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[Volume 3] Chapter 16: Kingdom In Distress
Yuudai cracks his neck to loosen the tension irritating Louise. "One more time and I will push you off." Louise threatens.
The group of travelers are still flying towards Henrietta's castle. They have been traveling for some hours now. Louise decided to wake up an half hour ago. Not much has been said throughout the time. Yuudai only explained what happened to the rest when they were still flying away from Albion then nobody wanted to talk.
Yuudai looks at Louise then averts his eyes. "Don't you have a smart remark or something?" Louise questions worried about him now.
"Not right now. I'm still tensed up from the fight." Yuudai tells her in a serious voice.
"I see the castle right now. We should be there in a minute or two." Guiche announces.
Louise looks at Yuudai. 'I want to thank him, but I just can't. I think he knows I'm thankful though.'
Yuudai looks at the hole in his chest. It has stopped bleeding, but it is a miracle he is awake, alive and has enough strength to do anything he normally does. He groans in irritation.
"Why am I now noticing that there is a bloody hole in my shirt?" He questions out loud. He zips up his jacket covering the bloody mess. "It will work for now." He mutters.
"I know it looks pretty bad, but why hide it?" Guiche asks flying next to the dragon using his magic.
"If we are going to the princess then being seen covered in blood on my chest isn't a good idea. That's just begging for violent interagation." Yuudai explains.
"Good idea." Guiche says. "How did you get that hole in your chest anyway?"
"Let's just say I was on the wrong side of an Air Needle." Yuudai tells him remembering the pain. It hurt like nothing else he ever experienced when it happened, but he was in protection mode. He wouldn't have slowed down if he had got another stab wound.
"Must have hurt." Guiche replies happy it wasn't him.
The silence takes over after his last comment. It lasts until they finally land in the courtyard. A whole squad of soldiers are surrounding them. One with an especially noticeable mustache walks over.
"There is a flight ban. Didn't you know that?" The guy questions.
Yuudai and Louise look at each other. Yuudai gestures for her to talk to them since he's sure he'll say something stupid. She nods then steps forward.
"I am Duke De La Vallière's third daughter, Louise Françoise. I come here to seek an audience with the princess." Louise explains.
The man twists his mustache in thought. He knows of the Duke and his family. "Third daughter of duke De La Vallière?"
"Indeed." Louise looks confidently into his eyes.
"Well I can definitely see your mother's eyes. What is the purpose of your request?" He asks deciding he might as well give them a chance.
"That we can't tell. It's a secret." Louise admits.
"Then your request will be denied. Any requests without a verbal or written reason will be denied." He tells her.
Yuudai jumps down before Louise could repeat herself. He shakes his head to her. She nods back. Yuudai turns to the man with a stern look.
"We don't want any problems, but if you think we will just leave after all we went through then you are really stupid." Yuudai tells the man in a cold voice.
"Watch your tone commoner. Hasn't your master taught you anything?" The man retorts.
'Oh no.' Louise thinks.
"I'm going to rip your mustache off and shove it down your throat." The teen threatens.
The whole squad raises their canes. "Is that a threat commoner?" The guy asks angrily.
"It will be a fact if you don't listen." Yuudai replies.
Louise shields her eyes bracing for a lot of pain inflicted by magic. Yuudai and the guy glare daggers at each other one threat away from going at each other's throats. The teen clenches his fist preparing to punch the guy.
"Hey Louise! Yuudai!" Henrietta calls out stopping the grudge match from starting between the two guys. Louise uncovers her eyes happily. As of the moment the princess is pretty much an angel that came to save her in her eyes.
"Princess!" Louise exclaims embracing her inside the circle of guards.
Yuudai hits the guy in the back of his head creating a bruise. "What was that for?!" The guy yells.
"We told you and you didn't listen." Yuudai tells the soldier simply.
"I'm glad to see you made it back safely Louise Françoise." The princess says enjoying their embrace.
"Princess…" Tears start to fall from her eyes. "The letter is safe, but…it was damaged."
"How so?" Henrietta asks. Yuudai walks over pulling out the letter with blood on it. Her eyes widen in shock.
"If it makes you feel any better nobody ever touched it." He tells her smiling a bit.
"Then…" She looks down at the ground. "Thank you. Thanks for risking your life for me."
"It's fine. It hurts a lot, but I'll live." He tells her. She lets go of Louise and walks to Yuudai. He knows what her intentions are. After all, she knows the letter was inside his zipped up jacket.
She unzips it herself and gasps at the bloody hole in his chest. She holds a hand over her mouth and the guards' eyes widen. "Oh lord Brimier." She looks down.
"I earned this from trying to save Wales. I failed though. Sorry." Yuudai says sadly.
She shakes her head. "You did your best and protected my dear friend Louise. That's all I asked for. May I ask why Wardes isn't here?"
Yuudai grits his teeth, but he keeps his temper in check. "I have that piece of trash to thank for this wound."
Henrietta's face darkens. Her attention briefly turns to her guards. "They are guests commander."
"I see." The commander says feeling like an idiot.
Yuudai looks at the commander. "I may not like how you treated us, but it seems you are doing your best to try to keep Henrietta safe. However, if you get in my way again I will still rip off your mustache and shove it down your throat still." The black haired teen threatens.
"Calm down." Louise orders. Yuudai sighs silently listening to her.
"Louise and Yuudai follow me. Everyone can get some rest. Follow me." The princess tells them. The group of three head to her room then close the door. "Please tell me everything."
Yuudai looks at Louise. "You can tell her if you want." He offers. She nods. Louise proceeds to explain the whole adventure to her with some added information from Yuudai.
"And that's when we escaped. Sorry we couldn't do anything to save Wales." Louise finishes remembering how Wales fell to the floor before her very own eyes.
"It's fine Louise. I just can't believe Wardes is a traitor. He was even in the Royal Mage Squad." She says as tears start to form. Louise clasps her hand around Henrietta's own hand.
"Princess…"
"It feels as if I myself had killed Wales. It was I who sent the traitor." She says crying more.
"He still would have died even if you hadn't let him go." Yuudai says. "His two hundred and ninety nine men and women against five hundred thousand others? Wouldn't have worked."
"Did he at least read the letter?" She asks looking at Louise.
"Yes he did." Louise replies.
"Then he did not love me." She says sadly. Yuudai frowns. He knows Wales loved her a lot. The prince went on a pretty long rant about her when they at the party. All about how amazing she is.
"So you actually did ask for him to come here?" Louise questions.
"Yes I did." She answers. "Did he love his honor more than he loved me?" She mutters.
"Don't ever say that." Yuudai tells her defensive of Wales. "I could see many horrible outcomes if he would've came here. He saw them all too. Tell me, is love worth war? Is your love more important other's own love? Love that birthed whole families?"
"Don't talk to the princess like that!" Louise orders. Yuudai ignores Louise staring at the princess waiting for an answer. Henrietta sighs as tears start to slow down.
"I…no. The safety of my kingdom is, but what proof do he have to prove that he loved me? Please tell me familiar." Henrietta says to the teen boy.
Yuudai stays quiet for a few seconds. "He has told me himself. On the night before his death." Yuudai replies finally.
Yuudai had been ready to leave the party for his room, but Wales stopped him. Wales had told Yuudai to give a message to Henrietta. Not one made my ink and paper, but one made from his heart.
"His words were…eye opening. Since I have never been in love I never thought of it like he had told me. He said that he dreamed of you again." He explains as Henrietta's eyes widen by a small fraction. "He dreamed of you and him living together in a perfect world. A world without pain and sadness. One where war was unheard of. And how you two had children running around. He dreamed that you two were sitting on a bench out in a beautiful field with a forest behind a small cabin enjoying the beautiful weather. He told me he dreamed of that kind of life every night." Yuudai finishes. "Now tell me that he didn't love you. I dare you."
Henrietta's eyes a wide open with tears streaming down her face. Louise just looks really shocked. 'So while I was crying over Wales being stupid for not caring about the Princess he was dreaming of a future he could never have?' Louise thinks feeling disappointed in herself.
"There wasn't a waking moment he didn't think about you." Yuudai adds.
"Why did he entrust all of this to you?" Henrietta asks through her tears.
"He was fairly drunk." Yuudai replies earning deadpanned looks from the two even through their depressed moods. "Although I like to think that we had become good friends."
Henrietta laughs a small bit. Louise can't help herself and giggles herself. Yuudai smiles knowing his reply cut through the sad atmosphere. Although he can't help but feel as if it was at his expense.
"You're an interesting familiar indeed." Henrietta tells him. "My next question is the wind ring. You say it gives you power?" Henrietta asks.
"Well it gives me a small amount of wind magic power that will allow me to summon my gun only if I want and a boost in speed and reflex. However, if it comes in contact with wind magic itself then its power grows and gives it to me me. At least, that's what I can assume." Yuudai explains. He holds up his hand showing her the Y on it. "The first letter of my name appeared on this thing the moment I put it on."
"I see." Henrietta says.
"That reminds me." Louise says. She pulls out the water ring. "Here is your ring."
Henrietta pushes Louise's hand back gently. "No Louise Françoise. You keep it. It is the least I can do to repay you for all of what you did for my own selfish sake."
"Yeah Blank. I already had gotten a couple things, so take your own reward. You deserve it." Yuudai says giving her a small smile.
Louise looks between Henrietta and her familiar. She fits the ring around her finger slowly. "Thank you so much Princess. Thank you.."
"No problem my dear friend." Henrietta replies smiling as well. "Now let's get you to the medical wing." She says to Yuudai.
"Why?" Yuudai asks. He looks at himself then remembers. "Oh yeah…good idea Henrietta." He follows Henrietta with Louise in tow.
They arrive there and the mage asks for Yuudai to remove his shirt and jacket. He proceeds to do that. He lays on the medical bed with the mage doing some healing magic on his wound. The mage then covers his wound with some gauze.
"Now keep that on for a couple days. I did as much as I could, but it be sore for a while. There will also be a scar." The mage informs.
"Thank you very much." Yuudai says putting on his cleaned and repaired clothes that they did during his medical attention.
"Are you ready to go?" Louise asks.
"Yup!" Yuudai replies putting on his shirt and jacket. "I'll miss that bed from the castle, but I'm glad we're done and can go back to the academy."
"Same here." Louise says as they walk out to their ride to the academy. The smiling faces of their friends warm their hearts. 'I can't believe it. These are my friends. And I'm happy about it.' Louise thinks.
"Next stop is Tristain Academy!" Yuudai announces getting on Sylphid.
End
And that's a wrap! Wow, that took longer than anticipated, am I right? I can't believe it. I have been way too busy recently…but oh well.
Yeah, one reason for this taking so long is that I thought I could do a fanfiction for someone, but I lost the motivation to do it at seven hundred some words. I hate that I can't do it, but if I lose my motivation to do something then it'll never happen. That kinda sucks about me.
Another reason is because I have a new successful story for Doki Doki Literature Club, but need to figure out how to write the next part. Yup. I like this one more, but it is a good one too.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I really do do and hope to see your smiling braces! Er, I mean faces! Hehehe…please don't kill me.
Anyway, I don't think I have much else to say. If you have any questions concerning what has happened in the story already then PM me or review and thanks for reading, favoriting, following, reviewing and have a great day/night/morning!