Chapter 7 – The wizard and the promise he couldn't keep
To his surprise, the girl started to cry.
"You idiot! I was so worried, so worried… Please, don't leave me alone, please…"
The dumbstruck wizard did not know how to stop her from crying but then, he had an idea.
"Eglos radmas ginfed yorus
Timol maddos reddin clofus
Hetoh gikon derrah julus
ACTIVATE!"
He gently held Rin's hand and smiled once again.
"Don't cry, I'm here now ok? Don't worry I promise I will never leave you alone for too long ever again."
"Promise?"
He felt his heart twist, he had vowed to make this girl happy but he couldn't keep this promise.
"Promise."
The wizard's heart hurt with the pain of knowing the sad truth but if he had to lie to make her happy, so be it. Soon, her laughter had increased once again and after a while she made a second wish.
"Well I sometimes wished I were a princess."
The wizard laughed.
"I thought you might say that but the problem is you already are."
"How many times do I have to say I'm not a princess? Princesses should be elegant and beautiful as well as polite and–"
"And you aren't?"
Len smiled, feeling superior.
"Well I wish I was."
"But you already are so I cannot grant this wish."
Rin seemed to give up arguing.
"You know, I've been having weird dreams lately."
"Really now."
Len smiled, he knew exactly what she was talking about.
"Dreams could also be childhood memories you know?"
"Really? Then I guess I should dream more then."
Len chuckled at the girl's face. He took a glance at his clock.
"It's getting late. I should be getting back."
"Don't return after a month like you did last time."
"I promised I wouldn't. I'll be back when the clock strikes 11 after the sun has risen high in the sky and has entered your little room."
Rin laughed at the line he had said not too long ago.
"Don't appear at 12 this time."
Len walked away from the mirror and whispered, "I won't." Soon the wizard fell asleep, haunted by nightmares of his past and his horrifying future.
