Fake Princess
Ccliv Chapter
"We'll get out of here. Bow your heads, Sachi, Izumi," said Haruki pulling the head covering on my robe to cover my head.
I stepped in the footsteps of Costa walking in front of us. The more we walked forward, the more congested the road we walked. My body felt claustrophobic all the way with some people also passing by.
Various kinds of scents mixed into one, hissing sounds like burning flesh also sounded several times throughout the journey. Sometimes my palms move involuntarily closing my nose, as I cross paths with several bodies of men passing by.
"Costa," I said, moving my head to look at him.
"What's wrong?" He stopped his steps and turned to look at me.
"I want to go to the auction," I said, looking at the two slightly enlarged eyes looking at me.
"It's too dangerous, I'm not suggesting we go there" he said, turning back and walking away.
"I'm just curious. Because the man said he was going to auction me off, that's why I thought... Perhaps you will find something interesting there," I murmured while still stepping forward.
My head was moving towards the right and the left was lamenting around, the typical boisterous noise of the market was actually filling around. Many times my body crashed to the right or left because of the density of people passing by.
My body turned back... I don't know, something seemed to pull me closer. I pushed my body back to its original direction, my eyes glancing around... Me, lost track of them.
I stepped to the left of the crowd, my legs running towards an empty bench and sitting on it. I pulled both ends of my robe to cover the skirt of the dress I was wearing, my head was down trying to cover my face and also my eyes.
"Lux, do you feel it?" I whispered slowly to him.
"Feel what?" The cut was also slow in my ears.
"Let's know, maybe it's just my feelings or something... I just feel like there's something here" I said back slowly to him.
"I don't feel anything. Try asking Kou directly."
"Alright," I said in response to his words.
"Kou, do you hear me?" Reveal me very slowly.
"I hear you, My Lord. And I also know what you want to ask" he said in my head.
"Do you know what that is?"
"Weak creature. I will strengthen my magic, so that he does not dare to approach," he said again.
"I see, if you want to see him My Lord. Then I will tell you the direction, just follow the direction I say," he said again, I thrust my body to stand up and step in the direction he said.
My footsteps came to a halt in a large tent made of black cloth. He was inside, those were the last words Kou told me. My body dodged to the side as two men walked and entered the tent.
"What are you doing here. We're all looking for you" said someone followed by a pull on my arm.
"I lost track of you, Costa anyway. What's that place?" Reveal me trying to hold back his steps while I pull his hand that pulled my arm earlier.
"Are you eager to go to the auction, to the point that you can be in front of the place right now," he said again trying to pull my body.
"I want to go inside, accompany me to go in there," I said again pulling his hand toward the tent again.
"I won't let you."
"Please, I don't know... When can I come back here again. Please Costa, can you?" I looked at him, and his gaze returned with the old look of his eyes looking at me.
"Please, just this once," I said again, looking at him with a pleading gaze that I used to use often, with a strong sigh from him.
"All right, but make sure... You have to keep your eyes down inside, I'm afraid... Someone saw your eyes" he said, moving one of his hands to pull the head covering I was wearing.
"I see," I said, following his footsteps, walking into the tent.
A man greeted us with a rectangular piece of wood which he pointed at us. Costa grabbed a piece of wood from the man earlier and pulled my hand out to follow him.
The rows of seats were neatly arranged as another man opened the red curtain to us. I stepped up to follow Costa into the room while sitting us side by side in an empty chair.
The auction event is still going on, it may have taken place before we came. Some people raised the same pieces of wood as the man had given us, the nominal-nominal money kept rolling mentioned by the people inside this place.
"Alright, the last item to be auctioned today. The wooden box that we found in Hanbal, the box that will not be destroyed even though the age and gentlemen themselves intend to destroy it. We opened it from the price of three thousand Tickla" said the man standing before us with one hand raised to the wooden table before us.
My eyes were not too fixed on the man, nor the luxurious wooden table he was showing. My eyes were only fixed on the brown wooden box on the table, especially with a rose carving that covered the box.
"Magic of time" I said slowly, as my hand moved to the left to reach for the clothes Costa was wearing.
"Whatever happens. I want the box, please Costa... Don't let anyone take that box away from me, you have to get it for me no matter what, Costa," I said, turning my eyes to look at him, the stronger my hand was on the sleeve of the clothes he was wearing.