Minime Kingdom: The Brave Princess

MKTBP16: The Assassins!

I sat in my chair under a shed here beside the palace. I loved the view of so many violet roses here.

"The flowers here are so beautiful." Greg was standing behind me.

"I am the one who planted it."

"Hahahaha!" Greg laughed so loudly.

"What's funny?" I looked behind and saw him laughing.

"Your highness, I thought you only liked swords and martial arts. Are you sure that you are planting flowers? Haha!"

I just rolled my eyes. "Go, get my horse. I want to stroll around."

"Where is your horse, your highness?"

"Go ask around and look for it."

Greg just scratched his head and started to walk away.

***

I am now walking under the trees here around the palace. My father forbids me to go outside the palace. It's too boring here, but I have to follow his orders.

Greg is following while holding an umbrella to protect me from the sunlight. I hate this part. While in Garreto, I'm used to exposing myself to the sun.

"Your highness, where are we going?" Greg asked.

"To an old acquaintance." I continued walking.

"Who is she?"

"You'll know it later. Don't be in a hurry. "

"Pardon, your highness."

"Tomorrow, you can sleep all day or go wherever you want. I'll take Asta instead of you."

"Why?" he asked, but I didn't answer.

"We can both serve you. It's much better, right?" I just ignored him. That's why he kept quiet for a moment.

"The silence is breaking my ears. Please say something! Are we near your friend's house?" I still ignore him.

"Your highness!" he shouted and pulled me towards him. A dagger that had allegedly struck me was now lodged in one of the trees alongside the pathway.

He threw the umbrella and braced me in his arms. His right arm was holding my left arm while his left arm was on my back.

Our eyes met, and my heart suddenly beat so fast. "Dug, dug, dug!" I can clearly hear it. And now, it seems like my world has stopped for a moment.

Then, a lot of darts suddenly fly towards us from a direction. I quickly pulled the sword from Greg and pushed him to go behind my back. Then, I blocked the darts using his sword.

When the flying darts all fell on the ground, I looked in the direction where they came from. Five men immediately emerged from the shrubs and started to walk towards us.

"Impudent!" I shouted and held the sword tight.

They were wearing all black dresses, and their faces were covered with black fabric too. Two of them held haladie knives in their hands while the three held their swords.

"Your highness, give me the sword. I can handle them," Greg said.

I smirked, "And you're thinking that I can't handle them?" I asked without looking back. My full attention was on the assasins now.

I heard him sigh, but I didn't mind him anymore. The five assasins started to attack us.

I fought with the three who were holding swords, while Greg fought against the two who had double-bladed knives.

They were all experts in swordsmanship. They were trained, and I'm sure that I'm really their target.

It's hard for me to deal with these three assasins. I have to kick or escape from the other two while my swords are fighting against the other one.

I hadn't been there long when I decided to thrust my sword with one of them. Then, the second was about to stab me from behind, but I managed to escape. In one swift move, I rolled and thrust my sword into his right chest. Then, I started to fight against the third swordsman.

I was about to kill this third assasin when I saw Greg, who was about to be killed by the two assasins. I immediately pulled my sharp-pointed boomerang and threw it towards the two assassins.

Their necks were sliced by my boomerang, and as it came back to me, it was full of blood.

"A-ahh!" I groaned in pain when the sword of the last standing assasin hit my tummy.

"Your highness," Greg shouted, and he immediately got up from the ground.

"How dare you!" I glared at him and attacked quickly until I managed to cut off his head.

"M-mhh!" I smirked, but I suddenly felt an enormous pain in my stomach. It felt like the cut of his sword was eating my flesh.

"It's poisonous!" I mumbled.

I suddenly felt dizzy and was about to fall to the ground when Greg caught me.

"Your highness, are you alright?" he asked. "Your highness!?" he called. His eyes were full of concern and worriedness.

I couldn't feel my muscles anymore and my vision started to blur... I lost consciousness.

Minnie Tiny

My Meme felt unconscious because of the poison in her body. I'm inside her now, and I want to instruct Greg on what to do, but I can't speak.

Those damn assasins, I wonder how they got in the gate.

The palace is quite far from here, and the guards don't reach the robbers here either. We are now near Meme's old friend, Rafael.

Rafael is an old man living here inside the walls of the palace. He is the one who taught Meme how to use weapons. He is our teacher, and he is also a good doctor.

Greg carried Meme and looked back in the direction of the palace. He took a single step, and looked back at the direction ahead, the direction towards the shack of Old Rafael.

"Come on, go to Rafael. He can help us," I shouted, but, of course, he couldn't hear me.

"What happened here?" It's the voice of Rafael. He is coming towards us now.

"Sir, we need your help. We've been attacked by these assasins. Please help the princess." Greg was full of concern for the princess.

"Princess Tiny," and took a little needle from his pocket. "Put her down."

"Why? Please, we need your help. Do you have any horses here so we can go back to the palace immediately?" Greg asked.

"Just place him down. I'll check if she's alright."

"O-okay, sir!" He then put Princess Tiny on the ground slowly.

Rafael kneeled down beside the princess and was about to put the needle on his wound, but Greg stopped him.

"Stop, do you know what you're doing?" he asked.

"Mister, I am Rafael, an old friend of Princess Tiny. Just trust me, I will just check her wounds."

Greg has no choice but to trust the old man, Rafael. He knew that the princess was in critical condition and had to trust a stranger.

Well, Rafael looks like a good man. Maybe that's why he let Rafael touch the princess.

As the needle touches the wound in Meme's tummy, the blood turns black and it seems to be burning.

"This is terrible. We have to bring her back to the palace to be treated. In the meantime, I will study this poison. It seems dangerous, and I've never seen such a reaction to a poison. I don't know if it's cured yet." Then, he put a little white powder on Meme's wound.

On the other hand, Greg was just staring at what the old man was doing. He is speechless and seems afraid.

Rafael put his fingers in his mouth and created a sound. Then, a horse suddenly appeared, running towards us.

Greg seems shocked and can't believe what is happening. "Will she be alright? The king will surely kill me if he knows this."

"Get into the horse now." Rafael carried Meme's body and walked towards the horse. "Come on, move now. The princess must be brought back to the palace," he shouted to Greg.

"Aa-okay!" He hastily walked towards the horse and jumped onto its back.

Rafael immediately raised Meme and let Greg hold her. He placed Meme on his front and held her with his left hand.

"Take this powder. Tell the king that this was given to you by a friend and that you are the one who put it in the princess' wounds. Trust me, it will save your life from the anger of the king." He is handing Greg a little brown pouch.

He took the pouch with his right hand and put it inside his garment. Then, he held Meme tightly and held onto the long fur at the back of Rafael's wild horse.