Fake Princess
Dix Chapter
“Tatsuya? What are you doing here?” I fell when he stepped closer.
“Princess, what are you doing? Out at night like this,” Tatsuya asked back when his footsteps stopped in front of me.
I looked back, looking at Tatsuya who had already thrown his gaze towards Tsubaru behind me, “I can't sleep. As a result, I sought fresh air for a moment by asking Tsubaru to take care of me,” said I who again threw a glance at Tatsuya.
“After all, what are you doing in front of my room?” I asked back with a slight frown looking at him.
“Someone you want Your Majesty to show,” said Tatsuya who turned his back, “Princess, and you Tsubaru, follow me now!” he said it again when he stepped his foot.
I turned my head towards Tsubaru before my eyes turned back to Tatsuya followed by my two feet that walked following him from behind, “what happened?” I asked, Tatsuya still continued his words without saying a word.
He paused for a moment before turning away by knocking on the door that was on our right. Tatsuya's hand opened the door before a male voice invited him inside, he turned to look at us and stepped into the room. I took a deep breath before I stepped in to follow him.
“You have come?”
I stopped my steps by glancing towards Haruki with one middle-aged man and young man standing near them, “what happened, nii-chan?” I asked as I stepped up and then sat down on the chair that Haruki pointed at.
“He is the Captain of the ship that will lead us, and .. Explain to him, what you talked about earlier,” Haruki said with a glance towards the middle-aged man.
“Female?” knock the man while frowning his forehead looking at me.
“She's my sister, and watch your talk!” timpal Haruki who made the man immediately bowed.
“Ampuni my mistake, Princess,” connect the middle-aged man back with still bowed.
“Nothing, just continue your words,” I said while tidying the hair to the right side and leaning against the back of the chair.
“One more time, we want to apologize Princess. But we, can not deliver you there,” he said as he raised his face to look at me.
“Why? Why can't you do it?”
“Should the order be directly from Father, so you can't refuse it?” ask me to go back to them.
The middle-aged man immediately sat on his knees with his head bowed, “thousand pardons, Princess. If His Majesty punishes us, how will my family live,” he said, still keeping his eyes down.
“Then? Explain everything to me, what are you really afraid of?”
“The sea coast around the Kingdom of Ardenis is shrouded in thick fog, even if our merchants wanted to trade there, they would definitely only be able to hitchhike on the borders of other Kingdoms. If you, not the natives of the Kingdom, then your life will end when you visit it, such are the rumors spread there,” he said with a face up again.
“Then, what are you afraid of? Just take us to the place, I mean the border you say-”
“But the Princess, Prince,” he said who immediately stood up cutting my words.
“Ta-but,” the middle-aged man said it with a little stammering.
“I am the Princess of the Kingdom of Sora, you are the people of the Kingdom of Sora who have become my duty to take care of all of you. I can protect you by just closing my eyes, and I can finish you all the same way .. So, follow my words or not, it all depends on you,” said I got up from the chair.
“Is there anything else to discuss?” ask me to Haruki who is still sitting leaning back in her chair.
“If there is none, I will return to the room .. Good night, nii-chan,” my connection which was reciprocated with a nod of the head from Haruki.
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I walked down the aisle of the ship, though I had cleansed the body .. But the drowsiness whack, still reluctant to go. I closed my eyes a little when the sunlight suddenly fell into my eyes when the ship's passageway ended, “what did they do?” I muttered while staring at the line of men cheering around something.
I walked away from the crowd and moved up the wooden barrel I was sitting in last night. I stared at what the men were surrounded by as I stood on top of those wooden barrels, “Tsu nii-chan, don't you want to follow him?” I asked with a glance towards Tsubaru who was standing near the wooden barrel that was beside me.
“I can beat them all very easily, Princess,” he said without looking back at me.
“Tsu nii-chan, you're so confident,” I said crouching with a pat on the back of his back, “if you're right, then win that fight for me. I want jewelry that is a gift in the hands of the man,” I said with a smile looking at him.
Tsubaru sighed before he stepped away to approach the crowd. He raised one of his hands upwards as the man holding the golden bracelet shouted saying who wanted to be the challenger before. “You asked Tsubaru to follow that?” I turned to look at Izumi who had been sitting on top of the barrel with Tsutomu standing nearby.
“Nii-chan, since when are you here?” I asked a little and sat back next to him.
“I've been watching them fight since the beginning, you're the only one who doesn't realize where I am,” he said by turning his eyes towards Tsutomu, “Tsutomu, if Tsubaru follows him, don't let Tsubaru get the jewelry and make my sister big head,” he said, I stared at her with a little bit of my lips open.
“Do it, Your Majesty,” Tsutomu replied as he walked forward away from us.
“What do you really want to do, nii-chan?” I looked up while looking at him.
“I didn't do anything, I just wanted to see when our two vice-captains fought empty-handed,” he said without turning his head.
“You really,” I said as I turned back to look at Tsubaru and Tsutomu who had stood face to face amidst the male crowd.
“Tsutomu won't kill Tsubaru, why are you worried? Or, do you not trust the strength of your servant that you have always been proud of?”
I opened my mouth to look at him followed by a sigh coming out, “if your pride Tsutomu is injured, do not suddenly whine by asking Tsubaru to stop attacking him in the middle of the fight, nii-chan,” reply me, please, both of Izumi's eyes slightly widened with her small open lips, followed by her palm that patted her own chest as it turned to look at me.
“Tsubaru! Whatever happens win the fight, don't make your number two shy!” I shouted while keeping my eyes fixed on Izumi.
“Tsu! Break that useless number to shut the mouth of this woman next to me! You have to beat him!” Izumi shouted back without looking at me.