I had come down to the dining hall but ended up returning to a room upstairs. However, it was the Princeâs spacious room. I sat down deeply on the coach with Alistair. The Prince said I would probably not dangle my feet if I sit like this. Isnât it okay if my feet sway?
âLeila, you said that the enemyâs eyes are yellow, but did you make a mistake because of the dim lighting?â
âLei shaw bad pershon.â (Lei saw bad person.)
âHmm.â
The colour of peopleâs eyes represented their power in this world. A very light colour meant that they had strong magic power, no matter what colour it is. Even so, I have never seen yellow eyes before.
âIâve heard about this before,â Kyaro muttered.
âThe royals of Kingdom have golden eyes.â
âDonât say something rash. The royals of Kingdom donât have any reason to kidnap Lei.â
The Prince looked at the guards, and they nodded.
âBut, Iâm not sure about this either. It is said that the Easter royal family also has golden eyes.â
âEaster.â Bart and his crew couldnât help but leak in surprise. This is also the first time Iâve heard of this.
âThereâs no way Leila would know about this. Iâll teach you about geography. It canât be helped.â
The Prince said it canât be helped, but he was smiling. He definitely wants to talk about this. But Iâm interested.
âThe world we live in is surrounded by the ocean. Kingdom is at the centre, and there are three frontier territories around it.â
âTrii.â (Three)
âThatâs right, Leila, there are trii kingdoms.â
âTrii.â (Three)
âNo, three kingdoms,â the Prince quickly corrected himself.
âFirst, is Farland, north of Kingdom. Farland is closer to Lentforce than Westerâs capital.â
âWe trade with them.â
âI guess you would. The people who were originally forced out of Kingdom were appropriately divided into regions.â
The Prince nodded and continued. He spoke rationally.
âThe founding of a nation is like that. Then, Wester southwest of Kingdom.â
Everyone nodded.
âAnd east of Kingdom is Easter.â
âNow that you mention it, it must have been. But...â
âWe hardly hear their name. Wester and Easter are separated by mountains, and we have little diplomatic relations with them.â
âYes, the north of the capital should be a dead-end full of mountains.â
Kyaro and the Prince talked.
âWe do have diplomatic relations with them, but itâs not very active since we have to go through Kingdom. Easter has mountains on the south and north, but their territory is mainly on the ground level, so they donât get much damage from Hollows.â
I didnât know this at all. Even about Farland.
âThatâs why itâs a place like Kingdom.â
âA dependant nation,â Kyaro muttered.
âBut like, being a dependent nation, is kinda like Kingdom, right?â Mill asked curiously.
âWell then, couldnât they just normally say that they want to marry Lei?â
Thatâs right. But I donât intend to.
âItâs worth getting married to her if you donât know this playing innocent baby.â
The Prince is rude.
âHowever, Kingdom doesnât let those in the Four Marquis line out of Kingdom. Thatâs why Leila will never be in Frontier.â
The Prince looked at me.
âOr that was how it was supposed to be.â
I ended up here. And I had no choice in it.
âCome to think of it, why did Lei come to Frontier?â Kyaro asked after all this time.
âI can imagine what happened, but can you talk about it now?
I can. I thought about where I should start. Letâs start from the beginning.
âI shwepth, wash wowen up, changed and wefth.â (I slept, was woken up, changed and left.)
âWho did that?â
âHannah.â
Bart and his crew were stunned. They probably remember Hannah. The Prince and his guards looked questioningly at Bart and his crew, but Bart signalled that he would tell them later.
âWhen I wowe up again, I wash in thhe dragon bashweth.â (When I woke up again, I was in the dragon basket)
âWhat happened to that, Hannah?â Bart asked as if it was a difficult question to ask.
âShe cried, why, why me thoo?â (Too)
âSo that means she was planning to only hand you over. But I canât believe that a young kid like that would help in a kidnapping.â
I also wanted to know why she did it. If she did have a reason for doing it, then I wished she had consulted with Sebas. Even if I were the only one who was kidnapped, Hannah would have been caught as the culprit, and she wouldnât be able to live with her family any more, let alone cure her brotherâs illness.
âHer brothher ish shicwwy.â (Her brother is sick)
âWas she threatened...?â Bartâs face said, âSo she had a reason for doing that.â
âWe where always on da dwagon. Otou-syama came thoto sab me.â (We were always on the dragon. Otou-sama came to save me.)
âYou, Marquis Albans, came personally?!â
âAi.â
I nodded at the surprised Prince.
âThe dragon ran and went out with a ding. Otou-syama shthopped.â
âSo he couldnât cross the border...?â
Even though he almost had me.
âI see. At that time, you had just separated from your pops...â
âAi.â
âNo, wait, what happened to the kidnapper?â
âWash shthopped.â (Was stopped)
I looked at Bart and did my best to explain.
âDragon ran, thhen shthopped. Differenth bad pershon came.â (Dragon ran, then stopped. Different bad person came.)
âTheir allies?! They were probably supposed to meet up...â
âDen howwowsh appeared.â (Then Hollows appeared.)
âFuu,â someone sighed deeply. Alistair put his hands on my shoulder and hugged me tightly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âEven if Marquis Albans couldnât, the others could have crossed the border.â
âThe convoy was probably with him. They also canât cross the border. But...â
The Prince patted my head.
âI canât believe that this playing innocent baby went through so much.â
âA lot of things also happened afterwards.â
âTell me about it,â the Prince said to Bart, who was looking off into the distance, and then he looked at me with unusually soft eyes.
âWeâll get to the capital safely!â
âAi! Gimme whishthwe.â (Give me whistle.)
âI canât do that.â
He still wonât give me the whistle even though heâs kind.
âThe dragonsh wiww go fashther.â (The dragon will go faster.)
âTheyâll get tired, so no.â
Fine. I puffed my cheeks out, and Alistair poked my cheeks straight away. We both started laughing. Huh, what were we talking about?
âWe just heard about what happened to Lei.â
Oh yes. We were talking about the bad people.
âNow then, could you talk about how you saved her in a place with no barrier?â
The Prince sounded startled.