I'll protect you

"Ah?", she blinked her eyes in confusion.

"Well... ", he coughed a little.

"When are you going to leave?", he asked after a pause.

"Tomorrow morning.", she said to him.

"Alright.", he just replied.

She packed her belongings overnight and went to sleep early in the hope of dawn early.

He shook her head helplessly at her innocence.

"This dumb girl knew, she was exiled from her home country, yet she is still happy about going to his mother's homeland. Really hopeless!", he thought to himself.

In the morning she got ready early and waited for the carriage to pick her up. When she looked around, she couldn't find the man again. She carefully looked for the details of the man's disappearance.

In a corner she found a mini tree in a bizarre shape. It's trunks were hidden in the red bloomed flowers. As she was staring at the mini tree an red flash suddenly blinded her eyes.

In a short while the man she was searching for sometimes was standing before her.

"Lord... Lord nine?", she called out.

"Ahh, little girl you're spinning from the early morning. Are you really made up your mind?", he asked again.

"What?", she asked him flabbergasted.

The man before her shut his mouth but in his mind he wondered if he made a wrong decision. Or else, how can a twelve years old child not to understand a human language? It's unbelievable.

In a plain road, a carriage was running towards the north west direction. A little girl was seated inside the carriage. She lightly pulled the curtain of the little window in the carriage and looked around with her bright eyes, her features were stunning and devine.

As her gaze landed on the disolated location, she frowned a little.

"Uncle, are we going in the right direction?", she asked the carriage driver uncertainty.

"Your highness princess, we're going in the right direction.", he answered politely.

"Oh.", the princess made a sound and continuously gazed around for a little while.

After a while of bumping and pumping the carriage came to a abrupt halt. The princess heard a scream. It sent a chill through her body.

"Wha.... What happened?", she asked as she started to shiver.

There was a silent. No one was answered her question.

She nervously poked her head through the little window to watch outside. The carriage was in a middle of a woods and there was nobody in the driver seat, even the horse was gone.

"Lo.... Lord nine! Some.... Something is wrong here.", she stuttered the words out and looked at the mini tree beside her.

"Am I not here? Can you be more brave?", he appeared beside her and reprimanded her.

"I.... I'm afraid.", she aaid and started to crying.

He felt his head as if it was aching, after that he told her.

"Don't be afraid. I'll protect you."