"Aliara!" I heard Matias shout behind me. He quickly ran in front of me to accept the blow and protect me from the blow that was supposed to hit me from an opponent in front of me that I did not notice.
I just slowly looked at him, my mind was everywhere except for the happenings around me. This is not good.
"Be alert, will you? We are in the middle of a fight!" he said with a louder voice.
I blinked my eyes, fixed myself and lifted my sword again, aiming to attack. One last look at Sevasti who was still in a fight with someone in the nearby place where I stood with Matias. He was fighting my enemies.
Matias held me on the arm and dragged me forcefully by the side. Because if not, I would have been badly injure
"Pardon?" I said with shock visible in my face. I laughed after a while and said, "Perhaps you are out of your mind. Do you think I will agree on marrying a kid like you?" I said, amazed in his guts to say those words. I looked at Matias while giggling. "Have you heard what this kid says?" I said with a mocking expression as I turned my look again at the kid."I did not say I am going to marry you now. When I come of age, you were the one I chose to marry," he said directly to me, sounding so arrogant with his little body standing in front of me."Chose," I snorted, emphasizing the word. "Do you even know me to say those things?" I added as I crossed my arms on my chest. "Sure. If for example that you are at the right age to marry me, do you think that you can easily get the hand of a princess like me?" I said, grinning.
I ATTACKED first but my eyes widened when suddenly, my movements got slower. I saw a glimpse of a grin on his lips until it grew bigger to a wider smile. I know that power of his, he can manipulate the time but there is a limit. The time that he could go slower was limited. It can drain all of his accumulated strength if he is not strong enough to handle this power. Also, he cannot control people with it such as make them stop even for a little while.And at that limited time, I knew what he wanted. It was me. The leader of the group that tried to tear down his territory.He was the only one who could move fast for now. Or rather normally. It is just looking so fast because we are being slowed by his potential. My forehead creased as he ran past me and went where Sevasti was, charging as he prod his blade in the air.
"What happened after I went unconscious?" I asked again, talking about the attack, again. "Many of us have acquired injury and some of us were kissed by death," he said, lowering his head. I clenched my fist at what he said. "That prince..." he spoke again. "I will never forgive him," I said cutting his words as he trailed, looking for a better word to use. I wanted to know what happened to him after I became unconscious in front of him even though my heart is full of anger. It will be the opposite of what I said just now. Perhaps this is way better than knowing what happened to him because I will now consider him as a mistake. A phase in my life I would never like to repeat. "T
WHEN THE dark rose, we went to the open field part of our hideout where we would burn the bodies of our dead comrades. I stared at them as they put a blindfold on the four of them lying on the wood and stacks of straw that would be used as fuel to burn the bodies. They are surrounded by different kinds of flowers. Blindfolding is kind of a tradition for us. It is believed in our kingdom that we do that to the dead bodies so that they would not see anything that will distract them and head straight to their destination. This symbolizes that they cannot turn their heads back once they are set for the afterlife. After that, we kneeled directly to the ground and prostrated ourselves three times to pay our respect for their lives. My face is as blank as a paper so they cannot see any wea
When I opened my eyes again, I glared at my next opponent with utmost anger dwelling on my eyes. I ran towards the nearby tree and put a foot there as I jumped while attacking. The sword landed on his chest as I kicked the next one with my left foot which sent flying farther from us.I was fighting four of them at once so Matias went to where I stood to kill at least two of them."They were Idaho's men," he said.Our hideout was hidden in the depths of the woods in Kozania so I am amazed that they have found us. Perhaps the fire that was still burning as of the moment helped them and led them to where we are.I did not look at him and continue to fight the enemies that were in front of me. Fast and full of anger that is why I can easily defeat them in a swift move of my sword. I held the garments of one of my opponents and took him to the fire. He tightly held on my armto make an escape but I am stronger than him so I take no damage from what he had
MY FACE was imprinted with a frown when I saw Prince Henicio as he bowed to my father's presence. He was greeting us for paying a visit today. I was beside my father when he welcomed him warmly."That lowly prince was here again," I whispered to myself.Their prince was older than me by twenty years but we almost looked the same because of how he looks. That is also the reason why I cannot give my respect to him as an elder person. Aside from that, I did not really like him as a person in general. He looks like a traitor, smells like a traitor and moves like a traitor. If only his breath could form a word, traitor it is. He looks like the type to betray you at any given time.After the greetings, I pulled the hem of Matias' clothes and gestured to him that we were leaving the pla
My hands were trembling as I tried to hold him with the tears that were slowly clouding my sight. I held his shoulder and shook him gently."Father, wake up!" I said with a shaking voice as I felt a strange feeling of fright in me, crying.I immediately stopped crying when he suddenly moved and opened his eyes slowly."What happened, Father?" He did not utter a word and just stared at me so I turned to Matias and said, "Matias, get some help! Hurry!" Frantic as I was, Matias was the worst. He is so shocked that he did not know what to do so I do not have a choice but to shout at him to help him regain some consciousness. He looked at me and nodded his head, dashing through the door with full speed.I looked at my father again and saw that he was forcing himself to touch my cheeks with little strength he had in him. His hands were full of blood."Who did this to you, Father?""Aliara, my one and only Princess…" he said with a strugglin
WITH A sword on my hand, I moved towards the place where Henicio is when I landed my eyes on him. I wore the outfit that I always use when I battle to protect some of my vital parts from his attack.All I could hear was the sounds of screaming of people and the clanging of metal words when hitting each other. We are fighting by the front of the palace together with our allies fighting with the enemies for our sole reason, to conquer each other.I gave him a furious glare while our swords were glued together with equal force. He put great strength to it to inch near me but I gave it to him with the same energy and enthusiasm."Pay the price for killing my father!" I said with anger lingering in my voice.He just glared at me that