After nearly an hour of walking, they arrived at the vicinities of the main gate of the Imperial Palace. Sakamo thought it was weird if she lived there, but probably her parents worked there.
To his surprise, a group of four men ran to them as soon as they recognised the Princess, and one of them shouted to Sakamo, “Let her go! Why are you holding her hand like that? Why did you kidnap her?”
Sakamo felt Hiko trembling as she hid behind him, and he whispered, “What do these guys want? Are they friends of those guys this morning?”
“I… am not sure…”
Sakamo gently squeezed her hand that was on his left shoulder and whispered, “Better if you close your eyes. This won’t be pretty to watch if they try to take you.”
Sakamo then made a defensive pose by taking one step forward and lowering his
