Fake Princess
DXCIII Chapter
“I don't really understand what you're saying. Please, say it more clearly, My brother!” said Izumi with one hand raised gripping Haruki's shoulder.
“As I've said before. I, just was paving the way for Sachi to execute his plan. Because, if we just dodge, it's the same as wasting time. So, I ordered Aeneas, to plant a poison that could make those who ate it fall asleep in the flesh we burn.”
“So because of that, Eneas insisted on helping me prepare food the other day?”
“You noticed it quickly, Sa-chan. As expected of ad-”
“I changed my question,” said Izumi cut Haruki's words, “you, let our lives be in danger just for this? Don't you know how worried I am. Think about Sachi's situation when we were locked up. And you're saying, you intentionally did all this?!”
“Use your wits, Izumi!” haruki said changing his tone when Izumi snapped at him, “now and then, it was different. If he had indeed been in danger, this forest would have been frozen by the ice. The residents who were outside, might have been inside Kou's stomach. Kou, must have appeared to save him,” continued Haruki who made us both shut up.
“I, will not do anything stupid at the expense of my own sister's life. After all, she was raised by both of us .. Do you, not trust her abilities?”
“This, it is not a matter of trusting his ability or not,” Izumi timpal while releasing his hand grip on Haruki's shoulder, “just that, even though she is an adult, even though she later has become a mother, but she has become a mother, although later she has become a grandmother .. Still, I will always worry and keep her as a sister.”
“If you are my sister, I will not hesitate if you play with her life,” continued Izumi by lowering her gaze.
My head bowed with both hands raised rubbing eyes, “my tears just came out while listening to what you said, nii-chan,” I said, I smiled as our eyes looked at each other.
“However, after I rethink .. What Haru-nii said, is true. I found it very difficult when trying to calm Kou who wanted to help me. I, can destroy this place with Kou. However, I would love to know this tribe.”
“And again, in addition to having to look for your whereabouts. I, too, was waiting for news from Lux that never showed up. I can't sense Lux's whereabouts, it means Vartan and the others aren't here. If I were to be reckless with just relying on strength, I might lose track of you guys as well as them. I'm in a dilemma by thinking about so many possibilities when I don't know anything.”
“But now it is different, like this .. I, can focus more on finding Vartan and others. Thank you, nii-chan, for worrying so much about me. Even the screams from you yesterday, indirectly gave me spirit,” connect me with a smile back looking at him.
“More than that, I feel if the tribe that is here is more than one. They are similar, but their appearance is different. And I think, Vartan and the others were taken by another tribe,”, I said as I looked at the two of them alternately.
“Explain more details everything to us, Sa-chan!”
“So nii-chan, when I and Izu-nii were chased, who chased us using head ties, unlike the residents outside. We are lucky, at least the tribe that caught us, including the tribe that can accept a few newcomers. However, from some that I read ... A tribe in the interior, it is difficult to accept the presence of immigrants, even they will not hesitate to eat meat and the contents of the head of the newcomer itself.”
“So the worst possibility of all that, they can't be saved?” I nodded my head as Haruki chimed in on my words.
“Then, what can we do to save them? At least, what can I do to save them?”
“Of course, my brother and best friend .. I did not calm down before seeing firsthand their situation,” he said, I smiled again as he answered my words.
“I, have an idea to save them.”
Lucio raised his face when I said it, “but before that, answer my question this! Have you two ever been to war?”
“Never seen,” I said when Fabian or Lucio, silent without answering my question.
“Just give me the command, I .. Will execute it well.”
“You sure?”
“I swear, on behalf of my family,” she said, I again let out a smile returning her gaze.
“Good. From what I've read, inter-tribal residents .. Difficult to get along with one tribe to another. Maybe there are friends, but it is very rare .. Even very rare, because most of them will be hostile to each other.”
“We, will take advantage of the situation to scapegoat them. Of course, to smooth things out, we have to help them make weapons they have never seen before, we have to teach them how to make good traps. We must exchange our knowledge, to make the inhabitants of this tribe invincible.”
“The head of this tribe too, looks not a bad person. The proof, he set me free and so did you. And also, who will resist if get something new for the power of the region he leads.”
“Are you sure?”
I turned towards Izumi who spoke, “why, not directly prove it. I, too, have not led a war for a long time. How's Haru-nii? There's nothing wrong with what I said, right?” ask me to turn my gaze towards Haruki.
“Nothing is wrong, and I'm sure this will work. However, waste your mind if they are still alive!”
Haruki's words that he let out, made Fabian and Lucio widen his eyes. “Better, think if they're dead. If we find those who are still alive, then be grateful. That's better, than you give hope to yourself.”
“I do not want, if your hope will be a double-edged sword when fighting. Once an enemy slashes one of your limbs. Your body members will not be able to return to how they were, as well as life.”
“At least, my explanation is more than enough for you to understand, right?” Both Lucio and Fabian, nodding their heads several times, responded to Haruki's words.
“Alright, everything is done, right? I want to continue to sleep, tomorrow morning .. Only we will try to negotiate this all to them,”, I said, I lay sideways on their backs, before my eyes closed again as before.