Fake Princess
Cdlxvi Chapter
“I already warned you, are you sure .. Want to keep going there?”
“In fact, I was very curious .. Who gave the news to Adinata. I was curious, who knew if we were interested in it.”
“That's it?” Alma asked him back.
Haruki smiled with both eyes pointing at him, “just something caught my attention,” he replied as he stepped his foot past Alma standing before him.
I glanced at Haruki who was walking closer to the box of fruits that was near Eneas, he grabbed some strawberries that were inside the box and ate them. “Izumi, Sachi, Eneas .. Restore your energy first before we continue the journey. Especially for you, Sa-chan,” he said by again reaching for some wine grains that are nearby.
“Kou, I'm fine, now. You can go home,”, I whispered as I stepped around approaching Haruki.
“Are you sure we're going there?” Izumi spoke in Japanese as she stopped her footsteps beside Haruki.
“Entahlah. I know if this is, possibly a trap, but it makes me even more challenged,” Haruki answered Izumi's words using the same language.
“How about you, Sa-chan?”
“I too, feel the same way. After all, we have Kou, if Kou doesn't feel anything .. We can go straight from there,”.
“Alright, we've decided it.”
“What did you decide? I, still can't use that language,” the voice of Eneas is heard chiming in Haruki's words.
“Try harder, my sister,” Izumi said, Eneas clicked her tongue as Izumi's hand moved patting her head.
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I walked after Haruki and also Alma who walked leading us, my footsteps halted as the two of them had already stopped their footsteps before the Horse Knights who were marching before us. “We need horses. Since it's Alma, can you kindly give us a horse?” haruki said, he turned his head towards Alma who was standing beside him.
“How, vice-captain?” timpal Alma to a middle-aged man riding a black horse in front of him.
“We even lack horses. Some of our horses, we have sold only to free the slaves,” said the middle-aged man with both eyes who glanced sharply at me.
“Annoxifying once. Allow me to kill him, Haruki,” muttered Izumi using Japanese beside me.
“No need. Seen once, if he rarely comes out of his Kingdom, like a Tiger who lost his fangs when visiting the enemy's nest ... Are you, not feeling sorry for him, Izumi?” Haruki muttered back in the same language as his smiling face looked at the middle-aged man earlier.
“What do you guys whisper?”
Haruki walked past the troops without heeding the question of the vice-captain guarding Alma, “you will cross the sea, right? Be careful of the big waves, which can swallow you all alive,” Haruki said as his footsteps got further away from them.
I glanced at Alma as well as his troops who were instantly stunned by Haruki's previous words, “Ha-Haruki! Sachi,” said Alma as I walked past him.
“My brother is just kidding. Don't take it too seriously,” said I turned to smile at him, I resumed my steps by glancing at the vice captain who was silent noiseless on his horse.
The four of us walked together, my footsteps stopped as Haruki who was leading our way also stopped his footsteps, “how? Are you willing to walk now? Or should we wait until tomorrow, so you can rest first?” haruki asked, as he turned to look at me.
“How about you two?” haruki's return, his eyes turned towards me and Eneas took turns.
“I am the same, I get goosebumps because the smell that enters my nose does not go away,” my eyes turn to Eneas. He bowed with his palms covering his nose with his mouth.
“Do I have to call Kou back, so that we can quickly leave here?”
Haruki turned to look at me, “the problem, not only that we have to face in the future,” he said, Haruki raised his head with both arms ruffled around his waist, “we, lost the savings of treasure to free many slaves. If so, we go to the nearest region using Kou. We do not have any savings to meet our needs. And also, not only horses .. We also need weapons,” Haruki continued by returning his gaze to me.
“I understand,” I said walking through it.
“What? What is understood?”
“Shut up, Eneas! I don't know what they mean either, maybe they're talking through each other's minds, ” Izumi's grumble is heard from behind me.
“That's because the inner bond between the two of us is already too strong.”
“Shut your mouth, Haruki! I refuse to accept it,” Izumi again sounded grumbling chimed in Haruki's words.
I kept walking by throwing glances to the right and also to the left alternately, “Kou, come! I need your help,” I whispered as I returned my gaze forward.
“Let's where there are no humans around. I, will go there by relying on Lux,”, I said again while stopping my steps followed by my eyes looking up.
“What's up?”
I glanced at Izumi then shook my head slowly, she sighed before walking over to me, “up!” he crouched behind me.
“Do not try to lie to your own brother. Do you think we've been with you for just the last year or two?”
“I took care of you from childhood, so I understand .. How do you like to hide things. Ride!”
“You really don't want to lose. Until when, you will compete with this big brother of yours" Haruki said with a palm covering his lips.
“You-”
“Izu nii-chan,” my words that directly enclose the body on his shoulders, trying to hold him up, “you are indeed the best. But Izu-nii, don't you feel like you're being noticed?” I whispered near his ear.
“I'm tired, my legs are almost hard to move. But I don't want anyone to know my weakness. Therefore, I cannot show my weakness to anyone,” I whispered back by glancing towards some Knights who stole a glance towards us while lowering my gaze as if looking for something.
“You're worried about them?”
“Nii-chan,” I was surprised to find as she suddenly stood up holding me on her back.
“If you're really worried about them. Then, what's the point of Haruki .. If he can't get Juste to shut their mouths. I'm right, aren't I, Brother?” timpal Izumi followed her face which turned to the side.
Haruki looked at us with her lips slightly opened before she bit her lips back, “you were right, what not for my sisters. I will really beat you up when we leave this place, Izumi. You just wait, my sister,” she said with a smile looking at us.