Fake Princess
CCLXVII Chapter
"Take Cia rest," said Izumi standing before me, letting my hands grab her and hold her.
"Izu nii-chan, are you okay? I mean, were you hurt from the fight," I said walking past him, I dropped Cia on the bed as I took off the bow, the arrow and the robe I was wearing.
The entire wall of the room was carved, even the bed that Cia and I were sitting on was also covered in carvings. Haruki walked up and sat leaning against the wall, Izumi herself had been lying on the floor with her hands covering her forehead, Eneas herself had been lying beside the wall not too far away from Haruki.... Mas'ud? He leaned back sitting beside the door staring at us.
"Didn't you hear the man's words? He doesn't guarantee our safety here" he said with both hands moving forward touching the floor.
"Outside is more dangerous than here, at least here... They are both women who can sleep comfortably," Haruki said, leaning his head on the floor.
"But what if..."
"Whispering. I need a break, so keep your mouth shut!" Izumi moved her body lying sideways.
"I really don't understand your way of thinking?"
"You're just too worried, everything's fine. There is nothing to worry about" Izumi said, half muttering.
"Are you hot?" I moved my finger to open the cloth that covered Cia's body.
"Lux, you can rest in bed" I whispered slowly.
"Thank you" said Lux, flying over to one of the pillows on the bed.
Kuraih bag mine while I hold his hand to walk following. I led her to the brown-painted door in the room, and I held both my hands open the doorknob as my hand pulled Cia slowly to follow.
I don't know, whether it's because it's just limited to wooden walls or how... The sound from the next room... It was clear when we both entered the bathroom.
The bag in my hand dropped, both of my hands moved quickly shut Cia's ears, I smiled at her as she raised her head to look at me... My head was getting bowed as the sounds of male and female sighs filled the bathroom.
"Tu-tuan," came back a female voice followed by a sigh that he let out.
"Damn it! Should I kick the wooden wall so that they calm down," I said softly as my eyes glanced towards the source of the sound.
I slightly moved forward, Cia who seemed to understand also stepped her feet forward... My legs stopped, my head moved back towards the sound.
"Do you want to use that woman alone?" Another man's voice was heard.
"I'm just done, you can wear it" continued another male voice.
"The Emperor only gives us a few weeks' vacation. Even so, we can not just stay silent like this," said the man before it back.
"But, I still haven't participated in the tournament."
"Didn't you take a lesson from Tiebout earlier?"
Tiebouts?
"If he's on this trip, it means our powers are almost the same."
Tiebouts? The empire? Don't tell them...
"I'll win that tournament, then be the leader here. Then, the Emperor will give me many gifts" he said, followed by a loud laughter.
"You fools! Here, the slightest sound can be heard. Did you forget the man said, even a wall can kill you," another male voice sounded between their talks.
"What do you mean!"
The man's voice was loud followed by the destruction of the wooden wall inside the bathroom. Both my eyes and the eyes of a man behind the wall stared at each other.
I took off my palm that covered Cia's ear followed by my moving hand reaching for her hand. I lowered my head to grab my bag that had fallen on the previous floor, I stood up as I pulled Cia's body running towards the bathroom door...
"Nii-chan," I said as the bathroom door opened.
"We need to get out of here immediately" I said running up to them.
"What's wrong?" Izumi sat up with her head down.
"Problems, hurry up a little... Before mere-"
My words came to a halt, I stared at Mas'ud who was crawling close to us as a loud bang banged on the door of the room. Izumi and Haruki stood before me with a sword in each of their hands.
Aeneas stood beside me with a sword in his hand while his other hand pointed a bow and a tube full of my arrows. I pulled Cia's arm until she stood right in the middle between me and Izumi.
I held my bow firmly when a sharp object pierced through the door of the room. The wooden fragments that flew several times about Izumi and also Haruki who had been standing behind us.
"Nii-chan, why don't we just run away" I told the two of them.
"Do we have enough time to escape?"
"We're on the second floor of the building. It's likely that one of our legs broke while jumping at this height, after all... If directly dealing with them can immediately solve everything... Why not?" Haruki returned without looking back.
"But they..."
"They? Do you know them?"
"They, they're the Imperial Knights as well... They, who had slaughtered his village Mas..." My story came to a standstill when a human shadow emerged from behind the bathroom door.