Fake Princess
CCCXCVI Chapter
My two feet moved closer and closer to Kou and the Manticore. The manticore, curled up his body the more Kou let go of his grip. “What do you want to do?” The pressure that crossed my head.
I stopped a step nearby, “ here is dangerous for you to stay,” I said slowly, the two eyes of Manticore slightly enlarged when I sat crouching nearby.
The manticore growled strongly with both eyes still staring intently at me, “what do you want to do? What are you planning?” My body was slightly sideways as his arm almost clawed at my body if only Kou had not quickly gripped his arm earlier.
“If you still stay here, the animals that once attacked your home ... Will attack you back here,” I said, The Manticore again magnifies both of his eyes looking at me, “if he can find your former residence, why can't he find you living in the human world?” He was speechless, the Manticore was silent as I said it.
“I'm right, aren't I?” My friend came back to him to make sure.
“Then what do you want?!” My head was again bowed as his voice rang out loud inside my head, “mau don't want to, you guys should come with us. You, have been bound by a contract with him,” I said as I raised one hand pointing towards Kou.
“In other words, defying his orders is death for you. If you die, then who will help them?” I made a soft voice again with a slight glance towards the other Manticore-Manticore.
“Which I mean, you will live in his world. There, a lot of magic, creatures like you need it, right?” I continued to him again, “Dragon that attacked you, will not be able to find your existence, if you are under the power of my Dragon. The magic you cast, will be muted by it until your existence will be difficult to find by the evil creature,” The growl from the Manticore knocked back my ears.
“Trust me, I am the same as you. We, just like all of you .. I too, would love to kill that creature. We, are on our way to seek a great many troops to destroy them, and to be honest .. I want you to join us, join us to destroy them all,”, The manticore returned silent like never before.
“What's the guarantee?”
“Lux, come!” My voice raised calling her name, “she's a fairy. His kingdom, destroyed by the same creature that attacked you. I don't know how you survived to this extent, but unlike her. She, the only Elf nation left, all her family and friends were wiped out by the creature. Do you guys, want to end up like them?”
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I clasped tightly onto the fur covering the body of the Manticore that was carrying me, I occasionally looked back.. Staring at his tail that was sticking up as his body ran carrying me up the rock cliff. I looked down at the Manticore feathers I was riding, the feathers clumped against each other so tangled.
The manticore stopped his footsteps as we reached the top of the cliff, I moved to the side and jumped down from above his body. He turned around and ran back down the cliff with the three Manticores carrying Haruki, Izumi and Eneas.
“Bau them, really makes me nauseous. Reminding me of when we used to be hiding in a pile of carcasses in the forbidden forest,” Izumi said, I turned to her who walked over to me by raising her right arm and kissing her.
“Do they use the same ancient language as Kou?” I turned my head back to the right side, looking at Haruki who had been standing beside me, “Kou did a forced contract to their leader, so he would be able to use that ancient language. I might also be able to talk to Uki if only Kou also did the same to him,” I said by holding up one hand scratching the back of the neck.
“Then? How did they all get food?” I turned towards Izumi who had been sitting on the ground in front of us, “can later nii-chan ask father to put a lot of wild animals in the forest at the northern end of the Kingdom, he said,” my words come to sit with my head slightly up.
“Same forest, with the forest where you found Kou first?” I nodded towards Haruki who was also sitting near me, “ there, they can hunt these wild animals, because the forest with the world of Kou is related.”
“Like the forbidden forest and also the world belongs to the Dragon Emperor?” I nodded my head back at Izumi, “so nii-chan can I? That will help them to get food,” my connection back to turn my eyes to Haruki.
Haruki raised both his arms crossed in the chest, “I understand, I will ask Dad to do it,” he said turning his head towards the abyss behind him.
“Nii-san, your book,” said Eneas lifted a book towards Haruki, “Is this book not with you Sa-chan? Since when did you give it to Eneas,” Haruki said grabbing the book with a slight glance at me.
“I really don't remember holding the book, sorry,” my words bowed towards him, Haruki sighed as I raised my head back to look at him, “forget it, do you still want to see it? Before I save it back,” Haruki said staring at us alternately.
I turned towards Izumi and also Aeneas who had nodded their heads, both hands raised reaching for the book Haruki gave me. Izumi and Eneas moved closer as I slowly opened page after page of the book, “is this not Kou?” Tukas Aeneas as the page stopped moving in an image explaining the dragon.
“Is this like you?” Connect Izumi followed by her finger moving towards a human image standing near the dragon image, “maybe,” I said as my fingers returned to open the other page.
“Phoenix,” I said by touching the surface of the paper.
“Phoenix? You mean Uki?” Tukas Izumi whom I replied with a nod of the head, “maybe if big later ... Uki will be as beautiful as that?” I slightly glanced to the side as Lux's voice rang out beside the ear, “maybe,” I smiled and turned back the other page.
“Hip-po-cam-pus,” I lifted back my head looking at him when Izumi spelled very slowly the name of a half horse and half fish like a kuro.
“Nii-chan,” I said, Izumi raised her face looking at me, “since when Izu-nii, can read the ancient language?” I asked, Izumi glanced at the left end of her eyes followed by her tightly clenched mouth.