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Calamity Spirit Princess.
That was the title the people of the Austia Empire had given to the Spirit Princess who had betrayed the Fire Spirit King.
Rather than a title, it was more of a curse.
For Rubia, who had betrayed the Fire Spirit King, enraged him, and caused him to rain heavenly fire down upon the land, nearly burning the entire Austia Empire to ashes, the people who had suffered through a full year of disasters felt nothing but hatred and curses.
As a result, the Elstein Dukedom, home to the Fire Spirit Princess Rubia, had been stripped of its title and territory. Even Rubia's parents, the current duke and duchess of the Elstein Dukedom, had been thrown into prison and would never be released.
And Claire was a member of the Elstein Dukedom?
And the Calamity Spirit Princess was Claire's biological older sister?
Did that not mean Claire was the second daughter of the ducal family that had fallen overnight?
"The Elstein Dukedom has long since fallen. My parents were thrown into prison because of my sister, and I was the only one spared punishment."
Claire tightly gripped the necklace engraved with the Elstein Dukedom's crest and spoke with a self-mocking smile.
"If I hadn't been so young at the time, and if the headmistress hadn't pulled so many strings, I would probably have been thrown into prison with my family too, right?"
As the continent's strongest Elf User, Grayvas had not only won the Spirit Sword Dance Festival twenty-four years ago, but had also rendered tremendous service during the Lanbar War, which had swept across the