Fake Princess
Cclx Chapter
"Are you sure you're leaving so soon?" Costa said following my footsteps who moved there and here to clear up all the needs for travel.
"Didn't you hear what my brother said last night? If he says, we have to go. So, we will go as he says," I said sitting on the side of the bed with both hands moving to fold the clothes I would wear during the trip.
"Do you have to follow where your brother is going?" He stood beside me.
"Of course, that's the only way to save our family as well as a lot of people" I grabbed my brown leather bag as one hand moved to put the clothes I had folded into it.
"But Sachi," he said, I thrust my head at him as I felt him clutching my arm tightly.
"What's wrong? You're so weird, you know sooner or later we'll be out of here" I said, standing with my right hand on the blue cloak lying on the bed.
"Can you let it go" I said again with a glance at his hand, I put my hand on the blue robe on my body.
"Sa-chan, are you done," as Haruki shouted, I quickly grabbed two leather bags lying on the bed.
"Lux," I looked at him who was wearing his little bag to his shoulder.
"I see," he answered, flying closer to me.
"I came nii-chan," I said walking past Costa who was still bowed silently.
"You're so slow!" Said Izumi with her hands crossed on her chest.
"I have to prepare our needs first" I said moving down the stairs to approach them.
"Give me that big bag!" Izumi grabbed one of the leather bags in hand as I stood before her.
"Thank you" I said, moving the smaller bag across my shoulder.
"Costa," said Haruki, moving along I turned to look at him who was standing at us from the top of the stairs.
"Thank you for the help, you really helped us while we were here" he said.
"No problem" Costa replied with a slight glance at me.
"We're leaving" said Izumi walking closer to the door.
"Uki, come closer. You will be with me during the journey" said Haruki walking up to Uki who was eating his food on the table.
"Cia," I said walking up to her who was sitting on a chair with her head bowed.
"You're going to ride with me, we're going to find Aita and Ama" I said carrying her body.
"Dad, Ama?" He looked at me.
"Aita, Ama," I repeated his words.
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"Which way are we going?"
"North?" Haruki said stopping the pace of his horse, his hands occasionally moved patted the head of Uki who appeared from inside the bag he was wearing.
"Why do you sound hesitant nii-chan?" Tell me to move my horse closer to him.
"So we can't guess, what danger will we find there?" Follow Izumi who has been riding her horse beside me.
"It's more or less like that" Haruki said followed by a sigh that sounded.
"You don't want us to have to go there, don't you, nee-chan?"
"Eneas was right, inevitably we have to go there. We've spent more than a week on the road, our food supply is running low. Around here there is no forest for us to hunt, so," I said to stop the words, I glanced at Haruki who was still looking at me.
"I understand, we're going there. If it was heaven, we would have very easily gotten whatever we needed" he said, moving his horse back forward.
"Sachi," a faint Cia voice rang out, my head bowed to look at him who was holding a single apple in his hand.
"Pertsona," he said again with one hand pointing to the right.
"Persona?" I followed his words with my head moving in the direction he was pointing.
"Nii-chan," I said in a high tone, they stopped their horse's footsteps and turned to look at me.
"Persona."
"I mean, there's someone there," I said with one hand pointing to someone walking up to us.
"Izumi," Haruki said, Izumi moved her horse to walk up to the stranger.
Izumi pulled the sword tucked in her waist, the asinh kneeling beside the horse's leg that Izumi was riding on. His hands were docked to each other with his head looking up at Izumi who was still pointing her sword at the man earlier.
"What's going on?" Tukas Haruki rode his horse past me, I joined my horse in following their steps.
"What's wrong?" Haruki said again, he looked at the man who was still kneeling before Izumi earlier.
"Please, help us," he said as he moved his kneeling legs toward the horse Haruki was riding on.
"Stay a little away from me" said Haruki with one hand pointing the sword he held towards the man.
"Please save our village. Please, save our village" he sobbed with his head prostrated to the ground.
"Why are we helping you" said Haruki, turning his horse back to the man who was still prostrating with sobbing cries coming out of him.
"You look strong, and you have weapons. Please... Save our village, please save my children," he said, looking like the sandy soil nearby was wet.
"Explain what happened?"
"Izumi," Haruki said as Izumi moved her horse standing next to the man who was still prostrating earlier.
"What if what he said was a trap?" Haruki said back moving his horse back to back.
"And what if what he said was true. Did Dad teach us to close our eyes to the distress of others," Izumi chimed in on Haruki's words.
"Stop nii-chan. Lux said, if this man doesn't lie. Lux also felt the fear that this man felt," I said to them in turn.
"All right, tell me everything! We will decide to help you or not after listening to what really happened" Haruki lowered his gaze to the man.