Chapter 33: 33: Night Chit-chatting
"Elvis will protect me" Eden said, laying back in bed.
"He too is probably plotting a way to have you dead soon" Lenny suggested.
"I know"
"You know? And you’re still calm?"
"Sure. Because he can’t kill me without getting the cure first. So all he can do is try studying and monitoring me while looking for a way to have me dead when I hand him the cure" Eden explained.
He could predict.
"But still.. the guards, the maids, the king, queens.. everyone here from small to big are probably plotting to kill you themselves. And Elvis might not always be there for you. What if someone ambushes you or something?"
Lenny added "Or are you going to cling to Elvis’s back or something?"
Elvis sat up in bed, staring at thin air "Even if surviving means following him 24/7, I’ll do that. That’s the only possible way out"
"Is that even possible?"
"Watch me do it"
"You couldn’t even make him share a room with you? How can you always keep him close?" Lenny raised an eyebrow.
"I would if I wanted. I just wanted a space for the two of us at least" Eden explained.
Lenny nodded "Makes sense"
"And besides" Eden continued "Elvis too won’t want me dead without getting the cure. So he too will be at alert to protect me"
Lenny sighed "Makes sense too. Maybe I’m just too worried. Since you’re at the palace after all. One of the most dangerous places for your character to be in right now"
Eden smiled as he fell back into bed "Don’t worry. Things are gonna be less deadly for a while from now henceforth. I hope"
Lenny looked ahead as he thought "But to be on a safer side and make sure he is out to protect you by all means, you should make him fall for him"
"I already thought of that and I’m on it" Eden said, staring at the ceiling "Turning the straight prince gay for me so he can protect me at the expense of his life. Iconic" He smiled.
"That’s more like it" The Cat lay beside Eden "That will give you a better assurance. Because when a powerful figure like him falls for you at least, it’ll give your character a better fate to live. Who knows? You might actually change the script and make your character live"
"Or change this straight Novel into a BL one" Eden laughed "While becoming the Main character"
"That would also mean making other male leads of the story fall for you" Lenny laughed as well.
"I can do that. And I will probably do it when the time comes. Might as well need their protection" Eden smiled.
"Including That marquis guy?"
"I know his type. I can fix him" Eden smiled.
"Then go for it. Be careful not to be burnt alive in this homophobic era"
"Don’t worry. When I do so, my powerful lovers won’t let that happen. They’ll go against homophobia for me" Eden laughed over the idea he was actually contemplating on.
"That’d be interesting to see" Lenny said.
"Don’t worry. You’ll see it. I promise. It’s a quest for my survival here. So I’ll do anything. Even if it means turning those powerful male leads gay for me" Eden assured.
"And snatching the poor Female Lead’s men" Lenny said..
"Poor girl" Eden said "I feel bad for her. She actually is not as bad as I thought"
And so the two of them lay there in bed, chatting away their time on the soft bed while sharing teas and ideas on things.
Discussing their lives in the modern era as humans and animals. While also getting to know each other better.
There was nothing much at the scene. Just two souls bonding while laughing.
The only people suffering from it all were the confused guards who stood at Eden’s door.
Even late at night, Eden was still talking and laughing and they couldn’t seem to understand why.
They just stared at eachother wondering if he was possessed or have gone insane.
Indeed, there was no rest for them that night.
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Early that morning, Adrian was the first to wake up amongst those that were drugged.
He felt pain in his head as he ran a hand through his messy red hair, massaging his head.
With a soft moan, he slowly opened his eyes. The picture of his room slowly came together as he recognised where he was.
His head still hurt. But he managed to sit up on his bed while he looked around.
"Why does it hurt?" He mumbled while massaging his head. He looked around his room as he adjusted his clothes that were slightly loose.
Adrain looked around the room for awhile wondering what happened last night.
He saw his drink on the table and wondered if he had drank himself to sleep last night.
But then again the sight of the intense burner made him think twice.
"Poison" He mumbled immediately as he slowly got up from bed.
He felt dizzy, coupled with the pain he felt in his head. He was now certain that it wasn’t just the drink that left him in this condition.
He was poisoned.
"That bastard..." He mumbled as he staggered up to his feet, carelessly making his way through the room. He soon found the door.
Adrian finally pushed open the door only to see his guards and some ladies on the floor, unconscious.
"That snake..." he hissed furiously as he staggered through the door, kicking the guards up.
Immediately Mr Hugo had arrived at where he was. He was stunned at the sight.
"My lord.. this... What happened?" Mr Hugo didn’t know what to make of the scene before him. "Are you okay?"
He could see how wasted Adrian was.
"Are you okay My lord?" He asked again.
But all Adrain could think about and say at the moment was.
"Where the hell is that bastard?" He asked "Where is the wizard?"