Eternity Key

Eternity Key- Chapter 3- Nickameledien's Identity part 1

Chapter 3:

   ... Lamia Kingdom’s palace...

It has been seven days since Nickameledien first opened her eyes inside the palace of the Lamia Kingdom’s rulers. She’s fully recovered now but Hal keeps her for some unknown reason. This day is peaceful for Nickameledien, the sky is calm, the birds hums in tune, and the trees rustles as the gentle wind touches them. It was indeed a peaceful day. She hasn’t felt calm for as long as she remember. Her perfect relaxation was disrupted by a few knock from the outside of the room where she’s being kept. She looked silently towards the door and heard a nice sweet voice of a maid coming from the other side. “Lady, your highness is right here to address you.” Nickameledien kept silent for she knew nothing particularly good happens if someone is being addressed by the king personally. The door creaked open and Nickameledien felt cold ran down her spine. She wondered what this feeling could be. Fear? Eagerness? These thoughts were interrupted when Nickemeledien sniffed something coming from the other side. This kind of smell is certainly blood blended with the foul odor of poison. The Lamia king, his children and man servant came in to Nickameledien’s room, there’s Hal too who is being wrapped by the arms of a little lady with cat ears, whiskers, and tail. “Hello, Nicka. How do you feel today?” Hal asked, not even bothering about the little cat-like girl sticking like glue to him. Nickameledien didn’t even bother to answer his questions for her concentration is sticking to this tall middle-aged guy who stands firmly and proudly, the Lamia king. The first time she saw him and she already decided that she hates him. “I see. You’re really a young lady. How old are you?” the king’s voice is high and strong, it really is fitted for the title of ‘King’, Nickameledien blinked twice and looked at Hal as she answered “five.” The king turned his head to see what she’s looking at and realized that she was looking at his second to the youngest son, Hal, the next successor of his throne. “He’s seven. He’s my second to the last son. I heard that he has taken a liking towards you.” The cat-like little girl’s hair suddenly lifted up into the air as if she was a real angry cat, she purred angrily and ran towards Nickameledien with a furious look in her face. The king, his children, and man servant looked in amazement towards Nickameledien who didn’t even blink nor lifted a muscle even if the little cat-like girl charged towards her. “She’s indeed an interesting brat, Hal. I can see why you took a liking towards her.” The king whispered to Hal “you... A Kass Inimese? You’re a being with the blood of Human and Cat.” Nickameledien’s lifeless gaze pierced through the Kass Inimese’s eyes, for a moment, this cat-like little girl saw a demon at Nickameledien’s back, but it wasn’t really there. The Kass Inimese that Nickameledien declared shivered, her green eyes wide, she could visibly see a very dark side of Nickameledien. Hal pressed his arms to this little Kass Inimese as if trying to move her away from Nickameledien. “Stop staring at her like that, Nicka. She’s getting scared of you.” Hal said, interrupting the imagination that the Kass Inimese built up. “hmph! So, what would the Lamia King wants from me?” Nickameledien asked with a rather impolite tone “how insolent...” just as the king’s man servant was about to lecture her of proper language, the king himself stopped his man servant from doing so. “I see that your brain is pretty mature despite your little fragile body.” The King said “I’m born in a world where my father only wants me to be mature enough to take on his duty even if I’m still a little girl.” Nickameledien explained “I see... Well, I only want you to reveal your real identity. Who you are and why you’re here.” The king directly said, Nickameledien paused for a while and started to open her mouth, but a big monster with scale shattered the glass of the window behind her and swiftly carried her away. “Nicka!!!” Hal shouted then his father held him down so that he won’t be able to run. The king knows his successor very well. He knew that Hal will run out to save one of his friends who’re in danger. “I’ll send guards to take her back so settle down.” The king said “father, she’s only five. She’ll be scared for sure if the searching took long. I’ll find her with Messiah’s nose.” Hal said then he ran out of the room “then, I cancel my order of taking out guards. Let Hal handle it by himself.” The king chuckled “I want to see him making a move to save an enemy.”