The Conquerors Path

Leaving behind the suspecting Sabrina, I walked out of the garden where Alex and Jacob stood with an extra companion, seeing me her smile lit up as she rushed towards me, skipping her legs, while her cute look captured the hearts of all those that were gazing at her, 

"So how did it go?"

Emily asked as she stood in front of me, her green gem-like eyes focusing on me, I smiled at her, shrugging my shoulders as I spoke,

"Not bad, maybe in the future our faction might work together"

"Really! that's great!"

Emily responded with a happy jump, to which I put on an indulging smile, 

"Do you want to go for a walk?"

I asked, making Emily nod her head furiously, seeing it I spoke to Alex and Jacob, giving them the job of looking around, Alex gave a deep look, while Jacob ran towards the training area, hoping to get a good fight there, sending off the two to their own ways, both I and Emily started to walk together as we chatted about our lives.

Thankfully Emily knew how famous I am, thus taking a route less occupied, 

"Who would have thought that you would be declared as the next successor of the Archery Empress, you really hid yourself!"

Emily spoke as she playfully hit my side, I took it with gusto as I replied, 

"Well, I can say to be lucky in that regard"

"You surely can!"

Emily exclaimed, guiding the path, 

"So how's everything going for you?"

I asked, to which she smiled as she responded, 

"Everything's well, thanks to the intel you gave me I was able to show off my skills and as such, I got the chance to change my life"

Saying so Emily's voice got softer, while her eyes held gratitude, 

"I can't thank you enough"

"Don't worry about it, you have thanked me enough, aren't we friends? plus you have gone through enough things in your life"

"I know but some gratitude can't just be spoken through"

Emily said as she held her hands to her back, skipping forward, my eyes trailed the beautiful area we are walking through, the place we are walking through is more of a forest-like area, Sabina had constructed a huge forest in here, 

"This place is beautiful"

I spoke, marveling at the calm and serene place, where several harmless little creatures could be seen moving around, 

"It is isn't it?"

Emily spoke with a cheeky grin as she caught my hands and pulled me to a specific place, a minute later we reached an opening where a small lake could be seen, its beautiful blue color reflecting the sky, while cute furry animals could be seen drinking water, the place looked right out of a fantasy setting, 

"Wow"

I unconsciously muttered, earning a chuckle from Emily as she kept pulling me to the lake, the animals nearby were startled at our presence but once their gaze focused on Emily they seemed to calm down and focused back on quenching their thirsty, 

"Take a seat"

Emily spoke as she reached the edge of the lake, taking off her shoes as she dipped her legs into the lake, seeing it I followed her, as I sat beside her, my legs feeling the cold yet calming water, my eyes reflecting the beautiful scene of nature, 

"This is a secret place of mine"

Emily spoke after a minute of silence, 

"Really?"

I asked back to which she nodded, 

"Yes, I come here whenever I need to be alone or want to clear my mind"

She replied with a smile, her eyes shinning seeing such a seen I couldn't help but feel myself being attracted to her, 

'She's good'

"Does that mean, I am the first person you brought here?"

I asked to which she just gave me a meaningful smile, somehow it looked dazzling to my eyes, making my heart beat faster, her green hair that matched the surroundings, while the tender look in her eyes, while sitting on the ground was a killer look, for a moment I felt a pity that I didn't have a phone, I hoped to record this,

A minute of silence remained between us as we both focused on the scenery, Emily's legs played with the water, sending out waves that started some of the animals, 

"So do you like this place?"

Emily asked, her eyes focused on the reflection of hers forming on the water, 

"Indeed, this place is amazing"

I responded, my eyes too focused on my own reflection, 

"Good, then you can use it whenever you want"

"Really?"

I asked with surprise as I turned my head towards Emily, who too now focused her eyes on me, 

"Yes, as I said before you helped me change my life, this is just the least I can do for you, after all, I can't really express how much gratitude I have for you"

Emily spoke, her lips rising to a fond smile, while her eyes narrowed playfully, her elven ears shaking, and her ponytails fell through her side, making her look supremely cute, I even felt the urge to just hug and keep her with me, seeing how much she was trying I gave in, my eyes 'erratically' moved, as a small 'blush' came to my face, 

"Cough....I see, thanks"

I responded focusing my gaze back on nature, my interaction becoming awkward and all I got in return was the lovely voice of Emily chuckling, we stayed there for half an hour, relaxing, having small talks before which I decided to leave, 

"Mou~~you're already leaving?"

Emily asked with a pout, to which I helplessly nodded my head, 

"I have things to do you know, quite busy"

"Okay, but how about we go for lunch?"

Emily asked, throwing in a solution, 

"You will pay?"

I asked with a playful smile, earning a punch from her, 

"Meany! but okay!"

She responded as she huffed, her ponytails shaking with her anger, it was a truly heartwarming look,

"Then, its a deal"

I spoke as I shook hands with her, as such I gave her a nod before which I started to walk away, quite curious about what her next moves would be, I could tell that every move she made till now was planned and calculated to get my attention and interest, she's smart to extremely use her cute side to get my attention.

Sadly if it was any regular guy, just her today acting is more than enough for him to jump into a relationship with her, I'm sure the coming 'lunch' will also have something planned and to be truthful I am looking forward to it, its a nice pace of change with the girl planning to get me, normally it's me racking my brains,

'Its gonna be fun'

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Third Person POV:

Watching Austin leave the smile on Emily's face left, her expression turned neutral, she took out a book from her spatial ring, holding it she read the title,

[Plans To Win Austin's Heart]

Flipping through she reached the first page where her first plan lay.

[

  Plan 1

Get him to notice me, from my observations I could see that he right now doesn't have anyone he's interested in, I even went through the rumor with her maid but all turns out well, it's a good thing he doesn't, or else I even would have to make more plans just to kill that girl, today's the perfect day to achieve part one of my plan 1:

Part 1: Use today's chance to imprint my cuteness on him, use it to make him notice me.

]

Emily placed a small tick on her part 1, a calculating smile came to her face, watching Austin's receding back her eyes turned dark, while a smile on the borderline of obsessive took place, 

'Its gonna be fun'