13 I am here peacefully (2/2)
Even as she was standing on her two feet, the princess was under the impression of walking on ardent charcoals. Looking downward, she saw that she was still wearing her armor, even when she should have been naked. Will she permanently stay like that, wearing a broken armor and with her injuries? This was not what she asked, she even began to regret not staying a ghost. As she raised her watery eyes at the small girl that was smiling, that sentiment of regret was even more important.
”Great, you are not noisy anymore. So, let me explain a bit what happened. First I save you, then I killed one of your deadly enemies. And in addition, I allowed you to have a solid body again. That's a lot, now let's talk about the favor that you owe me.”
As those words reached the ears of Muïrne, she considered more and more the opportunity of just betraying her honor and trying to kill that abomination. As she internally battled on that notion, she judged that her conscience would be fine with that. Raising her sword at her supposed savior, she righteously told herself that it was for the greater good.
”You demonic creature, you can oblige me to serve you, but you will never take my soul. Now, take my sword!”
And as she charged without any hope of succeeding, she was immediately stopped by the raised hand of Leilade. The situation was clearly a huge misunderstanding since she really didn't care about anything that this princess could give her. But how could she have explained that to this moronic human?
”Ok, I give up. Go back to your home, it's fine. Just tell you it's good fuckin luck that I was passing by. I am not planning any random massacre either if that's what you are thinking. I am here peacefully.”
None of those were true, but she still tried to salvage the situation, maybe the princess was naïve.
”Empress, we have cleared the battlefield. That was a very good meal, those humans are delicious.”
Just at that moment, her four subordinates arrived, all more bloodied than the other. For the succubus, it was because of her injuries, but for the three others, it was entirely because of their barbarians' way of eating. Ymir was still eating a leg as he arrived and saw the woman in armor pointing a sword at their superior. Everyone froze for a second, allowing the princess to connect the dots between everything. Hearing the same incomprehensible language that the shadows spoke at the beginning, and the fact that some of them were eating human bodies, that confirmed her supposition. They could never be allowed to set a foot in her kingdom, or chaos and destruction will happen.
The change of behavior, from suspicious to determination was easy to see and Leilade finally gave up. She only wanted to have an easy time while they will recover. But now, it looked like that won't happen. ”Now, should I kill her or not?” she thought.
(Outlander, let her live. She might not understand right now, with all the battles and the adrenaline, but she will remember what you did. And she is still a soul in the end if one day she tried to gather an army to fight you, one snap of your fingers and their beautiful princess will be gone. With such a symbol killed, their morale will drop and the battle will be won. As for the drawback, maybe your presence will be reported. But they won't be able to find you anytime soon, except when we will want that.)
Hearing the advice of the Viscount, Leilade acknowledged his vision. She raised her hand, signaling to the four others to follow her. Leaving only a baffled woman, still in her fighting posture. The last thing she saw of them was a tall man licking his rows of canines while looking at her, making her shiver. In the end, she was standing alone, in the middle of the night, and without anything showing the intense battle that happened around her besides some burned areas of the forest.