She returned to the camp and made her way to the pharmacy. She wanted to be distracted so she wouldn't think about Luan's words. Only after she arrived Yavan approached her with a wide smile and his expression made her raise her brows with questions.
Then followed by Marvick, Ike, and Arno and both thanked and congratulated her for succeeding in saving General Luan. They sat together and everyone's expression tensed while others became serious while Ike's face covered with worries.
The reason was tomorrow soldiers were going to face the battlefield and the winner would be determined from tomorrow's war. Them as doctors knew their roles but still, they couldn't stop worrying after all the winner would take the other's kingdom.
But to Radella was a moment she waited a lot and started to think how she could join the battlefield.
"Radella" Marvick called when he noticed Radella's expression "Aren't you scared?"
The others fixed their attention to her and wondered why Marvick asked such a strange question especially to a girl.
"I am" shortly she answered
Marvick wished to say she didn't seem like one but Yavan interrupted "Don't be, I'm here" he hit his chest "And nothing bad will happen to you"
"You don't look scared" said Ike
Those who thought the same including Arno nodded.
"Maybe... I don't want to. I thought won't be of any help" Camly answered
"People die there" a little frustrated with her indifference Ike said and got up heading outside
Yavan sighed "His brother died in the war, so he is little..."
"I understand" She said
But not long Ike returned and hastily informed "General is here"
Her heart skipped because both Generals were a pain to her and worse of all the brats who she never understood.
Both of them got out and there they faced the man on the horse who grinned widely and confused them. They bowed slightly paying respect
"Don't be stressed I'm in a good mood thanks to her. Radella, come with me" Saying that he pointed at the horse beside him
Looking at that Radella felt a deja Vu. She just came from abandoning Luan from the same situation and now Ernesto suggested the same thing.
"I have told you I am in a good mood so don't ruin it" he said with a smile but only a fool couldn't understand was a threat
With no choice, she walked and hopped on the horse. "Follow me!"
She sighed then she started the horse following Ernesto. She followed him finding herself leaving the camp. Soon they arrived at the empty field where a temporary pavilion was made and were chairs and a table of foods.
Servants who prepared everything seeing him stepped and stood far from them. Watching the scene her brows raised.
He jumped from the horse and waited for her to do the same. After both were down he told her to follow him and went into the pavilion sitting on chairs.
"Here are all the best food in our kingdom which only nobles can afford."
She stared at him enough to create a hole. "Why are we here, General?"
He shrugged "To know each other better"
"I never had such plans"
"You should... From now on." He took a cup and drank liquor
'These princes are weirdo'
"I looked into your background" simply he said
Radella tensed for a moment. Not like she wasn't prepared for such a thing and the reason she never bothered to change her name. She wanted her revenge to carry her true identity. But for all people to be him made her uneasy.
"Now that I know you are from Ruwana and a rebel to that my thoughts about you changed. What is this?" He put his hand down his chin "We are similar in some way. I have seen it in your eyes the day we fought"
Her eyes darkened "What else you know"
"Your father wanted to take the throne of his brother. It's a pity he failed and those who suffered were his family. However, I heard his cunning daughter succeeded in escaping with the father of his wife who was a general at that. And turned out that famous daughter is alive and near me all the time. Leave that I haven't brought you here to talk about your past..."
One of the servants walked and put a box on the table near her. Her mood was already ruined and in her mind, she was prepared for a battle right here and now only to receive who knows what.
The servant opened the box to reveal something shining bright and gold. Radella lowered her eyes to the stunning sword and she stood up.
She recognized the sword because once belonged to her father. She raised her eyes to Ernesto. "How you got this?"
"Who am I? Getting a sword from such a small kingdom is a peace of cake. I would have taken over it if not for my father's test"
She was bewildered.
"That is my gift for treating my brother and a sign of our alliance"
Radella didn't bother to pay attention to his words and her eyes glued on the sword. If he was capable of taking something under the king's possession how powerful he was?
Later on, she returned to the camp and she sat in her tent staring at her father's blade. Everyone thought he tried to rebel but she knew better wasn't true. That damn king feared him and wanted to eliminate her father and what a good reason would be than framing a royal subject as a traitor.
"You will pay with your blood!" She swore as her hand tightened the handle