Royal Princess Of Blood

Chapter 13: Sword Magic (1)

The next day, it was time for academics. The instructor was just a normal woman, a commoner would be the more accurate word. That being said, she had quite a high standing in society and was popular. Due to her excellence, she was chosen as my tutor. Furthermore, it would seem that she was also the one who was teaching the children of other nobles.

She was also the one who taught Estelia in the past when she was still young. Although, Estelia had forgotten most of that and the refresh lessons did help a lot. This time though, I was taught geography.

She showed me a map which had several countries laid out while introducing those countries to me. She didn't teach this subject before I became Estelia, that time she was more focused about our own kingdom, Wisteria. Teaching Estelia about traditions, regions, and also had her memorize the names of nobles.

Since the memory had become hazy because Estelia forgot a few of them, I will have to review. That aside, as my instructor introduced to me the other countries surrounding, I took a mental note of the four kingdoms which I found interesting.

Myra Kingdom was due northeast, it was where my oldest brother currently was. A country who values chivalry, honor and dignity. They were seen as... well along the lines of proper human beings.

Then the bizarre one, the Tornridge Empire to the east, a city of barbarians, they were seen as here. It was mainly because of their history of being aggressive, violent and so on. In the establishment of their nation, they invaded other countries through brute force, plundering and raiding anything that came their way. It now became a fairly large nation.

Due west lies the Valaies Holy Kingdom. A country where the church was the top of the hierarchy and ruled by religious groups. It was a place where they worship the six gods. the God of Light, the Goddess of Darkness, the Deity of the Stars, the God of Inferno, the Goddess of Water, and the God of Nature. That was a lot of gods, I tell you. Basically, the Valaies was a religious nation.

To the south was the Eventon Republic which lied by the ocean. Where ocean traffic was profound, and businesses filled the streets. Might as well describe it as a country of merchants.

Then, what about our own kingdom? Well, it was sort of a mix of them. You see, we were at the center of those countries, therefore, foreigners in the past would constantly visit Wisteria. Then because of their influences, we became a kingdom where the characteristics of those aforementioned countries mixed in with us, although, with the exception of the Tornridge Empire. There were times in history when they tried to conquer us, but ended in failure.

For our religion, the church of the six gods also exists here. However, our main religion was to worship the Deities of Serenity and Compassion. Two gods, the former being female and the latter was a male. It was quite a romantic religion if you ask me.

Is everything in this country all about romance?

I mean, the origin of this country were also couples.

Whatever...

After that, it was time for arithmetics. The math I was taught were only basics, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, although the values I had to solve were not that simple. Even so, I managed to ace them all. My teacher nodded in satisfaction as she saw my results.

I expected there to be more complex topics in mathematics, but it seems such things like algebra, geometry, something like that, wasn't part of the curriculum, or this world just didn't have such complicated things just yet. Perhaps there was indeed high level mathematics I have yet to know that people do.

But, I didn't delve into it more since it wasn't important.

Then after that, lessons were done for the day. When I stood up and strode forward, I held back a groan that threatened to escape from my throat.