What do I need to do now? Should I go along with this or tell them I want to go back? I only came here to get answers about my father but now I'm not so sure that I'm courageous enough to fight anyone beside, I don't think I'm the one destined to fight this evildoer, Vedon by name", Francis deeply contemplated as he paced round the room which look so strange but somehow familiar to him.
"I've got an idea, I'll attend the council and tell them that I only came here to find out things concerning my late father secret life, and I aren't here for anything beside that but I don't think they will listen because they all sound so damn serious about it....I'll just give it a try, maybe they will grant my request and then allow me to go back ", he said feeling a bit reassured about the whole issue concerning his fight against an unknown foe.
He quickly took some white clothes from the bed that had been arranged by Sasan before she left to prepare the place for his bath, and left the room to next one where his bath had been prepared. When he got there, he saw some red flowers floating on a small pool which emitted hot steams that created a fog in the room, making some other things to be invisible. There was a small inner room which had a round door and a circular window that was well placed at the corner, that could be used to dress up after each bath but it was greatly covered by the fog.
He drew closer to the pool mindful of his footsteps to avoid stepping on something dangerous that might bring him harm. Then he stood beside it and began to undress when something caught his attention causing him to stop immediately. He saw a pair of boots and a red uniform, which look like the ones he saw at the gate, that was partially folded close to the pool with a white silk handkerchief resting upon it. The handkerchief had an embroidery of a blue bird standing on a branch of a peach tree.
"How did this things get here? Who owns this stuff?", he asked himself and looked around to see if anyone has entered the room. Then he moved carefully towards the small round door, and open it but found it to be empty for no one was inside.
"There's no one here but how come those things were kept there? Maybe someone left this place without it", he said with a puzzled look across his face, "I think I better take my bath because the meeting will start very soon and I'm not even have my bath yet not to mention getting ready for the meeting", he said again and went back to the pool to undress again but suddenly, a female's head came out of the pool splashing water all round the floor.
Francis was immediately dumbfounded and stood in utter shock at that moment for he didn't know how to react to her unexpected appreance in the pool. Although he was frightened by her sudden appearance, he still find her kinda pretty as she removed strands of wet red hair from her green face and then squeeze out water from her hair behind her back allowing water to drop from it .
He continued to stare at her amazed and captivated by her beauty until she saw him standing beside the pool which frightened her,
"Oh! Who are you and what are you doing here?! Turn around this instant!", she screamed loudly and then she moved closer to her clothes while Francis obeyed at once and quickly turned around. Seeing that he had turned around, she quickly came out of the pool and said as she began to wear her red uniform, "And do not peek unless you want me to remove your eye from head",
"I won't peek, trust me", he replied with his head totally turned away from her,
"Trust you? How can I trust you when I don't even know you?", she asked him,
"You are right but like I said I won't move until you are done wearing your clothes beside I'm no pervert", he replied as he remained motionless at where he stood facing the small room,
"Pervert? What's that suppose to mean?", she asked almost done with her clothes,
"Never mind, quite hard to explain", he answered, "I'm truly sorry if I startled you but please hurry up, there's no time to delay because I need to be somewhere else right now", he answered with a smirk across his face. Few minutes later, she said to him, "You can now turn around",
"Finally, I....", his speech suddenly stopped half way immediately after he had turned and saw her pretty face which stung him, making him frozen in his feet for he was totally enraptured with her beautiful countenance that was greatly enhanced by her uniform. His mouth was totally agape when he saw standing at the other side of the pool but he didn't took notice of it and just stood all frozen up in utter amazement at her beauty, as he gazed at her.
"Who are you and what are you doing here? Are you new here or something else? But judging from your clothes, you must be from the Wols tribe, aren't you?", she asked him bringing him back to the present,
"Yes.... They say since my father belongs to that tribe, I too I'm also a part of the tribe", he replied finally able to speak,
"Okay all right, I will take my leave then but I believe our paths may cross again sooner or later", she said with a faint smile,
"How do you know that's gonna happen?", he asked and then came close to her,
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. By the way, what is your name?", she asked,
"My name is Francis", he answered quickly and asked, "What about you? What's your name?",
"My name is Lotus, I'm from the Doxa clan and I haven't heard anyone from the Wol tribe who got that kind of name but I guess it's rare. Anyway, I'll take my leave then", she answered him and left the room.
"That's a pretty name she got there and also a beautiful face. Too bad I will be leaving this realm soon", he thought and smiled as he quickly undress and entered the pool.