Chapter 88: Reunion
The group began advancing by smoothly avoiding the grumbling Herman. Was the dragon’s basket always this big? I let out a heavy sigh.
I won’t blow the whistle and make the dragons excited. I will behave myself from here on and get taken to the capital. Hm hmm. Hm hm hmm.
“Kyee.”
“Kyee.
Oops. My excitent flowed out. I pretended not to notice the Prince’s cold gaze towards , and sat properly.
The autumn sun warms the prairie. I, who was tired from my confrontation with the tanuki, seed to have fallen asleep before noticing.
“Lei!” Alistair said. I’m sure Mill is preparing breakfast on the first floor, but I was still sleepy.
“Lei. Lei. We’re nearly in town!”
I suddenly woke up. Oh yeah, I’m not in Lentforce anymore. We’re nearly at the capital. In front of , I saw a big town, which the town of Lentforce couldn’t compare to, with a big castle at the back and mountains towering behind the castle as if they were protecting the castle.
The town was next to the mountains, the sa as Lentforce, but this town didn’t have a barrier. In other words, it was vulnerable to the threat of Hollows at night. However, I could see that the mountains were actually quite far away as we got closer. They looked close because of their height.
Even so, why is the capital near such a mountain range? It would be safer if they just made it at the prairie.
My doubts didn’t matter as we approached the town. The town wasn’t surrounded by walls; instead, each and every house was built robustly.
A lot of people were gathered at the entrance of the town, cheering loudly.
“Prince Hubert!”
“Welco back!”
Many voices resonated to welco the Prince. The Prince sotis waved his hands at the people and looked quite like a Prince. He glanced at and narrowed his eyes as if he was saying sothing.
“It’s because you’re looking at with those eyes, Lei.”
“Lei awwaysh woowsh wiwe thhish.” (Lei always looks like this.)
“No, you definitely thought, Huu looks like a Prince.”
“... Gufo.”
Alistair, who was next to , said, and I think the knight couldn’t hold in his laughter. You’re not qualified to be a guard, are you?
The people must have noticed our interaction because their cheers got quieter and they soon went silent.
“Awishthair’sh fauwth.” (Alistair’s fault.)
“It’s because you made a weird face.”
“I didn’th.”
They paid more attention to us when we talked in whispers.
“It’s a Lisburn.”
“He really has sumry-blue eyes.”
“I never thought I’d get to see two of them in such a short ti.”
They whispered amongst themselves, but in a good way. So grasped their chests and looked at Alistair with longing eyes. Even though there weren’t really any benefits from being part of the Four Marquises. Were the Four Marquises respected this much? Or did the Nii-samas do sothing?
“Lei, those eyes.”
“Lei awwaysh woowsh wiwe thhish.”
Alistair, who must have been nervous when he showed his big eyes, laughed, and the people got noisy. They paid attention to him to see was laughing at. Ah, dammit.
“Oh, she’s so cute.”
“I wonder who she is.”
“Oh, perhaps...”
Apparently, they couldn’t see the colour of my eyes over the basket. The Prince slowed down his dragon.
“Leila, it turned into a show, but I have to show you to the people in this mood, or else they won’t be satisfied.”
“Ith can’th be hewped.”
“Is that what you’re supposed to say?!”
Huu smiled wryly and nimbly got off his dragon. The people also got noisy when they saw the Prince’s wryly smile. The Prince is popular, after all.
“Hubert-sama smiled.”
Co to think of it, he had a poker-face on when I t him. In fact, he is called the Ice Prince. I smiled.
The Prince opened the basket, and held while I was smiling.
The Prince has dark blonde hair and dark purple eyes. In short, he looks like if they just see our hair and eye colours. A chubby baby, who had lighter hair and eye colour than the prince, tilted her head while smiling. No, I just lost my balance when I was held and my face tilted to the side.
“Ooh,” a roar echoed through town. The Prince smiled wryly and said, “You’re really popular. I’m not used to holding you. Bart!”
“Yo.”
“Can you ride your dragon while holding Lei?”
“I can.”
Bart’s Rug Dragon sniffed and turned to the front as if saying it was fine. Bart held out his arms, held and I was on top of the dragon. A crackling cheer.
“Amazing, Lei. Do you want to wave?”
“I don’th wanna. Niini mushth have done shothhing.”
“Your Nii-san? That surely explains your popularity if he did. Now, let’s go.”
“Ai.”
To be honest, I was feeling mischievous, so I waved, but the crowd cheered even louder, which scared , so I stopped. I can’t be an idol.
We ended up parading through town and finally approached the castle. Is Nii-sama there? I grabbed Bart’s clothes in anxiety, and he patted my back.
“It’s alright. Just a little more. Just a bit more.”
“Ai.”
A space opened up at the end of the street and beca a large plaza with bright cobblestones paved neatly on the ground. The townspeople only followed us until here. The castle was on the other side of the plaza. It had white castle walls, a large gate, knights, lots of guards at the gate, probably so civil officials, and so small nostalgic figures.
“Niini.”
“He’s the real one this ti?”
“Ai.”
And he’s probably gotten bigger. Isn’t he a bit skinny? The person standing coldly in proper noble clothes is certainly Nii-sama. He was looking straight over here.
“Down.”
“But isn’t the Prince supposed to get off first or sothing?”
“Barth, down.”
“Lei, okay. Clyde!” Bart called Clyde and Clyde got off the dragon. Alistair nimbly got off his dragon and ca up next to .
“Should I hold you or hold your hand?”
“Ith’sh oway. I’ww waww.” (It’s okay. I’ll walk.)
I walked when I was with Nii-sama. Alistair took a step backward and followed from behind. Onii-sama had been looking straight at for a while now, but he hasn’t moved.
I know. I know. Even when I first t him, he didn’t move from behind the door. The next ti we t, he was as expressionless as Otou-sama. There’s a lot of love inside him, and it’s always shouting to be let out.
But it won’t co out. That’s Onii-sama.
So, I’ll go. I began walking briskly with confidence. Six months have passed, and the tottering Lei has gotten this big, Onii-sama. No one moved or talked. I was the only one moving forward briskly. Then, I stood in front of Onii-sama.
“Oh, oh, you’re tottering like always.”
“Noth thoththering!”
“Oh, oh. Just what I expect from you, Lei.”
Honestly, nothing about Gill has changed except for his height. Nii-sama’s pale violet eyes stared at . Jeez, both Otou-sama and Nii-sama are cowards. Still, I’ll never forget about them.
“Ai! Niini!” I stretched both my arms.
“Lei... Lei!” Onii-sama finally moved and hugged .
“Lei! Lei!”
“Niini!”
“Lei...”
I patted Nii-sama’s back as he hugged tightly. It’s going to co out. Sothing’s going to co out!
“Luke, Lei looks like she’s in pain.”
“Eh, oh.”
Nii-sama finally loosened his arms. Then, he hugged again.
“Niini, I’m bacw.”
“Welco back, Lei.”
Nii-sama looked as if he would cry and tried his best not to cry. Then finally, a tear fell from his eyes. Finally. We finally et.
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