Chapter 8 Under attack

The second prince elegantly walked out of his tent and left the father and daughter to talk things out but what was most wierd was the smile on his face. The soldiers looked at him with different expressions, some astonished, others scared, others zombied out and what not.

Their prince never smiled back at home!!

"Your Highness!" Roland who was as well puzzled regained his composure and called out to him bowing.

The second prince turned and looked at him questioningly. "It happens to be that there's a conspiracy against you and Sir Eric....." Roland reported as soon as the prince looked at him.

"Yeah, I know of it." He replied nonchantly but his face had darkened.

Knowing that the second prince might not manage to keep his cool long and declare a war right that moment, Roland asked for a solution. "What's your order your Highness?"

"We wait." he replied nonchantly and strode away. His mood brightened when he remembered Ariel's mini- drama earlier

Among the soldiers.

"Hey do you know why his Highness was laughing?" A soldier with curly hair inquired among his peers

"There was a small girl in his tent." One of the soldier who had earlier entered the tent spoke.

"What!!!!!" Whoever heard that rushed to his side where he sat and made a human tent around him.

"Are you serious?!"

"A girl!!!"

"Is she dead?"

"Is she a spy?"

"Yeah, tell us more!!"

They bombarded him with questions.

"You have to pay dearly for this kind of information." the soldier replied smugly.

Groans and growls rang out all around him but he shrugged his shoulders. Seeing that he wasn't going to spill the beans, they gave in "Yeah right", they grumbled and reached out for their money. Nothing came free anyway.

After collecting his money from his comrades, they gathered in a circle around him thickening the human tent.

"So it's like this, the small girl came to seek his highness's help!" the first bomb fell

"Ehhhh!!"

"Why so?"

"Isn't she brave!!"

"Shhhhhhh, let me finish!!!"

"Okay okay, were quite!" , they drew closer.

"So it's like this..." he started again only to be interrupted.

"You already said that."

"Shut up, will you?!" he roared in annoyance and the others glared at the annoying young soldier. "From what I heard, there's a conspiracy involving her father and his Highness"

"Whose her father?"

"Will you let me finish!"

"Okay!!"

"Yes, so, more importantly, I heard that her father is Sir Eric!!" Another bomb crushed.

"Holy moly!!!"

"And most importantly, she's so beautiful!!!" Came another.

"Huh!!"

"Really!!!"

"I want to see her."

"Describe her!!!"

"She has purple eyes and black purplish hair... arrggghh I can't describe beyond that.... but trust me she'll be a beauty when she grows up....."

"Really????"

"Also, his Highness was awestruck by her beauty, I tell you."

Others gave him a skeptical look.

"What, am being serious!!" He looked around at his comrades seeing their disbelieving faces.

"I feel like your making things up......."

A whistle rung out and a young soldier dashed out from the woods to the clearing. Hearing the whistle, all the soldiers stood on alert. The young soldier ran till he was before the second prince and he bowed down.

"Reporting to his Highness! We are under attack. A total of about five thousand soldiers are matching our way from the capital led by general Astak."

"So many." the prince murmured softly but a maniac expression murred his young face. He loved blood shed and it so happened that his blood lust grew as he grew.

"Your majesty are we going to war?!" Inquired Roland who stood close to him.

The other soldiers looked at their commander awaiting his command. Though they had not left home for war but rather tagging along..... if someone sought war from them, they were more than thankful to oblige.

The prince walked up back to his tent only to run into the duo and they locked gazes.

After their heated discussion, Eric dragged his small girl out of the Prince's tent when he heard the whistle special to the Prince's army which indicated attack and what they were welcomed with pairs of eyes that were staring back at them in puzzlement. The other soldiers who had not gotten the chance to see Eric's daughter but had heard of her exaggerated beauty gasped at her ethereal beauty.

She was so heaven defyingly beautiful!!!!

And she looked nothing like her father!!!

A rare gem of her own.

Thankfully she was small or they'd have proposed for her hand in marriage immediately even if they had to fight the other god of battle Sir Eric.

Descending the platform, Eric came and stood before the second prince with his daughter in tow. He had noticed the young soldier's eyes on his daughter and he felt blood lust brim in his core, tightening his hold on her small wrist.

The second prince as well had his eyes on Ariel and they spoke..... 'possession'.

Not being able to handle that look on his daughter, Eric cleared his throat and looked that had the second prince shift his attention to Eric with a wicked grin on his face.

"Second Prince, I apologize for my daughter's immaturity. I didn't know she'd come to seek your help. I want to thank you for not harming her. We shall be taking our leave." With that, Eric lifted her up in his arms.

"Ariel Forsetshire, I didn't know you were a coward!!" The second prince was not going to have it seated, hence he decided to taunt her mockingly. He knew very well a girl who grew up with such a father could never take humiliation easily.

Tension in the camp grew

"Your Highness, enough!!"

"I had a deal with your daughter and she sold her loyalty to me." he spoke innocently making his men cring.

Is he for real!!

"We didn't take your help."

"But am willing to help, actually am helping you guys out....like right now!"

"What do you mean?" Asked Eric

"Ariel!" The second prince called out to her ignoring Sir Eric.

Turning to look at him, she looked him in the eyes. "I never back down on my word, your Highness. My loyalty is with you. However, right now am still so small, I'll come find you only if you fulfill your part of the deal." She spoke sternly and with confidence.

The soldiers were left speechless. She looked the second prince in the eyes!!!! Had they been back home, she'd be dead by now!!!

"Okay,.... till then Ariel Forsetshire." He looked at her with a smirk and gave a signal with his hand to his soldiers, who immediately knew what to do, hence they dispersed and gathered their belongings.

Eric turned and looked at his daughter amused at the way she managed to negotiate with the second prince with such confidence.

"I know am amazing father, you don't have to show." Areil spoke with a giggle as she looked at her father who helplessly sighed at her remark.

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