Fake Princess
CCCXLVIII Chapter
"Have you carried out all my orders, Gritav?" I asked as he stepped closer followed by my horse behind him.
"Everything has been done, Hime-sama. I have ordered some of my men to inform the rest of the army" he replied by stopping his footsteps in front of me.
I walked up to him, I put my body on the horse behind Gritav, "good job" I said with one hand grabbing the horse harness I was riding in the palm of his hand.
"Hime-sama, may I ask you something?" He said, 'Quicken my face to look at him who was standing beside the horse I was riding, "what do you want to ask? I will try to answer it," I said as both my hands moved to tie my strung hair.
"I really don't understand. How do you think, Hime-sama?" Ask who's still looking at me not budging.
"Haru nii-chan, tell me how you first met, back then ... Your fellow Knights left you alone until you were captured by the Knights of our Kingdom right? Since then, you've changed your appearance, haven't you?" I asked, I looked at him who was bowed by firmly grasping both hands.
"I said it, not because I wanted to pry into your past, Gritav. You, you must have understood a little how we, the women must die to survive."
"And us, the women ... Our bodies are not as strong as you men, for that is ... I can only rely on my brain to survive," I said in slow breaths.
"If you are weak, defeat the enemy with your cleverness. If you're not smart, defeat the enemy by relying only on your guts. If you don't have both, then embrace as many friends as you can so that no one can make you an enemy..."
"Sounds different, right? Though the intent of the words is the same, what distinguishes only how we put it in the position we are experiencing now. Looking for a friend first or using cleverness to reach a goal," I said, I slightly smiled at him as he looked at me.
"Me, just going to say the point ... Our position is now very weak compared to them if we only rely on strength. We don't even have the weapons to break down their fort, do we?" I asked to go back to him.
"Therefore, they will let their guard down and directly make fun of us who are just like this. Me, just taking advantage of their weakness," I said, giving my head a long look towards the fortress of the Tao Kingdom.
"meaning?"
"I mean, they've fallen into the plan I made. Wait and prepare yourself Gritav, we will penetrate the high fortress," I said a little glance at him.
I'll give the horse I'm riding to leave Gritav, "Eneas!" My cry called out his name, Aeneas slightly turned from the horse he was riding on as my horse walked closer and closer to him.
"How are all our troops?" I asked, I slightly glanced at him who was looking straight ahead. "They, doing everything nee-chan told them to do, some of them cooked the horse meat, while others stood by them from the possibility of arrows fired by the enemy" said Eneas, he lifted his index finger towards the hordes of Knights who were raising fire near the fortress of Tao Kingdom.
"Nee-chan, you think ... How likely are we to win this war?" Aeneas asked back, I looked at him who had turned to look at me.
"Come, but I'm ... Including one of the humans who will believe all your words." Reveal it while looking straight ahead.
My eyes turned back to the hordes of Knights who were lifting large pieces of meat closer towards the fire they were lighting. The smoke that soared when the flesh touched the fire filled the sky around them.
The fragrant smell of the burnt meat really rubbed my nose, I was bitten by my lips when a soft voice sounded from my stomach. "Are you hungry nee-chan?" Aeneas made a sound again, and I glanced at him, "you too, are as hungry, aren't you?"
He bowed with a slight smile, "i am hungry, because it is ... I want to finish this as soon as possible" he said, raising his face again.
"Hime-sama," I put my head back, "what's wrong, Hongli?" I asked Arata who had moved his horse to walk up to us, I looked at Cia who was sitting with her head bowed in front of him.
"Switch or arrow?" The thrust returned, both hands raised upwards with swords and also a bow of arrows complete with tubes containing arrows in each palm. "Both, give me arrows and swords" I said, reaching for the tube with the arrow in his hand as I held the tube hanging from my back, back I grabbed the sword in his other hand as I put it on my waist.
"Hongli," I said back to Arata as my hand reached for the bow in his hand, "keep Cia well, lest the enemy hurt her," My love returned to him.
"What about you, Hime-sama?" He sounded worried, "i'll be fine. I'm not as weak as you think," I said with a slight smile looking at him before looking straight back at the Tao Kingdom's fortress.
"Everyone, get ready in your respective positions!" I screamed out loud, a dry feeling that filled my esophagus, I just ignored it.
I slightly looked back, the few remaining Knights had lined up neatly behind me. Looking at one of the men riding his horse towards us, the man stopped beside Arata while giving the spear he had held before to Arata.
"You can use a spear?" I asked, Arata turned his head back to look at me, "don't underestimate the ten vice-captains, Hime-sama," he said half-whisperingly with his palm pressed against the tip of his lips.
"Hearing you say that, it makes me even more curious how the pillars of the Sora Kingdom fight," I told him in Japanese.
"Then this servant of yours ... Would be happy to give a very interesting show to you, Hime-sama," she replied with a slight small smile to me.
The noise that had been heard for a while was getting clearer and clearer in my ears. I put the bow I held earlier on my thigh as both my hands turned to hold firmly the bridle that bound my horse.
The more smoke from the burning of the meat soared upwards, the more boisterous also the sound of shouting from the direction of the enemy fortress. My eyes turned to the top of the fortress, some of the Knights who were there seemed overwhelmed resisting the encouragement of the men who were before him, even ... Some of the Tao Kingdom Knights who were standing on top of the fortress, fell backwards due to the tight thrust that was on top of the fortress then remained motionless after their bodies fell to the ground.
"Hime-sama," Gritav's voice was heard again, I put my head back to the back, "we are ready to attack," he said again, the horse he was riding slowly approaching me, the large spear in his hand was slightly shiny as the sunlight fell on it.