11 Runaway bride (1/2)
Evlin was trying really hard to make sense of the situation. She was standing on top of some kind of circular drawing glowing blue inside a dark room surrounded by people wearing suits of armor that you would see in historical books of the medieval times. In front of her was a young man who seemed to be about her age cheerfully jumping up and won screaming ”It worked! It worked!”. The young man was wearing a different set of clothes from the rest of the individuals on the room. A golden crown on top of his head that seemed like it could fall off at any moment from his constant jumping and a large red cape covering his body starting from the neck. She took another glance at the room and realized she didn't seem familiar with the material on the wall. Evlin had traveled to many cities before but never saw a building that looked similar to where she was right now.
”What is... ?”
”Ah! My love! You finally came!!”
”...!? Love!!??”
Evlin started to gasp when the young man addressed her with such a casual manner despite her being sure this was the first time they ever met.
”What are you talking about? Who are you? What's going on!!? Where am i???”
”Show respect!! You are in front of the prince!!”
”... The what now...?”
After being scolded by one of the guards Evlin took another look at the kid that kept staring at her. The supposed prince approached Evlin and grabbed her hands.
”Silence you! Don't you know that this girl will be my future queen? Starting from now you better show her respect! My apologies my love.”
”... Huh!!?? The hell are you talking about?? Who are you people?? Did you drug me or something? How did i get here??”
”Oh that! You see, it's a beautiful story about love, destiny and the desire to achieve a man's tru dream!”
”... Ok...”
”My birthday is coming and i wanted a wife, so i asked my mages and they brought you here!”
”... ... ... And...?”
”That's it!”
”The hell is wrong with you?? What was that about love, destiny and dream?? Also you're like what? Fourteen years old?? Why would you want a bride??”
”But I'm a prince! All princes must choose their brides when they reach the age of fifteen!”
”OK but why me? We don't even know each other...”
”Well of course! That's why i asked them to summon you here now, one week before my birthday! It would be rude to just summon you and marry propose to you on the same day don't you think?”
”That's what you think would be rude?? And what do you mean by summon?”
”Like i said, i asked my mage to bring you here. I didn't want just any bride, i wanted a bride from another world! The same world as the living weapon!”
The prince appointed his finger to a man wearing robes and carrying a staff that was standing behind him looking really tired. Evlin realized that he was the so called mage and she thought to herself ”So you were the goddam idiot that brought me here... I'll remember you...”.
”Listen... Er... Your highness...”
”Please... You can call me sweetie!”
”... Your Highness... I'm flattered that you chose me to be your bride and all...”
”Oh i didn't choose you. I just said i wanted someone that was my age and that was cute and you were the first to show up!”
”... Regardless... I have no desire to be queen... So if you could just send me back... ”
”You don't want to be queen? But you will be bathed in riches and power and will have thousands of servants who would kill and die for you at your very command! ”
”That sounds charming... I guess?”
”If you don't want to be a queen, what do you want to be?”
”I want to be a teacher!”
”... Really...?”
”Yes! I wanna be a teacher just like my mother. I want to help children the same way she helped me when i was younger!”
”I see... ”
”Yeah... ”
”You're being shy!”
”Yea- Wait no!”
”Don't worry! After you become queen you can order as many teachers as you want to guide our children!”
”I don't want to do that, i want to become one myself! You, kidnapper mage! Send me back!”
The mage was startled when the conversation was directed at him.
”Huh... I can't...”
”What do you mean you can't? You brought me here, just send me back!”
”Unfortunately miss there is no spell to send people to other worlds, we can only bring them here...”
”What kind of logic is that?? Here give me that!”
Evlin walked towards the mage and grabbed the staff he was holding. The mage tried to resist but it seems like the spell to summon a person drained a lot out of him.
”Be careful! That's not a toy!”