"accidentally? you are not trying to imply that you fell into this place out of nowhere are you?" he asked, confused by my words . by his expression I could tell that he wasn't t able to digest my words and neither were the people around who were looking me bearing the same expression on their faces, probably thinking about the same.
maybe I should have considered it first before saying anything. I kept quiet without a replay stressed by my own words.
"for your kind information, this place has been protected by the wizards of the clock tower and the ones who built this place for all of us to live in. This land has barriers that prevent outsiders and terrestrials from entering this land. so, for you to call this an accident would obviously be suspicious. Adding to that for someone so fragile.
"fragile? Are you referring to me?"
"Who could it be if it's not you?"
Really?? How could he say something like that?is he by any means looking down on me, is he? It's rude for someone whom you just met to carry these kinds of assumptions of them.
"you can't go around judging people by their looks, I might look fragile to you but the strength that comes from someone's heart matters the most to me and that's why I believe in my strength that is stronger than you think."
"..."
Did I go overboard? Why is it suddenly so quiet in here? I angrily blurted out everything that crossed my mind at that moment. I was so furious that I didn't gave it much thought. never mind. what has been done can't be undone. what should I do now?
"Ha.that was quite interesting"*smirk* Rickoph replied looking at me with the corner of his mouth curled up into a smirk.
"I'll take my words back for now but only time can tell who's is stronger than who?" he said in his usual tone but it somehow felt warmer than before. With those black hair and golden eyes If only it wasn't for some of his unmannered behaviour, I would have thought that he fits to be at least a brave knight from those fairy tale books but seems it's not a possible case.
"Alright alright", we can save all these talks for later," the old man said, trying to stop the conversation from going any further. "for now the young lady should take some rest. Rickoph, I am handing you the charge of showing this young lady around the land and Reence, take good care of this young lady and assist her in adjusting to her new environment as from now on she'll be living with us. young lady please feel comfortable around us and ask in case of any needs. with this, I'll be taking my leave."
saying that he left, carrying the same simile as before. I always feel overwhelmed by his presence, just like a grandfather even though I am not his granddaughter. I feel like I have someone I could rely on and can expect to have some faith in.
"Hello, young miss from now ill be helping you around so feel free to ask anything and please feel comfortable to ask anything." her name is Reence, we might be nearly the same age. her personality seems lively and bright that I somehow feel a lot comfortable and relieved than before.
"thank you, Reence. I hope we'll get along well from now on. And you don't need to call me young lady, you can call me Ku.
As you wish lady Ku."
"No, you can drop that word lady. And just call me Ku, after all, we're friends from now on."
"Friends. Really?!" Reence asked, her face brightening up.
"Thank you, Ku! I had a lot of things to ask you about but first, you should have some rest. you haven't had any rest since you came here. you might have been through a lot. I'll see you later then, have a pleasant sleep."
"Thank you again Reence." I smiled as I said back to her.
"I am glad...well then, see you later Ku" she replied smiling back as she closed the door. I took a short glimpse of her and noticed her wet eyes. Hugh, tears.l thought I saw tears rolling down her eye.
....
I lay down on the bed. Letting out a deep breath.
It's finally peaceful. It has been a long day. too many things happened in such a short time. Did my wish come true? Did I really come here?
Guess l really came all the way here. I couldn't help but recall the memories from my past. My family, friends and my home...
I am so far away from them, my daily life is never going to repeat. I am so far away from them and I don't even have any idea about exactly the world I am living in and when will I be able to go back or not. But now that I have finally come here I can't give up yet. I am now living in a place where I always dreamed of going especially a place this beautiful. it's just like I am living in a fantasy world out of some fairytale book. I better sleep if I want to face my first tomorrow in this place. Suddenly something crossed my mind. When I first opened my eyes in this world I think I saw something shining at some distance behind the mountains or maybe it's only my imagination. Who knows.
.....
Huh, it's morning already? I don't think that I sleep much though. I took a look outside a nearby window. Seems like it's still evening and The sun isn't down yet... it doesn't even look like a sun, it looks somewhat like a different object but it's still bright as a son. as expected from a world from my dream.
Huh, is that a forest?
I noticed while looking outside the window, there was a dense forest right in front of my eyes. I'm sure it wasn't there before or was It? ah. I'm too tired to even think anything clearly and my head feels so heavy. I better lay down and have some rest.
*Thumb* my heart...it feels so strange.
Why??
My brain hurts so much. what's happening. wha..? I sat up on my bed holding my head. What should I do?
Light?
There's light coming out from the window I looked out and saw a strong beam of light leading into that forest .what is it..?
Ah. my head, I can breathe I feel suffocated. I went outside the room to have some fresh air.
I noticed the light, still leading into the forest.i wonder what's inside. I am curious. I should give it more thought.
But the sun is still there it won't take too
long, I'll just take a look and return in a few minutes.
As I got closer to the forest. I noticed that the interior of the forest was pitch dark, not a speck of light could be seen. The wind started blowing in a manner that it felt like its pushing me inside that forest covered in darkness. I kept walking trying to manage a straight path.
.....
I think I have been walking for a while now and I still can't find a single light. it's all dark wherever I look at it. And to my sudden realisation, I found myself lost in this dense forest.
Where am I? I can't even go back, all the paths look the same. There is no way back. What should I do? I feel scared. someone help, I don't want to be alone... Not Again.
I closed my eyes, clasping both my hands hoping someone would come. It would be a miracle if someone really came.
...
It's bright. I opened my eyes. The light I saw earlier is leading somewhere. I decided to follow it.
It's fading, is this the way out? The last trail of that light led me to open land.
It doesn't look like an end but this part of the forest seems to be isolated for a long time... Huh. I looked up at the open sky and was astonished by what I was looking at.
Its night!already? but, there was still quite some time left for the sun to go down. Maybe things are a lot different in here than expected. Two moons were shining in the sky and were appearing a lot closer, it wasn't dark anymore the light coming from the moon was illuminating that area. It was at that moment when I noticed a tree, placed at some distance from the other trees.
This place doesn't seem like an exit but it looks like a different part of the forest.
I approached near to have closer look at that tree.
There is something. I should get closer.
That thing looks like a bracelet.
Something was hanging on that tree by its appearance it looked like a bracelet. It somehow looked familiar to me but I didn't know why.
Should I climb up? I want to have a closer look at it. Alright looks like I'm doing it. I grabbed one of the branches and started climbing up. As I got nearer, that thing felt more and more familiar to me.
Why does it look so familiar? It can't be that.
Almost there..
I was almost going to reach it when....This?!
That thing before my eye was a star-shaped necklace with words engraved on it...
No, it can't be. How can this be here?? Am I seeing things?? Why is this necklace here?? It...
"What are you doing?"