SSS-Ranked Skill in a New Filthy World-Chapter 48 Strongest Duo [Part 1]

Inside a dimly lit room, two females sat opposite themselves, one with bright red hair that flowed all the way to her back and red eyes to match. She was tall, elegant, and graceful, and most importantly, she was beautiful.

Opposite her was another female with raven black hair; her hair was so long it stretched all the way to her lower back, and in front, it covered half of her face, leaving only half visible.

Both of them were the current head of the magic academy, Evelyn Helmsworth, who was the red-haired, and seated in front of her was her long-time rival, Victoria Aldenworth, the black-haired.

Evelyn was a master of flame and wind magic, while Victoria commanded darkness magic, both of them were the strongest mages in the entire kingdom.

The two of them also belong to the two strongest noble families in the kingdom of Avalon, the Helmsworth family and the Aldenworth family. There were other strong noble families, but these two stood at the top, second only to the Royal family.

"Is it me, or is the quality of mages declining in recent times?" Evelyn asked with a smile on her face.

"Why wouldn’t it be? It’s been a while since the demon army attacked; the world is a little peaceful compared to when we fought," Victoria spoke, her voice sounding like a broken recorder.

"It’s getting too peaceful; I can’t help but think the demon lord is planning something; we won’t end this war unless we attack the castle," Evelyn spoke.

"Last time we tried to lead an attack, we were defeated; the Queen wouldn’t allow something like that to happen; she’s too soft," Victoria spoke.

"Soft... she’s preventing the loss of lives, but I also think we should attack the castle, we can’t continue to play defense forever, a time would come when the entire army and all the demon lord generals would join the attack"

"Then our entire army would be eliminated; we should strike now and lose a few thousand lives. Besides, it’s only the weak mages that would die; the strong would survive," Victoria spoke.

"Cruel...do you think we’ll get any S-rank awakening?" Evelyn asked.

"The capital has already done the awakening ceremony and we had only 1 S-rank, it’s left for the villages, so I don’t think we’ll get any S-rank among any commoners, besides we have an S-rank coming in this year"

"I heard it was the granddaughter of the Frost Queen that awakened an S-rank ability; the Firefrost family is stepping up; I hope she has enough drive in her to be as strong as one of us," Evelyn spoke.

"Apart from the Frost Queen, no one from the Frostfire family would be as strong as us; I can’t wait to break the new students," a smirk formed on Victoria’s face as she spoke.

*Knock!*

They heard a knock and the door opened the next moment as another female stepped into the room.

"Is something wrong?"

"The Queen requested your presence" the female spoke with her head down.

"Why would she request our presence? I’m not attending, Evelyn, tell her I’m not feeling okay," Victoria spoke.

"I’m not lying to the Queen, why do you dislike the Queen so much?"

"I dislike weak people; the Queen is weak and uninteresting," Victoria replied.

’The only two people in the entire kingdom that can talk bad about the Queen, I’m honestly scared of Miss Victoria’ The female who came to deliver the message thought in her head.

"Even though, we can’t reject her...you can go now," Evelyn said to the female and she stepped out, "Victoria, I’ve told you to stop talking bad about the Queen in front of other people"

"What are they going to do? Let’s go and hear what she has to say; also, let’s duel later; I have a trick to show you," Victoria spoke.

"A trick. Don’t forget I’m still in front in the duels, 259 to 257," Evelyn said with a smile.

"Just two, and I’ll close the distance this time," Victoria said as she stood up; Evelyn followed behind her, and both of them exited the room; it was located in the academy and was a private room for both of them.

A carriage was already waiting for them outside; the journey from the magic academy to the palace wasn’t long since they used a carriage, and soon they were at the gate of the palace.

"I heard something interesting: the princess wants to attend the academy," Victoria spoke.

"I heard it too; she’s been training under one of the Royal Guards that we went to the academy with; I’m sure you know who I’m talking about," Evelyn said.

"Of course I do; I just hope she isn’t disappointing, though I expect nothing less from the Queen’s offspring," Victoria spoke.

The carriage reached its destination, and both of them climbed down; the Royal palace was overly familiar to them since they had visited it tons of times.

The guards opened the door as Evelyn was in front while Victoria was at the back and looked around, hoping to find the princess, but she had no such luck as they reached the throne room.

The throne room was grand and imposing, with towering stone pillars lining the long, crimson carpet that leads to an ornate throne.

Golden chandeliers cast a glow, reflecting off the polished marble floors. Banners bearing the kingdom’s emblem, a lion crest hang from the high ceilings, swaying gently.

At the far end, the throne itself, carved from dark wood and inlaid with jewels, sits upon a raised platform, exuding authority and power which Victoria scoffed at as the current Queen was nothing of such.

Inside the throne room was a large table that was used to hold meetings, and the Queen sat at one end of the table with her eyes closed.

"Your Majesty," Evelyn spoke as she bowed her head, and Victoria bowed her head too, only a little.

"You’re here; thanks for coming on such short notice," the Queen spoke.

"We can’t delay your Royal Majesty" Evelyn replied as both of them sat.