The Girl, The Knight, and The Sleeping Princess

29. Sir Kay Know?

"Oh, hi," said Troya, a little reluctant, because this was the first time she had spoken alone with the young man. 

 "Checking up with the doctor?" Sir Kay asked, putting what he had brought in his jacket pocket. 

 If it was Liam who did it, she would have forced the boy to tell her what was in his jacket pocket. But since this was Sir Kay, Troya had to try to contain her curiosity. 

 "Ah, yes, because at the time of the last attack, my shoulder suddenly hurt again, and bruises suddenly appeared. The doctor said that no poison was detected in my body. Therefore, just in case every two days I visit here. Besides, I really like talking with Madam Brinette," explained Troya, mentioning the name of the doctor who had been taking care of her at the health centre. 

 "Hmm, how about this time you're absent and we take a little walk?" asked Sir Kay. 

*** 

 Right now, the two of them were walking side by side in the castle corridor. Past the gray stone walls built hundreds of years ago. 

 "Sorry, if that visit bothers you a little," said Sir Kay on the way. 

 Troya shook her head lightly, but then she nodded. She fell silent because she was confused by her own feelings at this time. Sir Kay was just silence while watching her.

"Where's Misha?" Troya tried to change topic.

"Oh, that bear is being examined by Doctor Frank, he was on everything for Misha and myself." Kay's smiled and showed a long scar in his right hand. 

 "What was that?" asked Troya a little hesitantly. 

Sir Kay realized the direction of the question, "An accident while hunting with my family. It happened about two years ago. Many say that I haven't breathed for seven minutes. But suddenly a miracle came, and suddenly I was breathing again." He smiled.Troya was surprised to hear that, two years ago was also the time when she lost Kai. "Luckily you're okay. Two years ago I also lost one of the people I care about the most." 

 "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," said Sir Kay sympathetically. 

 Troya shook her head slowly, "It's okay, it's all over." 

 Sir Kay didn't say anything else, but there were actually a lot of things he was thinking about right now. Including when he lost his father in the hunt. But he couldn't say. He could not say that several times he had dreamed of the face of a girl who was walking side by side with him. And suddenly even though it was vague, he seemed to have another memory of a life that he had never experienced before. Until now, there was not a single person he had ever told about, because he did not want to be called crazy or insane. Let that thought he kept only for himself. 

***

Troya had just finished being examined at the health centre by the court doctor. Now that the scar on her shoulder had completely disappeared, there was no longer any blue or purplish mark. As usual while being escorted by a maid, Troya walked down the castle corridors, past the castle grounds which were dotted with a maze of vines. From the third floor where she was now, the labyrinth looked very beautiful, forming the emblem of this kingdom which was a sea dragon. 

Troya decided to continue her steps again. In her mind spinning many things. It turned out that the dome of protection covered couple of villages, it covered quite large. 

Inside the protection dome there was a castle, as the centre of this temporary government, several workshops, farms, corn and wheat fields, and residential housing. So that for the past two years, people had lived only around the dome of protection. If someone wanted to go inside, they had to go through very tight supervision. Likewise when going out.

Every three days, there must be a group of bodyguards led by one knight to come out of the shelter to look for other foodstuffs or ask for help from neighbouring countries, or even to hunt Lycos and Liliacs before these two animals reproduce again. 

Troya once saw a group of soldiers when they were about to leave with a hunting mission. Even though their missions were different, most of the supplies they carried were always the same. A cart of weapons. 

Apart from the troops moving out, during this week, Troya had twice seen the Paralia kingdom got visitors from a group of soldiers wearing flags with diamonds drawn on it. It looked like King Kristopher had already asked the neighbouring kingdom for help. 

Troya could see the hope that shone on the King's face whenever he received a group of soldiers. However, even though the kingdom received strength assistance, unfortunately everytime the soldiers in charge of hunting for Lycos and Liliac returned, they would always badly injured or not return at all. 

Just like when the three of them arrived in this world, the troupe of soldiers led by Sir Kay was all gone, leaving only the young man. So far, the situation had always been running in place, there had never been any progress. They might even have lost too many soldiers. So Troya could feel an aura of despair that was getting stronger and stronger in the people souls.

Troya was so busy thinking to herself that when she was about to make a turn, she accidentally bumped into Sir Kay. And because of the difference in body size, she almost fell if she didn't immediately been caught by this young man. 

 "Sorry, are you all right?" asked Sir Kay, looking into Troya's eyes, making this girl embarrassed. 

This young man was now casually dressed wearing a white shirt with a vest and pants made of leather. But still the aura of the warrior still radiated. 

 "Y-yes, I'm fine, really!" she said pushing her own body away from the embrace of the young man. 

For some reason, her face now felt so hot. She also saw that the brown bear named Misha was only standing with its four legs behind the young man's body. Even when the bear Misha stood on all fours, he was still so big. 

 "Thankfully!" this young man smiled, "So, you enjoy being here?" he continued. 

 "Not bad," replied Troya, "it's just that I miss my home." 

Sir Kay could understand it, "Where are you going?" he asked, changing the subject. 

 "Going to the library."

"Come on, I'll accompany you. I'm currently free." Sir Kay smiled. He bent slightly to let Troya walk first. 

Seeing this sweet treatment, Troya felt a little uneasy, between embarrassed, reluctant but at the same time happy. Even now, she still couldn't believe her own two eyes. How come there were two humans in this world who could be so similar. After all, until now she still didn't understand how the three of them came to be in this world, a world completely foreign to them. She couldn't even tell which side of the world they were currently in, other than right now they were in the Paralia kingdom. 

 Finally the four of them, including Misha and the maid, arrived at the door of the library. Sir Kay gave the maid the opportunity to rest and gave her the duty of supervision. The maid's face looked very relieved and said goodbye without bothering to refuse it. 

 After that, Sir Kay volunteered to open the door and let Troya entered first. Misha also entered because the door to the library room was really big. Seeing this man's attitude, Troya felt both reluctant and amazed. This man was very polite, where this kind of attitude was very, very rare. 

 "What do you like to read?" Sir Kay asked with a smile as Troya looked for any book whose title would draw her attention among the bookshelves tens of meters high until it touched the ceiling of the room.

"Oh," Troya was confused about what to answer, because she did not know whether there was such a thing as fairy tales or comics in this world. 

Until finally she decided to answer, "Folk tales." 

 "Oh, what an interesting choice. Are you interested in studying the history of this world?" he asked smiling sweetly. 

Troya was again stunned to see that smile for the umpteenth time. Why was this young man so polite? Though maybe his age was not much different from herself. Maybe only a year or two older. 

 "Y-yes, I guess so. Given that I don't know anything about this world or what is really happening to us." Troya replied, either intentionally saying that or being too nervous because the position of their bodies was too close. 

Sir Kay was standing right next to her, perhaps only a centimeter apart on their shoulders which made her a little uneasy. They did not touch, but it felt touching, because Troya could feel the warmth radiating from the body of this young man next to her. 

There was silence between the two of them which made the atmosphere even more clumsy. Troya finally forced herself to see the young man's face. But she immediately regretted her actions because at this time they couldn't help looking at each other. 

The young man stared intently into her eyes, Troya quickly turned her face away. 

 "At first I doubted my own thought. But hearing what you said just now, it looks like the three of you really do not come from this world huh!" said Sir Kay as he rubbed his own clean shaven chin, as if he was thinking.[]