As Arthur stood there blushing in embarrassment with his head lowered, he heard a slightly horse giggle but equally as beautiful as Yuki's.
[Humph, no one is more beautiful, Yuki!]
Ignoring Yuki's cuteness, Arthur raised his head and looked toward the bed where he could see the giggling scarlet haired young girl had opened her equally scarlet eyes.
Seeing her with her now opened scarlet eyes, he couldn't stop himself from uttering [Cute} as he once again started blushing.
Remembering his past embarrassing outburst, this time he made sure to say it in his head.
[Humph!]
RUUUUMMBLEEEEE
BOOOOOOOOM
BOOOOM
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM
NEIIIIGHHHH
NEIGGGHHHHH
Leo: "We're under attack."
Guard 1: "Are they bandits?"
Guard 2: "Who would dare attack a carriage with the Heartfilian Royale Crest?"
Guard 3: "Our horses, they killed our horses."
Leo: "No, they have the Dragon Empire's Royal Crest."
Guard 1: "Is cursing our young miss not enough for them?"
Guard 2: "They must have known the curse hasn't—."
[Humph, it seems you were saved from embarrassment.] Yukki said through voice transmission, but he could see her lips were pouting … so cute…
[... That's true, but do you know what's happening outside?]
[With my current mana sense… I can sense twenty bandits in military armor similar to what the triplets are wearing surrounding and bombarding the carriage, the only difference is that their insignia is a multicolored dragon.]
[Bandits?… Yuki, did you make a mistake?] Arthur stated wondering why bandits would be wearing an empire's military armor unless they have kil–.
[They don't look disciplined enough to be part of an army. They might have killed and looted the so-called Dragon Empire's soldiers of their armor. But… I'm not sure it's that simple, exactly 50 yards north from us, behind the biggest tree, a black-robed man is watching our carriage being bombarded with different spells.]
While Arthur and Yuki were telepathically speaking, the three guards, Leo, and even the old butler looked like they were going to fight it out.
Not that they had any choice on the matter because according to Yuki, Arthur found out the horses were already dead.
And just as the five men were about to exit the door, a stuttering voice came from behind them.
"Ww-a-aa-i-t ff-f-or m-ee." she said as she struggled to get up from the bed only to fail every time.
Seeing such a sight of a young girl who should have been pompous and arrogant according to the novels he had read, wanting to help even though she was on the verge of death, Arthur who had already decided to help with his meager strength wanted nothing more than not only eliminate the threat in front of them, to find the culprit behind her curse, but most importantly cure the curse plaguing her.
With such a thought in his head, he didn't know what came over him as he walked over to the bed and ever so gently took her hand in his, stunning her and in a voice that everyone in the room could hear yet not too loudly as if fearing it would somehow hurt her Arthur said, "You don't have to worry about such things, what is most important is your health. As for those fakes, let us handle them" immediately after, Arthur freed her hand and walked out of the room, leaving behind a stunned and true to her name, a now scarlet faced young girl who had buried her head beneath the blanket.
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As for the guards, Leo, and Butler Albert watched on in astonishment, only breaking out of their stupor after he had left.
Guard 1: "Second brother, what just happened?"
Guard 2: "Big brother, I was going to ask you."
Guard 1: You're the smartest out of us three."
Guard 3: "Love confession!"
Leo: …
Butler Albert: …
Guard 1: …
Guard 2: …
Scarlet, who heard their nonsense, became even more flustered as her heartbeat, which was already higher than normal, increased even more as she started thinking if maybe… "N-no what am I even thinking."
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[Ow, Yuki]
[Humph.]
[Stop, ouch it hurts, stop biting me.]
Yuki, who for some reason was quiet the entire time previously, was now biting Arthur's arm as soon as he left the room towards the carriage's front exit? Or is it more apt to call it the front entrance, Arthur did enter through it before…
[You want me to stop? Fine, but don't expect me to help you. I hope those thugs kill you.]