Book 1: Chapter 13
“Your highness! Your highness! Ah…”
An imperial guard woke me up as though a fire had broken out. I opened my eyes while trying to distinguish left-from-right, top-from-bottom when I saw him standing in front of me in a very awkward manner. Someone was on top of me. Let me correct myself there. There was someone lying next to me, and had me locked in her embrace with her long white leg boldly wrapped around my waist.
Lucia’s head was placed on my neck, and I could feel her slow and steady breath on my skin, while She locked me tightly in her embrace with her arms. No wonder I had dream of a whale squashing me. To be fair, the way she embraced me wasn’t a problem, since we were engaged anyway, and sleeping together wasn’t an issue either. The problem though, was that there were bits of clothing tossed to the side of my bed. Lucia must’ve returned in the early morning, somersaulted into my room, stripped herself, and then jumped into my bed…
If she were sleeping with her clothes on, we wouldn’t have a problem, but she’s sleeping naked so we’ve got a massive problem! This guard has seen what shouldn’t be seen, so I could have him executed for it. He turned around, knelt down and said: “I deeply apologise, your highness! I had something urgent to report, so I stormed in right after I knocked! I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! I’ll leave now!”
I stretched my hand out to stop him and struggled to get Lucia off me. I covered her with the blanket and said: “Wait… Don’t you have an urgent matter to report? What is it? Go ahead and tell me. Don’t worry, I’m not angry. It’s urgent, so do tell me.”
“Understood… Thank you, your highness! Umm… Well… Our recon unit has discovered that the situation concerning the Earth Dragons may have gotten troublesome. Based on their movements, and the fact that they are coming together, we suspect that they plan to attack the capital by attacking the West city walls.”
“Why would they attack the walls of our capital? They’re not soldiers… Wait… The holy spring…”
The holy spring is located in the inner parts of the imperial palace and is heavily guarded. Normally, not even I would be allowed to enter without a legitimate reason. They must be looking for a better habitat after having theirs destroyed. They’ve set their eyes on the holy spring. The holy spring is nature’s gift, but it’s also the source of power for elves, so we can’t let them destroy it.
I pondered it for a moment. Why did the Earth Dragons start preparing for an attack today of all days? They’ve been roaming the Black Forest up to now as they usually do, which gave me time to make my own preparations. But judging by the current situation, it looks like we’ll have to hurry and set out. The only location where I’ll have a chance of killing them is the canyon located in the Black Forest.