Slowly, Egon started to tilt his upper body to his right, making me dizzy. After a while, I had enough so I reprimanded him, "Egon, stop moving." Then, I heard people gasping not far from us.
"Lau, I'm not moving. Don't shout." Now, there's two of him, he has a twin?!
I leaned forward, covered the right side of my mouth and whispered to him, "You have a twin? And, I'm not shouting!"
"You're still shouting. Uncle, let's head out."
The world started spinning and it felt like I'm falling, "Wo-woah.."
"Lau, are you fine?" It's Big Brother Launcelot!
"You looked like my big brother.. who always says that I'm stupid, I'm an idiot, and that I have no use or worth.. By the way, why are you upside down?" Then, it started to get blurry until the only thing I could see was pure black.
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(2nd Prince Egon's POV)
'Big brother? As far as anyone know, she's an only child,' the 2nd Prince thought to himself.
"Prince and Uncle, did you hear what Lau said?" Launcelot asked them.
"It's probably nothing," Egon looked at Laurana who fell sidewards from her seat, earlier. Then, he stood up and went near her, "I'll carry her." The prince put the veil on the princess' face.
"I can do--"
Egon interrupted him and whispered coldly to his ear, "You're not allowed to carry a princess without her permission. You're just a knight."
He carried her by putting his right arm under the back of Laurana's knees while his left arm supported her back. A few sober people, including the Crown Prince's servant, couldn't believe what they just saw; the cold prince was carrying a lady. This spread like wildfire in the whole capital city of Furstenberg, including the palace.
Commander Jovian borrowed a small wooden stairs from the house so it would be easy for Egon to climb the horse. Surprisingly, the prince gently made the princess sit on the horse, then, he sat behind her without letting her go. To prevent the princess from falling, the prince half hug her with his left arm and held the reins with his right hand. While Han-ryu, the personal guard, rode the previous horse used by the princess.
Launcelot took the horses inside the stable while Han-ryu sweeped the perimeter. Commander Jovian carried the princess down the horse and directly went inside the cabin. Followed by Egon who couldn't complain because Uncle was one of the Emperor's right-hand men. Uncle put the princess down on her bed while the prince stood by the door. He closed the door and stood on guard outside her room; then, did a neck bow towards the prince with his right fist over his chest.
"I'll stand guard, 2nd Prince."
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(Princess Laurana's POV)
My head hurt like hell. It felt like I was wearing a super tight helmet. Noticing how dark it is in my room with only a candle lamp as source of light, it's probably dark outside, but how did we get back here?
I was very thirsty so I turned my head to the bedside table where there's a pitcher of water and a cup; I also found a warm chicken soup consisting of chicken broth with pieces of chicken. A light brown-colored green tea that was still warm was beside the soup. I drank the tea first which tasted vegetal, sweet and seaweed-like. Then, I finished the chicken soup which cured my hangover and was absolutely delicious.
After I changed into my all-white night clothes, which looked like my inside clothes-- a long-sleeved cross collar top and a traditional loose pants, I continued sleeping. On the last two days, Egon accompanied me on my archery practice while he tried to teach me how to properly throw a dagger. But, it always fell to the ground, not stabbing the target even once.
We were outside the palace for six days and came back on the seventh day. We didn't have a carriage so we rode our horses fast. Fortunately, we didn't encounter anyone on our way back. We just stopped when it was time to eat. Then, we arrived at the middle of the night and entered at the hidden back gate of the palace.
I went straight to my chamber after expressing my gratitude to all of them with a small curtsy. "Please accept my gratitude for escorting and protecting us, Uncle and Big Brothers! I would also like to thank you for the trip, 2nd Prince."
Tomorrow would be another day for all of us. I was curious on what the other princes did during the seven days that we're not in the palace, especially him..