WAR IS CRUEL

"It was not my intention, it was a long time since I made the passes with the death of my parents and I just wanted this to end"

"What if you sleep for a while, you haven't slept well, rest"

Xue nodded, and closed her eyes, her sword was in her sheath in the middle of her arms.

A couple of hours passed when the palequin stopped, it was time to eat, the sun was high in the sky, blinding Xue and the prince immediately after exiting the palequin.

They sat down to rest the weather was comfortable and the sun was shining overhead, everyone ate happily and calmly when a whistle pierced the air.

"down"

Xue yelled, everyone ducked but the prince remained static, Xue instinctively rushed over him but instead of crouching with the weight the prince took a step backward falling down the hill.

Xue protected the face and as much of the body as possible, the fall was direct, there were no branches to stop the fall, but there were stones that left Xue's clothes and part of the prince torn and dirty.

Xue got up immediately, he still had his sword on his back and despite the scratches he did not have any serious injury, he went to examine the prince who little by little sat up sitting on the cold and damp ground from where they had fallen, he checked it. from head to toe "it doesn't look like anything serious, no broken bones just small injuries, it'll be fine"

The prince turned to see and then he saw Xue "But why do you worry about me being that state, just look at you, there is blood on your arms, elbows and legs"

"It is nothing serious, I have had worse injuries than these, but since I see that he is in such a good mood, what if we move"

"you are right"

"Up" Xue helped the prince up and began their journey through the forest in which they had fallen.

The sun in the sky had gone down and it looked like nightfall. "Can we rest now?"

"You have been sleeping more than I have during this whole journey, you can't complain"

"But we have been walking for hours without stopping"

"According to my calculations of the area you should be leaving in a few more meters so stop complaining"

"but I'm tired, my feet hurt and hungry"

"If they hurt you, tell the soldiers who fought day after day even in days that lasted weeks, walking all the way without rest and then fighting while their companions were saved from the battle to a cloth store where they tried to heal them and most of them they became only death figures "

"hey little one you didn't have to be so cruel"

"War is cruel, you don't know what the smell of death is, seeing rivers of blood cover the floor and knowing that you caused them but it was you or the enemy, and if they won there could be another family that ends up like mine"

"sorry"

"You don't have to apologize, I just hope you understand that no matter how much I like you or I like you, it can't be, also without implying that I should take you to the palace so this will end"

"But if your mother worked in the palace, won't you be the emperor's daughter? Does the fact that they let a servant go just like that, plus they gave her money because she will take you, sounds suspicious?

"The only thing my mother told me is that I have a twin sister, but since we were both born in one day under a star of bad luck, my mother wanted to eliminate her by sending me away, so if I am the emperor's daughter, I still would not show up at the palace to claim something, I had good parents and I don't want more than I have "