It's been a couple days since dad fell sick. I go around the garden while waiting for my turn to go visit him. No one knows what happened. They don't even know what the illness is. Sigh. I'm sure he'll get better. You know I read so many novels that had the main character's parents be ill then pass. But there's no way that'll happen to mine...right? As I kick the ground dirt, I see one of ma's servant coming to get me. I guess it's time for me to see him.
We go around the halls, twist and turn we go, through every corners. I never thought about it but why is this place so uselessly big. It's not like we use every single rooms. Then came to a stop in front of the 2nd biggest door there is in this palace. The king and queen's bed chamber. The door opens with a big tugged on sound. I go in and see pa resting on the bed while ma sitting on a chair next to the bed. I feel a little stinging pain from my heart. I go where a seat is beside the bed and sit there. I look at him and smile.
"Look at you. I told you, if you keep minding your daughter's every move, then an already old man's body will become more of an oldie." I joked and laughed.
I felt my mom's glare which had a meaning of telling me that now's not the time. I see my dad and he just laughs. He laughed for a good 5 seconds and sighed. I see my dad and think, 'how more crazy can he get?'. Then I hear someone talk with a low, thick voice,
"I should've listened to you! Hahaha, no wonder they say women are always right. It's not just a saying but because someone already experienced it to tell." He looked joyful but I saw the faint pain and sadness he was trying to hide underneath. It was creepy enough, but he suddenly had a straight face.
"You know...", he paused for a short second then continued, "We all know that this might be my time to go. I ruled this nation for 112 years and that's already enough for me. I can finally let go of these duties that I never wanted in the first place to my daughter and go on a long vacation with your ma."
I made a face. A face of disappointment. I don't want to think about that. I'm only 53 and he's thinking of going somewhere to have fun. Yes. Instead of feeling upset my dad's having these thoughts, I'm more upset of him leaving so much work on me. I know he's not going to die that easily sooo... yea. We talked long about memories we had when he first had to help rule the kingdom with my mom because grandma wanted to elope with this young man from who knows where(my real grandpa died long ago).
It's now late noon. And I'm in my room after being in the parent's bed chamber literally for the whole morning. I'm so bored. It's honestly so boring talking bout work stuff and your own parent's first times. *eye roll*. Omg!! How did I survive everyday before?! It's been way too long being by myself because I always had Ace with me. I'm going to go over to his palace.
I get on my horse and start riding toward the next neighboring kingdom. The Majestic Kingdom. Once I got there I look around for the window of Ace's bedroom. Everything's so gold-y. It hurts my eyes. How did Ace live in this disturbing place? I see him through a window, heading to the chamber where the guests would be. 'Strange', I'm thinking. Then I feel a light touch on my shoulder and turn. OH MY GOD!!!! MY EYES>! SO BRIGHT! I can clearly tell this might be the emperor. He chuckles and says,
"Cassandra, you know you can just go through the front gate like a normal person instead of climbing the palace back wall and trying to sneak inside Ace's room."
I smile politely and tell him, "It wouldn't make this exciting you know."
He gestures his servants to clean me up. As they do, the emperor and I keep talking about all the times Ace would make an accident and all the embarrassing stuff,etc. Just then Ace comes and join our chat.
"Father, would you please stop. I'm now 54 and all those embarrassing unnatural moments will ruin my image."
I see him be all shy and I joke more. We enjoyed each other's company, that we stayed in the same place standing for an hour until the emperor left for a meeting. We went to his room and I slept over. Then the next morning one of the maids burst inside. I noticed it was MY maid. I wondered why she was here until she says,
"Her royal highness!!! THE KING COLLAPSED AND IS IN A STATE OF A COMA!!!!"