Fake Princess
CCCXXXV Chapter
"Is that true Izumi?" Zeki asked, her eyes still glancing towards Izumi who was progressively walking away.
"Zeki," I patted his shoulder softly. Zeki turned around trying to glance at me, "what's the matter?"
"Let me down" I replied in reply.
Zeki moved his body slightly crouched down, he got back to his feet as I got down from his sling. He hugged my waist back as I tried to walk up to the side of the ship.
"Ebe," I said slightly bowing my head looking at him.
Ebe was still silent unmoved, "Ebe," I said to him a little louder, with his head slowly raised to look at me.
"I'm sorry for my brother's behavior" I said by moving both hands stuck to each other forward.
"I'm sorry? What's for?" Ebe asked back.
"You know," I said, cut off, my tongue was too weak to say.
"I'm doing fine. From the beginning I also realized, if the handsome prince seems to have had a companion," he said this time with a slightly vibrating voice.
"Fishman," this time Zeki's voice sounded, his head slightly moving forward looking at Ebe.
"If you're really in love with her brother. Don't give up just because you just refused. You need to know, I spent eleven years trying to make her fall in love" Zeki said, her index finger pointing at me while her eyes were still staring at Ebe.
"So if you really love her sister, don't give up just because she rejected you once. And anyway, at least ... Trying first, if you weren't meant to be together, you wouldn't regret doing it" Zeki said, moving his head away from the side of the ship.
"I understand, thank you. Sachi, my grandfather will be watching you during the journey, so you will be fine. Take good care of yourself" he said, drowning himself in the sea.
As I moved forward, my eyes glanced alternately to the right and to the left with my lips calling out his name, "Ebe," but Ebe did not reappear.
I lifted my face away from the side of the ship, I turned towards Zeki who was standing leaning against the body of the ship, "what are you doing? Why did you say that to him? Do you want to make him stop wishing?" I repeatedly asked him, Zeki turned back to me.
"That's not what I want to do," he said with a slight sigh. "Someone can grow strong out of love, who knows? He can be a powerful weapon for you in the future" he continued by moving his body closer and closer.
"Don't tell me, did you do it on purpose? You want to use it?" I almost whispered looking at him.
"I never cared about anyone, except you. So don't expect me to be nice to others. Do you understand that, Darling?" Zeki whispered back in my ear, her eyes glancing sideways as I tried to look at her.
"Tell Zeki, what did you do to get here?
"I only asked Viscount Okan to help me deal with the matters of the Kingdom while I was away."
"Then?" My reply glanced back at him.
"You, still can't trust someone Zeki?"
"I trust Akash and Kabir."
"You don't trust them, you just use them ... Because the fate of Amithi and Chandini, is in the hands of Julissa. I am, right?" I asked him, looking like a small smile on his lips.
"As expected of my fiancee. Did the disgusting behavior I did make you nauseous?" He returned with a slight throw of his gaze trying to dodge.
"I did the same to everyone. I'm doing all this too, just wanting my life to be free of fear."
"Aaahhh, this is so annoying" I said, moving my head up to look up at the sky.
"When I wasn't four years old, I was scared to death thinking about how my fiance would be, or what if my fiancee didn't intend to marry me. Therefore, when I met you ... I suggest you make a pact between the two of us, sorry..."
"Sorry, since I used you for the sake of my own life," I looked back at him, Zeki still silently glanced at me.
"But now, as Julissa used to say ... I would like, if later I have a child, and she is born a woman ... I don't want him to feel the same fear. I, don't want him to feel the pain of your skin being burned using hot iron. I, want him to grow up doing everything he wants to do without feeling any fear about what..."
"I see" said Zeki, cutting my words, his hand grabbed my hair and tucked it back into my ear.
"I will help you make it happen, we will make it happen together. Actually, after coming home from here ... I will start attacking the small kingdoms around Yadgar, of course Leta will help me," he said, grabbing my hand and holding it firmly.
"When I start doing it, the Emperor will definitely pay attention to us. I don't know how long it will take me to see you again. I, will gather a great many troops for you to command in battle..."
"Have you lost your mind? It's very dangerous, once the Emperor pays attention to you. He would crush the person who attracted his attention to the point of being crushed unnoticed," I said cutting his words, thrusting my palm into his chest as I firmly grasped the clothes he was wearing.
"I knew. Your father gave me that warning, too, but ... The sooner we gather an army, the sooner that war will take place. You said yourself, there's no chance to waste your time."
Zeki bowed, a strong sigh was let out by him, "honestly, I am afraid of what will happen in the future. I'm afraid, if I've lost my life before I could make all my dreams come true," he said again, this time his voice sounded a little quivering.
"Ze..."
"Sachi!" Izumi's shout stopped my footsteps before he got close to Zeki. I turned to look at her who was standing next to Haruki, "what's the matter nii-chan?" Ask him.
"Prepare everything. We will leave soon when we find land," said Izumi, some of the men from the pirates appear to be running around in our view.
"So fast?" I asked them, Haruki replied to my words with a nod of his head.
"Our task is done, we have delivered Jabari and his entourage to join the pirates. I've sent word to Dad, so there will likely be some Knights waiting at the border to pick up Yoona there when Aydin takes her..."
"After all, there is a Kingdom I want to visit. We'll get through it on the way, so Izumi, help Sachi get everything ready" Haruki told me.