Chapter 12 - Protector
I watched as Dix danced with his sword, mowing down his opponents.
Bandit
G-Get him! All of you, get him! Stop him!
I need to help him but how?
I looked around and saw the citizens hiding inside of their houses, scared.
They must lure travellers here in order to give them to the bandits who can sell them off on the black market.
I ran towards the fountain and jumped onto the ledge.
I took off my hood, leaving my pink hair for all to see.
Rose Riverback
I am Princess Rose Riverback. Please help my companion! I beg of you...
I bowed down, yet heard nothing.
As I thought... they've given up on nobility...
I looked up and saw one of the children from yesterday throwing stones at the leader.
Child A
I-I'll protect the Princess Fairy!
He's a child... what is he doing?
I jumped down, rushing towards the small boy to protect him.
However, while the bandit was rushing towards the small boy, he bumped into a bulky and muscular woodcutter who frowned.
An axe in his hand, he slowly approached the man.
The villagers soon emerged from their houses with weapons drawn.
Woman
Our Princess is so selfless that she'd protect a small child even at the cost of her life!
Woman
Kick them out of the village!
Child B
Go away! We don't want you anymore!
Soon, I had risen up my own small army with my reputation alone.
Soon, Dix had the assistance that he needed to push back the attack and take out the last of the bandits.
Taking the head of the bandits' chin by the tip of a blade, Dix growled and groaned.
Dix Aveguard
Apologise to her. Apologise to her immediately.
Bandit
Why should I? She's like all other nobility. Looking down on people like us and expecting them to protect her.
Child A
She isn't! She played Sand Dragons with me yesterday!
Child B
She danced with me!
Woman
She helped me when my mother fell down.
Rose Riverback
You don't think that I'm spoilt, that I don't deserve to be of a higher rank than you all?
Woman
If you were, you wouldn't have taken time to talk with people like us.
Woman
You will make a fine Queen one day, just like the late Queen.
All of them bowed to me, making tears well up in my eyes.
Suddenly, Dix saw it. The greatness and the influence of my abilities alone.
The people of my kingdom loved me because of my selflessness.
Underling
TAKE THAT, WENCH!
I turned to the side and my eyes opened when I saw a man rushing towards me with a dagger.
Dix's eyes immediately reacted as he started to rush towards me.
Just as the dagger was about to connect, he enveloped the blade with his own hand and pushed it away, cutting the man down where he stood.
It wasn't the first time that I had seen death. When I was little, men snuck into the castle to kidnap me.
They killed my maid who had hidden me. They tortured her while I hid under the bed.
That was when I realised that a life is a life, no matter if you are of nobility or of common birth.
Misty Plume
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°•!¡Avery Rose¡!•°《🌙Luna🌙》
They are despicable!!..killing people for their own gain.
2022-02-23
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I LOVE YOUR STORIES SO MUCH
2021-02-01
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