"This is boring, just sitting here like this," the brunette growled, placing the glass of sake to her lips as she drank. She and Dell had found a hut that was on the edge of a small village given to them when the blue prince found out that they were in hiding. He hated the yellow princess, and for good reason. At the moment, Meiko was grumbling to herself with sake and Dell was smoking a cigarette in the corner.
"It is, but we can't go back," the gray-haired boy pointed out, blowing some smoke. "Not in the middle of the war."
Meiko sighed, but it was true. For the past month, the countries of green and yellow had been in a savage war. The pair had pretty much given up hearing news about it. If anything, they'd know if the yellow kingdom won. They would definitely be bragging about it. Or they would be complaining that they lost.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Uneasily, Meiko went to get it. Once she had opened it, a broken blue-haired man toppled into her arms. The brunette gasped slightly from the impact, stumbling backwards. Dell rushed to help her, and together they managed to get Kaito to sit on the couch. He looked in horrible shape, streams of tears staining his cheeks as he was trembling. Meiko could only imagine what happened.
"Mei-chan…" Kaito murmured. The brunette sat down beside him, allowing him to lean on her for support.
"What happened, Kaito-nii?" she asked. She had always considered the prince sort of like a younger brother, like Akaito did.
"It's Miku…" the younger man sobbed. "She's dead!"
It was at that point everything in the room shut down. There was at least ten minutes of silence before Dell spoke in his harsh, raspy voice, "What."
"The princess's servant," Kaito explained, making an attempt to wipe his tears with his sleeve. "He lured her into the forest and killed her."
"No…" Meiko murmured. This couldn't be true. Was the princess really this intent on hurting the lives of dozens of people? The woman clenched her fists. No. She would not allow this. "She's gone too far."