The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 266. Confusion, Reunion

                                                                      John Ericsson's Point Of View

/BAM!/

I fired my Holy Arrow at the God in my crosshairs. The loud sound of the arrow taking off was strange since the smaller arrows never made that type of sound, but regardless, the arrow flew into the sky. While it was fast, I knew that the God Of The Blackwood would be able to dodge the arrow at this speed. I'd like to make sure that doesn't happen.

/BOOM!/

The first boost activated, the sound was even louder than when I released the arrow. It was like a gun shot. I watched as the arrow continued to travel towards the roots of those black vines that are holding the girls. Just as the arrow seemed to hit the vines, the God dodged, but I planned on that.

/BOOM!/

/ SNAP!/

With the flame boosters still attached to the arrows, I knew I could fire off another blast of fire to change the direction of the arrow, sure it took up a lot of mana, but now, they're finally free from his grasp. Now to go grab them while that guy is trying to make sense of everything.

" Okay! Sarah! Anna! Let's go! Barrier!"

I quickly summon multiple Barriers to catch the hostages I make their shapes into something resembling a slide in a playground, it might be a little rough on the girls, but it's better than being captured by that asshole. The girls slide down, Sarah ends up grabbing Gasha and Tana, Anna ended up with Lady Cindy and I ended up catching Princess Alice. I could tell that she seemed to be shell-shocked by the sudden situation. She kept her face buried in my chest; I was holding her like how my parents would carry me to bed when I was a kid. I remembered that it was comfortable, I hope I'm not hurting her... I feel her tail wagging just fine.  What did that bastard do to her!? I hope she'll be okay. Oh! Maybe because it's me, a guy holding her... I should apologize.

" Sorry it was me who grabbed you, Princess Alice, but we really didn't get to choose who fell towards us, I summoned those Barriers hap-"

She... She put her finger on my lip? Is my apology not enough? What am I going to do? This can be a serious incident if Sarah can't calm her down... Would King Alan even be willing to listen to my side of the story? Wait... We need to beat the God Of The Blackwood first. Hm? She's picking her face up finally. She... She's just looking at me? Why is she just staring at me? I could tell from small windows where her dark brown hair wasn't in the way of my eyes that her red eyes were staring at me, it's like she's thinking about something... Did I do something so bad I can't apologize for it? Royalty is so confusing! After she finished thinking, she brought her face closer to me and then moved to my right ear. What is she doing?

" Don't call me " Princess" anymore... Just call me Alice. Then I'll forgive you."

She whispered into my ear? Why is she acting like this? She moved her head back to the original position. What is with that look in her eyes. Either way, I can't just call a foreign Princess by her name without her title. I need to tell her that, otherwise I'll be seen as rude. Plus, I need to make this fast, since we're rapidly approaching the ground.

" Princess Ali-"

She put her finger against my lips again. I looked at her with deep confusion.

" No, not Princess, just Alice. Do it..."

She looks so different right now... Her eyes fully convey that she really wants me to call her by name, it's like her eyes by themselves are begging me to do it. We were still falling out of the sky, but we're now quite close to the ground, it'll be fine since I had a plan for it. Still though, I need to explain it to her.