Fake Princess
Cdlii Chapter
“Nothing was there,” Lux whispered beside me, I brought the water-filled cup closer to me.
Haruki nodded his head as I glanced at him, slowly .. I drank little by little the water in the cup. “Thank you,” I said as I moved, putting the cup I was holding onto the tray.
I glanced at the grandfather who was still quietly bowed next to the boy, “forgive me, the actions of my grandson,” softly that grandfather who was almost inaudible.
The grandfather raised his hand to grip the boy's head until he was bowed, “forgive me,” said the boy with his face still down.
“Grandfather, rest. I'll be here accompanying them,” the boy said half-screaming to his grandfather.
“Do you kick me out?!” Grandpa yelled back at him.
“Grandpa tomorrow works, they will-” the boy just stopped his words while glancing at me.
The grandfather sighed, he glanced sharply at his granddaughter before standing up to leave us, “go!” The boy's orders to us.
I glanced at Haruki who had glanced at me, “what are you, can tell ... What happened?” Haruki slightly moved forward with half a whisper to the boy earlier.
“This place is dangerous,” he said while glancing at me. “Dangerous, for a woman like me?” I asked back, the boy was just silently bowed not answering.
“Dangerous to all of you,” he said glancing at us.
I frowned followed by my glancing eyes back at Haruki, “can you, explain it?” Haruki spoke slowly to the boy again.
“Can you tell us, now where are we?” Haruki again asked her,
The boy glanced to the right and to the left, “you are now in the Kingdom of Valens. More precisely,” said the child was a little stopped by glancing back around, “you are at the border of the kingdom's sea,” continued the little boy back.
“Because it borders the sea, almost all residents here are poor, do not have money to buy necessities of life.”
“Then, where is the danger?” Izumi suddenly made a sound, chiming in on the boy's words.
I glanced back at the boy earlier, “because we have no money, many people including my grandfather chose to become slaves. My grandfather, not a good man, go before you regret,” the boy continued, for some reason .. He curled up after saying those words.
“You have been cursed, the water is a curse .. You guys, will not be able to get out of here. I'm sorry, should I .. forbid you guys to”
“Kou,” the boy stopped his words by glancing at me, “does that water have a curse? Why didn't you tell me?!” I took a deep breath, trying to stay calm.
“Curse? What curse do you mean, My Lord?”
“The child,” I said as I glanced at the child earlier, “dia said, if the water we drank contained a curse,” connect me again to him.
“No curse, I swear on my own life. How could I let you put a curse inside your body, My Lord,” I bit the quart of my lips, anger, relief, and shame mixed into one because of it.
I shook my head as Haruki and Izumi glanced at me, “what are you, able to explain ... What curse is meant? I mean, we've got the curse, haven't we? There is nothing to lose if we also know of the curse,” Haruki said as he turned his eyes back to the boy.
“I, just like you. I got stranded here while sailing with my father. Grandfather saved me and took care of me, but he also sold me to those in power.
“Do you believe in humans eating other humans?”
“You mean cannibalism?”
“I don't know, what do you mean,” he said followed by his hands that opened the shoes he was wearing.
Both of my eyes widened as my eyes fell on some of his missing toes, “grandpa, selling my toes to eat us all along. Every month, the person whom grandfather served always wanted human limbs for him to eat. Because there is no choice, and we have to live, selling limbs is not a problem,” he said who bowed followed by his hands reattached the leather shoes to his feet.
“Actually, a few more days, is the day that Grandpa will hand me over. Because, maybe he has no heart to see me treated like that .. Every night, he always checks the beach, hoping someone is stranded again like I used to,” he said again, this time he raised his face staring at us in turn.
“Then, what about that water you mean?”
The child turned to look at Haruki, “you will die if you get out of this place,” said the child followed by his eyes that occasionally blink bowed.
“There is no such thing as a curse, you .. Have been lied to,” I said I moved and squatted nearby.
“Kou, do you feel the curse from him?” I spoke slowly again while grabbing and holding the child's hand.
“There is no curse whatsoever on his body, I can guarantee it, My Lord,” whispered Kou who was ringing in my head.
I smiled as the child looked confused looking at me, “Lux, do you feel the curse from him?”
I glanced sideways, I quickly closed the boy's mouth as Lux flew in front of him, “aku, not feeling any curse from you,” Lux said, I let go of my palm that covered his mouth earlier as he looked a little calm.
“But-”
“You, lied to,” said I cut his words.
“If it is true, why did Grandpa give you guys water .. Whereas,” the cry of the boy stopped for a moment, “I sacrificed my little finger for the water we can drink,” the boy closed his mouth, , trying to hold back his cries so as not to be strong heard.
“Because your grandfather was clever, and you were plain, it was easy for him to lie,” I said as I glanced at the hut a little far from where we were sitting.
“Say, did your Grandfather also sell his body for your life?”
The boy shook his head, “he even sold his own children and grandchildren .. I think, the ridicule made by someone who was at his workplace was wrong. Therefore, I did not overly pubrisnya .. What is it, has something to do?” He glanced at us alternately.
“If I were your Grandfather, chances are .. I would do the same,” Haruki said, making my eyes switch to him.
“From sacrificing others, we get a big advantage. Any human being will initially be interested especially if they are in a desperate position like you. By giving drinking water, the grandfather gained two beliefs at once,” Haruki continued while lifting his index and middle fingers together.
“Our trust, because indirectly we will consider him good and then lower our vigilance on him. And, your belief,” continued Haruki by pointing to the child earlier, “you have been eaten with the belief of the curse water. By giving us water, indirectly .. He tells you, if the water of the curse is true. Cheesy ruse like this, I did not expect if we fell into it,” Haruki told us again.
“Then, what do you want to do?”
Haruki glanced at the voice Izumi, “I want to know clearly what kind of place this is. So my sisters,” said Haruki glanced at us alternately, “don't stop pretending before I ask you to stop,’ he said before laying down on the sand.