Henrietta's POV:

This wasn't going very well.

Sure, I'd somehow walked past all the automatas patrolling the border, the highway, the village, and even the castle without them attacking me. I was thankful; I didn't want to fight them. I didn't want to fight anyone!

Especially when I could be touring the Dark Enchanted Forest and appreciating the sights. Seriously, this place was great! On the first day I'd seen trees walking around, unicorn hordes blessing a lake, a dragon napping on a picnic blanket the size of an inn beside said lake, and direwolves.

I had decided to set up camp close to the dragon, and while the direwolves had woken me up in the middle of the night they steered clear of the fire breathing lizard beside me.

It seemed human flesh wasn't worth waking up a dragon.

Then in the morning, I'd met my first troll. Bridge trolls were a delight, and Gerda's riddles were hilarious.

What room had no windows or doors?

A mushroom! Brilliant!

The two of us had ended up having breakfast together and Gerda had even let me use her kitchen. I might have been in there for a few hours longer than I should've been… but I loved baking, and the bimbleberry scones came out particularly nice.

At least the lizardkin had agreed.

When they'd seen me walk into the castle without activating any of the defences, the two lizardkin guards had kicked up a small fuss. They didn't want to hurt an innocent traveller - it was bad for trade. I wasn't the only human in the dark woods, but I was probably the only one dressed in formal Drendil attire. And our kingdoms weren't exactly on friendly terms since my father kept sending over assassins...

I'd let them know that I was sent here to fight King Keith, but it turned out their General wasn't available and the guards needed further instruction.

So, now I was cooling my heels in the guard barracks. While I waited, I checked my character sheet to make sure I was ready to go.

Name: Henrietta Doryn of Drendil

Occupation: Warrior Crown Princess

Level: 67

Experience Points: 15893/16750

Hit Points: 1809/1809

Mana Points: 1206/1206

Class: [Sword Master]

Titles: [Human], [Noble], [Princess], [Crown Princess], [Warrior], [Aura Knight], [Sword Master],

Attributes

Strength: 67

Dexterity: 21

Constitution: 27 (+2)

Intelligence: 17

Perception: 19

Charisma: 29 (+4)

Skills

Social 6, Etiquette 5, Leadership 5, Bureaucracy 7, +Swordsmanship: Parry 1, Sword Aura 7, Mastery 2,

Perks

Sense Ally, Sense Lies, Calming Voice, Sense Motive, True Taste, Sense Ability, Inspire, Multitask, Quick Read, Resist Poison, Quick Step, Quick Draw, Force Thrust, Bludgeoning Cut, Harvest Kill, Sword Sense, Killing Intent, Aura Blade and Death Parry.