Chapter 27: Intriguing, Seductive and Pragmatic
Sahara Isis Wolberg was born into the Wolberg family, a prominent lineage of Elf mages renowned for their exceptional mastery of telekinesis. Their power was so great that they were the only rivals capable of challenging the Dawnflare, the reigning royal family. So formidable were the Wolbergs that the Dawnflares began to fear them, convinced that the Wolbergs coveted the throne.
This fear was not unfounded: Sahara’s grandfather, Ali O’Wolberg, indeed harbored political ambitions. To strengthen his influence, he forged an alliance with the Isis, a human lineage gifted with mysterious sword arts known as the Moon Crescent Arts. From this union was born Sahara’s mother, a half-Elf who never awakened her human heritage but inherited the Elven sensitivity to mana.
The Dawnflares, seeing this alliance as an unforgivable threat, acted with brutality. Under the pretense that the Wolbergs were conspiring with witches—considered treason to the entire nation—they had them all arrested and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Only Sahara, then just a few months old, survived. Fragile and deemed harmless due to her frail constitution, she was spared—a mistake the Dawnflares would bitterly regret in different timelines.
Taken in by the Elf King himself, Sahara grew up within the royal palace alongside Princess Elisabeth Dawnflare. Despite the weight of her name, she became the princess’s closest friend... and was betrothed to the king’s younger brother, a man fifteen years her senior. For Elves, who lived long lives, age mattered far less.
But fate struck once more. During a royal hunt, when Sahara was only fourteen, she was abducted before the eyes of her fiancé, who was murdered in the attack. The culprits? The Hyls Sisters, the most powerful and feared trio of witches, who revealed the truth about her past:
"You are a Wolberg, and your blood carries the power of the Isis. The Dawnflares, fearing your family could threaten their position, stole everything from you."
Under their ruthless tutelage, Sahara finally unlocked her Isis lineage, inheriting sharpened abilities and the <Moon Crescent Arts>. Over the years, the frail girl transformed into a manipulative, charismatic strategist, molded in the image of her mistresses: Intriguing, Seductive, and Pragmatic.
By seventeen, she was already a 6-Star Magical Swordswoman, merging martial arts and magic in a way befitting the greatest genius of sword and sorcery.
When Sahara reappeared, her first target was Prince Liam Dawnflare. But against all odds, her influence failed: the young prince was already hopelessly in love with another. Rather than persist, she retreated into the shadows.
After studying thousands of student files, she realized the best way to achieve her goal was to infiltrate the Academy. That’s where her true game would begin.
For the Dawnflares still didn’t know one thing: