Chapter 9
As per the convinience of anime, we ran into Conrart. He hadn't found anything out and Yuuri told him that he wanted to see Sara. We all agreed with him, that right now things were too tense in Big Simarron and that it was safer to settle the matter of Sara joinning the alliance at the Demon Kingdom. Yuuri couldn't say no.
So we headed back 'home', taking a pouti Yuuri with us.
"Hey, why don't we visit Lady Flyyn? We're close to-"
"No!"
"There's nothing like it…" I murmured. Murata and I laid on the ground, loking up at the stars, the fire keeping us warm from the chilly night in the forest.
"Crazy I had to travel to another dimension to be able to see stars like this." I laughed.
"Hey Caren, can I talk to you for a minute?" Murata asked nervously.
"uh…sure?" I drop the tarp I was folding and followed him into the forest.
"Where are you thinking of having this conversation?" I joked. Our camping site was barely visible through the trees
….
Y-"Hey, where's Murata?"
W-"Huh-hey, Caren's gone too?!"
C-"There's no need to worry, there isn't anyone for miles. I think his holiness is making his move."
….
"sorry," Murata laughed.
"Why are you so nervous?"
"Uh…" I furrowed my eyebrows.
Wait. why does this seem familiar…? Blush lines appeared on his face.
"I…I…! I like you Caren-nee sama!"
"Gah! oh, I didn't meant it like that, it's just, well this never happened before..."
"so…?"
"Well…I'm a few years older than you-it's illegal on earth!"
"We're not on earth,"
"Well…In any case I…I like you too." I wonder if blush lines are on my face right now.
"Well that's…that's great,"
"I…think we should get back and help pack,"
"Right-uh," He suddenly squated and tore a tiny wild flower from the ground and held it out.
"Thanks." As an after thought, I pecked his cheek quickly and ran away.
"Ah, there you are." Conrart greeted.
W-"What were you two doing, we need to get going." Wolf said irritably.
"Then let's go." We mounted our horses, Yuuri with Conrart, and I with Murata while Wolfram rode behind. One look back and I could see he was very irritated by us but we couldn't have taken more than ten minutes?
"Yuuri, why aren't you riding with me?!" he shouted.
"Well…." Yuuri started.
"Conrart?"
"Ah, I'm protecting his highness if there's a threat ahead, and your protecting him in case of an attack from behind."
"Hmmp!" I giggled. I snuggled a little into Murata's back, who was sitting up straight as he steered his horse, like a knight.
As we got closer to the jungle I was covered by one of our blankets. The kingdom didn't know about a black on black 'lady'.
When we got to the gates of Covenant castle, waiting for us were all of the aristocrats. I looked to Yuuri who had a "oh god no!" kind of expression.
"The ten aristocrats ask for a hearing." Gwendal said. I watch looking slightly up from underneath my 'hood'.
AN:Sorry, I know it's been a awhile, I apologize, but I will finish this story.
