Curse of The Witch

Princess of Abandoned Castle (3)

Inside the room, there's a boy, lying down in the middle of the room without a single light. The room was dark, and the only source of light was the big windows at the rear. Slowly, Orion gains consciousness and wakes up in the middle of a foreign room. A big room that seems like he is inside a castle. With the interior that can't be seen clearly.

'Feels like deja vu,...' thought him.

Even when he woke up in a different place, he still remain calm. The first thing that he thought about was how Latina doing right now. He seems very concerned about her and hopes that he didn't make her worried.

'Hope I didn't make her worried,'

Suddenly, the big door opened. From the other side, a girl walked in and slowly closed her distance toward Orion. He is silent, staring at the person who walked towards him. When the girl reaches the part the light from the windows illuminates, showing the figure of a girl with white silver hair before him. With ease, he walked and said, "Excuse me, where am I?"

She's startled as if she didn't expect that question. With a movement that didn't know what should she do, she asked back, "U-um, this is my castle."

"Ooh, so this is a castle,"

"No wonder this room is so big," said Orion.

"U-um, excuse me, can you tell me what you see me as?"

Orion titled his head.

"What do you mean?"

"U-um, what I looked like from your perspective?"

"A normal human?"

"....."

She's gone silent, the answer itself not strange, but her expression that showed that it's something unexpected and then turned into a calm and relaxed made Orion wonder. As if to confirm his answer, she asked again.

"N-not as big creature or,"

"A monster?" said her.

"Huh?"

"What are you even trying to say?"

"There's only a beautiful girl with silver and long hair, wearing a dress that matched her hair, cute enough to be called cute in front of me," said Orion.

Taken aback by the answer, she's covering her face with her hands. But not long after that, with stammered voices, she asked him to have a cup of tea together.

"Cough, I-I see, s-so, can you accompany me and have some tea together?"

"Sure, why not,"

The two of them chatted together, spending their time indulging in a small talk inside the chamber that Orion woke up. Without realizing it, time flies and Orion feels like he needs to go back.

"Ah, it seems we spent so much time talking,"

"I think it's time for me to excuse myself,"

When he stand up, the person in front of him panicked. She seemed didn't want Orion to left yet.

"A-ah wait,"

"Can you here a bit longer, please?"

Looking at her, pleading for him to stay hit his soft spot. Because of that, he seems reluctant to left.

"B-but, I need to inform my family, I'm sure she's worried,"

"D-don't worry!"

"Latina and I was an acquaintance, so it's FINE!" said her.

"W-well, If you said so,...."

And then they're chatting again, sometimes, the silver-haired girl took out a card or something, and then the two of them started playing.

"H-how are you to be good at this game?" Said, Orion.

Hearing that, the girl in front of him makes a smile and says, "Hehe, your memory is just too poor, Orion."

The time passed and in the middle of their game. The girl asks Orion.

"Ah, are you hungry?"

"Yes, I think my stomach started growling,"

"Perfect! I have sweets right here,"

"I'm confident with the taste, here, take a bite!" said her.

By acting like that, she seems to act like girls her age. Orion didn't know her circumstance but he decide to not asked, he planted the same principle when he met Latina for the first time. Because there's no way a normal person lives inside a castle this big in the middle of nowhere. The scenery's out the window just huge plains that are surrounded by high cliffs. It's like the castle itself is inside a mountain, he can see a big moon shown in the sky through the hole.

When he takes a bite, he seems surprised.

"It's good," said him.

"Hehehe,"

Her face loosened, she make a big smile and said, "Right~ It's my hobby after all."

"Is that so?"

"Can you share the recipe? Latina seems like snacking sweets, but my knowledge about is too little so I can't make her many varieties." Said, Orion.

"Sure! I will write it later,"

The time passed, Orion seemed didn't know how long this conversation continues. In his head, he keeps apologizing to Latina.

On the other side, Latina, waiting for him alone inside the house, becomes restless. It's been three days, and usually, Orion comes back after two or three days, but Orion's well is still unknown until now.

"Orion, where are you...."