Saving The Abandoned Empress

‘Why i can’t use my mana?!’

“YOUR HIGHNESS!!! WATCH OUT!!”

The commander of the third squadron, Empress Eleanora Cathain Valentino thought as she fall on the ground and something dropped on her face.

Her eyes widened in shock and tried to get up but she couldn’t.

A few drops of crimson red blood stained her black and white knight suit, Where she just looked up with an bewildered expression.

A man who had a arrow pierced into his chest fall on his knees infront of her with a smile.

“R..un.. Your highness, Run...a.way...”

“N~No...Sir Axion...”

.....

Eleanora’s jewel blue eyes filled with tears as she looked at Axion’s sky blue eyes filled with pain as he sheilded her from the arrows.

“Sir Axion...i-i can heal you..”

Eleanora spoke as she was preparing to use her powers to heal Axion but soon she heared another groan in pain from him.

“It was great to work with you, Your highness. I regretted that i was sent to the knights instead of being a craftsman, but now i don’t regret it.

It was the best moment of my life in the battlefield under your guideline and ending of my life while protecting you..”

“Don’t say that...”

Arrows was being kept shooting without any stopping.

Hundreds of arrows was being shot at once.

“Agh!!”

“RUN!!!”

The knights kept running to savw their lives from the arrows and kept falling on the ground as the arrows hit them.

Eleanora looked around in shock.

‘What should i now? His Majesty and Father isn’t here...’

The imperial army didn’t had enough army in the war with Rua Kingdom as they lost much manpower in the battle with Kingdom Republic.

Most of them was swordsman and they never expected such a move from the Rua kingdom.

Even their own soldiers was being killed, but the king didn’t bat an eye to them.

Four more arrows pierced through Axion’s body as he sheilded Eleanora.

“Sir Axion!”

Eleanora stood up but Axion stopped her and passed a key to her.

The key to his shabby little shop where he used to practice crafting, where his last creations are.

Which become popular after his death but the great craftmanship couldn’t be found anymore.

The ownership was transfered to the empress according to his will as Axion was disowned from his family and he gave the key as a token to her.

The imperial fund recovered quite well because of the high selling price of his unique craftmanship because Eleanora transfered everything there.

“T-This is for you... The one who truly recognised my worth, Your highness.”

“Hang-Hang on, SIR AXION!!!!”

Axion fall on the ground with five arrows pierced on his chest infront of Eleanora, with a final tear drop leaving his sky blue eyes.

‘Thank you for everything empress, am happy that i could die for you... The only person who recognised my worth just because of a embroidery.’

Axion remembered where he did a embroidery on Eleanora’s cape during the war when it was torn.

Everyone laughed at him for doing this.

A man who does embroidery for a woman who fights with mens.

‘It’s so beautiful, Sir Axion... You are truly amazing!’

This was the words that came out from the empress’s mouth after she saw the cape which she had threw because it was torn again.

She wore the cape again with no hesitation or anything with a smile on her beautiful face.

A few simple words made him look up at her and gain his confidence back.

He had thought about publishing his works with determination and courage after the war ends.

When Eleanora heard that, she was very happy for him and patted his shoulder as she spoke.

“I believe in Sir Axion’s talent, When you become a craftsmen again; i will be your commissioner!”

“OK! Deal!”

That day, Axion started to dream about being a craftsman again and wrote a letter of his all works belonging to her as his commissioner.

Maybe he knew this was his ending and being a craftsman wasn’t written on his fate.

But he doesn’t regret it either.

‘Dying while protecting the only person who believed you feels good too...’

Eleanora’s hands, which was holding onto the key trembled as she saw Axion exhaling his last breath.

The young shy man who was transferred to the third squadron as he was unable to take over the family because of his inferior skills in craftsmanship just died to protect her.

The man who was even afraid of a cut on his hands just took five arrows on his chest for her.

Eleanora wasn’t afraid of the arrows coming towards her, what she was afraid of seeing people die for her because as soon as Axion died, she heard a loud ringing sound.

The sound danger and to protect the empress.

A firecracker was set off and burst into the sky as a emergency warning.

“PROTECT HER HIGHNESS!!!”

Soon more knights jumped up infront of the trembling Eleanora and formed a protection barrier over her with their own body as a shield.

The powers she was so proud of become useless today, she felt helpless and ashamed.

‘Am sorry... Everyone...’

Eleanora tried to create a barrier but her magic wasn’t working, even her holy powers didn’t worked either.

She felt lose, devastated.

None of them had any hostility on their eyes, everyone smiled at her as they faced their death.

“Don’t feel guilty, it’s our honour to die for you, Your highness.”

“Yes, Empress. You have always taken such a great care of us.”

“This is what we vowed to do, Empress.”

The more the knights comforted her the more guilty she felt and cried.

She helplessly watched the knights taking arrows for her and hear their groans in pain while breathing their last breath.

Eleanora closed her eyes as she couldn’t bear to watch the scene infront of her anymore and put her hands on her ears as she kept crying.

‘Please stop this, please!!!’

The Rua kingdom tampered with their foods, making them losing their powers temporarily through poison.

Specially Eleanora’s.

Making the imperial army, whose main weapon was their magic powers completely isolated.

After a moment, the arrows finally stopped and Eleanora slowly opened her trembling eyes again.

Eleanora become horrified as she saw the pile of dead bodies infront of her, who died to protect her instead of fleeding.

As she turned her head around, she saw many of the knights laying on the ground.

Most of them were dead.

Instead of crying, Eleanora become completely silent as she stared at the person infront of her from afar.

Who had a smrik on his face.

Her heart turned cold suddenly as a rage filled inside of her.

.....

The whole battlefield was dead silent.

‘It’s all because of him...’

“Capture the empress...”

King Mendel De Melendez Rua, the illegitimate prince who was neglected before; ordered his knights.

Who had dark brown skin, dark brown hair and silver eyes.

As the king ordered, the knights proceed to catch her.

‘Soon you will be mine and away from him, My love.’

Mendel had a smrik on his face as he watched the knights approching her to take her to him.

Eleanora tried to stand up with the support of her sword but the poison was damaging her nerves.

Making it impossible to stand on her feet and falling on the ground weakly.

Eleanora chuckled at her condition and hold the sword on her neck, making King Mendel widening his eyes in horror.

“I rather die then being touch by a trash like you..”

“STOP!! STOP HER YOU MORONS!!”

The knights stepped forward and Eleanora closed her eyes to swing the sword on her neck.

But even before they could touch her, their bodies was suddenly set on fire and they fall on the ground while wailing painfully.

Eleanora’s hands which was holding onto the sword was suddenly frozen with ice magic as her sword flew away at a little distance from her.

“WHO DARES TO TOUCH MY EMPRESS?!”

A black shadow fall over Eleanora as she looked up to see the emperor, who was riding the black horse and stopped in front of her.

Blocking King Mendel’s view on her.

Behind the emperor was a huge army, leading by Duke Dalton and Cedrick Raven.

It was her father who froze her hands with his magic and Cedrick was the one who threw her sword away from her.

Eleanora’s tears finally left her eyes as she saw the people around her, who came in to help her.

‘Father...’

That was the first time when Eleanora had saw fear in her father’s eyes as he withdrew his magic from her, melting the ice on her hands.

According to their lead, the battle today was supposed to happen at west but instead the east camp was attacked.

Where Eleanora was.

They forced Eleanora’s team towards the palace to get her.

The empire army was easily winning because King Mendel let them win to make her come here by herself.

And he almost succeeded if the emperor didn’t came to rescue her, who become the shining light in her dark world once again.

Where the emperor’s red eyes kept glaring at King Mendel with a killer gaze.

‘Dare to desire what’s only mine?!’