46 The Black Haired Princess (2/2)

Her flesh was lightly sun-kissed, and her big golden-brown eyes are drawn into a pouting position.

Looking away from the little girl, I look at the huge room that I'm in now. To the right of there was a large table that had chairs surrounding it. On the table, there was an assortment of food and treats.

It all smelled very delicious. Just past the table, I notice that there was a bed, it was quite huge and made up neatly.

After that there were a couple of doors, looking to my left, I find that there is a fireplace, and just before the fireplace is a huge couch. The couch looked quite comfortable; it was completely black with a silver outlining frame.

Past that there was vanity that had all sorts of things hanging from it. Jewelry and other beautiful things. I was assuming that this was Hollis' room, but then why was there a little girl in her room?

”Mime,” she says my name, and I look towards her. She's now got the little girl facing me, and those round golden-brown eyes are looking at me curiously.

”This is Cecily, she's my friend, and her Brother's over there on the couch,” Hollis says with a. tilt of her head.

On the couch?

”Hollis, I was trying to sleep,” a boy's voice says. Turning I find that looking over the top of the couch is a boy. He didn't look completely like his sister.

He has completely black hair, much like Hollis. His eyes are the same golden-brown as his sister, but they're more slanted. His skin was a deep and darker sun-kissed color than his sister. Also, they both had the same tattoo's over their eyes and cheeks, except he seemed to stretch down his neck.

Jumping over the couch, I see that he doesn't have a shirt on. He was quite built and was about the same height as me. On his bare chest are a number of tattoo's that twist into a beautifully detailed story of sorts.

”I'm Ekon,” the boy that shirtless, stretching's his hand out towards me.

Reaching my own hand, I take him and shake it.

”Mime,” I reply shortly. He nods his head and let's go of my hand.

Looking at the pair of brother and sister, I wasn't sure what race they were. I'd never seen anyone that looked like the two of them.

”What are you two?” I ask them.

”Cecily and Brother get that a lot, we're nomads. We're humans, but we've been exiled from the homeland of humans,” Cecily, the little white-haired girl, explains.

Humans…

But they were nomadic, that meant that they're the tribe that split off from the human's centuries ago. That made these two the descended of those first nomadic humans.

I'd heard about the nomadic tribes, but I'd never met any of them before.

”You're a Beast Kin then, right?” Ekon asks me.

”Yes, I am a tiger race, Beast Kin,” I say grabbing my tail.

”Go easy on him you two. I'll be right back, I'm going to change out of my armor,” Hollis says with a smile as she walks off.

Heading to the door on her right, she opens it and closes it.

Once the door closes the two of them get even closer to me.

”What do you think of Hollis?” Ekon asks me.

”Ehh…”

”To forward Brother. Let Cecily handle this!” Cecily scold her brother. It was interesting, I'd never met anyone that talked in the third person like she did.

Turning her focus towards me. ”Cecily wants to know what you think about Hollis. Do you like Hollis?” She asks me, her little face was stern.

Oh, were these the admirers that her mother was talking about?

They both are adorable. Ah, everything cute in this world is great, but still, even those these two were cute, they weren't as cute as Hollis.

Conventionally she would be considered a beautiful child. Whereas Cecily was fluffy cute and just warms the heart.

I'd taken a liking to Hollis' unconventional cuteness.

”She reminds me of a Princess. I don't like her the way that you and your brother like her. But yes, I do like her,” I tell them with a smile.

Ekon looks at me with a dark smile, while Cecily just looks confused.

Had he caught on to my hidden meaning?