Fake Princess
Cclvi Chapter
"Follow me Sa-chan," said Haruki, stepping closer to the stairs as the door opened.
I walked along the steps of his foot down the stairs, I thrust my head back to look at Izumi, Aeneas and also Costa who had walked behind me.
Haruki stopped his footsteps, opening the brown door in front of him as he went inside. My legs followed him into the room, I approached Haruki who had been sitting on the floor with the wooden box before him.
"What are you doing? I don't want any strangers to interfere in our affairs" Haruki said, following his gaze as Solana stood at the door of her room.
"You're just the woman I paid to keep me company. Remember your status, get out of here!" Costa also met Solana who was still fixated not moving in front of the door.
Aeneas, who was sitting next to me, stood up, walked up to the door and closed it again. It sounds harsh to him, but the words Haruki said are indeed true... Strangers are not allowed to know this.
"What's this box?" Izumi grabbed the box carved with roses.
"His box..." Izumi said back with restraint.
"I couldn't open it" he put the box back on the floor.
"Roses depict the magic of time. I heard that the magic of time cannot be broken" I said, grabbing the box and placing it on the thigh.
"But Dragon magic can destroy any magic. I told you once, didn't I?" Tukas Lux, I looked at him who flew away and then perched on Haruki's shoulder.
"Haruki, there's an insect on your shoulder," Costa said, moving his head toward Lux, as he heard the sound of laughter held back by Aeneas beside me.
"I'm Fairy. The fairy! Not Insects" said Lux flying in front of Costa who was still glued.
"He can talk?" Costa looked towards Haruki.
"This is why I don't like humans" Lux said back in flight and sitting on Haruki's shoulders.
"I'll explain who Costa is, so calm down first" Haruki said turning his gaze to me.
"I'll try to talk to Kou, give me some time to gather up the remnants of energy," I said looking back at him, I took a deep breath and exhaled back very slowly.
"Kou, do you hear me?"
"I heard you very clearly My Lord. I'll help you, break that magic" he said, ringing in my head.
"Prepare yourself. I'm going to cast a lot of my magic on you, and tell them to stay a little bit away if they don't want to freeze" Kou said.
"Kou asked me to warn you guys, can you all get a little bit away from me. This is for your good," I said, taking turns, as they walked away one by one.
I felt my hands freeze, the fragments of ice that initially filled my hands moved little by little over the box. The ice flakes flow through the carvings in the box... Slowly slowly...
The layer of ice that enveloped the crack, the wooden box shattered into pieces of ice that flew into the room. Snow filled the room, the floor and even the bed in the room were covered in white with snow.
"Eggs?" I said as my gaze returned to the white eggs lying on both palms of my hands.
"Come Lux," I said again, looking at Lux who had flown in front of the egg.
"Eggs let alone this?" Lux flew back around the egg.
"I felt a bit of magic in it, it was very weak... It takes a lot of energy just to feel it" Lux said.
"What's a Dragon?"
"This egg is smaller than when we found Kou first. I'm not sure if it's a dragon" I replied.
"Can we get closer?" Haruki's voice came from the right side of my body.
"Sure, come here nii-chan," I said without looking back at her.
"Kou, do you know what this egg is?"
"Weak creature, I've told you before My Lord," he said in reply.
"Can't you be sure?"
"Wasting time, better... Directly eaten, it will strengthen the contract between us," said Kou back with a slightly murmuring tone.
"What is this egg?" Tukas Haruki, he moved his index finger to touch the egg in my palm.
"I don't know," I replied, I rubbed my palms against the eggs.
My eyes were stunned as I felt the movement from inside the egg just touching my palm. The sound of cracks coming back is heard, I stare at the end of the egg which is slightly hollow with cracks around it.
The crack comes down followed by the destruction of the fallen egg shell, the eggshell that fell earlier... For some reason, it turned to ashes. More precisely, the egg had been crushed unceremoniously into ashes that filled my palm.
We who are in the room look at each other, silent silent silent without sound more precisely. One hundred thousand Tickla spent, turned into ashes. Hundred thousand...
I was a little surprised when I heard the typical whistling of birds filling the room. The ash in my palm moved, decaying downward to the sight of a baby bird's head with its head turned upward followed by its open mouth.
The baby bird was looking at me, its blue eyes flashing a few times looking at me. The sound he made louder than before was heard, I stared at Lux who was inexplicably crying.
"It's reality, isn't it? I'm not dreaming, am I?" Lux's cry with both of her hands covered her entire face.