
after Leier and Miriel entered the capital the rest of the army returned to the small village they had made and some went inside to stand guard, Miriel said everything she experienced was the same as a leier who explained the situation in her perspective.
Aldric nodded "excuse me madam Miriel, is there any conflict in your country right now ?" Miriel shook her head "no, the last conflict between elves happened over hundreds of years ago"
"then so.... Must be the other party... I'll call my father to send a pick-up squad over here" Miriel nodded "it's okay, thank you very much Mr. Aldric"
"please Aldric... Put down her 'master'" Miriel nodded "well Aldric, then you should also lower the 'mistress' of my name"
"well, nyo-I mean Miriel is happy to help you" Miriel nodded "thank you also I hope with this the two countries can get along even more"
Miriel was provided with a rest room with 4 troops left, Aldric flew a bird message to the capital, the capital, more precisely to the king and he flew the bird to two with a distance of 30 minutes.
While in the middle of the journey the message bird was shot by a magic bullet until it fell and died, one of the people in black robes picked it up "yes... It's a message to the king" his colleague also saw the letter "we can't allow this, do you have a plan ?"
"the great one had planned this scenario on the paper that the leader had brought, let's go back and execute the plan" the other thought for a moment "have you got any news from the 4th squad ?, they should have attacked Miriel's entourage, right ?"
"most likely they were resting or monitoring the situation, they could not attack Miriel's daughter directly because of the troops from the city"
on the other hand the second message bird made it past them because they did not pay so much attention to the sky anymore, and they went deeper into the forest.
Aldric and Miriel had a conversation and both wanted to get to know each other because they wanted to strengthen their relationship to the two countries, both of them sitting at the table drinking tea, Aldric found that Miriels seemed like she was graceful and kind.
While Miriel found Aldric very humorous and very easy to talk about any topic because the night began to come there was no way the royal army would come at night, they were most likely to come by noon.
Aldric was walking with Miriel, Aldric was about to escort Miriel to his room for the night, until they saw in front of them 3 black-robed figures, it also appears that several guards have been killed by the three men.
"my god of defense this city hall is really weak" murmured Aldric "Miriel stays behind me" Miriel suddenly raised a magic bow from his hand and aimed "should I say it's Aldric, they want me not you better back off"
"tccs... I'm not that weak" he said as he reached to his waist there was his wand, the three figures tried to negotiate "the three of you better give up, even if you win the fate of this city is locked"
"really we'll destroy this city if-" unfinished talk magic wand Aldric shot him and made him charcoal black, the two colleagues who saw this shocked "fuck!, die" he said while throwing 3 knives in which Miriel managed to shoot at the three lysau in the air "impossible" and again Aldric's stick shot the knife-thrower he didn't even react like a triac or experience pain he just charred and fell to the floor.
The last one he looks panicked "wait!, if you kill me you won't get any information !"
aldric's wand once again shot, and again no reaction just charred and fell to the ground Miriel who saw this slightly questioning Aldric's actions "Aldric why did you kill him?, he has given up" Aldric looked at Miriel "I've been dealing with people like this before, all that came out of their mouths was nonsense, don't believe bandits or cultists... Of course if you're not ready for the consequences"
"With all that has happened, do we stay on the right track, Aldric? Is there any other way to solve a problem without always killing?" miriel asked, trying to find some understanding
"You know, Miriel, I don't like killing" she said in a soft voice. "But in this world, sometimes difficult decisions have to be made. I try not to take people's lives too easily, but sometimes there's no other choice"
Miriel thinks I'm "you're right... I don't have the experience on the pitch like you, even with my 170s, sorry to ask you that's a hard question to answer"
Aldric chuckled to lighten the mood "have it... That's a small thing you'll understand in time" at that time the guards came "sir aldric are you okay" the same as the four elite Miriel troops "princess is everything okay?!, we heard a commotion and-...!" they were surprised to see the three charred corpses.
"settle you guys, Aldric saved me" the four elite soldiers sighed in relief "gracefully. The goddess Victoria is still with us"
Aldric sighed "please take Miriel to his room" Aldric told the four elite troops, they agreed but suddenly arrived asassin far from the back threw his dagger at Miriel right around his neck.
Miriel turned and saw the knife coming but not fast enough to react, Aldric who had learned of the existence of the assassin instantly protected her with his arm, the dagger pierced into Aldric's wrist.
Miriel saw this aiming with her magic arrow and poke the assassin dead and immediately turned towards Aldric "Aldric you're okay ?" Aldric looked into his hand where a dagger stuck "no, this is just a small wound... Thankfully there was no poison hahaha" Aldric's laughter tried to lighten the atmosphere really intense for Miriel.
Although Aldric tried to cover up his pain with his laughter, Miriel could still see the expression of pain on her face. Her heart rippled with worry seeing her theme hurt like this, Miriel looked worried and anxious, "I'm sorry, Aldric. I can't protect myself very well."
"haha... What do you mean, the presence of the assassin outside of the speech of course everyone will fall, I was lucky to hold the dagger with my hand rather than the dagger stuck in your neck" Aldric then saw the wound blood began to come out from between the daggers, strange that the dagger should act like a plug so that the blood does not come out.
"oh wow look at that this dagger has a bleeding rune" Aldric said seeing his dripping blood Miriel remained worried even though Aldric tried to hide his pain with a joke. "You need to get help right away" he said quickly. "I'll take you to the nearest cleric or witch who can heal your wounds."
"don't you go to your room, it would be bad if we were attacked again" Miriel twith worry "but-" Aldric cuts and calms her "ah calm down... I'm fine, if you die the problem will be even more complicated" Miriel understood and he was escorted by four soldiers while Aldric was taken by the guards to a nearby cleric with a dagger that was still stuck.
the four elite soldiers of Miriel's Arrely began to talk about Aldric "i can't believe the prince of the land of Solantia is so firm" the others nodded "yes considering the condition of his body at birth, with his disability he can still smile when injured?, it's crazy I might choose to die" said the colleague.
"so you think he'd rather die ?" ask his partner "your mind is short, I mean if I'm in his position I'd rather die, but he's very strong (mentally)"
"i agree I'm not sure I can live in his place even though a prince I can't escape from my magic" Miriel daydreams while walking thinking if Aldric will be okay ?.