"Doors of Destiny: The Perilous Journey Begins"
Room Dinning (2)
We were surprised when the tall, thin man approached Neera with his strange behavior. He suddenly kissed the back of Neera's hand, giving off an inappropriate and shocking impression. There was something wrong in his actions, and an immediate sense of unease encompassed us. The shock and discomfort further confused me. Today so many shocking events take place, from being trapped in a strange world, the disappearing Nyx, to the appearance of this strange tall thin man. All of that made my head throb as if it wanted to break.
Suddenly, there was a "No!" sound!" it was hard in the air, and a vase of flowers was thrown towards the tall skinny man. But unfortunately, the tall, thin man quickly caught his vase, so it did not hit his head as expected. We all looked back to see who threw the vase. Vanya smiled as we all looked towards her.
“What?” ask Vanya to be confused.
“You are crazy huh?” Lyubov's whisper stands next to Vanya.
“Ya why? She's weird, what's wrong with me throwing a vase at her head?” vanya replied upset with Lyubov.
“You are the most troublesome after Nyx.” Maemi whispered to Vanya.
The man slowly put the vase thrown by Vanya on the small table beside the stairs, then he chuckled softly. His laughing voice made us all go back into silence, looking back at the skinny man. The man smiled sweetly at all of us, as if he was no enemy to all of us. Back again, he gave a very different smile to Neera.
“Ratuku~ are you hungry? We've prepared dinner for you and your friends in the dining room.” Said the strange man.
“We? You're not alone?” Nyme asked the tall, skinny man.
The tall skinny man answered Nyme's question with a smile, “of course I am not alone, we are all together already waiting for our Queen hundreds of years here~.” But his gaze turned cynical as the tall thin man looked at Nyme.
“Sorry. but before that, I am not..umm queen? Your Queen. I'm just an ordinary 17-year-old girl still studying in high school. And also we all don't know your name.” Neera opened her voice.
“Neera right, you're the bell-!!” My cry was interrupted with surprise when I saw the expression of the thin and tall man's face change drastically. Not only was I shocked, but the atmosphere around us also turned tense and gripping. His previously calm face suddenly turned red, as if he was obsessively in love with Neera. It was a very different look when he looked at Nyme.
"Aahhh.., even your voice is so beautiful and calms my heart~," said the man as he inserted his fingers next to his face, as if fascinated by Neera's presence. His expression sounded so exaggerated, implying excessive admiration and an emotional influence.
"Ughm-fr. Sorry for my disrespectful attitude to you and your friends" the man said in a low and sincere voice, showing his remorse. His voice that turned into a low, gentle and so sincere voice apologized to him. “Merikh.” The man introduced himself.
“I am a saint in charge of recording the destiny of all living beings in this artificial world. Of course you mean all because you are grounded in this world.” He said while grinning widely.
A saint? A saint? No wonder if on his back there are large white wings, but his clothes do not symbolize if he is a saint. Saints will never wear colored clothes, they will definitely wear all white clothes right? And it is not that saints are like saints that he said, should they be in a light place and not in a dark place like this? That's what I know from the stories of the novels I've always read.
“If you record all our destinies, then you know our future right? What will happen next to us?” ask Kasumi to Merikh to make sure the words said by Merikh are true.
Merikh simply fell silent, his smile adorning his mysterious face. The look in his eyes exuded a charm that was hard to break. A tense atmosphere engulfed the room, as everyone waited for an answer from Merikh. Kasumi's question feels so important, and they all want to know if Merikh really has any knowledge of their future.
Among the tense silence, an oddity occurred within this meeting. Why didn't Merikh answer Kasumi's simple question? Is there something wrong with Kasumi's question? Or is that question too sensitive for her? But we want to know the truth, why he should be silent and not answer Kasumi's question. Wait a minute, did he lie with his own talk?
Merikh was still silent. Then his pupils glanced at Neera, as if he were waiting for Neera to ask. Neera who was aware of the Merikh glances, finally Neera asked questions from Kasumi to Merikh. Suddenly, Merikh pulls out a notebook with a magically dull tanned cover and a pen that suddenly appears out of nowhere. Merikh wrote her something on his notebook paper.
What the hell with him, he was just about to answer when Neera asked. Very arrogant, I do not like the attitude of Merikh who ignored Kasumi's question earlier. I feel like kicking that shitty face with my death kick. I was so upset, my anger kept rising with all this Merikh behavior, but I had to hold back my anger if I still wanted to live.
Waita minute. What did I just say? Lived on? Am I going to die? Is that going to happen, huh? Actually I still do not believe in the strange things that have happened to us, I believe all this is still a setting made by someone to make a film. Don't you?
“10 seconds more, my Queen will be frightened while she let out her tears because of the lightning that struck, starting from..now.” Merikh smiled back at us all.
I started counting from my heart. “One, two....,three..., four.” I turned to look at Neera, looking at her face that was starting to turn pale. “Six.., seven.” Wh why? What's up with Neera? “nine, and..ten.”.
The sound of lightning striking loudly, Neera immediately hugged me tightly with her body shaking violently, and I could feel on my shoulders the tears Neera was pouring down my clothes. I hugged Neera back tightly.
“U-uwah..real true.” Lyubov commented and was amazed at Merikh.
“that's very great, but also very creepy.” Alora followed up on the comments made by Lyubov earlier.
Merikh chuckled softly, “if you all already believe me, we can continue this conversation in the dining room later, but bebe-.”
“I still don't believe.” Koen cuts off Merikh's speech, he looks at Merikh with a look of disbelief and disdain for Merikh.
I could see the deep vexation from Koen's face, seeing one of his friends suddenly approach like that with an indecent attitude. I turned my head and saw Merikh, the smiley face changed, the smile on Merikh's face disappeared. Merikh looks very upset with Koen, it looks very clear if this person really hates Koen.
Merikh took a deep breath, appearing to be holding back his anger. “What if I drive you to the dining room first, and we can talk about everything that happened there. Everything you want and you know.”
Then he looked at Neera, changing his facial expression back with a smile that he showed at the beginning. “certainly I want my Queen to know all too.”
We all looked back at each other. Whether they will follow Merikh to the dining room, where there must be many people. No..., there might be other strange creatures waiting for us there too. Or just stay here looking for another way out of here.
“Nyx is still disappearing, we better follow Merikh to the dining room. We can ask the people who were there about Nyx right? Who knows, they know where Nyx is.” Verna gave her positive opinion to all of us.
“Looks like you were right. We have no other choice but to follow this strange man.” Alora.
We all nodded our heads in agreement, and decided to follow Merikh. Merikh's face was filled with a smile of genuine happiness, signifying that he was honored and happy for the trust we gave him. With a noble attitude, Merikh bowed half his body as a sign of respect, showing that he was ready to lead us.
However, before Merikh started his steps in front, he suddenly pulled Neera's hand gently, inviting her to walk beside him. This action made me feel uncomfortable and upset. Without hesitation, I firmly brushed off Merikh's hand and looked at him with a vexed expression, very clearly signaling to Merikh that I wanted Merikh to stop touching and keep his distance from Neera. Merikh was a little surprised by my sudden reaction, but he immediately twisted his body and started walking forward, leading the way towards the dining room.
We also walked to the dining room. This feeling of unease haunted me, I noticed Neera who was very different from what I knew. I could see it, the tension in Neera's eyes, and I could feel something weighing on Neera's heart. I wanted to ask him, but he was always silent and frightened, unlike the Neera I knew. Maybe I should focus on what's going on now, I can ask him later. Hopefully what is in front of us is not the thing that will bring disaster for all of us, this journey must go smoothly so that we can all return home safely. Yes, come home safe and come back laughing like the usual days we always live.