The silence is as loud as you can imagine, I’m staring at her face, the covered part and the one that isn’t, a little too intense not only that, I did it for a good minute or two. But as I was doing that, I did notice a few things on her face, or head in general. Something that I would never notice if I wasn’t this close to her and of course, if I didn’t stare at her for this long. I do wonder what is going through her mind as this happens after all, she’s doing the same thing as I but, in this case, to me. Actually, I’m getting a little embarrassed. A pretty girl is starting at me this intensely ?>w
  As I said several times before, she has something covering the upper area of her face, her eyes and above. Her nose is exposed, one that is rather small but sharp, slender but somewhat long and at the tip of it, it’s just a tiny itty bit with a darker shade of her skin colour. She’s using a half mask, one that gently caresses the beginning of her nose, descending down slightly until it reaches the end of her nose, all of it while getting “away” from the nose as it goes down per say. From there, it embraces the face and goes backwards but before continuing, let’s see her face from a profile view or a sideways view.

  The half mask keeps on going backwards until it reaches her ears, from there the mask itself has a curve to it that goes upwards and above the ear but it does so while being around 3 centimetres away from the ear. Her ear is covered but not by the mask as we have reached that conclusion, no, instead it’s covered by the veil that begins in that area, descending down her head, hitting her shoulders and the armour on it, going backwards because of it. This veil has a black colour to it, just like I said the first time, but in this area, there is a rather elegant decoration on it with a golden colour to it. It’s nothing out of this word but something that you would only notice if you see her from the side and once you are close enough to her that is. While the veil does have that dark colour to it, it still is transparent, just a little bit, nowhere near as much as in the end of it for example. However, with this I noticed something about her that I wasn’t sure she had or not, her hair that is.

  She actually does have medium size hair, one that goes all the way backwards thanks to the half mask and the veil. It seems to be straight and smooth, ending just shy past her neck. The veil although somewhat transparent in this area, thanks to its colour and the black colour of her hair, it’s really hard to make out what her hair looks like but once again, since I was that close to her while she was giving me that brutal, amazing, breathtaking tour, I was able to notice all of it.

  She really has more to her than what I first initially thought.

  Colour me surprised, but a good one that is. I think. Moving on, I still have to describe how her half mask looks. It seems to be made of steel? I don’t know what material it’s made of but I can say that it has a soft grey colour to it and with a few small details in golden. The half mask fully covers everything in a sense that, not even her eyes have an opening that would allow her to see. Now I wonder how she can see anything at all, but let’s keep moving. Right at the top, where her hairline should be and, in the middle, there is a small flower on it, one that seems to resemble a withered rose, thanks to the shape of it and the colour of it, or lack in this case. To the sides of said rose, a few short centimetres, there are two horns on each side, ones that bend backwards as it goes up on its length. They seem to end around the first quarter of her head if we see it from top view. Not only that, they start somewhat thick at the base, getting thinner as they go up, so much so that you could probably get stabbed by them. The rest of her “hairline” per say, there are a few other horns that do the same although in their case, they are much shorter. Not much else that I can say about it with the exception of the decorations curved on it, they are somewhat majestic looking, maybe even royal? I can’t say but it does look really nice and with a few touches of that golden colour, it really makes a sight to be seen. Marvellous even.

  Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

  But enough of my unnecessary jabbering.

  “While I find this place odd and fantasy-like, I really can’t deny the beauty of it.”

  Ah crap, I said this while looking at her, oh well. What I mean by this is exactly this, nothing more nothing less. Just the fact that this seems to be from a place where only exist on fantasy books already makes this “world” a sight to be seen and of course, to experience it. The elegant design that the architecture has, the vibrant colour of grass and even the bush, the

  “thousands” shades of colour of the roses, the pink sky, but one with a few shades of golden throughout it, the white clouds, the floor, the decorations of the walls and pillars, everything about this place is good looking. Whoever or whatever created this “world” sure has good taste, maybe it was an artist who did it. I wouldn’t doubt it if that was the case, some areas do seem something straight out of a painting.

  “Y-Ye-Yes... I do agree with you.”

  Wait, did she stutter a bit at the beginning? Not only that, she seemed to be avoiding eye contact with me for a few seconds even though I can’t see her eyes… though that is what it felt to me. Huh, that was rather odd but it seems she will say something else to distract me from it.

  “For how long are you going to stay here?”

  Oh, wow! Once again, rejection hits me hard on my feelings. Damn, no need to be like this! Also, I have no clue so, what else do you want me to do? I don’t even know what I’m doing here for crying out loud! Not only that, she sure seems to be in a hurry for me to get out of here. Well then, if that is the case, then, so be it!

  Yep, I’m not hurt, not mad, nothing at all!

  “I mean, I don’t know? You still haven’t told me a single thing about this chessboard.”

  “Ah yes, that’s why we are here.”

  Did she forget about it? Really? Oh my, right now she seems a little bit… Clumsy to be nice to her. I mean, a cute reaction, annoying of course as I’m wasting my time, but still cute. She did raise her right hand well above the chessboard reaching around her chest but mind you, she had both of her hands underneath the chessboard. Her hand was closed however, she did lift her tender index finger upwards as she said this not only that, she also moved around her hand. One that first went up a few centimetres, going down a few others and then back to roughly the same position. I can only fathom the need for this not so exaggerated and random movement as she was expressing her forgottenness, but oh well, what do I know about all of this? I’m just a guy trying to do its job.

  “This chessboard allows you to go back to the “story”. Here, you cannot go back or forward, you will be sent back to the same timeline as you left. In this case, you will be sleeping with her.”

  Alright, a couple of things. First of all, what the hell? Was that last remark really necessary? And why does she seem mad? I mean, her voice was somewhat sharper than normal and somehow even colder, something that I didn’t know it could be... Just why? Whatever, everything else I can wrap my mind around it. If I get this straight, in this not so simple looking chessboard, I’m able to go back to where I was previously. Unlike the door, I won’t be able to go back in the “Story” but, the same can be said about the door so, it makes no sense to have two ways to do the same thing… Either way, I just need to figure out how I can use this chessboard for such. I have a feeling that in the door, I just need to open it and then bam! A menu appears right in front-

  Stop! Don’t go any further with it!

  “How am I supposed to use this then? Care to explain?”

  A simple and straightforward question if I say so myself. However, the answer I will be getting sure is even simpler and straighter forward than my own question.

  “Just go back to sleeping.”

  God dammit, I should have been expecting this! Just as she says this, the world started to spin, my vision started to get blurry and of course, I started to feel tired. Seriously, they need to stop doing this! I know how to sleep; I don’t need help at all! Tsk, a second or so later the world spins faster, my vision is basically a blur while I feel so tired that I could drop at any given moment… At this… next… moment…

  “Humph, enjoy sleeping with her, Hero.”

  Seriously! What did I do to piss her off so much!? Why is she angry at me!?

  And these were the last words that I heard from her, from her not annoyed and definitely not angry tone of voice and probably look on her face but definitely look on her eyes.

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