Move away!!" A voice said and with a sling sound, the dead man was cutted down into three pieces and then disappeared in thin air.
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"What the---!!" Irene said as she looked at the spot where the dead man body disappeared.
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"Are you okay?" The voice which sounded older than her asked as a hand forwarded towards her.
Irene looked at the slender and delicate fingers and then at the owner of those beautiful hands, with a face of innocence and snow-white skin colour, tall and slender body with long black hair tied in a ponytail.
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A picture of white snow mountain would come into one mind the moment they see this person standing ahead of her. One could call her a girl if not for his adam apple.
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"Hello? Are you still shocked?" That boy whose voice was like the deep ocean asked as he poked her forehead.
"No I am fine...and thank you for the help," Irene said as she looked towards him with her sapphire eyes that matched well with his light grey eyes.
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"That good but kid you shouldn't be running around in the forest like this. It's dangerous." He said as he ruffled his black hair. With an irritated look on his face, a look that Irene found quite annoying.
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"How old are you?" Irene asked that boy as she avoided her hand and stood up herself.
"What did you say just now?" That boy asked as he looked at her with a wondering look as if he didn't believe his ears.
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"I asked how old are you and by the way, you talk you are for sure not from solar or the capital. And the way you use your sword, your clothing style ad even the scent you have is different. Tell me, Who are you?" Irene asked him as the look on her face changed.
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The boy smiled at the little girl being all tough infront of him. "Well looks like I was kinda rude to the lady here. So, as a sign of apology *approaches Irene and kneels infront of her* how about I do this." He said as he held her hand and was about to kiss her when suddenly he backed off as an arrow passed right through his hand.
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"Seriously, is this how you welcome someone? Dear Crown Prince." He said as he stood up and looked at alan who looked tired and pissed off.
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"Your Highness!" Irene said as she looked at him. He had straches on his face and a sword in his hand.
"Lady Winter...*runs towards her* Why are you here and your leg..*Hesitates to touch it but Irene smiles at him telling him that it's fine.* How did you get hurt so badly?" Alan asked as he made her sit on the big rock beside them.
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"I jumped off the moving cart so...Ouch! *Reacted to Alan sudden touch on her wound.*" Irene said with a smile as her eyes met with his.
"Hah, you always make me worry." He said as he touched her leg with both his hands.
'This seems familiar...oh!' Irene thought as she touched alan's hand.
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"Your Highness you don't need to do this," Irene said as she stood up.
"But you are in pain and Alfred is not here to help you so at least let me do this much for you," Alan said as he made her sit again.
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"Your highness, this much pain is nothing for me and using empathic healing in such situation where everyone needs you is not a goood option. So, please reconsider it." Irene said as she held Alan hands.
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"If you say so then...but please don't get hurt anymore and stay away from that person." Alan said as he covered her face so that the boy won;t be able to see her.
"Even if his highness didn't say it. I was going to do so." Irene said with a serious face that made the prince laugh.
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"Umm Excuse me but I can hear everything and we are in middle of a battle to pelase be serious." The boy said as he came in between them.
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"And for my introduction, I am Crown Prince of the Gilend. Brazen Alvis Spencer. And I am 13 years old." He must as he bowed towards her making Irene regretting everything she said.
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"I apogolize for ny rude behaviour." Irene said as she bowed towards her with a red embrassed face.
"Haha you are so funny but you didn;t introduce yourself." He said as he chuckled.
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"Don't tease her." Alan said as he galered towards him.
"I am not. So, just chill a bit~" Brazen said as he put a hand on his shoulders, while his eyes fixed on Irene.
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"Greeting to the Crown Prince of Gilend, I am the eldest daughter of the Winter family Irene Bedisa Winter." Irene said as she bowed towards him.
"Irene what a pretty name~" He said as he smiled.
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"Enough, with the chit chat. Brazen I don't know why you are here all of a sudden but you better protect her or else you won't go back to gilend in one piece." Alan said as he looked at him with his red eyes thata were dead serious.
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"You can count on me and just to inform you but our kingdom already got the inforamtion of this sudden attack on Solar and I was supposed to meet you sonner to let you know of all this but we were late...so, please accept the apology form the gilend." He said as he bowed towards the prince.
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"You know what it doesn't mattter now and it was not only gilend but also solar who let its guard down. So, don't apogolizes and instead help us out." Alan said as he looked at Brazen who was not at all shocked by his words. Instead he looked at him with *You will never change* face.
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"Both the Princes are quite close to each other, Aren't you?" Irene asked as she looked at them with doubtful eyes. Which made both the princes to freeze on their spot.
"Lady Winter...What makes you think like that?" Brazen asked as he looked at her with his light grey eyes which was as clear as the lake water.
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"The fact that his highness kept you alive even after all the nonsense you said is enough to say that you both are close." Irene said with a straight face which made Alan wonder of the image he had in her eyes whereas Brazen was procesing every word she said.
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"I guess I am right. That's suprising but how come we never heard of it or was it supposed to be secret?" Irene asked as she walked froward not paying attention to the dead man walking in front of her.
"Lady Winter!" both of them said as they held her hand one at right and one at left.
"You really don't pay attention to your surrounding." Brazen said as he smirked.
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"If this keeps going on like this we will never be able to win against them and after this we even need to reach the captial." Alan said as he tighted the grip of his sword while slaying each of them.
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"You don't need to worry about the captial, my brothers and soldiers are already there helping out alfred. So, put your full focus here." Brazen said as he kept on slaying down all the dead man that came towards them.
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"Looks like you came here with full preparation." Alan siad with a smirk.
"Of course that's my nature don't you know it too."brazen said as he looked at Alan who was busy fighting.
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"You know it too that I don't pay that much attention to annoying people." Alan said as he smiled.
"Yeah~ Yeah~you cocky prince."Brazen said as he slayed the last dead man.
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"Now that this is done, let me come to a most important point," Brazen said as he looked at the more net of the battlefield.
"No matter what happens or who dies...we must not let that boy who got kidnapped end up in their hands or else hugs destruction will prevail in all the kingdoms e it solar or gelid everything will be in danger." He said as he took a deep breath.
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Irene and Alan were both shocked to hear all that and that too about ash.
"What do you mean?" Irene asked as she held onto his shirt. Her eyes were trembling so was her body.
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" I don't know the details but according to the sources they want to use that boy for some evil purposes," Brazen said a bit uncomfortably.
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"Use him for evil purposes....please say it clearly.." Irene said as she tightened her grip.
"Hah, I shouldn't be saying this to a kid but they might sacrifice him...you know like...burning him infront of the devil," Brazen said as he ruffled his hair.
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"Sacrifice him....." Irene said as her face turned blue with fear as he whole heart turned cold.