The Arrangement

Chapter 15

We arrived at the throne room and there in front of us sat the King himself.
" Why are you here?"

I looked at Gin who bowed his head respectfully towards the king before he spoke.
" Your highness, My name is Gin Hamadate, I came here to escort her to see you." He looked over at me and gave me a look. I'm guessing I should introduce myself in a similar manner.
I bowed my head respectfully and sighed under my breath.
" My name is Robin Driscoll... Your highness."

He studied my face and a huge grin appeared.
" Robin... the Nephalem? The daughter of that traitorous wench?"

Traitorous? Wench? Who is he to call my mom that! This king is probably worse than his son.

" Yes... I see you've been escorted by this bringer of disaster. "
I looked over at Gin who remained pleasant and held his head high. There goes another diss towards Gin.

" Anyway why are you here? You have a week before we even have to meet each other mongrel?" 

  " I was told that I should meet you before hand and discuss how the arrangement would work."

   He waved his hand towards the guard as if signaling something  and looked back at me.
" My son is the one you'd make an arrangement with child."

The silver flowing hair enters again with the biggest devilish grin on his face. He walked over to me and licked his lips in my face.  
" Delighted to see me again?"

"Not really..."  

He laughed and clapped his hands, immediately to follow was the butler bringing a couple sheets of paper.

" This will be our contract love. "  I took the paper from the butler and began to read the guide lines.

" What the hell!"  I threw the paper on the ground and glared at the prince before I stormed out of the castle, leaving Gin behind.

   " That stupid inconsiderate asshole !" I stopped running to catch my breath, looking around and completely confused as to where I was.  Where do I go from here? Should I just retrace my step back to the castle? I sighed at the predicament I was in and walked over to a stranger.

" Excuse me?" I spoke as nicely and respectfully as I could.
" Do you think you could tell me where the entrance is?"

The tall stranger only laughed and walked off.
So he isn't friendly either?
I thought they were supposed to be friendlier than anyone? 
" Sigh..."  I began to walk off again, feeling anxious since I was lost. 
Maybe someone will take pity on me and think I'm a lost puppy if I poke my lips out and bat my eyes enough.
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Maybe about an hour or two has passed and still no sign of an exit to this damn place. Why Didn't I stay composed even if what he was asking was outrageous, I honestly thought Newell would be the one to do something like that.
A longer sigh escaped my lips as I walked into a nearby restaurant. I wonder... if they accept the money from mortals? I took out my wallet and checked the money I had. I wonder if there's such thing as currency change here ?

" Are you okay?" The guy at the front desk said as he looked at my sullen face.

" Yes... I'm fine, what type of currency do you take here?" He raised an eyebrow, his expression seemingly confused but it relaxes after he thinks.
" Your not from here... we take Frewil."

"Frewil?" I said questioning such a random currency.

" Yes...," he looked down at me and sighed.
" I'll put your meal on my tab since it seems you are quite tired at the moment." He took a menu and began to show me to a table in the corner.

That was nice of him. I opened the menu to see such extravagant dishes and my eyes widen at the crazy prices.
5,000 Frewil for a simple salad?
Ugh, why so expensive? I decided to look for the cheapest thing on here... I already feel bad someone else is paying for me.

I put down the menu and huffed and the guy showed up with a notepad and a pen.
" Hello little lady."

"Hello...."
He looked at me with a puzzled expression and read me like a book.

" Don't worry about the pay here. Just buy something you'd like, I'm not broke you know?"

I sighed and still got the cheapest plate on the menu. He laughed at my awkwardness and smiled.
" Your a funny girl... " he walked over to turn in my order and I watched his broad back leave.
Maybe about 10 minutes later, my food arrived and he sat down with his two other plates.

" Um?"

" I got to eat to, I'm off right now and paid for the food already." He laughed and put the plate with the Alfredo pasta in the middle.
" We can share this."

I found it weird he was being so nice to me, he reminded me of Alex a little bit. I unconsciously smiled as I remembered my moments with Alex.

" Your smiling?" He said, with a confused expression and added a slight chuckle to his voice.
" If this makes you happy, your easily pleased."

" Oh..." I said feeling a bit embarrassed.
" It was because I'm remembering a friend of mine... he's gone at the moment."

" He must be super important to you if you think of him so much?"

" Maybe..." I began to take a bite of my food and he opened his mouth.
" My name is Eli," then brown skin male said in front of me.

" Robin..." I spoke trying not to look to greedy, while stuffing my face.

" Do you have a place to stay?" He said with his eyes widen and his eyebrows raised to question my current place.

" No... I went to see the king, and ran away from the only way back home..." I remembered instantly Gin's shocked face as I ran out of the hall.

" Well... "he  looked at me as it seems he remembered something." I know a place you can stay for free. "

He gave me a big smile and continued to speak," A buddy of mine is actually pretty generous towards everyone, and don't worry he can't do anything to you as an angel."

I hesitate a bit but at the same time, I'm kind of a sitting duck here if I don't find a place to sleep... but I honestly can't let my guard down at least not after that contract.