Fake Princess
Clxxi Chapter
"Nii-chan, according to your calculations, how long will they reach the border?"
"Two or three more days," Izumi chimed in on my words.
"If their Kingdom is further away than ours, why did they get here? Shouldn't they pass through another Kingdom first?" I said as I gave my body a seat crouching before them.
"Everything can happen if they hold the permission of the Emperor, which is more important... Are you ready, Sa-chan?" haruki said, turning my head to look at him who was crouching in front of me
"What do you mean, nii-chan?"
"Leading the war, that means... You're the one who's gonna be the general. Your position, above the whole army. Their life and death, everything is in your hands... And also.." said Haruki stopped, I looked at him who seemed to bite his own lips.
"Nii-chan," I said as I held my hand.
"The war will end if there is a peace agreement between the two sides of the Kingdom, and also... The death of one of the generals who led the war..."
"Sa-chan, don't do it. The enemy will be aiming for your head, as Big Brother I trust your abilities. However, as a Big Brother too, I don't want to lose my Brother" he continued in a trembling voice.
"You'll be next to me, won't you, nii-chan?" I told him, I looked at him who took his eyes off me.
Follow my gaze to follow him, I looked at King Bagaskara who also responded to us. Nodding he returned our gaze to her earlier, I turned my gaze to Haruki who had also looked at me while nodding and smiling at me.
"Did you forget your other brother," Izumi's voice sounded followed by the pain that hit my head, I turned my gaze to him who was looking at me with one hand held in his hand.
"And let's not forget we're both Hime-sama," Adinata's voice came, and I looked back at her and Danurdara, who was smiling, looked at me.
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I opened my eyes slowly, and I sat up from the bed where I was lying. I lowered my head with my palms covering my face, many times I was yawning by the drowsiness that was still lingering.
I lowered back the palm that covered my face earlier, turning my head to the side looking at Julissa who was still soundly asleep. I lifted the blanket that covered my feet as I put my feet down the bed.
Walking I approached the bathroom in the right corner of the room, I opened the bathroom door as I entered it. Stepping over I approached the barrel full of water as I grabbed the dipper from the wood beside it, I put the dipper into the barrel while I washed my face using the water that filled the dipper...
Stepping back I went outside the bathroom, moving I approached my bed again as I put my legs alternately in the sandals I put next to the bed..
I stepped back to the door of the room, I held my hand open it as I walked out. Turning back to shut the door, I gave my body a walk down the Palace...
My eyes fell on the hundreds of brightly lit points of light in the Palace grounds, I stared at the men who were going back and forth shoulder to shoulder making the things I commanded. I pushed my body back to one of the trees there while I stood there...
The sound of scraping wood cut off, the sound of iron clanking coming into contact with each other filled my ears. The darkness of the night, did not make their spirits go down because of it...
Let me look at Aydin who was kicking some men, kneeling the five men before him while standing Aydin in front of them with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What are you doing here?" a male voice rang out, turning me towards Zeki who had been standing beside me.
"Checking progress, have you seen my two brothers?" I said as I turned to stand in front of him.
"They were across the street, preparing the poison made by Eneas and Lux" he said, turning my gaze away from him who suddenly took off the clothes he was wearing.
"Take your clothes off again, what are you doing?"
"Do you think I'll let you walk in front of so many men wearing only the nightgown you're wearing?" he said, as I felt something touch my shoulder.
"What about you?"
"I do physical training with them, my body will warm by itself. Go away, I'll watch over you from here," he said, looking at me, raising his hand gently rubbing my hair.
"Thank you" I said, taking my arms in turns wearing her slightly oversized clothes for me to wear. Turning around, I walked away, leaving her as I pulled my arms together, until her clothes were closing my body tightly.
My footsteps moved closer and closer to Haruki who was talking to Adinata beside her. Follow my gaze to Izumi who was sitting on the ground with both her hands holding a milling tool, follow me to see Lux flying here and there in front of Izumi and also Danurdara who is still moving her hands moving the milling device from the chunk of stone...
"Nii-chan," I said walking up to them .
"Are you.." Haruki's words came to a halt, the long time he looked at me who was walking closer and closer to him.
"Izumi said, it's just me... Or indeed the clothes he was wearing really did not feel foreign to me today" he continued, turning his eyes to Izumi.
"It's like I saw the clothes milling around in front of me the last few days," Izumi continued to recite Haruki's words, turning to look at him who was also looking at me from where he was sitting.
"Zeki lent it to me because I only wore a nightgown" I told them alternately.
"I'm kidding, come here!" haruki said, returning his eyes to me.
Walking over to him, I stared at the sheet of animal skin that was in front of him. It looks composed of stones of various sizes on the skin sheet earlier...
"Have you divided the army that you will lead?" I said as I lifted one of the stones.
"Tell me everything in your mind, you're the general" Haruki told me.
"Actually I want Zeki, Izu nii-chan, and also Aydin to lead the pedestrian army. Adinata leads the cavalry, and you Haru nii-chan leads the cavalry, while Danurdara leads the archers..."
"the reason? You know, no, I want the right reasons for everything" Haruki said.
"Zeki, Izu nii-chan and Aydin, their instincts are sharper to attack, with that instinct they will easily control an army that is not originally a Knight..."
"Adinata, I think he's one balanced human being..."
"What does that mean?" he said cut my word.
"I mean, you're the kind of person who can use instinct and logic at the same time. I'm asking you to lead an army carrying chariots, because I believe you can lead them forward or stop when fighting the enemy, because carrying a chariot is not as easy as it seems," I said as I put the stone I held back on the table.
"My brother Haruki, I never doubted his thinking ability all along. I asked him to lead the cavalry, because if the enemy made an inevitable surprise attack... My brother's brain, will quickly flip through the attack. Therefore, I need him to lead a high-moving army..."
"Andur, I don't doubt his ability in archery. I want him to lead an archer army under his command," I said again as I extended my gaze to Haruki and Adinata alternately.
"Hows it? Do you guys approve?"
"You are the general, we will only obey your orders" Haruki said chimed in, leaving my eyes on Adinata who nodded in response to Haruki's words.
"And more importantly, has the poison been completed?"
"Your brother tried hard to make it, now we just have to prepare medicine for those who are injured," Haruki said as he directed his gaze to look at Eneas who was asleep in the chair.