Chapter 4: Roka-hime

Chapter 4: Roka-hime

The New Section

On the carriage ride over I ask the king for the blessing, he agrees. 

We arrive.

I see massive trenches all over. Some sections have huge concrete pipes already inside, some outside. I notice a few faint blue lights from certain trenches, a bit behind each trench's progress as we observe from above.

I see dirt flying by itself to the side of the trench. I notice the king asking the

head assistant:

"Where"

He points. I look. This trench seems to be moving waaaay faster then the others. I also notice a bunch of big musclehead guys running up and down some scaffolding that is moving a bit slower then the pace of the trench's progress. We move closer. When I look down I see a young woman, yellow hardhat, black dirty coat, pants and wait are those combat boots. 

Her pickaxe is moving at super speed as she digs like a demon, like the dirt killed her parents or something. I notice some not so muscular men collapsed behind her. One of them has his hand reaching out toward her pleading, looking like he wants to cry. The other men look like their spirits are about to leave their bodies.

"Please princess, no more, I beg of you!"

Huh!? princess, her. I look at the king and point down towards her. He just looks at me sighs puts his hands up shrugging his shoulders and shakes his head. 

I turn back to look at her. She stopped and turned toward the men. That's when I notice she has a white bandage wrapping her chest. I focus on her then I use my appraise skill on her. It seemed like she was just about to tell those men off, she was even pointing at them. 

The second I activate the skill, she turns, looks over toward me. She seems cross. I try to focus my attention on her status. 

A Pickaxe comes flying past my head at mach speed. 

I hear her clicking her tounge as I fall on my ass. 

The head assistant helps me up. That was seriously scary! Ah! the status screen is gone. It seems like you must have the person in your view in order to read their status. 

I look over the edge again. She's down there staring straight at me her hands facing down in fists baring her teeth like she's growling at me. Her hardhat fell off revealing her black hair in a ponytail. I notice the king step up right next to me looking down. She looks over holding her hand over her forehead like she's blocking the sun, focusing on the king. 

"Ah!" 

She exclaims as she takes off at full speed toward the scaffolding, running up it leaving a dust cloud in her wake. I follow her dash dumbstruck. When she reaches the top she screeches to a halt, fixes her posture then starts running toward us with her hands outstretched facing her palms downwards, like she's hopping innocently towards us smiling. Much slower this time. I can almost see the flowers behind her smile. She stops in front of the king.

"Honorable father, who might this gentleman be?"

She gestures towards me.

"Sir Kaijuu Ryu"

"The Hero?... which one was he again?"

She taps her chin, looking upwards thinking

"From the Shadow forest incident"

"Ah!... and who did he choose? I'll start preparing my bridesmaid dress immediately and--"

The king stops her by holding up his hand. She looks up.

"You"

"What about me?"

She points innocently at her face.

"He chose you."

She looks at me confused then back at her father then back again

"WHAT SERIOUSLY!"

She jumps back crossing her hands in front of her body like she wants to defend herself.

"Roka! You're being rude." 

The king looks over to me.

"Please excuse my daughter Sir Kaijuu"

He's waving his hand in front of his face.

She takes another step back gesturing Shanon over. Holds up her hand to whisper.

*gotcha gotch gotcha.

"He asked for a doorway"

"A what!?"

She looks over to me while whispering again. 

*gotcha gotcha

"Yes a door freak."

DONT CALL ME THAT! I get angry clenching my fist.

"First of all forget about that!" 

I point toward her

"Second of all why the hell did you throw that thing at my face!?"

She looks at me with a blank face as if it's the most obvious thing in the world

"Because you used appraise on me" 

What the hell. The head assistant leans over and wispers in my ear.

"It is considered extremely rude to appraise a lady without her permission"

Ah I See. I stand upright then bow.

"Please excuse my rudeness princess Roka"

She looks at her father. He looks sternly back at her with his arms crossed.

"It's fine just don't do it again without permission, OK." 

She winks at me. She looks kind of cute saying it like that. I feel my face getting hot again.

She then bows. Then waves.

"Well then, so long" 

She turns around and jogs back toward the scaffold. Did she seriously forget what we where discussing just now? She gets about halfway then freezes into a stone pillar.

She turns and starts running up to me at fullspeed face down until she's right up in my face when she lifts her head.

"What do you mean, you chose me??" 

She leans forward, I have my palms facing her as I lean back with a awkward smile on my face.

"Um.."

I look left and right for help. The head assistant pulls her off me and starts dragging her backwards. She looks up towards him with a innocent look on her face.

"I'll explain everything a bit later, now lets get you cleaned up for you marriage interview"

Everyone else is looking down and to the side exasperated. The king looks up.

"Well Sir Kaijuu, what do you think?"

"What do I Think. Mmmmm... I mean I'd like to get to know her a bit more before deciding"

"You mean, you'll consider it" 

The king looks happy. Claps his hands together.

I look up.

"Please come to the marriage interview later tonight then"

I nod my head in agreement. We head back to the carriage.

I notice there are only 2 horses remaining of the 4 we came with. They must have taken them and set off before us. Shanon is diving the carriage now.