Fake Princess
Cdli Chapter
I glanced at Haruki and Izumi who were swimming towards the Hippocampus which a few days ago rejected Aeneas, they both untied some coconuts in the tail of the creature. “This, the rest of the coconuts that we carry,” said Izumi, he pulled the rope that binds the coconuts that float on the surface.
I rubbed Kou's neck until she slightly swam to the surface, I grabbed a coconut that floated near me. “I will peel it for you,” I turn around and give the fruit to Izumi who half of her body appears to the surface.
“You guys,” Lux's disjointed voice sounded from a distance, “you guys, fast once,” he continued with a little panting flying close.
“I've advised to just sit on a coconut so that he does not need to fly, but he refused,” timpal Izumi who is still focused on peeling coconut skin using a sword in his hand.
“Damn,” connect Izumi again followed by her head bowed. “What's up, nii-chan?” I asked her, Izumi raised her face looking at me, “I dropped her sword,” she said which moved to immerse herself back into the ocean.
“Izumi, why is she always careless for useless things,” I glanced towards Lux who was flying lying on one of the floating coconuts.
“Nii-chan, do you think .. How far we will get to the destination,”.
“Entah, at least we have to find the land to make sure,” he replied directing the coconut fruit in his hand earlier to the side of the ear.
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Kuro took me swimming faster than before, my body tilted to the left as he carried me tilted in the same direction. She suddenly stopped swimming, as Izumi and her Hippocampus swam closer.
“I found the mainland,” Izumi responded to us alternately.
“Are you sure?” Haruki was trying to make sure that was immediately reciprocated by the head nod by Izumi.
“It's like a port, it would be very dangerous if we bring these animals closer to it.”
“What's there, settlement?” This time I asked him.
Izumi nodded back her head, “we will starve to death if constantly in the sea. The coconut fruit we brought is gone. We must return to the mainland,” continued Izumi by directing his gaze to Haruki.
“I understand. Inside the ocean also makes me unable to ascertain our location,” said Haruki who slightly glanced at me.
“I understand. Anyway, I want to warm myself back in the sun,” I said as I swam away from Kuro's back.
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I swam after Izumi who led us, Izumi slowed down as we got closer to the shore. I took a deep breath as the night breeze blew, as we began walking down the sand of the beach
“Where will we go next?” I glanced at Aeneas who spoke tremblingly followed by his two arms crossed.
“We will look for a village, a place to rest,” Haruki replied as he directed his face staring around.
My head stopped moving as my eyes fell toward the approaching glint of light. I glanced at Izumi who had lowered her sword again when the figure of an old grandfather with a small child walked over.
“Our ship sank, we were carried away by the current all the way here,” Haruki replied to Grandpa's question.
The grandfather turned his head towards the boy beside him, “they said what?!” He asked with his voice sounding high.
“Their ship sank! They brought in the stream!” The boy next to him shouted back, “Kakekku, can not hear clearly,” the boy said to us.
“You drowned? If true, rest at my house,” he said while looking alternately at us.
The grandfather turned around and walked with the boy next to him. I first, glanced at Haruki and Izumi who had been walking in the footsteps of the grandfather behind him. “Eneas, are you okay?” I asked by rubbing her hair as she walked with her face down beside me.
Eneas raised her face looking at me, “I'm fine. I just checked if anything spilled,” he said as he returned bowed to the bag he was carrying.
“What's fine, staying too close at a beach like this?” Izumi muttered as we did not need to take long to get to the grandfather's house.
“Dad even gave a ban on building a house by the beach.”
“Izumi,” whispered Haruki who made Izumi shut her mouth.
“Grandfather,” the boy beside him let go of his hand on the grandfather, “our house is too narrow for them. Will not load!” The boy came back with a little scream.
“We, will rest outside only,” said Haruki, he moved to sit on the sand of the beach.
I moved to sit in front of them, followed by my gaze glanced at the silent boy, stunned to look at us. “You want to sit outside? All right, I'll bring you a drink,” said the Grandfather walking into the hut with a burning torch in his hand.
The surrounding view darkened a little, the light we could rely on was only the moonlight that fell thinly touching us. I turned back to the shadow of the grandfather who came back out with a tray in both hands.
The grandfather placed a tray containing a cracked teapot and one cup of it towards us, my eyes glanced at Haruki who moved to pour the water inside the teapot into the cup as the grandfather asked us to drink it. Haruki directed the cup towards his nose, he inhaled a long breath of air before drinking the water that was inside the cup.
“We, have only one cup, so share,” ketus boys sitting next to the grandfather.
“Seeing the behavior of the boy, reminding me.. Will do Aeneas as a child,” Lux whispered softly in my ear.
Haruki directed the cup he had filled back with water towards Eneas, just as Haruki had done before, inhale the scent that was inside before he drank the water that was inside the cup.
“Your name?” Haruki set his eyes on the boy. “For what, I tell my name to someone like you,” ketus the boy, his face pouting followed by his gaze staring intently at us.
The boy raised his gaze at me, his neck looking like he was swallowing something as I brought the cup of water I was holding to my lips, “what do you want?” I asked by pointing the cup towards him.
The boy's head was bowed when the Grandfather hit firmly behind his head, the grandfather also said some sentences that I didn't understand to the child, “Lux, he said,” my whisper slowly by bringing the cup of water in my hand to my shoulder, “what is in this water, there is something?” I asked back to whisper to Lux, join me in feeling the slow pull on the hair as the cup I moved closer to her who was hiding.