[Silverlight Royal Family Main Mansion]
In a room…
It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun's rays were shining brightly on a certain young girl's window. The little girl was walking back and forth, not knowing what to do with her situation. She had been saved again by that person. She had never thanked a human, and now she had trouble starting a conversation with one. She had told her father that she wanted to thank the person who saved her, but her father refused. He said that she did not need to thank her. Since she was little, she had been taught that human beings were bad people; they betrayed and killed each other despite being of the same race; they had no mercy. She believed that story; she believed the words of her grandfather, her father, her mother, her aunt. But now, at this moment, she could not believe those words. She had witnessed with her own eyes how a human had saved her. Those creatures called humans, whom she feared, no longer seemed terrifying to her.
"What should I tell him?"
"How should I talk to him?"
The person she wanted to talk to was right next to her room; so close and yet so far away at the same time. Her grandfather had told her that this person was not evil and would stay with them for a while; after all, they had to give him a reward for saving her.
"Mom, Dad, Aunt, Grandpa, and Mr. Flurris lied to me."
Since she was little, she had been given the wrong idea about humans. Now that she had discovered the truth, she had to see humans in a different light. For that very reason, she was thinking about how to thank that person. She had tried to go to that person's room several times, but every time she got to the door, a strange feeling would invade her and she would run back to her room. She had already lost count of the number of times she had tried to visit that person.
"If only Mr. Flurris were here."
At some point, Mr. Flurris had disappeared. Lia was still able to remember the moment when she was stabbed by the dagger; from that moment on, she never heard from Mr. Flurris again. Her mother asked her many times if she remembered what had happened, but she lied and said that she didn't remember anything. She knew better than anyone that her mother would worry a lot; therefore, she chose to lie.
"Will that boy be okay?"
Lia had asked the cleaning and cooking staff who had entered the white-haired, blue-eyed boy's room if he was okay. It had become routine for her to ask, as she didn't dare go see him in person. To her surprise, the information she received from the employees wasn't very pleasant; they all said that the person had an injury to his hand and that it was slowly healing.
"Okay. I'm going to do it today. I'm a princess; he's the one who should be nervous."
With these thoughts, Lia gathered her courage. She thought that since she was a princess, this boy should respect and fear her. No one in the palace would dare to disrespect her. She has always been treated with great respect; all the servants in the palace, the royal guard, and even the noble families address her with respect. No one would dare to disrespect her. With that in mind, Lia turned around and headed for the door. When she was about to open the door, she was shocked: the door suddenly opened, and a figure appeared in front of her. It was the person in question.
"You insolent little thing."
She was petrified at the appearance of that boy. The words that boy said surprised her greatly. Her body was static; she could barely process the words that the boy had said. He had a smile on his face, one that went from end to end; his light blue eyes stared at her. She did not know the reason, but her body refused to move. Her entire body began to tremble involuntarily: arms, legs, abdomen, back, head; a strange tingling invaded every part of her body. It all started from the moment she looked into those blue eyes.
"What happened to your tongue, elf girl? Can't you speak?"
Lia didn't know how to answer that question; her head was a mess. One part of her brain knew what she was being told; the other part was busy sending currents throughout her body. The white-haired, blue-eyed boy, seeing that she was frozen in place, waited patiently for the girl to speak and recover from her abnormal state. After a couple of minutes of waiting, the girl was finally able to react with enough time to process the situation. Lia said her first words:
"Hello-".
But unfortunately she failed and bit her tongue. This did not go unnoticed by the person in front of her.
"Puff, no need to be so nervous, girl."
Hearing that, Lia became even more nervous and replied:
"I'm not nervous; I'm a princess."
Lia said in an unconvincing tone of voice and with an embarrassed face. It was obvious that she wanted to appear brave.
"It's okay, girl, I believe you."
This time Lia answered with more confidence:
"I'm not a child; commoners are to address me as 'Miss Leah', understood?"
The girl's words made me want to laugh, but I held back. Outside there was an invisible royal guard guarding the entrance; he seemed to want to stop me and forbid me from passing, but after giving him a death glare, he was put off. After thinking things over, I decided to play with the elf girl for a bit.
"Wow, so you're a princess?"
"Y-yes."
"My apologies, Miss Lia; forgive this poor commoner who dared to disrespect you."
I said as I bowed and knelt down on one knee. As I did that, I could tell the elf girl's confidence was rising; it was better to do it this way. I needed the girl to not be afraid of me; after all, I had a plan in mind that involved her.
"I see you are a respectful commoner."
Lia had been completely fooled; you could see how pleased she was. If you looked at her pointy ears, they moved curiously and looked a little red from embarrassment.
"Thank you for your compliment, Miss Lia."
These past few days I had been using the power that allowed me to read people's minds. It was an extremely difficult power to use; the more powerful the person whose mind you wanted to read, the harder it was to read them; the amount of energy it took was insane, but it was worth it. It was fun to read other people's thoughts, especially the elf girl's, who kept thinking crazy thoughts about how she should act around me and how she should thank me. The downside to that power was that every now and then I heard scary voices; according to D's analysis, they were beings from other planes. Hearing that, I got scared; I didn't want to have anything to do with those beings.