the first time," Alexia spoke again.
Alice's face instantly turned red.
"Princess Alice is blushing, so what Princess Alexia said must be true!"
Alice heard the audience's words and felt like she was losing all face.
"No wonder Lady Alice never talks about boyfriends; it turns out she likes women, and the person she likes is her own sister."
"Yes, yes! Princess Alexia also seems to like Princess Alice. Isn't this a mutual affection!"
"I envy the two princesses for having the courage to disregard worldly opinions. I also like women, but I can't do that!"
"Envy them!"
"Envy + 1"
"Me too!"
...Alice heard everything the audience said.
She cared deeply about what others thought of her.
She even heard some people whispering bad things.
"Princess Alice is truly shameless, to do such things with her own sister."
"Princess Alice is too disappointing."
"She's leading by example in doing such things; it will affect the entire country. If she doesn't even know this, is she still fit to be a princess?"
These words were spoken very softly, but Alice heard them all.
Facing the rumors, coupled with her crushing defeat and feeling too ashamed to face anyone, these emotions directly caused her a splitting headache, and she eventually fainted.
Alice was taken to the infirmary.
The members of the Crimson Knight Order were also taken back by Shishiko Kouren.
Shishiko Kouren only suffered superficial wounds; as a Magic Swordsman, he would be fine after some rest.
He didn't need any recovery time at all.
After Alice and her people left,
Alexia continued to recruit members for the Daybreak Knights.
With the recent battle,
Many third-year Magic Swordsmen wanted to join Princess Alexia's Daybreak Knights.
The strength of a Knights Order depends on its leader.
Princess Alexia not only had high status but also possessed extremely powerful strength.
Moreover, she had announced that she would become the new King of Midgar.
Wouldn't that be an incredible opportunity?
If they performed well, they might even obtain high-ranking noble titles.
All the lower-ranking nobles among the third-years joined Alexia's Knights Order.
On the first day, two hundred Magic Swordsmen joined the Knights Order.
A month ago, Alexia used funds from her father to purchase a piece of land, and she approached the Mitsugoshi Company, hoping they could help with construction.
The Mitsugoshi Company naturally agreed.
For construction matters, the Mitsugoshi Company generally didn't need to do it themselves.
Their affiliated merchant guilds could handle it.
For example, the Wan Le Merchant Guild.
Nyau, who was in charge of the Mitsugoshi Company, assigned this task to Susan of the Wan Le Merchant Guild.
And now, a month later, the Daybreak Knights' base had already been built.
Princess Alexia had arranged for maids to clean the place in advance.
She also assigned tasks to these Knights Order members.
The current task was to enhance the strength of these individuals.
Without strength, everything else was just empty talk.
Alexia decided to personally guide everyone.
Only then could everyone grow quickly.
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