"Let's go," Teri said to Mizak as he turned his back on his sister, Darlene Ereen. He was angry and hurt by her words, and he wanted to get away from her as soon as possible.
"Are you with your sword?" Teri asked Mizak after they walked in silence for a while.
"Yes, I am with my..." Mizak started to say, but Teri cut him off.
"Let's spar outside," Teri suggested.
"You want to spar now?" Mizak asked, surprised by Teri's sudden request. He knew that Teri had just quarreled with his long-lost sister, and he wondered if Teri wanted to release his rage by having a spar. However, Mizak didn't like the idea. He was worried that it might not be the right time or place for a fight.
"Do you not want to? Then it's fine, I'll spar with someone else," Teri said, sounding annoyed.
"Let's spar," Mizak agreed reluctantly. He followed Teri to an open space in the manor, where the moonlight shone on the grassy ground. The night was quiet and peaceful, but Mizak sensed a storm brewing inside Teri.
"This might not be safe for you, Teri, considering that Selina is not here. Your hearing may not be a hundred percent accurate. I don't wish to hurt you," Mizak said, concerned for his friend.
Teri ignored Mizak's warning and unsheathed his sword in rage. He ran towards Mizak with a loud yell, swinging his sword at him.
Mizak's eyes widened and he unsheathed his sword quickly to block Teri's attack. He felt the impact of Teri's sword on his own, and he pushed back with his strength.
Teri floated slightly from the ground as he fought against Mizak. He channeled his inner power to his attack and it pushed Mizak back. Mizak backflipped and struck his sword into the ground. He looked up at Teri and saw the fury in his eyes.
"You're losing it, Teri. This should be fair. I'm not your enemy," Mizak said calmly, trying to reason with Teri.
Teri didn't listen to Mizak. He ran towards him again, thrusting his sword towards Mizak's chest. Mizak slid backward and bent backwards as Teri passed him.
Teri stopped and turned back towards Mizak to attack him again.
"Teri,Drop your sword," Mizak said in his mind.
Teri dropped his sword involuntarily and then he tried to pick it up again. But before he could do that, Mizak ran to him and held him tight from behind.
Mizak's arms were around Teri and they made Teri unable to move.
Teri struggled to free himself from Mizak's grip. "Leave me alone! Leave me alone!" he yelled continuously.
Prince Ivive heard Teri's yelling and came out from his room. He went to the open space where Mizak and Teri. He furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced at them.
"Mizak, what is it?" Prince Ivive asked.
"It's nothing, your highness, please go back to sleep," Mizak said as he held Teri firmly. However, Teri kept hitting him with his head and elbow.
Teri threw Mizak on the ground as he yelled louder. However, he was still held by Mizak.
"Let me go! Leave me alone!" Teri continued to yell, but Mizak didn't listen to him.
Teri decided to fly up, hoping to escape from Mizak's hold. However, when he slightly floated off the ground, Mizak whispered in his ear, "Sleep."
Teri fell asleep instantly and they both fell on the grassy ground.
"Is he alright?" Prince Ivive asked as he ran to Mizak and Teri. He noticed that Teri was unconscious, so he looked at Mizak with curiosity. "What happened to him? How did he just become unconscious?"
"Do not worry, your highness, he's fine," Mizak said as he carried Teri on his back. "He just had a bad dream."
"Let me help you," Prince Ivive offered.
"Your highness, this burden is mine to take care of, please have some sleep," Mizak said as he carried Teri back to his chamber.
Mizak laid him on his bed and covered him with a blanket. He hoped that Teri would have a peaceful sleep and forget his troubles.
He walked outside Teri's chamber and closed the door gently. Surprisingly, he saw the bad-tempered lady beside Teri's door.
She wore a white night dress, folding her arms across her chest with her whip. She leaned her back on the wall and stared at Mizak.
"Please, now is not the right time," Mizak said to her.
"Who are you?" she asked, leaning out from the wall.
"Mizak Melvor," Mizak said.
"Mizak Melvor or Prince Mizak?" she asked, showing him a paper. It was a sketch of Mizak's portrait.
Mizak stopped and looked at the portrait.
"It is everywhere. It didn't say you A criminal,but a missing person A person would be paid five thousand gold pieces if they found you. Did you know what five thousand gold pieces mean?",she asked.
"I am Mizak Melvor, son of Lord Melvor, the right chancellor. NOTHING MORE THAN THAT," Mizak said as he walked away towards his chamber.
The lady followed him behind and glared at him.
"I hate mysterious people the most," she said.
"I am mizak melvor.son of lord melvor,the right chancellor.NOTHING MORE THAN THAT",mizak said as he kept walking but the lady followed him behind.
"The king is the one that ordered this sketches to be distributed towards this kingdom not lord melvor",she said.
"So you think am the son of the king,a prince of alririt kingdom?.
If that is what you think,you have the wrong person",mizak said as he reached his chamber which was not far from Teri's chamber.
"And if that is what I think?",lady melovine asked.
Mizak smiled,"Then you can keep thinking",he said as he closed the door.
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TERI POV
I was roused from my slumber by the sound of birdsong and girlish laughters in my chamber. I opened my eyes slightly and beheld three ladies in white nightgowns standing across my bed. Two of them were taller than the third one. They had a striking resemblance to me, but I could not remember their names.
Was this a dream?,because I was only able to see in my dreams since I became blind and I had not dreamed in a long time.
I opened my eyes fully and sat up. The ladies giggled louder as they gazed at me.
"Why does Teri look so bewildered?" one of them asked.
"He always looks bewildered when he wakes up, Darlene," the youngest one said. They all burst into laughter.
Darlene? Why did she have to haunt my dreams?
The youngest one grasped my hand and tugged me out of the bed. "Come on, big brother, breakfast awaits. We have been longing for you to wake up," she said.
They all clasped my hand as they led me out of the room.
"Wait, stop!" I exclaimed as we passed by a mirror. I saw a stranger's reflection.
I gazed at myself in the mirror. It was the first time I saw myself in a dream. I touched my face.Strangely,my hair was black instead of silver and of medium length. I looked at my fingers. There were no red threads.
I stared at the ladies in shock. If this was a dream and there were three ladies in my chamber and one of them was named Darlene, does that mean that the other two were Selena and Elley?
"Why do you look so astonished? What?, you did not know your sisters could look so radiant in the morning?" the eldest one asked.
"Is this a dream?" I asked as I glanced at them and scanned the lavish chamber.
The youngest one walked up to me and slapped me.
My eyes widened. Not only because the little girl dared to slap me, but because I felt the slap. It was real.
"Elley!" the other ladies scolded.
"Is this truly real? Selena? Darlene? Elley?" I said as I looked at them.
"I think we need to summon the physician," the youngest one said.
They dragged me out of the room and I kept looking around as I walked. It looked just like the Ereen Manor as I remembered it ten years ago.
We sat down across the breakfast table.
If I was able to see and Selena, Darlene and Elley are with me, and this is the Ereen Manor, did that mean...
"You did not have to trouble your brother," I heard a woman say.
I turned my head towards the woman and my eyes widened.
She wore a red nightgown. Her hair was long and black. She looked young but she was not. Her shape was preserved even after giving birth to four children who had grown up.
She wore no jewels or cosmetics. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.
Beside her was a man I could recognize even though he aged a little,it was none other than my father, Lord Ereen.
I rose from my chair as I could not believe my eyes. "Mother, father."
"Teri," she said with a smile.