The Tale of the Princess Heroine

***The Tale of the Princess Heroine*** is a romance novel series with 2 books soon after the original was released. It was the original novel, read by Monica Duval and Annie Duval in their pre-reincarnation lives.

*The Tale of the Princess Heroine* follows *Eloise LeClaire*, a peasant and orphan in the Duvalin empire. She was born with magical abilities, just like the imperial family. The Emperor and Empress soon adopts her because of her magic and they soon get fond of her, neglecting their non-magical biological daughters for Eloise. Monica and Annie abused Eloise and were soon executed by their own family.

## Story Plot

In the north, stood a big and powerful empire, the Duvalin Empire, currently ruled by Irvin Duval, with his wife, Serena Duval by his side. They had 5 biological kids, Ikarus Duval, the heir to the throne and the oldest. Idris Duval, the sorcerer who was the top student in Rosegold academy. Silas Duval, the knight of the family and the mad dog. Lastly, Monica Duval and Annie Duval, the non-magical daughters who were known to be abusive and an embarrassment to their family.

Eloise LeClaire was just your average teenager, playful and caring. She was born with cyan eyes and beautiful wavy brown hair. She had the ability to heal and as an orphan and peasant, it was rare and known to be an honor to be granted magical abilities.

She was soon adopted by the imperial family and she became the third princess of the Duvalin Empire. She started off badly in her classes, but her parents encouraged her to try and she did. She tried to get along with her sisters, but unlike Idris and Silas, they two weren't as accepting.

Monica was jealous that her parents were spending all their time with Eloise instead of her and physically abused Eloise, leaving bruises and scars which was noticed by her parents and she was punished severly for her actions, but her oldest brother always protected her no matter what happened.

One day, Eloise tried to get Ikarus' attention and love, but all she got was a death stare and water in her face. She told her parents, hoping they'd back her up, but they didn't do anything since they loved their eldest and the heir to the throne far more than Eloise.

But soon, everything fell for Monica and Annie. Monica was done trying to gain her parents' love and attention, she took the dagger Ikarus gave her and tried to kill the princess, but was caught by Silas and she was pinned down onto the ground by him and taken to the dungeons were her parents confronted her.

Soon, she was tried in court and sentenced to execution, to the dismay of Ikarus and Annie. Annie was also tried and sentenced as an unvoluntary accomplice and was given a chance to live, but be stripped of her title of second princess. She declined, "I will never leave my sister's side or be stripped of my title as princess, that would only bring me great shame.." She said as her parents made their final verdict and sentenced her to death, right by her older sister.

The two were executed and the very next day, Monica was hanged while Annie was beheaded, Ikarus watched her sister die and held her in his arms after her death, to the disappointment of his parents, but he didn't care. Eloise married the Crown prince of the Windsor family and lived their happily ever after.

## Excerpt

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> **Monica:** "Why her and not me?! I'm your daughter too! It's not fair!"
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> **Irvin:** "You disappointment, keep your mouth shut. You are a criminal in the court of law."
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> **Monica:** "It's always 'Eloise, let's enjoy time together!' and never, 'Monica' only Eloise!"
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> **Irvin:** "You have no magic, why should I consider you my daughter or even a princess of this empire?"
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> *His cold eyes will always be the same to her, it was never warm, maybe it was when she was younger, but this is the father that she knows now..*
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> *Her sister watched in horror and their father sentenced her to death by hanging.*
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> **Irvin:** "That will be my final decision."
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> **Monica:** "You're cruel Your Highness.."
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> *Her voice was cold, just like his. It wasn't just that, it was the fact that she addressed him other than father..*
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> *The Empress' eyes was wide opened as she realised that it was their fault their daughter ended up like this, it wasn't Eloise who was the victim, it was her, the so-called criminal, she was never a villain at birth..*
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> *Monica used to be just like Eloise, a kind and caring young princess, she gained the love of the empire and the people, until she was casted aside by her own family.*
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> *But how did it end up like this? It was the Emperor's cold gaze when she turned 12, still with no sign of magic.*
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> *The Tale of the Princess Heroine*, Chapter 10 "Not Born, But Made"
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## Sequels

The 3rd book is not known, bue the creator has confirmed the second book's title in Alora Astier's wiki page.

### The Death of an Empire

The plot of this story is unknown, however, we do get some insight to the story in Episode 8, where Ikarus takes the throne and kills Eloise and imprison his family. Likely entailing that Ikarus is the protaganist and the villainess is Alora, confirmed on her wiki page.

### 3rd Book

Nothing is known or shown about the 3rd book

## Characters

### Eloise LeClaire

Eloise LeClaire, now Eloise Duval, is the third princess of the Duvalin Empire, also known as 'the adopted one'. She was adopted into the family because of her magical ability, unlike the first and second princess.

She is known to be kind and caring, playful, yet naive. She doesn't know much about the royal life and doesn't intend to, to the disappointment of her parents. She tries her best to get along with everyone, mostly being succesful because of her beauty and magical ability.

Even when she was just a peasant who was abandoned by her parents, she was caring and used her magic to heal kids to earn money for the orphanage. Everyone loved her and knew of her magical abilities. She saved many lives and word usually goes around, and it soon reached the ears of the imperial family.

When she arrived, she was curious and got lost in Lyonhall palace. She also met all of her siblings, her secon and third brother started getting used to her and treating her like an actual sister, more than their actual sisters. Ikarus didn't like her and ignored her at every turn her had, even throwing water and tripping her, but the emperor and empress didn't do much to stop Ikarus from abusing Eloise, however, they always punished their first daughter, Monica, from even getting close to her.

The emperor and empress paid close attention to Eloise and spent a lot of their free time with her, they always had tea time together and Eloise always danced with her father during balls, to the dismay of her eldest sister.

### Irvin Duval

Irvin Duval, the current Emperor, is known to be merciless and heartless, 'The Monster of the North', but his heart was miraculously melted by the sweet and charming third princess, Eloise.

He tries his best to get Eloise to study more and become smarter like his favourite child, Ikarus. But to his disappointment, she refuses and would rather use her free time playing and gardening, he isn't bothered much and sometimes even joins her in her gardening activites.

In many chapters, he is seen working hard to keep the empire stable, but Eloise always disturbs him. He usually lets her sit by his side while he works, but sometimes reprimands her for disturbing important meetings, embarrassing him in front of nobles and even other royals.

He neglects his two daughters because of their lack of magical ability and because he is prejudiced against non-magical nobles and royals. He sentenced both of his daughters to execution, Monica by hanging and Annie by beheading. He set up Eloise's wedding to the crown prince of Windsor, seeing him as a good husband for his precious daughter.

### Serena Duval

Serena Duval, the current empress, is known to be beautiful and elegant. She is noted to have a condition where she lacks the guilty feeling, which made her a perfect partner for the ruthless emperor.

In the story, Serena spent a lot of time with Eloise, not because she truly loved her and was moved by the charming young princess, but it was because she didn't want her husband's family name to be tarnished by the third and naive princess, who refused to learn etiquette because it was too hard and complicated.

Serena's feelings were clear, she prefered her own children rather than this disgusting brown haired peasant, but the way the story was written made it seem like she truly loved her, maybe she did, maybe she loved Eloise, but she denied it, even if it was obvious.

She felt guilty for the first time when she saw just how much her daughters sacrificed for them, and a day before their execution, she broke down into tears, this action sent Lyonhall Palace into a panic, Irvin's attention was caught and he went to comfort his wife in the least most comforting way.