I met her that day, the day when I first entered the north.
"Father, where are you going?" my father often visited the north, he would go there twice a week and return before noon. "I am going to the north, it has been a while since I last visited" the marquess of lazuli died when I turned 3, because of this, i never really got the chance to meet him. "I see..." the north was now left to die with no one to rule over it, since my father was a great friend of the marquess he often went there and provided the people food, so no poverty would break in that cold region.
My mother has a weak body, and my father was never home, I eventually ended up to be alone in that huge mansion "Callisto" She called out to him while coming down the stairs "Amelia, what's wrong?" he asked her while tilting his head, "Khalid has already turned 10, I think it's time for him to see her" the 'her' my mother was speaking of was my nonexistent fiancé, "why her..." I whispered, she was the daughter of the deceased marquess and marquesses [Lapiz Lazuli] it was an odd name.
I became her fiancé in name after she was born, it was something my parents wished for. They wanted a lazuli bloodline in our future generations and thought I was the perfect start. "Now that you mention this..." my father started thinking, he had never brought me to that place in my life, and this sudden progress made me scared.
I didn't like 'her', since young I always wanted to marry through love. It was something that I developed after reading novels along with my mother, [My Perfect Happy Ever After] I wanted to achieve that, and it could only happen to me through love. [she ruined it] after she was born I lost my ability to love someone else since my mom hate cheating [i wish she would just disapear!] my mind believed that my father only visited that place to see her who was sickly [She stole his love from me!] I never knew that she... was stuck in coma.
"Alright Khalid, go dress up!" he came to a decision, [i don't want to... but if i tell my father that i dont want to marry to her will he change his mind?] I decided that I will tell my father about it when we were in the carriage [what if he changes his mind?] with that delusion in mind I went ahead and got ready.
I entered the carriage and sat on the other side my father was sitting on, My mother waved at me and smiled, I felt a huge amount of courage inside me and also smiled back [I will do this!] I decided, My father and I waved at her and started our journey. It will take around 2 weeks to reach the north, but thanks to The great Marx inventing a portal infused with lapis lazuli we were able to reach there in 3 hours.
After 1 hour, I sat straight and cleared my throat, "F-Father" I called out to him who was rechecking his documents "hmm? What's wrong" he asked my who was shaking more than the moving carriage. "I-..." it felt like my mouth was stuck with glue, "I always liked fairy tales!" I declared... My father was confused, he tilted his head, "yeah? And?" again my cleared my throat and looked into his eyes, "because I always liked it, I wanted to achieve a happy ever after... But I know that it's impossible since she came into my life" my lips were shaking, my father got silent and stared at me.
"I know what I am gonna say is gonna sound rude to someone who is very sick, but!" it was weird, my father was silent, I felt like he was gonna hit me at any second. "I want to break off this engagement" My father sighed, he looked at my face and started speaking "I have nothing to say, it is your choice to marry that child or not" he again got silent "but... I want you to see her first before breaking it off..." I didn't understand what he said, in my mind lapiz was someone just like my mother. A sick person who is stuck in her room, but she was able to move and speak.
We reached the north, "woah!" a huge wall of ice was covering the other side, no one could come in or out, in the middle there was a checkout where the knights checked merchants that came to visit and send them off "My lord! You are here" a knight saluted, he was wearing a plate armor which covered his whole body [so cool...] he stood straight which represented his courage and his voice was loud which showed his dedication.
"Yes, here" my dad showed him an emblem of approval, it was directly given to him by the previous marquess "OPEN THE GATES!" he shouted, a loud sound was made, and the gate made by ice was slowly opening, our carriage went inside while people tried to enter forcefully only to be knocked down by the knights.
We slowly rode through the inside, which was covered in mist [i can't see anything...] as we rode the mist started to clear, and slowly we entered the north...
The capital was bright, kids were running through the streets with a cheerful place, unlike the rumors all the people were happy, they were running. Laughing and even dancing. [it's soo different from what I imagined] I thought that there was gonna be many poor people, and had no image of cheerful citizens in that place.
"Khalid, this place turned into this beautiful place thanks to them, they loved their people and took care of them, he begged me to take care of his people... and that is why I always visit here" My father was smiling with such a warm face...
TO BE CONTINUED....