Chapter 32: This Old Woman Needs to Keep Her Mouth Shut
THIRD POV—
Standing in front of a cave, Mother Night asked, "This is the place, right?"
Being mind-controlled, Kryon answered, "Yes, Mistress. This is the place."
Mother Night sighed, "Let's go inside it then," she entered the cave slowly, "what do you think would be their behaviour when they see you?"
"I have betrayed them. They must be out for my head."
Hearing his words, Mother Night burst out laughing. She commented, "Yeah. If they want your head then, their wish is fulfilled," she rubbed the top of his skull with her hand, "because that's the only thing left of you, isn't it?"
Following the directions given by Kryon, she reached a dead end. If some other person was there in place of Mother Night, he/she would have thought that Kryon lied to him/her. But this was Mother Night. She was completely sure that Kryon didn't lie to her. Her belief in her mind-controlling magic was firm. She asked, "This is a dead end, Kryon. Are you sure this is the place where I can meet your friends?"
Kryon said, "Mistress, this is the correct place. The dead end in front of you is not really a dead end. It's an illusion. You ignore it, and move ahead."
Trusting his words, Mother Night moved forward. Just as Kryon said, she crossed the dead end as if it didn't even exist there.
Suddenly, a bright room filled with different kinds of things welcomed her view. Infront of her, there were four kronans. Those kronans were arguing among themselves.
A kronan yelled, "That bastard! I will kill him."
Another kronan shouted, "We should have never trusted him. Now, we don't even know where the fuck he is." In that moment, a kronan spotted Mother Night along with Kryon's head.
Gathering everyone's attention, he pointed to the place where Mother Night was standing there, holding Kryon's head.
Seeing them looking at her, Mother Night touched her necklace, releasing the same gas that helped her mind-control Kryon.
As they were about to attack, Mother Night. They experienced the same thing that was experienced by Kryon, when Mother Night successfully mind-controlled him.
Just like before with Kryon, those four kronans succumbed to Mother Night's mind control.
Kryon applauded, "Mistress, you are brilliant. You didn't even give them chance to do anything."
Slowly twirling a strand of hair, Mother Night said, "I am not going to any risk. I don't know what these 'monsters' like you could do," she looked at those four kronans, "I am your Mistress, understood?"
"Yes!! Mistress!!!"
They exclaimed in unison.
Mother Night smirked, "Good. Now, let's my plan."
STELLA'S POV—
After Donald finished his work, we decided to go to a restaurant for lunch. I asked, "Donald?"
He replied, "Yes."
"Where should we go for lunch?"
Not looking at me, he answered, "Just take us to whatever restaurant you see on the way."
Annoyed by his behaviour, I scoffed, "Can't you just tell me where should we eat? I don't any good restaurants here."
Finally! He looked at me. He sneered, "Choose whatever place you want. I don't want to argue with you."
Angered at his words, I smiled, "Fine then, let's eat here." I parked outside a very old looking restaurant. Let's see if he likes this place.
Donald didn't show any reaction seeing the condition of this place. Argh, I will see how long he keeps this poker face of his.
When we entered the restaurant, a very old woman welcomed us. She said, "Welcome to our restaurant! What would you two like?"
Donald said, "A table for two, please." Nodding, she requested us to follow her.
We sat on the table assigned by her. The woman asked, "What would you two children like?"
Donald replied, "One bowl of soup and—"
"Didn't I make that for you yesterday? Why do you want to eat this again today?" I interrupted him.
Donald shrugged his arms. He mocked, "I am sorry, Your Majesty. Whatever the Great Emperor wants, I would definitely eat that." His tone was laced with sarcasm.
His sarcastic comment made me angry. Just as I was about to say something to him, the old woman beat me to it. She scolded, "Young man! You should be ashamed if this is how you behave with wife."
Wife? I quickly rebutted her. I said, "I am not his wife, Grandma." First, Sin and then with, Donald. Why the heck this 'wife' word is being always associated with me?
She raised an eyebrow at my words. She said, "Wow! Today's children are very modern. In our time, we had strict rules regarding dating and marriage. But you kids are very fast. Now-a-days, kids like you are very careless," she looked at me into my eyes, "I am warning you. Be careful, lest you accidentally pregnant?"
Her words made my face red with embarrassment. I spluttered, "I-I am neither h-his girlfriend nor, his wife. W-we are j-just friends… er, no, business partners." Can't this woman poke her nose into our business?
The woman looked sceptical but, nodded nevertheless. After taking the order, she went away to take the order of other customers.
Sighing, when I looked at Donald, I found him to be blushing? What the fuck is he blushing for? Suddenly, something clicked my mind. After dealing with a weird woman like Sin, my brain was highly active regarding these kinds of reactions.
I asked, "Donald, do you like me?"
Hearing my words, Donald started coughing. Drinking some water, he tried to calm himself down. He stuttered, "W-what are y-you talking a-about? M-me? Like you? No, n-never."
"So, am I ugly?"
"No!! You are not. You are—"
Clamping his mouth with his hand, he stopped himself in the mid-sentence. Sighing, he requested, "Could we talk about this later?"
I nodded my head. Seeing me nod, Donald's face brightened a bit, as if he was relieved from something. This behaviour of his, is definitely weird. Fine. I should observe him carefully first, before reaching any decision.