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Alia's POV:I got down at Anastasia's and knocked on the door to see if she's home. I came here to see her dad, who seemed to know about the skin condition earlier. So I thought he might know something about the pendant or the coin.
I ordered Cletus to get back to the Kingdom so that I wouldn't have anyone, who is not in the inner circle, with me
Anastasia opened the door and gave a lovely smile when she saw it was me.
"Can I come in?"
"Of course, my queen, you can. You don't need to ask anyone for permission."
I laughed it off because; I wasn't used to being called as the Queen even though it has been almost more than few months now.
I went inside and noticed that the walls were dark, some furniture which was made of old grass, gold, piece of cloth and everything. I love how they live a simple life, even though he could afford a lot more than they have in here.
"Ana, is your father home?"
"No Alia, he's in the Kingdom. But I can ask him to come home if you want to talk."
"No, it's OK. It is his duty and I don't want to interrupt him."
"Okay, so do you need anything to eat?"
"No thank you, I just had some fruits in the courtroom"
"Oh OK, so may I ask to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"Did you hear that some of my friends from the present have time travelled just like the three of us?"
"Yeah, yeah, I think I heard something like that in the market this morning. What happened? Are you alright? And hey- how is Shanaya ?"
"Yeah, I think it is fine, but we are all worried that condition is fatal."
"I'm so sorry for ruining the day for you guys, but I just wanted to let you know when my dad said about those things and my grandfather wanted to make sure that you were alright."
"Why would he want to make sure that I was alright?"
"He said that, when he was at the duty, the fish-skin condition was found with only the Royals, the people who wore the crown."
"Oh OK, so is your grandfather around. Can I talk to him?"
"Yeah sure, he is just around the corner shop. I will get him. Please take your seat."
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And then she was gone. After listening to what she just said, I was even more worried that I couldn't make any decisions out of the information I had. I need to know more and for that; I need to have a talk with her Grandfather-especially about this pendant and the coin.
I waited patiently for him to come back, and when I saw him, my heart just stopped beating. Even at his old age, he had so much resemblance to my dad. I bet this man looked exactly or at least 80% similar to my dad when he was younger. Oh my God, what is happening?
"My queen." he said with a shaky voice
I rose and gave a heartwarming smile at him.
"My queen, I'm Darius. It is such a pleasure to meet you finally, after having heard the stories about the reforms that you brought under your rule. The only Queen Alia."
"Oh, it's nothing but thank you, anyway. I'm here to ask about something that you might have known or seen in your period"
"Sure, anything for you, my queen."
I then showed him dependent that Zoya gave me and stuck it out for him to examine. He was about to grab the pendant, but then stopped midway when he took a closer look at it.
His eyes widened, and he looked at me with disbelief as I held the pendant with my own hands.
"My queen, where did you get that?"
"As you might have heard, some of my friends from the present, future- for you guys- has time travelled to this timeline. She found the pendant when she was in the future. So do you know something about that?"
"Yes, my queen, yes, I know about that. As a matter of fact, I was there that day when the pendant was made."
That line creeped the hell out of me. What does he mean by that?
"What do you mean by that, so you say you have seen this pendant before?"
"Of course, this pendant belonged to queen Pythia."
"The queen whose rule was called the best in her times. You mean that Pythia?"
"Yes, my queen, it is the same".
"But I don't understand how her pendant ended up in the present year, which is a few 100 years' future to you."
"I don't know that either, my queen, but this pendant is tainted as it was on her neck when she was killed"
Killed? What he does he mean by that!? Anastasia's dad said she died and Darius says she was killed.
"Killed? Didn't she die of the skin condition?"
"Yes. She had that skin condition and so people and the Senate members wanted to kill her so that she wouldn't spread the Fish-skin. The people assumed that it would be contagious and so they killed her, in her sleep."
That was a very cruel thing to do. They killed their own queen in her sleep. How bad these people would be. That's when I realized why Anna's father wanted to know if it was alright. And, is he in the Queens guard- so maybe he'd kill me too if he knew I had this fish-skin.
I can't believe this. How could they do this to her? They could at least treat or find something-a medication for that.
"Okay, so I have this another coin that I and my friends have had for a while. Would you please take a look at it and say if you know something about it?"
"Sure, my queen, I will. Show me the coin."
"No, it is not with me right now, but can you come to the castle? My friends have it with them. I will show you."
"Sure, of course I will. I will come with Anastasia. We will see you there, my queen. You go ahead."
"But I sent away my horsemen. I think I would have to travel with you guys. It's OK let's go there together."
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