Fake Princess
CdxvIII Chapter
I leaned my body under the tree, the sun was getting dimmer as time went on, “what Makoto has not yet arrived?” I asked Arata for the umpteenth time.
Arata who stood behind me turned his head back, “there is no sign of him returning, Hime-sama,” he said with a straight forward look back.
“What? What's up?” I asked as I glanced towards Sano who was sitting crouching watching me.
“Hime-sama, hit me!” In short, I turned around avoiding her gaze, “I'm tired of Sano. Stop kidding,” I said with a sigh.
“Boring,” he said which made me turn my head, “I haven't even killed a single person today,” he continued by laying his body on the ground.
“I haven't even killed a single person today,” he said repeatedly.
I closed my eyes, and I bit my lips hard as I held my hands together.
Patience Sachi. If you get carried away with your emotions and hit him, he'll feel victorious and then do it again and again.
I raised my head to look at him, “Sano,” I said calling him.
He sat looking at me, “what if you were looking for animals around for me to eat. That way, my energy will increase to hit your face,” said my smiling face looking at him.
Sano stood up, he nodded his head quickly before turning around, moving his legs away. “You managed to conquer it, Hime-sama,” said Arata who made me turn to him.
“Really?” I asked for a nod of the head by Arata.
Arata turned his head towards me, “Makoto has returned,” he said by pointing his index finger towards the back of his body.
I stood up, looking at the shadow of a man pulling a wagon towards us. My footsteps moved forward as Makoto's shadow became clearer from a distance. Makoto stopped her footsteps in front of me, she turned her head and walked beside the wagon.
“This wagon is one of the merchants who fills the food supply in the Palace, we will sneak there using this tomorrow morning, we will,” said Makoto with one hand touching the big jug on top of the wagon.
I glanced towards Arata who also raised his hand touching the jug earlier, “what is it?” He asked with a glance towards Makoto.
“Wine,” Reply Makoto. “Ang-” Arata stopped his speech, he raised his fist touching his lips followed by a coughing sound that he let out.
“Where is Sano? I did not see it,” Makoto again made a sound by moving his head to look around.
“Hime-sama, asked him to look for food.”
“Food? But I have brought a lot of food for all of us,” Makoto continued with a glance towards the cart he was carrying.
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My eyes were still staring at the burning bonfire, occasionally I looked up my head .. Staring at the leaves on the tree swaying in the wind. I glanced to the right as the sound of leaf friction filled my ears, my body standing up as Arata and Makoto stood behind me.
“It turns out Sano, I thought what,” said Arata lowered his sword back, he again walked closer to the bonfire as Sano walked up to us with something on his back.
“Hime-sama, I have brought a lot of food for you,” he said by throwing a large lump of meat in front of me. “I'm full, Makoto brought us a lot of food,” I said again raised my face to look at him.
“That's horse meat, belonging to someone I killed there,” he said, I raised my face looking at him who was pointing towards the back of his body.
“It was towards the Palace wasn't it? Explain to me, what are you doing there?” I stood back up looking at him.
“I searched for animals around like Hime-sama said, but I did not find them. Then I heard the sound of horses, I killed the three weak Knights who were carrying the horses, I took one of their horses and cut it off,” he said by glancing up followed by his two index fingers that move to the right and also to the left.
“Gosh,” I said bowed by massaging my head, “I will really kill you Sano, if you do invite another Knight here,” said I turned to step foot into a tree that had previously been a place to lean.
“Then I just have to finish them all,” he said which made me stop my steps to look back at him, he clapped his hands once, “I'm hungry. Arata, burn the meat for me,” he said turning to Arata who had been sitting in front of the bonfire.
“Burn yourself, I want to rest,” said Arata laying his body on the ground.
“Makoto,” he said with his eyes turned to Makoto. Makoto sighed, “ bring here the meat, I will cook it for you,” Makoto said by crouching again near the campfire.
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I stood up patting my back, my legs approaching the three of them who had stood beside the wagon, “what do we want to do with the wagon?” My mouth made them look.
“We have thrown away half the contents,” said Makoto by clenching his hands tapping the jug on the wagon earlier, “hide it in the jug, Hime-sama,”.
“You guys want me to hide there to outwit the guards?” Tanyaku is answered by the nod of Makoto's head and Arata's.
“Because if Hime-sama goes undercover as a merchant, they will immediately find out if you are not a man. It's the only way to get through them without triggering a commotion.”
“I have also prepared a change of clothes for you. Everything I have prepared Hime-sama, leave everything to us,” Makoto said back to me.
“I understand,” I said moving my legs closer to the wagon, “what are you doing Sano?” I asked when I looked at him who was curling his body beside the jug.
“Make myself your footrest, Hime-sama. That way, you will be easier to climb and get into the jug,” he replied without looking at me.
I sighed, followed by my body moving up onto the wagon, “don't move! Do you understand?!” My orders were to him when I lifted up next to my feet on his shoulders.
"Of course, according to your orders," he replied to me.
I raised both my hands clutching the lip of the jug, I raised my other foot on Sano's shoulder. The distinctive smell of the intoxicating drink filled my nose as my face got closer to the jug, the smell grew stronger as I stood in it.
“Hime-sama,” Makoto's sounding voice made me raise my head, “please hold the sword of the three of us,” he said, I raised both my hands up to grab the three swords he gave me.
“We will close this jug, I have given the air hole so Hime-sama does not have to worry,” he said which I replied with a nod of the head.
I turned my eyes forward again, my eyes glancing slightly towards the water that had touched my neck. I strongly hugged the three swords earlier as the gaze around had darkened. Next to my hand moved to the side, touching the wall of the jug as I almost lost my balance as a slight shock shook the jug.
"We'll be leaving soon, Hime-sama," Makoto's voice echoed outside.