Chapter 23: Turmoil
"Red-eyed, is this really good?" Asa asked me beside me. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Early in the morning, I set out with a hand-picked guard escorting the princess's carriage.
In the fog that had not yet receded, Tajek's entourage was faintly visible, but fortunately they were still very interesting, and only followed from a distance to the left and right.
I haven't seen Lagersis yet. Looking at the carriage behind me with the windows closed, I sighed deeply.
King Sarabant's hasty plan and Tayek's swift response made us prepare, and the original plan to sneak away with Lagersis was complicated by the lack of clarity about Lagers's intentions, and the accompanying Taryek escorts who were in charge of surveillance.
Laxis ......
Is there really no way to do it?
I escorted her like this, escorted her - and finally handed her over to a barbarian prince whom I did not know?
My heart aches so much when I think about it.
Can I really hand over Laxis without changing my face?
No, I really don't want to.
Even though she often irritates me, and even though she often makes me angry, I really, really ......
And, she's—
Is it really the fate between me and her?
Why did fate make me put her in the hands of another man in such a cruel way?
I don't want to, really, don't want to.
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At night, we set up camp on the side of the road.
After a whole day, I only saw Lagersis when she got out of the car.
She looked haggard, no longer in the high mood of the past, and her purple eyes immediately avoided me in a panic at the sight of me.
I just watched her walk into the tent in a daze.
Alas.
"Red-eyed, stop drinking." By the campfire, Asa snatched my bottle, "If you drink again, you'll be drunk." ”
Drunk? It's okay to be drunk, at least you don't have to feel bad here.
"Captain, if you miss the princess so much—it's all ours here, and we won't see you when you enter the camp." Zamka smiled evilly and poured herself a glass of wine.
"Get out!" With the strength of the wine, I angrily grabbed the rocks next to me and threw them at him.
"But yes," Asa muttered, "or you will elope with the princess now?" ”
"Elopement? Lagersis wouldn't agree to it—it was her intention to be willing to kiss. ”
"Do you know why the princess would agree? Doesn't make sense? ”
"I don't know," I shook my head in a low mood, "that's what Sarabont said, and—and Lagersis has always refused to see me. ”
“…… Troublesome! Just go in and knock her out - she won't be able to beat you anyway! ”
"Why did I choose you bastards to be my escort?" I rubbed my forehead helplessly, "When are you still kidding?!" ”
"No kidding, it's true."
"Okay, then tell me how to escape?! Look around! It's all Tayek troops! They've been watching us, how do you want to escape? ”
"If only Axes and Siris were here, the thieves' stealth skills would definitely come in handy," Lao Bai, who was concentrating on cooking soup, suddenly said silently.
Unfortunately, they are no longer there, and I can't help but feel a pain in my heart when I think about it—I have really lost a lot of the fiasco on the Plains of Shaylis—friends, partners, and ...... Lagersis.
Zamka and Asa fell silent.
Is there really no way?
Even if I could run away with Lagersis alone, what about the Guards? Asa, Zamka, Lao Bai, and Beckway, who is not far away, are all partners who are born and die with me! How can I leave them here and take on the responsibility of letting the princess go?
How, exactly? Is it just a matter of seeing opportunities along the way? What if I never get the chance? And I don't know Lagers's true heart, is she really willing to marry Tayek? Why is she avoiding me? Why......
"Is Captain Thresteen here?" Suddenly, the words of the maid behind me interrupted my contemplation, "Princess, please!" ”
"Laxis called me?" I stood up in confusion.
"Hmmm! Please follow me. The maid turned and walked away.
“……”
"Red-eyed! We didn't see anything! Asa the bastard added behind me, "Zamka, did you see that?" ”
"Captain! Come on! Zamka didn't follow Asa's meaning, but what he said was the same bastard as Asa, "Kiss first when you enter the door, and then talk until the princess is soft in your arms!" Remember! ”
"Get out!"
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"Red-eyed idiot, come and drink with me." In the tent, Laxis, who was sitting reclining, pointed to the seat next to him.
In front of her were two glasses filled with wine.
She still calls me a red-eyed idiot, but her tone is no longer as strong as it used to be.
The purple eyes that looked at me were also full of sadness and pain.
"Laxis," Yiyan sat beside her, and I took a sip of my glass, "why ......"
"Idiot, I'm a princess—" Lagersis was no longer in the mood to call herself "Miss Ben" now, but smiled sadly, "this is the fate of the princess, and I can't escape it." ”
"......" I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't know where to start.
Indeed, her status, her identity, her responsibility-
"I'm a princess, princess...... I've been taught since I was a child, I'm a princess......" Laxis said bitterly, raising her glass, her purple eyes staring at the amber syrup in the glass, "a princess who will die for her country—like my two older sisters." Even if I constantly resisted, deliberately wore clothes that did not fit my identity, sneaked out of the imperial city, and sometimes deliberately embarrassed the ministers, I thought that in this way I could put aside the princess's identity, the princess's responsibilities, and the princess's fate...... But I can't-" Tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, "When the real country needs the princess to make sacrifices, I can't let go, I can't let go of ......"
"You can—"
"Lacey, you don't understand," Lagersis looked at me sadly and shook her head gently, "you don't understand...... It's not like I didn't think about saying no when I knew that Tayek was coming to propose, but you know what? Facing my father, I can't speak, I can't say anything! Obviously I don't want to, obviously I want to say I don't want to! But once you say no, it means that our country is finished, and it means that there will be more cruel wars in the future! How can I ...... How can I say no? ”
“……”
"Thinking of the soldiers who walked by the side of the road in front of my eyes that day, the soldiers who died on the battlefield...... As a princess, how can I leave behind the land they sacrificed for? Lagersis sobbed tremblingly, "I can't do it, I can't do it!" Lacey, you know what? I really want to say no to Tajek! I really want to escape! Really ......"
"Yes! You can, Lagersis! I impulsively said, "Run?" Anyway, the king is also going to rescue you back in a year, so let's escape outside! ”
"Idiot! What an idiot you are! Lagersis lifted her tear-stained eyes, "Do you really think that's good?" If this happens, it is treason! ”
"What is treason? It's a big deal that we won't go back home! Let's go! ”
"No," said Lagersis, shaking her head sadly, "I said, I'm a princess...... Can't let go...... Fate has bound me......"
"Laxis!"
"And, and I have made an agreement with my father that if we return safely in a year's time, he will return the title and all the land of your Roktar family."
"I don't want that title! All I want is for you to come with me! ”
"You really don't want to?" Laxis looked at me sadly again, and stopped talking, "Forget it, you never remember......"
You mean—
I was about to answer, but I was gagged by the glass that Lagersis handed me.
"Lacey, drink." She looked at me sadly, "Don't say it, please—will you drink with me?" ”
I had to silently finish the sad glass of wine in front of me.
Lagersis also drank the wine in his hand, "Really, Lacey, I'm glad you think of me like this, really." You've always been annoyed with me, you've always ignored me - and finally, today I know that I still have my place in your heart, and I'm so happy. ”
"That's because—"
"Uh-huh, needless to say," Lagersis suddenly leaned limply against my chest, "Lacey, hug me—"
"Laxis ......"
"I really envy Rusya," she slowly put her fragrant arm on my shoulder, raised her head slightly, and looked at me pleadingly, but tears welled up in her eyes again, "Seeing that Lacey cares about her so much, and is with her every day, I am really envious, so envious - just tonight, only tonight, I don't want to be a princess, I want you to hug me, can you, can you ......"
"Lagers...... "Unconsciously, I also shed tears.
My heart was full of sorrow and pain, and with Lagersis's words, I couldn't help but reach out and take her soft and delicate body in my arms, and hold it hard.
Lagersis let out an "um" and put her arms around my neck just as hard, trying to respond to my hug.
Only tonight......
She only stared at me, and I only stared at her.
Only tonight......
We don't have to hide our feelings anymore.
Only tonight......
I can hug Laxis with affection.
Only tonight......
Lagersis is completely mine, and I don't want to give her to anyone!
hugged her desperately, kissed her fragrant neck hard, felt her body temperature, her breathing, her heartbeat......
My Laxis—my Laxis—she was gasping in my ear, her slightly trembling hands embracing my body passionately.
Kissing her ears, sticking to her hot pink cheeks, I couldn't help myself, groping, trembling, kissing along her cheeks and kissing forward, I was longing for her lips, I was longing for her lips that were constantly panting and spitting out fiery breath-
"Lacey, I love you......" murmured, and Lagers replied by bringing her lips closer to-
"Lagersis...... I'm—"