Fake Princess
CCCXLVII Chapter
I looked at Cia who was fast asleep, I raised my palm that rubbed her forehead as my body moved slowly crawling away from the tent.
I stood up and turned with both hands down the cloth used as the door of the tent. I turned back and set my feet toward Eneas who was sitting in front of the campfire with Arata and Gritav also sitting nearby.
"How are things? Is safe?" I asked them, I gave my body a move sitting beside Aeneas.
"It's already the third day, as expected nee-chan said. They didn't do anything" said Aeneas, his body slightly reaching for the piece of meat burned near the bonfire.
"What should we do? Our food supply is running out, if we keep going back empty-handed, Hime-sama," this time Gritav said, I replied with a little smile.
"Hongli, what do you think? Order from me, when will I feel the results?" I asked, my head turned to look at Arata who looked busy adding some wooden twigs towards the campfire.
"The Taoist empire is vast. According to the calculations I did, it was likely that the chaos would peak after about seven days," he said with a gaze still staring at the bonfire in front of him.
"Curruption?"
"Yes, chaos. I ordered Hongli's men to wreak havoc within the Kingdom" I replied to Gritav's question.
"I, don't understand Hime-sama," he continued to me.
"Do you think I'm asking you all to wait outside the Kingdom just by wishing on that luck?" I asked Gritav again, I answered his slightly frowning gaze.
"I really don't understand" he continued after a little while looking at me.
I sighed as my eyes still stared at Gritav, "you think? What is most dangerous for a Kingdom?"
"Enemy assault?" Gritav asked back, my head shaking in response to his words.
"Rebellion?" Aeneas replied, I turned a little towards him and nodded slowly before looking back at the campfire.
"The rebellion of the people in a Kingdom is very dangerous for the Kingdom itself. I, just ordered Hongli's men to trigger the rebellion."
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"Hime-sama, Hime-sama," a male voice rang out, followed by a black shadow standing outside the tent I was facing.
"What's wrong?" I asked as my hands moved to tie Cia's hair that began to stretch a little, "sister calls you, this is very important," said the voice back, I stopped both hands earlier as my body crawled closer to the curtain of cloth.
"important?" I asked back as my hand rolled over the curtain, "hurry, they're waiting for you" the man continued, followed by his slightly nodding head looking at me.
"I understand, please help take care of him. If he gets hurt, I'll kill you," I said as I stood beside him, the man nodded quickly at me.
My feet were approaching Eneas, Arata and Gritav standing with their eyes staring at the Taoist Kingdom Fortress. "What's really going on?" I asked, Arata turned around followed by Eneas who also turned to look at me.
"Hime-sama, listen to me" Arata said as I stopped the steps beside him. "Look? What to hear?" I asked him back.
"A voice of restlessness, a voice of fear" he said, Arata turned back with his hands ruffled around his waist.
"Gritav!"
I cried out a little to his name, I stared at Gritav who had raised his bow. The arrow he held, shot fast ... It pierced the body of a bird that flew from the direction of the fortress.
I stared at the poor bird that fell to the ground, my body turned back to them, "make sure, not a single life came out of the fortress. Birds or ants, kill them all! I don't want, if word of this siege that we're carrying out, to spread to other areas under the rule of the Taoist Kingdom" I said as I walked away from them.
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Ten days passed, I looked at the few Knights who were sitting down with their weapons lying beside their bodies. I put my foot up and held Cia's hand beside me.
"What's going on?" I asked as we stepped closer to Arata with his group.
"Our food supply is depleted, this is bad Hime-sama, how do we fight with hunger conditions like this?" Asked one of the men, he lay on the ground with one hand moving over his eyes.
"If that's the case, you can take some horses with food supplies and cook them," I said, some of the men immediately moved with their eyes fixed on me.
"What, can we do it?" Asked one of the men with great enthusiasm.
"certain. However, you must do it according to my command" I said back to them.
"Listen to me all the troops!" I said out loud with my head moving around.
"I order you to cut off some horses. You can eat the horse meat to restore all your strength," I said again, looking at some of the Knights who seemed to be standing with hopeful eyes on me.
"Certainly that?"
"Can we do it?" Ask a few Knights who started walking closer towards us.
"However, you must cook it at a distance close to the fort. I want, the smell of meat that you cook filled the air to be able to penetrate into the fortress," I said, still I stared at those who slightly frowned looking at me.
"Why should we do it?"
"That's like suicide for us."
The words of some Knights rang out, some of them were just silent with their heads lowered. "I want you to do it, even if you're reluctant. But still, this is my order!" Reveal me, with both hands crossed to the chest.
"You guys, want this to end quickly, don't you? You guys, want to get a soft and decent bed, don't you?!" Shouted to them, I looked at the several Conferred Knights with their two slightly enlarged eyes.
"In there, you'll get it all! The new residence is very decent, much different from your previous residence. What are you guys, not wanting to get it?!"
"What are you guys, not wanting to improve your family's life?!'
"Do you want to always be in the shadows and always be mocked by a Kingdom even smaller than you?!" I shouted back to them, one by one the Knights raised their heads to look at me.
"If you want to get it, don't dispute my orders! Me, Hime-sama ... Will bring you all the victories, Tao ... Nothing more like dust to me!" My greetings raised their voices again.