Yandere Princesses Ch14 - I desperately want to tell you

 The kingdom had long since outlived its days of wealth and prosperity, and it now resembled an elderly man on his deathbed, with numerous internal conflicts that could not be ignored.

The nobility is divided, the common folk are poor, prices are skyrocketing, and thieves are taking over the mountains and robbing the merchants.

The King's City is the country's transportation hub, where most merchant routes converge, which is why many thieves and bandits target caravans along this route.

Blue Moon, a large bandit organization based in the Yucca Forest to the north of King's Castle, regularly plunders caravans and villages along nearby trade routes.

They had just ransacked a village outside the king's city this evening.

It was ten o'clock at night, and the thieves were counting the evening's harvest; however, the atmosphere was much quieter than usual.

The explosion from the King's City had cast a shadow over many people's hearts, with some believing that the throne was about to change hands and others believing that the kingdom was about to fall apart.

At ten minutes past ten, a scout reported seeing a luxurious caravan crossing the forest.

The assembled band of Blue Moon thieves proceeded to set up an ambush with the vast majority of their forces at ten-twenty.

"How come you haven't starved in such a large village with so little money and food?"

A balding thief with a scar on his face spat at the peasants who had been imprisoned on the mountain, calling them "worse than animals."

The purpose of transporting these peasants to the mountain was to exploit them, to use them as cannon fodder for robberies, and to use them as hostages during negotiations if there was a siege.

The peasants cowered in the corner, huddled, with their heads lowered, not daring to look directly at the vicious bandits.

Anyone who looked up and met the angry bandits' gaze would almost certainly be severely beaten.

Dozens of peasants cowered in one corner of the cage, while a lone little girl squatted in another.

None of the peasants dared to approach her for some reason, as if she were more dangerous than the thief in front of them.

Naturally, the scarred thief noticed the scene, and when he turned to face the girl, she returned his gaze.

The girl stood about five feet, five inches tall, and her frail frame appeared to be light enough to be blown away by a gust of wind.

Her dark red hair streaked across her body, covering her cheeks and sticking together as if she hadn't bathed in a long time.

Her exposed arms were ghastly white, with no visible blood vessels.

She looked worse than a beggar on the street in terms of outward appearance.

But she raised her head and stared straight at the thief, making him tremble.

Her hair covered parts of her eyes and cheeks, but the thief could see right into her eyes.

The thief took a step back subconsciously, but on second thought, why should he be afraid of a mere peasant?

"How dare you look at me like that, you got a death wish?"

The thief cursed as he drew the cleaver pinned to his waist and used the key to open the cage, entering it.

The villagers on one side of the cage became even more terrified as they squeezed towards the corner, pulling everyone to the periphery in desperation to shield themselves from the blade, and the dead silence was briefly broken.

The few remaining thieves laughed, as they had many times before, at the sight of civilians being abused.

They were all just tools and cannon fodder to them, and having one fewer might even reduce the food consumption slightly.

Within a few steps, the highwayman1 was in front of the young woman, mockingly gesturing with his palm in front of his grimy nose while saying:

"What a stench, you make me sick... "

The girl ignored the bandit as she glanced around the to make sure there were no dangerous individuals among the remaining bandits left behind.

"Like I said! Wanna die?" Angered by the girl's casual dismissal, the thief placed his cleaver directly on the girl's neck, holding the blade to it.

"Hmm?" The girl raised her head and looked directly at the thief who was much taller than she was.

The moment their eyes made contact, the tension suddenly took a violent turn.

With a chill girpping his heart, the bandit tried to raise his cleaver and swing it at the girl, but he was ultimately a step too late.

"Boom!"

With a loud sound, flesh and bone shattered, and the Highwayman's body flew out and crashed into the iron cage.

"Clang!"

The cleaver fell to the ground, and the bandit’s body showed no more signs of movement.

The villagers froze in place as they looked at the girl with even more horrified eyes.

The rest of the bandits froze as well, as a not-so-weak friend of theirs just collapsed.

"Whew~" the girl picked up the cleaver and swung it, slashing with a whooshing sound.

Glancing at her remaining targets, she dragged her cleaver across the ground with sparks and ran towards them like the wind.

......

"How rash of them, I didn't think we'd run into bandits." As Lin and Bella walked up the hill, Lin shook his head.

The two were followed by a swarm of knights and magicians; they had already dispatched all of the thieves on their way up the mountain, and the so-called encounter had lasted only a few moments.

"Why don't you let me fight?" Bella said, pouting her cute little mouth in displeasure.

"You can just be a cute little princess, fighting and killing is not for you," Lin replied casually.

Lin had a strange feeling about Bella right now, and he didn't want her to be exposed to too much bloody fighting.

"Rin is the worst; I don't want to talk to you." Bella averted her gaze and wore an angry expression.

Lin didn't say anything else, he just patted her head in amusement.

Rin heard a fierce fight as he approached the hideout at the top of the hill and ran up with the men.

When he entered the brightly lit hall, he noticed a delicate girl engaged in a fierce duel with a bandit, as well as a number of his decapitated friends on the floor.

To say she was frail would be a grave mistake, the cleaver in her hand shone brightly with each slash.

Her movements were so wide and full of inertia that it was as if she wasn't slashing with her blade, but rather having it swing her around, and with each swing she forcefully committed to the blow, like a berserker.

This was the kind of sight you could call “the beauty of violence”

"She's going to die if Lin doesn't help her." Bella, who was standing beside Lin, reminded him.

Lin jerked his gaze away from the girl and realized she was at a disadvantage, not an obvious one, but one slip up and she'd be dead on the spot.

"Ka-ching!"

By chance, the burly bandit parried the girl's knife, and she deftly fell back, but the bandit's large blade pursued her.

The girl was suddenly cornered and had no chance of escaping as the blow was about to land on her neck.

In the face of death she did not panic in the slightest, just stared straight into the eyes of her opponent with the utmost calm.

The sharp blade reflected a silvery glint.

Even so, she was surprised.

"Poof!"

She anticipated being struck in the neck, but what she saw was a small silver dagger impaled dead in the middle of the bandit's throat.

"Ugh..."

While covering his bleeding throat, the thief peered around the girl to see a young man standing with his hand poised to throw something at him.

"Pah!" He fell to his knees in despair, unable to stand up.

Bella gave Lin a nod of approval, "Well done, Lin, I didn't think you were hiding something."

She had always known that Lin had an ace in the hole, that he wasn't weak and powerless.

"It was just luck," Lin put the words aside and approached the girl.

Although she appeared to be Bella's age or younger—roughly fourteen or fifteen—her aura was ice cold.

Lin softly asked, "You did this?" as he cast a glance at the dead bodies lying on the ground and the villagers hiding in the corner.

The girl paused, moved back, and then turned to face Lin again while lowering her head and making a feeble nod.

She was like an ugly duckling hiding in a corner, a contrast to her well-dressed savior that could not be overlooked.

From her birth, everyone had told her that she was the lowest of the low, that she should stay in the dark and away from the rest.

Lin approached her without thinking, patted her on the head, and said, "Very good; you did well."

The girl's hair didn't give Lin a pleasant sensation, it was stiff to the touch.

Lin quickly pulled the blue glass tube from his pocket and slipped it into the girl's hand, "You have a great talent, it might help you."

Lin also took a few gold coins from his own money pouch and placed them in the girl's hands; he didn't want to give her too much because it would get her in trouble.

Lin turned around in style, turned his back on the girl, and waved his hand, saying, "We have to go, you guys should leave this place as well."

Lin simply wanted to take the girl with him because she was very talented, but he hesitated in the end.

There was not much he could do when he needed help himself.

"I... My name is..."

The girl opened her mouth to say something, but her voice was so low that Lin, let alone herself, couldn't hear it.

Clutching the object in her arms tightly, the girl knew for the first time what it felt like to cry and sob.

"My name is Shire..."

As the figure vanished, no one heard what she had said.

She lowered her head and noticed that her waist was gradually turning red.

......

"Is Lin just going to leave?"

"What am I supposed to do?"

"What a pity. She seemed to have a good impression of you."

"Not true. Drop the topic"

"Huh~ I’m telling the truth."

The caravan set off again, this time much faster, after leaving the hill with the hideout.

In the blink of an eye it was past twelve o'clock and Lin received a letter, it came in a pink envelope.

[My name is Lin Kleist, and I will be dead by the time you read this letter].

On my first day on the run, I met a very interesting little girl who had a great talent that even I had noticed.

[Unfortunately I hesitated, I didn't think I could take her with me.]

When I saw her again three years later, she had grown into a powerful being and had revealed her beauty, becoming the most beautiful Knight.

That day, she ran into battle for one man, cutting through the imperial capital and crushing a thousand soldiers with her own strength.

She was defeated by a hair's breadth and ended up dead at the age of eighteen.

[It was also that day that I learned her name ...... Shire.]

"Bella?" Lin hid the letter under the table and covered his face with one hand.

Bella: "What's wrong, Lin?"

"Let's go back."

"Back to where?"

"The forest!"

Yandere Princesses Ch13 - I’m not running away, just biding my time

Saliva only possessed disinfecting and antiseptic properties. Lin's agenda was to not waste any advantage that came from his situation.

Louise's diary said that his blood was capable of boosting one's magical affinity, the exact effects and implications of which were unclear, and for the moment, he let Bella have a taste.

But when Bella gave an intoxicated expression, he wondered a little if he went a bit too far?

By now Bella was running her small, wet tongue over Lin's fingers, licking at the cut and tingling Lin's fingers with her little fangs when she got excited.

The unusual sensation didn't annoy Lin but inspired a different kind of feeling.

"Okay, that's enough, any more and you'll suck me dry." Lin shook her arm, gesturing for Bella to let go of his finger.

She had been licking for almost a minute now, still looking unusually intoxicated, and Lin felt that if he didn't wake her up, she just might keep on licking.

"Ah~"

Bella let Lin's finger out with a disappointed expression.

She opened her small mouth and looked at Lin's finger with longing. From Lin's viewpoint, he could just see the small tongue in her mouth, and the wet, red walls of the flesh of her cheeks.

Looking at it like that, he began to miss the feel of Bella's little mouth, and even wanted to put his finger back in there and stir it some more.

"I’m going crazy!" Lin slapped his forehead with his other hand to sober himself.

Bella wiped the corner of her mouth with Lin's sleeve and said, "Lin, you must have been thinking about something weird just now?"

"No," Lin said, tilting his head.

Bella followed his gaze and smiled, "Did Lin just want to do something with my mouth?"

"No way." Lin turned his head the other way.

"By the way, if Lin and I were engaged, we could do whatever we want, everything I have would be Lin's."

Bella's eyes suddenly moved down to look between Lin's legs as an idea came upon her.

Would that be edible?

**Mind explosion.gif**

Feeling a chill crawl down his spine, Lin hurriedly pulled his legs together, and for a moment he felt a similar tension in Bella's body as he did in Louise's.

"Back on topic, did you notice anything different just now?" Lin sensibly chose to change the subject.

Bella didn't pursue it as she used her healing magic to heal Lin's wounds while answering, "Yes. The moment I ingested the blood, I felt the magic around me clearly and my own focus improved.

It gave me a feeling of surging power, and a noticeable one at that."

She said, rubbing her thighs, which had been stripped of their stockings, and said coyly: 

"My body also became sensitive, even my senses were amplified, as if ...... I was under a charm spell."

Bella's eyes sparkled with little stars, clearly, the effects of the blood hadn't worn off fully.

Lin: "......"

The odds were that the sensitivity Bella was talking about was an aphrodisiac-like effect.

What the heck was this?

Did it mean that he was a walking drug dispenser?.

Pushing Bella away, Lin held the glass tube in his hand a little further away from her, at this point Bella gave him the feeling that she would pounce and bite him at any moment.

Lin glanced at the glass tube in his hand, it had become even more unnerving with an imperceptible hint of red in its blue colour.

Blood was a renewable resource, and with the right handling he could make great use of his bodily properties, and although he couldn't practice magic himself, raising his own retinue of mages was an option.

The liquid in the glass tube he held was a mana potion he had concocted that was three times more effective than the ones currently sold outside, capable of eliminating fatigue and increasing the drinker's mental power to some extent.

The problem with it was that it could not be consumed too many times and the average person would reach their limit after three of them and would have to switch to regular mana potions.

Though powerful, it wasn’t very practical.

Perhaps rather than asking if it’s possible, asking if it should be done would be more appropriate?

This is a new question to be answered.

"Brother Lin, I have an idea!"

Bella didn't know what had come over her, but she suddenly tackled Lin to the ground and mounted him on the waist.

There was something that she had to alert Lin to.

"Forget that idea. Not happening." Lin rolled over and pinned Bella underneath.

With one hand on her wrist and a knee between her legs, it looked as if Lin had pushed the girl to the ground.

Not caring at all about Lin, who was riding her, Bella ventured, "Lin, there is a possibility that you'll learn the eighth rank of magic - blood and flesh magic."

"What's the use of me learning that......" Before the words were finished Lin had staggered in place.

His mind flashed with an idea so insane that it was beyond even his common-sense impression of insanity.

Flesh and blood magic was considered a superior magic, its effect was to regenerate wounds and recover blood, as long as it was still possible to breathe, no matter how heavy the injury was, it could bring people back from death’s door, a truly miraculous magic.

This then gave birth to a new possibility, deliberately dismembering Lin and then healing him.

It was a good thing no one in the kingdom could do this level of magic, or he might have been exploited by the king from the start.

Bella lifted her hand and tenderly touched the side of Lin's face that had stiffened a bit, 

"I hope no one ever uses this magic on you, and I hope the day when you don't use it of your own accord never comes either, so we can run away together, to a place where no one can find us, to the far corner of the world."

This time, Bella made her voice more mature and serene as well as gentle.

Naturally, she could not bear to exploit Lin in a cruel way, her wish had always been simple, it was enough just to stay by his side.

Even so, there were things that could not be avoided.

She was not as strong as her sisters and could not carry the kind of pressure they could, she just wanted to escape with Lin.

To escape to a corner of the world and forget all her troubles.

The world was too big, and too dangerous, and the more people who knew about them, the more danger Lin would be in.

Bella did not think the king could keep the secret forever, nor did she think that the king's cronies could keep it either.

She had two plans for this trip, one was to take Lin to her domain and hide him, as she had discussed with her sisters, and the other was to take him away and hide him from the world.

She was the one who came up with the second plan, but Lin was the one who made the choice.

After a moment of silence, Lin took the small hand by his face and smiled in relief, "Thank you, but there are answers that I would like to hear from them myself."

It wasn't a difficult choice for Lin.

He didn't want to run away forever, he just needed enough time to build up his strength.

Bella got out from underneath Lin, wiped the corners of her eyes, and turned her back to him, "I knew you wouldn't want to run away with me Lin. It's a shame, for a moment there I thought I'd made it."

She knew it, the Lin she liked had the kind of pride that would not let him run away.

Although he seemed rude at times, he was very handsome every time he was serious.

"Crunch!"

The rapidly moving vehicle came to a sudden stop and Lin almost fell to the ground again before he could get up.

Bella turned around and crouched in front of Lin with a bad smile, "Lin couldn't even be  handsome for three seconds before making a fool of himself, You’re still a bit too weak."

"Does Lin know where we are now?"

Bella asked herself, "The far outskirts of the Capital, the Yulan Forest, where there is a shortage of everything but bandits."

From Bella's smile, Lin could sense much bloodlust, her good nature concealed, only shown in front of him.

Yandere Princesses Ch12 - Aren’t the fireworks nice?

 "Aren’t the fireworks nice?"

Bella and Lin sat by the window, looking out at the fireworks.

The two had changed into clean clothes and opted for more casual wear.

"Before I answer, can you get off my lap?" Lin rubbed Bella's head as she sat on his lap.

Just as Lin finished the question, she moved up Lin's lap excitedly exclaiming: "No way! I'm going to make up for all the time back that those two took away from me."

With that she arched her back into Lin's chest, her eyes clearly expressing pleasure.

"Don't squirm like that!" Lin hastily held her shoulders to stop her from moving around.

Although there were still a few layers of clothing between them, the feeling of Bella bouncing around on his lap was exceptionally clear.

He was a normal man, and the embarrassment hadn't yet fully dissipated, and with her squirming like that, he was reacting again.

Bella also felt it, being pinned and surrounded in three directions by Lin.

With her little face flushed furiously and her eyes clouded, her movements, which had just been very lively, suddenly ceased.

"Lin, this is about the right time for it, so… want to be my fiance?"

As if to strengthen the impact of her words, she also gently rubbed her back against him; "This way, all my power will be yours and you will have the chance to become the new king. The other two will not be able to stand up to us at all."

Bella knew that this statement was biased, as her power was not much greater than theirs.

And once they knew Lin was engaged to her, they would become even more frantic in their actions.

But it didn't matter, for as long as she could convince Lin, she would be in the best position.

Bella's face was so flushed that it was dripping with sweat, no matter how she looked at her recent actions, she was a little too ashamed.

Parrying her advance, Lin held her in place with both hands, not giving her room to move around, "Since when did you start hitting on me?"

"When?" Bella lowered her head in thought, "It was long ago, probably the first time we met.

I felt a connection and wanted to become closer to you, so I slowly approached you and then I fell in love before I knew it..."

"What do you even know about me, really?" Lin frowned slightly.

Bella: "Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm actually very well-informed, so I know everything about Lin."

"So you want to eat me too?" Lin asked again.

"Mmm, yes, but my hunger might be a bit different from my sisters...... 

They want the other part of Lin~" Bella lowered her head and licked Lin's arm.

Lin: "...... I need that part…."

Bella: "Mmmmmm, I know."

Pressured to move, she folded, not daring to move. "Lin doesn’t like me?"

Confirming her hunch, Lin shook his head, "It's not that I don't like you, I just think everything is moving too fast. So much has happened today that I can't fit any more thoughts in my head."

"So Lin can get engaged to me first, try it out, and if it doesn't work out for you then break it off."

Bella turned her head to stare into Lin's eyes, "Just say yes, big bro, it's my lifelong dream~"

She put on a pitiful look and squeezed out a few teardrops from the corners of her eyes, transforming into a pitiful girl who was crying in a matter of moments.

"Dang!"

Lin flicked the top of Bella's head with his finger as he let go of her, releasing her from his lap, "Let's talk about it later, don't try to take advantage of the situation."

He didn't answer, it wasn't a question that could be answered so simply.

Lin looked up at the flickering fire of the palace in the distance and thought of Louise and Elena, wondering what had become of them.

He did not know if Louise really wanted to eat him.

He couldn't understand Elena's tangled feelings either. Looking into her eyes, he would feel a twinge of heartache himself.

Bella rubbed her forehead as she guessed what was on Lin's mind and said, "Don't worry about them, in this case, they are the hunters, and father is the prey.

Tonight is only the beginning of the storm, and who knows how rough it will get."

As someone in the know, Bella realized how terrifying Lin's blessing really was, it was something that would make anyone's heart flutter.

At the moment the people who knew about it were only a few nobles, but if word ever got out......

So Louise and the girls were looking beyond the kingdom, further afield. That was why they had plucked Lin away from the mess.

As long as they all believed that Lin had disappeared along with the king, then the storm would remain away from him.

"Also," Lin stretched and went over to the two wooden chests.

He opened one of them and fetched some bottles and jars, setting them down on the table.

Bella saw this and rushed over, "I've been meaning to ask, but why is Lin always tinkering with these strange things?"

"Partly interested, partly trying to find solutions I guess, I think I have a talent for magic."

After making the main things were brought along, Lin opened a bottle of blue glass and asked Bella who was standing next to him; "Speaking of, do you know what the Sacred Heart is? I've never heard of it."

Bella said, "I know that the legend has it that the empress of a neighboring country has one in her possession. It not only enhances one's magical power but also allows one to break through their limits and cultivate their power much faster."

Lin: "......"

Next to the kingdom was an exceptionally powerful empire called the Yates Empire.

Its power was dozens of times greater than theirs, and if not for a peace treaty between them, they would have been swallowed up long ago.

Legend has it that the new empress of Yates is not only very young and beautiful but also very capable and that she has modernized the empire on her own, taking all the responsibility onto herself.

As an extremely powerful figure, she was not a presence to be trifled with.

"Bella, do you think it's possible for us to get the Sacred Heart?" Lin asked in a deep voice.

“Do you have a cold, Lin?" Bella reached out with her hand to feel Lin's forehead and the temperature felt normal.

"Hey, I just said that without thinking, I'm not crazy." Lin sighed as he put the bold thought aside.

Bringing a small knife from the table, Lin cut his fingertip in front of Bella's shocked gaze.

"Lin, what are you doing!" Bella panicked and tried to come over and grab the pocket knife from Lin's hand.

"I'm just practicing alchemy," Lin replied calmly as he dripped the blood from his finger into the glass tube containing the blue liquid.

Now that he knew for sure he was special, he couldn't just do nothing.

For Lin, the question of how to make the most of his strengths was a new fruitful prospect.

Bella watched the scene with heartache, so much so that it made her... drool.

Drooling is a creature's instinct in the face of temptation, and Bella herself couldn't hold back her urge, yet her heartache was real.

Lin saw the change in Bella after dripping some blood and said forcefully, "Bella, open your mouth."

"??" With confusion, Bella obediently parted her pink lips.

Disregarding her dismayed expression, Lin shoved his finger roughly into Bella's mouth and said with an expressionless face, "Suck it, it will boost your magical power."

Bella was just about to complain that Lin was being rough, but the next second she gave in into the temptation.

It tastes so good~

At this time, Bella somewhat understood why her sisters were so obsessed and conflicted with their feelings for Lin.

Authors note: (Thank you all for your support, it's reassuring to have new people catch-up to the story, this book is something that I poured my heart into and I'm sure you will enjoy it.)