Continuation.
I was being chased by the noble groups for stealing the honey taffy that we supposedly won on. They demand to bring the honey taffy no matter what, and so, I flee away for the mountain just to escape from them.
Hakurei and I separated our ways to prevent getting caught together. If one gets escaped then one may be able to inform our parents about the situation, we're in.
I hide one of the trees around the mountain.
"Hey. This mountain was reported to be hunted. We should go back!" I can still hear them nearby.
"No! What about our honey taffy!? That was ours, and we will get it back!" their leader was so persistent. Stop chasing me already.
"Sorry but we're going back. Y-you don't know what may appear next."
"Tch! You guys are such a bunch of cowards!"
"Just stay here if you want. We're going back!"
Good, just convince him.
I peeked from where the voices are all coming from. From what I saw, it seems they are really that having a disagreement.
"Alright! Let's go back. Just don't let that lowborn show her face again or I will wreck her face even if she's a girl."
"Oh yeah? I'm so scared that I'm cowering in your words." I mumbled to myself, "As if I'm going to show myself to you."
The group fall back after that. I just sighed in relief, of course, it'll be troublesome if they caught me.
"Let's see. What kind of monster are they talking about anyway? I've heard from the slaves that the Alices are already gone in this world. There's no way that the monsters are still plaguing the mountain then."
I sighed. What are they even scared about? Those silly kids, they are only a bunch of cowards in the end.
I dusted myself. "I should go back."
I made sure that the honey taffy is still with me. "Great. Everything seems to be working fine."
The pace of the area was peaceful, there's no monsters and all but when I was about to descend the mountain. A pact of wolves is angrily growling at me.
"There are no monsters. But there are wolves! This is just the same as monsters as well!" I slowly stepped behind, and they are also slowly trying to get close to me.
"Steady now… you guys are good right?"
"Grrr…."
"Well. That's not the sound of being good…"
Even though I don't know how I will be able to escape from them. I run fast as I could. These wolves also started chasing me down.
"Ahh!" I'm shouting in fear, I tried my best not to get caught up by these ferocious wolves. But some of them are started jumping, some are barking, and my heart began to panic.
"Please stop chasing me already! Ahhh!" What am I even shouting about? As if those wolves are going to listen to me.
"Please no biting…no biting…no biting!" if they won't bite, why do they still bother chasing me?!
The trail gets rocky and very dangerous but I don't have any choice either. "Ahh! Please anyone save me!"
I got slipped from the rocks and ended up sliding down the trail accidentally. I didn't know that the cliffy trail ends.
"Ahhh!!" I descended that mountain in a harsh way. I rolled myself over the edge until I finally passed out due to panic and fear.
***
I can't feel my breathing. Am I dead? Surely, I am. I fell off the cliffy edge of the trail after all. But I can still feel the aches from my wounds, and body pain. There's no way I could be dead if I still have this, right?
Then, am I still alive?
No way that I'm still alive after that though. Only the help of the miracle will allow me to stay alive.
Then why don't you open your eyes to see? Yeah. Good idea.
I came up with the decision of opening my eyes.
"Uwaaa! She opened her eyes! She's alive!"
A young boy with greyish eyes and black hair happily commented while bewilderedly glancing at me.
Wait, he is so close.
"Young Prince. You shouldn't approach the young girl like that. She'll get scared of you if you do that."
"..."
Did I just hear the butler call him, Y-young Prince?! T-this kid is a Prince?
"I'm sorry! But I was so excited to see her open her eyes. I..it seems she came from the city. B-but why are you badly hurt? D-did someone hurt you?" He said while looking at me with his adorable eyes.
"Ah..."
"Gasp! Did you hear her?! She just talked!"
Eh?
What a weird... Prince.