I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Seeing Yuhaka's "fierce" appearance, the two followed Yuhaka's gaze and looked up at the sky. They then saw a huge fortress floating in the air, with layers of overlapping composite armor and countless cannons on it.

Then, a girl with light blue eyes looked down at Yuhaka and the others from atop the fortress. Alice, seeing the fortress in the sky and the girl with light blue eyes, also showed a surprised expression and said:

"Sister?! When did you get back?!"

Upon hearing Alice's words, Yuhaka's fierce expression instantly turned into a look of utter disbelief. Clearly, Yuhaka hadn't expected the person above to be Alice's older sister. Meanwhile, Claire, standing next to Yuhaka, looked at the girl above, whom Alice addressed as her sister, with a somewhat gloomy gaze.

Seeing Claire's somewhat displeased look at the girl, Yuhaka glanced at Claire with a puzzled expression. She could sense that Claire really disliked Alice's sister, which made Yuhaka quite distressed.

Huh? Why is she upset? The answer is simple: Yuhaka wants to hit her.

Regarding Alice's question, the girl Alice called her older sister descended from the sky and spoke to Alice:

"I just got back today, but Alice, can't you even handle this little thing? Do I have to do it for you?"

Upon hearing her sister's words, Alice looked at the girl in front of her with an angry expression and said:

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask! Sister! Why did you fire here! You knew perfectly well that using such powerful elven magic would affect the people around us—"

Before Alice could finish speaking, her sister interrupted her, saying:

"I only eliminated those rampaging elves. As for those who didn't have time to escape, they were just unlucky—no, considering the extent of their harm, it was quite minor. They should be considered lucky."

Upon hearing her sister's words, Alice looked at her sister with great excitement and said:

"Sister! Do you really think so?!"

In response to Alice's questioning, she simply looked down at Alice coldly and said:

"You can't even handle such a small matter, Alice. It seems that entrusting the Knights to you was a huge mistake. I don't care what kind of chivalry you want to promote, but if ideals don't have the corresponding power, then it's just wishful thinking. Alice, you are not worthy to be a knight at all."

"...?!"

Hearing her sister's words, Alice was speechless. Then, as Alice's sister pushed her aside and prepared to leave, a long whip of crimson flames lashed out at the broken pavement in front of her, causing her to stop in her tracks.

Then Alice's sister looked at Claire, the owner of the flaming whip, with her icy gaze and said:

"Claire Lucho, what do you mean by this...?"

Hearing the girl's words, Claire flicked her Flame Whip and looked at the girl, saying:

"What do you mean? Velseria Eva, you're not just going to walk away without even apologizing, are you?"

"Mmm!"

Yuhaka, standing to the side, nodded smugly with his hands on his hips. Alice suddenly remembered that the red-haired twin-tailed girl in front of her was the number one problem child of the Wind King Knights when her sister was the leader of the Wind King Knights.

It can be said that the bad relationship between Claire and the Wind King Knights was due to the Wind King Knights' style back then. The Wind King Knights back then basically relied entirely on strength, and their strength was much higher than that of the Wind King Knights now.

Furthermore, if a member of the Knights violated the rules, they would be punished on the spot, and students who caused problems would also be punished with force without any mercy. Therefore, the academy was very disciplined at the time, and basically no one dared to cause trouble, except for the students of the Raven Class, especially Claire.

Ultimately, it was because of Versailles' overly strict methods that the proud noble ladies were extremely resentful, and Versailles was eventually forced to step down.

Although Viseria is the eldest daughter of the Frangelto family, she is only the adopted daughter of a lower-ranking noble. This is something that nobles who value family background and reputation find very objectionable. After all, isn't it too lawless for an adopted daughter of a lower-ranking noble to ride roughshod over them?

Moreover, not only others, but even the members of the Wind King Knights had a lot of opinions about Velseria, after all, such a violent approach was very disgusting.

Velseria narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at Claire and Yuhaka. She knew Claire well; as the number one problem child of the Wind King Knights, Velseria was well aware of her. But Yuhaka, who was next to Claire... Velseria said she had never seen such a student at school.

Not to mention Yuhaka's very distinctive appearance; if there really were such a student, Versailles would definitely remember him.

Most importantly, just now, Yuhaka used his Elf Armor (which transformed into a shield-like Baradion) to block the aftershocks of the artillery attack launched by her Elf Armor [Silent Fortress]. Viseria was well aware of the attack power of her Elf Armor, but if she could protect the two of them from the aftershocks of her attack, then this little girl with dragon horns must be quite strong, right?

Chapter 702 [Claire's Birthday]

"You want me to apologize? Then show me your strength first, sister of the Calamity Elf Princess."

Upon hearing Velseria's words, Claire's face immediately darkened. Clearly, Velseria had touched a nerve. Claire lashed out with her whip, glaring at Velseria, and said:

"Take back what you said!"

In response to Claire's words, Versailles snorted and looked at Claire, saying:

"Just like I said before, if you want me to apologize, show me what you've got."

As she spoke, Claire wanted to rush up and lash out at Vercelia with her whip, but Alice stopped her. Alice stopped Claire not because Claire wanted to hit her sister, but for another reason.

"Claire! If you fight with my sister now, that will be considered a private fight, and your team's ranking will be lowered as a penalty!"

Upon hearing Alice's words, Claire was stunned. It seemed that Claire had also thought that if a private fight broke out here, their team's hard-earned ranking would drop, and Claire immediately felt very aggrieved.

After witnessing this scene, Velseria gave Claire a look as if she had seen something utterly boring and said:

"boring......."

With that, Velseria tossed her long hair and left, while Claire gritted her teeth and gripped the Flame Whip tightly in her hand.

.................................. ....................................................

After Verseria left, Alice and her group began a series of rescue operations. Although Verseria's Silent Fortress had suffered considerable damage from the previous shelling, fortunately no civilians died, but many people were still injured.

After that, members of the Wind King Knights found two unconscious spirit users from the Aresia Spirit Academy in an alley in Academy City. According to the academy's records, it can be confirmed that the metal spirit and the magic mirror spirit that had previously wreaked havoc in the square were the two people's contracted spirits.

Most importantly, the two were found to have traces of transplanted cursed armor markings, and the Wind King Knights immediately arrested them. They will then be sent to the capital for trial.

After all, transplanting a cursed weapon imprint is not just a simple violation of school rules; it is a very serious crime that will be punished by the Spirit Master Council.

As for Versailles, who caused harm to the citizens, although her actions were somewhat excessive, in conclusion, she minimized the overall harm, and since no one lost their life, she was not held accountable.

Claire was very dissatisfied with this result.

Alice felt extremely guilty for not being able to stop the hospital students from transplanting the cursed armor imprints and for causing serious damage to the streets.

After Yuhaka and Claire returned to school, Claire had a furious look on her face, like a cat that wanted to bite. Clearly, Claire was not satisfied with the academy's verdict. It was simply unreasonable that Vercelia had caused such a big mess in the square, injuring many people, yet got away scot-free.

Moreover, if it weren't for Yuhaka protecting her and Alice today, the two of them might have been seriously injured.

Afterwards, Claire took Yuhaka back to the dormitory to take a good shower. Just as Claire opened her room door, two loud bangs startled her.

Claire didn't realize what was happening until the confetti from the cannons landed on her head. At the same time, Linslet and Fiana, each holding a small cannon from one of their own hands, addressed the surreal Claire:

"Happy birthday!"

"???"

Seeing the smiling faces of Linslet and Fiana, and recalling their earlier conversation, Claire immediately understood why Linslet and Fiana had been missing earlier.

"You, you—"

Before Claire could finish speaking, Linslet grabbed Claire's hand, pulled her to a chair at the dining table, and pressed her down into the chair. Then she said to Claire:

"What are you guys doing? Let's talk about the problem later. Today is your birthday, you haven't forgotten your own birthday, have you?"

Hearing Lindsay's words, Claire blushed and looked a little angry, saying:

"How could I possibly forget my own birthday!"

Then Claire, looking a little embarrassed, said:

"I just didn't expect you guys to take so long in the bathroom. I thought you went somewhere to slack off."

Upon hearing Claire's words, Linslet and Fiana immediately looked embarrassed, scratching their cheeks and saying:

"Well..."

Then, as if changing the subject, Linslet looked at Yuhaka and said:

"Oh right! Youyou, what about the cake I asked you to make before?"

Hearing Linslet's words, Yuhaka took out a cake she had made earlier from the dimensional portal and placed it on the table. Linslet looked at the cake Yuhaka had made and nodded in satisfaction, saying:

"Hmm, as expected of my sister, her cake is quite good!"

Upon hearing Linslet's words, Yuhaka looked on with an "OwO?" expression, while Claire narrowed her eyes at Linslet, clearly seeing that the siscon was taking advantage of Yuhaka again.

Linslet, who was being stared at by Claire, noticed Claire's gaze and broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly said to Fiana:

"Fiana! What about the candles we bought earlier?"

"Yes, it's here~"

After Lindsay and Fiana inserted the candles and lit them, they looked at Claire and said:

"Alright, the candles are lit, Claire, hurry up and make a wish!"

Upon hearing Linslet's words, Claire seemed to realize what was happening. Looking at the cake with lit candles in front of her, Claire fell into reminiscence, wondering if it had been a long time since she had celebrated her birthday with her family.

She recalled how her parents, her sister, and the people of the territory used to celebrate her birthdays together, until her sister was called the Calamity Elf Princess.

Chapter 703 [Poaching]

While Claire was celebrating her birthday, all members of the Wind King Knights were holding a meeting in the conference room of the Aresia Elf Academy. The meeting was about investigating and dealing with the Skeleton Alliance merchants.

"The Dean has approved the use of elven magical armor to deal with any merchants from the Skeleton Alliance if they are discovered. That concludes today's report. Dismissed."

Just as Alice finished announcing that the meeting was about to be adjourned, a sharp voice suddenly came from behind the door of the conference room.

"...Wait!"

As the conference room door was forcefully pushed open, everyone looked at the doorway in surprise. Standing in front of the door was a girl with ice-blue eyes and long blonde hair—Velcelia Eva.

Upon seeing Visselia arrive, Alice looked at her with surprise and asked:

"Sister?! Why are you here—"

Before Alice could finish speaking, Velseria looked at the members of the Wind King Knights present and said:

"How come so many chess pieces are missing while I was away...?"

Upon hearing her sister's words, Alice looked at Vercelia in disbelief, clearly not expecting her sister to say such a thing.

"Sister... what are you saying...?"

To Alice's question, Versailles remained remarkably calm, answering as if she hadn't taken her words seriously at all:

"I said there are fewer chess pieces, that's all."

Hearing Vilcalia's words, Alice looked at Vilcalia with great anger and said:

"Are your knights merely pawns to you?!"

"partner?"

Velseria looked at Alice with icy eyes and said:

"That kind of thing is meaningless to me, and besides..."

Viseria looked at the members of the Wind King Knights present and said: