Lukan narrates:
When the young man left, I turned around with my horse. Suddenly a sentry from the fourth tower shouted.
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____ Mister! Third crown prince! Here comes the soldier Leonardo! ____ he shouted in a loud voice ____ He comes hurt!
I turned towards the door of the Palace and ran out in a hurry to meet him, Lorenzo, Sergio and Pheonix upon hearing the news ran out with me. We saw the multiple wounds on his body, he had cuts on his back, arms and legs, he also had burns on his arms.
His armor had been pierced by a fiery arrow, there was mud all over his body, so he was able to put out the flames.
____ Mister...! ____ Leonardo pronounced with difficulty ____ Spies... there are spies in the imperial camp... they are holding the others hostage!
____ What are you saying ?! ____ asked Pheonix scared
____ They have many of us... and they have women and children from neighboring villages.... they are from... ...! ____ that was the last thing he could say, when an arrow went through his head ____ Ugh!
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____ Intruders! ____ shouted Lorenzo ____ Follow the direction of the arrow!
The sentinels saw several men on horseback heading towards the Palace, the trumpets sounded, which alerted the Palace and the people. They hid, the women took their children and ran to their homes to protect themselves, the men who worked in the fields ran to protect their relatives.
Nathanael arrived just in time, so he hurried to put on his armor, instead my brother Kazan was already about to go on the expedition, but he postponed it for another week. He took his armor and his sword, which was my father's.
____ Don't just stand there! ___ Kazan shouted furiously ___ Take your weapons and kill the enemies!
Everyone obeyed Kazan's order, but I was dissatisfied with my older brother's order.
___ What's happening to you?! ___ I screamed so loud I almost felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest ___ I don't want anyone to die
____ Why don't you say that to the body you're holding right now! ___ Kazan replied to me ___ You don't know anything about the world, in this life, nothing is happiness, things are not always resolved by talking, our enemies will not sit down to talk to us, when you turn around they stab you in the head back!
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I saw Leonardo's inert body in my arms, he was younger than me, he was sent to war very young, he was barely 15 years old, he was just a child. He reminded me of when I was sent to war when I was only 7 years old, that's why he didn't want anyone to die in this life.
___ I... I ___ my tears came out, I couldn't stop crying ___ I just... I don't want anyone to die... I don't... I know what to do
___ Lukan... just stay away from the war for today ___ Kazan said with a deep voice ___ Take my brother inside now!
___ Yes sir! ___ answered some soldiers present
The soldiers took me to the palace, the others stayed to fight with the rebels and I stayed inside the palace like a coward. I cowardly at the last moment like a chicken. I took off my helmet and threw it furiously to the ground, I also turned the large table in front of it, letting everything fall, I felt my breath heave, I felt my heart jump out of my mouth from the impotence I felt by leaving my guards, friends and brothers out there defending our people.
___ AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ____ I gave a cry of fury and despair for not being able to wield my sword
Luana, who was going down the stairs, stepped back when she saw me, she had never seen fear and sadness in her eyes.
I took a step forward, but Luana immediately backed away when I moved, which made me realize that she was afraid of me.
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____ Luana... What are you doing here? ____ my voice cracked when I spoke to him, I know he had never seen me act in this paranoid way
___ Is that... that blood yours? ___ she told me she trembled and backed away slowly
Look at my armor and my tunic, it was completely soaked in Leonardo's blood.
____ No... it's not mine ____ I answered, cleaning my hands that also had blood
Luana's countenance changed completely, her face turned pale and she looked at me from head to toe.
___ You....! You killed the young man from yesterday?! ___ she asked me terrified, I know the blood on my hands and the tunic are Leonardo's, but instead Luana is saying that she kills someone where she had never done it in my life
I was transfixed by Luana's terrifying question, how can she say that I murdered someone? What does she take me for?
<< Did I murder the young man from yesterday? how can you say that about me? >>
I have never used my sword to kill someone and I never have and I don't think I will ever be able to because I am a coward.
____ How can you think of saying that?! ____ I got angry with her, I had never yelled at her like this ____ I have never used my sword to take a person's life
____ B-but... whose blood is it?___ Luana asked with a pained voice, I had to change my face to a more sincere one
____ It's... from a soldier from the imperial camp ___ I spoke to her in a more calm way, although inside she was trembling with helplessness, she just wanted to know how everyone was out there
Nathanael narrates.
I saw my little brother prostrate on the ground with Leonardo's body in his arms, it seemed very unreal. I never thought that these bastards would dare to attack from behind. And my question was why? .
I gave the order for the soldiers to advance to the front, I joined my brother Kazan to face those bastards.
____ I want you to be very attentive Nathanael ___ Kazan just as I was confused as to how these intruders entered the kingdom ____ let's get our hands dirty today
_____ How did they get past the walls? They are impenetrable ____ it did not make sense for these rebels to attack during the day
Lorenzo advanced with his horse by my side ____ Before he died, Leonardo said that they had infiltrated the imperial camp ____ Lorenzo saw where the rebels were coming from ___ if you look closely, those rebels come from the north side, I think they slipped away very well since in the north camp there are not many sentinels
____ These fucking bastards! ____ Kazan tightened the leash on his horse causing him to neigh ready to move forward ____ Hey everyone! We're going to kill some roaches today and I don't want any of them alive!
The war cries of our soldiers thundered along with the echo of the winds. We advanced towards the entrance, which was open, the rebels were about to enter but our maroon horses were quick as lightning that we found ourselves metal with metal, the grinding of swords was heard everywhere as well as the whistling of the arrows.
Kazan advanced a little further to the front, he cleared the way for us to reach the limits of the northern walls, wanting to advance further, my horse received two arrows in the chest, which made me fall to the ground suddenly.
____ Ah... ahh! ...Uhg...son of a...!
My horse did not move, it was a gift from my mother.
Kazan stopped when he saw me there wanting to get up.
____ Don't stop idiot! ___ Kazan glared at me, I knew that if my tears blind me, I'll be dead
When I turned around, one of the rebels caught me off guard, throwing me to the ground and pointing his sword at me.
____ Give me the woman with blonde hair and red eyes ___ I was shocked by the way he described Luana, since she was the only woman with that characteristic
I froze for a moment << What's wrong? Why do they want Luana? What's going on? >>
Luana's provenance is a mystery, a woman with golden blond hair like the sun, red eyes, and skin white as snow. she was the only woman like that in the entire palace. It is not known why she was born like this, it is like a missing link, which they are looking for.
I took my sword that was on the side and caught him off guard, removing his sword with my left hand, it didn't matter if he cut my fingers, but I wasn't going to let them get close to Luana, since she was like family to us.
____ Oh calm down! ____ she fell to the ground shaking from the fright she got
____ Why do you love the princess?! she ____ she was supposed to get information from him before killing him ____ respond damn it!
____ No... I don't want her... she is my lord... my lord wants her
____ Mister? Who is your lord? ____ I pressed the sword on her neck so that she will speak ____ Tell me!
The rebel was going to speak, when Kazan shoots an arrow at him, he fell to the ground, but he was not dead.
____ Moron! ____ he was angry because I couldn't get more information from the rebel because of Kazan's impulsiveness ___ Look what you've done, I almost spilled the beans!
____ Yeah? He almost stabbed you with that poison dagger too ____ Kazan pointed to the dagger he had under the sleeve of his armor
____ Huh? he hadn't noticed
____ Take him and take him to the dungeon so he can talk, if he doesn't want to cooperate, you know what to do
____ You heard my brother, take him to the dungeon now
lukan narrates:
Luana stayed in the palace after Nathanael told us why the rebels had leaked into the imperial camp. They were coming for her.
The rebel did not speak more than just obeyed his lord's orders, although we did not get any response from him, with so much torture that he received from Kazan and the others he did not speak, he preferred to poison rather than betray his lord. Kazan went on his expedition after clearing the castle and eliminating the rebels.
Three years have passed since what happened.
Luana never left the palace alone without an escort again. But I preferred that she be her escort, I didn't like that she would be close to other men.
____ Look lukan ____ points to a necklace ____ is the necklace of the moon and the sword, it's beautiful
Until the next chapter.