Chapter 16 The Secret of the palace

The incident in the cafe with Haley today is more tiring than Chelsea’s actual job, no matter how much Yan entertained her with his jokes, it took too much of her energy and used up all her power.

After the hard day, they all went home. After a quick and simple dinner, both Chelsea and Ethan went to their own bedrooms. Chelsea as a woman although she’s very tired take particular care with personal hygiene. Before going to sleep she made sure she cleaned up her body and face. Cleanliness is next to godliness is what the saying goes. After cleaning up her body is very tired and ready to rest. She said a little prayer for her brother’s health and prayed for Gregory too, that wherever he is Chelsea hopes he is safe and sound.

She then welcomes herself into a very deep slumber. She once again found herself in that unusual palace. It was the first time she went in there at night. The palace at night is more quiet. Strange she didn’t feel creepy like how you usually do when visiting churches and museums, she even feel safe and secure. She is on the third floor and this part of the castle was full of suites. There are 25 total and she visited all, she liked all of it. She ran and jumped at each beds. She got hungry playing so she went to the snack room and borrowed some chips and soda. It will expire soon anyway and went to her next trip which is the suite at end of the hall, the suite is not any bigger than the other but it has a better view of the forest, it would look magnificent during the day, she opened the window to let in the evening breeze which is very cold. Chelsea never experience extreme cold weather because Poppy City is a tropical country. She liked the coldness.

From the window she saw the town's business center, it has quiet few modern infrastructure, and the residential zone are very uniformed in sizes and almost all the houses has similar designs too. It could pass as a government housing program. There are several mansions too that looked magnificent with the night lights this city is not stingy with electricity everything is well lit, even the forest every few meters has lights. And not far from the odd palace was a cottage that was emitting colorful fumes. It looked like a Disney magical cottage. The child in her that was asleep since forever was awoken enchanted and rushed to check it out. She giggled and leave traces of litter on her way down. She finally reached the cottage. The cottage looks cute from afar but it's actually huge, the stone structure looks old and Chelsea thinks it has been here a long time ago. No sound can be heard from the inside, and since it is her dream it was hers to explore. She pushed the heavy door open. Everyone inside stared at the door and brows creased with the small woman that went in.

What Chelsea saw were a bunch of tall men wearing cloaks in a circle. They look like they're shooting a classic satanic sacrificial ceremony. The candles that scattered everywhere and the dagger that man in the middle screams tales from the creep plot.

"Ooops, sorry to interrupt, you go on with your business. Bye." She then turned to leave.

But someone grabbed her by the collar. "How do you find this place and how did you break the magical barrier?" The middle guy demanded but his piercing stare was that thin guy behind her.

"What are you lookin at? The magical barrier I made is strong. This woman's magic is immune to it!"

They were all too shocked to say anything and then her forehead suddenly shone without her noticing. All men in front of her drop on their knees.

"Our lady! You're finally back, forgive our impudence." The middle guy leads the prayer like she is a virgin Mary. Her forehead made several folds out of confusion, as expected a dream always felt weird.

"So I'm a goddess now? Okay tell me what power do I have? She giggled."

The men introduced themselves; she memorized all twelve names; the leader of this coven is called Artie, the second in command is Lance and the guy stared at by Artie was Percy. Chelsea thought their names were nicknames for the legendary King Arthur and his knights of the round table but they're too serious to make a joke. They called themselves Priests of the woods and that they dedicated themselves to the goddess which is her. And her domain is the forest and all magic related to the forest and nature.

"Oh so I am Diana of Romans and Artemis of Greeks?" She was just kidding.

"That's right you're also Pele of the Polynesian. Queen Earth Mother for Chinese and the Jade Queen for us the wizards of the South tower in the kingdom.

“Guys don’t patronize me too much, I might believe you.” Then laughed hard. These men look so serious that she believes they are kidding her.