Not So Sweet Candyland

XVIII: Fear in Fear Himself

After spending a day in a sleep and stay motel in Vanilla Wafer Beach, they went on to their next destination: which is clearly unknown.

Berry was more than frazzled by her seeing her father, and seemed awfully tense.

She didn't talk that much and would walk super fast compared to Chase, who was rushing to go step by step to her footsteps.

Finally, Chase broke the silence.

"What's the problem with seeing your dad? Why is it every time that you see him, you change your plans?"

Berry stopped in her tracks.

"Are you stupid or are you an idiot?"

"What?"

"If we see my father, then we're fucked. You want to know why? Because we'll get punished and possibly killed, I'll get the worse punishment because you were my capture, but you'll get punished too for following me."

"But why, exactly? What can we do about it?"

"If my dad is following us, you would take a Detour, right?"

Chase nodded.

"Why would you let him follow us?"

"Uhhh, I don't know."

"This is why you are an idiot."

Berry rolled her eyes and then continued walking.

After about an hour or two, she finally started to talk.

"My father might be stronger than you think. Actually, no, let me rephrase that. He's a lot weaker than you think. In front of him compared to me, he's scared of his own creation. I'm talking about me. He knows what I can do and that's why he lets me do whatever I want. Also, he can't kill me because minors are illegal to kill. Also, killing your daughter would be hot on the table and his name would be spread so badly that people would start revolting. Yet, for every weakness that my father has to me, he will use, no abuse his own power to get his way. Considering that he was the youngest child, this does not surprise me at all. He was and still is a brat that will get his way no matter what. Even if you have tons and tons of evidence backed up on him, he will just say that "it's incorrect" and "you're making it up.". So, being on thin ice with my father means that you have a slim chance of walking again."

"But, can't you just kill him?"

"He's like a battery, you just have to let him die on his own. In fact, he is guarded so heavily that you're not allowed 1000 feet around him unless he is in the castle."

"So, why not burn the castle?"

"You have to destroy the entire castle, and I don't think that you actually know the castle like I do. There are about 500 rooms in that castle, 3 wings, and 100 million ways to get lost. Destroying that castle is nearly impossible, as being a massive castle is basically the purpose that it solves. If you don't know the wings, you're going to get lost. It's how my father is, he's a coward. A snowflake. He doesn't want to face others because he has done so many terrible things that he'll never admit. But the ones that are the closest to him know everything, and for the most part, they Don't even care. They have lives to live, why should they care about some affair that my dad had when he was supposed to be in a courtship."

"So, your dad will bend the rules to give him all of the benefits?"

"Exactly. He knows that when something happens controversially, he'll give more freedom to the candisons, such as letting two families live in one house together or banning school uniforms in private schools. That's what he does. Before his mother and sister died, things were actually going good for Candyland. Camdyland was always supposed to be a utopia, but my father ruined it like always and like he does with everything. And because everybody is so used to the way that he does things, they are going to get mad if I revert things to what they were a long time ago, because that is how our society is supposed to run. But, my father ruined everything for his personal good. Like always."

"Why do you let him?"

"How many times do I have to tell you? I have nothing compared to him. I'm weaker than him in his eyes. He's this dictator leader who wears jewels to blind others from seeing the truth. I know that he lives with the regret of living with being a murderer and a psychopath. He can change the minds of others with just a snap of his fingers. That man, my father is scary. And even I can't defeat him."

Berry paused.

"But that doesn't mean that he doesn't have fears. He does have weaknesses, but he layers himself in order to come across as more powerful. After abusing every power, his status, money, and more, he knows that he cannot just change his actions all together unless he has lost life and seen it flash behind his head as his minds trickle beneath thoughts of glitter. He's the type of person to romanticize controversial topics. Like, come on, he believes in Stockholm Syndrome and more than once have women of the harem developed a mad bond for him. And it's not just lust, oh no, there are women in love with my father. And I would think, with that monster? But, they will sooner or later steal his money and runaway and start a new life. That's the thing, most of the women are either poor or nobody's. They want to become more known or Rick and my father is a stepping stone. If you give him your virginity and your first child, you can do whatever that you want. Of course, most women of the harem choose to stay, and I can't blame them."

"Sex with a king for anything that you want?"

"Anything can happen when you're in the bed with the king."