Princess In Another World: New Story
10
Day 8.
“Still nothing happened, it's been past a day lo.” (Ritose)
“Calm down, today is just in the afternoon. It was his time.”
“I'm starting to doubt you.”
“It's okay, when the time comes your doubts will disappear.”
After a long time.
Daytime.
“A-what!! Dragon attack?!” (Warrior)
“Yes, we are all required to do protection against young masters as soon as possible.”
“Good.” They're goin.
“This imprisoned guard is weakened, just as you said back then.”
“I told you, all right. There will probably be 1 or 2 guards left to keep this place. You ready?”
“Yes, I'm ready. To get out of this place, I've prepared everything.”
“Hmm, for the first time do you have a wire? To unlock the door..”.
Sfx: door collapsed.
“You have a gun!!”
“I told you, I've prepared everything.”
“B-so.”
“What are you waiting for, we have to move.”
“Calm down, we have to slow down. The guard is weakened, but we should not be rash, there could be a trap set by them.”
“True also.”
Meanwhile.
In the woods near the beach.
“Commander, are you sure you let the dragon run amok there?” (Grild)
“I won't tell him to stop until they return Ari.”
“The other troops are looking for the whereabouts of the deputy commander is located, it will likely take a little while to be able to find him.”
“Hmm, though with the instructions he wrote here. He did not write his place, but at least he wrote that if he did not return on the 7th day, he might have been arrested and thrown into a dungeon. Besides that, he can't know anything else.” (Lucy)
“We will keep trying to find him. Then, I go first.” Grild went.
“He is too genius, preparing all the possibilities that will happen.”
“Ari, I hope you're okay.”
In the dungeon.
“Ritose, how is there?”
“I killed him, the road here is safe.”
“It was good, but why was it killed too?”
“If not, they will kill us.”
“Hmm, true also.” Some of the guards here have already been cleared, the rest is to find a way out of this place.
Long enough after that.
“Ahhh, this place is confusing.” (Ritose)
“This place is like a labyrinth, if you choose the wrong way then we will return to the original place.”
“Do you have a plan?”
“All I remember is the path to the torture chamber. Wait, torture room, yes.”
“Do you know something?”
“This is just my estimate, but there is no harm in trying. Even so, there is a possibility we will meet with the executioner.”
“Quiet, I can handle it.”
“Then, come.”
A few moments later.
In front of the torture chamber.
“Ritose, can get me a sword and also a spear belonging to that soldier.”
“Eh, fine.”
Thereafter.
“What are you doing?”
I pointed the spear right in the middle of the door until it was pierced. “Now, push!!” Ritose and I pushed firmly against that door.
“Agghhh!!”
“Vote?”
“Ignore strong thrust!!”
A few moments later.
“We, kill him.”
“Reacted true.” The executioner was hiding beside this door, he was impaled by a spear I pinned on this door.
“You're great, how do you know that?”
“You know, my screams can be heard all the way to the sell where you were imprisoned. So it would be very strange that the executioner did not come even though the sound issued by the soldiers was quite loud. So, I think he's gonna do this. Sudden attack, therefore I used this way in order to kill him.”
“So, you really are great.”
After that, I immediately searched this place. “Ritose, did you find anything?”
“Hmm, nothing. There are only tools to torture someone.”
“So. Huh uh? This smell..”
“Bau beach. So true.” I look around this place. “Ahh, so so.”
“What's up?”
I approached the executioner's corpse, and examined his body. “Me.”
“What rock is it? Lovely once.”
A colored stone I got from this executioner. “It looks like this key made of magic stone. Means there is a hidden room in this place.”
“Then..”.
“Yes, chances are this stone is the key to get out of this prison.”
“So, the rest are just looking for the door for the key then we can be free. But, where's the door?”
“For that, I've found it before.” I shifted the closet here, and as I thought, the secret door was behind the closet.
“We can be free.”
“Ya, we will be free.”
Thereafter.
Outside prison.
“Link, finally after so long I can see it again.” (Ritose)
Sfx: dropped.
“K-you're okay?!”
My body is weak. “I, alright. The adrenaline that I'm experiencing seems to be gone, I won't be able to move my body for a while.”
“What will happen to you?”
“The soldiers who are here are gone, no one will come here for a while. You better get going.”
“Where might I leave you, you've helped me get out of that prison. I owe you.”
“Haa, I'll be fine. Soon my invitation will come, you must go.”
“But..”.
“Seeing you pushy like this, reminds me of someone.”
“Someone?”
“Yes, someone. Never mind, forget about it. You have to leave immediately or you'll be involved in another matter again.”
“But..”.
“Go.”
“B-good.” Ritose's gone. ‘Haa, I hope he doesn't look for me.’
“ARIIII!!!”
Iona's voice was heard by me. ‘It looks like it's done, break time.’ Slowly I began to close my eyes, letting this tiredness take hold of me.
“Ari, ari..” Iona saw Ari's body filled with wounds. “(crying) Ari.. I'm sorry, I'm sorry because I'm late.”
“Commander, what should we do after this?” (Fame)
“Pull troops to return, mission is done.”
“Good.”
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I slowly started to open my eyes. “D-where is this?” I saw a ceiling that was familiar to me, I tried to get up but my whole body could not be moved. “Iona...” I saw him fall asleep next to me. ‘Haa, I make it sad.’ Her tears were dripping even though she was asleep.
“A long time ago I didn't see this room.” Iona's room, nothing's changed since I last saw her.
After a long time.
“Iona, you're up.”
“Ari.. S-thank goodness, thank goodness you've come to your senses..”.
“Haa, stop and remove your tears.”
“M-sorry, I'm so glad to see you're sober.”
“Umm, how long have I been unconscious?”
“3 days..”
“Once, yes.” I slowly began to force my body to wake up. “Begini better.”
“Ari, I'm sorry. If only I forbid you to leave, I'm sure you.”.
“If you forbid me, I will still go. If no one goes then this kingdom will be defeated easily.”
“Despite that, you get hurt like that. I'm sorry.”
“What I have to forgive, you did nothing wrong. After all this is a must, I got hurt like this because of my carelessness. No need to think about it. Oh yeah, what about the meeting? What goes smoothly?”
“Ya, with the help of Lucy, we get a lot of help from other kingdoms.”
“Once, yes.”
“Then Ari, what should we do after this?”
“For a while we can relax first, the kingdom of Victoria is in its worst state due to the attack that you did at that time. I can guarantee it, they need time to recover their condition as before.”
“Not that this is the right time to attack them, instead of the current condition they are in the worst state.”
“That's true, but our opponent is also a genius. He must have also planned something if until such a thing happened, the shouts you did before were successful because he had absolutely no preparation for it. But, if we attack again he must have prepared with any attack.”
“So.”
“Despite that, I am grateful to still be able to live to this day. After going through all that, it feels like this is just a dream.”
Hug.
“This is not a dream, you are here and au is alive.”
“Yes, I know. Can you let go, my body is still in pain.”
“M-sorry.”
“Thanks for worrying about me.” Today, I was freed from the shackles of that torment and I had no intention of feeling it again because it was so painful.