Princess
-Miyame POV, at the hill of the patch village—
"Ooch!" I yell hurtfully when Silver throws me on the ground harshly. He brings me to somewhere on the top of the hill.
I look around…There are all of the Ten patch officiants stand in front of me…Of course Goldva stands at the most front. I try to untie the rope but I can't.
"Mahanata Miyame." Goldva walks up to me slowly…she looks deeply into my eyes.
I just can only look at her back…I can't describe my feeling just now…Scare? Or Worry? Or something else? I don't know…but I feel oddly of her…
"Iron Maiden Jeanne is here now." Radim says cold.
I then look back…she's Iron Maiden Jeanne… She is in the tied rope same as me but her face look emotionless…I wonder if she didn't even feel of scare…
"Listen up, Miyame and Jeanne. We are sorry to do this bad manner to you but we really have to do it." Goldva doesn't wait…she starts suddenly.
"What…what do you want?" I ask in a little awe.
"We want you to unlock something for us." Goldva says.
"What is it?" I ask while Jeanne is just quiet…Why doesn't she help me?
"It's a Chest…that you have to use your furyoku to open it."
"For what?"
"I can't tell you now."
I hate this word! If they would like to take advantage from me or Jeanne, they have to tell their purpose first. That's a good manner. But then Radim comes and unties ropes for us.
"If I help you…what will I get?" A very little voice from Jeanne.
"You will receive the thing that is over your estimate. I assure it's very worthwhile. But…"
"…" Jeanne and I
"Only one person who will receive that!" Goldva tells us in a strong voice.
I look at her with my confusing. What! I don't want to get that thing even it's so worthwhile or something. I just want only go back and sleep.
"Follow me."
Jeanne and I have to walk follow Goldva and others ten without any other chances… All around me are trees and trees…but it is dark as well and I hate darkness. The way toward us is so knotty rough. Besides, the weather is cold and it's quiet as I can hear the sound of wind.
"Miyame-san" Jeanne calls me.
"Yeah?" I smile a little. It's good that there is someone who is talking with me.
"Nice to meet you. It is my first time seeing you." She smiles gently.
"Me too." I smile back.
"This is so strange." She turns to her two sides before whispers
"Hm?" I whisper back.
"I mean Patch! You know what while I was sleeping, Namari invaded in my room and he quickly took me here." She frowns
"Ah! Me too! Silver comes to my residence and took me there. It is very surprise that they want two of us."
"I don't understand. Why do they need us so much?" Jeanne says kind of resentfully but I still can know that she is clam and not that hurriedly.
"Me too. But you are so cute. I like your clothes." I say smiling. She is honestly cute, long silver curly hair with sweet face. She looks like a doll.
"Whhaa! I'm shy!" She blushes, "But you are also pretty as well! Many people are talking about you." She says with a big smile. But what! Many people are talking about me?
"Why are many people talking about me?" I ask what I'm wondering.
"Eh! You don't even know yourself? You're such a famous girl in the parity like me!" She says in a very surprise.
"I don't know it." I widen my eyes.
"What! Many shaman fight participants are talking about you…umm…they say like you are outstanding, pretty and blah blah blah. I thought you know it! Never know?"
I shake my head "Nope, honestly. Ah…but you make me shy." I rub my cheeks and smile
"Have you ever checked you mailbox in front of your residence?" She asks
"Nope. What's about that?" I give her an innocent face.
"Well, I've heard that there are so many people put their love letters in it. After we have helped them, go and look for it!"
"Really! I don't want to believe it! Ah…I just experienced only so many people came and talked to me." I recall about the times when I was strolling around Patch's village.
"That's part of it! You are so attractive. So envy."
"Mine,mine. Not that much." I say courteously
"Hee-hee. Don't be too courteous."
"Ha-ha. By the way, why do you know so many things about me?"
"Oh…That's because you are so famous!"
"No more! I'm bashful!" I say and rub my cheeks more.
"Hee-hee!"
I just know that Jeanne is such a humorous girl. I first thought she might be gentle…chill and emotionless something like that when I saw her external. But it's not
"Miyame-san!" She calls me
"Yeah?"
"What is your dream huh? Why did you want to become Shamanking?"
I'm shock again…that memory runs into my head… It's okay if I only keep it on my mind. But if I have to say out that means I have to remind more…and I don't even want to think about it…even it's my purpose to become Shamanking…
"Are you okay?" She asks me concerned. "Did I say something wrong? I'm…I'm sorry—" Her face changes to be worried and guiltily.
"No! It's not your fault…but sorry, I just don't want to say it, that's all." I force myself to smile but I know it is not good enough.
"It probably would be a very painful memory right?" She says and pats my shoulder, "I understand it well…how pain feel is."
"Thank you."
"No problem. But I just want to remind you something and I'll not talk about it again."
"Hmm?"
"Someday, you really have to recount this pain to someone. Don't keep it forever because the person who will feel torturing is you." She suggests strongly.
"Yes." I reply briefly.
I know… and I have already decided who I'm going to tell all about my pain past…
He is the boy…who has a warm heart…
Horohoro…
"Who do you think of?" She asks with her wondering face.
"Hmm. My friend." I say kind of twitch.
"Really? I thought you were thinking about…your boyfriend…" She smiles sly.
"What! He is not—"
"But when you thought about that your friend, you face looks was changed."
"Changed?"
"Yep, from your pain face changed to be very relieves face."
"Oh…"
"He probably is your important person right?" Jeanne asks with her smile, her eyes look at me like she is trying to get the truth.
"Yes, he is." I answer her with my sincerely smile.
"Arrive." Goldva unexpectedly says
Goldva stops, we stop too. Goldva points to an old big chest which is putted on a fanciful table that was carved very beautiful pattern on it.
"Please use your furyoku to unlock it." Goldva says simply.
"How?" I ask.
"Reach you hand out to the way that chest is…then sends your furyoku to your hand. Keep repeating on your mind that you really want to unlock it."
I turn back to the way the chest is. But turn to Jeanne again, she smiles and says voiceless by her moving mouth that 'Fighting.'' I do that back to her and turn to the mysterious chest again
I reach my hands and follow things Goldva said, as I turn to Jeanne, she's doing that too.
At my hand, there is a light gray light appears and slowly goes to the chest just like Jeanne's hand, her white light is going to the chest.
All of the Ten Patch officiants look at us with their hopeful eyes. I don't know why…
I concentrate on my furyoku…please…please unlock it…
But then…I feel my furyoku is weaker…and weaker…it's about to disappearing. I can't describe my feeling just now; I only know it's going to disappear that's all.
While Jeanne's hands are still having furyoku…and it still reaches to that chest…
Even I try harder to concentrate more for putting my furyoku in… but I can't… and it finally disappears.
I look at my hand wondering… What happens?
I move my eyes to Jeanne and I get shock…
The chest…is unlocked!
"Whoa!" Exclaimed those ten patch officiants, all of their mouths are opening…
Jeanne turns to me and says heartily "I can do it!"
"Congrats" I say smiling
"Y…You…" Goldva dashes up to Jeanne, widens her eyes…
"Yes?" She asks.
"Princess…You are our Princess! Jeanne-sama!"
Then Goldva and all ten patch officiants bow their heads at her feet. Jeanne face looks very surprise and that is what I'm doing.
"Wait! Why I become you princess?" She asks very confused.
"In the chest… there are some secrets about this and you can know all if you open and read it. You majesty." Goldva says and her tears coming out gladly. She slowly walks to the chest and picks up a very old book from its.
"A book?" Jeanne says.
"Yes, and if you open, you will know everything…about you previous life." Goldva continues explaining.
She gets that old book from Goldva, but however I still don't understand about this. Princess? Secret? Previous life? How complicated!
"And you…"
Goldva and others turn to me slowly; she said it in cold and that is just the same as their eyes are.
"…" I quiet and I sense something bad is going to happen to me…
"You have known some of our secret." Silver says cold.
"No, I honestly don't understand it." I deny and go backwards because they walk up to me and try to circle me to stand in the center.
"But you have already heard the word 'Princess'. Don't you?" Niclome says. And they all are trying to get closer to me…
"Wait…what are you trying to do?" I say and quickly walk backwards but I then realize that I can't, they already besiege me all around…I'm in the center of them.
"You should not tell anyone." Goldva says and gets closer to me…
"I won't! I promise!" I yell in scare.
"But…how can we make sure that? By promising? It is just a word. Whoever can say that."
"So what will you do?" I ask, having brain think how to escape from here…
"There is only one way to make sure that your mouth will be closed forever…" She says and smirks.
"What…what's that?" I ask and become frightened.
"WE HAVE TO KILL YOU!"
After Goldva's words, they all oversoul and then point their oversoul to me…I look around in scare…I can't oversoul and it is sure that I can't fight with these eleven people with my hands which have no weapons…
What should I do!
"Sorry for this, please forgive us but we definitely have to do this and another thing…" Goldva says
"…"
"You are now deprived of the right to be a Shaman fight participant!"
What!
I feel somebody is taking my breath away… a voice escapes from my mouth… I can't say anything…
No… I can't believe it… I…I…won't believe it!
If I can't have a chance to be a Shaman…What about my dream…
"STOP!"
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Talk with Fhongnum: Guess who yelled that! :D To be continued…