Fake Princess
DXXVI Chapter
“You guys, wait here! From here, let us continue the journey,” said Haruki while staring at those who ride horses alternately.
My face came back out of the water, my body floated beside the horse that Tsubaru was riding followed by my two legs that were unceasingly paddling softly so that I myself would not drown. “Or you can go back to the side of the abyss. And you Lux, stay with them, if anything happens fly to look for us,” Haruki said, his body moving to swim away from us all.
“Prince, we can swim. We can escort you.”
Haruki stopped swimming, his body turned to look at Yuki who was sitting on the back of a horse with his gaze pointing at us, “you can indeed swim. However, is there any guarantee that you will not trouble us when suddenly the enemy attacks us all in the water?”
“If indeed we end up losing lives, it is already our risk as Knights,” replied Yuki who was still directing her gaze to Haruki.
“But unfortunately, the Knights who have been with us since childhood, are not Knights anymore for us. Except for the family we were supposed to protect, you will understand our feelings .. When your job is to look after Aeneas, you no longer consider it to be limited to the King's orders to guard the Prince,” Izumi timps who instantly cut their conversation.
“Tsutomu, you know what I mean, don't you?” continued Izumi, her glance towards Tsutomu who was looking at her with a sparkling gaze from on her horse. “Do it, Your Majesty,” said Tsutomu who quickly nodded his head.
“Tsubaru, be careful,” I said as I swam closer to him, both my hands moved to open the robe I had previously worn to him.
Tsubaru grabbed my wet robe, “Daughter too, be careful,” my head nodded in response to her words before I turned back and swam after Haruki.
We continued to swim and continued to swim forward, we did not dive .. Because the water itself is not clear, which makes it difficult for us to be able to see into the water if diving. Every now and then we stop while throwing a glance around, “look there!” tukas Izumi who made me look in the direction he pointed.
My eyes were stunned as I stared at the tip of the pointed triangular-shaped building visible from a distance. The four of us looked at each other before nodding our heads. Me and Aeneas swam behind Haruki, while Izumi herself swam behind us.
The longer we swam, the clearer were the wooden houses floating on our right and left. “Stay continue,” revealed Haruki who remained swimming uninterrupted.
Both my hands and feet are back on the move following him, “are you comers?!” I fell silent, and Haruki and Eneas stopped as a male voice sounded strong from the side.
“What are you guys up to?!” The voice came back, I also turned to the direction Haruki was looking at when the voice sounded again for the third time.
I was stunned when my eyes fell on a house with a boat nearby, in front of the house .. There was a young woman who shouted back by waving her hand at us. No matter what happened, without anything, the woman suddenly sat on her knees just like that.
We looked at each other again, I moved my hand towards the sword at the waist when the woman suddenly jumped into the water. Izumi swam with her back to us as the woman swam closer and closer towards us.
“Wait, wait, wait a minute,” said the woman, she stopped swimming by raising her hands up.
“Are you really immigrants? How did you get through that foggy forest?” The woman spoke incessantly followed by her eyes glancing at us in turn.
“We crush-”
“You destroyed it? Is that true?” He seemed enthusiastic about cutting Izumi's words while looking at us.
“What is this, Ardenis?”
“True, right, this Arde-” woman stopped her words as her eyes turned to Haruki.
“Have we met?”
“Maybe we have met in a dream,” he said smiling back at Haruki's gaze.
I also turned towards Haruki, just like Izumi did. Haruki sighed before he lowered his gaze back, “we, want to know, what happened to Ardenis,” Haruki told the woman.
“Do you guys want to visit my house?” he asked, pointing to the house behind him.
“Alright,” connect Haruki answer it.
Haruki glanced at me, he nodded slowly before swimming following the woman towards the wooden house he pointed at. Izumi stuck out her hand when she had climbed onto the porch of the house, she pulled my body up until I had sat beside her. I glanced at Eneas who had stuck out her hand grabbing Haruki's hand before Haruki helped her up the house.
“I don't have much food for you guys, this is all that's left,” the voice of the woman came back, I turned to look at her who was walking with a big bowl in her hand.
He placed the bowl made of wood carving in front of us. Long time I stared at some of the leaves in the bowl, “Sa-chan!” I turned towards Haruki when his voice sounded.
He raised his hand with a long cloth that he usually tied around his wrist to me, “Izumi, Eneas, don't raise your eyes! Stay down!” tukas Haruki again followed by his hand that held the long cloth earlier a little he swayed.
“Why?”
“Don't ask much, Izumi! Just do it according to my orders!” it was Tymbal Haruki who made Izumi click his tongue.
I grabbed the long cloth that Haruki gave me, both of my eyes widened as the glance of my eyes fell on the woman earlier. I quickly moved and pulled her hand away from the three of them, “what is it?” it was her asking that made me look at her.
“Do you not realize what happened?” I asked back by pointing towards her chest that was clearly imprinted behind her wet clothes.
“Do you have no other clothes?” I looked back at him who had been bowed by covering his chest using both arms.
“This is the only outfit I have. Just this, the clothes my father lived in. All the residents here have never seen each other since the great flood, so .. So-”
“I understand. Lift up your clothes,” I said, he nodded by doing as I commanded.
I crouched down a bit then wrapped around Haruki's handing cloth towards his chest, “how? Is it too tight?” my question is answered by the head.
“Already, you can lower back your clothes,” I said with a smile looking at him.
I walked past him, “what are you doing, Sachi?” izumi asked as my steps moved closer to them.
“I asked him if he kept dry clothes, my body was a little frozen because the clothes I was wearing were wet,” said I who had sat back where I was before.
I raised my gaze again when the wooden floor we were sitting on suddenly felt swaying. The woman again walked up to us with a cup in her hand, “forgive me, but this is all I can give,” she said as she placed a cup made of wood in front of us.
“Thank you, but you don't have to push yourself. Just say what happened to Ardenis,” said Haruki who replied to the woman's words.