[IC] The foreign and the princess (Me x Vgirl)

[TheSecret]

It was around midday when a seagull decided to land on the forehead of an exhausted Galard, the poor man had been sailing for 2 weeks, surviving with rain water and any fish that passed near the boat, on his third day he even had to fight a shark.
The exiled man slowly stood up, his throat was dry due to the heat and salty air of the sea but suddenly his eyes widened in surprise.
He could see land not far away, palm tress and sand, Galard jumped because of the happiness, almost falling from the boat, he could not wait to get to the shore. However he knew jumping on the boat would only bring trouble so he decided to sit and wait, not knowing what was waiting for him in that paradise.

"What is that thing?"
A fisherman asked another fisherman.

"I don't know...It looks like a huge wooden fish!"
The man replied as they held their obsidian spears.

After 30 or 40 minutes Galard finally made it to the shore, however he was arrested as soon as he got off the boat. In deed, the fishermen had called a few guards that were passing nearby.
The guards pointed their spears at Galard, then pushed him fordward, forcing him to walk.

Galard did not understand what was happening, no one said a word, but before realized it he was already standing in front of a huge wooden house. Strangely the castle was built without any nails, all was tied with thick ropes. Once inside Galard could see a tough-looking man and a woman.

"My name is Ufar Kazar, King of Kamir, his is my wife Akur, and my daughter...."

The King suddenly stopped talking as he saw the princess aside from Galard, on her knees staring at Galard's sword.

"...My daugther Ashar, please forgive her, she is a really curious person..."
The king said, by his voice it was eas to tell he was a little angry due to Ashar's behavior.

"Her curiousness is only matched by her beauty, if you allow me to say so, Your majesty"

Galard said, he had just arrived and was already flirting with the princess.
The guards got furious at him.

"You fool! Watch your words in font of the princess!"

[Vgirl]

When Ashar heard her name called she quickly stood up but paused when she came face to face with the man; strange light hair and skin, blue eyes, and strange clothing. Her father called again and she ran to her father’s side, standing up straight as if she had done nothing wrong. She stared with wide eyes at the strange new man who had been brought to the village. Everything about him was absolutely alien to her.

[TheSecret]

"My my, The foreign is not waisting time~!"
Queen Akur said, Galard's words were for Ashar, yet the delighted one was the Queen.

"Calm down"
King Ufard told the guards with a threatening voice, then he looked at Galard, a bit impressed the blonde male had the guts to flirt with his daughter just in front of him.

"Foreign...What is your name? And more importantly, What are you doing in my lands?
He asked before drinking from a wooden cup, Galard could not tell whether it was water or alcohol.

"My name is Galard, Galard Ashford. I come from a far away land called Rondorio. I was exiled because they though i was ...dangerous...But worry not, I bring no harm to you nor your people."

"Then how do you explain the huge wooden fish!?"
The guard asked still angry.

"Huge wooden fish? Oh you mean the boat"
Galard said, thinking these people at least knew what boats are, after a few seconds he realized they did not

[Vgirl]

Ashar tugged on her father’s cloak. “A wooden fish?! Father may we go see this fish.” Her eyes were as wide as mangoes as she looked up at her father expectantly. It wasn’t long until her gaze wandered back to the stranger. “Do you think we could use it for firewood or materials?” She thought for a moment before gasping in delight. “Or we could feed the whole village.” Her imagination seemed to be getting away with her. She wondered what a wooden fish would taste like or if they could use both of her ‘brilliant’ ideas.

[TheSecret]

Galard could not help but to smile at Ashar's reaction, indeed it was a cute reaction yet Galard though the girl was quite naive.

"That "wooden fish" you about is actually a boat, boats are built so people can travel through water just as I did, the Kingdom I come from is crossing the great sea"

Galard explained, now he could tell for sure this people were not technologically advanced, in fact Galard thought there were closer to moneys than to humans for a second.

"If the princess wants, I can show her how my boat is"

[Vgirl]

With a smile Ashar looked back up at her father. “May I father? I wish to see this fish…er… ‘boat’ that he speaks of.” After a moment she straightened up yet again. She realized that her misunderstanding had made her seem silly to the newcomer and now she wanted to redeem herself as it were. “Um… of course it would be to see if it could be used to further the good of the village. I…if this ‘boat’ does what he says it can maybe we could use it somehow.”

[TheSecret]

King Ufar scratched his head, not sure of what to say, the idea of crossing the seas was quite attractive but he did not know anything about this technology nor the foreign called Galard, he looked at her wife and Queen for an answer.

Queen Akur smiled gently and nodded taking the decision in her husband's place.
"Very well, we shall all go and see this...boat"
The Queen and King stood up and walked towards the beach.

Galard waited for the princess so he could walk alongside her

[Vgirl]

As soon as her mother said the word, Ashar ran up to the foreigner and they began walking back the way he came in. Ashar was so excited she couldn’t help but smile and wiggle a bit. “So what’s it like back where you come from? Rondorio was it? What are the people like?”

As she spoke she glanced down at the….thing that she had been looking at before. It was like of like their spears but the pointy part was way longer and the handle was much shorter. She looked back up at Galard. There were so many questions she wanted to ask him but only so much time until they got back to the boat.

[TheSecret]

"Rondorio? Huh...Well, Rondorio is a huuuuge city where all the houses are made of stone. Around 150000 people live there. They all wear colorful clothes and drink alcohol all day..."

Galard said, not really wanting to talk about Rondorio, after all he was exiled.
While walking Galard could notice Ashar was interested in his sword, he pulled it out of it's sheath and showed it to her, she could even see herself reflected in the blade, something impossible form them due to their primitive technology.

"This is a sword, a weapon just like your spears, but much more durable and deadly. Unlike your spears this sword is mad of metal, steel more specifically..."

Galard explained about swords and the types of metals, bronze, iron steel and some others. He even made a demonstration, cutting a thick branch of a tree, something impossible for the obsidian, which would have broken.

[Vgirl]

Ashar thought about it and shook her head. “It sounds very crowded and the people sound rather lazy, but…” She thought for a moment more, “It also sounds rather carefree.” It was something she kind of wanted to see but given the circumstances couldn’t ask to be shown, not that her parents would allow her to leave the village to easily.

She listened carefully to his explanation of the sword. A lot of the things he spoke of she had never heard of before, like the metals that they used to make their weapons. “Can you show me more?” She stopped for a moment and looked at her surroundings. “Wait right here!” She said, running up to a tree. With a hard kick a large round nut fell off the tree and she caught it in her hands, before running back to Galard. “Do you think you could split this?”

[TheSecret]

Galard nodded and took the nut, he then put it on a rock so no one would get hurt and with a single movement he split the nut in two as if it was butter.
He then took the two halves and showed them to Ashar.

"See? Swords are really effective"
He said before continuing walking towards the boat

[Vgirl]

Ashar took half of the nut and began eating from the insides. Usually preparing this food was such a chore but Galard made it look so easy. She wondered if it would be possible for her people to make such weapons.

Finally they arrived at the boat and as soon as she saw it Ashar ran towards the strange thing. She walked around the boat, running her hand along the smooth wood. “Amazing.” She awed, “And it floats?” She asked carefully examining it for cracks or holes, but she could find none. “How do your people make such a thing?”

[TheSecret]

"We use metal tools to cut wood and give it the shape we want, I'm not an exper but I guess I can help building boats"

He said before putting the boat in the water, then he looked at Ashar and extended his hand to her in order to help her get on the boat.

"Stay calm, if you move too much you will fall to the water"

The King and Queen just watched their daughter having her first contact with foreign technology, the guards were still uneasy

[Vgirl]

Ashar paused for a moment and looked at him. She looked back at her parents who nodded at her as she took Galard’s hand and was pulled into the boat. The boat rocked a bit, causing her to gasp and quickly grasp onto Galard. She wasn’t used to the such a movement underneath her. She held onto him tightly, closing her eyes and waiting for the boat to stop moving beneath her.

[TheSecret]

Galard held the princess tightly, he was technically hugging her and could even feel hear heart beating really fast, the foreign man could not help but to smile, she looked really cute acting like that.

"Clam down...Nothing bad will happen, It's normal the boat shakes like that."

Galard said with a soft kind voice, still hugging the girl

[Vgirl]

Finally the rocking subsided and bit and she slowly opened her eyes, taking a look around her. They were out on top of the water. It was like some kind of sorcery. “Amazing? You came all the way here in this thing?” She asked. She looked up at Galard before realizing she was still holding onto him and him onto her and she took a step back, blushing slightly. “S…sorry…”

[TheSecret]

"It's ok, don't worry..."
Galard said kindly, a bit sad the romantic moment was over, he then looked around, at the King and Queen, the guards and then back to Ashar.

"In deed I came in this boat, I was lucky I was not caught by any storm, if that had happened I would be dead right now"

After spending a few minutes on the boat Galard decided to get off, his stomach made loud noises which made the King laugh.

"You are hungry! Ashar shall prepare a house for you, eat, drink and rest well. Once you get used to the life here we can talk about...sharing knowledge..."

The King said and left with his wife, a few guards followed them, 4 stayed near Ashar, worried Galard would try to do something lewd to her

[Vgirl]

Ashar couldn’t help but giggle slightly when Galard’s stomach rumbled and nodded to her father. After he left she took Galard’s hand and began leading him back towards the village. “We just had a marriage in the village so we have a vacant house now.” She said leading him to said house. It was close to a man made well and she proudly smiled at it before leading him inside. “It’s quite empty now, but that doesn’t make it any less of a home.” In the middle of the house was a square of dirt and place for a fire and frying block.

There was a knock at the door and a woman with a basket of vegetables and fish smiled and the princess. They spoke for a few moments in a language Galard couldn’t recognize before the princess took the basket and went back to the cooking area.

[TheSecret]

Galard enjoyed being pulled by Ashar, her hand was so soft and warm, his heart was now beating fast but he tried to stay calm.

Once they got to the house Galard could not help but to look around, whoever built it did not use any stones for the walls nor roof, it as all wood. He was quite surprised by how they managed to build such things without metal tools.

Galard just smiled and watched Ashar talk to the woman, he could not understand anything but they seemed to talk as if she was not a princess at all. Once she was back he looked at the vegetables for a few seconds, they where quite different from the fruits in Rondorio.

"Will you cook for me?"

[Vgirl]

Ashar blushed slightly at Galard’s request before smiling. “I’m not the best cook, but I’ll give it a shot.” She said rolling up her sleeves.

Pulling a small obsidian knife from her belt she began preparing the different vegetables and fish. Once prepared, she lit the fire and began heating and cooking the different items until they were edible. As soon as they were done she blew out the fire and looked at him expectantly for a moment before realizing her mistake. “Umm… here we eat the food right off the cooking block. Oh!” She pulled a large leaf wrap out of the basket and handed it to him. Inside there were two thin but strong sticks. “We eat with these.” She said unwrapping her own leaf and placing it on her lap. She carefully pinched a small piece of meat in between the sticks and put it in her mouth. “Not too bad if I do say so myself.”