Next Frontie

The Heaven Princess: Chapter 3: Next Frontie

「nnhm.....? Where is this place?」 I woke up in an unfamiliar room, a pretty comfortable one. A room with a chandelier and a fire place, I was lying on a comfortable bed too,
「You're finally awake, swordsman」 A lady with a long white hair that was tied up like Amane. Her eyes was dark red and gives out a cool and sharp feeling just from looking
at it. She was wearing a white Y-shirt with short sleeves and she has a blue short necktie, her skirt is absurdly long that it reaches the ground.
「Who?」 I tried to raise my guard up but when I tried to move, my body sends pain all over my body.
「Consider trying not to move」 She closed the book she was reading , her voice sounds calm and cool too,
「I'll take on your offer.」 I rested down on the bed again and tried to sleep once again,
「By the way, before you sleep again, My name is Tiea Frontie and your partner is fine by the way」 She reported me about Amane's condition after she introduced herself. I could sleep peacefully for now, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

3 Weeks Ago

「Are you sure that this is the right way to Next Frontie?」 I covered my eyes using my arm because of the unexpected blizzard in the middle of Spring.
「I am pretty sure that this is the right way」 Amane replied to me while covering her eyes and struggling to walk,
「Aren't you cold?」 She asked me,
「Are you cold?」 I answered with a question,
「A little bit」 She replied to me and I immediately took off my red scarf then gave it to Amane.
「Thank you」She wore the scarf and she looked a bit warm for now,
「How about you?」She asked again,
「I'm fine, don't worry about it」I answered her.

We walked aimlessly in the middle of the blizzard and it was a surprise that Amane still haven't lose her consciousness yet because this coldness is something a normal human can endure. While we were walking in the middle of the strong blizzard, a problem appeared,
「Are we slipping down?」I asked Amane if she feel that we were slipping down,
「Eh? we are!!!!」Amane grabbed me and since she was the one who first slip down so I slipped too. I have no problem with just slipping down but we didn't just slipped, we were falling in to a giant hole after we slipped.
「Amane, hold tight!」 I grabbed Amane's hand and hugged her to embrace the impact. When we landed on the ground covered with deep snow, we were found by Tiea's right hand man Lica. Fortunately, they helped us and now we are inside Tiea's castle.

5 weeks later, Tiea's Castle Guest Room (Haru's Room)

Vision Change ~ Amane Vision ~

「Haru hasn't woken up yet?」 I asked Tiea if Haru have awaken yet but it didn't seem like it. Tiea told me that Haru woke up once but went back to sleep once again and haven't woken up since.
「All he does was look like he is in the great nightmare」 Tiea closed the book she was reading.
「I wonder what kind of nightmare he is having?」I pondered out loud. Right after I said what I was thinking, Haru jumped up from his bed and drew out a gun sword out of nowhere then pointed it at the wall. His facial expression looked like he was angry at somehing or someone in his dream. When he opened his eyes, the gun sword he pulled out, suddenly disappeared.
「Good morning」 He faced towards us with a smile on his face.
「Are you fine now, swordsman?」 Tiea asked Haru about his condition,
「I'm completely fine now」He answered Tiea energetically. I want to ask him many things but there is one important thing I need to do,
「Haru.....I'm sorry for losing your important scarf!」I bowed down and apologized to Haru,
「Eh? you lost my scarf?」His happy expression was lost right after I told him that I lost his scarf,
「Don't worry about it」 He smiled again,
「Really?.........」He looks like if I bring up the scarf again, he will be sad so I just accepted his answer but I will make sure that I will repay him something even better!

To be continued in Chapter 4: Blitzfeuer

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