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Ch-23: Visiting The Azure Coven

It was already afternoon when we woke up. We had lunch and then discussed our next move. We decided to stay there for the next week. Lord Crisanto had indeed been amassing a formidable army and was more than happy to lend us the army should war break out. Emilia, Agnes and I even spent some time with Lady Azalea and Wisteria, who insisted we call them Azalea and Wisteria. Azalea was an amazing commander. She would often be in the training arena, training with the soldiers. Wisteria was more of a bookworm. She loved to spend her time in the library, reading war strategies and romantic stories of heroes of the past equally.

We had sparred with them and some of the generals from the army. Even though they called us legends because we had managed to master so many forms of fighting, they were not bad themselves. We had taken to sparring with Azalea and Wisteria, both the sisters were really good fighters. They had amazing coordination between them, they didn't even need to talk when fighting. But Azalea was better at close combat than her sister, while Wisteria was good at striking targets from distance. She even almost beat us at the Target area. Agnes became good friends with Wisteria, they shared their love of shooting targets. Noah and Natalie also practiced with us. They had become even better after joining us, their techniques had improved greatly to compensate for their lower strength and speed than us.

Lord Crisanto said we should visit the coven in Australia, the Azure Coven, next. Raiden agreed too. It so happened that along the line somewhere, a Lady from the Azure Coven had married into the Hawthorne line. Apparently, doing so had saved them from some crisis and the Australian coven had promised to protect us from then on, making them the Guardians of the Hawthorne Family.

"Ok so what is the current condition of them? I don't think the Blackridges have let them have an easy time?" I asked, during one of our planning sessions.

"Indeed, they haven't at the beginning. No Coven at the beginning had an easy time with the Blackridges at the helm. But since Australia is pretty isolated than other continents, they are mostly ignored by the Blackridges now. The rulers don't consider them much of a threat because they don't know about the Guardianship. They are mostly ignored, and they go under the radar themselves so they can keep searching for you Princess all this time and building up a resistance force for when the Hawthorne family returns." The Lord replied.

"Well then, we must visit this Coven, they have been so loyal to us. It is now our time to repay that loyalty. Let's notify them and prepare for the journey." Emilia said. We all nodded to this, agreeing to go there.

"Is there any safe channel through which we can contact them? If we contact them through the usual ways, we run the risk of getting caught." Uncle Al asked Lord Crisanto.

"There is indeed. We at the Fairdale Coven have been in constant contact with The Azure Coven. Together we have been building the forces for an uprising. Other covens aren't included yet. See if the return of the Princesses' return can make then other stand with us." He replied. "I will instruct my men today to send them a message of your arrival there. Please get ready, Your Highnesses. You will leave for your journey when we receive a reply." Lord Crisanto started calling on his men for this and we left his study to pack up.

It was the day after the next when we were boarded our plane after dinner. Lord Crisanto, Azalea and Wisteria came to see us off. Emilia, Agnes and I hugged the sisters' goodbye, promising to see them again at our debutante gala. Lord Crisanto blessed us to have success for our mission. We waved them goodbye as our plane took off. We settled in as it was going to be a long flight of almost 21 hours to reach there. We decided that Natalie and Noah would go back to the Hawthorne Castle as to keep guard if someone decided to attack the castle.

Almost a day later, we watched the sun set as our plane began its descent on Australian soil. We had gotten dressed in some fresh and sleek business outfits. I was wearing a pink silk top and pink pants along with a white coat and some silver accents.