The lady and her prince charm! (2)

She was on top of him and was a bit heavy for him under the various circumstances and is passed out.

"Move, bitch." With his remaining strength, he pushed her aside.

He heaved for breath desperately.

"Where are we?" He asked, grasping little amounts of air very quickly.

[We must be on the deeper side of the mountains. You're safe from them here, or so I'm hoping, and there are no wild animals too, at least for now.]

"That's good. That is really...good." His eyes closed as he let the fatigue take over his body, like a caress of a lovely mother.

Little did he know, the tables would be turned once he woke up.

*****

It was getting dark with only a small amount of visible light. The serenity of the night was occasionally broken by the howling of wolves and the various chatters of the creatures of the night.

He woke up feeling grumpy and uncomfortable. The sound and the atmosphere were not uncomfortable for him as he loved dark and serene. What bothered him was the rope that was tied to him.

"What the fuck?" He was tied to a tree with a magical rope, which was well above his rank. Like the thing felt indestructible.

"What is this now?" He looked around to see no one. He was still tired from the previous expedition.

[Well, apparently when you were sleeping, the girl woke up. She used some Elven magic or something and summoned two other elves. One of the guards magically tied you up. I wasn't able to comprehend the language as they spoke some old language and they are currently hiding on the tree top, watching you.]

The system summarised the events that happened during his rest. 'Well, why do things get annoying and more annoying?' he grumped internally.

"Are you hiding somewhere, my lady?" He shouted. Nothing came back. "Aww, you must be foraging for food for us, aren't you? If you're, I might have something to eat, you can come back and we can eat it together if you want?" Again it was met with no response but he was sure the elves above must be so pissed off as the tree was shaking a little.

"വിട് എന്നെ, ഇവനെ ഞാൻ ഇപ്പൊ തന്നെ തീർക്കും." One of the Elven guards was just close to plunge the spear in her hands inside his head.

"Calm down, he is just pissing you off. He saved me from there, at least, we should hear him out." the ex-prisoner calmed the raging bull.

(I'm translating the ancient Elven language of Malayalam to English for you, peasants.)

The raging Elven guard took a deep breath. "Are you sure princess? He was down there, in the tunnel. Talking with one of your experimenters. Are you sure he is not one of them?" It was not much of a normal talk, it was just a whisper. She didn't want to alert the captive like her princess has ordered.

"I'm sure he was not with them. Something about the human seems off. He didn't give me any bad vibes when I was with him, but he sure had a cruel stench on him. What are your thoughts, Odyss?" Odyss was the second guard that was summoned by the princess. He was her childhood friend and her guardian knight, just like the other guard.

But they failed to protect her when she was kidnapped and experimented on and some pesky low level human just rescued his princess without even trying. The entire kingdom searched for the princess day and night for many months, but was unsuccessful. He was feeling extremely angry and jealous about the human. He would've killed him if the princess was not with him, but he knows better.

"He saved your life. Sparing him would be sufficient."

"Right. He can be a bit annoying, but he saved my life. If mom or dad were here, they would've invited him to the kingdom--"

"Huh, princesssss.... When are you coming back?" A loud voice interrupted her mid-sentence. A vein popped out from her forehead..

"He-he can be a little more annoying and let's get out of here before I change my mind." She spoke and signalled her two guards to wait in the tree. They nodded as she descended to the ground.

"Whoa? That startled me." Babel took a deep breath. Obviously, he was not startled at all.

She folded her arms and looked at him.

"Please don't look at me like that. I'm getting embarrassed." He sheepishly said in a playful tone.

She looked annoyed. "You're bound, if you haven't noticed it already."

"I thought you were making sure I was not gone when you come back with food." He gave her a big smile.

She smacked her forehead. "No, I'm not. I'm contemplating whether to kill you or not. So, give me a goddamn reason not to kill you. I haven't removed your mask since I didn't want to pry on your identity." She looked straight at him.

"Are all the Elven race are like you or is it just about the High-Elves?"

She looked confused.

"You know? Being ungrateful." The moment that word slipped out of his mouth, a well-crafted spear landed in between his legs.

*Swoosh*

"How dare you!!!" the Elven guard howled angrily as she pick her spear and aimed at him. She looked furious, ready to tear him apart at any moment.

[S rank! Fucking hell!!] System wasn't able to sense the power level of them last time as the two guards were away from its senses.

"..."

Odyss also descended. Much slower and calmly.

[B rank.]

'Who the hell is she?' Babel was in a disbelief seeing people this strong protecting the girl. He was in a stage of disbelief but chose to act calm. His heart was pounding wildly and his mind was in a state of disbelief.

As of now, he was all chill and all since the enemy he was facing was just rank D, never in his mind has ever crossed that he could die here, but seeing the furious S ranked elf, it finally dawned on him. He could die here. That truth drowned inside him so deeply.

"What did I tell you, Linsly?" The princess looked at her, annoyingly.

"But he just berated us. How can you stand there and hear all the shit he is spewing?" Linsly, the raging Elven guard looked confused at her princess.

"He is like that all the time. Ju-- let's go home before making the situation bad. If dad finds out about this, he is going to kill you all for treating my saviour like this." She walked towards Babel.

"...Sorry, princess." Linsly stepped back, hanging her head down.

"Forgive my guards, oh brave hero, here is a little present from this humble lady to her saviour as a way of thanks and apology." She teased him and squatted down before removing a pendant from her neck.

"Pri--" Linsly stopped mid-sentence after seeing her princess gesturing to stop with her hands.

"What is it? Does it have a tracker? Are you going to stalk me or something?" He looked at the small and precious pendant in her arms. It was special, even to the untrained eyes it was clear. And it was also clear that the pendent hold some value to her.

"If you ever find yourself in the Elven kingdom, show this to any of the elves, be it a soldier or a common elf, they will happily guide you to me without you ever getting harmed and I'll personally give you a guide throughout my kingdom. So don't lose it, okay?" She, without waiting for a reply, tied the pendent on his neck.

"Well, let's hope to meet again, my brave prince charm." She flashed him a smile. It was so pure and innocent, Desmond blushed under his mask.

"Let's go." She walked towards her guard and commanded them.

"As you command." Linsly chanted something in ancient language. Suddenly, a green magic circle formed around the trio and their bodies started to get transparent.

"Wait! What should I call you?" Desmond shouted, seeing their bodies getting transparent.

"Est- Elle. You can call me Ellie." And with that, the trio completely vanished.

"Well, she was... nice." He spoke to himself.

[Look down, simp.]

"Mm... what?" He looked down.

"Bitch!! You forgot to untie me!!!" He screamed in a lonesome mountain, high above and tied to a tree.