** " Where am I? Who are they? ..."
" Is it me? What am I doing?Who are they? " , I thought. I saw me standing under a tree and there were three boys with me and a girl. A boy was talking to me but I ignored him, however, he didn't mind a bit. He kept talking to me. I couldn't hear what he was saying. Just who are they? Are they someone who know about me? My Friends?"
The images slowly disappeared. Their faces and voices were unclear. **
Shou opened his eyes. " It's morning already? What kind of dream was it? " Was it part of my memories? " , he thought.
Shou tried to recall his memories but his head started to ache so he stopped trying and got out of his bed , washed his face, took a bath and went to the kitchen. Just after he walked out of the kitchen, he met Mei Shu. He nodded as a greeting to her and walked away. Mei Shu found that something was off so she guessed that something must have happened in the kitchen. So , she went into the kitchen and asked the chef what Shou and she talked about. The chief told what they talked about. Mei Shu understood what the problem was.
She went to find Shou. At the same time, Shou was by the river sitting alone. " I really don't know what to do. If I am an enemy then how am I gonna show face to Mei Shu?
He could smell something delicious and came into the kitchen because of that smell. He found that the chief was cooking some meat.
The chief noticed Shou and said , " Do you want this? Normally, Your highness and Your Majesty don't have meat. Hmm { thinking to say something }.... I should say that people in our country don't eat meat usually. Seeing that you are interested in this meat means you are totally not a member from light kingdom and you can't be from our kingdom's allies too ."
Although Shou didn't have any reactions when the chief said he wasn't from Light kingdom, he was shocked after hearing that he might also not be from other Kingdoms.
Shou didn't say anything and left the kitchen while thinking. " Who am I? If I am not from these kingdoms then does it mean I might be an enemy of light kingdom? But I don't want to be one." Just after he walked out the kitchen, he met Mei Shu who just returned back from the outside. He nodded as a greeting to her and walked away.
Mei Shu knew that something was odd. So she guessed that something must have happened in the kitchen. So she went into the kitchen and asked the chef what they talked about. The chef told what they talked about. Mei Shu understood what really happened and she went to find Shou.
At the same time, Shou was by the river sitting alone. " Am I really .....if I am an enemy, then what am I gonna do? How am I gonna face Mei Shu? "
Shou was deep in his thoughts that he couldn't hear the things that was happening near him. At that time , Mei Shu was searching for him in whole castle. But, she couldn't find him. So she thought that he was near the river as Shou has been going there everyday.
She went to the river and saw Shou sitting alone thinking. She smiled and wanted to tease him a little so she went near him quietly and scared him. However, Shou didn't even move a bit or shout and get scared.
Mei Shu made a puppy face and told him , " Are you a stone? How come you are not even shocked just a little bit? "
Shou looked back and said to Mei Shu , " Although I didn't look back, I heard you coming. "
Mei Shu was quite surprised and said with excitement, " Really!!?? Wow!! I didn't think you would be that good and cautious .. "
However, sadness and disappointment were still showing on Shou's face. Mei Shu decided to do something as she didn't want to see him like that.
She said, " Hey wanna go somewhere? I am boredddd!!! " , said with a lazy voice.
Of course, Shou isn't dumb after all. He knew she was up to something. But he agreed as he also wanted to take a break and relax his mind a little bit.
" I am not sure if I can relax my mind with her though. " , he thought. Mei Shu took him somewhere but Shou didn't know that place. When they arrived at a place, Shou was quite surprised. There was a waterfall flowing down from a hill beautifully. The surrounding was filled with trees and he could hear birds chirping. The sun was shining down the water and the water was sparkling. The view was beautiful and natural. He could only hear the sound of waterfall and the birds.
Mei Shu said, " When I was young, I used to come here whenever I am bored or sad. This place is really nice and it made me feel relaxed everytime. And you know what. I actually hate that monsters. The ones from dark kingdom. However, people have good things and bad things. They are mixed. Not all people can be good. There are people who are selfish in light kingdom too... who only know about themselves. It's true that dark people killed my citizens and soldiers but we did kill their kinds too. Although there are many bad people in dark kingdom, those people might care about their families and kingdom too. So in my opinion, it doesn't matter which kingdom you are from, the only important thing is your heart. If you have a great and kind heart, you don't need to feel guilty. "
Shou knew that Mei Shu had already found out about him and the conversation in the kitchen. That's why she is telling this. He was still feeling uneasy somehow but he didn't want to disappoint Mei Shu. Therefore, he smiled and said, " Thanks. I am feeling a little better after coming here. Mark it as I owe you one. " , and he sighed with reliefs.