Author's note: Okay sooo...I was thinking to make the hollow knight in this story a "him"
To make things easier.
Ghost will still use a "them/they" though because...reasonssss?
And why am I writing this at midnight?
"So what you're trying to say is that the child walked all the way here...alone?"
Well, she was going to say "by itself", but the white lady tries to refrain from using the word "it" as well as any other word that separates the vessels from the sentient creatures not too much.
It just doesn't seem right. Though the king did say that the vessel did not have any thoughts or emotions... Still...she has to put on an act to say some of the words, so her wyrm would stop lecture her about "what makes the vessels unique" again.
"Yes, my queen" Dryya answered the lady's question before sipping on her tea. The other knights that sat beside her also took a small sip of their tea while Ogrim and Ghost are on the floor playing...tic tac toe?
And it looks like Ogrim is winning.
You might be wondering, "Why are they sitting around the table and having a small tea party?"
Well, since it took quite a while to explained to the queen why the vessel is here. They thought it would be a better idea to make themselves comfortable while doing so.
"Hmm...that's odd" She mused, but then remembered that she had to bring the vessel back to their bedroom
"I just remembered the reason why I'm here. Please excuse me" Even when she stood up from her seat she's elegant and beautiful.
Then she slowly walked over to Ogrim and the small knight.
"Aha! How's that for you" He drew a circle on the top right corner, giving him a win for this round Ghost hung their head, defeated.
At least they had fun, so it's alright.
But maaan, Ogrim really sweep them in this one.
The queen was a bit surprised by this show of emotion.
Was it an emotion? Maybe she's just too tired to think of it that way.
There's no way that the vessel just showed a "sad" expression.
"Come now, dear. You need to rest up for tomorrow" She gestured for the knight to walk with her back to their room...with her bright baby blue eyes.
The small knight seems to understand this and stood up for the floor to follow the queen.
"It has been nice talking to you all, but we must go now. Please, continue on your training" And with that, she turned to walk away.
No need to look back because the vessels are made to follow every command...so no need to worry Ghost started to follow their mother, but not before waving goodbye to all the knights and last but not least, Ogrim.
The knights waved back of course. Feeling quite happy that there's someone to give then a surprise visit Then with a "click" the door is closed once more.
Leaving the knights to do...whatever they do before they're disturbed It was quiet for a while until Isma broke the silence.
"Does that mean tea time is over?"
The walk to their bedroom is really quiet. Only the sounds of footsteps and a very faint sound of buzzsaw could be heard.
Well that's the story for another time.
The White Lady turns to look at the vessel every now and then to make sure that they're still here.
Their footsteps are very subtle.
She thought to herself if she should talk to them or not.
I mean...the silence is starting to bother her.
Might as well?
And maybe she could test the theory if vessels could actually feel something too.
"So..." What could she even talk about?
Aha! This might be a good topic.
"This is going to be your new home now dear. You'll be staying with your brother in your bedroom" She then turned to look at Ghost while still walking.
Their expression is still passive, but when she mentioned the word "brother" it's like their face just lit up lively.
"Huh, another thing to think about", she thought.
Radiance decided to say something to the knight at that.
"Your brother, the one that is fated to seal me is it not?"
Ghost hummed in their mind, but did not say anything.
Don't want to relive that moment again...
It feels like time passed by faster when you're talking because the queen talked about how the palace is like and what kind of funny things the king do unintentionally.
"And then I said to him "Honey. If you don't stop buying more buzzsaw from shady bugs, I'll personally make sure to throw you into one". I mean, how many saws does one man need?" She said to the small knight behind her unknowingly gave some very very valuable information to certain someone.
"He didn't listen though, but-" She said paused dramatically before smiling and giggling.
"-when I threaten to throw his favourite coffee mug into the sea of saws. He instantly plead for mercy and stop buying them. Who knew that that's his weakness"
The queen didn't even know if they understand any of that, but it's nice to talk to someone at least.
Ghost didn't understand that at all. It's going way too fast.
The fluffy moth god is having a time of her life though.
"Ahahaha, a mug is his weakness? Ohoho~" She laughed inside their head at that.
"I guess staying here won't be as bad as I thought it would be" Radiance smiled an evil smile.
Ghost frowned a little, but in their head anyways.
What was that supposed to mean?
Radiance then made a pose like a teacher would to a student.
"Tisk tisk tisk. You got to get the full picture dear vessel"
She patted their head mentally as Ghost swat her away
The moth didn't mind that however.
"Think of all the things we could do to make the king's life miserable"
She said in a gleeful voice.
No
"Don't you want to hear what I'm going to say next?"
No. Because I have a hunch that you're going to blackmail him or somethi-
"And we're here!" The sound of Ghost's mother brought them out of their hot debate.
First glance at the room and it looks quite comfy.
Even though there's whites everywhere. It still looks homey.
The queen moved out of the way so Ghost could get inside.
There's two beds one each side of the room and it looks like Pure is sleeping in one right now.
"I'll let you get accustomed to your room. Tomorrow is another big day for you, so get some sleep alright?"
Her voice is so kind and gentle like a mother would.
The vessel's eyes felt a little blurry. From what? They don't know, but...to be back here and feel something like this.
It almost felt like a far away dream.
She smiled gently before kissing their forehead goodnight and closes the door softly, so it wouldn't wake up the other vessel in the room.
When she left...something fell down from their eyes.
They reached up to touch to foreign substance and was surprised that it's a black droplet of sort.
And it keep falling down. Making a mess on their tattered cloak
What is- what-?
Their mind is in a limbo as their try to understand what this is.
"They're tears. Ghost" A calming voice come from deep within their mind as they try to wrap their head around that concept.
Making them not noticing that Radiance decided to use their name instead of the usual nicknames she gave them.
Tears?
Ghost heard of that before...from Hornet.
When someone feels sad, they cry and when someone is crying. There's tears.
Does that mean...they're sad?
"Maybe...It's the first time you've feel love from your mother, right?"
A pause
"Maybe there's a moment like this deep within your memories...but time buried them away and you have forgotten how it feels"
The Radiance smiled sadly.
"I wonder how my children felt when I was gone...forgotten. Would they feel the same way you do when you rediscovered this love?"
She silently shakes her head
"That went a bit emotional there"
It took Ghost a minute to reply to that
Agree
They look at Pure before thinking that they could talk to him tomorrow and then looking at their bed and holy wacamoly that's like a king sized bed!
Their eyes sparkled and dried of their tears because they wiped them away...sometime ago.
They just went from sad to happy real quick, thought the moth.
"What are you thinking-" She was taken by surprised when the vessel decided that the bed is a good place to jump into...
And so they did.
Face first into the mattress. At least Pure didn't wake up.
"Please warn me before you do that" She grumbled.
They smiled and snickered in their head.
Radiance heart faltered at that...in a weird way.
"Well...at least they're happy about it" and that made her smile too.
Not a while later.
The two slept soundly as the soft mattress and pillow claimed them to far far away dream from reality.
Note
There's nothing interesting happening in this chapter yet, but wait until you reached the chapter where The Pale King finds out about-