The Fake Princess's Soul Contract Duke

Chapter 10: Meeting With the Three Main Antagonists

“Wah! How beautiful!”

Estelle stared at the cathedral's giant crystal pillars, towering like ice castles, with sparkling eyes. That was the first thing he did after getting off the carriage, while the Duke and Duchess Sheridan had already joined the conversation with the other noble family heads.

Estelle took a small walk with her head glancing right and left.

His eyes sparkled and twinkled as he looked at the neat and beautiful spacious garden filled with flowers in the front yard of the cathedral, as well as the giant fountain shaped statue of God Ilios who was stretching his hands.

Alianora is no better than that.

Although she did not show her expression as extreme as Estelle, her widened eyes and raised eyebrows, expressed genuine admiration from within.

The building in front of him is so unique and beautiful.

The texture of the walls, all of which were made of glass that shone colourfully in the sun, was something he had never seen before. In the human world, glass is still rare and expensive, so only the castles of the wealthy nobles and royal families are decorated with glass. So when he saw this modern building, he felt that his boring trip was not bad either.

From the crowd, Alianora's attention was slightly disturbed by the appearance of some people wearing dark robes covering their entire bodies from top to bottom. They were chatting with priests beside the cathedral while occasionally seeing baptismal candidates.

Alianora narrowed her eyes.

He recognized the robe.

His dark purple color.

Gold carvings elongated at the ends.

The emblems of the sun and stars are striking on their chests, as well as the brooch of star-eyed gold chains with topaz gems.

Witch of the tower.

Ah, so they're here huh.

Alianora was not surprised anymore, rather she already knew that she would see those people here.

That was because, Thalia had also seen the same thing as him in the past.

"Look, this year is the same. They're coming again."

"Huh, who?"

"The tower witch, the people there. Last year there was a witch coming."

Alianora listened to the conversation of the group of boys behind her, comparing it to the conversation she had in her memory.

"This time is more, isn't it? Only one came."

"What are they here for?"

"You don't know? They're here to see if any of us have good talent!"

'When a noble receives a blessing, then also the quality of their magic is displayed in public. The magic spell that the priest would cast on them would later react with the mana present in the body, making the body filled with mana. Because so much mana enters, the body cannot contain it, and it is automatically released by the body, resulting in bright light around the body.'

"Light is what we look like in our bodies. The light produced varies depending on which element in our body. For example, blue represents the element of water."

'The brighter the light produced, the better the quality of our mana. People with good mana quality meant having great potential to become genius magicians, and the job of tower magicians was to recruit those who were considered geniuses.'

"If the mana quality is good enough, then they will be given a letter of recommendation on behalf of the Tower Leader, so that they can directly enter the Aethergarde academy without the need to conduct an entrance test. There was a time when if they found a very talented child, they would instantly recruit him into a novice disciple in the royal magic Tower."

Well more or less like that, it's still exactly the same as the one in Thalia's memory.

As the witches moved to the back of the cathedral along with the priests, Alianora decided to return to Estelle. He should at least return to the position before the next incident arrives, prepare patience more precisely, and prepare to carry out a plan on how he can get away without having to finish off the people there.

Okay, it's fitting. Now, let's count down.

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1....

Just then from his right direction, Alianora heard the voices of several children, approaching her.

“Good morning, Miss Sheridan.”

Haa... Has it started yet?

Suddenly Alianora glanced to the side and found three girls of her age, wearing simple and elegant dresses in light blue, light green, and cream. Their hair is pigtailed funny with a variety of head jewelry, when viewed from the outside, they look like the daughter of a noble family with a fairly high status.

They approached Alianora with a smile, but before Alianora could react, the three of them immediately walked past her without just looking at her one bit, and not to forget also, their shoulders were slightly clasped with Alinora's arms, made his body shift slightly to the side.

Alianora, “...”

Oh, look at that, don't they look so confident?

With such a haughty attitude, it was no wonder that they could make Thalia get 'trouble' at the birthday party of one of them. Today will be the same, these three boys, like true criminals, will make trouble for him. Alianora couldn't help but feel deja vu.

Alianora is not Thalia. Indeed, he had felt a little tired, but when he saw the behavior of the amateur boys, his spirit burned again. He immediately felt enthusiastic about teaching them, who they were dealing with.

Heh...Well, bad boys..What should I do to you guys hm?

“Ah! Miss Michelle, Miss Aster, Miss Rachell, good morning too. Nice to meet you here.” Alianora with a face that was emitting a dark sting, looked back, and right there, she saw Estelle welcoming the three girls with a bright smile as usual.

Then Estelle's gaze, fell on the figure of Alianora who was still standing looking at them with an indecipherable expression. “Sister! What's brother doing there? Come brother!”

As Estelle waved at him, the three noble princesses also glanced at him with mocking gazes. Although they were smiling, Alianora could see that their eyes implied a whole feeling of contempt, and dislike.

Alianora laughed in her heart.

Is this what he's been worried about since yesterday?

Heh, what a shame to Goddess Alianora, it really isn't you.

Alianora felt anxious because what she saw from Thalia's memory was quite severe.

The innocent Thalia, was unable to see their traps.

Before she realized, she was already sitting on the ground in a dress and her entire body was filled with mud thrown by three cursed boys who at that time laughed at her misfortune wholeheartedly.

"Haha! I can't believe that he'll believe it that easily! He's a fool!"

"I think you're more suited to this, smelly and ugly, like your lowly status."

"You think with a body like that, you deserve to be called 'Miss Sheridan', ha! Know yourself a little, you commoners!"

Thalia looks pathetic, and she knows it. But there was nothing he could do then but sit on the mud ground while holding back the failed cries, and try his best to cover his ears.

He looks like he's going to be pissed off by being upset and sad.

But now, that incident would not be possible to repeat. Oh please, where might Alianora want to be in that position?

The hazel-haired noble daughter who was in the middle, fluttered her young green skirt arrogantly.

“Oh, I salute Miss Thalia La Sheridan. My name is Michelle Laurent, the first daughter of Marquess Laurent. Nice to meet you.”

She bowed slightly to greet Alianora, followed by the other two girls who were to her right and left, Young Miss Aster and Young Miss Rachell.

Michelle Laurent, Rachell Vincentia, Aster Groudon, these are the names of the three villains in Thalia's life who will make her life hell.

After being humiliated in front of the other god candidates, Kalisto and Annabeth found out about it and immediately brought Thalia home. Callisto was so angry that he even canceled Thalia's baptism, and forbade her from attending public events of the nobility forever. It also triggered Thalia's fear of public events.

From then on, bad rumors about Thalia became a topic of discussion among the aristocrats, which eventually resulted in Thalia being increasingly ostracized in the upper class.

Three kids really don't know themselves.

Alianora gave a faint smile that failed to be seen by the three boys in front of her.

“My name, Thalia-”

“Ah, before that please allow me, representing Miss Rachell and Miss Aster, apologize in advance for our actions just now, Miss Sheridan.”, please, cut Michelle with a face that shows no remorse at all.

While folding both hands, Michelle Laurent continued, “It seems we were very excited to meet Miss Sheridan, ah maxut me Miss Estelle, so we can't recognize Miss Sheridan who is standing in front of us.”

From behind, Aster Groudon also raised his face and showed off brown spots on his face. “That may be because Miss Sheridan today looks simple and simple compared to Miss Estelle, so we thought you were someone else.”

“And also the head of the Pastor does not require for baptized children to wear good clothes. So of course, it's our fault.”, Rachell Vincentia opened the fan she was holding to cover half of her face, but from both of her eyes that were curved upwards, she said,  Alianora knew that she was doing that because she couldn't help but laugh.

Alianora was the same, she bit her lower lip to hold back the evil smile that was about to enter her face.

Indeed, the boy's name was still a boy, their thinking remained simple until it made Alianora feel a little funny. It seemed like it was time for him to show them who they were fighting.

Boy, let me show you.

How a real criminal did it.

*****

THE PLAQUE!

The instantaneous sound of a slap made the atmosphere around them become silent. Michelle's cheeks were already red next door and the picture of five fingers could be clearly seen there. The noble children there all looked at them with gaping mouths and wide eyes, some even covering their mouths tightly.

From the left side, Rachell shouted at Alianora in annoyance.

“A-what the fuck are you-”

THE PLAQUE!

Rachell retreated in a daze backwards while holding her hot cheek, Aster shouted in a loud voice, “K-you, dare-”

But again, the loud sound of a slap echoed, making the other noble children who were watching gasp without being able to do anything, nor speak anything.

Some of the adults who were standing not far from it, had already started to put on worried faces towards the large crowd of children in front of them, there were even those who were trying to get close, already, they include Marquess Laurent, Count Vincentia, and Count Groudon.

Alianora looked at the three boys in front of her who were still in shock, with a smile on her face.

Boy, let me tell you, you're all 1000 years too soon to challenge me.

"When have I allowed you to talk?"

Alianora cleaned the hand she used to slap the three boys with a handkerchief.

"You heard, right? I'm not done talking, why did you suddenly cut it? Tell me why?"

All the crowd was silent, they were only able to whisper in a very small voice.

On the other hand, the three brats facing Alianora were completely unable to dwell. Their faces were all flushed red withstanding shame and disbelief, especially Michelle. His face was like a tomato.