Fake Princess
CdxcvIII Chapter
“So like that,” I said while raising my head up.
“So, you must understand not .. What to do,” continued Mom, I lowered my face looking at her who had been sitting on the side.
I nodded, “I understand Mom, I will remember all the messages Mom said,” I said, I moved a little forward and hugged her with my head on her shoulder, “Mother, I said, we will likely continue our journey soon. Be careful as long as we go, we .. Will be home soon after all this is done,” I said as I buried the face on his shoulder.
“Mother understands. Your father has told Mother everything, if you are tired .. Go home, I will wait for you all to come home, and also .. Introduce Mother later to him,” comment on Mother whom I replied with a nod of the head.
“Ryu, come here son,” continued Mother, I raised my face back to look at Ryuzaki who was still standing silently gazing at us.
Ryuzaki walked over, his footsteps looking a little stiff when walking. She crouched down beside us as Mom raised her hand towards Ryuzaki. “I'm sorry Mom, because I've been a bad mother to you guys,” she said, she wrapped her arms around Ryuzaki's neck as Ryu leaned on his shoulder as I did.
I raised my gaze, my body was stunned as I realized that Ryuzaki kept glancing towards me nonstop. “What's up?” I asked him, Ryuzaki was still silent, he just smiled a little before he buried his face back on Mom's shoulder.
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I opened the door and walked out, my body turned and then closed the door again before stepping away from it. I kept walking by occasionally pulling the ribbon that was twisting my hair, sometimes I hugged myself tightly as the morning air blew through the bone.
“Since when have you become sluggish like this, Your Majesty.”
“Close your mouth Tsutomu! Just swing your sword,” Izumi's voice chimed in the male voice heard earlier.
“Good morning,” I said as I opened the wooden fence where the Knights were training.
I walked in ignoring them, my footsteps stopped followed by my body moving to stretch. I took a deep breath before my legs ran around the place. “You woke up so early,” said Izumi's voice that came back when I ran around the place once.
“My body has been tired lately. I can hardly move my body every time I wake up,” I said answering Izumi's question while continuing to run.
“Are you sure you're okay? I mean, you've been using their powers all these days.”
“I'm fine sa-”
“Just tell me the truth!”
My footsteps came to a halt as Izumi's clasping directly pierced her ears. “Nothing I'm hiding from you, nii-chan. I have told you everything,” I said as I turned back to look at him.
“Sorry, for not trusting you the last few days,” he said while throwing his eyes off me.
“Nii-chan, I still can't do the kick you used to teach me. Can nii-chan teach me before continuing on?” I asked, she raised her face back to look at me as I walked over to her.
“You want me to teach you to use a sword or bare hands?” he said when I stopped in front of him.
“Tell me to use my bare hands first,” I replied as I stared at my own fingers.
I turned towards Tsutomu who was walking towards Izumi, Tsutomu raised both his hands grabbing the wooden sword Izumi gave him before he bowed and walked away from us. “Are you ready?” asked Izumi who made me look back at her.
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“Are you okay?”
“The pain is still piercing. My back,” I said with a face back buried in Izumi's shoulder,
“I've said it, don't suddenly do it with one full turn like that. This is the result if you do it without listening to a warning from your own brother,” continued Izumi, he tried to look back, towards me who he was carrying on his back.
“Sorry, I don't know if it's going to be like this as a result,”.
I raised my head when Izumi suddenly stopped her footsteps, I thrust my face slightly tilted to the right. “Daddy, did something happen?” Izumi asked, I still stared at Father who was walking closer with Daisuke and the vice-captains behind him.
“Nothing happened, Dad will just discuss something with them with your brother,” he said as Dad stopped his steps before us.
“Why are you holding your sister? Is something happening to you, Sachi?”
“I'm fine Dad. It's just that, I was less careful when doing the exercises,” I said in reply to his words.
“What do you want to talk about Dad? What are we, can you come listen to it?” I asked him back.
“Sure, come to Dad's room,” Dad said before he turned to walk past us.
Izumi turned around, taking me in her carrier following Dad's increasingly distant steps. Our footsteps stopped when Father also stopped his footsteps in front of a door with two guards standing guard. Father's footsteps again walked when the two Knights opened the door that was in front of us.
I threw a glance around, looking at Haruki, Tatsuya, Tsutomu and also Arata who had been inside the room, Tsutomu and Arata bowed their bodies to Father while Haruki stood up from his seat as we all went inside.
“What happened to him?” haruki asked, she immediately raised her hand .. Helping me down from above Izumi's back as Izumi stopped her steps nearby.
“He is not careful when practicing. And also, be careful with his back,” Izumi continued as she stepped away and sat on the chair opposite to us.
“Are you okay?” haruki whispered as he slowly helped me sit on the chair he was sitting on.
“I'm fine nii-chan. If I take him to sleep, the pain will definitely disappear,” my words raised their faces and smiled at him.
“Do you guys know why I called you all here?”
I turned to look at Father who had been sitting on his seat before I threw a glance towards Daisuke and the vice-captains who were standing, lined up to look at Father. “Your Majesty, did something happen? Or, did we make a mistake?” asked Daisuke who was slightly moving forward compared to the vice-captains.
Dad shook his head slowly, “Haruki, it's your turn .. Explain why you gathered them all here,” Dad continued as he glanced at Haruki who was sitting at the side.