"Sir Rhys, did you need me for something? ""Yes. Actually, Lyn told me a hint to find one of her other knights. A headscarf with her mark as a Princess.."
Takao...
"Did you find a clue already?"
Rhys pulled a face as though she was thinking about it, "First of all, do you have a photo? I couldn"t exactly ask her since she was bedridden then."
A photo... Pupillam took something out of her pocket, a rusty-looking pouch and lifted it up. Even when the girl examined it, it was difficult to tell her reaction until she pulled away. "I thought so, too, when she described him to me. But this kid, I know him."
Her eyes widened, and she immediately spoke up. "When?"
"Thinking about the time it was shortly after the incidence at the manor. At that time, I was traveling around with Kazuya. We were wandering around in the mountains for a while when we found a young man desperately fighting off soldiers. The soldiers wore the same emblem as the young man and yet they were attacking him. Kazuya, he recognized the emblem and jumped into aide the young man. "
At that comment, her sweatdropped, " Hey hey did that guy not have any self-awareness? "
"Indeed, he was an idiot. Yet he jumped in to save someone whom he just met. Even though people were after his life too, he went up and trusted that man. He collapsed right away due to the severity of his injuries, and when he woke up, his memory seemed off. " all I remember now is...I was a knight, a knight of a beautiful princess...and that Princess...I would do anything for. I helped her escape....and ..." Kazuya knew of his ident.i.ty and yet didn"t say it. He must have realized that it was too dangerous to reveal it. After a year, though, he regained his memories and yet asked us for a place he could train. " I didn"t have enough strength then; I couldn"t catch up with them. But when I meet her again, I will serve her properly." " Rhys explained.
That stupid guy, secretly going to train. He"s going to get it when he gets back.
"Which island? " Pupillam questioned.
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The speed of their horses was rapid as they practically raced to get to the harbor. An issuing silence between them, not because they had nothing to talk about. On the contrary, it"s the opposite. Takao, she really did survive. Out of the hundred to one you survived.
Pupillam really wanted to believe that the kid would be okay - and yet she had seen the number of men, as well as another group, coming. For a young boy of 9 years old, no matter how skilled he is, he could not match their build. Pupillam knew that better than anyone, and that"s why after things settled down, she looked for the boy every day. She even searched the enemies fortresses and traced their tracks. She shouldn"t have left him behind that day, and yet all he had been thinking about then was saving the Princess. What a selfish mentor.
Although she should have been the decoy and the two-run for it, however, that kid, " No Lady Pupillam. You must remain with the Princess. I"m only a kid; I will not be able to protect her and fight at the same time. Please look after her."
"Lady Pupillam, I have meant to ask. Why Princess Lyn?" The person who was riding beside her was f.u.kami.
"Hm?"
"You love her, don"t you?"
Pupillam looked at f.u.kami dumbfounded, and f.u.kami coughed. "Pardon me; I don"t mean it in that sense. I meant it; differently, you care about the Princess. Your very loyal, but I"m very curious why you picked her of all people? You"re not a n.o.ble, and I"m aware you just like everybody else have problems with n.o.bles. But even then, you choose to remain by her side."
"That"s true," Pupillam agreed. While Princess Lyn"s family helped her family to rise to fame, she"s always felt uncomfortable about her status. She feels like she doesn"t deserve to be the Princess right hand. Her dislike of n.o.bles is because of the treatment she witnessed when she was growing up. The n.o.bles she saw in the town treated the townsfolk terribly.
"I see. Really though why her...she may be a princess, but she does not act like one at all. Rather sometimes I question her gender.."
Now now.. Though it"s true, in the time, she does act feminine. But those times are when she is with those two.
Pupillam finds her lips curve into a smile, " There"s plenty of reasons for that. But there"s the main one. She"s the only one who isn"t afraid."
That"s....how it was, huh. When her family was still regaining prestige, people would shun her. Not because he was weak or anything. In fact, it was the opposite reason because of this strength. Yet the Princess was never afraid of him. It"s only natural that she became so attached. The Princess is the first one to accept her for who she was. The Princess didn"t call her unusual or tell her it was better for her to be born as a man or anything.
Really, to all of them living on this side of this world they all have their own share of problems. Yet there"s always been one thing that stands out, matters concerning love. As foolish as it sounds.
Pupillam stopped her horse, "Sorry, f.u.kami, could you go on ahead of me?"
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Pupillam wasn"t sure. He only said it briefly, and she could be wrong. However, she wanted to check. Pupillam strangely knew where to go despite only knowing of the place earlier. The servants immediately led her inside, and Pupillam made her way towards the room from earlier. Lord Amakaze was still there, except she noticed something different. Bottles of liquor scattered across the ground.
"Your one of the Princess knights too?"
During her servitude, Pupillam seldom saw the Princess other knights. Every royal family member has a group of Knights. Despite the treatment towards Princess Lyn, even the Princess had her own group of Knights. However, they were under strict orders not to reveal themselves to her unless it was necessary. So hardly any of them came together.
Pupillam could remember a particular knight, however, that the Princess spoke about often.
"The knight who broke the rule and spoke to the Princess often?"
Amakaze smiled, "That"s correct."
"So the reason you want to marry me is because of the Princess too?" It was starting to make sense to her.
"I figured that if I married you, it would be a legit excuse to get close to the Princess," Amakaze picked up a cup of liquor from the table. "I"m surprised you figured it out from our brief talk earlier. As expected of my future wife, you really do have brains and beauty."
"Do not flatter me unnecessarily, you," Pupillam paused, "Should go see her."
"I feel regretful; I couldn"t do anything about what happened back then even though I was always by her side. That day, where was I? It wasn"t just the incidence in the courtyard too, but that time where you were all attacked," Amakaze gaze dimmed. Pupillam felt the atmosphere in the air go dimmer and dimmer. "I was naive and couldn"t do anything to help her. I was tricked into being sent away to another place. Why wasn"t I more careful? I knew better than anyone that her sister wanted her dead for so long."
Pupillam"s eyes widened at this comment. Though she suspected it too, and other people did. n.o.body actually confirmed it, the one who tried to kill Princess Lyn back then is Princess Lethia.
"I share your regrets," Pupillam mumbled. "I wasn"t there in the courtyard, and the second case, all I could do was stand by. Somebody else protected the Princess, a kid - I was powerless."
Amakaze said nothing but extended his hand out, "If I can get you, then perhaps I could see her again. But, now that I have the chance. I still can"t bring myself to do so."