"What are we going to do now?" Asked Nayden who was sitting down with Adam on the bamboo mat.
It was weird, when they woke up waiting for Annie return that night, they fall asleep though the scene they encountered was frigthening.
They would have assumed it was all a dream if the queen didn't disappear and they woke up in the carriage.
"How are going home?" Kayla kneeled to check on Nayden's injury and also to think what to answer the butler boy.
"Should we wait for her? What's going to happen to us if she dies? Should we run away?" Didn't know why Adam somehow mad with him. He glared at Nayden showing disappointment.
"He saved us, if we ran away and he, died? I don't think people from the palace will let us go. They will charge us for murder." Kayla pitied Nayden thinking they really going to die. This won't happen if she managed to assasinate the queen three days ago.
The queen brings bad oment whether she's alive or not. She's just, horrible! Kayla sighed.
"How do you feel? Can you walk? We should treat your injury or you'll die from losing to much blood" Nayden moved his leg a little. The pain quickly transfer into his nerve and he frowned. He nearly cried.
"I'm sorry. This wouldn't happen if pay attention to the right path." Kayla stunned.
Why didn't she noticed that they were lost yesterday? How come she remember just now that she didn't recognize every single of the villagers except for Adam's parents.
Kayla looked at Adam. This boy was freaking out yesterday, did he knew it from the beginning?
"Adam, do you know what happen? And how did we get there?" The boy shield himself behind Nayden. But a couple of second later on, he shook his head.
"I think you need to smile more so you won't scare him" Nayden joked around.
While Kayla still looking at Adam whose trembling behind Nayden. Should I kill him? But Nayden will question me if he vanish, should I get rid both of them?
"What was I thinking?" Kayla hit her forehead. She sighed for a third time.
"Come" she offers a piggyback to him.
"What! - I thank you for your kindness but I politely refused!" He shoved his hands while blushing.
"This is not the time to be embarrassed kid, I just want to help and want to go home. Or do you want to stay here forever?
He declined again. "Don't tell me you had a crush on the thing that did this to you?" She smirked and pretend to leave.
"Don't be stupid! - Arrrggh!" He screamed when Kayla intentionally ran to where he sit without any sign of stopping. He covers his lnjury.
"I don't wan to die I have someone I like and I want to marry her!!" said Nayden with a closed eyes.
Kayla who was joking to startled him so that Nayden would let go of his ego of letting a girl picking him up. she laughed.
"you are horrible!! I don't like you!!!" He was so cute when he got shy. His cuteness of his reddened face causing Kayla to squeezed his chubby cheeks. He looked like a tomato.
"please, we need to get back to the carriage. if its missing, still we must continue." she pulled his arm. lifting his body. Nayden told her to just dragged him by lifting his shoulder since he was too shy because he was supposed to be a man in that situation.
And how awkwardly, it was the opposite.
"I think we haven't introduced ourselves properly since the queen brings us suddenly. what can I call you" she tried to sway his thoughts with questions.
thankfully, she had a special medicine that stop the blood flow for a while and to intercept the pain flow into the nerve. so that Nayden would be fine. So he will sleep a lot after this.
"I'm Nayden break," his eyes felt sleepy and his vision got blurry. He was odd about it since they just woke up an hour ago.
He rested his chin on her shoulder without realizing it. "Kayla, on of the queen's private maid"
"oh.. I see.. no wonder you talked comfortly to her" Nayden fall asleep afterwards.
were we? Was I too comfort with my life? should I forget about everything and start a new life? who cares if the queen lives? what am I to kill other people? what was I thinking? she just resembled him. That's all.
Kayla glanced at Adam. She never a stupidity increased once a person grew up, now she knew why the adults are so bad.
I'm becoming selfish like them. "Adam. I'm sorry I didn't help your brother back then. I was too scared. I should've bring him when I came back to the village." Adam didn't responded to her but she knew he was listening.
"You see the queen's face didn't you? is that why you were crying? you think you killed your brother like I did?" Adam passed her to walk in the front. Kayla smiled that Adam still with his usual habits when he didn't want to tolerate with someone.
"don't worry. You didn't kill anybody. Your body didn't die twice" she smiled bitterly. Just.. how can she said it out loud? A killer talking to the family's victim sofly spoken like it wad nothing serious? in fact she tried to murder him thrice?
Adam stopped. He wandered around and picked up a broken twigg. He then scribbled something on the ground.
Adam let Kayla to read every sentences while staring at her to see her reaction. And what he wished to see from her was the correct expression he was longing for.
The diner place fell quiet. The children was looking at each other. Annie predicted they have so much to say. But maybe the dried throat and lips forbidded them to talk.
The boy who shouted at him was looking at Annie with a watery face, as if he was looking at him granting a hope.
The girls Annie saw next to the river were next to him, maybe the girls whisperes to to him about the chances of him being a rich people.
"Pfff..why so serious? I was kidding I'm sorry old man" the nervousness from Russell made him laughed.
"hmph, I did see what's in the bag. I admit It was shocking to see. But, i think there's stories to it." He tapped the table.
Russell and the rest of people, still with their guilty face. Annie waiting for Russell to cooperate with him by telling him the rest of the story of what happened to the village.
Why did they stuffed hundreds of manequins along with boxes of crops and daily life stock , in a bag that lined up nicely on top of invisible rope in the river?
"I rarely this kind, I just want to help." Annie took out his mask he tied behind his robe, placed it on the table.
Russell couldn't believed what he sees. Except for the three teenagers that recognized him jumped from their sit and began to cry.
"Please don't kill us!!! we're innocent!" they surrounded Annie and pleaded for mercy.
Russell rushed to him and threw the mask until it shattered.
"we don't need your help!! children stand up straight! don't ever threw your pride upon someone like this!! rich people never understood us!" Russell pushed Annie out of the door shouting him to leave.
"father he seemed like a nice guy, he can help us." Said a boy who shouted at Annie.
He called Leorion.
"What can he do? did you think he got lost here on purpose? I bet he was sent to murder us!! did you think the queen reay cares for us? she's materialistic! she won't help us!" Though he wasn't originally the queen, so the words didn't do any damages. Should I just walk away? Annie gave up.
"wait!" Leorion was stopped by Russell when he tried to reach for him.
"please help us! I know you are a great guy! You are a friend of the knights from yesterday right? please... tell your queen to help us.. I beg you" Leorion shoved his father and ran over to Annie.
His voice was cracking. His hand was too cold for this weather. His face is even paler than the rest of the teenagers.
Seriously, what happened here? my brain aren't working. How come I become a knight today? did I died falling down the cliff and wake up in another body?
Annie peeped inside his robe, the tattoes are still there, he's still in the same body.
"sir.. please forgive that old man. Me and my brother didn't care what's your purpose here. Either if you are here ordered by the queen to solve this plague or you got lost, we're so kind to you and give you place to sleep and give you food to eat although we have none left.. please." Katara bring over his broken masked and cried before him.
Annie take the mask from her, he smirked as he realized by now that he wore a disguise for sending Adam home. He had forgotten he left his other mask in the palace.
"why should I? he's the one who brings me inside, I didn't asked for a roof.. nor a food, I'm not the one that planning a murder. I bet Russell wants to kill me thinking I'm a heartless knight from his majestic master. Sorry but I was on my holiday. we're just got lost" Russell might like a tough guy, but Annie saw his grief when he said to Russell he didn't want to help. And that he got wrong with his judgement.
"I'm off" Annie let go of Katara's grip. Unexpectedly, Leorion began to coughed out blood and trembled on the ground.
He body continuosly shaking and scracthing his chest. His shirt was sliding off from his rough movement.
Annie got startled and jumped onto a boulder. Is he posessed or something? he had a goosebump.
Russell came to his son and began to tear
"son.. son..please" He hugged Leorion in his arm.
"katara.. " said Russell to his daughter saught for her help. He then looking up Annie.
"what can I do to reflect on my sin sir? I'll do anything as long as you can save my people.. my son," Russell put his head on the ground after passing Leorion to Katara.
Katara saw what her father did, so she laid down her brother and pleaded as well.
The villagers began to copied Russell, all of the teenagers that supposed to have a joy era suffers from something he didn't have a clue.
why is this remembering something he had forgotten long ago? why did I came to this place?
Is this a punishment for my bad behaviour? I'd rather die.