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Chapter 4 - Too Late? [4]

Who are you?.

Tamamo stopped, a giant spider with armour-like skin. She who is the soldier of truzfelt, a low rank within kingdom, a pebble compared to the monsters she has seen such as divine executioners. She looked around seeing a possible way to avoid fighting this creature because it was a rank labeled by the teachers within the military academy in her younger years as a "devil". The creature slowly towards her, it eyes reflecting her in in it's red eyes.

Prince ---

Ta-

She blocked his mouth with her hand before the boy can Uther a full word, then gave look that says "don't say or move a single muscle or we are in big trouble" the boy looked her face, then nodded. Tamamo stood still and the boy slapped his mouth creating a loud sound. The creature perked up and started moving to there direction with a slightly faster pace. "Damn it" she thought, slowly she bent down and picked a small rock, then threw in lazy, yet effective way of not attracting it.

It perked up again, but this time the noise came from an other direction that deviates from the other path. Without hesitation it rushed towards the noise, a noise loud enough to gain any attention, but for how long? Tamamo didn't want to find out. She slowly walked away while avoiding any object that can perk that creature up again.

After walking cautiously for a while, she stopped, then looked at the boy.

Tamamo ---

You can stopped holding in your breath now. The threat is no longer within our way. Also were close to the other kingdom.

The boy with bright red face and blown up cheeks, let goes , then air finally entering back into his lungs, "Thank the brilliant goddess" he thought. Tamamo shifts her gaze forward and keeps walking. After a while of walking, light once covered by trees no longer overshadowed blindingly shine upon there face like a warm blanket, yet in cooking temperature way eventually when staying within it's sight for a few seconds it becomes a nuisance.

Tamamo ---

Damn heat!. Couldn't it be any other day!?.

Tamamo really does not like hot weather. The boy upon her back felt melted butter. They both held up till the gates appeared before their very eyes.

Prince ---

Finally, tam, we are home.

Tamamo ---

I know, I said we would get here, and I meant it.

With grin she knocked at the gate. "Bang, bang" the guards behind the gate alerted the watcher above him. The watcher sleeping on the job woke up, "someone is knocking" the watcher heard, with a annoyed expression, he went to check to see a woman with a muscular build in uniform with slash marks and a boy dressed like a prince from truzfelt. Truzfelt!? The man blinked, then went over to tell the guards to open the door.

Guard Berry ---

Who is it?

Watcher Jason ---

It's the prince with one of his guards, but it looks like they fought hell.

Guard Gilbert ---

Well, not our business.

The guards pulled the two twin doors and pushed them in two separate directions. Tamamo walked in her body slightly trembling, but her mission of heading towards the kingdom of Sutt,thiare and giving the king the prince reaching its conclusion, the strength build back up, but only for a short while till she collapsed.

Prince ---

The guards rushed over while the watcher sent a messenger to the king. The guards held the boy up from tamamo's back to his, then the other guard checks her pulse. With a sigh he said that she was still alive, but looking at her injuries, he also says not for to long if she stays like this. Suddenly, a young man came walking through the open gates, then stopped. With a smile he asked "was I too late?".

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