Chapter-9: Princess Nirvana

I was walking towards the end of the cave and you know Mr. Navigator, who made me walk for so long, was now gone once again. "Where are you always going, Mr. Navigator?" I asked nothing. I looked around and said, "Looks like you are always trying to get away from your consequences." I stood in front of the rock and took out my sledge hammer. "I have got to break this in half.".

Each time I hit the rock, it didn't break and I tried about 20 times, but there was no single scratch. "Damn, stubborn ass! I just want to break you!" I banged the hammer once more and someone screamed and said, "STOP!". "?" I looked to the side and saw a girl standing on the ground. "What do you mean?" I jumped from the rock to the ground and questioned the girl. "Please don't break that!" The girl requested. I looked at the girl very confused and asked, "Why?" I walked towards the girl and stood in front of her. "That thing is the only thing my father has left to me!" The girl replied. I looked at her hand and it seemed to be injured. "Do you think I give a care?" I told the girl. The girl looked at me very scared and replied, "I don't care! No matter what, you musn't break this!" I stared at her totally emotionless. The girl ran and spread flat her hands on the rock as if she was trying to cover it. "Could you please explain what you are saying a little? Please?" The girl looked to the side and sat down. "When I was 6 years old, my mother had died and then my father had married another woman who had a son. Her son is a disgusting man now who has taken everything I had and the things which my mother had left to me before she died. So now you know, I have a big step-brother, his name is Liamore." I nodded my head and then asked, "Now I know your brother's name is Liamore, but who are you?" she looked at me and replied, "I am Nirvana, the youngest princess in this empire." my face looked very surprised and so was I.

"You... are the princess of this empire?..." I asked as the huge gate behind me wide opened. "Nirvana!?" a man's voice spoke from behind me. I looked back to find a man with long and black hair. "Liamore!?" Nirvana cried. "Oh! That's Liamore!?" I thought. It was time when the guards were taking Nirvana. "And you! Take him too!" Liamore said the guards. "Wh-what!? I didn't do anything!" I said Liamore. The guards grabbed me and pulled into the cage and kept me captive.

After 2 hours

"Why am I here?" I looked around inside the cage.

I was thinking and waiting till the time when I would have been released. " Ouch! I am having a headache now. Did someone hit my head or something?" I must have gotten hit by someone on my head that time. I tried to walk but I was locked with some sort of handcuffs? Yeah, something like that. I tried to look around and found a fat man walking towards me. "Hey!" the man whispered. "Can you see me?" the man whispered and asked. "Yeah." I replied back to the man. Then the man looked to his right then to the left that looked like he was checking if anyone was looking. The man started walking toward afterwards but something caught my eyes soon, the man was hiding a key with him. "What is that in your hands?" I asked. The man avoided my question so I waited for a while then asked again, "Hello, I asked you a question, what is that in your hands?" the man avoided once again. "Hmm, this man won't reply..." I thought as the man started to do something with the lock. I squinted my eyes and tried to understand his actions and then I found out what he was doing, he was trying to open the cage. "Are you trying to save me?" I asked and the man looked at me and nodded. "Oh!" I looked at the man the whole time.

At last, he unlocked the lock and told me to get out. I got out and looked at the man. "Thank you" I thanked the man and then he replied, "You should escape quick." I turned my head back at the man and nodded my head but a question was bothering me which I needed to ask, "But, may I ask this question which has been bothering me?" the man nodded and then I continued, "Who are you?" that man looked at me for a while and answered wisely, "A person belonging in this kingdom." I looked at him with utter fear which made blood rush into my body.

It was time when I finally escaped the kingdom. "Phew!" I sighed and rested on my knees. "It feels like after years!" I screamed and closed my eyes. I called my dragon and left the kingdom at once.

I stopped in front of Mr. Jeviva's workshop. I entered the workshop and found Mr. Jeviva and Mr. Zekiva drinking tea. "Mr. Aldric!?" Mr. Jeviva spoke as he got up out of surprise. "You are here at last." Mr. Zekiva said as he got up as well and started walking towards me. "Yes, I have brought the tree bark from the Grand Tree Lekiad!" I said out of joy. "Thank you young man, you have helped me enough so now I shall give you a reward." Mr. Jeviva said and I told him to continue, "You can stay in our residence as long as you want.", no wonder of surprise, this had me very happy.

I walked with Mr. Jeviva in the hallway and Mr. Jeviva asked, " Now, I want to give you a gift." I looked to the side to Mr. Jeviva and replied, " What is it?" Mr. Jeviva look at down at his legs and then said, " I am not telling you now and don't ask me to. Here, have some tea." he passed over the yea cup to me. "Thank you." I thanked him.