Fake Princess
Ccxli Chapter
"My castle is destroyed, everyone I trust is a traitor. I," said Niel bowed, lifting his legs together to cover his face.
"Dad," Egil whispered as he pleased beside me, I looked at him who was still looking at Niel with a sparkling gaze, patting his back softly until he turned to look at me with both eyes reddened.
"Go away" I whispered to him, and I gave him a little head. Egil stood up and walked over to Niel.
"Dad" he said, sitting in front of Niel, grabbed and held the palm of Niel's hand by him.
"I'm sorry Egil. Sorry, if Egil let Dad down. Sorry, Egil destroyed the pride you've built all this time," she cried as she put her head to touch Niel's palm.
"I'm sorry Egil Dad. Please, forgive Egil," she cried again, I looked at Niel who was still hiding her face behind her bent legs.
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You loser!" Izumi said loudly, walking up to them then stopping right behind Egil.
"You should have rebuilt your castle, attracted the strong people here as your Knights. Don't just shut up and reflect on what happened!" Izumi continued back as she lifted her arms crossed in the chest.
"If you want to join us as our allies. We will be happy to rebuild your Kingdom again" Haruki said, chiming in on Izumi's words.
"allied?" His words raised his head staring at Haruki.
"You have to give us full permission to manage the gold mine. And I will make sure, the Kingdom of Sora will immediately provide protection to you," Haruki said.
"Do you think, I'll trust someone after what happens" she told Haruki.
"We will make a covenant, with a covenant everything will be clear. There's no emotional attachment if it's a deal," Haruki said back to her.
"It was an Empire, wasn't it? Is your Kingdom strong enough to destroy it?"
"Did you see? The dragon that was sleeping there?" Haruki said, the lifting of his index finger leads to Kou who is still sound asleep.
"That dragon, is enough to be a proof of the strength of our Kingdom," Haruki continued back to him.
"alright. If you can fix all the mess, with pleasure... I will give you a lot of help when you need it" Niel replied to Haruki.
"alright. Daisuke, I'll send you a letter, get everything ready" Haruki said, looking at Daisuke.
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"Your injuries have improved a little, just waiting a few days to fully recover" I said, as I wrapped my hand against the wound on Niel's arm.
"You don't move your arms too much. Or later, you really won't be able to use it anymore," I said, wrapping the white cloth tightly bound to his arm.
"You should just try talking to Egil again. Three weeks, it was more than enough to ignore him, he was still a child... Don't destroy his little soul that still needs guidance from you," I said, turning my body around to reach for my scattered medicines.
"You're right. Though it has been three weeks since the incident, even my Castle has begun to awaken again. I will try to talk to him again" he said very slowly.
"Goodoo. I've treated your wounds, so I'm going to leave now" I stood up and walked away.
"Sachi," he said, I stopped my footsteps and turned to look at him.
"Thank you" he said to me again.
"No need to thank me" I said, turning back and walking away.
I thrust my body back shut the door of her room, my footsteps coming back to a standstill as I stared at Egil who was standing leaning beside the door with his head bowed. Letting my palm touch his head while slightly bowing my head towards the door, he still looked at me without making any sound.
"Your father wants to talk to you, meet him... He's waiting for you in his room" I said smiling at him.
I lifted my palm off the top of his head, I put my foot back up and walked past him. The originally dark castle hallway, is now slightly illuminated by the amount of sunlight that enters.
The sunlight that fell through the large holes in the walls really slightly warmed the atmosphere of the Castle which was originally cold by the lack of light.
Three weeks ago, we were building this area again. Izumi and Daisuke recruit a lot of citizens or you can call criminals to become Knights, now the criminals are doing battle training every day under the guidance of both of them.
Haruki and I, we helped each other repair all the leadership damage that Niel had done. The gold mines of this region, now switched under Haruki's rule. Some of the criminals he hired at the mine really worked really well.
Me? I turned one of the large inns in the city into a foundation. Now, there are almost fifty women who live there. I taught them how to knit clothes, I taught them various recipes... I just don't want to, they're being swallowed alive by the rigors of this crazy world.
I want to quickly gather many allies.
I want to quickly destroy the Empire.
I want to quickly build a world worthy of us women.
I want to quickly heal my family's wounds.
I want to hurry back...
"Daughter," the voice of a stranger rang out in my ear, I stopped my footsteps as I bit my lips as I pushed my body back to look at him.
"Tsu nii-chan," I said with a trembling voice looking at her.