Chapter 119 - Dire Wolf

Everyone thought that Geraldine will be trampled by the unicorn but what happened made their mouths hang open. 

The unicorn stands with it's might in front of Geraldine. It lowers his head and blow some air in Geraldine's face which makes her giggled. Both of them make an eye contact, the unicorns purple eyes stare into Geraldine's red ones.

She didn't know how much time pass and all she knew, her hands are slowly raising upward in attempt to touch the unicorn's muzzle. Her heart is beating so loud that she felt like it was going to burst out on her chest. 

The unicorn stays still with it's eyes still staring at her. Geraldine was cautious that her hand might be bitten but seeing that the unicorn pushed its head towards her palm shows that it was comfortable to her that it shows affection.

Geraldine could feel its soft hairs, it was like cotton tingling in to her skin. A huge smile formed on her lips as she rubs the muzzle of the unicorn like it was her pet.

"Geraldine! What are you doing!?" Gavril yelled and was about to go to his sister when the unicorn became aggressive again but with Geraldine's touch it calmed down.

Everyone is shocked by what they are seeing. A rebellious unloved girl is the only one that the unicorn, a magnificent creature adores.

"Milady, please don't move. You can't trust that creature, they are from the wild." The announcer spoke carefully, not wanting to anger the unicorn or make it uncomfortable.

The Crown Prince stands still while his blue eyes look at Geraldine, observing her. He got curious as to what he have that the unicorn feels much safer within her reach than his. That thought got him interested to Geraldine but at the same annoyed at her.

He gestured towards the royal knights to seize the unicorn as it was his creature that he caught and not hers. 

The royal knights followed and approached the unicorns with rope and swords which caused it became aggressive in defense. Then the unicorn came forward with it's horn pointing at them, ready to fight but it looks like it was defending Geraldine from the knights.

The royal knights didn't wait any moment and attack the unicorn in order to capture it.

"NO! STOP!" Geraldine screamed and swiftly came forward when the the knights aimed their sword towards the creature.

Everything happened so fast that it was too late for someone to intervene. Everyone's eyes fixed at Geraldine with fear and shock laced on their faces.

One of the knights swords went to throw a slice on the unicorn, not to kill it but to create a wound on its body to make it weaker but then Geraldine came in front with her arms wide open to stop them but it was too late.

The swords tip was able to pierced through Geraldine's clothes and cut her skin that caused blood to flow. 

"GERALDINE!" Gavril screamed and run towards his sister with pained and angry expression. He dislike her and bully her a lot but it doesn't mean that he would just be fine if he sees her getting hurt by someone else. 

Gavril took out her sword and didn't hesitate to slice the knight's throat. He doesn't care if he belong to the royal family as in his mind, he was the one who harm his sister.

Geraldine falls down as Gavril catch her. It was her back that was hurt and its bleeding non-stop. She didn't cry or act like in pain, she remained calm as her focus is on the creature who is blowing air in her face which makes her smile.

"Brother, please make sure they won't harm this lovely one," she whispered to him. She felt dizzy all of the sudden and her body getting weaker which was kinda new to her since a simple cut like that didn't bother her a bit before. 

Before she completely lost her consciousness, she saw the unicorns horn touching her forehead and she could feel something entering her body, it was the unicorns magic.

Geraldine leaned on Gavril as she doze off. They saw what the unicorn did to her and that sight even makes the Crown Prince irritated. 

Gavril didn't say anything as he looked at the Crown Prince with a glare and carried his sister back to her tent to take care of her wound. As for the unicorn, it looks straight into the Crown Prince eyes for a while and it was not a gentle look but the opposite then it followed Gavril.

The royal knights look at one another then to the Crown Prince for instructions. Even though how much he hated Geraldine, he can't do anything to her since he is the Crown Prince and if he displays violence in the public, his image will be affected and might lost support from the nobles especially that she's a Duke's daughter and especially that her father is the Emperor's most trusted right hand in war.

"Umm, crown Prince, you will still get the score from the creature you have captured," the announcer whispered timidly, afraid that the Crown Prince will lash out on him because of what happened. 

The Crown Prince only look at him and nodded his head before going away like nothing happened. The announcer sighs in relief and faced the crowd who is gossiping among themselves.

"For Crown Prince Henry Du'Bellay he was able to capture a rare creature that was harder to catch but unfortunately it was not a dangerous creature so for that his points are 80 over 100." 

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with the scoring and didn't question it. After a few more minutes, different nobles came from the forest and bought the creature they captured. Some are dead and some are alive but it doesn't matter as the announcer keeps on scoring them.

For all those who arrived, they couldn't reach the score of the Crown Prince which is 80. Then everybody who witness what happened earlier gossip the news to their family which becomes a big deal instantly.

After some time, Gael and the Duke arrived with a dire wolves in hand. They walk with pride as they captured one of the most aggressive creature in the forest.

The crowd gasp when they saw them carrying the creatures. The announcer approached them happily as they show the creatures they captured. Gael's eyes went to the board where the scores are put to show everyone the ranking and his eyes squinted when he saw the Crown Prince name.

"What a magnificent night we have everyone, Gael Gauthier were able to capture not one but two dire wolves!!!" The announcer screamed in his lungs as they cheered for the house Gauthier.

"Since dire wolves are rare to see and they travel in packs which is also the reason why it is hard to capture but most of all, they are very aggressive. They will bite your head off. So for the scoring, 90 out of 100. This is one of the best creatures hunted for today especially that one dire wolf is alive!"

Gael looked at his arms to see the baby dire wolf struggling to get away from his grasp. He doesn't know why his father requested for a dire wolf to hunt. Gael was the one who had participate in the name of their family but his father decoded to come and would only watch him to the hunt. He knows that the Duke has been observing his skills for years since he lost the swordsmanship competition to a mere commoner.

It was hard for him to capture one in their pack and waited for the weakest dire wolves in their pack and that's how he is able to capture a mother and her young but he also struggle so much and took so much bites and clawing from the dire wolf before he was able to kill it.

At first he doesn't want to end the dire wolf life since they are beautiful creatures but it might cause him his life. Also, he lose too much blood and the pain of his torn flesh are unbearable that he can no longer stand on his feet.

Gael thought it was the end of his life but he saw his father pull out the brooch he wears which Geraldine gives and put it in his mouth. It only took a couple of minutes before he could feel his muscles twitching back together.

That is why he's standing as if nothing gruesome happened to him a few minutes ago. He could only take a peek at his father who has a huge smile on his face as they become the first in the ranking.

"Father, I'll be going to my tent to rest," He said and the Duke nodded his head before giving him a knowing look. Gael could only look down as he went away with a heavy heart.