REVERIE OF THE AWAKEN MIND

Chapter 7

Just imagine how powerful. My best friend is.

"We have to stay in the rank 10 if we don't want to get slaved by those spoiled brats royalties," I said and we were about to step forward and get out from the gate when a rope just coiled us together back to back.

"What the f*ck?!" Gillian screamed. I scanned my eyes to see whoever did this to us and what does it mean?

I sighed when I spotted the royalty girl earlier, the Hailey's sister.

"It's the girl earlier," I whispered, only for Gillian to hear it.

"What? What does she need? That little girl is a pain in the ass. Can you just do something to release us, Ara?" she frustratingly said and I did. I have already cut it using my water knife.

While looking at that girl hiding herself behind the huge Narra tree, her eyes widened when she noticed that the coiled rope is now lying in the ground. That little girl is summoning a commotion that I would never like to get involved.

Gillian just shoke her head and walked outside the gate of the university. I immediately followed her without minding whatever is the next move of that little girl. She badly want to have a battle with me. Like what for?

"Let's just ride the train," I suggested and Gillian nodded. We moved towards the waiting area pf the train until I realized that we only have more than 2 hours but less than 3 hours.

We'll just waste our time when we wait for the train.

"Holy motherf*cking damn sh*t!"

I stood up bitting my lower lip holding back my laughter because of Gillian who just cursed like there's no tommorrow. I was just grabbing her back to stop but she got startled and now she's giving me a death glare.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Are you trying to kill me?" she dramatically asked that's why I rolled my eyes on her.

"Geez, I won't kill you like that. Plus, you won't get killed by that!" I said rolling my eyes. I gaped when she showed me her middle finger. This freakin' b*tch. "Hey!"

"Now, we are even!" She giggles. How dare she!

"That's not fair! I was just about to stop you and tell you that we're going to fly over there for we only got 2 hours!" I retaliates making her stunned and looked at me with wide eyes. I was just acting dramatic and I guess she realized that because now, she went flat lips and made face.

"I would rather get teleported," she mumbled.

I held here arm without saying anything and now we landed in front of the lined up restaurant here in the Holy City. But don't get me wrong because I never liked their cooking. I would always choose mom's cooked food. Sometimes I tried convincing mom to get some slot in here but she said the food she's cooking will never go on sale but for free for the next town.

So I just shut my mouth and nodded. That's more like it. And that was the last time I tried to convince my mother. No one can change her mind, by the way.

"Sometimes I wonder how these Holiesters live their lives like this," I whispered while looking at the Holiesters enjoying their lives in here. They are class 2 and I don't know what they do to live their lives.

I know some of them are stealing things from the weak and poor elders that are selling few products here. We were once a victim — almost a victim. They were trying to take mom's vegetables and luckily Gillian and I were just on time and we managed to push them away. Mom never uses her powers, although, she is not strong as the others, still, I know she can push those thieves by her own.

She chooses not to. There are times that her pure heart frustrates me because she would never mind even if she get hurts because for her, as long as she didn't do anything to hurt them back, she could still have a good sleep at night. Like, hey!

"Don't mind them. I swear this time, if they will bump me into my way I assure you, I will not hesitate to end up their shitty lives," she said hardly and grabbed my arm without words.

Grabbing is a thing today? We were both grabbing each other's arm today. I almost my balance when I didn't notice that we were stepping upstairs. I knotted my forehead when I noticed that we're coming into this unfamiliar merchandise. Is this new?

They only don't have school supplies but they also have clothes and all. Their items are beautiful, omg. I scanned my eyes the whole place but I didn't see any Holiesters inside. It just seems that it's only Gillian and I in here.

My eyes widened with the realization that we came here. We bought our stuffs here — more like, we got those for free.

"Ara, isn't it strange that we already came here but seems like it didn't exist before we get inside?"

I heard Gillian whispered that made me looked at her. She's actually correct, it never crossed my mind that it has new merchandise building here but now that we were able to enter inside, I remembered that, we came here? How was that happen?

I scanned my eyes all over the place until I saw this huge portrait of a woman — more like a Goddess in beauty. Damn! She's so beautiful. Hanging in the edge of this hallway. I took a step forward to get close to the portrait. I stopped when I felt someone holding my shoulder from behind.

I sighed when I turned to see the ones holding me, I saw Gillian. She was looking at me with so much curiousity in her eyes. I then looked back to the portrait. My eyes widened the moment I saw her whole face.

"Gillian, can you see that?" I excitedly said and pointed the portrait hanged in the edge.

She knotted her forehead and narrowed her eyes following my finger pointing the place where I am seeing the huge portrait.

"The huge portrait?" she confusedly asked. I smiled and ran towards the portrait.

I even clapped my hand in her face after realizing something the moment I got to stare this face very deep.

"A-ha! Look, have you remembered this face? We both met her for the first time here! She explained to us about this mysterious building. When we go out from here and get far away of this place where we can no longer see the building, we will forget it right away. And she mentioned before that not all Holiesters can see this even if they're standing right in front of the entrance door," I said happily.

It seems like listening the voice of this woman in my head that I was able to tell those words as well. She was really pretty.

"Oh Holy Kingdom of Holy Land!"

I almost jump in startle when Gillian shouted. I looked at her with disbelief and she seems shocked with what she did as well. She covered her mouth with her palm and showed a peace sign. I just rolled my eyes on her and get back to scan the whole place. Hoping that I would be able to see her in person once again.

"You know you can just giggle without shouting," I mumbled while focusing my eyes roaming the place.

"I just remembered those things. Weird because I really did forgot them and it seems like it was intentionally put back in my mind to remember. Now, I remember that face, that very beautiful face. She was the woman that spoke with us when we came here the last time. Who is she?"

I was asking the same thing, Gillian. Who is she? Why does she have this kind of beauty? How can she be this beautiful? Did she show herself to the other Holiesters who are able to see this place and came over here? Just like when she showed herself to us?

I can feel that she is not an ordinary Holiester. I can see and I can feel that. Although, I couldn't point it out for I have only seen her once.

"She's really beautiful. I wonder how powerful she is. She don't seem to be an ordinary Holiester. She is also not biased, royalties will not be able to see this place, she has a good heart for some Holiesters like us who are in need," I said without removing my eyes locked in the portrait.

Gillian motioned my hand to see if she can do something in her portrait. Can I even make her out of there? I want to talk to her, I have this feeling that we will be good together. I don't know but I just had this feeling that she is nice. But I don't think it's okay to use our powers in here. This place is covered with power.

"What are you doing? Gillian, stop that! What if we are not allowed to do that? We don't want to invade this place eventhough they are giving us stuffs for free. Let's just get something for us. Let's just leave her alone. Hopefully she will be showing herself to us again," I said that made Gillian to put her hand back down.

She pouted and glanced the portrait. "I just want to see her. I just had this feeling that — that portrait is not an ordinary portrait, that looks like alive. What if she's living inside that portrait? Can you even imagine to live inside the portrait?" she amusedly asked. She gets amused by her own words. Oh my goodness.

"Let's get out of here. We only have 1 hour left and we haven't stroll down the entire Holy City. Let's just get here back sometime, once we have a long time to see what this place can offer," I said while roaming my eyes around hoping to see the lady wherever in this place.

"Why are we here again?"

I heard her chuckled that made me chuckle as well. Why are we here by the way? Ah, because we both don't want to bump those Holiesters who thought the strongest.

"Can you answer that question for me, please?" I said laughing.

I turned back my head to see the merchandise building. It was really beautiful. Later when we finally lost this building on our sight, we'll forget it. As I looked around, some Holiesters are just roaming around without noticing this huge merchandise in here. What kind of heart do they have? I don't even know I have a pure heart. I know I got a mother with the purest heart but I didn't expect I have one and I am thankful to have mom as my mother.

Because even if I always do things that sometimes out of control, especially if it's about mom. That I'm ready to fight when it comes to my mother and I won't mind if they're elders. I really don't think I still the pure heart. My eyes blurred in crystal of tears while looking at the entrance of the building. The purity.

"Oh My God! Ara, that's the royalties, right? That's Kean, Camille, Hailey and Stanley. They're coming in here."

I heard Gillian said so I looked at her. She's not pointing anywhere but I followed her eyes and she's right, I saw my brother with his co-royals. They coming her and Hailey's looking at me straight for the reason that I think, I already knew.

I took a glance to the merchandise and I think, it would be great to let them come over here. Who among these protected and respected royalties can be able to see this merchandise?

"I guess I already know the reason why they are coming," I mumbled and saw Gillian nodded. She's thinking what I was thinking.

Gillian hissed and was about to motion her palm to get us invisible but I stopped her. They can come over and I want to know who among these Holiesters can have a chance to see this building right here. They are royalties.

"We heard that you two went out from the Holy University. Lady Penelope was looking for you, Amara. We thought you got home," Camille immediately said when they finally reached us.

None of them tried to look at the side, none of them can see the merchandise. Not even the Prince of Holy Kingdom, Stanley Flores. He's a year older than I am but I do not know a lot about him. I do not know some personal things about them.

My senses came back when Gillian held my arm and so I looked at her. She smiled a little to me and *they looked for you at home* she spoked in my mind and that widened my eyes.

"You went into my home?!" I shockingly asked them.

I looked at my brother who don't look like my brother. He is wearing the most expensive signature clothes in the Holy Land, well, all of them does. While me, wearing the simplest cloth I can get. He looked at me and didn't even blink at me. You really did cut ties on me, brother.

"Yes, unfortunately, you weren't there and luckily, Kean suggested to have lunch in one of the restaurants here and we saw you," Camille answered.

"You talked to my mom?"

Mom would surely get worried now that Holy University students, not just a simple students because they are royalties for freaking sake looked for me at home. She probably know by now that I went outside the university. I never told her that we always went out during free time. Oh my God!

"Your vendor of a mother?"

My jaw fell of what I just heard. The words in the question is fine but the tone is not, will never be fine. She was mocking it. Like what the hell is the problem of this girl?

"Why? Is there anything or something wrong of being a vendor?" Gillian asked.

Some of us class 2 works as a vendor. Those who want to have a good job to survive a day works to be vendor. Well, none of them do because some of them works for the class 1. Class 1 Holiesters pay low minimum to them. And if that would apply into my case, I would choose to be a vendor than to work with other Holiesters that are boastful and corrupt.

They think they are powerful just because those class 2 are weaker than them. They can hold us in our neck and that is something I won't allow. Not to me, not to Gillian, not to grandma and most of all, not to my mother.

"I don't know, I just find that, funny," Camille once again mocked.

"Camille!" Hailey warns here.

Camille just laughed and looked at her colleagues, "what? I was just saying facts. Her mom is a vendor, so what's the problem?"

"The problem is that you came from the wealthy and titled family. You were called royal for some reason yet you don't get the proper etiquette of a royalty and you have no manners. Being a vendor doesn't deserve to be mocked at. They have descent work, they work fair and they don't belittle each other. You won't understand that for sure, I wonder if you know how to cook your own food," Gillian seriously said and the intensity in her eyes are there.

I held her hand to give her a support and I can now feel the heat coming from her in the inside. She is mad, and her being mad heating her entire body that when she release sands those are hot like hell.

"You b*tch!---"

"Enough Camille! You don't get mad to something that you started," Hailey seriously said while looking at Camille very serious.

"Hailey? Are you serious? Are you siding them?" Camilled asked in disbelief. Of course, I even looked at Hailey in disbelief.

"By the way, Camille's right. Lady Penelope was looking for you, Amara. I think you need to go back to the Holy University," she said while looking at me. Her voice is calm yet her eyes are not.

She looked at me like something with a warning. I do not know what exactly she was refering with eyes but I am certain I won't like that. Hailey Gomez, you don't get mad into something you started, right?

"We will surely bump each other in there. I wish to see you there," Camille said and flipped her hair in our face. Unlucky for her I was taller than her but Gillian who have the same height with her, she catches her hair.

But Gillian is not a damsel in distress. She immediately caught Camille's hair making Camille fall her back in the ground. Everyone gasped of what they saw. Stanley immediately succored and helped the woman to stand her ass up.

"You better know what would be the consequences of what you did, you little class 2!" Camilled warns Gillian.

"Camille, I am sure that you won't like to drag your name in embarrassment. So if I were you, I would just stay aside and forget what happened because I was at fault," I calmly said and she hissed.

This girl really thought we are dump? How dare she! I again looked at Kean and Stanley who didn't even speak a word.

"I will never get embarrassed because I am not daughter of a vendor!" she yelled. I looked at my brother and asked him a question I know would change this Camille's expression.

"Are you embarassed then, Kean?"