Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 196: How To Rule A Kingdom Part One

A few kilometers from the border that connected to the Blackstone Empire a loud rumbling could be heard as a mass of thousands of golems and millions of soldiers marched towards Alastines capital, leaving behind destruction with every step. The empire soldiers were by no means noble as they broke into civilian houses, killed the men, looted, and r*ped the women before taking them as slaves. This was the horrors of war. 

"Sir are we just going to let our men do as they please?" A unit commander walked up to a tall well built man on a dragonic horse and asked. The unit commander seemed to dislike the actions of the soldiers since it made it seem they had lost all humanity.

"Let them do as they please. That damn King Augustus wiped out a lot of their brothers. Let them take their aggression out on the people of Alastine. Let them understand what going against the Empire truly means." The well built man on the dragonic horse showed no sympathy. 

"But sir the women are..." The unit commander did not like how the females were benign treated.

"Let them be. They will calm down soon. For now, are the reports I have been getting true?" The well built man on the Dragonic horse asked.

"From what we know Sir, Fernalia was completely wiped out the entire kingdom is now a no man's land." The unit commander replied.

"Hmph, that is just because they are weak but The fact that Alastine has something that can destroy an entire kingdom does bother me some." The well built man turned to the pointy eared man next to him. "Amier, what do you think?"

"If it really was a magic attack it is probably one of the highest tiers of magic. I suggest we act more with caution. And General Woodrow I would suggest you keep your men from doing these horrendous acts. If not for my princess asking us to be here, I would have killed these men myself." Amier looked at General Woodrow, his eyes narrowing. 

General Woodrow turned his gaze and looked at his men looting, seeing that they were doing things that could get them the death penalty in the Empire his fury quickly skyrocketed. "You damn idiots! I said you can do as you please but that does not mean to go overboard!"

Seeing one of his soldiers pressing down a teen girl, the general quickly rode over on his dragonic horse and cut the soldiers head off. "If you don't want to end up like him then keep you lust in check!" 

The girl on the ground held her ripped skirt and looked up at general Woodward. "Thank you for saving me..."

"Save you? No, I was just teaching my men what they can not do. Your life means nothing to me." General Woodward did not even look as he waved his sword once again chopping the girls head off. 

This was not just a war, but a purge of all of Alastine. He was given orders by his emperor to kill every human he came across. He did not know what brought this war on nor did he care. He just followed orders and killed who he was asked to kill.

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Capital city of Alastine

"Your highness why is a young girl in charge instead of you? She's not even of royal blood!" An older, round at the hip noble suddenly shouted out.

Prince Nicholai turned his head towards the voice and gazed at the round fat man with frosty eyes. "Watch your tongue, Viscount Wesley. She is my sister and the Third Princess of Alastine. She has been out on the battlefield herself on the front lines despite her age. She not only took control of the southern border she was able to save not only us in the north but also my Fourth Brother and Second Sister. If you so much as show her any disrespect again I will not mind having your entire family killed "

Viscount Wesley quickly closed his mouth. But still, ground his teeth in anger. He had no idea who this little girl was and now all of a sudden she was in charge of the entire kingdom? He could not let this slide. Mustering up his courage again Viscount Wesly continued. "But your highness, She is an outsider even if she is a princess. We can not hand over our kingdom to such a little girl."

"I did not know that Viscount Wesley hated me so much. Are you sure you want to speak politics in the time of war? As it stands now, we do not have enough men to even enter the battlefield. But it seems you can withstand a bit of weight loss so why don't I send you to one of the defensive lines on the outskirts of the barrier?" Alicia walked in after recollecting herself and seeing that her friends and family were only knocked out. Luckily nothing bad beyond bruises had happened to them.

Alicia had truly overreacted when she saw them in such a state. But she now found something she truly needed to work hard on to control. Her emotions should not be allowed to dictate her actions. 

Alicia's words caused Viscount Wesley to begin to sweat. He had never in his life picked up a sword, he knew if he was sent out to defend the capital he would die within five minutes of the first attack. He quickly bowed his head and said: "I spoke out of turn please forgive me, your Highness!"

"Out of turn or not, you are not completely wrong about one thing." Alicia suddenly stated. Causing Prince Nicholai to nod his head. He knew what she was about to say.

But Viscount Wesley looked at Alicia a bit confused. Seeing this Alicia continued. "I am still very young and ignorant of the ways of leading a kingdom. That is why I wanted to have a meeting with all the nobles and advisers that my Royal Father puts his faith in. Until he has returned, he has put the burden of running the kingdom onto my shoulders a girl who is not even twelve years of age. Because of this, I need each and every one of you to advise me on the ways of the kingdom. I need to know everything about the rule of this Kingdom and standing at my side will also be Prime Minister Lewine. So I will know if any of you try to play any tricks due to my young age." 

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