"P- Princess!? She's a princess!? Calea!? YOU MEAN CALEA DE' FREDERICA!?" Kalios also shouted and pointed his finger, he was shaking.
"Frederica? Isn't that the name of the royal family of Lunarfall kingdom? She's the princess of that place!?" Said Endi.
"W- what? Oh shit, what should i do–" Said Zayn, he seems to be panicking all over the place.
"Then– Did we just—" Deon said, he remembered what he and the others did to Calea last night. "I knew she was way too beautiful for a commoner, so she's the princess of Lunarfall– I never met her until now.."
Calea heard all of their reactions, and she didn't dislike it, infact, she was delighted to see them tremble upon hearing her actual name, it was like they feared her even though she knew that it wasn't the case.
Calea lifted her right arm, ignoring all of the muscle pain she felt at every movement of it, it was tormenting, but she doesn't care anymore, because as long as she is still breathing, Calea already made her mind to survive this place no matter what.
"I would like to see what you will become in the next few months." Scythe said as he grabbed Calea's hand and pulled her up.
An anxious feeling loomed over everyone in the building as they saw Calea standing up with no issue, they thought that she was already dying and will take her last breath at any moment, but it turns out she was just acting all this time, she's no longer the Calea that they knew, she now have also evolved like them, and from the looks of it, she is not going to let the boys go just like that.
'Fuck, am i getting scared by a girl? She's just a weak princess, even if her personality changed, she's still the weakest and can barely complete the daily training.' Carsel thought to himself as he clicked his tongue. "But i can't help but to be cautious, i know a lot of instances where someone who has lost their reasoning and morales turning into monsters just to fulfill their revenge.'
***
A few minutes later at the training ground outside the shack..
"Here you go, wear this" Scythe said as he handed Calea a spare clothing, it's still the same as her previous one, rugged and dirty, coincidentally it is also the same size so Calea didn't have to worry about the tightness. "Also i have to put up a warning to all of you, next time you want to start some ruckus, make sure not to rip clothes alright? We don't have anyone that can make new clothing and there's only three set of clothing remainings in the storage."
"..Yes, sir." Everyone responded.
Calea quicky wore the clothing she'd been given to, and as expected, its uncomfortable.
The shirt had a rough texture, it feels like there's thousand of small thorn scratching Calea's body constantly, not only that but its also smelly, and the smell was similar to that of dried blood.
'This dark pattern that covered the neck area, and also how its smell is similar to blood, there's no mistaking it– This clothing was taken from those who have died at the start..' Calea thought, putting her nose closer with the shirt to get a good sniff.
Although her body is hurting like crazy, Calea was able to ignore it, perhaps it was because of her newfound desire and perseverance that heightened her pain tolerance, after a few more seconds pass, Scythe then brought the wooden scythes to the training ground and gave it to everyone.
"As per usual, show me your current progress on the scythe technique, Carsel, you go first." Scythe said, crossing his arms as he stand beneath a tree.
"Yeah yeah.." Carsel said, he walked forward a couple steps before stopping at a appropriate distance between the others.
Then, Carsel began to swing his scythe in a crazy-like pattern, he was following the technique that Scythe showed them a week ago, everyone did this every morning, sharpening their scything skills and also to improve their consistency.
At first, Carsel's movement was almost flawless, he swung the wooden scythe around and brought the wind along with it, his performance was incredibly captivating, no one noticed how long they've been watching, before they knew it, it was already way past the 2 minutes mark, and Carsel is still dancing with the scythe.
However, after a few more delicate swings, Carsel began to show some mistakes, first he hit himself using the scythe when trying to switch hand after swinging it farther than what his arm can reach, then following that, the wind that is following his movement started to gradually scatter around, leaving his scythe alone.
"Stop, you're good." Scythe said, he have seen enough and it is time for the next person to show their technique. "Vedra, you're up."
"Tch.. I was so close.." Carsel said, disappointed with his performance.
Meanwhile, Calea who's been watching Carsel closely, noticed some interesting point that she thought would be worth remembering.
'Hoh? He can't seem to transfer the swing from his right arm to left, is it because the scythe is still too heavy?' Calea thought. 'Wait, when you want to transfer your swing from one hand to another, shouldn't it be beter if your palm is wide open? Carsel only opened half of his palm, just barely enough to catch the scythe pole.. Why is that?'
'— His right arm is injured, specifically his fingers.. He must've broken some of his bones there from the fight against Vedra, and that affected his skills'
Suddenly, Calea felt a surge of ecstasy, her brain was pumping, and her eyes shook. 'I can– Beat both Carsel and Vedra, right now..' Calea thought, unable to hide her joy from the others.
'Shit.. Why is she smiling, its pissing me off, she's not thinking about causing chaos infront of Scythe right?..' Deon thought, he was angry with Calea, he knew she won't leave him alone, not after what he had done to her, 'Fuck.. How did she even able to still be fine after all of that..'
The morning went on pretty quickly, Vedra showed Scythe his current skills and imitation of the technique, but because of his broken arm, he wasn't able to do much and quickly gave up so that his injury wouldn't worsen.
Then, after a few more performances from all of the boys, it's now Calea's turn.
***
A week before, the day after the selection for the instructor took place..
Scythe was just done with showing his technique to Calea and the others, and once he told them that they have 2 months to replicate the technique, Scythe continued talking, now this time he was getting way more detailed.
"Continuing from that line in the Ancient Book..." He said.