First Fifteen

I spent the next two days only in my room . Julia was worried for me but I said I was tired so she didn't say anything else . But the shock that time still remains . In the first place why the hell did I have to expect the prince to be nice . If he really was nice then he would have told his servants to treat me with respect at the least . So he too is just a opposite character I guess .

Now with the next topic . I shouldn't attach myself to this world too much , after all I am not original . But I should meet up with Ronald though . It's been a long week after our meeting . His present is still really gorgeous . He said we could meet up at the down city , so I guess I could find him there somehow maybe .

The down city is just as it's name suggest , it's a part of the capital which is situated on a bit lower grounds than the surrounding . I don't if the earth caved in or the capital was built like this but for low grounds only commoners or very poor persons live there . There was a scene in the novel where the heroine Lilian was attacked in the down city and was saved by Sir Millar . Just like any other romance novel .

But for that to happen I think the city is dangerous enough to bring Derek along with me.

I made it to the down city after four days , it was really a load of work to get out of the palace a second time . I have to get the help of Julia too .

Now that I am standing here I can see the original state of this city nothing compared to the novel's description . It's worse than a garbage dump . The smell is somewhat tolerable with some clothes on our nose but the scene is terrific . The people are all on the street , don't even have the strength to beg . The children are all only skeleton and the women have lost the life in their eyes .

If this is the situation somewhere inside the capital then I wonder what it would be like outside of it or at the border cities . I got goosebumps thinking of it.

"Nice right?"

My heart just fell from my chest . I jumped and let out a small scream at the voice near my ear . When I turned and looked it was Ronald , he was smiling , this jerk .

"Hey there princess."

"Hi , no what do you mean by nice?"

"Just what you are looking at . Nice sight right?"

"What the HELL are you saying?"

"Woah calm down . Why don't we speak somewhere else?"

I noticed some people starring now .

"Fine let's go."

After that he took us through which looked like a mage called inner streets and we arrived at a small tavern . He took us to a nice looking room than others and we talked there.

The talk I had with Ronald that day at that small room in the slums changed the way of my life and action in this world forever .