The sword princess' tale

Volume 4 Chapter 12 - After I Overslept...

...so pleasant.

Drowsiness hit me and I fell asleep like log. In fact, it's so good to laze around and sleeping without care. Unfortunately, my body isn't allowing me with-

*growl......* Thus it sounded like. My tummy is.

...I'm hungry. Just how long did I sleep to hear it with my own ears? Even the growling sound feels like it's stretched for a dozen seconds. Ugh... I guess I overslept.

Should I wake up? But... it feels wasteful. When have I ever slept without a nightmare? Even if I didn't have one, I couldn't keep sleeping due to my strict schedule as well as restlessness.

Yes... it feels horrible. To be roused from peaceful slumber. Is this what dragons feel when being disturbed from their sleep? No wonder they got angry at heroes, demons or gods.

But... should I? Or should I not?? ...mh... fine. I'll wake up and open my eyes a tiiiiny bit-

"Growl." A lizard growled right in front of me.

".......ah." I let out a sound.

And... that's a stupid mistake I've just done. I was suddenly reminded of the Hermit's lesson and it sounded like this.

Takeru's lesson #99: If you're seen on the ground in front of a ferocious beast, act dead and don't make sound!

"Roar!"

"Uwawaah!?"

I jumped like a baseball player trying to touch the home base out of reflex. My body slid over the hard floor.

Ouch! It hurts! Even so... I saved myself from the bite of the lizard. Yet, when I turned around, the beast had a glimmer of gold between the rows of his fangs...

"Ah!? My... my hair!?" I gasped as a portion of the side bangs was bitten off extremely roughly!

Damn it! Don't you know that hair is equal to woman's life!? This guy lacks delicacy!!

"Wait, that's not the point!" I did a self-retort and quickly changed the gears in my head.

An enemy...? A monster? But how is this possible? The lizard was growling on top of the stone bed, displaying ferocious intent to predate. He seemed to be on guard, probably after noticing my evasive maneuver with an addition of its failure.

But. What the hell is going on? Even the prison bars were twisted around... Did something-

"Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhh!!"

A scream?! Me and the lizard gazed up due to the extreme loud sound. Accompanying it was the faint sounds of clashing steels, howls of beasts and frantic shouts of people.

Considering how the prison is below the ground, I think chaos exists above. Just what is happening?

I shook my head and found the lizard pouncing on me again. I dodged and moved towards the narrow corridor. Prompting myself to escape only to find a gruesome sight.

The prisoners were all fighting against the monsters!

Some running away, some having hard fight and red rose bloomed all over the place, painting the interior with hellish impression. Casualties emerged from both sides but the monsters are numbering twice the amount of the prisoners!

"Rooooaaarrr!!" The lizard inside my cell howled.

Oh no, the rest who have nothing to do are looking here!! I infused aura to the sole of my feet and dashed through the chaos.

What is fortunate for me is that I'm not restrained by magic restraining tools! The only problem back then was only the wardens who were definitely a league beyond me, and Kata-san was one heck of a tough nut to crack.