Fake Princess
CCCXLII Chapter
Arata moved his horse to walk past us, and I gave him my horse to run fast after them all. Our horses moved quickly through the forest, as Arata moved his horse to the right, we followed him and vice versa.
"Too slow down your horses!" Shouted Haruki, I pulled the bridle that tied my horse with both eyes staring at the group of troops standing before us.
"Who are you?!" One of the men shouted, the man carrying his horse stepped closer to us.
"We're the army that the Leta Kingdom ordered to help you!" Haruki shouted back as the horse he was riding approached the man.
The dark man with a thick mustache on his face widened his eyes, "we've been waiting for your arrival" he said, moving his horse back to us, "follow me!" The man spoke again before he took the horse he was riding away from us.
"All of you, don't move too far from each other," Haruki turned around before his horse walked after the man earlier.
I give my horse to follow Haruki with Arata on my left while Izumi rides her horse on my right. Moving my eyes around, the Knights who were around turned their eyes towards us as we walked past them.
Haruki stopped his horse when the man had first stopped the horse he was riding, "they have been here," the man said to a dark man sitting on a large carved wooden chair.
"So Leta, just send you guys in as reinforcements?" Asked the fat man, his eyes were staring at us. "Are they kidding! Those who threatened us to attack the Tao Kingdom, but they only sent you guys as help?!" The fat man spoke loudly, one hand moved to hit the table full of food in front of him.
"Prince Miron, ask me to convey this to you," Haruki again made a sound, I slightly glanced at him who was moving forward against us.
"If you refuse our help and lose the battle, your greatest secret. The treachery you committed secretly from the Empire, he will tell the Emperor everything. So shut up and listen to everything we say! Or, annihilate unceremoniously in the hands of the Empire because of the greedy nature you possess."
"How dare you..." The young man sat back, his words halted as an arrow struck the wooden chair he was sitting on, an arrow that almost stuck his neck in if he moved a little to the right.
"Close your mouth, do not defy my Master's orders," Gritav's voice suddenly sounded, I turned to look at him who had firmly grasped the bow of arrow in his right hand.
"How dare you!" A male cry rang out in my ears, I turned to look at the moustached man who was driving us earlier.
The man raised his sword, his horse dashed quickly towards Haruki, "fucking rat," Arata's voice suddenly sounded, his left hand moving swiftly throwing the small knife he was holding towards the man earlier.
The mustachioed man fell down from the horse he was riding, a roaring scream suddenly burst into the air. I looked at the man who raised his head slightly, the knife that Arata threw ... Sticking firmly in his right eye, blood flowed down the cheek of the man earlier.
"We are few, but we are the chosen Knights. The weak Knights who protect you, are no match for us, King," Haruki looked back at the fat man.
"What does Prince Miron really want? Why would he want a small Kingdom like ours to attack a large Kingdom like Tao?!" The fat man lowered his head, one hand moved to grip the arm of the chair he was sitting on.
"Tao Kingdom, is the second richest Kingdom after Sora. If the Leta Kingdom could conquer them, then they would also very easily conquer Sora in the future. Prince Miron wants Leta to be the strongest Kingdom after the Empire" Haruki said.
"And if, you manage to carry out Prince Miron's orders. Your kingdom, will also grow into one of the great Kingdoms in the world" Haruki continued.
"Not only that, their Royal fortress was even touted to be one of the impossible fortresses to tear down. Prince Miron, just wants us dead at Tao's hands," the man continued back, one hand moving to wipe his forehead.
"Wait a minute" I said, lifting my palm forward. "Don't tell me, we're going to attack a large Kingdom using only tens of thousands of troops?" I asked, I turned my gaze to Haruki who nodded her head towards me.
Has he lost his mind?
How to break through the enemy's stronghold with just tens of thousands of troops, as well as...
I slightly glanced towards the moustached man who had been lying on the ground unconscious. Seeing his condition like that, it was certain that the knife that stuck in his eye was none other than a poisonous knife.
And even more insanely, such a weak army was ordered to tear down a great Kingdom? I really don't understand my brother's way of thinking.
"Nii-chan, isn't this suicide?" I said a little to him.
"We only attack one Kingdom, what is it?" He relaxed looking at me.
Damn, it's easy for him to say that.
"Nii-chan, but ... I mean, they don't even have decent weapons of war. I don't even see the big guns that are often used to destroy a fortress."
"Sa-chan!"
"I want the Tao Kingdom. We must conquer the Kingdom before it grows into a more powerful Kingdom than it is today. Sora's fate, Father's fate ... The fate of our people in the future depends on the actions we will take."
"I, planned everything for a long time. Your job is to bring the whole army through the gate of the fortress. I know, you can do it," Haruki continued, the glances he did really made my body shudder.
Fortresses, strong defenses, tens of thousands of troops.
It's crazy, but what Haruki said is true. Tao, it would be a great threat to my father if we didn't conquer them soon.
What am I supposed to do? Think my brain, think harder.
I let out a strong sigh, my head bowed to the robe that covered Cia's head, "Arata!" My Tukas called out his name, "say, in which Kingdom did you become the leader of a criminal?"
"Tao kingdom," he said softly in response to my words, "how many criminals are under your command?" I asked to go back to him.
"A hundred, I lead a hundred criminals there," he answered again, "really? Can you help me? I want to, you order them to do this," I said back to him, whispering something in his ear.