"Alright, I'm sorry, okay? I really am!" He kept on saying that for about a whole minute now.
"I didn't know it was rude. The people here never complained about my words or whatsoever."
I remained silent.
"I already said I am sorry. You're still mad? Come on! You're no fun at all." He pouted.
"Who gets mad at that trivial matter anyways?" He sneered.
I furrowed my brows. "Are you really apologizing right now? Or are you just complaining?" I hissed.
"Eek—" he awkwardly smiled. "I'm really sorry, I promise. I was even speechless that you were so mad awhile ago. I'm not fond of people getting mad at me." He pouted.
Why do he keep pouting, is he a child? For fuck's sake.
"Whatever." I mumbled and rolled my eyes. "Just be careful of your words next time. I'm not lenient enough to forgive people twice for bad mouthing me. I don't know what's wrong with people here letting you do some shit talking to them, but I ain't no simp. Got that?" I glared at him and he immediately nodded at me.
"I promise." He even raised his right hand, motioning a promise act.
I chuckled at his face. He looked really silly right now.
He seemed surprised. "You laughed?" His eyes are getting wide. "You know how to laugh?!" He yelled at me.
"Dude, fuck off. You're loud." I scratched my ears.
"Oops, my bad." He distanced himself and smiled. "I really thought all you could show me is that frown or yours or your hostile expressions." He laughed.
"Huh? Why?" I asked.
"When we're at your cruise ship as well as when we're at the ship, all you did was to be hostile towards me." He chuckled. "Though it was understandable, we haven't even known each other for a day. So I didn't really expected you to be friendly towards us." He shrugged.
I just shook my head.
"But still!" He suddenly shouted.
"What now?" I asked, irritated.
He glared at me. "I didn't really expected you to be so mad at me also!"
I rolled my eyes. "And whose fault do you think that is?"
He awkwardly laughed while scratching the back of his head.
"If you hadn't been rude to me, that outburst of rage won't have to happen." I tsked.
He pouted.
"I can't believe you didn't know what words and questions would enrage a person." I shook my head. "You're not socially skilled, are you?" I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Well..." he just tilt his head. "Kind of?"
I can't help but roll my eyes out.
We're now in front of the humungous palace. I can't help but stare. This palace looked so old yet it still look so fancy. It's well cleaned, even the high pillars. Looks like this place is cleaned always. Damn, I don't know if I should pity the palace keeper.
We walked into a huge hallway, before we saw a maybe, approximately 10 ft. wooden door.
How are we supposed to open this?
Earl stopped on his tracks and held the lion door knocker.
I was fascinated by the design of the door knocker. It was a lion that seems to bit off a large circular ring.
Earl knocked three times.
No one answered and opened the door.
Earl knocked three times again. And this time, we hear footsteps.
"Coming." I heard a lady's voice.
"Hurry up, old hag." Earl kicked the door.
I frowned and glared at him. The fuck is wrong with this guy's attitude? I thought he just said awhile ago that he'll mind whatever words he's gonna spit henceforth?
The huge wooden door in front of us opened. The loud creaks of it made me cover up my ears. I squeezed my eyes closed. Dang, why is it so loud? You got speaker on you, Mr. Door?
"Hm? And who might this gorgeous lady be?" I heard the lady said.
I opened my eyes only to see a gorgeous middle aged woman in a suit with an eyepatch on her left eye.
She was also using some kind of a vest corset like Sebastian's and it fits her so well.
Damn, she hot.
I can imagine my eyes sparkling in awe. Damn, If I'm gonna age, then might as well age like a wine. I wanna be like her.
I didn't realized I was already staring too long. And she seems to be waiting for me to introduce myself.
"Uhm..." I coughed to stabilize my voice. "I'm Tatty. Tatiana Tatum. Nice to meet you." I extended my arms so that I could shake her hands.
She took my hand and as expected, she shook it. She smiled at me, "I'm Eldora. It's nice to meet such a beauty here." She then kissed my hand.
I gasp. "You don't need to do that."
She let go of my hand and smiled sweetly. "I just felt like I need to. It feels like a grave sin not to do it."
Damn, she got the words.
I shook my head and just smiled.
"Gross." I heard Earl mumbled.
We looked at him and I almost choked myself up when I saw how sour his expression is.
"Shut the fuck up you good for nothing living organisms." Eldora looked at him with her chin, held high. It looks like she was judging him without any restraint just by breathing.
Eldora suddenly became serious. "Anyway, we need to talk." He said directly to Earl.
She looked at me and smiled. "Milady, if you don't mind, can I talk to this young man for a second?"
I just shrug. "I don't really care about him. Do as you like."
Earl looked at me, "What the fuck?! Don't talk like you own my life!"
I just avoided my gaze and scratched the insides of my ears using my pinky finger and acted like he was not there.
Eldora grabbed him by his collar. "Milady, you can proceed inside. Just walk straight and you will find a couch a to sit on. Later on, your service would be there." She smiled at me again while Earl is struggling from her grasp.
Damn, she strong...
I did what she said. I proceeded inside.
Now that I'm all alone, I can feel the exhaustion. Not just physically, but also mentally.
The inside of this palace is a dome like structure. I was in awe. I kept staring above. It seems like I'm in some kind of Hollywood movie. This place is deserving for a praise.
Just like what Eldora said, just a couple of steps, I already saw a couch.
I sat there. Finally, I can rest.
It seems that there is no one here so I made myself comfortable.
I closed my eyes just to relax, I don't really have any plan to sleep and doze off here since I don't really know what could happen if I take my guard off, but before I could even think about stuffs to prevent myself from sleeping and disturb my mind from sleeping, I haven't realized I was already dozing off.