Fake Princess
DXXVII Chapter
“I'm not forcing myself. This is the first time for me there is someone who came to visit the house, I .. Just a little excited,” said the woman with her head bowed.
He took a breath and raised his face again, “what do you want to know about this place?” he asked while raising his face towards us in turn.
“You said it was a flood, right? What does it mean?” ask him.
“This happened since I was a child, at that time .. The ground suddenly shook strongly to destroy a lot of people's houses. Shortly after, water suddenly emerged from the ground to overflow as it is now.”
I frowned, “lalu?” I tried to find out more information from him.
“Only the Palace does not sink, because the Palace is in a high place. So, to eat ... We, the residents eat anything, whether it's leaves or tree roots that grow around outside the gates of the Palace,” he replied by again raising his gaze.
“What is this, has something to do with fog forest?” Haruki asked back which made the woman look at him.
The woman nodded slowly, “entah since when the forest appeared. However, the residents who tried to escape came back by saying that the forest was cursed. The forest eats anyone who dares to enter it. Therefore, those who are still alive, try as hard as possible to survive.”
“We saw a lot of bodies there, can you explain it?” timpal Izumi, the woman again lowered her head followed by her two hands that clasped tightly to each other.
“If any residents die, they will be thrown into the forest of fog. Some residents believe, if the forest is constantly given humans .. The fog will disappear,” replied the woman again while directing her gaze towards Izumi.
“The only way to know this all, is to visit Palace,” continued Izumi, she glanced at Haruki who had also nodded back at her glance.
“Your name?” I asked, the woman quickly shook her head followed by her hands that moved to close her lips.
He released his palm that was attached to his lips, “talking a name is not very good here. You'll disappear if someone knows your name.”
“No more will disappear, you .. No need to worry,” I said, I glanced upwards as the fifth shadow of Leshy we had previously captured suddenly flashed.
“What are you, can take us to the Palace, Miss?” tukas Haruki who made me glance at him.
“What are you going there for? Palace does not even care about our fate here,” said, he again bowed by biting his lips.
“That is meant my brother, we're hungry. The food you serve is not enough for the four of us. You said if we could get food around the Palace, right?”
“So like that, all right .. All of you, get on my boat. I will take you all there,”, he said, pointing to the wooden boat beside the house.
“Amanda, you can call me Amanda,” he said staring at us as he stood up.
I turned around, set foot near the boat that had been occupied by Eneas, Haruki and Izumi. My legs slowly moved up the boat and sat down with a glance at Amanda who had walked over with a long wood in her hand.
Amanda stepped up onto the boat, “give me the oar,” said Izumi who stuck her hand out toward Amanda.
“No need, I can take you there. Just sit well so as not to fall,” Amanda replied by waving her hand.
The boat moved slowly away from the house, “the other residents, would be happy if he knew there were immigrants who came to visit here. We, even forgetting the traditional language of our Kingdom, we only speak the language of the Empire so that we can speak to the comers. Because for us, the newcomer is like a new life expectancy for us,” his murmur sounded from behind.
“So therefore, you would rather go swimming near us than take the boat next to your house to us?”
Amanda's laughter was heard chiming in Haruki's words, “that's the mistake of my head for being too excited,” he said which again sounded.
“This place is so quiet, you said resident, right? But I, do not see a single person except you who live here,” said Izumi, I also threw my gaze around as he did.
“At a time like this, the residents mostly looked for food around the Palace, whereas others would choose to hide inside the house out of fear if his name was called and they disappeared, he said,” timpal Amanda answer Izumi's questions.
The boat continued to move, the situation was even more quiet when one of us did not issue a single word, “are you okay? Just give the paddle to us!” said Haruki, he looked back followed by Izumi who also turned his head.
As they did, the face of Amanda standing behind us was already full of sweat. He raised his hand again and waved his hand slowly, “Stana is soon to be seen. Look, over there!” hatch Amanda followed by her index finger raised forward.
I threw a glance at the direction he was heading as the boat moved again. Kutatap an island with a high fortress built firmly on the top of the island. I don't know how to say it, likely .. It was a hill half-sinking.
I stood up, then walked very slowly as the boat stopped moving. I grabbed the hand of Izumi who had first come down from the boat while I put my foot on it. I walked a few steps, my eyes still glued to some trees growing around some piles of stones.
“If you want to find food, follow me! We're over here!”
I turned to Amanda who had been standing with a bowl-shaped wooden sculpture in her arms, the bowl she was carrying. Amanda turned around and left us her feet.
We were silent with our eyes on each other. Izumi turned around following Amanda as Haruki nodded her head in return. My legs followed them with both eyes unceasingly staring at the murky surface of the water that lay before us.
“Why? Did something happen Sa-chan?”
I turned to her who had walked by the side, “nothing. I just thought, if what he said was true .. I can't imagine, how they've been able to survive all this time,” I said as I looked at Haruki who again threw his gaze forward.