Chapter 4: 4
The next day was peaceful. Irina was still in her chambers when a knock sounded on the door. She opened the door to find a soldier waiting there.
"The king had requested your presence princess. Please follow me." The soldier said.
"Sure lead the way." She followed after the soldier to the king's study.
The soldier knocked on the door politely."Your majesty the third princess is here".
"Let her in" came the voice of the king.
Irina entered the study and bowed to the king."Greetings Your majesty."
"Oh dear daughter, there is no need to bow to me when we are alone. Come sit."
"Yes father. May I know why you have called me here?"she asked.
"Coming straight to the point. I see you have not changed. Well my reason is simple I wish to prepare you for the academy."
"And how do you wish to do so your majesty?"
"Of course by hiring a tutor. No need to be angry. We will be hiring someone who is far more experienced in teaching and is patient enough . Since you will be going to the academy it is important that you learn how to cantrol your strength. Otherwise given your secret identity you won't be able to survive their attacks. Do you understand how troublesome that could be?"
"Sure father. I understand. When can I meet the tutor and start the classes?"
"It will be tomorrow morning. Be ready to pick him up at the infantry. Also don't let him know if your ice affinity. Since no one else knows you should the train with your lightning affinity only. This way it would become very difficult for everyone to connect to your identity as the general."
"You are very thoughtful towards my safety. Thank you father."
"Don't worry child. Afterall you are my daughter too. Now go and prepare for tomorrow. Don't forget to hide your ice affinity from everyone."
"Sure. Once again thank you father. Now I shall take my leave."
Irina exited the king's study and moved towards the training ground.
Reaching there she saw Lucian locked in combat with two alpha warriors.
Even though Lucian was younger he was somehow overpowering them. His strikes were precise and calculative.
Lucian was one of the best warriors in the pack and even in the academy it was rumoured that no one could beat him except the younger prince of the Blood Moon kingdom who was in the same year as him.
The Blood Moon prince, Ragnar was on par with him though not able to defeat him. He was the second ranker while Lucian was first.
Though Lucian was strong she was simply monstrous afterall she was that general who had shaken the entire domain with her raw power. The only one who could compare to her was the first prince of the Blood Moon kingdom who was a monster himself though she could not remember his name.
It was heard that he had two affinities and her had broken through to the stage of an Expert at the age of eighteen.
(The stages one goes through ones they become an awakened mostly at the age of five are:
Novice
Apprentice
Adept
Expert
Master
Grandmaster
Mythical
Saint
Paragon
... )
She was currently midway through Adept stage which was the currently the rank of Lucian also.
Other children of her age were all at the apprentice level. Even her sister has recently broken through to the mid stage of the apprentice level. Though Aurelia was an omega she was strong than most people of her age.
When Irina entered the training grounds everyone noticed her immediately. Afterall she was the brutal princess every guard was talking about since yesterday.
They were excited to see how strong she exactly was to make alphas scream like that whole night.
Lucian noticed her and came towards her with his opponents in tow. " Hey Irina, how come you are here!"
"I was just planning to practice my control over the affinity. How are you faring brother?"
" Good. Do call me if you need any kind of help."
"Sure. Thanks."
She continued towards the part of the faculty where dummies were placed. She started with simple stretches and then continued with affinity control.
Her lightning shone a bright red colour. And every stroke at the dummy left a sizzling smoke afterwards trailing behind the whip that she had made out of lightening.
Some soldiers stopped by and looked at the mesmerising red light and the beautiful girl whose eyes seemed to have turned red at some moment. The mesmerising red suited her.
After almost two hours she stopped her self training and walked around watching others practice. Some were really impressive so she made a mental note to practice with them whenever she could.
Irina left the grounds after inspecting for a bit. She was content with today's training. Although combat was not involved she made progress with her lightning.
Since she mainly used ice her ice affinity has reached at a higher point in her core than the lightning. So she was going to use the time left before the academy to practice her control over lightening.
She turned in the hallways towards her sister's room. As expected she was there training her nature affinity with her plants all around her.
The sisters talked about some things for some time and the Irina left for some official work towards her office.
She had her own office near her room where she completed the tasks given to her by the king. As soon as she closed the door she opened her communicater and asked her team in the capital to meet her in the evening. They had tasks given by the king to complete.