“Stop it, Maera,” Cathay screamed as Maera rained small blows on her friend with her sword. “You are going to make me fall,” she cried playfully, and Maera giggled foolishly at her friend’s exaggerated drama.
It was the first time in her life that she was feeling so carefree and happy. All three girls had been training since morning, and Sensei Norton had just cut them some slack. Because they had to work in the kitchen as from six in the morning, Gamma Norton had arranged to train them early morning when the castle was still snoring.
Maera had been the one to persuade her friends to train with her. The more the merrier.
“I am going to kill you, you weak princess,” Maera teased her friend who squeaked in delight at the role play.
“Ooooh, I would like to be a princess. But wait a sec
