Chapter 0 wedge
"Come here, don't be afraid, come here!"
This is what she said to me when I first met her. She had a pair of black transparent eyes and shoulder-length hair as red as a burning rose. I fell in love with her the first time I saw her. She was so beautiful, so peaceful and kind, and her smile made everyone feel relaxed and comfortable.
I walked towards her, my steps shaking with nervousness. She didn't laugh at me for my nervousness at all, but reached out her hand to me and held me tightly as I approached her.
"My name is Gong Chengyao, you can call me Yaoyao, what about you?"
I forgot my name for a moment, and could only whisper to her, "Princess, the lady said I can't call you by your name!"
"Madam?" She showed a barely perceptible sadness on her face, and after a while she smiled again and said to me, "Okay, you can call me 'Princess' when there are people around, but promise me that you must call me 'Yaoyao' when no one is around. I don't want to be a princess. They told me that a princess has to do this and that, but I just want to be Yaoyao who is loved by others. I heard from my mother that you are my personal guard, so you won't ask me to do this or that, right? You will call me 'Yaoyao', right?"
My mother told me that when I went to TK Academy, I wouldn’t have to worry about where to live tomorrow. My mother also said that TK Academy and Mrs. Miyagi who had taken a fancy to me were the key to changing my life, so I had to do whatever they told me to do and obey absolutely. Moreover, Yaoyao was so beautiful, the most beautiful person I had ever seen in my life; she was also so gentle and clingy, the most gentle person I had ever seen in my life. I couldn’t refuse her, so I nodded and called out those two words for the first time: “Yaoyao.”
"Okay, from today on I am your Yaoyao!" She shouted, looking very excited, and her teeth showed when she smiled like a sunflower blooming . "You have to listen to me, Mingri. All of them asked me to do this and that, but you don't know how to do it, so you must stay with me and protect me!"
"Okay." I nodded and replied.
"I like you so much, Tomorrow!" she laughed.
I like her smile, and I want to use everything I have to protect her smile, so that she can keep smiling, keep smiling...
Ten years later, it’s the school anniversary.
"Yaoyao, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Tears covered Yun Que's face. He had a pair of beautiful big eyes that made the stars sigh, and his eyelashes were long and curly, just like the ones on a handmade doll's face.
At this moment, his eyes, which were as bright as gemstones, were drowned in tears. Seeing his sad look, I couldn't help but shed tears, because I also loved that person with all my life like him, so I could empathize with Yun Que's helplessness and pain at this time.
He wasn't leaving, he just loved that person too much and had to leave.
"Yaoyao, I'm sorry!" The red flag fluttered in the air. Among the four knights of the Black Knight branch, only the second knight Merlin was still in the school anniversary parade. The other three - Xisai, Ying Ranshige and Nana all rushed to the place where they would fight. They knew that going there would turn into negative points and would make their embarrassing situation even more desperate, but they were willing to go there for friendship and for each other.
Qiu Qianxun, the Great Knight of the White Knights, also left. Among Xisai's best friends, only Gao Gong Yun Que remained in the team. Yun Que would not betray the Red Princess, no matter how much pain he had, because he loved the Red Princess, and he loved the beautiful girl named Gong Cheng Yao as much as I did.
So, he could go against his own will time and time again, and watch his brothers fighting alone on the battlefield time and time again, while he could only watch, until today.
"Yaoyao, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Tears made Yunque's face look strange. Yaoyao held my hand tightly, as if she would faint if she didn't do so.
She said to Yunque over and over again: "Why is it like this? Yunque... don't leave me... don't..." Holding the man's hand tightly, Yaoyao seemed like she would break into pieces at any time.
"Lord Skylark, please don't do this!" I pleaded sadly, but I saw a face full of helplessness.
"Princess, I must go to Cisse! You know who I am fighting for! You know who I have to betray!" After making the final decision, the man named Gao Gong Yun Que drew his sword in front of me and fiercely stabbed his arm - that was the action of a knight committing suicide. The blood immediately dyed his red clothes even redder. His eyes were slightly red, and he looked at his princess for the last time.
Yaoyao was already crying beside me, with nothing in her hands, shaking violently in the air.
Gao Gong Yunque turned and left, like a bird spreading its wings and flying away, and behind him was the princess who was about to collapse.
"You are all I have left. Tomorrow, you are all I have left. Tomorrow... you must help me, help me..." She said, holding my hand tightly. I also held her hand tightly, clenched my teeth, and did not let myself cry.
I told her, "I will protect you, princess, I will!"
I... I am Duanmu Mingri!
The personal knight of the Red Princess of the Red Knight Branch, the only friend of Gongcheng Yao, the passerby in Xisai's mouth, and the bodyguard of Takamiya Suzaku!
