Fake Princess
CCCLX Chapter
Gritav again moved his body to the side, I could slightly look back at the enemy troops as he did so. My head turned back to the back, looking at the few Knights lined up behind us.
I again moved my eyes staring at the several enemy Knights who had fallen flat on the ground. Some of them were lying down, some of them were sitting with their palms holding some parts of their bodies before falling lying unconscious.
"Throw the second jug!" I screamed again with my eyes still staring at the enemy.
Small jugs covered in a red cloth flew past our heads once again. Some of the enemy Knights who were aware of it, immediately shot their arrows towards the jugs earlier.
The arrows that pierced through the jugs made the oil inside fall out of their bodies. "Wait any minute, shoot fire arrows at them immediately!" I shouted back to rule them strongly.
The archers who were in front, placed the tip of their arrow towards the torch that was beside them. After the tip of the arrow was burned, they swiftly pointed the arrow towards the enemy troops.
The flames on the arrow that fell towards the enemy troops, instantly spread out the moment the tip of the arrow touched them. Some Knights who were burned were running to put out the fire, some of them were moving their bodies rolling on the ground.
"Throw the jugs back!"
"And the archers, prepare your arrows!"
I screamed again, the jugs flew back after my words earlier. The jugs quickly shot towards the enemy troops followed by arrows fired by our troops.
The arrow that pierced through the jugs made the oil inside flow out soaked the enemy troops. The fire that was almost extinguished, again grew even bigger when the wind blew around us.
The enemy forces were getting overwhelmed, the horses carried by the cavalry threw some Knights sitting on them as the flames around them grew. I again raised my head up, the sun that was leaning towards the West made me more aware.
"Have we succeeded?"
The voice of one of the Knights turned my eyes back, I turned back towards our troops who were seen making a smile on the tip of their lips.
The flames were growing bigger, casting a burning smell that could not be described with words. The smoke soaring into the sky made the remaining enemy troops move backwards away from the flames that were before them.
"Have we managed to hold them?"
"We made it?"
The voices of our Knights were heard alternately, they looked at each other ... They were silent for a moment, before boisterous screams filled the air.
Our Knights shouted with the weapons they were holding, I slightly turned to the side as I felt a soft pat on my back, "you succeeded Hime-sama," Gritav smiled at me.
"We did it" I said smilingly looking at him.
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"I brought you some food" he said, pointing the bowl he had in his hand at me, "thank you" I said, as I reached for the bowl.
"Are you not drinking with them Gritav?" I asked, my eyes were directed towards the meat soup in the bowl with one hand grabbing the spoon in the bowl.
"We were assigned to take care of you, we won't do it as long as we take care of you" he said sitting next to me.
"It seems, you're already a little used to Hime-sama's war. I didn't expect it if you offered me to do it" he said, placing the glass he had held before me.
"I, a little aware of it when we were in Balawijaya first," I said taking a little soup with a spoon I held earlier and inhaling it.
"I've heard a little bit about it, they won big under your leadership, haven't they?"
"I won it because the people there wanted to protect their Kingdom with their own lives" I said, again inhaling the soup that I had blown in the air.
"Gritav, thank you," I said, turning to him, "thank you?" He asked back at me.
"I was, in fact, almost bothered by what the man on the horse-drawn carriage was doing. Thank you, for bringing me back to my senses," I said with a small smile towards him.
"When war, we only think about how to defeat the enemy. Whether it's an attack that hurts the body or the mind, so Hime-sama ... When you're, you're bothered by what the enemy is doing."
"That will affect directly the army you lead, as the leader who leads a great many armies. You are forbidden to fear, because when your troops feel the same way ... That's when the army you're leading will be destroyed" he said, returning his eyes to the bonfire in front of us.
The few Knights who were on our right suddenly moved to the side as if giving way to someone. I looked at Adofo who was walking in the middle of them with a thick brown cloth towards us.
"Hime-sama," he said bowed with both hands holding the cloth towards me.
I put the bowl of soup in my hand to the side, and I took the cloth in Adofo's hand, "thank you," I said to him as I opened a little fold from the thick cloth earlier.
"Did you get any updates from the other forces, Adofo?" I asked, the cloth covered all my legs.
"The troops in the Southern fortress, again repulsed the enemy forces when Lord Haruki came. If he comes a little late, the Southern fortress is likely to have been knocked down by the enemy by now" he said, moving to sit beside Gritav.
"Then?" Ask me again, while I put my hand back to reach the bowl with my soup earlier.
"West and Eastern fortresses, they don't even fight with the enemy. The enemy troops that were in front of them, did not attack at all," he said again, Adofo moved his hand to grab the pieces of wood and threw the piece of wood into the bonfire.
"Actually, what are they thinking?" I slightly muttered with a strong bite on the tip of my thumb, "then? Mention the details about the condition of our troops now!" I spoke again with a look towards him.