The Crown Prince Thinks I'm a Guy

The Bandits' Ambush

*BANG!*

"Was that them?" Prince Clement asked while he was shielded by Norman. Thankfully, I was included inside the body shield.

I peeked from under Norman's beastly arms. The carriage had been hit by a fire blast. There was now a hole on the left side of the carriage.

"Wow," I muttered in awe. "I wonder how hot a fire is needed to melt the sides of a royal carriage, while maintaining the stability of the carriage itself?"

Thankfully, Norman didn't seem to have heard me. My brother did, though. His golden brows went up and he answered me, "It was probably a Steady Meteor. It's an advanced fire magic that releases a slow moving ball of fire. The stronger the mage, the higher the temperature the ball."

I nodded in understanding. "So that means someone wants us alive, but still wants us exposed to danger. Normunculus, make sure you protect your liege. I suspect a competent mage-warrior will enter our carriage to steal or hurt the prince."

Norman heard me this time and gaped at me in shock, which promptly annoyed me. "Focus, guard! Do your duty well!"

At that, and a firm look from the prince, the shapeshifter brought us behind him and faced the open wall, stance ready for a fight.

I started thinking. 'Is it really this easy?' I though in worry.

Would the prince really have been injured if Norman was actually inside the carriage with him? How was that even possible? If I were the enemy, where would I attack? Where...

I looked at the gaping hole in front of us. It seems so obvious a sign that someone would try entering from there... What if...

'Shit!' I thought, suddenly looking at Prince Clement beside me. There was a ripple in the air behind him. 'Invisibility!'

I screamed, and not really thinking about what I was about to do, I hurled myself at my brother's chest and pushed him down. We fell onto the ground, and then we heard a grunt right under us.

I just made us fall on top of the invisible guy! But, thankfully, my rash action had broken his concentration, and he was now fully visible.

"Norman!" I shouted, and right as I finished it, the beast had already grabbed unto the man's neck and pulled him from under us.

"Who the hell are you, and what do you think you're trying to do with the second prince?" Norman growled and his whole aura, already terrifying, grew even more ominous. I saw the man's robes start to get wet from down under.

"Uh oh..." I found myself muttering. "Someone's wet his pants-ies!"

The man didn't even hear me, and he only trembled in front of the hideous guard beast.

"I... I was ordered... ordered only!" he whimpered, already tearing up in fright.

"BY WHOM!?'" Norman continued in a deep growl and finished with a sharp-toothed bite at the air in front of the poor man.

He wailed like a child. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!"

I sighed, actually feeling pity at the man. Anyway, I knew he wasn't here to murder the prince and only hurt him. But, still...

"Alright, Norman. Kindly keep the intimidation at the bare minimum," Prince Clement told the guard. "We don't want him to die from fright before he could tell us information, don't we?"

I nodded. "Also, we should hurry this up. We don't know if this is their last attack."

Norman then tried his best to look less scary, but it was no good. In fact, when he tried smiling, he looked so incredibly like the Demon God Nyxus that the poor man fainted right then and there. I had to giggle a bit.