Pablo was ready to meet the King of the kingdom.
"Are you sure we will be allowed inside the castle?" Sera asked.
"I am sure. We will get an audience with the King himself." Pablo was confident.
"If you say so." Sera believed in Pablo.
They both walked on the road and soon, they reached the main entrance gate of the Glory city.
"What will you say to the guards?" Sera asked. The guards would again mistook Pablo for a slave supplier of that lord Bitter.
"We will say nothing and cover your face completely. No one should see you." Pablo ordered.
Sera nodded and completely covered her face.
"Though, I will surely ask them about Lord Jartel, that fat man." Pablo added.
"Oh. That guy who touched me. Yes. I want to hear the good news of his death as well."
Pablo chuckled and finally walked towards the gate.
"Open it." He said.
There were two guards standing on the other side of the gate and they were the same guards Pablo had met before.
"Welcome back, my lord."
Both guards bowed their heads.
’They mistook me again. Some security this city has.’
Pablo gave a nod to the guards as the guards opened the gate for him.
Pablo and Sera crossed the gate and now they were finally inside the city.
This time, Pablo gave them the pouches of coins and the guards expressed their gratitude.
"Lord Bitter was waiting for you eagerly." One guard said.
"What about Lord Jartel?" Pablo asked.
"He died." The guard replied instantly. "Lord Bitter killed him for defiling his slave."
Pablo smiled. "Good to know. Anyway, later."
He didn’t indulge himself with the guards for a long time and with Sera, walked deeper inside the city.
Last time, he was carefully walking but not now. He had a purpose and if he succeeded then he would become a respected person for the whole kingdom.
He walked with his head held high and Sera closely followed behind him.
He knew where the castle of the King was and he walked straight towards it.
In fifteen minutes, he reached the castle but he didn’t walk towards the front gate.
First, he went behind the castle.
"Oh. The mist is spreading here real fast. It wasn’t this much before."
The mist was already touching the back side of the castle. It only touched a little part but it won’t take too much time for it to spread all around the castle.
"Well, the King must be desperate now. Good for me."
Pablo came back from behind the castle and with Sera, he finally moved towards the entrance.
Two guards were guarding the door with swords on their hands and Pablo without any fear stood in front of them.
"I want to meet King Damascus." Pablo said the main thing.
"Yeah right. Get lost." The guards obviously didn’t allow him to enter.
"Do you know who I am?" Pablo asked.
"Must be a Royal, Count, Duke, or a Noble. Whoever you may be, you can’t just meet the King because you want to." The second guard said.
Pablo sighed. "I have something that can cure this white mist. I really need to see the King."
"My apologies. You should have said that from the start. You can enter." The guards changed their behavior real quick.
Pablo frowned. ’Wasn’t that easy?’
The guards saw the look on his face and they smiled.
"The King has ordered us to let anyone come who is claiming that they will stop the mist."
"Oh. Makes sense. But what if someone lied and entered the castle for some other motive?" Pablo asked.
"They will die. Simple as that."
Pablo gave a slight nod and the guards opened the door of the castle.
After that, with Sera, Pablo stepped foot inside the castle.
"Kid, remember this," One guard spoke..
"Death is salvation." He finished the average level quote and shut the door behind Pablo.
Pablo stared at the door for a few seconds and just shrugged.
He moved further inside the castle and roamed his eyes all around.
’So this was Draxus’ home. Nice.’
The castle was as beautiful as it was from the outside.
The ceiling was very high. There were chandeliers made of gold hanging after a few steps.
The floor was shiny, a red carpet was laid.
Pablo and Sera walked on the carpet and in front of them were only stairs.
Pablo and Sera climbed them and the steps were too much.
But both of them were strong individuals so they didn’t really face any problem with that.
The stairs ended and they found themselves in a corridor.
Both sides of the walls have doors and Pablo was sure these were rooms of people living in the castle.
’It’s just like a seven star hotel.’
Pablo walked and after fifteen more minutes of walking, he saw another staircase in front of him.
"Why are there no guards here? And where are the five High Dukes? This is the King’s castle. Such security is not good."
Pablo was finding everything silent but he still climbed the stairs.
Sera followed behind and soon they reached another floor.
It was the same corridor type thing and Pablo ran to find another staircase.
He found it and again with Sera, he climbed it.
The same thing happened.
A corridor and the stairs.
Pablo gritted his teeths but he carried on.
Sera said nothing and followed behind Pablo.
The same thing happened.
The same thing again.
The same thing once more.
After fifteen minutes, Pablo and Sera had climbed twenty sets of stairs and they hadn’t seen a single soul.
"Wait." Pablo stopped walking.
He looked around.
Sera also stopped but she didn’t understand what Pablo was doing.
"What is it?" She asked.
"We are seeing no one around us." Pablo said.
"Yes. That I can see." Sera also saw no one around her.
Pablo came closer to Sera. He came in front of her face.
Sera blushed but Pablo was serious.
"I mean to say, we are really seeing no one around us. ’No One’ at all." Pablo said his words clearly and he just hoped Sera would get what he was saying.
"By no one do you mean…" Sera repeated his words and when she saw the wounds on Pablo’s face, she got it.
"That’s right. Where is And-"
"Shut up." Pablo placed his hand on her mouth.
"Mmfggh." Sera’s voice came out as a muffle.
"Do you understand why I shut your mouth?" Pablo asked.
Sera nodded.
Pablo returned the nod and removed his hand from Sera’s mouth.
"Hah." She let out a heavy breath.
"I understand what you are trying to say." She said.
Pablo didn’t reply.
’Where are you?’ He asked. And there were only two people with whom Pablo talks through his mind.
First, it was him himself and the second person was his Angel. Cupid.
The Angel was always with him but right now, she was nowhere to be seen. Which didn’t feel right. And more than that, Pablo and Sera both had forgotten about their angels.
’Where are you?!’ Pablo asked Cupid again. He didn’t receive a reply the first time.
But this time as well, all he got was silence.
’Useless.’
Pablo stopped calling Cupid.
He looked at Sera.
He asked with his eyes and Sera shook her head.
"No reply. What about you?" She said.
"Same."
"What is happening?"
Pablo looked around.
"We are stuck in some kind of trap. Like a mind trap. Our bodies must be still near the entry door. This is brain fcuk."
Pablo explained the situation to Sera. He hoped he was right.
"So it’s just like the mist." Sera got it.
"Yes. And if I am right then…"
Pablo circled on his spot and nodded.
"We are being seen."
"I agree." Sera also found his words logical.
Pablo paid attention to the details around him and he noticed that all the floors looked the same. Nothing changed even after climbing so many stairs.
"Hey, if anyone is listening. We are not enemies. We are here to help you with the white mist." Pablo yelled in the air.
He waited for a response but nothing came.
"Guess we are on our own. We have to figure this out ourselves."
"Whatever you say I’ll follow. I am traumatized by such things because of what I faced in the village." Sera would follow Pablo’s lead.
"In such situations, there is a very simple answer. It is always around us and we don’t see. It’s all about the mind." Pablo raced his brain and he looked at all the doors present in the corridors.
"But in such situations, there is also one more thing."
TING!
"A possibility of death."
"Did you hear that?" Sera held Pablo’s hand.
"Yeah. Something is coming."
Pablo stayed vigilant. He stood near the stairs and kept his eyes and ears open for anything coming.
The stairs were behind him and in front of him, was the long corridor.
THUMP!
THUMP!
Some more sounds came and Sera trembled.
"What is that?" She asked.
"Probably footsteps of something big." Pablo guessed and his guesses were always right.
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From the corridor, something appeared and that something wasn’t human.
"What is that thing??" Sera exclaimed. She hid behind Pablo.
"It’s…" Pablo gulped.
"The possibility of death."