Fake Princess
Dlxxi Chapter
I walked by tightening the ties in my hair, my steps getting faster as the look in my eyes fell towards Ryuzaki who was stepping his legs back. “Ryu!” he called me a few times until he stopped his footsteps turning towards me.
“What are you doing? Aren't you ready to go?” ask me when I stand before him.
“I don't follow the journey.”
“Why?” ask me again to him.
“Waiting for you to pick me up in jail first, made my body not as strong as it used to be. I still remember every martial move, but if my body doesn't support it. Me too, can't always rely on magic.”
“So?”
“So I decided to go visit the Azayaka tribe. In the past, I studied martial arts with them .. I have talked about this to Dad and he agreed, and also .. It is like improving the relationship between Sora and Azayaka, I heard what you did to them,” he said, he turned back and stepped his legs.
“Ryu,” said I who also stepped beside him.
“All of us, will be strong according to our respective ways. So fight, for ourselves, and for the future we will meet,”.
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“Drink for you!”
“Are you okay?”
I turned to the side when Izumi's voice rang out, I stared at him who was walking over with two cups on his right and left hand. I grabbed the cup he pointed at me, while I thrust my body slightly to the side as he sat beside me. “I'm fine. Nii-chan, how many days have we been on the ship?” I asked while sipping the warm water he gave me.
I glanced at him who had also lowered the cup from his lips, “noah, fourteen or fifteen days, maybe.”
“I, haven't seen Haru-nii, Eneas or Lux since morning.” I lowered my head by staring at the slightly rippling water inside the cup I was holding.
“Lux or Eneas, are trying their newly developed poison to Haruki in the room before we get to Robson.”
“Sachi,” Izumi's words calling my name made me look back at her, “what do you think, this will be okay?”
I exhaled by throwing a glance at the sea, “entahlah. I was also curious about the mystery there. But if that meant Haru-nii, I'm sure he's fine .. He always says, think of anything good and bad before we travel. And I, trying to always believe what he said,” I said by sipping the cup back in my hand.
“This is my feeling alone, or indeed .. Aura your maturity is increasingly radiating.”
I turned my head smilingly looking at her, “what am I, already looking as graceful as Mother?”
My head moved slightly to the side as Izumi reached for my ear, “sick, nii-chan. Why do you like to touch my ears,” I grumbled by wiping his ears when he took off the jewels he did.
“Sometimes, your face is pissing me off.”
“Alright, I'll tell Mom. Because our faces look similar, don't we?”
“When, are you going to marry Sasithorn's sister, nii-chan?”
“After marriage, I just realized this,” I said with a look at him, trying not to let him cut my words, “aku, feeling a relief that I could not explain when my own partner married me. What nii-chan, do not feel sorry for him who should always hide from the outside world because his own partner has not intended to marry him.”
“Let go, and give another man a chance to make him happy, or tie him up with marriage so that your relationship status becomes clear. Nii-chan, remember .. You were forced to get engaged to her, as well as her being forced to get engaged to you. The difference is, men have a choice, whereas we women have no choice to reject it.”
“I, have given him a great many opportunities to choose his own happiness.”
“However, he still chose to stick around supporting you, didn't he?”
Izumi nodded her head, she let out a strong sigh after putting her cup in our midst, “aku, not sure it will make her happy. I just feel, she's too good for a guy like me.”
“What are you like? My sister is awesome, I am the one who is with her every day this .. Will guarantee it.”
“I don't know, should feel happy or not listen to him,” continued Izumi who smiled back at me.
“However, I won't change my decision,” said Izumi as she climbed down from the top of the barrel we were sitting in, “I don't want to leave after we get married. Therefore, holding back a little longer I think is better, so I'm sure if he'll understand what's going on between us,” he said as he grabbed the cup he had previously placed.
“This doesn't mean I didn't think about it, but now I'm not strong enough to protect her alone. I am not Haruki, who is the rightful heir to our Kingdom, nor am I Zeki, who can protect her with the status of a Queen. If I alone can't protect her with the status I have, then what's the difference when we're not married to after marriage?”
“Dad did give Tao to me to lead. But I really want to get this all done, because once this is over .. I just want to spend my time with the family I'm going to build. I'll regret ha-”
“Sasithorn, killed himself right after he got word of your death, nii-chan. He, burned himself out for not wanting. Aniela, tell me about it.”
“I said it, so that later .. We all have no regrets,” I said by returning to throw a gaze into the sea.
“Thank you, for warning me. I, will talk about this to Haruki as soon as possible,” said Izumi, I turned to her who was walking away.
I took a deep breath, I tightly grasped the cup in my hand followed by a gaze that returned to the ocean. “You did very well, Sa-chan,” Haruki's voice made me glance at her coming out from behind the cloth that was near my feet.
“I didn't expect if you pulled me to do this plan, nii-chan.”
“I not only pulled you, but I also pulled Aeneas and Lux to tell Izumi that we were conducting a poison experiment and asked her to give you water that was not healthy,” his dream of sitting next to me.
“Your brother is that one, really stupid, isn't he?”
“He thinks too much about something he already knows the answer to. Although, I am also often like that.”
Haruki's laughter sounded softly in my ears, “I want you to be happy. I want you to have no regrets. So don't hold anything back, do what you want to do. Only one I ask, discuss first whatever it is to me .. At least, I can breathe a sigh of relief and can quickly help you, if you get into trouble.”
Haruki jumped down from the top of the barrel then walked past me, “I will immediately return to the room, or Izumi will be suspicious. Because I'm sure, now he must be waiting for me,” he said, his footsteps kept walking and then disappeared behind a door.