CRITICAL MISSION: CAPTURE THE VILLAINESS' HEART

CHAPTER 25

CRITICAL MISSION : CAPTURE THE VILLAINESS'HEART

CHAPTER 25

Mission 25 : Listen to the Crazy Old Man

GREY blinked twice. And after sinking the words that the old man describe him, he blinked again. He was special? Really? But he knows that . He already know that. Even when he was still at his real world, he was famous and were idolized for his genius works.

But after the accident and waking up as as a peasant feels unacceptable. But then discovering powers is quite nice here too.

"Special?" the Commander asked.

"Do you still remember the time you stop my execution?" the old man said in a deeper voice. "Do you still remember what I keep saying to you?"

"The summoned one," the Commander mumbled.

"The cult witches that you eradicated summoned someone to save the kingdom. But that was a secret," the old man started.

The commander just stare at the old man, patiently waiting for some continuation. While Amber, on the other hand, were clenching her fist and her jaw were a little bit tightening. Her breathing were getting heavier.

"So, you think this is the summoned one?" the commander asked, pertaining to him. He is still not convince.

"I didn't say such thing," the old man smirked. "If only you let the witches survive, then maybe ... perhaps, they can answer your questions," he continued as he looked at the Captain. He laughed and looked at Grey again.

"But the witches did noy move on their own. Someone from the royals asked them," the old man said.

"Did the King asked them? Then why did he order extermination? Is that because they cannot summon someone? Because they failed?" the Commander asked.

The old man laughed again. " Do you think summoning is easy? It needs sacrifice. And do you think the king asked them to summon a hero for the sake of the kingdom?"

The old man moved a step forward. He was more near to them.

"Oh. I see you were not getting mad about what I am saying. Fo you perhaps doubt the King too?" he asked.

The things that this old man is saying is making him curious.

But the commander just stayed quiet.

"It wasn't the king who asked them for a hero of the land. Do you want to know who made the order?"

"You always talked in beginning manner. Why don't you just say it all?"

"Because I want you to still need me. I want to wake your curiousity. That way I can stay alive."

"You cunning old man," the Commander looks like he is losing all the patience he had.

"It was the Queen who ordered to summon the summon one," he finally spoke.

"The queen?" asked the captain. "But the queen died before the chaos started."

The old man smirked. And that smirk turned int to laughter. A laugh of a crazy old man. Just like that time before.

"DID YOU PERHAPS question them? " said an old man that has a coarse voice from an across cell with no lights.

Cells on that dungeon were made of stone like cage and with metal barriers that is as thick as baby's wrist. No one can escape that easily with that design and structure.

He cannot escape on that type of cell. He had never been in a prison cell all his life. Not until he came to that strange land of Enchantria.

He can see the silhouette of that old man who just talk, though he can't see his face.

His forehead crumpled.

"What did they sentenced you?" the old man asked again.

"I don't know," he answered, not really sure sure what to answer.

"What did you do? " he asked again.

"I talked to the princess? " he said, unsure if that is really his sin.

"Ah. They're going to chop your head off," said the old man.

"Wh - - what? But I just saw her face. Why would they behead me?"

That's kind of barbaric way. He just saw the princess' face. Why would they give him such heavy punishment?

"Curious, eh? " the old man spoke. "Are you also starting to get curious about why is that? Well, it's better to question them, rather than seeing the princess' face. Because you'll only end up like my state."

"Why would they hide such a pretty face? There's nothing wrong with that?"

The old man snickered. "Yeah, she got the face of an angel. But don't you know that the queen is prettier?" he said, nodding.

"Her mother? Of course, who would she inherit such pretty face from?"

A guffaw escaped the old man's lips, making him cough in too much amusement. "No. No. No. The queen who disappeared. The queen who was loved by the whole kingdom, yet was forgotten."

And just like before, his laughter made him cough. He was catching his breathe when he stopped to talked. " You think, it is the queen you knew? No n9n no. It was the queen who disappeared. The queen who was loved by the whole kingdom, yet was forgotten , " he said.

He keep saying that about a queen. Who is that queen he is talking about ? He already heard that story before. The queen that love by every person in the kingdom disappeared just like a bubblr that can anytime popped.

"The beautiful queen ordered the witches to aummoned a hero, " the 9lf man said.

" She ordered the witches?" Captain asked. The commander stare at her.

"Yes. Do I need to repeat myself? "

" And why do you say this man is the summoned hero? Why? " Rojjan asked.

"I did not say he is tge summon ed hero. It's just that he was special," the old man said.

"And why is he special? What could be special about him? "

He also wanted to ask, why did this old man said he was special? Well, how could he know the moment he saw him?

"He is not the summonedned hero. He is not a summoned hero. Not yet," the old man mumbled.