“You cannot fall asleep, huh??” An unknown voice came from in front of the bed..
I got up from laying in the bed…
“Who are you?? And where are you?” I asked
“Hmmmm I wonder who I am…”
I took a look in front of me, and I saw a figure in front of me. I tried to focus on that figure…
“Don’t try to focus on me because….-”
I was surprised when I could focus on that figure..
“I don’t have any appearance..” it said.
I just saw a bright white human figure without any appearance..
“What are you?” I asked.
“Hoo, you changed the question from who to what, after you saw me..”
It came closer to me..every step from it closer to me, made me so anxious..Until it reached beside me, and it leaned in front of my face..
“You are an interesting one…” It said..
Suddenly, I saw a dark smile in it faceless face…made me freak out and wanted to scream of fear.
Immediately the figure shut my mouth with its hand, I kept struggling to let its hand off me.
“Just relax, don’t be scared of me, I’m here not hurting you.”
For some no reason, suddenly I felt so relaxed…after that it released its hand from my mouth
“So, what are you? What are you doing in my room?”
The figure walked out from me, and toward the center of the room.
“I’m here, because I just want to look you closer and observe you a little bit..”
“Look at me? and observe me? What are you talking about?”
“Hmmmm … .maybe—” the figure slowly disappeared into thin air “Hope we meet again, because my time is going up….Aurelia or ot–.” The figure was gone without a trace in front of me.
“What the hell was happening? And what was that figure?” I laid back down in the bed “it said to look closer at me and observe me, what did it mean? What is it going to do to me?”
I tried not to overthink about it, and closed my eyes….
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In these 6 days had been passed, nothing happened. The nightmare never came back in these 6 days, even Sofia kept asking me if the nightmare came back or not, I just answered it. My dream was about strolling in the city, when my mother and father invited me. The voice that emitted inside my head did not come back too, and Sofia kept asking about that too..The important one was the figure, it never came back to meet me again even if it said hope to meet me again..
For 6 days, first I apologized to Lady Octavi for hurted them, and she kept saying that it was her fault…and I just learnt about anything from Lady Octavi…I was aware of how the calendar worked. It used NE or New Era, right now it was on 754 NE…A year consisted of 12 months with each month consisting of 30 days..
The condition of the 4 children was better, right now, they worked as servants in my household, they lived in servant’s quarters with other servants. When they were introduced to the little two, immediately the little two were really well accepted. The oldest boy was named Felix, he was the same age as Aurelio.
The girls were named Aelia, Alicia and Alecia, and they were triplet, because they were identical to each other, they were given an accessories ribbon. The triplets put the ribbon on different places from each other, Aelia put the ribbon in her chest, Alicia put the ribbon in her neck, and Alecia put her ribbon in her hair…Alelia’s ribbon color was green because her personality was more mature than the other two, Alicia’s ribbon color was blue because her personality was more calm and possessive than the other two, and Alecia’s ribbon color was red because her personality was more active and more courage than other two. They were 6 years old.
In these 6 days, the little two’s behavior changed, they didn’t come to me anymore, but they played with these 4 children…Aurelio was friends with Felix, even Aurelio asked father to invite Felix to train with a sword..Ophelia was friends with the 3 girls, but sometimes Alecia went to Aurelio and Felix when they trained sword, and asked to join the train…Father granted it.
The 4 children were being educated in the same class with little two in the household. Aelia was more active about knowledge, Alecia was more active about sword, Alicia was more active about something, Felix was more active about knowledge and sword.
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In my sleep, suddenly I was feeling heavy in my body…I slowly opened my eyes, there were the little two above me…
“Wh..at…are..yo..u..doing?” I asked while half awake.
“Sister Aurelia, you need to wake up now..” Aurelio said.
“YESS, YOU NEED TO WAKE UP NOW..” Ophelia said with a loud voice.
Their hands kept pushing my body…Suddenly I saw the door was opened, it was Adel, Livia, and Martia with the 4 children…Livia and Martia rushed to the little two, and lifted them out of me..While being lifted, they grumbled about it…
I got up from bed…Adel drew open the curtains of the balcony…I turned my face to the little two.
“Why are you so early in my room…and suddenly above me?”
“Because……today…it’s so important…so we woke up early…and immediately went to Sister Aurelia room…wanted to..wake..Sister…up.” Ophelia said.
“Today is an important day?”
“Yes, it is, it’s the day where father fulfills his promise, invite us to stroll the city…” Aurelio said with a cheerful tone.
“Ahhh right!! It’s today…..So do you two also invite them too?” I pointed to the 4 children..
“Of course, we are…” Aurelio said..
“That’s great…but…..”
“But…what, sister Aurelia?” Ophelia said.
“You two have said father was a cunning person right? What if Father is lying to you, today, and not inviting us to stroll the city?”
The little two’s faces suddenly changed from happy to sad…and immediately they ran out the room…Followed by Livia, Martia with the 4 children..
“It’s hard for Livia and Martia to keep the movement of the little two…” I said to Adel..
“I think it’s because you, my lady, told a young master and young lady a nonsense about his grace, and made them afraid about it..”
“Well, when I saw them lately, Iit felt like I wanted to tease them a little bit more…”
“Is it because my lady felt lonely, they have friends and not annoyed my lady anymore for playing with you..”
“Hehehehehe…Maybe I feel like that..”
“It’s time for my lady to do the morning routine…”
“Right..” I stood up from the bed..
I walked to the vanity table…and Adel started the morning routine for maintaining my face…In the middle of it, I saw from the mirror the door was opened, and the little two appeared…Immediately came to me…
“FATHER said he will fulfill the promise today, even he told Lady Laura to prepare it…” Aurelio said..
“That’s great…” I said, with Adel kept doing to maintain my face.
After some moments, I saw Livia and Martia come to my room with some heavy breathing, it must be hard for them to keep these two..
“You two, need to control and behave yourself..” I said to little two.
“What are you talking about?” Ophelia said.
I pointed my hand to Livia and Martia “You make Livia and Martia tired in the early morning, because you two.”
“It’s alright, my lady..” Livia said to me with her trying to hide her heavy breathing.
“Yes, it’s a usual thing for us” Martia said, trying to relieve herself.
“See, sister Aurelia, they are fine..” Ophelia said…
“Hehh…Even though they said fine, you guys need to control yourself and pay attention to the people around you..” I said..
“We know, Sister Aurelia..” They answered
“Great…how about you two wait for me in the dining room for breakfast..”
“Yes, sister.”
I saw them like they wanted to run toward the door.
“NO RUNNING, just walking to the dining room..”
“Yes, Sister..” They answered it like they grumbled about it.
I saw them from the mirror, they were walking toward the door followed by Livia and Martia, but … .In front of the door, they started to run…before Livia closed the door..
“What the…they’re doing…” I felt a little angry.
“They are children overall, it’s normal for them to be active.” Adel said.
“It’s great to be active, but I feel more like them if they are well behaved in certain conditions.”
“Right…” Adel said.
After some minutes, Adel finished it, and we immediately went to the dining room. In the dining room, I saw the little two already sitting in their seats..For the entire breakfast, I ignored the little two, even though they talked to me…I just grumbled and ignored them…
After breakfast, Father, Mother, Little two and I went to the entrance of the house followed by Adel, Livia, Martia and the 4 children behind us. On the way there, the little two kept talking to me and asked why, I just kept ignoring them…
In front of the house, there was Lady Octavi and Lady Laura waiting for us with 5 guards. Lady Laura already prepared 6 horses and 2 carriages…One carriage was for father, mother, Lady Laura, and I inside…The other carriage was for the little two and the 4 children inside…Adel was in my carriage coachman’s seat, Livia and Martia were in other carriage coachman’s seat.. Lady Octavi and other guards rode the horses.
After everyone was ready, we went to the city with Lady Octavi on her horse, 2 guards on each side of the carriage on their horses, and 1 guard in the back of the carriage with his horse.
On the way to the city, Mother and Father seemed curious about something from me..
“Aurelia, why did you ignore the little two this morning?” Mother asked.
“Hmmm..Because they were against my advice..”
“Advice??” Father asked.
“In the early morning, they were so active, running around, and made Livia and Martia feel so tired, so I told them to control themselves, and told them to walk toward the dining room…But when they were in front of my room, they just ran…”
“Well they are children, so they are more active and more rebellious..” Father asked..
“Apart from that, why did Lady Laura come with us to the city?” I asked.
“Because there is something I need to do in the city as a substitute for his grace.” Lady Laura answered..
“So father didn’t do his job well, made Lady Laura as substitute for him..” I looked at my father.
“You are so mean, Aurelia…Lady Laura became a substitute for me because you guys, I will be with you guys in the city, so I cannot do my job if I am with you, so Lady Laura became a substitute for me.” Father answered…
“Well, I love it if Father does the job than with us the entire time in the city…”
Father felt unhappy from what I said..
“And why are there some guards for us to go into the city? Is it because there are the little two and 4 children?” I asked.
“Ehmmmm…It’s not because of that, Aurelia..” Mother said “it’s because the event happened to you when we went to the city, it happened because of our neglect, so we want some guards to oversee us, if we are not in there with you guys.”
“I don’t know if father and mother are so worried about me…I will try to calm down as much as possible…” I said…
“Just don’t overthink about it, Aurelia…Just have as much fun as you want in the city especially you need to make up with your siblings, and have fun with them..” Mother said.
“I will try to do that..” I said
