Fake Princess
DLXXXVIII Chapter
I walked and sat crouching beside Izumi who was blowing air in the fire she was burning, “where are Haru-nii and Eneas?” mukasku while throwing some dried leaves into the fire point that Izumi made.
“They were hunting, with Fabian and Lucio,” said Izumi, I glanced back at him who suddenly fell silent at the small flame in front of us.
“So-”
“So?” ask me to repeat what he said, when before he had stopped talking for a moment.
“What are you two talking about?”
“I mean nii-chan, when I invite the Prince to speak?”
Izumi turned her head towards me, “control yourself, then just trust her. I know, what you're really worried about.”
My forehead shriveled back her gaze, “what do you mean, nii-chan?”
“That woman, you're worried that Haruki's falling for her, aren't you? You're afraid, your brother's interested just because their faces are the same, aren't you? You know, Sachi ... A long time ago, when I asked Dad, why did you marry Mom? Do you know what Dad answered?”
I was still silent, not answering what he asked. “I, only marry the woman I think deserves to be the Mother of my children,” Izumi said before throwing her eyes back on the fire, “and I'm sure. Haruki, too, now has the same thoughts as Dad. He always does his best so that his sisters can have a good life, the same thing .. He will do to his own son, he said, maybe even better than what he did to us.”
“Although later, she found a woman who would become a connecting mother for her child. It must be the best woman, from the best she chooses. You understand what your brother means, don't you?”
“I understand. Nii-chan, you are indeed the best,” my little one moved by tightly hugging herself.
“Do you have to hug me like this?”
“This is a gift for my dear brother, who has re-enlightened my mind,” my smiling words after previously kissing his cheek.
“Just do it with him,” Izumi said, my face slightly moved to the edge as she pushed him using the palm of her hand.
“I would certainly do that with him. However, in a different way.”
My head was bowed with both hands raised covering my forehead as Izumi smacked my forehead with her fingers, “nii-chan, are you rejecting my affection?”
“I refused it, I strongly rejected it,” he said as he waved his palm at me.
“Come on, my dear brother. My greatest brother, you are awesome.”
“Stop all those fake words of yours. I really get goosebumps hearing it.”
I left with a little laugh before turning around, “I will, tell your weakness to Sasithorn. Give me, ten necklaces of jewels to cover my tiny mouth,”, said I, who laughed again as I walked away.
“You are already rich, why did you ask me this?!”
“You how else? I was born as a human being who was excited when it came to sparkling things. So nii-chan, ten with different colors and shapes,” I replied with a laugh back without looking back at her.
I continued walking, until my eyes fell on Prince Vartan who saw me from a distance. I took a deep breath, before my steps stopped in front of Alana who was sitting leaning herself against the tree with her legs straight parallel to the front. “How are you doing?” ask me while sitting crouching nearby.
“Really? It seems to have been treated,” said I who had stopped for a moment by lifting his arm.
“Gael, who has taken care of me before,” he said that again sounded slow.
“Alright, rest a lot. Our journey is still long,”, I said, I raised my hand to pat his shoulder slowly before moving back and walking away from him.
I sat back not too far from Izumi, occasionally raising my head up, catching a shadow from the lush foliage that grew in the trees. “There is an approaching, Sachi,” Lux's slow voice sounded, making me reawaken.
“Nii-chan!”
I immediately pursed my lips as Izumi raised her index finger in front of her lips. I moved a little, slowly approaching Izumi who had also stood up. “Do you feel it too?”
I shook my head to answer his words, “Lux, who told me this.”
“Many eyes are watching us. So Sachi, are you still running?”
“I'm still capable. But what about them?”
“I can only protect you, I .. Can't protect the four of you at once. So,” said Izumi, I glanced towards the palm of my hand that had been grasped by her.
“Lux, which direction is safe?”
“Come to your left, Izumi!”
“Good. Now Sachi!”
My legs were pulled along when Izumi pulled my hand to run after her. Izumi, did not give us a chance to stop running, even though some arrows suddenly stuck on the ground in front of us. My grip on Izumi grew stronger as we began to enter the thickets of the trees, my body quickly moved to the side as I felt the embrace on my waist pulling my body to move along with it.
I sat down as the embrace on my waist pulled my body down, my eyes glancing towards Izumi as one of her palms moved to cover my lips. Izumi pulled my body back, leaning more and more against the gap of the big tree as the sound of footsteps came closer to where we were hiding.
I was still speechless, Izumi kept my mouth shut as the look in my eyes fell on Alana, Vartan and Gael who were running through the big tree that hid our whereabouts. Behind them .. The figures who ran after them, which actually made my body stiff for a moment. Several tens of men were without a single piece of clothing, chasing them with axes and also pieces of bamboo stems in their hands.
The situation was getting gripping, by the boisterous sounds they let out. They screamed, as if like animals trying to ask for help from their herd. Some of them had stopped, moving the piece of bamboo in their hands to their mouths. As they did so, something like an arrow with a smaller size that I had seen before.
I patted the back of Izumi's palm that covered my lips, “exhausting once,” I muttered slowly as Izumi released her palm that had smothered my mouth earlier.
“What should we do next?”
I turned to her who had raised her head up, “of course came to their place of residence,” said Izumi answer questions.
“By seeing how they were, we must already know how dangerous they are, right?” he said with a grim look at me.
“It is dangerous as they are, a good ally for us,” I replied as I stood patting my slightly dirty clothes while running.