A really weird day(2)

George woke up early in the morning but couldn't be caught up to the time Lola woke up because she was no longer in the bed.

He got up from the mattress and folded it with his clothes as he cleaned up having a bath at the river down the terrace but still couldn't find Lola anywhere.

He went back to the hut only to see some men who took him violently only suddenly after seeing his present.

“Hey!." He tried to budge from their grip but could not three men versus one man.

This was so ridiculous it wasn't like he was some dangerous man if you could think of it.

Before he tried to budge, he felt something hit his head hard causing the area to become a switching on and off the light and then he began to hear some loud signals from his ear, he placed his hand on his head and looked at one of the men who hit him with a plank of wood on his head.

Before he tried to talk, everywhere felt weight pressured on him and his body felt heavy making his eyes fall unconscious till everywhere became dark and his eyes shut losing consciousness.

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George dimly opened his eyes as he was trying to adjust to the bright light.

After some seconds he was able to open his eyes and then he found himself at the entrance of a place like some door which was an entrance to a house or palace but was quite different from the hut.

The last thing he remembered was some men who suddenly attacked him when he entered the hut and when he tried to budge free that was when a man hit wood on his head and now it's made his head ache him.

He looked at the area where he found himself which was at the front of a two-storey building and looked a lot like a palace.

When he turned his head he saw a nearby ocean which was directly at the front of the palace but was meters away from the palace which had no gate.

‘Where am I?.’ he thought

The men took him arm by arm inside the palace.

Looking at the place, it was quite different from what he expected a palace to be. If there were huts around so he thought the palace of the kingdom would be a hut or some palace which was made with bamboo and bricks.

Though the palace was made of bricks, it look like a medium-story building because there were no expensive materials like palaces.

The palace only had decorations of paintings filled with paintings of past rulers if he was right and the palace had a center hall more like a court through which council messages are issued or problems are being solved, discussed or declarations are been made by the king with the society being around.

The men gripped him as they walked him to the center of the court his arms being held, he felt a lot of dirt on his clothes with mud more like the dirt came from the horse galloping so the dirt from the ride must have been thrown on him.

He looked at the front of the court seeing three thrones but were of different sizes * maximum, minimum, and smaller*. It seemed the small one was for the heir of the kingdom but the absence was known.

‘Where's Lola?’ he looked around the court to see if Lola was available but he couldn't find her anywhere all he could see were men who were don with a piece of cloth on their pelvic part and the chest was shown but for the woman they did cover their upper body and lower with some kind of material he could not explain but was perfect and looked like a high school dress of a tan top and a mini skirt for the young ones and the old women wore a long over the cloth.

The king had the same attire but also wore a cloth that covered his upper body and a cloth to cover his lower body from the waist to toe and the Queen had the same as the young ones but the top was covered and the skirt reaches past her knee.

The king was quite nice and honourable to him, he thought as an outcast he would have to face certain punishments for being an outcast of their kingdom but when his issues were to be declared by the king he demanded his release which was a relief for him, his hands ached a lot.

The king demanded them to talk in private, he needed to speak with the person and check on his background if possible.

“Your Majesty.” George said as he reached the outside of the court, he had the king's back facing him with his hands behind his back.

“You're welcome to this place.. if I may ask, what's your name,” he said still facing his back at George.

“George... George Xan.”

“That's good to know... I'm King Lim Samuel the king of this kingdom.” he said with authority as he paused.

“You will be given a place to stay in this kingdom seeing your condition. It would be best till you could stay here till you find your people to come back to pick you up... knowing this your family would be looking for you."

He finally turned his back as his long brown hair which was tied in a ponytail flew to the rhythm of the breeze, he had that Kingly aura that could make someone fear him but still, he had that tone of being a nice leader.

“Thank you, your Majesty... I appreciate this.” George said as he bowed a little and was sent back to the center of the court by one of the guards as the king returned to his throne.

He declared for a place to be given to him and hospitality should also be provided and if so possible, the herbalist should check on him in case treatment could be possible which made everyone shocked even the advisors of the kingdom but still

“My decision is final, he would be given a place to stay, and others belongings of his should be given to him.” he declared in a loud voice, as he stood up making the council's and advisors surprised.

If the king stands up from his throne in their kingdom it meant the decision comes from the king alone and no one else.

Well, not quite everyone was surprised, in between the nine councils of the kingdom one had the biggest grin on his face showing the three black teeth on his molars.

His plan has come to action and the doom of the king had finally commenced what he had always been thinking about was finally achieved and the weakness of the king would be used against him.

Meanwhile, George, was check-up by the herbalist who said he was fine but only needed some rest and also given hospitality in a hut where he thought he going to have a room in the palace seeing how quite large the palace is he could have a room there.

But the hut was larger than the other one he stayed in and had a bucket he could use to bathe but he still has to ask one of the maids if there was a well he could collect water from.

The hut was at the front of the palace and had an ocean at the front of the hut. The breeze of the ocean was quite relaxing like the waterfall. And this time he was thankful, the bed was smooth and had no use in sleeping on the floor. He could use his mattress and some of his clothes to use as cover sheets.

Back to present

George tried again to check if the signal could be reachable from his smart watch so he could connect to the internet and inform the company or someone about his well-being.

“Ah finally,” he murmured as he was able to finally get to the company and inform of his safety and arrival and also he had a chat with his brother about his journey.