The Seven Throne

Preparation Competition

3 days before the Mesaria family tournament.

Sania and Reisa trained together with a wooden sword in the main house yard.

"Ready, sis?"

"Sure, whenever you want"

Since Alif's visit at that time, Sania began to want to open up with Reisa. Their relationship is getting stronger every day, sometimes they will train together using spears, bows, swords, or other type weapons.

Not infrequently they will use holy weapons to fight. But the battle always ends when Reisa can close the distance between them. However, Sania was very disadvantaged in close combat because she used a bow.

The only skill she can use to survive in close combat is [Tempest Flow Dance], but this skill can be canceled by using the same skill but having the opposite wind direction. The main requirement is to be the same or stronger than the first user.

Well, in short ... This skill won't be of much use in a family tournament later. Unless they are confident enough in their own strength. Even though Sania is said to be the most talented young generation in her family, Reisa can always cancel her wind movements with her homemade skill, [Disaster Gale Move].

Sania shifted her legs and shot in the air. She maneuvered in the air by twisting her body and cutting down with a wooden sword. In a very short time, Sania took over the flow of the wind which gave her more encouragement and was helped by the weight of her body which was added to the sword.

Reisa managed to block the attack with her wooden sword, but who would have thought that Sania's attack would feel very heavy and managed to slightly push Reisa's footing. In this case, Reisa defeated Sania's gravity and body weight without any tricks and managed to make it difficult for her to stay afloat.

"Looks like you are gaining weight, don't you want to consider dieting?"

Reisa said that with a smile on her face as if mocking Sania's attacking style.

In an instant the wrath of anger in Sania's heart had been triggered, Sania's eyebrows twitched in annoyance.

"Your words are still annoying as usual, sis. What if you look for a prospective husband faster?"

Feeling not wanting to lose, Sania replied to Reisa's taunts with the topic she hated the most.

Feeling furious, Reisa shifted her right leg back and flung Sania's body to the side with all her strength.

Marriage is the topic Reisa hates the most. How can? In short, because Sania has always been proud and considered a genius. Sania has the highest possibility of becoming the next head of the family. Therefore, to maintain the honor of his family, Reisa must marry a young man from a famous family and strengthen relations between the two families.

Political marriages like this are very natural for the families of the nobles. This is to expand connections and gather strong allies. Not infrequently this relationship ends with the torture of the wife by her husband's family. The degree of men as nobles is indeed more valued than women.

Fortunately, the Empire forbade the system of slavery and domestic violence. If anyone trespasses, he will be brought to court in the Empire.

"Shall we continue?"

"Yes, this has just begun"

This time it was Reisa who first started. She makes complicated and unpredictable steps on the ground very quickly almost like dancing.

"Since when-"

Before Sania could finish her sentence, Reisa's sword had showered Sania with a series of successive attacks targeting the stomach, shoulders, waist, thighs, calves, and knees. Even though it was only a wooden sword, with Reisa's current strength and speed it could definitely leave a scratch wound on Sania's body.

Sania looks quite difficult to block all of Reisa's attacks. This was proven because some of the attacks that escaped Sania's defense actually cut a little injury to his waist and thighs. Some parts of his clothes were also torn in this process.

Sania didn't have a chance to counterattack at this speed, she just needed a small gap to stop Reisa's momentum. And the opportunity came when Reisa made a little mistake in her steps and made her slip backwards.

Unwilling to let go of this opportunity, Sania drew his sword quickly towards Reisa.

But all of that is a trick made by Reisa. With her body leaning back, she stuck her sword to the ground and turned her body. Her left foot walked on the ground while her right foot turned up and kicked Sania's sword down.

"Wh-"

Sania's sword was released before she could react. Unwilling to give up, Sania tried to bend her knee and square off to jump. But the tip of Reisa's sword was right in front of her face before Sania could release the swing.

Sania decided to surrender and raised her hands in the air.

"Alright, I give up. Sister, since when did you learn [Ghost Step]?"

[Ghost Step] is one of the secret techniques possessed by the Mesaria Family. Actually, there are quite a lot of people who want to learn it, but because of the lack of talent and high difficulty in learning this technique, this technique is considered trashy and useless. Even so, this technique is still neatly stored in the ranks of engineering in the Mesaria family warehouse.

"Ufufu, that's a secret. Sania is still too young to understand?"

"Huh? We didn't even differ a year and were born almost at the same day, why do you still think of me like a child?"

Reisa stroked Sania's head gently, Sania showed a troubled face due to the difficulty in refusing the treatment. This makes Reisa more satisfied playing with Sania.

"Alright, let's go for lunch. Father might have been waiting"

"Wait, you still hasn't answered my question!"

Reisa left without considering Sania's question heading to the main residence.

"Hey~ please tell me"

Sania whined throughout their journey while Reisa secretly smiled in the face of Sania's childish attitude.

...

Meanwhile somewhere in the territory of the Mesaria family.

Night fell and the room was only illuminated in the dim candlelight.

On the bed, sat an old man staring at the moonlight through the window of his room.

"How's the report?"

Responding to the old man's question, someone dressed completely in black and wearing a fox mask came out from a dark corner.

"We have confirmed that Alif has left for the Lifosom continent"

"How many are with him?"

"In total there are 124 people with him"

"Looks like it's not a big deal. Then what about Arvan?"

"It looks like he also boarded a ship and headed for the Lifosom continent"

The old man looked very angry. He broke the glass beside his bed.

"Damn brat! Hurry and prepare the subject of further research, we have work to do."

The masked person disappears again in the night's shadow.