Yandere Princesses Ch17 - Wanting to return to his side

 Her eyes were a beautiful crimson, like a sunset. or a cup of matured wine.

Her voice was nice and soft, contrary to the way she had wielded the knife before.

She clutched the covers tightly, as if about to slide back if Lin spoke just a little louder.

This time Lin heard her name.

"My name is Lin." he said, as he subconsciously extended his hand.

After realizing that Shire was too far away from him, he was going to withdraw his hand…

…but what he didn't expect was that she’d leave the covers and reach to his hand.

Shire was a little afraid to look Lin in the eye, and so she lowered her head a little more.

Her feelings towards Lin went even beyond the gratitude of saving her life, not only did he save her, but he also showered her with gifts and respect.

Over the past ten years, she had been met with mostly cold stares, on one hand people detested her physical condition, and on the other, feared her strength.

As a child, she was raised by an old crippled woman, but when she was ten years old, she fell ill and passed away.

From that day on, the villagers said that her red hair and eyes were a curse, and she suffered even more ostracism, which she couldn’t do anything against, even while knowing it was a lie.

Her personality was that of polar opposites, she had both the bravado to drive her to struggle and the will to find a place and people she’d belong with.

After a brief handshake, she retracted her hand back under the covers, as if afraid that touching her would disgust Lin..

"Stay here if you don't mind, I think I can help you out.." Rin smiled and reached out to pat her head.

He had a special fondness for Shire, if what the letter said was true, the girl in front of him would die alone sometime in the future.

Of course, that was her fate before Rin had intervened, and now that he had kept her with him, the future would surely change.

Both emotionally and rationally, Lin couldn't abandon Shire, and he would do his best to make her stronger going forward..

"Can I really?"

As Shire looked at the luxurious decorations of the caravan and the carvings on the bed, she felt like she was dreaming.

She was born an insurmountable distance away from living in such wealth, from her point of view, she was destined to live in the corner of a slum and one day succumb to a natural disaster of some sort.

But before she died, she would repay Lin's kindness, to the best of her ability.

"Yes, really. Don't hesitate."

Bella, who had been watching from the side for a long time, took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, then sat on her knees next to Shiel and cupped her small face with her hands and said:

"If you’re serious about this, become stronger to protect him, He’s a weakling, so take this advice to heart."

After just a moment, Bella lost interest, and said, "Your cheeks are barely there, you have to eat more and recover."

Lin sighed as he sat on the edge of the bed and pinched Bella's face back, "Okay, don't bully her, her face is fine. Besides, we’re not human traffickers so why does it matter? Also, who are you calling a weakling? Wasn't the way I hit that guy with a throwing dagger hella cool?"

"If it was just a regular dagger, Lin wouldn't have been able to break his defence." Bella remarked.

Lin: "......."

"You're the one who talks too much" In order to shut Bella up, Lin kneaded her face into all sorts of weird shapes.

His current strength wasn't even comparable to Bella's, and if he didn't use tools, he wouldn't even be part of the equation.

"Mfemw womof me! (let go of me!)"  Bella made a strange sound while kicking Lin.

Shier opened her eyes widely, feeling guilt at causing this fight. And as strange emotion welled up in her heart. this atmosphere was something she had never experienced before.

The wariness in her heart continued to melt away, Shire gradually got a little sleepy, leaned back on the pillow, and fell asleep just as she touched the pillow.

Bella and Lin turned their heads at the same time to look at Shire, and found that her face had a relaxed expression, and her tightly furrowed brows had also relaxed.

Lin put down Bella and walked over to cover Shire back up with the blanket, suddenly remembering something, he asked, "Will there really be people after us?"

"There's more than a seventy percent chance. After all, there are quite a few people who know that I left the King's City. Anyone who’s not a complete idiot will guess that I took you with me."

Bella said crawling to the other side as she found an empty spot, "According to the original plan we could have escaped further, but because we went back, we wasted a lot of time."

She took off the clothes, revealing a light nightgown made of silk, Bella patted the spot beside her fearfully and said to Lin, "Go to bed early, the guard will take care of the pursuers and whatnot, we just need to get a good night's sleep."

Lin glanced at Bella's wide bed; there was still quite a bit of room left on for a second person. There were also two sets of covers, one for Shire and one he could share with Bella.

It was late at night by now, and after the day's troubles Lin was exhausted, after a little hesitation he resigned and got in without a fuss.

As soon as he lay down, Bella rolled over and sat on his waist, smiling right over his face, as if waiting for a kiss.

"Get off."

"No!"

......

The royal palace in the distance was still burning. The reddish flames raged, enveloping the entire royal city.

The beautiful main hall had already been reduced to ashes, and all that was left was black smoke and the stench of burnt flesh.

Not far from it lay a number of armour-clad soldiers and knights, who had fallen in a pool of blood, the victims of a clash.

Further out in the back, the palace magician corps and the finest soldiers surrounded the area near the main hall, their faces clearly fatigued, obviously having gone through a great battle.

The good news was that they had won, the bad news was that the king and some of the nobles had run away.

"Father ran away. He also took some high-ranking nobles with him, and is currently running towards the northern-east of the royal city." The one to speak was Elena, who was flipping through the magic book in her hand while interpreting the information she had just received.

Louise, who was sitting opposite her, nodded in silence as her eyes kept looking at the north of the royal palace.

Elena: "I have already announced the news according to our original plan: the king was manipulated by traitors and suffers from insanity. The nobles have raised their flags in rebellion and need to be brought to justice, We are the de-facto, the interim government in control of the military and institutions."

"Hm," Louise nodded, her eyes still looking at the sky in the north.

Elena sighed helplessly, as she continued to turn over the magic book in her hand. At least for now, she and Louise were still in a co-operative relationship.

"Hey, Elena…

how about you have the kingdom?" Louise suddenly spoke.

"Louise, it's only the first day, so please don't say such things." There was much less tenderness in Elena's words, she kept that for only Lin.

Louise missed Lin - and how could she not - wanting to leave everything behind and return to Lin's side.

"I know. Let’s settle business with that rat once and for all as soon as possible." Louise spoke in a cold tone.