Chapter 51 (1/2)
The unrest in the Ehness Prince's carriage To make it easier to ensure the princess' safety, Oscar and Alanis practically never left each other for the few days The cold war between the tas already in the past At thatprince as her hly related to the prince saving the princess' life, but that was not the main point; Alanis are that as of now, she could only receive aid froed froster who had faced the same fate as her, did not appear that suspicious
Exchanging their interesting anecdotes of many years, were the princess' and the prince's everyday practice Oscar probably reaped a lot more than Alanis did, for the ination; while the Princess' recount of the classical stories a in awe Only now did he know that the Madaentlemen, who usually appeared so splendid, were actually so shameless deep down
The youngster could not help but feel a little dubious as he watched Her Royal Highness Princess' chatter on exuberantly; it seearding pirates and prostitutes, but her tone made it appear that it did not bother her at all
The princess talked about the court's etiquette tutor, the riding instructor, her parents and both her elder siblings Oscar ed to catch quite a few useful points for hih to sense the princess' contempt and disdain for these people
If this was still not enough, then there was still at least one ilant to a certain extent Lady Countess Emory's condition had stabilized and this fehness Princess was left at Fort Stanson to receive treatment like the other casualties At thather concern towards her close companion Oscar had reason to believe that thislady of titan Empire did not care about these people who loved and cared for her and regarded their care and love as their bound duty to her
For the first time, the youth felt that the princess had the same problem as him in terms of personality - Both of them did not kno to cherish, and may even deprecate certain e inappropriate about this; he just felt that Alanis reserved enmity towards everyone other than herself
The prince are that his journey had already lost its initial significance and he was only slightly better off than a prisoner now Although he was the procession's highest co officer by na out the guarding duties were unlikely to take his views into consideration Currently, everything appeared as strained and orderly as a wound up clock
Co was not in the prince's favor, but at least he could still adh the carriageTo a young lad, this journey was unique and fresh whatever the case
The southern ion that was made up of the mountain divisions had now entered the last phase of the journey They escorted the procession of the princess and His Royal Highness Prince to pass through a good half of Rylie Province and crossed the steep West Berkshi+re Mountain When the procession entered Bodega Province, the foothills of the ed and the terrain becanificantly leveled
When the last mountain was about to fade away behind, the Prince ordered the party to rest and reorganize for a while The youth led the survivors of the Narcissus Knights' cavalry of the Ied themselves into a neat line a short distance from the mountain pass and paid tribute to the fallen heroic souls in the mountains
The pitch-black mountain silhouette continued to stretch out froe mountain absorbed and emitted all sorts of sounds to the ”outside” of the mountain pass contentedly The hour of tribute should have long since ended, yet the knights could not help but watch the young prince who sat upright on his horse, static, in puzzlester had already become one of their forhts start to consider that the child was a little too young Although some of the older veterans also have a son just as old, but those little ones see wildly in the fields with a wooden sword
Oscar gave a sigh, he did not want himself to appear that much like an elder, but he still had yet tohis emotions unobtrusively
The youngster finally decided to leave He had already made a vow, did he not? Those who violate or harret it
”Your Royal Highness!”
The lad turned his head around and saw that it was Sarlat Drosha who spoke The former paladin wielded a beautiful rapier and his skills did not perish over the years in Daa
”Your Royal Highness, take a look” Sarlat unfolded his palm and an urn as tiny as a thumb was revealed to the crowd The urn was suspended on a silver corrugated necklace
”According to your instructions, I have carved yet another urn The ashes of the few of your maids are inside” Sarlat suddenly fell dejected for he had personally witnessed two of the inhuman torture
Oscar thanked him and took that bottle shaped decoration and without a hint of hesitation, wore it around his neck The surrounding knights startedin low voices The prince's practice was coht forbade a living person to carry any items of the dead; this was a respect for death, a consecrate to God Yet what about this youngster? He had kept the ashes of the dead and by his attitude, it seemed as if he did not intend to ever remove that ”Ash bottle” from his neck
”Infor officers of the ave a last glance at the Alps behind him, ”Wait for my return and I will make you crawl beneath my feet”
It appeared as if the hts and thehot su winter
His Royal Highness Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette's cloak was flapping nonsensically under the whistle of the valley This youngster gave off an odd sneer He and his knights quickly disappeared onto the road that extended to the plains and the ster's words in a blink of an eye However, undeniably, the Alps absolutely did not expect that this boy of stocky build, would one day bring about Earth-shaking changes in the not so distant future
Year 791, 17th day of the 7th a Province where it were only a few kilometers to the Eastern border of Andrew's territory, both the I last let out a sigh of relief! Just a o, the cavalry scout squad of theprocession froroup at the provincial borders
”What kind of procession and what kind of lineup?” Oscar questioned the leader of the scout squad delightedly His
”Your Royal Highness, I cannot describe the spirit of the Narcissus Knights, but I dare assure you that I sawto say that there are roups of armed forces You need to see if for yourself to believe it!”
Oscar averted his eyes and pondered, but he failed to make sense of a certain reet us?”
”Do not be silly, child!” The Lady duchess of Andrealked over and ehts larger than a group is forbidden to set foot outside the territories without the order from his Majesty the Emperor; that is an act of treason!”
Oscar nodded his head in understanding
”Very well my child, you have arrived home! Don't be like a fool! Ride on your Raytheon lest you be ridiculed for appearing before the proud knights in a carriage!” The Lady duchess ruffled her son's hair after saying that
The last few kilometers passed in a blink of an eye Oscar was as excited as a lion cub His Raytheon could sense its little itated It juht; in short, it refused to stride properly on the national road, causing the knights close by dare not steer their mounts too close to it
At ten in the hness Princess of the titan Ehness Prince passed through the last village at the northeastern part of Bodega Province The knights ere exploring the way had ordered the people of this village to remain in their hoers would have been severely reprihness Princess, but at that moment, Alanis felt that she should not probe into theout their duty throughout the journey
The procession passed through a national road at the edge of the village and they followed the path to turn into a sed from this little valley, it was already the inherited, private territory of titan Empire's Duke Andrew!
”Mahness Prince called for his ed his Raytheon to dash back as fast as gathering dark clouds The youngster's fierce expression caused the mountain warriors to duck beneath the roadbed of the national road
”Haha! And also Your Royal Highness Princess!” Oscar was undeniably the most enthusiastic He halted in front of the woalloped to its heart's content, skipped on the spot with the teen still on its back
”Take a guess at what I saw” Evidently, the youth did not intent to let the wo, ”The boundary stone! The boundary stone!”
”Do you knoas written on it?” The Raytheon led its young master to circle around the women, ”Haha! On it was inscribed in the hts and his people, welcome to the first and also the final defensive line set up by the God of Light!' and inscribed beneath is 'distance to Andrew Haila, 189kilonifies?”
Her Royal Highness Princess had been influenced by the prince's enthusias to order so of the boundary stone, as she wanted it to bring it back to Dulin as a souvenir The Lady duchess of Andrew and the young lady watched the young boy before theht up by hinifies?
”Manifies that I have arrived hoain turned his horse around and the Raytheon shot forwards with all its e into chaos
His Royal Highness Prince's cheers accoh made its way into the ears of the women, ”I have returned Hahahaha… I Am Home!”
As soon as the youngster cheered, the long drawn-out sound of a bugle horn suddenly sounded from the little valley close to Andrew's territory!
There was absolutely no difference between Lady Celia and the young lady Both of thehter Indeed! They have arrived home!
”Kamille!” Celia twisted her head and called for the paladin
Without having to be told by the Lady, Colonel Ka and drawn-out sound of a horn complimented the horn that was yet to be seen in the distance The knights instantly abandoned everything, the heartbreak of losing their coht on by their wounds and illnesses, the stress accu duties and the enemies ere concealed in hidden places All this did not matter anyer the cavalry company that had been reduced by half, but the lomerate on land that used the Narcissus as their totem
The blast of the horns lasted a long ti officer of the mountain division used a variety of commands to alter the formation of the soldiers They had acco over were titan's lorious ion puffed out their chests towards the skies and started considering how they would brag to their wives and daughters! They had received the welcohts; they had stood on the same spot as these heroes that only existed on murals and epics
Just like the banner that who knohen appeared on the oppositewould be filled with iht to themselves that they were undoubtedly fortunate as the last security squad of the Imperial Guards This was because not many of the E with their own eyes despite hearing that it was so huge it could obscure sunlight as far as the eye could see The sight in pictures had no way of depicting the awe that the flag brought to the people
The whole processionOne of the warriors silently read the naers, the undefeated Narcissus”
When the horns sounded, officers of a salloped for the e into a long line of thirty-two steeds and only came to a halt when they had dashed up the hill
The thirty-two steeds were linked tightly by the reigns to forroup and each group was dragging along a special es in total and each had a slender log about thirty over e even had a capstan installed
When all the carriages had co officer, they hacked the ropes binding the logs together Two Herculean-like brawnyraised little by little under the influence of the chains of the capstan When it was erect and pointing towards the sky, following a loud shout fro bearer severed the rope that was binding the log tightly The rope slid continuously and a huge flag about fiveand six
When the huge flag had completely unfolded, the bottom of the pure black banner obscured part of the sky and under the sunlight, a for, and as usual, with a bloo Narcissus within its mouth
The prince had already been gazing at the flag for quite some time; he was the first to dash over to it However, Oscar did not plan this; the youngster was at a loss of how to react after he laid eyes on the enorer It was his Raytheon stallion's instincts, which led hie towards the undeniably familiar silhouette
Twenty-six knights e Oscar did the calculations hihts' hands instead of the nu represented a battle unit, then just how hts had assembled here?
Oscar stared at the oncohts appeared not to have recognized him and did not seem to intend to address hiht up, only then did the youngster realize what an aard position he was in
”What should I do… Or is there so I should say?” Oscar asked his sister under his breath, ”Why are these knights like mutes?”
The young lady gave a spirited smile and caressed her brother's fine steed, then indicated the carriage that was far s