Fake Princess
Dlxxxix Chapter
“But we can't just go after them. Therefore,” revealed me while looking down by opening the cover of my bag.
I raised my face back to look at the shadow of Lux flying out from the dala, the bag then flew up to stand before me. “Lux, we're counting on you,” I said, Lux nodding her head before flying away.
“Then, what will we do next?”
“We have to look for the whereabouts of Haru-nii and also Eneas. Izu nii-chan, as long as we walk looking for them later .. Can Izu-nii, carve out the clues in the trees we passed by? If you can, use the language of our kingdom, and engrave with a size that is not too conspicuous.”
“If we leave here? What about Lux?”
“As long as Kou's magic flows in my body. Lux could feel it. He, surely can find me,” said I who began to move the legs left him.
“So hurry up nii-chan! We must hurry before night comes, Haru-nii or Eneas and I, do not have great eyes like you.”
“What is a satire?”
I waved my hand back, “of course not, it's a compliment from the bottom of my heart,” timpalku, my step had stopped by directing the gaze around.
“Lewat here!”
I turned towards Izumi who had walked in the opposite direction from me. “They went hunting that way. So, if you want to look for them .. At least we have to take the same direction,” said Izumi who has stepped further and further away from me.
I turned around, both of my legs quickly ran following his steps, “why not say it from the beginning?”
“You didn't ask,” she answered briefly, Izumi stopped stepping then turned to stare at a tree with a knife in her hand.
I moved my head, staring at the carving he made on the trunk of the tree, “forward?” I read the engraving written in Japanese.
“Haruki will definitely understand, he will understand if I ask him to come forward to look for us,” replied him who again continued his steps.
Our footsteps continued, although Izumi sometimes had to stop for a moment to carve clues in some of the trees we passed. Every now and then we stopped, gulping down water from within the leather pouch Izumi had brought before our steps resumed. I kept walking, occasionally wiping the sweat that came out filled my face.
I walked to the side when my eyes fell on something interesting, “nii-chan, come here! Look at these flowers!” I wave my hand at him.
I glanced towards the shadow of Izumi who had also been sitting crouching beside me, “what is it?” he asked, before I threw a glance at the unique flower in front of us.
“Look, this flower shape!” I said, long ago I stared at the flower shaped like a red lip in front of us.
“This is the first time I've seen a flower like this,” Izumi replied to me.
“Me too, it's my first time seeing flowers like this. I'm getting, and the more I want to see the whole world closer.”
“You're right. I can't even imagine, how the Emperor wanted to destroy this world by taking Robur Spei for himself?”
I glanced at Izumi who had also glanced at me. Izumi nodded her head slowly, as louder sounds increasingly rang out through the ears. I lowered my head, with a moving hand grabbing the sword that was slipping at the waist. My eyes glanced back at Izumi who was moving her fingers, giving me the signal to follow the loud noise that was approaching us.
“Izumi, Sa-chan!”
I was stunned for a moment, looking at Izumi's frowned who had been shrinking at me. “What are you guys doing here?” hatch Haruki's voice that came back to touch the ears.
“Considered? Is my voice not similar to Takaoka Haruki?” the reply chimed in on Izumi's words.
My head turned back, my eyes falling towards Haruki who was standing next to Aeneas, with Fabian and his brother also standing with an animal on their shoulders. “You didn't answer my question, what are you doing here? I ordered you to prepare a fire during our hunt, didn't I?”
“We were attacked with a swarm of humans-”
“Then, then where is Prince Vartan and my brother Gael?” lucio said he dropped the carcass of the animal he had pelted with Fabian before his legs approached us.
“I don't know, we got separated while trying to escape,” Izumi said back to answer her question.
“I, I have to find them-”
“Don't do such a stupid act!” my hatchling cut off Lucio's trembling-sounding words.
“I, have sent my friends to search for their whereabouts. So just wait here, until my friend brings good news. Because if you suddenly disappear, it will add to our work to find you too. You want to sit down! Or, we will let you disappear, so that the snake that we previously made unconscious yesterday, swallowed you alive in the middle of the forest.”
“I'm sorry!” he said, who immediately sat down with his head lowered.
I raised my head up, “nii-chan, I am hungry,” I said with a sigh before looking back at Haruki.
“Good. Fabian, help me find firewood! Aeneas, take care of him! And you Izumi, get Lucio to cut the meat we're going to cook! We have to gather energy to continue the journey,” Haruki said, before he turned back to leave us.
“Nee-chan, are you hurt?”
I raised my gaze, looked at her who was walking closer, “I'm fine, Aeneas. I was just a little tired, running around all day without eating anything,”, said I, who gulped before standing back up.
“Are you thirsty, nee-chan?”
“You still save water?”
Aeneas nodded his head, he lowered his head by reaching into the bag he was wearing. “There is not too much left, but a little bit enough to get rid of thirst,” he said by pointing the leather bag in his grip at me.
“Thank you,” my mouth grabbed the leather pouch he had in his hand.
I threw my eyes away, looking at Izumi and Lucio who were seen slaughtering the animal with his sword. I gulped down a little bit of water after previously opening the skin bag cover. “Did you find anything suspicious during the hunt, Eneas?” I muttered softly as I closed the leather bag back with my head bowed to look at him.
“I, found some trees that were ground around it like it was dug up. Likely, the humans Izu-nii had meant earlier, took part of the tree to make poison. Because I too, often use the roots of trees to make poison that can kill humans.”
“So like that, if they apply the poison to the arrows I previously saw. It would be dangerous for us to be hit by that attack, I'm right, right?”
“That, there will be no problem for me or Haruki and Izumi nii-san. Because it is likely, the poison will only make us feverish, not to kill. However, this is different for you, nee-chan!”
“Don't let your guard down, and don't get too far from any of us, let alone me or Lux. Because, if the poison reaches you, we can easily overcome it.”
“I know, by looking at the division of tasks that Haru-nii did only. I already understand why he did it,”, I said by looking back at Izumi who had started skinning the hunted animals obtained with Lucio in front of him.