The Reincarnated Royalty

Chapter - 53

Everything was going just as they planned. Sky and Claire were on the battlefield with their shining armor and weapons. Jake was ahead of them holding the whole troop in a certain attack formation. James was on his way deep into the woods. He was going to invade Sinsila once again but this time he was all alone. They all knew that this is very risky and wanted to change this plan but James himself told them to continue. "I hope he makes it out alive." Claire said. "Don't worry, Queen...he will come back." Jake said and looked behind at her. "But I cannot say in which condition." He continued and looked back in the front.

James was on his horse, going on the maximum speed. He wanted to reach as far as he could in the shortest amount of time. "Oh no..." The words left his mouth when he saw a lot of soldiers coming from the front. "So King Kevin already had it planned." He swiftly changed his route and tried to increase his horse's pace. 

He again saw soldiers on the other route too. He hissed and again changed his route. He thought that this time he will finally be able to escape from there but then once he saw a whole troop standing ahead of him. He looked in all directions but there was no other way left for him. He was completely surrounded from all sides by the troops except for one but it too had a river.

He thought for a few seconds and leaned on his horse. "We can do it." He patted his horse's head and took a few steps back and then launched forward making a long jump over that river. His horse stumbled a little but finally managed to land on the other shore. He again patted that horse's head. "Good job."

He was running on his horse once again and this time he was confident to find a way but then he had to abruptly stop his horse right there as he realized that he was on the top of a really high cliff and there was a dead end ahead of him. He tried to turn around and go back but then he saw those troops approaching him. He sighed heavily and took out his swords. "I have no other choice then." He got off his horse and sent it away in a different direction.

The troops reached there and got off their horses too. "The King's orders are to capture him alive, he needs him for his personal reasons." He heard one of them say. "He wants him to know about all the secret attacks of the Queen of Andria and the Prince of Philaria." He heard the other one say and smirked. "You are going to fight all of us, alone? You are making me laugh now." One of them mocked him and let out a small chuckle.

"I can make you laugh in happiness but I can also make you cry in pain, so beware of whom you are messing with."

James said and leapt forwards slashing that soldier's neck in a swift blow. All the other soldiers surrounding him felt chills run down their spines as he just killed their leader, the most powerful among them. "How dare you!?" Another soldier yelled and marched towards him only to be slashed by him as well.

They all stepped back in fear. "What happened now? Are you all suddenly scared of me? Didn't you just say that your King needs me alive because he needs to take information out of me. Why aren't you following his orders?" He asked them with a smirk. "We will not disappoint our majesty." One of them said and said a few things to motivate the others. James just stood there listening to all of his speech. "That was surely a long speech, you will be a great court man..." He said and slashed his sword through that soldier's body. "Only if you stay alive..." He completed his sentence and took out his sword.

Here Julia was inside the castle of Andria and hundreds of soldiers were all set to protect her and Prince Theron along with that astronomer lady if anything dangerous approaches them. Julia was looking out of the window with her heart beating at an abnormal rate. Her hairs were covering her face and she seemed to be in a deep thought. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew revealing her wearing her old eye patch.

"I was wrong, it is not my new identity but just a version of me which I decided to make my identity."
"But from now on I will embrace this scar because it too is a part of me."
"The next time I will ever wear this cloth will be on your death, Kevin."
"I know that day will come soon."

"That day has finally came, I know for sure that Prince Sky and Claire will win...even at the costs of their own life...they will win for good." She said and clenched the little piece of her dress. "I know that I might not be able to see any of you again but...I...can't accept this fact that you all are going to leave so early." Tears started to build up in her eyes but she controlled herself. "But no matter what happens, I will make sure to not let your sacrifices go waste." She looked at Theron who was playing with that lady. "I will raise him as a powerful ruler who will keep your names alive....forever."

James was panting heavily and was standing at the very edge of the cliff. He had killed almost half of those soldiers but now his body was not listening to him at all. One of them came and put his sword on his neck. "I can kill you right here, right now but unfortunately we have to capture you alive." He said and dug that sword deeper. James smirked and all of them looked at him in a confused manner. 

FLASHBACK

All of them were once again revising their war strategy. "Are you sure you can do this, James?" Sky asked him with worry clearly visible in his eyes. "Yes." James replied with an emotionless face. "This might cost your life." Claire said to him. "I can do it." He replied to her. Jake came and put his hand on his shoulder. "Do your best." He said to her and James nodded at him. 

"I'm asking you one last time, can you really do it if the time comes? Can you really kill yourself for the sake of justice if the situation tells you to do so? Claire asked him. "If my friend can kill herself just for the sake of her loyalty and justice then I can also do the same." James said and looked at her directly in the eyes. Determination was clearly visible in his eyes with no fear of death at all.

*****

James pushed that soldier away and waved his hand at those soldiers. "I'll make sure to rest in peace after this." He said and jumped off that cliff. Those soldiers hurried and tried to catch him but it was too late. He was already free falling from that huge cliff. He had a huge smile on his face but tears in his eyes as well. "Did I finally do something right, Kylie?" He asked himself and closed his eyes awaiting his death.

He opened his eyes to find himself in a blank space with white light surrounding him. He looked around to find nothing but emptiness. "What is this place?" He asked himself and tried to stand up but he felt as if all his bones were broken and he was not able to move at all. "You finally did it." He heard a voice and looked in the front to see Kylie's faint shadow.

"Kylie?!" He was shocked to see her. "I am proud of you, my friend." She said and gave him a little smile. "Was I finally worth something?" He asked her with desperation in his eyes. "Yes." She gave him a little nod. "I hope that I will get to see you again in our next life too." She said to him. "Yes, I also wish the same." James smiled at her and she slowly started to fade away.

*****

James once again opened his eyes only to see himself in that library. He looked to his side and saw Kevin's unconscious body. He began shaking him to wake him up. "Hey buddy, wake up!" He said but Kevin was not budging at all. "James?" Kylie heard him and came to him. "Kylie?" It was a little uncomfortable for him to look at her after what he just saw in that long dream. He slowly stood back up and went near the window and saw the others present there too. "Hello guys..."

*****

"Jake! Lead the troop formation! Now!" Claire ordered and raised her sword signaling them to launch their attack. She looked at Sky and he gave her a small nod. "Let's do this." He said and they both rode their horses along with the rest of the troop.

"We have to win this fight."