Fake Princess
CCLXX Chapter
"What's going on?" Haruki grabbed the white cloth inside the bag and walked over.
"This guy... He tried to give Cia to the male plotters below," said Izumi lunged strongly at Mas'ud's face until blood splashed on the floor.
"You misunderstood... I just wanted to save him," Mas'ud grimaced in pain.
"Do you think I'll believe it?"
"Explain, what exactly happened to Izumi?" Haruki pointed at the white cloth he held earlier wrapping the wound on my arm.
"Did you run away Cia while I was busy fighting?" I glanced sharply at him.
"I didn't take him running... Believe me," he looked at me.
"Then? How do you explain the mark on your body? Same sign as them?" Izumi turned her gaze to look at the corpse I killed earlier.
"How did you know that?"
"Did you remember Haruki, when he sat down grieving in front of the grave of the little boy we buried? I clearly saw the mark as he rubbed his shoulder, "Izumi said back.
"You, unable to deceive my eyes, must you be in the dark even," Izumi continued stepping on Mas'ud's face looking at her.
"So, you are the Emperor's minions," Haruki continued, turning around and walking closer to them.
"Say? What's the reason you did it?" Haruki continued crouching beside Izumi, directed by her palm it patted Mas'ud's head.
"Don't want to talk?" Haruki said, his hand moved closer to his feet.
Haruki pulled the small knife that was at his feet, directed the knife was approaching Mas'ud's ear. Haruki moved the knife... Slowly slowly cutting off the man's ear, I tightly closed my eyes as a roaring scream rang out from him.
"Didn't you hear what I said? I should cut off your other ear" said Haruki, throwing Mas'ud's earlobe in his hand at his face.
Haruki hit Mas'ud's face strongly as his face was spat on by the man. Haruki raised his palm from Mas'ud's face, I stared at the blood that was dripping slightly from his palm.
Mas'ud moved his head to the side, his nose filled with blood coming out with the shape of his nose shifted to the side like never before. Haruki again directed his hand tightly gripping the man's hair.
"You fools" said Mas'ud with a loud laughter coming out.
"Do you think you can fight the Emperor?" Reveal her as her head is lifted by Haruki's grip.
"The emperor is very powerful. Emperors... The Emperor's orders, make me a loser. I, I even betrayed my own village, I even burned my own son... Kill me, so that this torture will soon escape me," he said again accompanied by a whimpering voice he let out.
"What did the Emperor do to you? What orders did he give you? Before I die, answer my question... At least, your daughter's death did not end in vain" Haruki said, pointing his face toward Mas'ud's ears.
"I... Working as a pe..." Mas'ud's words stopped.
I stepped closer to them, I stared at Mas'ud who was lying motionless with his mouth gaping. His eye... Only the white part is visible. His whole... Filled black bruise.
"Magic?" I repeated his words.
"Magic? What do you mean?"
"I don't know... Only, Kou said if the magic that attacked Mas'ud... Almost the same as the magic that attacked me first," I said sitting crouching beside Haruki.
"Does that mean, this magic comes from the same person?" Izumi said as she sat down crouching.
"Maybe... Like blood swearing," Haruki said, standing up.
"Blood oath?"
"Didn't you know that? Didn't Tsubaru explain it to you?" Izumi chimed in on my words.
"Tsubaru mentioned it... It's just, I don't really understand that."
"When your mother died. Father ordered Tatsuya, Tsutomu and also Tsubaru to swear blood. Back then, the first time I came out of the Palace where I lived before..."
"Dad invited a great man to make a blood oath to the three of us. That way, Tatsuya, Tsutomu and Tsubaru will instantly lose their lives if they betray us. Perhaps, he also did the blood oath with his master," Haruki said again.
"Is possible... Can humans do magic?" I told them to follow them.
"Of course not" Lux shouted, I moved to look at her who was struggling to pull Haruki's bag.
"You are the lowest of all creatures except animals. You're the same as animals, I mean... Often, your body becomes the food of some creature," Lux said again, his body moving back to leaning on Haruki's bag.
"So you think?"
"Humans can't use magic, not even us Elves... Can only use magic if the spear robes grow, just like now... I can't do any magic at all" Lux said.
"Forget that for a moment, I just still don't understand this place. In fact, I found a lot of Empire symbols in this place," Izumi said as she moved with her hands crossed over her chest.
"I was not accidentally when one of them said the tournament. And the winner, will be the leader of this place. From what I heard, the Emperor sent them here to attend the tournament," I said staring back at Izumi.
"Was the tournament?"
"If you become a leader... Any secret you will easily get," Haruki said back to chiming in on my words.
"So, we just have to win the tournament?"
"It's also if you can win it Izumi," Haruki said in response to her words.
"No problem, I'll just win all the fights. If one of us leads this place? We're gonna make a good profit going forward, aren't we?" Tukas Izumi who retorted a soft nod from Haruki.