Chapter 83 The Queen and her toys
Once the two sides have decided what they wanted to do, they both left the valley with their armies.
As the Sun region's army marches down the way they came, the army noticed the blossoming trees that hang on the side of the road.
The tension from earlier slowly lifted as the soldiers from the army felt their hearts calm down as they watched the leaves dance in the air.
The Weavers somehow, even though the carrage is surrounded on all sides, felt a gentle smile coming from within the carrage.
Kinu, the young lady with the feline traits, with a smile, she walked over to the carrage and whispered very quietly. "Lady Ame, are you enjoying yourself?"
Kinu felt an intense gaze come from within the carrage, but it was not of anger or rage, it was one of joy and blissfulness.
Her cat ears, that are neatly placed on top of her head, twitched and her tail swinging left and right. She smiled at the inside of the carrage, even though the person inside might not be able to see it.
Then after a few moments, the person inside spoke with a weak and wavering voice. "Kinu, stop. That's an order."
Before Kinu could react, her elder brother, Nuno, the young man with dog-like features then landed a chop on her sisters head while whispering close to the carrage. "Sorry. I'll teach her later, Lady Ame."
A slight tremble from within the carrage seemed to occur, but it was too little for anyone to notice.
But someone did notice, not the carrage trembling, but the two siblings getting awfully close to the carrage. It was Shiro, the man with the antlers on his head.
Shiro proceeded to pull the two backwards without any attempt to support their fall. As they bent backwards, Shiro said with a quiet and low tone. "Cut it out, you two. It's Her Highness or Queen Ame, not Lady Ame."
As the carrage trembled once more, the two siblings began to fall to the ground. But fortunately, they managed to catch themselves to save themselves from the fall, even having enough energy and time to strike to pose.
After that situation calmed itself, the army marched without much issue, eventually making their way back to town.
Once they saw the approaching army, the people, who seemed to have grown in numbers thanks to having more people awake, moved themselves and their animals off the wide road, giving the army enough space to manuever.
After taking away the cat with feathers on it's neck off of the road, the road has officially been cleaned.
As the army continued to march deeper into town, Yasashi, the woman with the furry arms noticed a scene from the corner of her eye.
She saw three men, an average looking guy, a bald head, and an old guy in his thirties, dancing together with drunken expressions on their faces.
She released a sigh before saying. "Jeez, it's still early in the afternoon, and there are already people drunk." She then choose to ignore them and continue to march with the rest of the army.
After a while, the army made it's way through the hilly landscape of the city and traversing bridges over crystal clear water. They made it to a grand looking walled palace placed on a hill in the middle of the city.
Then, the gates of the palace opened, allowing the army to come in. The army organized itself to the side as the Weavers continued to walk along side the carrage which stopped directly in the middle of the palace's footpath.
A couple of soldiers grabbed the leads of the large birds, which were the ones dragging the carrage, and led them back to their stables.
As the carrage lay motionless, another round of soldiers placed an extremely detailed set of wooden stairs of to the side of the carrage before moving away.
In a moment of utter silence, the blinds on the carrage were pushed to the side by a slim hand that came from within.
Just then, the person inside the carrage left and walked down the stairs with every step they take making a slight wooden tap, the only noise to populate the large palace.
Once they went down the stairs, the person let the sun bask their body for a moment. Their luxurious robes flowing in the wind alongside their straight, long, black hair bundle up in two bunches.
Her fair skin reflecting the soft rays of the sun up above. Her fierce, yet soft looking eyes staring directly up ahead.
As her pinkish lips met the slightly warm afternoon breeze, so did her sheathed blade that hang from her side alongside the three daggers with odd looking guards that hung from her torso.
She then began to walk towards the palace in a dignified and proud manner with the Weavers following slightly behind her.
With the soldiers lined up perfectly to the side alongside the Commander, a man then walked over and kneeled to the side of the path. It was Consultor Hige.
As the Queen stopped right before him wothout sparing him a gaze, Consultor Hige knowtowed to the ground as he said with a loud clear voice. "I'm terribly sorry, Your Highness."
"I have lost my temper back during the meeting. I will gladly take any punishment you wish for me to do."
As the old man continued to place his head on the hot stone walkway, Queen Ame gave him a glance before saying. "Rise, Consultor Hige."
Consultor Hige raised his head like she asked, but did not remove his body from the ground. And even though they see this public apology in front of them, none of the soldiers laughed nor mocked the old man.
Queen Ame then continued. "It is not your fault for what happened back there. Everyone present was to blame."
Consultor Hige then bowed once more as he said. "I wouldn't dare blame Your Highness!"
Queen Ame no longer responded to the man and just continued her walk towards the palace with the Weavers not far back.
Once Queen Ame and the Weavers disappeared into the palace, the Commander stepped forward and yelled. "Men! Disband!"
With resolute expression's, the soldiers walked off into groups, presumably going back to their stations. After saying that, the Commader helped Consultor Hige off of the ground.
Meanwhile, back inside the palace. Queen Ame is walking through the lavish hallways with her Weavers in tow.
She opened her mouth and asked. "Where is my brother?"
"Sleeping. In his room, Lady Ame." Said Shiru, the puffy cheeked little lady.
"Very good." Queen Ame said before continuing. "Someone wait by his room, and inform me when he is awake."
"Yes, Lady Ame." Yasashi said before performing a bow and leaving the group, going to another hallway off towards the side.
As they continued to walk through the hallways, a servant walked up to the Queen and her Weavers and said with a bow. "Your Highness, do you wish to finish the paperworks you have left or save them for later?"
"I'll have them for later. For now, tell the others to leave me alone in my room while I rest."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Queen Ame then looked back to the remaining Weavers walking behind her said. "The same applies to the rest of you. Leave me alone for now."
"Yes, Your Highness."
With that, the servant and the Weavers went off into their seperate ways. Leaving Queen Ame to walk down the hallways all alone.
After traversing the expansive network of hallways, Queen Ame stopped just before a sliding door with the walls around it luxurious designed with artwork and expensive objects.
She opened the door and went in without hesitation. The inside of the room is what you would expect from a ruler, but something bizzare sat on the side of the room. It's a pile of animal plush toys.
And after closing the door behind her, she also closed the windows and opened up a little lamp that emitted a low light.
Instead of going into the luxurious bed, Queen Ame collapsed into the pile of animal stuff toys instead. She laid down on her back as she began to relax her body.
She took in a few deep breaths before saying. "That did not go well." Before removing her sword and the three dagger of her body, throwing them nonchalantly onto the ground.
She placed her arm on her head, only covering her eyes. Her mouth, which remained in a neutral position the entire time then formed a frown.
And after frowning for a few moments, it slowly transformed into this bitter expression.