Chapter 88
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 excitement flowed out . I pretended not to notice the Prince’s cold gaze towards me, and sat properly .
The autumn sun warms the prairie . I, who was tired from my confrontation with the tanuki, seemed 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 me, 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 same 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!”
“Welcome back!”
Many voices resonated to welcome the Prince . The Prince sometimes waved his hands at the people and looked quite like a Prince . He glanced at me and narrowed his eyes as if he was saying something .
“It’s because you’re looking at me with those eyes, Lei . ”
“Lei awwaysh woowsh wiwe thhish . ” (Lei always looks like this . )
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“No, you definitely thought, Huu looks like a Prince . ”
“… Gufo . ”
Alistair, who was next to me, 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 summery-blue eyes . ”
“I never thought I’d get to see two of them in such a short time . ”
They whispered amongst themselves, but in a good way . Some 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 something?
“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 . ”
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“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 . ”
Come to think of it, he had a poker-face on when I met him . In fact, he is called the Ice Prince . I smiled .
The Prince opened the basket, and held me while I was smiling .
The Prince has dark blonde hair and dark purple eyes . In short, he looks like me 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 me and turned to the front as if saying it was fine . Bart held out his arms, held me 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 shomethhing . ”
“Your Nii-san? That surely explains your popularity if he did . Now, let’s go . ”
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“Ai . ”
To be honest, I was feeling mischievous, so I waved, but the crowd cheered even louder, which scared me, 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 became 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 some civil officials, and some small nostalgic figures .
“Niini . ”
“He’s the real one this time?”
“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 something?”
“Barth, down . ”
“Lei, okay . Clyde!” Bart called Clyde and Clyde got me off the dragon . Alistair nimbly got off his dragon and came up next to me .
“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 me from behind . Onii-sama had been looking straight at me for a while now, but he hasn’t moved .
I know . I know . Even when I first met him, he didn’t move from behind the door . The next time we met, 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 come 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 me . 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 me .
“Lei! Lei!”
“Niini!”
“Lei…”
I patted Nii-sama’s back as he hugged me tightly . It’s going to come out . Something’s going to come out!
“Luke, Lei looks like she’s in pain . ”
“Eh, oh . ”
Nii-sama finally loosened his arms . Then, he hugged me again .
“Niini, I’m bacw . ”
“Welcome 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 meet .