Chapter 26: future and past
As usual, Prince did not understand what I was saying and he asked, "Why, how can a big mistake happen?"
I answered him with my eyes closed,"Prince, as you heard that that stone is the Stone of truth, this means that it will only be able to recognize our truth or lie but if I gave the clan leader a chance to ask questions like, He will not ask whether I intended cheat on them or not, rather he will ask questions like, 'how I knew about the poisoning incident or How did I know the actual perpetuator of incident? and how did I get this plant?'
So you think and tell me, can I tell him the truth? Can I answer all his questions by placing my hand on the stone? Do I have the capability to answer? No, not at all and If I don't say anything then the clan leader will think that I am planning to betray them. So, without him asking, I answered all the questions he might have asked me and since I didn't die, the clan leader would believe me and forget about the other questions he was going to ask."
Prince listened to me carefully and he also understood the seriousness of my words and praised me, "Wow Chris, I never thought of all this. You turned out to be very clever."
I nodded my head and went to my room, I had the opportunity to wander around the place, but my identity was still not disclosed so I choose to live in isolation away from their eyes and this was an important step to make sure the executor of this conspiracy or to say the helper inside the clan wasn't aware of the disruption in his plan untill the last moment, after all I was set to meet him in some time.
That evening the leader summoned me to the vice leader's place,
When I got there, the room was not very big. A little smaller than the room I had been given, and there was a small bed with an old woman lying on it. She looked weak but still alive.
There were four-five people around her, and small lamps were kept burning in the room, I could smell medicinal scent in the room.
I did not make much noise, but that woman must have sensed it. She got up from her bed and looked in the direction from where I was coming. She opened her eyes.
When I looked into her eyes I….. I found that her eyes did not have pupils. That means she could not see at all, So how did she know from which direction I was coming? Let's assume that there was a door from the side from which I was coming, so she might have guessed that I am coming in from that door and might be looking in it's direction. But how would she know where I am standing. She was staring at me intently. As if she could see not just my body but my soul as well. It was....creepy, It felt as if she knew every single secret of mine.
I stood there without making any move, without looking in any direction, but really, I was so nervous inside that my heart was beating like 100bpm or something, I felt as if I had become a part of a ghost story and now there was no way out.
The Prince who always had something to say was very calm, as if he is not here. For the first time I called Prince myself but did not get any response from him. I started reading some verses from the Bible within myself as if to scare away this woman, which didn't work so I couldn't help but think maybe God was part of this shit too or there's another possibility isn't there? There are chances God in this world is different, Perhaps he doesn't even exist here.
But perhaps her horror effect had not ended yet or she wanted to entertain me even more. So she slowly raised her hands and started signaling me to come towards her.
When I saw this I gulped in fear which ofcourse no one saw and I started looking around as if waiting for people to tell me 'nah, it's okay brother this woman here is mad so you don't need to go to her'. But my luck was out commission and they in turn were all looking at me happily. In fact they were smiling. As if this woman giving me some gift.
I did not get a chance to say anything because someone had pushed me from behind. I had no option but to walk but I mentally marked the person who did this to me vowing to pay her back and stood right in front of vice leader.
That woman's white eyes were staring at me from top to bottom and she laughed a strange laugh and said - " hahaha hahaha what a twist in the story the fate has started a new game You... You are the only one who can change everything I can see it but keep in mind that you should not forget your past in an attempt to change your future. A person who carries his past, present and future with him can live forever and also has the power to change his destiny."
The woman finished her mindless talk or rambling to be exact and started laughing loudly. I looked up and thought my work here was over for now. I bowed my head towards her to show that I understood her entire point(which I didn't ofcourse) and while walking away I looked in the direction of the person who pushed me it was Mia again. 'Seriously this woman always pops out of no where and gives me a hard time'