Book 7: Chapter 26
The first day of the journey was considerably relaxing since we went through uninhabited areas. We finally reached a small town today. This is a small town at the edge of the desert with very few people here. The people became quite noisy when we passed through. There were only two hotels in the small town. After settling the people around me, I had the remaining soldiers set up camp outside the town. And as our regulations dictate, they were not to disturb or harass the inhabitants.
Not many people were able to stay around me. Luna and I shared a room, Lorana and Shusia shared a room, and then Tarak stayed with his roommate, Philes.
Shusia is a really cute girl. Among the domineering and brutal Valkyries, the girl was always smiling which was a rare sight among them. It didn’t feel like Nier and Shusia came from the same unit considering the way Nier stared at me coldly at first while Shusia was smiling. Her name, Shusia is full of respect and admiration for Nier. Nier was an instructor that was very deserving of her respect from Shusia’s point of view.
Shusia is a little shorter than Nier, but her sword skills were excellent. According to Nier however, innate talent for swordsmanship is a very important component of it. While Shusia has lots of talent, she was not as talented as Nier because Nier was five levels above her. She had longer reach and more explosive power than Shusia. Those were innate factors that couldn’t be trained, so a true sword master was rare to come by every century. However, Shusia had great perception and comprehension skills.
Among the new Valkyries, she was like the Valkyries back then, diligent and not afraid of hard work. Nier had a very positive evaluation of her and she was the new sword instructor after Nier left.
Shusia is very friendly with me. I think it was more like worshipping me. According to her, I created a huge uproar among the Valkyries since I was able to turn Nier into an obedient and gentle princess. After the development between Nier and me, the Valkyries weren’t so vigilant of me anymore and it made some of the younger Valkyries desire love……
But because of that, Alice has been complaining daily that the Valkyries are difficult to lead. I have to bear some of the some responsibility there……
“Your majesty, the other team-members have finished setting up camp and are preparing to turn in.”
I nodded. I looked at Shusia who was in her Valkyrie uniform, smiled and said: “Alright. Thank you for your hard work, Shuhia. It’s late now so you should go and rest too. We need to wake up early to get moving.”