The Kings and Queens of Old Narnia, a Way Back

Two soldiers stood up on the wooden boat and lifted a dwarf up as if to throw him.

"Tumnus." Aaron raised an eyebrow, surprised that he would run into this person.

To save or not to save?

The last vestiges of his sense of justice manifested Angel: 'Seeing this, I cannot hesitate; I must draw my sword and help. This dwarf must be saved.'

But since it didn't concern him, his indifference turned into a lazy, complacent attitude. "No need," he thought. "After all, I'm not familiar with Tumnus. It's not worth offending a kingdom to save him. I'll just pretend I didn't see it."

Then a sinister figure emerged, wielding a red three-pronged spear. "Since we've encountered them, we should still save them. But to be on the safe side, let's not keep those two soldiers alive."

The Angel and the lazy man exchanged a glance. "We have no objections, let's do it this way!"

Gathering his thoughts, Aaron pursed his lips.

He held the bow and arrow in his left hand and reached behind his back with his right hand to draw two red arrows from the quiver.

He hadn't practiced archery for a long time, but firing two arrows at once still wasn't a problem.

Aaron took a deep breath, drew his bow and arrow, and was about to shoot the two soldiers.

"Stop!"

The sudden angry shout almost broke his guard, but after regaining his composure, he quickly retreated behind the Monolith.

When someone acts bravely and righteously, he is happy to relax.

Two men and two women came running over, panting, though they looked rather young.

The older man and woman were probably around seventeen or eighteen years old, the younger boy was about the same age as him, and the last girl looked to be two or three years younger than him.

"Is this group... just there to get themselves killed?" Aaron's lips twitched slightly, because among the four, only the little girl had a dagger, while the other three only had two shields.

This equipment is no threat to enemies more than ten meters away, while those two soldiers have crossbows.

"Put him down," the older girl said.

"This is terrible," Tumnus said in astonishment.

The two soldiers quickly let go, and with a 'plop', Tumnus fell into the river.

"Who are you?" the soldier asked suspiciously. His Majesty said that Prince Caspian had been kidnapped by the Narnian, and the castle was now under martial law, with no one allowed to leave.

The two boys showed no intention of answering the question; they exchanged a glance and then jumped into the river.

One person swam to the bottom of the river to rescue the person, while the other swam towards the small boat with a shield on his back.

Seeing this, the soldiers realized what was happening and immediately picked up their crossbows, shooting at the opposite bank and the water.

The two girls on the shore immediately screamed and dodged, while the two boys in the water also dived deeper.

"Damn it! It's my turn to step in!"

Aaron shook his head speechlessly, jumped out from behind the Monolith, and shot out two red arrows.

Two arrows struck two soldiers squarely in the heart; after two screams, the soldiers fell into the water.

Aaron quickly approached the two girls who were still in shock and found that the younger one had a cut on her hand from a stray arrow, from which a trickle of blood was seeping out.

"You..."

The older girl wanted to say something, but Aaron ignored her and took out a bottle of red potion from his pocket, handing it to the younger girl. "Open your mouth, one drop should be enough."

"You, this..." The young girl's lips twitched slightly as she stared blankly at Aaron, looking as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Pretentious." Aaron rolled his eyes and pinched her mouth shut, pouring a drop into her mouth.

In no time, the young girl's arm injury was completely healed, leaving not a single scar.

"You're welcome." Aaron patted her head, expecting to receive thanks from the little girl, but to his surprise, she looked at him with a pitiful expression.

"Hey! I've saved you!"

"Can you please stop looking at me like that? Anyone who didn't know better would think I did something to you!"

"Lucy." The older girl shook her head slightly, signaling her not to make a fuss yet.

A short while later, the two boys came ashore.

The older man rescued Tumnus, whose hands were bound, while the younger man dragged the wooden boat over.

Seeing this, Aaron drew his Longsword and, to the astonishment of the two boys, cut the rope binding Tumnus's hands.

"Pfft! Cough cough!"

Tumnus removed the gag from his mouth and coughed up several mouthfuls of river water.

He glared at the older girl and roared angrily, "Put him down, all you want is this line."

"Saying 'thank you' is enough," the older girl said with a puzzled smile.

"Thank you?" Aaron chuckled unkindly. "Given the circumstances, putting him down was no different from drowning him quickly."

We should be more careful with our words. For example, say something like, "Put him on the boat," or "Don't kill him."

"Why did they kill you?" the young girl asked.

"They are Telmarine, they are all like that," Tumnus said.

"Telmarine? In Narnia?" the young boy asked, puzzled.

"Where have all these hundreds of you hidden?"

"Forget about what's going on or not, I think you need to get back quickly." Aaron said, taking another sword from his waist and handing it to him. "The Telmarine are preparing to attack the forest, Nikabrik and Trof are preparing to gather the other Narnian."

"Thank you." Tumnus took the Longsword, then looked at Aaron with a puzzled expression. "How did you know about us?"

"Last night," Aaron shrugged, "After you were captured, Nika knocked Prince Caspian Nikabrik, and then I smacked him in the back."

After tying them both up, I asked them a few questions in the tree hollow. Unfortunately, a badger returned, and in desperation, I had no choice but to put it in a sack.

Tumnus stared in astonishment, his eyes wide, while the two men and two women exchanged bewildered glances.

Hitting someone in the back and putting them in a sack doesn't seem so honorable, how can you say it so confidently?

"But don't worry, they're fine. I've already released them."

As for what happens next, I don't want to get involved; I can only wish you good luck.

"I understand." Tumnus nodded, then looked at the other four. "Thank you too. Although they would have drowned even without your help, at least you genuinely wanted to save me."

"We'll talk about that later." The young boy pointed to the sword in Tumnus's hand, awkwardly but politely saying, "Can you give it back to me? It's mine."

"You?" Tumnus paused for a moment, then looked at Aaron. "Isn't this sword yours?"

"It's not him, it's Edmund." The tall boy was speechless. "The other sword in his hand is mine."

"And I also have a bow and arrow," the long-haired girl added.

"I'll take the medicine bottle," Lucy said weakly, raising her hand.

Rumble!

Aaron's lips twitched violently, and a million curses ran through his mind.

At this moment, he had some guesses about the identities of the two men and two women... the King and Queen of Gunnarnia.

But what a coincidence! It's one thing to run into these people, but to use all their equipment in front of them is a bit awkward.

But... aren't these kings a bit too weak?

He was just an ordinary person; he couldn't sense any magical fluctuations at all.

Realizing this, he immediately became bolder.

"Ahem! I found these things in some ruins, but that doesn't prove they're yours," Aaron said confidently. "There are four statues there, but there's no little girl inside."

"That was carved to resemble what I looked like when I grew up," Lucy said, "What I looked like before we left Narnia."

"Four statues." Tumnus's statue seemed to realize something, looking at the two men and two women in disbelief. "No way? It's you? You are the King and Queen of Gunnarnia?"

"King Peter, so majestic and sublime." The tall boy reached out his hand.

Tumnus didn't react. The King of Ancient Gunnarnia suddenly reached out to him, which he found somewhat unrealistic.

"Maybe you should omit the second half," the tall girl teased.

"Pfft! Hahaha..."

Aaron clutched his stomach and laughed, only managing to restrain himself when he saw Peter's face darken.

"I'm sorry, I've also been trained that I won't laugh no matter how much people laugh, unless I can't help it."

Haha... If I'm not mistaken, you're probably not even twenty years old, which doesn't fit the image of a solemn and sublime statue at all.

How old are you?

"Fifteen years old, a little younger than you should be."

"I can see that," Peter speechlessly. "Can you give us back our weapons? They were originally ours."

"Hmm..." Aaron pretended to be deep in thought, "It's not that I don't want to give it back to you, but there are a few questions I need you to answer."

"You're asking?"

How did you get here?

"It's a long story," Lucy said.

"Then let's get to the point."

"While we were waiting for the train..."

"Wait, you mean waiting for the train?" Aaron's pupils widened slightly, as if he understood something, and a smile appeared on his lips. "So that's how it is, so that's how it is."

No wonder you still look so young after all these years! This trip was truly fascinating.

These four people should be the same as him, but they should come from another human world, or rather, a different world.

After Caspian blew the horn, a mysterious force pulled them back.

"You know about trains?" Peter looked at Aaron in surprise. "You know about them too?"

"It's just like you think." Aaron sighed slightly and began to talk nonsense with a straight face. "I just took a nap on the train and when I woke up, I found myself in this strange place."

I arrived a few days earlier than you, and it's quite an achievement to have survived alone in the woods and wilderness.

The four of them exchanged glances, unsure of what to say.

They had no way back at the time, and this guy actually survived alone in the forest for several days.

"If the professor's wardrobe is still there, you can go back through it," Lucy said.

"What? You mean it's true?"

"We came to Narnia through the Wardrobe a while ago, but it looks like we've been gone for several hundred days since we left Narnia."

Aaron felt surrounded by happiness. He was trying to escape the war between Narnia and the Telmarine when someone told him there was a way to return to the human world. What could be more exciting than that?