Fake Princess
Cdxlv Chapter
I stood by glancing towards Haruki who was talking to a man. I turned my head to the side as Izumi placed her arms on my shoulders, following me to see some of the men who set their eyes on me from a distance. I raised my arms around Izumi's waist followed by my head leaning against her body, some of the men who were looking at me slowly turned away before they left.
They're really disgusting.
I let go of my embrace on Izumi's waist when Haruki's voice asking us to follow her sounded. I walked in Haruki's footsteps with Eneas walking beside me and Izumi guarding us from behind.
I stopped the footsteps when Haruki who was walking in our lead had also stopped his steps, “Haruki, don't tell me if you were tricked by that man,” Izumi tapped in from behind as some black shadows walked up to us.
They came out alternately from a dark hallway in the middle of a stone building, there were about ten men surrounding us, even the three men who were staring at me from a distance earlier were coming with them.
“Give all your luggage with the woman, the three of you can waltz away if you do,” said one of the men who walked forward approaching us.
“What do you want to do to a woman like her?” I immediately turned to look at Haruki who said so.
“We will sell it on Ba-”
“You fool!” One of the men shut the mouth of his friend who spoke earlier.
“We just need a rest area. Take us to an inn if you don't want anything to happen to you,” Haruki continued while bowing his gaze.
One of the other men laughed loudly by pointing at us, “are they stupid? Instead of begging for forgiveness, instead he foolishly tried to threaten us,” said the man who was met with laughter from others.
The man who spoke earlier walked past Haruki. I glanced at his hand that wanted to point at me, I looked at Haruki's hand that had firmly gripped the man's arm until his hand stopped before he could touch my body.
The man turned his head towards Haruki, “what is ka-”
His words came to a halt, turning into a groan of pain as Haruki's other hand punched his arm until a loud voice rang out from the man's arm earlier. Quickly, Haruki clutched firmly behind the neck of the man as he bowed in pain, Haruki released his grip on the man's arm and then directed his hand to firmly grip the man's chin.
Kratak up!
A loud voice came back as Haruki broke the man's neck. The man's body immediately fell to the ground as Haruki released his grip on the man's neck, “I don't give you permission to touch my sister,” he said by stepping on the man's face.
I raised my face, glancing towards the few men who stepped back slightly after seeing what happened to their friend. They looked even more terrified as Izumi stepped beside me and threw the bag she was carrying onto the ground. “In the bag there is a lot of money, you can take it,” said Izumi who suddenly opened her voice.
Both of my eyes grew bigger when I turned towards him, Izumi who was standing beside me still lowered her gaze, she was still motionless.
I glanced at one of the men walking over, he bent his body grabbing the bag that Izumi threw earlier. Izumi ran quickly towards the man who was about to move by pulling the bag. Izumi jumped up, her body twisted crashing at the man who had never spared himself.
“That, right ... Tekhnik fought the masked villagers,” I glanced towards Eneas who had suddenly stood beside me.
“Say, where can we find lodging. If not, I will finish you all,” said Izumi who has returned to stand.
He walked over to the bag still lying on the ground, Izumi leaned over to grab the bag and put it on. “We, will give you money without hurting you, if you show us where we can find lodging,” this time Haruki chimed in Izumi's words.
“Ke-why, we should trust you?!”
Haruki glanced sharply at them, “we can kill you guys easily. Since we need your help for a place to live, therefore .. Thankful, you are still I give you a chance to live,” Haruki said chimed in on the man's words.
“You're immigrants aren't you? How did you guys get in here?” Ask one of the men who walked forward.
“Indeed, why?” Haruki asked him back by crossing both of his arms around his chest.
“Do you not know where you are now?” The man returned, answered by the silence between us.
“This city is led directly by Baron Slava, the Baron who served the Empire. No stranger can enter and leave this place, not even the natives are allowed to leave here,” replied the man again who glanced in our direction alternately.
“Baron, the name for a Knight who was appointed a noble because of his dedication,” I glanced towards Haruki who raised his gaze upwards.
“Nii-chan, are we now at the border of the Empire?”
“From home, if we continue heading North, we will meet with the Empire,” Haruki said in response to my words.
“Why don't you say it, I mean .. We don't have to use it to get here,”.
“If he feels something is wrong here, he will not bring us all here, he will take us somewhere else.” I was silent for a moment when Haruki said that.
That's true, but it's not one of the things that bothers my mind. If we get to the borders of the Empire that fast, it means .. The Azayaka Tribe is also in a place not too far from the Empire, if Father wants to protect them … Why would he even allow the tribesmen to live there?
Oh my God, even in my family. There are still many mysteries to be solved.
“I don't understand what you're saying, but if it's true you want to give us money. So, follow me,” my eyes turned to the man who had turned his feet away from us.
“How about it?” Haruki glanced at a man whose neck he had broken.
“He's dead, there's nothing we can do. In this place, lamenting someone who is dead, is tantamount to killing yourself,” the male chimpanzee returns while continuing his steps.