"Huh?" Achiel was a little slow after the words hit him. He didn't expect the lady to hit the point so casually. Wasn't that a very weird way to initiate a conversation? A sensitive conversation for that matter!There was no point worrying about the manner of approach to the conversation. The insinuation of her words was too heavy for him to digest at the first swallow. "Mira wasn't her real name. She is the Great Lady. She has no name. That was why we call her the Great Lady. She was supposed to be christened by the Emperor. That is, you. It has always been a tradition in the great and golden history of the Ouclux Empire that the Emperor be the one to name his queen on the eve of their coronation." The lady took a pause. Achiel didn't know if he was hearing things or if the lady was actually making sense. Though the lady seemed to be explaining the details to him, yet it felt like he was still at the square one. She wouldn't leave him hanging like this. She definitely would not!"
Achiel felt the need to help the lady up on her feet, but his mind was quite occupied. He had to share a bed with Mira to help her recover the memories? Achiel didn't know what to think. He really didn't think that would be as difficult as it sounded, but how would he go about the words?He realised that there was no reason to doubt it anymore. There was no point doubting the identity of Mira anymore. The story of the lady was very convincing, and Achiel had felt personal experiences with Mira that backed up the claims. To get answers to all of the other questions that he had, there was only one way to find out. He had to get close to Mira. That was the only way to find out the truth for himself. He was not looking to prove this lady wrong. He just wanted to get exactly what he had been wishing for. He turned around and walked away from the lady. The lady didn't call him. He should ask the lady of her name, but his mind was busy. He had something else to do, and that was where his
Achiel was a little taken aback by her reaction. Why did she sound so surprised? Was she reluctant, or was she nervous?"Oh, my bad. You sound like you don't want to. Forget I said so." Achiel let go of her hand, turning to leave. "No! No! I want to!" She grabbed his wrist, sounding so desperate.When he gazed at her, he could see her cheeks turning pink. She was blushing so hard. She must have some naughty thoughts. "I was just surprised. I'm surprised that you would ask me that." She was silent for a while, letting his hand go. Achiel suddenly became a little worried. "I mean, only Zoe knows where you live. I was surprised that finally you want to spend the night with me." She sounded a little gloomy as well as dismissive. Achiel smiled softly. He found her really cute whenever she complained. He couldn't believe that there were so many parts of Mira that he didn't notice all this time. Was she always this cute? He walked closer to her and held both of her hands in his. "Loo
"Have you done it?" Young Madam turned to the head maid, whose face held a great amount of emotions. The head maid had her head down, unwilling to look Young Madam in the eyes. "Look up! Look me in the eyes!!!" Young Madam yelled at the woman. The woman lifted her gaze in fear. She was fidgeting. She had worries crawling up her face. "If you want to survive in this mansion, you will do everything that I tell you!!! Else, you will die, and there will be no one to prove your death!" Young Madam threatened. "Do you understand?!!!" She screamed at the woman. "Yes, Mother. Yes." The woman shuddered, nodding fiercely, an attempt to convince Young Madam that she was on her side. Young Madam walked away from the head maid to go settle in her seat. "Now tell me, have you done it?!" Young Madam demanded again. The head maid nodded firmly. This time, it was as though all her fears had been taken away. As though she was a new person. Her face was tough, and she lacked any iota of e
The bedroom was silent for a while. The both of them sat in dead silence, staring at each other. They were sitting separately. But the manner at which they looked at each other, it was obvious that they were much closer than it seemed. She had just finished telling him every detail of the dreams. It was the time to ruminate on it and decide what the way forward would be. "Why would she poison me out of jealousy? What did I do to deserve that?" Mira said softly. She was too weak to cry anymore. She had cried to the extent that her eyes were swollen. Achiel had tried to stop her in the first place but had decided that it was better that she got every bad emotion out, if she would create a new place in her mind for peace. He was glad that she wasn't crying anymore. He didn't think he would be able to take it. The more that he got to know about her, the stronger he felt for her. Earlier before now, he had wanted to help her out of pity, but not now anymore. There was something else
For a few seconds, Achiel was a little shocked to see Wolowitz. He couldn't begin to imagine what Wolowitz was doing at this place at the same time. For a split second, Achiel was made to think that perhaps Wolowitz knew that he would be here with Mira. But then, thinking it over, it made no sense to him. He never told anyone that he was bringing Mira here. Even Mira herself didn't know. He decided to rule the thought off. It could only be a coincidence. If that was a coincidence, then he didn't have to worry too much about it. "Babe." Mira stood behind Achiel, holding one of his hands. It was obvious that she was nervous. "Just ignore him." Achiel said, trying to make things quite easy for her. Wolowitz had walked to stand before them. Even if they wanted to ignore him, there was no way they could go about it. "We should shake hands, shouldn't we?" Wolowitz offered a handshake to Achiel. Achiel didn't hesitate. He took his hand. Then Achiel turned slowly to Mira. "You should
Amara didn't know how to react to this. She was still trying to get herself concentrating after what Achiel had said, and now this?She wanted to answer Wolowitz, but Achiel called at her,"Go on quickly. We don't have all the day." Achiel snapped. "I'm sorry." Amara apologized and left at once. Wolowitz watched Amara go for a while as though he was trying to create a missing link. Then he turned back to Achiel, taking gentle steps into the space. "Where is she going to?" Wolowitz asked. "She's trying to go get the manager. You shouldn't worry about that." Achiel replied with a smile. Wolowitz squinted his eyes for a while. Then he looked away at once. His gaze fell on Mira.Wolowitz realised that Mira was quite collected and quite different in demeanor compared to ten minutes ago. "Why does milady look quite moody?" Wolowitz asked Mira."Did that crazy bitch offend you? Tell me right now so I can go beat her up." Wolowitz sweet talked. Mira didn't reply to him. "Oh, I must g
"Mr Wolowitz?" The manager called his attention again. "Whatever. Go make the calculations and return with the bill. I will pay for everything." Wolowitz said with a loud tone and high shoulders. He didn't want to appear to Mira as a weakling. He had projected himself as a rich person and must keep up the status. He must match the hype. He didn't want to be looked down upon by the manager either. He didn't really understand what Achiel was doing, but he could tell that Achiel seemed to be enjoying this moment. "Very well then, Mr Wolowitz. I'll need some time to put together all the costs. If you don't mind, you can come with me." The manager offered. Wolowitz turned and looked around. Mira and Achiel were still standing there. He couldn't possibly leave the both of them there. Not because he cared, but because he didn't want to walk out on Mira, leaving her with Achiel. "No, you can go ahead and do whatever calculations. I'll be here. I mean, it isn't a bad idea for me to stay
~ THE THIRD DIMENSION ~A stream of golden light was descending from the sky at an insane speed. Its velocity was beyond the speed of the lightning. It was traveling in a wave and twirl. It kept going and going. When it zoomed past a mist of cloud, the details of the stream of light broadened. Earlier, it appeared as a golden stream of light, but now there seemed to be a hint of blue overshadowing the light. The blueness was like a hue around the golden light. Although the hue was not harsh yet, it was never to be overlooked. Suddenly, the stream of golden light collided with the peak of a bamboo tree. When the collison was made, a blinding light traveled from that place to the end of the whole forest. It was as though the whole place was enveloped in a white brilliance. After a short while, the light died out. When the light died out, there was a lanky and tall man seen standing on the tip of the peak of the bamboo tree. It was as thought hebhwd grown out of thin air. The body
The towering God of Cosmos stood tall and mightily behind Achiel. Mira still couldn't find the appropriate way to react to it. At first, she thought that he had disappeared with Achiel, but they were still there. Her eyes must be blurring out following the great shock. Suddenly, she noticed the God of Cosmos moving his hands here and there around the room. Mira's eyes followed the directions of his hands that went to and fro. In each direction that he waved his hand, a portal appeared. He waved his hands in five places, and five portals appeared. There was a portal that had been cackling all along. It was through that portal that Achiel wanted to take Mira to the kingdom. "Choose one." The God of Cosmos said out of the blue. "Huh?" Mira was startled by the instruction. She thought that the God of Cosmos had referred to her. When she lifted her gaze slowly to take a quick peek at the immortal being, she realised that she got it all wrong. He wasn't talking to her. He was talkin
"I can't believe that it really worked as you said." Mira added, awed by the scene that was unfolding on the screen of the phone. "But for how long will he function? I mean, how long would it take for the clone to disappear?" Mira asked. Her tone and voice showed how genuinely concerned and interested she was. She seemed to be clueless yet was fighting for all the intention there was to know. "You didn't have to ask the same question twice. Either way, I'll answer you." Achiel corrected, smiling at her. She should return the smile, but her busy mind wouldn't give her a break from the tumbling thoughts. "For as long as we want." Achiel answered. Mira's brows furrowed when he said those words. The confusion was scribbled on her face. It was way too glaring to be hidden. "We?" Mira finally asked the important question. Achiel sighed as he looked away from the screen of the phone. "I know that all these are strange to you, but you need to grow on the fact. It's something that you
Outside the Shangri-la tower, there was a scary type of quietness. The level of quietness was really something that could never have been envisaged by anyone. The reason was that there were lots and lots of people who stretched from those premises of the Shangri-la to several kilometers away in a long, broad, and single file. For all these numerous people that have different tastes and have subscribed to different notions and beliefs, to be this quiet, it was something that could never be overlooked. The quietness didn't come of its own accord. Instead, everyone was staring seriously at his phone. Those who were not staring at their phones were looking at the large billboard that was etched into a corner of the tower. Everyone was staring keenly at the screen that was accessible to them respectfully. But what was happening on the screens of all the phones and the billboard were the same thing. Everyone gasped at the same time. On the billboard, there was a lanky man who looked
Klaus's question attracted a lot of reactions. His words were weighty, and not one person was willing to look to the other side. "Klaus!" Zoe suddenly called at him. Klaus took a glance at her. When he saw her, he looked a little tipped off. For a sheer second, he had forgotten that Zoe was here. In the grand scheme of events at this moment, Zoe was the least important person around when it came to status and class. It was already a wonder that she was present here. Perhaps if she didn't have a feather, she wouldn't be here either. Even Klaus has his. "Don't be offended by my choice of word." Klaus plucked his gaze from her and turned to the whirring camera first before paying attention to the people present. "Pay close attention while I explain this. After this, the couple would be invited in to be celebrated and tied." Klaus's composure had tuned."Although it would totally be an honor to do this even though we are not worthy." Klaus's tone suddenly changed. Something strange
On the floating peak of Shangri-la, there were numerous people settled down on high-end chairs made out of the purest red gold ever refined. The skin of real-life wild cats that were hand woven were sewn about the chairs, serving as resting pads and the main places where the bum would rest. There were several men of dignity positioned in thoughtful patterns across the space. The sight was so beautiful and opulent. Each of the dignitaries present at that place had a red feather at the top of their hats; each person had a hat on. irrespective of whatever you are wearing, there was a hat to match, and on top of each person's hat was a red feather. The invite!The red feather was the pass for each of the persons that was present on the Peak. The feather looked very rare. It looked to have been plucked from the wings of a Phoenix or several Phoenix.Although the color was red, yet there was this subtle highlight of yellow that made it seem as though it was multicolored. But the truth w
About 19km away from the Shangri-la Peak, there was a flood of heads. An ocean of bodies standing in the way, making shuffles at occasional periods. The ginormous number of people stretched from that position up to the front of Shangri-la Peak. It was as though the world was about to end, and everyone had come out of their houses. It was even scarier than that. The whole city had come to a standstill because of the crazy number of people occupying all the roads and places.Voices, echoes, and screams were flying around. But one thing each of the people on the street shared was the urge to move forward."Has the wedding started?" A random person asked. "I'm not sure. The Peak is not floating yet. As soon as it starts floating, I'm sure that'd be a sign?"Two strangers were explaining to others who were surrounding them. "Get out of my way!" A lad sent a flying punch into the face of the last person to speak.Before the victim could react, the lad had run forward, pushing his way t
"It's you. It's really you." Laura repeated the words in an attempt to be emphatic. She had done it also to convince herself that she was in her right mind and was not seeing things. Achiel remained where he was standing as though he could not move. "How... How did you find me?" That was the tenth time that she had asked that same question. When she had received a message from godofcos claiming that he was outside her house. She had come running outside. Getting to the door of her apartment, she had seen Achiel standing there. The man from the store!!!She had been trying to engage him in a conversation, but the man had been staring at her all along. Standing there like a statue. But then suddenly, he replied her abruptly. Ever since then, he had gone mute again. She was really confused and didn't know what to make of this situation that she had earned herself. Achiel was trying to make things less weird between the both of them. If he went fully into talking to her, she might
Achiel was still standing where he was, staring at his phone. But the noise coming from distance was getting louder, and he couldn't ignore it any longer. He looked away from the phone, from the chat scene, in the direction of the noise. The group of high school students were still there. He wasn't ready to be concerned with who they were. Instead, what they were doing was something that he couldn't ignore. There was a lad who had been forced to be on his knees, while a group of bigger boys hit him repeatedly. Achiel had seen this at first but brushed it off because he was trying to gift Lauretta. Although, earlier, things were not alarming amongst the group compared to now. He started to walk towards the scene. In a matter of time, he was already close to the group. "Are you still going to keep talking?" One of the three big boys said to the victim, hitting him on the back of his head. "You will report to the principal again, won't you?" Another guy slapped the victim across t