So, a few months passed since I had this instructor. She taught me a lot about how to fight and use magic at the same time.

  I can use some spells and cast while I fight, but I am still very limited in what I can do.

  Now, I am in front of my father; he is looking at me, waiting for me to speak first.

  "So, why did you summon me to the office?" I know he is busy signing and making documents, but he should have a good reason for this.

  "Well, do you know about your marriage and who you will be married to, the prince of Wiefra has decided to pay us a visit, I walk back on my decision; you have known both princes since childhood so I will let you decide which one of them. I know you seldomly meet one of them but I don't think that will be an issue, the prince in Monari is even more mannered than the prince of Wiefra" – Here we go again, having to choose someone to marry in this world, I thought he forgot about that or at least he let it go.

  "Father, I will marry who I want to marry, ok?" - I turned my back and reached for the door.

  "It is your choice, but I am making it easier for you, Fatima." – I turned back to look at him, almost forgetting to ask him something.

  "Also, dad, is there a magic academy where I can study magic? Remind me again, what was it's name?"

  "You mean Welcia Academy? Yes, you will be going there shortly, only two weeks before the new year begins." With that said, I left the room and did some training with my instructor. I am skipping over it since it's nothing interesting. I am training the strength of this body, and as always, Hikari was there to keep me company.

  There was that other maid that I talked with a few months ago. I know I didn't mention this, but I did makeup with some of the maids for good. But there is still one of them that I still have to reconcile with, and that maid is her.

  "I hope you didn't forget what we had talked about?" - She whispered while resting.

  "I didn't. I need to wait for the right time. According to the info I gathered, the dungeons of my father's mansion will have their guards leave once every one or two months for some sort of inspection, and we need to strike then." Hikari already knew about everything, but I don't want her to get mixed up in this. If anything, I should be the only one to get involved since I can talk my way out of this.

  Just as we were talking, a group of twenty guards was heading in the opposite direction from where we were looking.

  After they passed, the maid spoke

  "We need to go now," – Ayame, the maid, whispered.

  We headed into the mansion's dungeons. This is where all of the dangerous criminals are kept, or so I heard.

  From Ayame's sayings, this is where her little sister and mother are being held captive and treated without any dignity and respect.

  Going inside, the dungeon was small, and there weren't many captives. Most of them, Ayame told me, were criminals, but at the end of the dungeon corridor, I could hear the whimpers of a child. They somehow sounded more rugged than they should.

  Approaching the cell, I could see a little huddle against a woman. They both had small, thin horns on their heads and were dressed in rags. These clothes are given to the prisoners, but holding a child here, what is my father thinking?

  "What is the dark thinking?" - I whispered to myself

  "Doesn't matter, free them. You will be redeemed in my eyes."

  Without hesitation, I summoned 1 shadow tendril and broke the lock holding the cell.

  "She is like us," – The small with the horns spoke. I could only now observe that her horns were pure bck.

  The woman tried to look at me, but she was in too much pain to do anything; she was always whimpering, looking about to give her st breath.

  "Well, didn't think you will have no hesitation about it. Now, we need to hide them until they recover and…"

  "I have to interrupt you here. I will speak with my father. I'm going to confront him head-on. Carry the mother, and I carry your little sister. From there, we will meet and talk. He can't do anything to me." Ayame got scared when she heard that, but she did agree. Her face was filled with sheer terror as we arrived at the door to my father's office.

  I just opened the door without knocking.

  "Hey, I have something to ask you. No, it cannot wait." I entered the room, and as soon as I did that, I could sense an attack coming.

  I used my skill to summon a weapon and parried the attack; it was directed toward that little girl.

  "Hey, that's not nice. What are you, a fucking coward to attack a child?" - Turning my head to look, the prince of Wiefra and the Prince of Monari is there, and my father behind them.

  "Lady Fatima, getaway, that is a demon, we cannot know what it will do!" - One of them tried to grab me, but I shoved him back, he fell onto the other prince, and they both fell on their asses.

  "She looks weak and is a child. Can't you see? She looks innocent, what did she do?" - I got in front of the little girl.

  "What in the world? How could you free those creatures from the dungeon?" my father shouted at me after he had processed everything before him.

  "I heard your guards talking about 'having fun' with her and her mother so I decided to investigate and look what I found. You gotta give me answers. I am not moving from here or doing anything until I have answers."

  "Lady Fatima, please—I don't want to hurt you—please don't defend that creature! " Prince of Monari shouted.

  "Shut the fuck. Let the girl talk." – In the doorframe stands the instructor, and both of us are taken back by this; she blinks twice, and I get what I must do.

  With one dash, I knocked both princes down and immobilized them with my shadow tendrils.

  "Help us!" - They screamed at the instructor.

  "Nah, Fatima doesn't need any help. She can kick your asses in non-magical combat any time of the day. Why should I help?" - The instructor smirked and then ughed at the two princes.