Once in a Blue Moon

Chapter 21.

I turn back to see who it is. I see the same man who disappeared before.
He has brownish red hair till his ears, eyes are green, he is wearing dark green colored suite, his eyes are fenced with rainbow colored powder.
"Who are you?" He asks. Really! Like c'mon, he must be knowing me, after all I'm a famous foreigner!
"Do you really mean to ask this question?" I ask. Of course no.
"Well, I do know your name, Isaball." He says.
"Its Isabelle."
"I don't care. What I mean to ask is, who you really are."
"I'm the one who you see infront of your eyes." I say. He doesn't seem like he is under a spell, or maybe he is. What if someone is making him ask these questions. What questions! He just asked who I am.
"Don't try to confuse me, because then, you will be confusing yourself." He says.
I don't have enough time to talk in poetry with him. I need to find a way to defeat Vinkart, and right now, I have no weapon to defeat him and that is big problem.
The only weapon against him is that wand, which I don't know where it is.
"You haven't answered me yet." He says.
Ahh! His eyes are green but he seems like a normal one.
"You know my name, I am Isabelle."
"Or let's just say, Princess Isabelle." He says. How does he know?
"Who are you?" I ask suspiciously.
He covers his eyes with his right hand. As he slowly uncovers his eyes, my eyes widen on his orange colored eyes. I don't think, people are actually allowed to change their eye color but we can. "I am Casper. You know, I just have this curosity to know about this people of this Iceland kingdom."
Iceland kingdom! Seriously.
"This kingdom is called Grandelle." I inform.

"As I am new to this kingdom..." he says. New! "A ruler of this kingdom appointed me as his personal assistant. I used to think magical people are good, but when I reached here, I realised that power is meant to destroy people and I got to know that this magical kingdom is not a fairytale one but an evil. I accepted my fate." He says. How come is he a now comer?
"Can you explain me about yourself a bit more in detail?" I ask.
"I was a cleaner of a big park, so called, The Flower land." He says. Oh...
"Since childhood, I was aware of my power but I kept it a secret. By accident, two years ago, I reached here, the frozen land. As I entered the city, I realized that, most of the people have green eyes, before anyone could notice me, I changed my eye color. I realized that all people in here have similar power like me but I was unaware to all people in here. As I am very expert in my magical skills by birth, the ruler abducted me and appointed me as his personal assistant. I don't really know if it was my power or anything else that all of a sudden, the ruler just appointed me." He says. He is not under his spell, but he just simply follows his orders. Why? If he just simply follow his orders, then, how does he know about me being a princess?
He continues, "A lady named, Rose." Who is Rose?
"Do you mean Rossana?" I ask.
"Maybe. I met her once. She told me that this kingdom has been frozen by the ruler on purpose. She also gave me a brief description about the kingdom it used to be and about the ruler." He says. Why did Rossana told him about our kingdom?
"You must be thinking why did she told me all this. She got to know that I'm not under the ruler's spell and I know where he is..."
"You know where your ruler is?" I ask.
"Yeah.
Moving on, she requested me to help, before I could answer her, ruler's body which has been sculpted to someone else's with ruler's soul in it, appeared."

'Ruler's body which has been sculpted to someone else's with ruler's soul in it, appeared', what does he mean?

"If that something wouldn't have appeared, what would be your answer?" I ask.
"I would think about it." What does he mean by, I would think about it, it should be yes.
"You know everything about your ruler, don't you?"
"Maybe."
"Who is your ruler?" I ask, wishing it to be Vinkart.
"Vinkart." He says. Somehow his name shivers me.
"He is evil." I say.
"The entire world is evil." He says. I don't agree.
"Would you help me?" I ask.
"Do I have a reason to say yes?" He says with a smile and I hate that smile.
"Do you have a reason to say no?" I ask.
"Maybe. I think it is not a good etiquette to betray your master." He says.
"Well, he is not your master but you indeed are his slave."
"You have taken me wrong, Miss. I am not his slave, if I would have been his slave, I might have not been standing here and my eyes would be green instead of orange. You see, sometimes I really do enjoy to be a part of powerful, evillish plans. Now, after seeing the real magical place with my own eyes, I have realized that only the powerful one wins the battle, the fairytales were all wrong about everything, that the good always wins, no matter what, those are just the fairytales." He says while pressurising his words and waving his fingers, whike eyeballs move around the corner of his eyes.
"And you tell me one thing Miss, if I even take you to Vinkart, what will you do? What are you even able to do? You are not strong as he is. Its not like I don't know that he is wrong, but its like there's no one capable of defeating him." Casper says.

Maybe he is saying the truth. There is really no one capable of defeating him, maybe.
What are you thinking Isabelle? He is a slave of Vinkart!

How can I expect him to say something against him?
"Mr. Casper, I pity on your very senses of thinking. Before, when the members of this kingdom were not under the spell of Vinkart, they were as sweet as honey. I see you, not under the spell of anyone but still being such an evil. Magic is a gift and you have used it like a curse by helping someone like Vinkart and you are also proud. Let me tell you one thing
Mr. Casper, forget about fairytales, histories of all humans and magical people are the witness of win of good over evil, and really, power don't matter, what matters is your intension and your will. If you think Vinkart has won, let me tell, the battle isn't over yet."

He rubs his eyes for no reason. "So you think you can defeat him, huh?" He asks.
"You really are his slave, aren't you?"
He smiles and sighs. "Dear lady," he says while pressurising his voice, "You still haven't understood, I am not his slave. He has power over all and I have the power over him, I have the power of his trust. I can break his trust and prepare for a war against him behind his back and he'll still think I'm the right guy, worthy enough to be trusted." He says and raises up his right eyebrow. "I am a weopon which can fight for him but can also fight against him."
"So you will help me?" I ask. He is only one which can take me to him.
"Did I said something like that? If I did, I don't remember." He says.
He is soo clever! I hate his way of speaking with twists and all, Ahh! It is like, sometimes he is just so emotional about good and bad and then all of a sudden he changes his colors.

"Do you know anything about a stick with twists and all?" I ask him about the wand. I think I have to find the wand.
"You mean the wand?" He asks. He really do knows all.
"Yeah."
"The wand which maybe can weaken Vinkart, right?
It is in the room where Vinkart is, caged in a glass cage."

Oh no. One more hope, shattered.
I have to convince this man take me to him now.
"Look, you have to help me." I say.
"I just do what I like to do."
"This is not a game Mr. Casper. It is not about you liking it or not, it is not about me and you. It is about all the people who are leading their lives under the spell of an evil person. It is about the people whom Vinkart froze for no reason, it is about justice. It is about our kingdom which has been buried under ice. The sun haven't risen. It is important for you to help me. You just have to take me to him, I'll manage the rest."
He laughs, "You think, you can really manage the rest?"
"Want to bet?" I ask.
"Now, you are really talking. I would love to see you fail."
"I confirm, once you take me there, I'll return only after finishing him off." I say.
"Okay then, let us see how many more hours you are going to survive." He says and gives me a fake sad expression.
"So, you are taking me there?" I ask.
"Maybe." He pauses. I feel scared now. What if I am not able to defeat him. I know where the wand is. I have to. I will.
Be brave Isabelle.
"Only if you promise to really defeat him." He whispers and then gives me a smile of a devil. His smile shivers me.