CHAPTER 16 - INSIDE THE ROOMS

Snow's Room

Dress. Dresses here and dresses there. Make-up here and make-up there.

"I am so tired of seeing these things!" and Snow wrapped herself with the blanket.

She has been up for hours and all she did was to restyle the dresses according to her taste. She finished eight dresses and she is now tired. She sang...

Do you remember when I said I'd always be there

Ever since we were ten, baby

When we were out in a playground playing pretend

I didn't know it back then

"What if I knew his feelings back then? We don't, well, I don't have to regret it this way. I want to take care of and hold him so much. All I wanna do is to be with him. He even sacrificed his safety to be here with me. A punishment is waiting for him because he left without permission, as the next Empress, I will protect him at all cost."

"I can smell the sweetness of the heart that loves for the very first time," it was Lady Samson.

Snow hurriedly made her way to slap her but unfortunately, she was caught on point.

"Why does everybody want to hurt me? What the hell did I do to make you all these angry, huh?"

"Are you really asking me? Aren't you aware of how much regret I am to go here and left my precious country out there with my selfish father?"

Lady Samson came near to her ears and whispered, "Your precious country will be gone if you didn't go. Your nation will be turned into ashes. All of your treasures, things, and people are gone by now if you didn't come."

"So Papa is right? You will just make a feud with all of us so that you will reign?" Snow stared at her.

"Calm down, Empress. That is if you didn't! Besides, think of this, if you haven't participated in this, what would other countries think of it? They will think that you don't want unity and you are against them. We are here to promote international communication and unity. Don't miss the mission with something else, Young Lady," she brushed Snow's hair.

"I won't let myself believe your foolishness. I won't let you deceive me with everything you will say," she walked towards her bed.

"Really? We both know who is the fool in here, right?" Snow stopped walking, "You really made sure that he will go with you. Be careful, if you will not make yourself better, someone may takeover what is yours. Love that is not genuinely offered will fade easily."

"Shut it up!" she shouted. But as she looks in Lady Samson's direction, she found no one, "What is mine, is mine alone. No one will ever take what is mine unless I do so. I will not let that happen."

David's Room

David spent his hours' awake thinking, "Where am I?" although he browsed some books and already finished reading it, it seems like that question suddenly pops out of his mind. He has quiet memories but he was thinking that those were just illusions or dreams that he has just imagined. But after roaming around his room, he figured out that those ideas can be true. He also has Snow��s earrings in his pockets, which was the pair in his dreams. "She must be here, where is she?"

"Stop stressing yourself out, Young Man. Is that the effect of the gas on you? You are in a safe place. A place for you to grow. Enhance your skills. Those books will help you to be the very best version of yourself," Lady Samson said.

David smiled, "I'm impressed. You managed to get in this room without making any noise."

"Aren't you shocked that I am here?"

"More of impressed as I have said, I am interested in how you did it," he winked.

"True feelings can't be controlled. Don't let others control you, okay? That books will help you be aware and open to this world. Trust yourself with the process."

"I will surely do. And I hope by the time that I become better, you will see how different I have been from what I am now, okay?"

"As you wish, Young Master."

"She could easily go from one's room to another. How can I do that? I have to make sure that Snow is safe or else I will be really dead. I have to read more and more. Let us do this."

Mave's Room

"I can clearly remember it all from the very start until now."

He left his country with a heavy heart. He was able to apologize to Anne but there is the guilt and regret that his best friend did not face him when he wanted to explain. Anne just listened on the other side of the door because she can't look at Mave's face. She accepted his apology but she would not see him again.

"What an interesting life. I won the nationals but lose the woman I love."

"Books can save you from that sadness," Lady Samson suggested.

"Books? No thanks. I am alright with my ball."

"Trust me, books are more effective than balls."

There was no other thought that enters Mave's mind but Anne alone. He didn't notice that Lady Samson disappeared.

"If I would ask somebody to give me my happiness, I will make Anne happy, even without me. The thoughts of being here and not by her side in times like this slowly tears me apart. I don't deserve her, so please, at least make her happy. I am willing to offer my life here to make sure our country is safe, Anne is safe. I know that Mommy would not let her be alone, but receiving from my family will be a great deal to her. Wait for me, Anne. I will you back."

Hoax's Room

"How are you, Young Man?" Lady Samson asked.

"Dying," he holds a knife and threw it to her, "Dying to kill you!"

"Woah! That was really close. You ruined my favorite bracelet, Hoax. It was made from snakes teeth. Not just snakes, but high and mythical snakes."

"Is that so?" he cornered Lady Samson, "I will replace it with a human metals bones, okay?" he was pertaining to Meta, "I will not let her win confidence by dragging me down okay?"

He closed his eyes. He knows that this time he was wrong. He was just testing how will the headmistress will react to his chosen way of action and eh concluded that she is up to something that is unfavorable.

"Let us play it the way you wanted it to be. I will be an animal if I have to. I will not let a desperate woman takes over the eight countries. Never, over my dead body!"