Chapter 15: World of Magic

(A/N: I stopped using POV's for some reason and wanted to just put all the feelings and words of my characters with the flow of the story. So forgive me i wont be using POV's)

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Lu Xie opened her eyes she was laying on a velvet king bed the room was dark only a little sunlight is seen on the slight crack of the curtain. She stood walked towards the window and opened the curtains.

The sunshine illuminated the dark room Lu Xie let the sunshine directly hit on her face and let out a sigh. She slowly opened her eyes and look around the room there was vintage furnitures. The walls were covered in black and white wallpaper.

A big chandelier was in the center of the room covered with what looked like to be glass.

[Ding transferring the plot to the host]

Lu Xie sat down on the sofa and close her eyes, this is a World Of Magic like an otome game. This is a story of how the hero Zu Gan as a commoner and the heroine Yu Seol the favored princess of the kingdom got together and reach the pinnacle of life.

Lu Xie frowned slightly the name of the heroine is familiar but she doesn't know where she heard the name. She ignored it for now and continue to read the plot.

The hero Zu Gan was born as a commoner his parents lived in a secluded area in the kingdom. His mother was a tailor while his father was a soldier. Since he was young he had big ambitions in life he joined the military at the age of 5.

He was born with a large amount of mana and a dual skill of wind and earth which helped him in training to be a magic swordsman.

His father trained him at a young age he slowly work his way up the ranking. At the age of 12 he was already a second lieutenant he was praised by many even the king praised him and gave him 10 gold coins. Zu Gan was happy he was steps away from his goal of becoming a major general.

Lu Xie looks into the original owner Lu Xie the son or rather daughter of Duke Lu. The original owner was supposedly a girl but in this world where there is a tradition where men in the family will inherit the title of their father. The original owner's mother gave birth to her when her husband was at war.

She was sad and worried that her daughter would have a hard life so she bribed the nurse who helped her in her pregnancy to keep quiet. Only she and the nurse know that the original owner was a girl. The original owner grew up like a man under her mother who always stayed by her side, when the original owner was 3 her father put her into intensive training.

At 10 she was thrown in the wild to survive for 3 months, her father was ruthless to her and would always brainwash her that men are superior to women they are nothing but a breeding objects by men. That's why the original owner grew up looking down on women and is very paranoid.

Lu Xie felt sorry for the original owner, at such a young age she experienced hardships and torture from her father. She sighed heavily stood up and walked to the bathroom, took a quick shower, and put on her military uniform.

Yesterday, the original owner just came back after successfully subduing a large group of bandits by himself. And today is the day the hero would fight the original owner for promotion to the First lieutenant position.

Lu Xie walked out of her room and was greeted respectfully by maids and butlers she passed by, the original owner had facial paralysis so her face would show no emotion.

"Good morning Master," said an old butler Ci he was the original owner's butler since young until now

The father of the original owner died in battle when she was 16 and inherit the title duke, all the properties were given to her and she manage it very well than her father. The original owner was a genius and her magic was a rare space and ice.

Her mother later also passed away a few months after her father, she loved the duke very much so she was willing to lie than see her husband be with another woman.

A lot of people pity her and some are greedy about all the properties she inherited.

Duke Lu was both rich and powerful he owned a large mines of diamond, gold, and a big ocean filled with precious pearls.

Lu Xie look at the butler with no expression and nodded she quietly eat breakfast and made her way to the military school. The original owner was 2 years older than the hero and graduated at the very top she was the role model for all the students and teachers praised him.

The carriage made its way to a beautiful school one can tell that it was a school for the rich, the beautiful fountain, the neatly placed flowers, and the mana around the school was a little dense. Lu Xie was silently looking outside while her right hand curled into a fist under her chin.

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*swoosh*

*swoosh*

*clank*

The training ground filled with young talents all are which holding a wooden swords they are all standing in stance and kept swinging their swords endlessly. The sun was scorching hot today the students are all sweaty and tired.

"Stop! Good job, you all passed the test" said a big bulky man with big muscles, John he is the second strongest general in the kingdom and a friend of the previous Duke Lu

After hearing what he said all the students dropped their swords and sat where they are standing, some are catching their breath, some are very thirsty and some are already laying on the ground as if asleep.

"Alright, get your ass up. We have a visitor coming today" John clapped the tired students weakly stood up and went to the sidelines.

Then the sound of the horse was heard at the entrance of the training ground.

In a place where no one can see a beautiful woman was looking at the training ground while drinking tea. She was quietly watching when she heard a carriage stop at the entrance of the training ground.

"Mini, who is that?" The woman asked curiously she can't see the symbol on the carriage

Mini who was called looked in the direction and politely said "It's Duke Lu, your highness"

The woman who was called highness is the heroine Yu Seol.

"Hmmm" she kept looking at the carriage

When the carriage door was opened Yu Seol was shocked by a very handsome man stepping out, he was wearing an all-black uniform with gold linings decorated on them. In her right hand, a black cape was covering her whole arm. Around his waist was his sword sheath.

The man had beautiful silver hair like polished silver and eyes like the night sky it was as if twinkling, his expression showed no emotion but that made him even more handsome. Is tall, and slender, and his legs are long.

All the people on the training ground were shocked to see the young Duke come, his aura was different neither heavy nor cold. But people can't look straight in his eyes they felt fear coming from him, just like his father they both had the same aura.

"Hahaha it's been a long time since I saw you kiddo" John laughed happily

"Uncle, we just meet yesterday" the moment he spoke the girls who were watching suddenly screamed,

"Kkyyyaaaa"

"His voice is so beautiful"

"Oh my god, Duke Lu"

"Aahhhh Duke Lu I like you"

A series of girls shouted they didn't even notice their embarrassing expressions, aristocrat families are very strict with etiquette.

Lu Xie didn't bother with them and looked at John emotionlessly.

"Hahaha this kid" John just laughed

"Alright, enough with that. Today, Duke Lu is here to spar with anyone who wants to raise their ranks" John announced loudly

"Oh my god really"

"I'll join let me spar with him"

"Upstairs are you courting death, Duke Lu had been on the battlefield since he was young and had a lot of experience in combat"

"F*ck I almost forgot, after his father's death he took over the property"

"I also heard he single handedly subdue a large group of bandits yesterday"

"That's insane a large group of bandits is around 100-200 people"

The students on the sidelines whisper at each other, John took this opportunity to let them experience what it's like to fight someone with experience.

"So is there anyone who wants to try," John asked loudly

"Teacher, I want to try" a young man raised his hand

John nodded happily and was satisfied, he thought to himself 'I was right to take him under me'.

The young man stepped out from the crowd he was holding a sword in its sheath, the man was tall and handsome his face had traces of sweat. This man is the hero Zu Gan.

"Hahahaha, you made me proud my young apprentice" John praised him

"Thank you teacher" Zu Gan bowed politely

"Good good, Duke please take care of him" John look at Lu Xie

Lu Xie simply nodded, remove her cape, and handed it to the person following him, his right arm Van. She stepped forward a bit, raise her right foot, and stamped on the ground. The ground shook slightly, and a small part of the ground raise creating a big round arena in the center.

She stepped on the platform with her sword.

[Ding defeat the hero

Reward: 500

Failure: Gold mine destroyed]

Zu Gan also stepped onto the platform and looked at the person in front of him he was standing still yet he attracted attention.

"Alright, you know the rules. This is only a spar don't go too far" John reminded them

The two nodded in understanding. Lu Xie put on a white sash on his body, the challenger will have to cut the sash to win that is the tradition.

"Senior, please take care of me," Zu Gan said politely with a salute

Lu Xie hummed as a response, then she got an idea "How about let's make this a bit more challenging" she said lightly

Zu Gan was a little surprised "What does Senior have in mind" he was also curious about what he is thinking about

"Simple used everything you got to attack me and the one who step put the platform loses. So?" Lu Xie said coldly

Zu Gan thought for a while then nodded "Okay, deal" he said seriously

He put on a stance and took out his sword, the sword was long and very sharp one can see their reflection on the sword. At the end of the handle, a beautiful red ruby gem was embedded in it.

Lu Xie just stood there her left hand behind him her body slightly facing sideways. Her expression was cold and quiet as if waiting.

Zu Gan then rushed toward her and jumped high, he made sure that it was to make Lu Xie blinded by the sun. He held his sword tightly and slashed down.

*CLANK*

A loud sound of swords hitting sounded and the wind blew dust around them. Slowly the dust disappear Zu Gan was then pushed awayand , he nearly stumbled down.

Lu Xie easily blocked his attack without moving, she knew he was going to use this trick. According to the experience of the original owner, she saw this trick on the battlefield a hundred times.

"F*ck he didn't even move"

"Just how strong is he, Zu Gan was a second lieutenant and he defeated almost all of us before"

"How can you compare when one had an experience while the other had none"

"Gosh he looks so handsome"

"Waah a knight and shining armor"

The watchers exclaimed, Zu Gan, focused put earth magic on his feet and wind magic that created a blanket to the sword making it slightly sharper. He bends his knees lightly his eyes looking at Lu Xie.

Then he put the force in his foot and dashed toward Lu Xie at an insane speed. He slashed diagonally but was blocked once again. Zu Gan kept attacking him relentlessly, but Lu Xie just kept blocking his attack like it was nothing.

Yu Seol who was watching still can't believe what is happening to her, the moment she saw the young duke. Her heart was beating wildly in her chest. She didn't understand but as she kept watching, her eyes kept following her every movement.

'Why... Why am I feeling like this' Yu Seol thought