Fake Princess
Cd chapter
Haruki stopped the horse he was riding in front of an old man who was standing in front of a house with a high stone fence surrounding it. The old man in blue clothes with his hair bunched up raised his hand which held a rectangular board with a rope at the end.
Haruki grabbed the board and then continued his horse's footsteps when the old man mentioned a name, “nii-chan,” I said softly which was answered with a thumping sound that Haruki let out.
“Where are we going?” I asked back to him, “takes you to the invitation collection point,” he said by lifting the small board towards me.
I raised my hand to grab the board, my forehead slightly shriveled when I saw the writing on the board. I feel like I've seen this writing, but I don't know.
“Sa-chan,” I raised my head to the back of her neck, “after I delivered you there. I will re-join the army of Zeki .. I, Izumi and also Aeneas will pretend to be one of the Knights of the Kingdom of Yadgar. Only in that way, we can keep an eye on you,” Haruki said again audibly.
“In other words, I will do this alone?” Haruki nodded his head replying to my question, “I understand, I will catch up with you guys to Palace. Soon,” I say to him again.
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I turned my head to the side as Haruki's horse stopped, “is this the place?” I asked, long ago I stared at the two-story building of decent wood standing far beside us.
“True, there," Haruki replied to me, “give the invitation to the guard, and don't forget to show the bag of money you brought,” Haruki said back to me.
“I see,” said I went down from the horse, I grabbed the leather bag in the bag while I gave my bag to Haruki, “be careful,” said slowly which I replied with a nod of the head.
I turned around to move closer to the building as the shadow of Haruki and his horse became more and more visible, “what do you want to do here?” My footsteps came to a halt as two thin-looking men confronted me with spears they pointed at.
“I, want to follow the contest,” I said quietly with a little pleading to them, “ugly, dirty and smelly women like you want to follow the competition that Raja did?” Tukas one of the men who was struck with the sound of laughter from a friend who was beside him.
Goddamnit! Patience Sachi, you can definitely do it.
I smile at them, “I really admire Your Majesty,” I said by holding my hands, “I know, if an ugly woman like me will immediately make the King fed up. But, if I have to die in his hand .. Ah, I'm so willing,” connect me back by pointing both hands earlier touching my cheek, my head moved to the right and left until the bag of money I was holding let out a strong clattering sound.
Disappear me, Lord .. Disappear me. It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing. Zeki will kill me right away if he hears what I'm saying.
“So, can ... This handsome guy like you guys help me? Me, me, I even have the invitation,” I said smilingly pointing the invitation from the board in my hand.
The two men glanced at each other, “ alright. You may enter, but before that,” said one of the men raised his palm towards me, “aahh, what do you mean this?” I asked by lifting the bag of money and shaking it in front of them.
The fragrant smell immediately filled my nose, when I had set my feet inward. I raised my head up, staring at the ceiling filled with embellishments made of multicolored cloth, “what is the beggar doing in my place?!” My body was slightly aghast as the sounds of female claps filled the room.
I turned around, my eyes falling on a slim woman with many women standing behind her. The women came down the steps, stepped on their feet near me, “what did a rotten beggar do in my place?!”
Rotten beggar?
“Call the bodyguard!” Tukas women towards one of the women standing behind her, “wait, wait, wait,” I said by pointing both hands towards them, the woman retreated her footsteps followed by the woman behind her as I did so.
Am I that dirty?
I sighed looking at them, "i brought an invitation, my appearance was like this .. Because I got an unexpected turn of events during the trip. Look, look, I brought the invitation, didn't I?” Revealing to him, the woman frowned at me before she turned her eyes back towards one of the women standing behind her.
“Clean him, and take him with the others,” said the woman back, she turned her legs leaving me with only three women still standing in front of me.
“Please,” said one of the women standing in front of me with one hand raised.
I walked up to the three of them who led me into a room, my eyes looking around .. Staring at the dozens of women who were standing in the same model clothes, only the color was different. As I walked past them, the three women stopped in front of a door, opened the door and asked me to go inside.
I did what they said, in the room .. They cleaned my body, the dust that made my body look dull before, gradually disappearing into the water. I set my foot back to follow them outside wearing only a towel they gave me.
I walked down, staring at the drops of water falling from the hair. My head was raised again, staring at the glances of all the women that were pointing at me. I took my eyes off them all, approaching the three women who one of them had been holding the same clothes as the other woman was wearing.
I followed those who had walked behind the curtain rags dangling to the floor. The three of them approached me as I stood before them, one of the women helping to dry and style my hair, while the other woman was wearing the clothes they had brought to me.
“We will bring this invitation and money, as a guarantee of life to stay here,” said one of the women I replied with a nod of the head.
As my legs stepped out of the curtain, I walked up to one of the chairs and sat on the chair. I grabbed a small mirror lying near the chair. I stared at the image of my face behind the mirror, before I bowed with a sigh.
Do I have to do all this?