Fake Princess
DLXXXII Chapter
The horse we rode continued to walk through the still deserted road. Every now and then, I looked up my head .. Staring, the sky was slowly starting to light up. From a distance, there were several boats lined up in a hut, the man named Fabian came down from his horse, followed by his two legs that walked closer to the hut I meant.
Izumi stepped down from her horse as Haruki himself walked in with Fabian nearing the hut. Long we waited for those who walked in, before they finally came out with a large wooden box that they lifted at the same time. I went down, when the box they lifted was placed in our midst.
“What is nii-chan?” I put my feet closer to them.
Haruki raised his head turned towards me, “ini our equipment during there,” Haruki replied, his head bowed to look at Izumi and also Fabian who moved his hand opened the wooden box.
I turned around and walked up to Haruki and Izumi's horses, I pulled their straps as I took them closer to the hut and tied them to the wooden pegs around the hut. I turned back, grabbed the reins of my horse that had been held tightly by Aeneas, and went back to doing the same thing as I did before.
“Do the same for our horses!”
I turned and looked back when the voice of the man was heard again, “who did you order us?!” the voice of Eneas who sounded beside me made my eyes look distracted.
“We Nobles here, again ... I order this woman! What is hiding behind a cloak can hide his female body,” said the man back by glancing at me.
“It's a shame, even though I'm a girl. You, have absolutely no right to rule me. At least, be a King who has a lot of treasure, maybe I will just think about it, Pa-nge-ran,” I said as I patted his chest before stepping away past the four of them.
The sun is getting higher, the situation around it is no longer dark as before. Some needs have been moved by Haruki, Izumi, Eneas and Fabian to each boat. “Allah!” my eyes turned towards Haruki who was waving his hands towards me.
I walked grabbing Haruki's hand as my legs moved slowly up the boat. I sat there with a glance towards Izumi who was standing with a long wooden paddle in her hand. I, Haruki, Izumi, Eneas, get into one boat. Meanwhile, the five of them, including women similar to Luana, boarded another boat.
Our boat began to slowly walk down the river, usually I would play my hand into the water occasionally while riding the boat. But this time, I didn't have the courage to do it. The words that explained how dangerous this place was, seemed to be both a scourge and a challenge for me.
“What do they do in front?”
Izumi's voice made me turn my gaze in the direction she was referring to. I stared at those who were sitting by pointing their arrows up. “Izumi, slow down the boat! Don't get too close to them,” Haruki half-whispered, I glanced at him who still threw a glance at the four of them.
My eyes were turned back when the sound of water splashing was heard not too far in front of us. Still I stare at those who are seen laughing on the boat by re-directing their arrows into the air, “I really do not like humans who do not have minds like them, like them,” Haruki's murmur beside me sounded slowly teasing.
I was still watching those who returned to archery until some of the birds that had previously flown over their heads, fell into the river by the arrows they shot. “Nii-chan, why don't we just leave them alone? I mean, with the distance so far, we can escape from them.”
“Unfortunately, they're holding Fabian to hold us back, rather I am, so as not to escape. I'm sorry, but she's already like my own sister.”
“It's okay nii-chan. I understand how you feel,” I replied before looking back cynically at the boat in front of us.
Our boat continued to slowly walk behind them, “Izu-nii, are you exhausted?” ask me to keep dropping eyes on Fabian and also the twin sister Luana who looks tired rowing the boat they are riding.
“Don't equate me with them. I'm not that weak,” replied Izumi heard from behind.
“If you want a change, just say it. You understand, Izumi!”
“I know, no need to worry like that,” this time Izumi answered Haruki's words to him.
I turned back to look toward the surface of the river that was flowing quietly. Both of my eyes grew bigger, I quickly clasped Haruki's arm beside me. When my eyes fell towards the pair of eyes that again submerged his body into the river.
“What's up, Sa-chan?”
I turned my gaze towards Haruki, “there are a pair of eyes lurking around us in the river,” whispered, Haruki's head slightly moved in the direction I meant after I said that to him.
“Eneas, you understand, don't you?”
I turned to Eneas, who was sitting behind us. Aeneas nodded his head before he bowed with his hands reaching into the bag he was carrying. “Prepare your arrows, then mash them with the poison that Eneas made. We don't know, what we will fight .. So-”
“Toxic land is the only very safe weapon we use for hunting. I know that, nii-chan. But before that,” said I cut Haruki's words.
I started by dropping the head covering on the robe I was wearing. I moved my hand to grab my bow by taking out an arrow that was also on my back. My eyes squinted before my arrow shot past the side of the head of one of them boating in front of us.
“Shut your mouth, damn it! If you want to die, just die by yourself!” I snapped as their boat stopped followed by all the gazes of them that were pointing at me.
“What ka-”
“What do I do? You want to ask me what I did?!” I cut off one of them by snapping at him.
“Pampered nobles like you are very disturbing my eyesight. I told you, if you want to die, then just die alone! Listen to me, you fucking nobles! If your actions endanger my family, I alone will take your lives simultaneously!”
I glanced back as Izumi's laughter chimed in on me, “listen to her, damn it! Our brother did allow you to come, but that doesn't mean .. We're not allowed to kill you all. If what are you guys doing, hinders our path,” I smiled a little at them when Izumi stopped her words.