A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 255 – Hidden Bad News
The princess's face was hard to explain. Between fear, tension, horror and the others that even Sung Han with Sung Hwa could not guess in the least as well. It's just that for sure, there's no expression that shows that good things are happening.
Khong Tiat, who somehow, had become the princess's number one bodyguard, looked at her worriedly. He wanted to stroke her shoulder if he could not remember the existence of the two young people.
Sung Han and Sung Hwa had just told them all about their conversation that had just finished this afternoon. They think of possibilities and none of them look good. Until finally Sung Han reminded of the existence of mountain people who almost forgot.
Not to forget also before Sung Hwa had told everything in full. This was a secret, so right before he told me, the princess asked all the occupants of the room to come out. Except Khong Tiat.
The story is about her being sick and being treated by a healer from the mountain-man kingdom named Chunglai. How much she was mistaken as Miss Songli and she took advantage of that. Become part of the mountain man kingdom and become Chunglai's disciple. It ended in civil war
The princess heard all the words with a fickle expression. Sometimes he was surprised to make his mouth open. Sometimes the cry of the stifled held in horror. Not infrequently his face turned pale.
"I'm sorry for my kindness, but how strange this is. Isn't this good news that it's possible that the mountain man intervened for Sung Hwa's sake?" finally Sung Han asked after so long the state of the room was in complete silence. Unable to get an answer, Sung Han continued. "If we don't know how likely it is. But I'm sure there must be. As small as that."
Sung Han's speech was issued with a firm tone full of confidence. His eyes were shining with a burning spirit. This affected Song Zhu and Khong Tiat's daughters a bit.
But presumably the princess remembered something, returning her gloomy face. Difficult to explain.
"That's good news" he said. "To be precise, the good news hides the worst."
Sung Han, Sung Hwa and Khong Tiat frowned and looked at each other. How about this? Good news hides bad news? Why do you know there is bad news behind it? Was the princess among the few shamans called necromancers?
Sung Hwa asked after. "I'm sorry, I'm too stupid to understand your words."
Princess Song Zhu smiled bitterly. Then raised his face to look at his former bodyguard. "Try you guys to think about it. I think the result of this long war, makes your mind too saturated and not even aware of it. Come ... think carefully," as she spoke, the princess filled up their three empty cups of tea.
The three seasoned warriors racked their brains to digest the meaning of Song Zhu's daughter's words. The good news that hides the worst? The question was always repeated in their minds. But how much was repeated, did not find a single answer.
This made Sung Han's head throb. While Sung Hwa shook his head while rubbing his jidat. For Khong Tiat, somehow because he was so focused on thinking, he unconsciously exerted his energy in and made smoke billow from his crown.
"We don't understand at all and hope you understand us, three fools," Sung Han finally said representing the three of them. "We ask that your majesty can be forthright in order to make matters clear."
Princess Song Zhu again smiled, a bitter and bitter smile. "You're saying that the Jeiji Empire didn't come here immediately because it was afraid or held back by something, right?"
Sung Han and Sung Hwa nodded slowly. As if hesitating whether they should give a response when the questioner already knows the answer.
"Well, maybe as you say, that the mountain-man kingdom invaded Jeiji's army to defend the territory. Makes sense, really. But it's still unclear. It's not very clear."
"I mean your majesty?" Khong Tiat asked.
Sung Han was beginning to understand. He understood first because he was the one who thought about the possibility of assistance from the mountain human kingdom. It was only natural that he first became aware of the peculiarity right after the princess spoke. But he still does not know for sure what the peculiarities are.
"Well, looking at your expression I thought you were in line with my thinking?" the princess asked as she looked at Sung Han.
"I'm not sure."
"Then I'll explain." The woman then walked to the wall hanging a map of the entire Chang mainland. He used his index finger to tap on the southern part, then dragged into the area of the Heaven Wall Mountains. "Worst news is, if the mountain man kingdom is fighting in their territory, it just means that Jeiji has already made an invasion to the north. Unbeknownst to them, they had entered the territory of the mountain man kingdom and were forced to fight against the royal army. This is what's causing the southern Jeiji army to never get here."
Sung Han was half-deadly shocked to his feet, Sung Hwa held back his screeches by closing his mouth using both hands. Khong Tiat's body trembled with a pale face.
"That makes more sense, right? Considering the mountain man never interfered in the affairs of the world," said the princess. "But another story if someone bullies them."
The three of them were not yet capable of words, they were too shocked by the plausible possibility. Why were Sung Han and Sung Hwa completely unconscious? Is it true that they are too tired due to the war to reduce their foresight?
"Take it that the kingdom of the mountain men intervenes because their place is disturbed by foreigners. Don't expect too much" the princess ended her words by sitting back in her chair and drinking her tea.
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"Is that so? If that was the case, it would mean a terrible thing," Nie Chi became the first person to stir after hearing the results of the conversation between Sung Han and the princess. "So what was his decision?"
"We need to deploy troops soon. One probed into the Heaven's Wall Mountains, another combed through the entire northern region in search of the hiding place of Jeiji's troops who were still hiding."
Khuang Peng nodded his head. His eyes suddenly became sharp. "That means we're squeezed from both sides."
"You just realized?" cibir Gu Ren was half irritated by the young man. "What have you been eating all this time?"
Khung Peng grunts. "The point is, now our situation is clearly very bad."
"Indeed not before?"
"Wine. But now it is much more serious. It's just a matter of time until the mountain man's kingdom is destroyed and the southern Jeiji army swarms here."
"Our job is to prevent that!" firmly Sung Han clenched his hands. "Trust the princess. I'm sure he'll make the right decision. Now the five of us better focus on increasing our own strength."
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