I JUST WANT A PEACEFUL LIFE

After another hour, Angus finally finished dressing and went toward the royal palace. Inside the carriage, Angus and the others could see the city getting more crowded. Even though the event will start for a few more hours, people are already flooding the street.

Arriving at the royal palace, Angus goes towards a different room than the others. As the main guest, he needed to wait in another room before entering the main hall. While waiting for his time to show up, he decides to accompany Anna while Jayna is dressing up.

Currently, Anna is playing with Onyx while wearing a formal dress. Fortunately, the Heart Kingdom's formal clothes are not too complicated. Otherwise, it will be hell since the little troublemaker can hardly stay still.

It is already a miracle that she could wear the dress prepared for her. Unfortunately, everyone gives up putting on make-up or styling her hair. Despite no make-up or a good hairstyle, Anna still looks pretty and cute.

Her natural beauty and cuteness become apparent as she grows up. Angus knows she will undoubtedly become a lady that could ruin a nation with her beauty. Looking at Anna playing with Onyx, Angus begins to notice something on Anna.

'She didn't grow up or get any taller?!' thought Angus inwardly.

Biologically, the human female will become taller from 11 to 15. During this age, they will have massive growth and change in their body. With the combination of mana cores, their growth becomes more significant and faster.

Currently, Anna is a second-grade combatant. Hence, she should be at least as tall as Jayna or more. However, she didn't get taller or show growth in her child's body. This makes Angus certain that Anna is not from the human race.

Some races have different physical growth, like the elf, dwarf, demon, etc. Even the Beast race has different physical development for each of their sub-race. Still, Angus didn't know her race.

He also suspects it may also connect with her as a monster-minded person or something that the monster overlord did to her.

Currently, her physical features are too similar to humans yet also different. The strange thing is her muscle and body composition. Angus finds her body is abnormally sturdy and strong despite her muscle composition looking like an ordinary human.

Until now, Angus still doesn't know how her body could become that sturdy. On the other hand, her monster form is more ridiculous. When Anna is in her monster form, she transforms at the cellular level.

Her skin became grey and many times harder than diamond and still could be strengthened with her mana and miasma. Despite this hardness, she still retains her flexibility.

Her blood and mana circulation is also much faster, resulting in a faster reaction speed. Basically, she is a battle machine in her monster form.

Angus also finds Anna's core is different from others. Her core contains not only mana but also miasma. Using this core, she could manipulate mana and core without any problem.

Normally, this kind of thing is impossible. Mana and miasma are like water and oil. They are similar but could never become one. Yet, Anna could control these two energies without a problem. She could even combine these two energies into new different energies.

Unfortunately, Anna still couldn't control this energy. Hence, Angus also couldn't research more about this energy. Otherwise, he may find a way to combine miasma and mana energy. While worrying about Anna's growth and possible race, someone enters his room.

Suddenly, Anna charged toward the person and hit him. But, the other person wasn't surprised and countered with his twin axe. *BAM*

"Hihihi… Weak Green Bubble becomes weaker!! Anna is stronger." said Anna happily.

At the same time, Ilgor, who is holding Anna, couldn't help but feel numb in his hand and was surprised by the little girl's growth.

'She became this strong in less than a year?! No wonder everyone said a monster-minded person is a freak of nature.' thought Ilgor while feeling his hand cramping.

"Weakling!! Weakling!! This is Anna's pet. She is called Onyx. Isn't she pretty?!" said Anna as she showed Onyx, who hid in her clothes.

As soon as Ilgor looks at Onyx, he feels like he is in front of a gigantic snake that could easily kill him by casually swiping his tail.

"Err… This is…" replied Ilgor as he didn't know how to respond.

"Anna, don't be naughty. Can't you see Ilgor scared the shit of Onyx?" said Angus.

"Ehh… But, Onyx is cute and pretty. I want everyone to know about her beauty." said Anna.

"*Sigh* Alright. Anyway, good to see you again, Ilgor." said Angus.

"Nice to meet you too, Master." replied Ilgor.

"I hear you made many contributions during the war against the Traynia kingdom." said Angus.

"It's nothing compared to a master's contribution." replied Ilgor in a humble tone.

"So, did you finally decide to fight with me again?" asked Angus.

Angus and Ilgor are bound by a sacred pact with master and subordinate relations. However, Ilgor could break the pact if he could win and regain his honor through a life-death duel with Angus.

"No, Master. After participating in the war and completing many tasks, I found myself too inexperienced in many things. It made me realize how strong a master truly is."

"Just by basic breathing and combat techniques that Master taught me, I found my combat prowess a few times stronger. I can't imagine how strong Master would be if you used a more complex and stronger technique." said Ilgor truthfully.

"Pfttt… hahaha…" laughed Anna loudly.

"It is not that Angus is strong. Weak green bubble is just too weak. Anna bet Onyx could kill you just by her breath." mocked Anna.

'Err… Even I could even die from the ancient beast Zokline's toxic breath.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Shut up, shrimp!! I am not weak. You are just too abnormal." rebuked Ilgor.

"Every weak bubble always says that. Anyway, Anna is bored without Anna's weak punching bubble. So, the weak green bubble needs to play with Anna. Don't worry, Anna will let weak green bubble play with Onyx." said Anna as she decided Ilgor's fate.

"Err.. That's…" said Ilgor while looking for Angus for help.

"Hmm… That's a good idea. I hear your Sur knight group will take a break from the frontline and only do a few tasks inside the kingdom. This will be a good opportunity for you." said Angus.

"Ehh.. Master. B-But.." said Ilgor.

"I also need you to look after Anna for a while since Jayna and I will be quite busy. She also needs punching.. I mean sparring partner to improve her mana and miasma control.

"It will be hard for the others to take the role since they are often scared shitless in front of Anna when she is transformed or gets a little bit serious. Just try not to die or I need to find your father to complain about how defective his son is." said Angus.

"T-That's…" said Ilgor with a horrified face.

For Ilgor, becoming Anna's babysitter is the worst job he has ever experienced. He even prefers getting blasted by Fort Destroyer rather than becoming Anna's babysitter.

During this year, he feels like he is in heaven as he can finally escape from the little devil. But, the reality is harsh and now he is back in the pit of hell with the little devil.

Hearing Angus' confirmation, "Yeayy… Come Weak green bubble, let's go-to party hall. Anna is hungry." said Anna as she dragged the bulky orc effortlessly.

Angus couldn't help but smile at the miserable orc. At the same time, he also went out of the room towards Jayna's room. He wants to escort Jayna as his partner to the hall. Arriving at Jayna's room, he finds two men standing in front of the room.

"Ohh.. You must be Angus Victory, third son of Duke Victory." called one of the men.

"You are…" asked Angus.

"Ahh.. Where are my manners?! My name is Dietrich Heart, the second prince of the Heart Kingdom. This is my younger brother, Ulvic Heart." said Prince Dietrich.

"Ohh.. So, it is Prince Dietrich and Prince Ulvic. If I am not wrong, Prince Dietrich is supposed to study at Alvan United." said Angus.

"Correct. Actually, I was supposed to be back a long time ago. However, the sudden war with the Nergal kingdom delayed my return. Anyway, I hear many things about you." said Prince Dietrich.

"I hope it is a good thing. Still, I don't understand why the two of you princes are here in front of the princess room rather than inside the hall?" asked Angus blatantly.

"Hmph.. Why do you care?! It's up to us where we want to be." replied Prince Ulvic in a grumpy tone.

Angus frowned at this rude answer while looking at Prince Dietrich's fake smile.

"True. I don't care where you prince goes. I don't even care if you go to the abyss or get yourself killed. Therefore, please excuse me since I need to pick up my lovely princess." said Angus coldly with a fake smile.

"You!! How dare you?!! Guard caught him!!" said Prince Ulvic.

But, the guards didn't move as Angus glared at them.

"Now, I find it weird. Didn't I always tell you all guards to never enter Princess Palace without Jayna's permission? I doubt Jayna will permit you. So, I suggest you all get out before something bad happens." said Angus.