Morning Dew's

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Someone appeared behind Yuki quickly and pulled Yuki's clothes on the back, making Yuki take a few steps back. Stay away from snakes that keep throwing in pain.

"Stupid, if you shut up. You'll be doomed by the snake's impact" grumbled the person who pulled Yuki taut.

Slowly, the movement of the snake in front of them slowed down.

"Daughter Yuki..." Prince Arana appears along with his three warriors. He carried a sword in his hand. Seemed surprised when he saw the huge snake in front of Yuki.

Prince Arana quickly approached Yuki. "Daughter Yuki are you okay ?"

Yuki shook her head. But his face still showed a fairly large look of fear.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to say there's a snake nest nearby. I should have escorted the Princess earlier" Prince Arana said regretfully.

"Daughter of Yuki Orrie Olwrendho. I'm right, aren't I ?" 

Yuki turned to a man who had become her help. The man with the burly body and brown skin was sunburned. Her hair was long, jet black. He is almost the same age as Prince Riana. The man looked at Yuki from toe to toe.

"Who are you ?" Prince Arana asked in a watchful tone, while shifting his body to block the man's gaze at Yuki.

"It turns out to be true, it is an honor to meet the Princess who is contested by two regents from a large country, which almost raises the battle of two countries"

The man stood up with his pride. Staring at Prince Arana with a defiant attitude. "As a bodyguard, you suck. Letting your master walk alone in the woods and barely eat a snake. Luckily I was hunting around here. Otherwise, now your beautiful daughter would have ended up in a snake's belly"

"Is that really Princess ?" Prince Arana asked still with a cautious attitude.

"Yes but the part almost in eating the snake was too excessive" Yuki argued quickly.

"Excessive ?. Do we need to prove by repeating that scene again"

"No way" Yuki said directly with a pouting face.

The man in front of her smiled mockingly as he looked at Yuki with strange sparkling eyes. Makes Yuki even more upset. 

"Greetings to Princess Yuki, introduce my name Rafael. I'm a hunter in the area"

"Greetings to Rafael.."

"You can just call me Rafael" Rafael interrupted quickly cutting off Yuki's remarks.

"Alright" Yuki replied in defeat. "Greetings to Rafael. I don't need to introduce myself because you already know me. The four of them are the soldiers who escort me" 

Yuki doesn't know who Rafael is. But for sure, Rafael knows who Yuki is. So Yuki must be careful that the identity of Prince Arana is not revealed.

"It's a surprise to meet the Princess here. If you see the situation, it seems like the Princess ran away from the kingdom to come here. Because there is no way Sera Madza of Argueda will let the woman he loves run the risk of coming here. Likewise Riana Bardansah would not likely let her future queen just come"

Yuki silence. She does not need to explain to Rafael that Yuki is no longer the Queen Candidate of Prince Riana.

"Who are you ?" Prince Arana asked, reacting quite loudly to Rafael's words. Yuki swiftly restrained Prince Arana's arm and pulled him back.

Yuki knows, it's better to take Prince Arana away before he's lured. So Yuki immediately turned around while pulling Prince Arana to follow him.

"I thank you for your help, Mr. Rafael. We'll excuse you first" Yuki said goodbye.

But Yuki's steps stopped when a long sword thrust Rafael into Yuki's neck. Prince Arana spontaneously raised his sword and put it back on Rafael's neck with a menacing look.

"It's very rude to just leave. By the way you must want to go to the Rashamsah Country. Do you guys know how to get in there ?" Asked Rafael indifferently.

"What do you want ?" Tanya Yuki was careful.

"I'm offering you guys a partnership"

"Cooperation ?" Yuki asked confusedly.

"Actually, I and my group are having trouble entering the land of Rashamsah, because of their tightened guard lately. Of course, you will also have the same fate as Us even through a detour though. If the Princess is willing to cooperate, we can easily enter the country"

"Let down your sword" said Rafael, removing Prince Arana's sword from his neck. He himself had already sheathed his sword when he saw Yuki was interested in his offer.

"What kind of cooperation do you want ?" Tanya Yuki was curious.

"If you're interested, let's talk about everything in my camp" Rafael asked as he approached the dead snake. Yuki suspects that there is poison in the arrow fired by Rafael, so the snake dies. Yuki turned his gaze quickly, when he saw Rafael slashing the snake's neck.

"What are you doing ?" Tanya Yuki was disgusted. The rancid smell from the snake's blood made Yuki feel nauseous.

With indifference Rafael cut the snake's body into pieces and put it in the sack he was carrying. Three friends emerged from the trees and took the sack away.

"I am a Princess Hunter. So what do I do other than hunt for food. This snake will be a delicious dinner for us today" Rafael said when he saw Yuki's reaction. "So How ?. You guys come with me to camp or spend the night here with the other snakes waiting ?"

Prince Arana disagrees. His jaw was tightly clenched. He looked at Yuki to warn. But Yuki thought otherwise. The cooperation offered by Rafael may be useful to shorten their time. This partnership can be very profitable. Moreover, They do not have any support or assistance that makes it easier for them to accomplish Their mission. There were only five of them, with no proper preparation.

Their initial plan was to find a way to enter the Rashamsah Land without being discovered. Then headed towards the Capital, infiltrating into the palace to find a way to save Princess Magitha and Queen Warda.

But they have no specific plan for each of their missions.

Prince Arana himself once told Yuki, it is very difficult to break through the border using ordinary lines. They had to go round through a mountain that was rarely climbed by people and a threatening abyss. The risk of passing through the path is very large, and the time needed is also very long.

Princess Magitha and Queen Warda had been four months in captivity of King Trandem.

Yuki is very worried about their circumstances, especially the health of Queen Warda. If they had a way to get faster into the Rashamsah region, without going through the risk-ridden rugged mountains. Why not try it ?.

Isn't that how they are faster to help Queen Warda and Princess Magitha ?.