'Dear Diary,

I'm writing every day on this little book to record my adventures. To begin with, I'm Steel Shield, son of King Fire Glove and Queen Water Drop and I've got a little sister, which makes me the oldest son. Even being the oldest, son, the King decided to pick my sister, Kindly Heart, to be his heir and I became her personal bodyguard.'

A sudden knock of his barrack door, snap him off from the concentration on his writing.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Sir, I brought your armor and your weapons. Polished by the Princess herself," a maid answered from the other side.

"You may enter," he ordered.

Opening the door, a small maid entered his barrack. He pointed towards a small place near the wall and ordered her to place it there.

Bending down to place his armor and weapons on his desired place, she heard him ask.

"Why did the Princess polished my arsenal? Didn't I made myself clear that I didn't want to disturb her with this kind of task?"

Bowing herself, she immediately answered.

"Don't get mad sir. We followed Princess orders, she wanted to polish your arsenal saying that it was a reward for you since you fought bravely against the dragon that was attacking the Uni-village."

Placing a hand behind his neck, he started rubbing it and said.

"It's useless trying to give orders to you when The Princess is in a higher rank than me. Send my regards to the Princess,"

Bowing herself, she nodded and excused herself, and made her way out of his barrack.

Returning to his chair, he sat down and looked back at the book.

'I forgot what I was writing...' he said. Closing the book, he made his way towards the window.

"That's a great evening,"

Storming into his barrack, a guard was panting.

"Sir, the King wants to see you," he said."It's urgent."

Nodding, he grabbed his arsenal, equipped his armor, and headed towards the main hall followed by the guard that was tasked to call him out.

Arriving at the main hall, he was presented by the King walking side to side while shaking his hands. Noticing him standing in front of him, he ran towards him.

"The Draking Kingdom is going to attack us, our scouts noticed some strange movements of our enemy and they are heading here I need you to get the troops ready for..."

Storming inside the room, a guard kneeled and said.

"Your Highness there's a general outside asking for your presence. It's a general from the Draking Kingdom."

The King looked at his general and nodded.

"They want to see me let's go." the King said.

Heading towards the castle walls, the King climbed the stairs he stood on top of the castle walls and present himself to the invaders.

"King Fire Glove is here as promised," he announced.

Looking down, the King noticed a large crew standing outside waiting to face them.

"Surrender to us and we will spare everyone inside of the castle walls," the Draking General said.

One of the generals standing near the King raised his weapon and said.

"I, Grass Cutter. Will be your opponent."

Descending the stairs, he headed outside of the castle walls.

In front of him was a warrior carrying a large halberd that was charging towards him.

Raising his weapon the general swung his halberd and pierce through his armor, killing the other general in one bout.

Raising his voices, the enemy soldiers stomp the ground using the handle bottom tip of their spears.

Looking down the King, shook his hands together and waited for another general to go and meet the warrior outside.

"Curse you, I will avenge General Grass Cutter." other General raised his voice and descended the stairs. "Prepare yourself."

Preparing himself the General charged towards his target, he swung his weapon but was blocked by his enemy and was impaled by the tip of his halberd, raising the dead general he presented it to the enemy King.

"Weak King, sent me a decent warrior to face me, or I will challenge you instead."

Steel Shield looked at the warrior and back to his King.

"Your Highness, will you permit me to face this warrior? I will present his head to you for such rudeness that he showed to you."

The King nodded.

He turned back to the warrior and pronounced himself. "I'll face you, but before that, I will give you a chance to leave and retreat peacefully."

The general couldn't contain his laughs and let it all out.

"Such weak King you had there and such a big mouth too, come down here I will make you taste the blade of my weapon. You little kid."

His eyebrows lowered in rage and he replied.

"I'll teach you to keep control of your big mouth," he said.

Jumping off the castle walls, Steel Shield hit the ground hardly that made dust to raise.

The Enemy Commander looked back at the King and noticed something strange.

'He stopped shaking his hands. Why?'

Looking back at Steel Shield, his eyes widened when he noticed the weapon.

'Yellow Jade Dragon, a legendary Guan Dao. No, it can't be him, he won't serve such weak king.'

A sudden battle cry made him look to his general.

"Now little kid I will beat you so hard that you will beg for mercy."

Charging forward, he noticed his enemy took his chest plate off. Raising his Guan Dao, Steel Shield swung his weapon blocking the attack. Due to the impact, he and his enemy parted ways and readied themselves to fight again.

"Why did you take your chest plate off?" the enemy general asked, "Is it to give more space for my weapon to get through?"

He readied himself and charged forward.

"No matter, I will kill you and make your king beg fo..."

Steel Shield swung his weapon and cut his head off, a large gasp was heard by the crew in front of him. Looking back at the dead body of the general, he jammed the bottom tip of his weapon on the ground and kneeled.

"You should've waited for my answer, don't you think," he said while grabbing the head of the fallen general, "I took off my chest plate to swing my weapon more easily and to reduce weight."

He looked back at his King and raised the head of the fallen general. A large battle cry was heard on top of the castle walls.

"King Fire Glove. May I ask you who is this general?" the enemy commander asked while looking attentively to Steel Shield.

"He won't answer any kind of answer given by an invader now prepare yourself to face m..." he started but was interrupted when the King spoke.

"Please general, let me answer his question."

He nodded.

Looking back at the enemy Commander, he raised his hand and started explaining.

"This is Steel Shield, he is my... since you're here and you're not part of my army or my alliance I will informally tell you. This is Steel Shield, he is my son and the best warrior within my rank. It's suicide to face him in battle and your general here learn it in a wrong way."

The commander looked intrigued at him and asked.

"But you only had two sons, why sacrificing a possible heir on a battle to the death?"

"He's not the heir to the throne, it's his little sister and that's why I made him her personal bodyguard. Now I kindly ask you to retreat peacefully or I will use my army to fight yours."

The commander looked back at his troops and back at Steel Shield.

Raising his hand he ordered his troops to retreat and made their way out of the realm peacefully.

Steel Shield walked back inside the castle.

Heading towards the main hall he waited for the King to arrive.

When the King arrived, he kneeled and was rewarded with some gold coins and some leathers.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The King nodded and signaled him to leave him.

He saluted the King and made his way out of the hall. On his way out, he bumped with a small body that made him and the small body fall.

Grunting in pain, he scratched the back of his head. Opening up his eyes, he saw a small body lying beneath him.

"PRINCESS," he yelled while he quickly got back up.

Giving her his hand, he grabbed her hand and pushed her back up. Standing back up once again, she looked back at him and said.

"Good evening to you too."

Bowing himself down, he said and apologized.

"Sorry, Princess I was on my way out of the main hall and didn't notice you there."

Giggling, she raised him back up and said.

"There's no need to apologize, General. I was distracted too. I was about to ask father if I can go fishing."

Noticing some blood on his face she immediately asked.

"Fighting bad guys again?" she asked while wiping the bloodstain from his cheek.

He nodded.

Getting past him, she looked back at him over her shoulder.

"Could you accompany me?" she asked.

"Of course," he answered.

He walked towards her and stood beside her.

Walking beside each other, they entered the main hall and meet the King and the Queen inside.

Slowly walking towards the throne, she kneeled and said.

"Dad, I kindly ask your permission for a small trip to the fishing spot. I would like to see the fishes and the amazing views," she said while bowing towards him.

"General Steel Shield will not be able to accompany you since he fought against one of the generals from the Draking Kingdom and he needs to rest."

Steel Shield immediately kneeled and said.

"Your Highness, since I'm her personal bodyguard it's only fair that I accompany her on this trip."

The King looked back at him and asked.

"But you need to rest. After a stressful fight..."

His speech was interrupted when a hand touched his shoulder that made him look towards his Queen.

"Dear. Sir Steel Shield will keep an eye on her. You know him like the palm of your hand. They will be fine."

Looking back at them, he nodded and said.

"Try to be back before the sky reaches his fully dark."

"We'll be Your Highness," he said.

Grabbing his weapon, he left the main hall and waited for the Princess near the castle doors.

After a few moments of waiting, the Princess finally showed up. Opening the doors, they headed towards the fishing spot while walking beside each other.

Author's Note

Hi there, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Guan Dao-> Chinese Pole Weapon.

citation: "Try to be back before the sky reaches his fully dark."->midnight, since they don't have watches