Unable to break the awkwardness felt by Mandy with presense of the king she just stared at the crowd when she take back her silly question.
"It's one of trivial things you better don't have to know Mandy." the creature beside her just smiled and continued to watch the creature below. Behind the smile was a little sadness, he felt symphathize by the life of Mandy.
"It is, Your Highness. I uhm... I also want to thank you for welcoming me in here Your highness. At first, I never thought I have a place that I can belong to. Since for several years I've live in human realm, I was always hidding my true self. But, when the time I spent being here, I can already express what I really can do. Except for the fact that I'm still on the process of cultivating on what I can really do." Mandy could only say. The way he spoke to her she realized he knows her, so she realized he must be the one who allowed her to enter the monster society.
"I am glad that you are happy being here, Mandy." He just spoke and look at her with a smile again. Mandy was once again captivated by his gaze. When she realized it, she shake her head and sigh. She looked back to the crowd.
"You should join them now, it looks like I consumed much of your time. You can have fun down there." he spoke all of a sudden which made Mandy stood up and bowed.
"Your highness, I'm sorry if I made you bored here." Mandy spoke still her head down. She thought she made him bored in their conversation, since she did not talk too much.
"Ah no, I would never felt that bored. Just a little time to chat with you was enough for me. I am just glad you eventually felt at ease in the place. Its nice to have a short chat with you, Mandy." he smiled again, which made Mandy star struck again.
"It's a pleasure to have a time to talk with you too, Your Highness. Are you sure you don't want any company here?"
"You don't have to worry, Mandy. My attendant will arrive shortly."
"Understood, your highness. I'll take my leave then. " He just gave her a smile and nod. Still facing him, Mandy walk backward leaving him.
As soon as she lost sight of him, she face her back only to find a wall blocking her.
"What a really interesting sight to see that you are close with the king." it spoke out, it was a familiar voice to Mandy. She slowly raise her head to see the creature.
"Morgan!" she gasp and step back. She eyed him directly in his face, even though he wore a mask she can still recognize her by his voice.
"You never failed to astonish me, Mandy. Why is it everytime you see me you became startled? Is my face that surprising?" he mockingly asked her. Mandy never thought Morgan would be like a creep. He always shows up unexpectedly to her. In her first impression of him was a totally arrogant and prideful creature, that he never cares who he faces.
"It really is." She mumbled rolling her eyes. After she encountered him in her room, she started to never care who he was and never ever to respect him since he was the one who first never respect her privacy in her room. She wants to report what happened to her but she realize it would be useless since no one will ever believe her in the first place. How could a Ruler just entered a random room when they can always visit their dorm if they have some business with them.
"What a rude girl." Morgan grumbled, when he saw Mandy continued to walk towards the hall. Mandy tried to find Grace from the crowd. Until she finally saw her with other creature. It looks like she finally have some company unlike earlier.
The crowd of pair creature swam towards the center of the hall when a beautiful music was played. She struggled to free from the crowd who started to dance gracefully.
A hand grab her out of the crowd. She finally exhaled, but she soon realized she was also dancing with the crowd. She look at the creature who held her in the moment of the dance.
"What are you doing?" Mandy creases her brows while following the dance move.
"Obviously dancing." The creature replied, Mandy can only continue the dance since they were at the center of the crowd. If they tried to stop the whole creature dancing would be ruined.
"What do you want, Morgan" she called to him, it was a little confusing to her why he always shows surprisingly to her now. What does he want from her? If its about their training, it is not the time to talk about it at the moment.
"What a direct question, but obviously you were struggling to break free from the crowd earlier. Is it that hard to understand in the situation?" Smirking to her made her a little irritated. How could he say he helped her when they are dancing at the crowd. Mandy never danced in the crowd, but to her surprise how can she follow his moves? Unable to make any possible conversation with him she stop talking and continued to dance for the whole duration of the music played.
From the crowd, slowly some creature noticed the presense of the ruler in the dance floor. They never seen him dance with any creature before.
"Woah, he sure is really charming."
"What a graceful dance."
"I never thought a crearure could dance that well"
"Have you seen the mask?"
"Yeah, that mask was specially made for higher rank creatures."
"Is he one of the princes. Oh, I'm so jealous of the girl."
"She's so lucky."
"Who could she be?"
The murmurs continued to spread all over the place. Mandy heard some of it, which make her uncomfortable. How could they say that, she was not enjoying the dance since it started. Specially she already knew him, which made her more irritated as it continued.
Finally the music finished and all the dancers despersed the center hall. Mandy was one who immediately leave the dance floor. Leaving Morgan behind, who was then swarmed by other creature who was waiting for him to finish the dance.
She exited the hall and went to the hallway, she finally saw Grace who was from the comfort room. She had a small stain in her dress, she tried to cover it but Mandy could still see it. Even it was possible it was an accident or purposely made. Mandy immediately went to Grace and hugged her. She could still see some drench of tears in her cheeks.
"Are you okay?" Mandy could only muster to asked.
"I'm fine. You don't have to worry." There was a hiccup in time to time. It was obvious she's crying earlier.
"We should be go home now to rest. Shall we? I'm a little tired right now." Mandy tell her, which Grace just nod. They went to the exit of the hall and went to the chauffeur. They told him if he could bring them back to dorm. It just bowed and lead them to the car.
Riding silently for the whole time they arrived to their dorm, Mandy was occupied with the thought of the last word Morgan tell her when they finished the dance. It still stuck on her head for the whole time. 'What does he mean by that?' she asked herself.
"Good night, Grace." Mandy escorted Grace to her room, since she seems still down unable to walk directly.
"Good night to you too, Mandy. Thank you for escorting me here. Night." she wave at her slowly closing her door.
Mandy smiled and waved at her back. She then head to her room and get changed to go to sleep. Throwing her back to the soft bed and stared at the ceiling, still occupied with the thought again.
"Your breakthrough depends on how will you cope up with the truth, when you finally uncover it." she mumbled the word she heard from him.