Book 3: Chapter 48: Freedom

Book 3: Chapter 48: Freedom

Scarlet

As I walk across the bridge, I pay attention to all the sounds coming from the little forest situated atop the island Im heading to. And there are a lot of sounds there. Almost all of them being from battle between demons of all kinds.

But I dont see any damage to the island itself, so I assume Leonidas probably enchanted it to be able to either take a lot more damage than regular ground, to restore itself with blood, or maybe even both.

Either way, its a really nice hunting ground by the sound of it.

Right when Im about to step foot on the island though, I hear the voice of one of my guards saying, Your Highness, if you would, please hide the Royal Crest.

I pause before glancing backwards to find Seraphina standing there while slightly bowing her head.

Huh?

Prince Tarankar, she says, confusing me even more until Tar raises his head and says, Oh, right. Your father told me to tell you that you can also hide and reveal the crest on your armor at will. But you should already know why thats necessary.

Oh. Right.

Because crests are a mark of whose family youre from and are necessary in Tartarus because simply showing everyone the faces of who theyre not allowed to kill would ruin the way of life for Tartarus. So everyone is required to memorize crests to know who not to touch.

Right, Tar answers. After all, if all the demons avoided fighting someone because their father was a Noble, then how is that Nobles child ever going to get stronger? The System wont let them simply level off of prisoners or people fed to them, nor would it level if the opposition just threw down their arms and surrendered before they kill them without a fight.

Yeah. So complicated.

How do I hide my crest?

Just infuse a bit of mana into the chest plate, Tar says, so I do so right away, and the crest disappears from the chest plate. Which in hindsight is also necessary for when I go to Earth.

After all, cant go walking around there with the Demon Royal Familys crest on my chest.

But I dont let it, instead sprinting after it with a grin on my face before tearing into it as well with ease.

Wow, you really are letting loose Tar comments as he floats over to me, having been thrown off my shoulder the moment I sprinted towards the demons.

Of course I am. This is the most fun Ive had in a while!

Honestly am starting to be happy that I came here. After all, I can let loose without anyone hating or trying to kill me just because of what I am!

Tar smiles at that, which I still say looks odd on a tanukis face.

Yeah, I bet that would be nice, he says as I begin stretching a little, the cerberus already dead as I walk away from its corpse.

Very nice.

Earth felt incredibly stuffy for me, since I always had to hide what I was and to not use certain skills or powers.

But here? Here I can go all out. I dont have to wait for Fractures to hunt. And I dont have to deal with financial problems as a Princess.

Even if the Nobles and their treatment of me is annoying. And the dress.

I shiver at the memory of that.

Still gonna try to find a way to get back to Earth though, just so I can see Allen and the others and tell them Im alright in person.

Kind of wish there was a way to communicate with them directly from here, but there isnt. The only one who can do something like that is Leonidas who needs to place a domination seed in them from what he told me.

A pity.

Anyways, I sprint through the trees looking for more prey.