Dragons and Cross-dressers – Chapter twenty
Once Francis had realised that Iain was gone he turned to the knight again.
"What did tu attack Iain like that?"
The knight blinked and answered like it was obvious. "To rescue the prince. That evil dragon was keeping Arthur against him will. He's safe now."
The nobleman raised his voice suddenly. His mother tongue broke out.
"Imbécile! Maintenant, il est en grand danger!" The two stared at him as he yelled at them. "Sacré bleu ... Maintenant, le monstre va venir! Que devrions-nous faire?"
The knight finally spoke, mainly guessing that the nobleman was angry at him for saving the prince.
"Why are you so angry, dude? I just rescued him and you!"
"Le dragon était de protéger le prince, vous stupides américains!"
"We can't understand what you are saying, you stupid frog! Speak English!"
"Or American!"
"It's called English!"
"Tu are both morons! Iain waz protecting ze prince from a troll zat iz after 'im!"
This stunned the other two blondes into silence but Francis didn't notice as he continued.
"I cannot believe 'ow stupis tu two are! Now ze silly British prince is in danger again! Ze dragon cannot protect 'im and it's all ton fault! We 'ave to go rescue moi beau Iain now! But we 'ave no idea whe~"
"Wait, what dude?"
"Did you say my brother was protecting me from a troll?"
"Oui! I know tu brains are petit but try to keep up."
"Can you explain what you are talking about you wanker!"
"Yeah, you're kinda not making sense…"
The French man tutted and crossed his arms.
"Iain 'ad told moi why tu are in ze tower." The English man looked shocked, after he was the one in the tower and he had never been told.
"'e said zat when tu were very young a troll attacked ze Queen of a neighbouring country, ton mère, and then tried to attack tu. Ton frère tried to defend tu but was too weak. Ze monster then left, saying he would hunt ze prince to ze end, so Iain hid tu in a tower in the disguise of a woman. Ze dragon was protecting tu!"
Francis purposely left out the fact the Queen had died and that his older brother was blamed for it.
The prince's mouth hanged open, his knees felt weak. After all it was quite a huge bombshell to discover that there is a powerful monster that has been trying to destroy you for most of your life. That and the person who you thought was the real monster was actually just saving your life.
Alfred looked anxious suddenly. If what this French guy had said was true then he was endangering the prince and the dragon was actually a fellow hero. But on the other hand, it was wrong to lock someone in a tower for whatever reason. It was also wrong to let/help a do-gooder get captured…
The knight suddenly grinned. "I am going to rescue the red dragon and kill the evil troll!" The way he said it, it sounded so simple.
The nobleman rolled his eyes while the prince just blinked, still trying to process the fact his life has been turned upside down.
The knight continued going on about how he would help the dragon and destroy the monster. After a few minutes, what the knight had been saying had finally reached the prince's mind.
"Wait? You're going to rescue my brother?"
"Yeah, dude! I know he was wrong, keeping you in a tower and stuff, but this guy says he did it to protect you."
The prince frowned slightly, more out of habit than actually annoyance. He thought for a while. He didn't know how to feel about the dragon now. He finally decided that he would know after seeing him once again.
"Alright then… You can help my brother…"
"Awesome!"
"But I'm coming with you."
"No way, dude! You will just get hurt!"
"I'm coming!"
"Oui! Moi too!"
"Why are you coming, Frog?"
"Because Iain and moi are lovers!"
"You only met him last night!"
"And what a night it waz! I waz zurprized zat we didn't wake tu." (A/N – He's hinting at sex but remember that nothing actually happened between the two of them.)
Arthur blushed heavily and swore slightly under his breath. The knight had a light blush as well.
"Well… I guess we can all go then…"
"But where did the trader go to? We have no idea where he went wanker!"
"Oui. We should should go to ze closest village. Maybe they saw him past through."
"Right, then where is the closest village?" The knight and the nobleman both gave Arthur a funny look. "Well? How am I meant to know? Come on chaps, look alive."
He turned to Alfred. "Lead the way."
"Okay!" He cried out cheerfully. The knight took one step forward before swaying and falling flat onto his face.
The prince rushed to his side panicked and knelt beside him.
He still had a pulse but his tanned complexion was a sickly pale. Arthur had forgotten that the knight had just been in a brutal fight. He saw the dozens of punctures in the armour and blood oozing from them.
"Oh my god. These injuries are pretty serious! He fainted from blood loss!" Francis knelt on the other side of the knight.
"If we take 'im to ze village , we can find ze doctor! If we're lucky, zere might be ze magic healer."
"We are going to need to carry him then."
"But I will get blood on moi coat!" He complained loudly.
Arthur raised an eyebrow, looking at the jacket. When the tower fell and kicked dirt into the air, everything was covered in a thick layer of filth. The mud was smeared on the faces and in their hair and over their clothes.
Even the prince's pink dress and the nobleman's blue jacket were grubby. Francis followed his gaze and grimaced at the grime on his body. The prince worried that dirt might get in the wounds of the knight and infect them.
"Fine then…"
He put one arm under the knight's body and Arthur did the same. They hoisted his body up. The armour made him body heavier than normal. The two began carrying the unconscious Alfred back to the village.
(A/N – Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! This is the last chapter I have completely written! Now you will have to wait for me to write the next chapter…. TT^TT
Translations! -
Imbécile! Maintenant, ilest en grand danger! - You idiot! Now he is in great danger!
Sacrébleu ...Maintenant, lemonstre vavenir!Que devrions-nousfaire?! - Sacred blue... Now the monster will come! What should we do?
dragon étaitde protégerle prince, vous stupidesaméricains! - The dragon was protecting the prince, you stupid American!
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