Yassi looks at the sky and saw the moon cover the sun. A solar eclipse? Did she come here because of the solar eclipse? Impossible! Many solar eclipses had passed but she didn't travel to somewhere else. That comic book really has the power of the devil. And because she wants to burn it that's why it brought her to this weird place. But where exactly I am? And how am I suppose to go back to the present?
"Look, Mother! The horse where Prince Reikel riding together with his troops is coming!"
"Prince Reikel is not only handsome but also a brave person. With his small troops, they defeated the barbarians who want to invade our country!"
Prince Reikel? The name that the mother and daughter were talking about seems familiar to her. Prince Reikel? The male protagonist of my sister's comic book? The prince who turns into a scary beast once he couldn't control his emotion when he's angry? Damn! Did I entered into...
Her eyes are wide open when a sudden realization comes to her mind. I am inside of a comic book. The comic book which I hated the most! Impossible!
"Lady Assi! Where are you?"
She heard a woman's voice searching for someone. If only she didn't know that she doesn't belong to this world she might think that the one she's looking for is her. Because Assi was her nickname to her friends in the real world.
As the troops of Prince Reikel get closer to where she standing, the people suddenly gather just to get a glimpse of the prince's looks. The place where she was standing alone earlier becomes crowded. The people start squeezing her. Someone steps on her feet. Someone pushes her away so they could get to a good place where they can be able to glance at the prince. Goodness! I can't believe that I experience this kind of thing now. Even in my worst dreams I never thought that I could enter into the world of comics. Or maybe I am just dreaming right now.
"Prince Reikel! We're glad that you came back with victory!" shouted the man while holding a small jar and lifted it in the air as if he is asking for a toss to the prince. She doesn't know what's inside the small jar. Is it water? Because when the man drinks it the colorless liquid spills from the jar.
She decides to turn her head to see the face of the man which her sister idolizing so much. But before she could turn her head, someone pushes her hard that she had thrown down in front of the road where many horses would pass in a minute.
She quickly gets up and turns her eyes at her front. Her eyes widened when she saw a horse approaching her. The horse was startled when it sees her. The people scream in shock but no one helps her. She can't move her legs as if it's stuck on the ground. All she can do is close her eyes and wait for the horse to stomps on her.
"Lady Assi!!"
She heard that woman's voice again who searching for the person's name that happens to be the same as her nickname. But who cares anyway. She's going to die now in the feet of a horse. Maybe this is a way for her to go back to the real world. She must die because she's not part of the characters in the comic book.
Yassi didn't feel the hard feet of a horse in her body but instead, she feels the strong arms wrap around her body. She opens her eyes to see the person who saves her from danger. And she loudly gasps when she saw the most handsome man that she had ever seen in her entire life. Although his face is serious and slightly frowning, he still very handsome in her eyes. He has a deep set of beautiful eyes with long eyelashes, a perfect nose that matches with red kissable lips. And his body and arms were strong that he could carry her using his one hand.
"Are you okay?" he asks her. She can sense a bit of worry in his voice.
Damn! Even his voice is very masculine. What a real man! Who is this man that saves me? Can I bring him back to the real world?
"Lady Assi! Finally, I found you! Are you okay?"
Her eyes suddenly turn to the woman that suddenly speaks with her. Isn't she the woman earlier that is searching for a lady that the same as my nickname? Could it be that I am the lady she's been looking for? What's happening here? How come that I am also a character in this story?
The man that saves her let go of her before he asks the woman beside her. "She's your lady?"
"Yes, Prince Reikel. And on behalf of my lady, I would like to say I'm sorry. She didn't mean to interrupt you from going home. It's just that she's not on her right mind. She became like this when his father didn't allow her to marry your brother, Prince Rakim," the woman explained.
Prince Reikel! So this guy that saves her is no other than Prince Reikel? The prince that her sister is dying for to meet in person? The handsome prince who turns into a scary beast when he couldn't control his anger? Is this some kind of a joke on her? Is it because she hated this person in the real world that's why destiny made a joke on her and let her enter into this world so she could meet the comic character that she hated the most?
"So, she's the daughter of the right prime minister and the lover of my older brother whom he should marry? But because her father didn't allow them to be together so she jumps off from a high tree and hoping to die?" the prince asked. But to her, it's not a question but more on confirmation.
"Yes, Prince Reikel. So, please forgive my lady," the woman who seems to be her maid beg the prince.
The Prince stares at Yassi's face for a minute with a very serious face before he speaks with her maid again.
"Take care of your lady. Don't let her walks around in this dangerous place alone or else I will not let you off," he said in a husky tone. And then he looks at Yassi for a second before he turns around and went back to ride his horse.
"Reikel!" She couldn't help herself but called his name. And when he turns around to look at her, she slightly smiles at him. "Thank you for saving my life."
Reikel didn't speak. He just nods at her and then continues to ride his horse until he and his troops already passed by her.
"Lady Assi, are you okay?" the maid asks her. She frantically searches her whole body to find if she was hurt somewhere.
"I'm okay. I'm not hurt," She said to her. "By the way, can I ask what is your name?"
" Flera. I am Flera, My Lady," she quickly answers with tears in her eyes.
"Why are you crying, Flera?" She curiously asks the maid when she saw her reaction. "Are you hurt somewhere?"
She shook her head. "No, My Lady. I'm just happy that you can speak to me again. And you seem like you already came back to your senses although you seem a little bit weird."
Of course. I am a little bit weird to you 'cause I'm not your lady. I do not belong in this world. I came from the real world. But I don't know how to go back yet. But I must go back to the real world no matter what it takes.
"Why? Did I not talk for a long time?"
Flera nods three times while wiping her tears." Yes, Lady Assi. You didn't speak for almost a month. You were very sad because your father didn't allow you to marry Prince Rakim."
What? Am I that pathetic in this world? She gently shook her head. Why does her character have to become so pathetic person in this world?
"Don't worry, Flera. From now on, I will become myself again and I will surely forget my feelings to Prince Rakim."
Flera looks at me with her eyes unwilling to believe what I said. If her character in this world was a woman who was madly in love with Prince Rakim, Flera will surely not believe easily what she said just now. But who cares, she's now in the character of Assi and she doesn't feel the same way as Assi's character feels to the prince.
"Are you sure that you will be able to forget, Prince Rakim? And if the prince will hear what you said he will surely feel sad because he loves you so much."
Yassi smile at her maid. "I'm very sure. And if he really loves me, he will marry me no matter what and he will fight for me. But he didn't and marry someone else. So it means, he didn't love at all."
"I think you have a point, My Lady. And it's better for you to forget him so you will not cry again," Flera agreed with her.
She smiles and feels relief. She will not have to explain to her maid why she seems so different from the Assi's that she used to know.
"Ahm, can you not call me Assi again? Since I will forget Prince Rakim I should also forget that I am Assi. From now on, just call me Yassi. Okay?"
"Yes, My Lady. I will obey whatever you said."
Since I'm here inside the comic book's world I should act as Assi while thinking about how I could go back to the real world. But where is the real Assi? Did we two switch our world? Is she in the real world and pretending to be me just like what I'm doing now?
Yassi can't help but be amaze while entering the house where her character Assi lived. The house was not like what she saw in the real world that is made of cement, bricks, and others. The house is made from fine trees. And she thinks that if she sells that kind of wood in the real world she might get rich because of it.But what she likes the most in the house was the huge lawn. It has plenty of beautiful flowers and trees. And it also has a man-made pond where many water lilies grow and some fish were swimming freely."Are you sure that I lived in this?" she asks Flera, unwilling to believe that she lives in this beautiful house.Not bad. She has a place to stay while she's thinking about how she can go back to the real world."Assi!" An angry glamorous older woman together with a beautiful lady beside her and with their maids she guesses suddenly approaches her." Who are&md
Until now, Yassi still couldn't believe what she heard from Assi's father. She and Prince Reikel will be getting married soon? It's a big change in the story. Prince Reikel was supposed to get married to Denria and not her. And, she can't get married to him because she will go back to the real world.Although Prince Reikel is a good catch because he is handsome and also a prince, she is still unwilling to get married to him. He is just a character inside a comic book. He is not real. Everything about him was fake. He is just a fruit of the wide imaginations of the author in the real world. While she is human from the real world. How can she be together with a character inside a story? And did Prince Reikel agreed to marry her?"Lady Yassi, what are you thinking about? I notice that you're being silent since we entered here in your room."Flera disrupts her thoughts. And speaking of her room, she looks around and notices th
"What are you doing, Assi? Why are you lying in the ground?" Assi's father ask her when he enter the gate and saw her lying on the ground. He then angrily turns the maids that following her. "What are you waiting for? Help your lady to stand up and bring her to her room so she can change her dirty clothes." "Y-yes, Lord Satua," said the two maids in chorus. They quickly help Yassi to stand up. "Father, I have something to tell you. It's very important," Yassi said. She has to tell him the truth or else she will end up marrying the prince. It's now or never. "I am not Assi, my name is Yassi and I came from the real world." Not only Assi's father frowned at what she said but also Prince Reikel whose staring at her. "What are you talking about?" he angrily asks her. And then he looked at Prince Reikel with concern. "I beg your pardon, my prince. I think my daughter still felt unwell that
Yassi was staring blankly when Flera entered her room holding a tray of foods in her hands. She had been confined in her room for several days and could not get out because she tried to escape many times but always failed. So her father decided to lock her inside her room. Maids were guarding outside of her room so that she could not escape again. Her father strictly instructed the maids to never let her out of her room."Lady Yassi, you haven't eaten well for these past days. You might get sick because of it, Here, I cooked my lady's favorite food for you," Frela said worriedly. She puts down the tray of unfamiliar foods on top of her bed and in front of her."I have no appetite. How can I eat in this kind of situation? I'm locked up like a prisoner," she said angrily. "Help me get out of here, Frela. Promise, I won't run away again. I just want to get out of this room. I feel like I'm going insane if I just stay inside this room."
Yassi is pouting her lips while lying in her bed. After what happened when she escaped, Prince Reikel send her back to the minister's mansion. Her father grounded her for a week and punished Flera with twenty whips because she let her escape again. She begged her father and promised that she will never escape again and agreed to marry the prince just don't hit her personally mad. It's her fault so she should be the one to be punished and not Flera. Her father agreed to let Flera be free from punishment when he heard of what she said. And in addition, she is grounded for the whole week and is not allowed to go out of her room."Lady Yassi, what are you thinking about?" Flera asks. She gets a comb and gently combs her hair."I'm bored to death, Flera. I want to go out again but I'm worried that I might put you in a bad situation. I don't father to punish you again," she took a deep sigh. Living inside the comic world is not that
Prince Reikel is drinking wine alone at one of the famous restaurants in the city. He's not drinking to enjoy the great wine but he was there only to wait for his right hand, Morry. He gave a mission today. And that is to follow Assi wherever she goes.After she saves her from the assassin who attacked her he knows that Assi's father locked her inside her room and forbids her to come out. He's the one who asked Prime Minister Satua to let her daughter comes out of her room. He did that because he wants to know where she will go once she will out of their house. His guess was she will meet with his older brother. Of course, that's the first thing she will do after she came back to her right mind.His father orders him to marry Assi and he knows that the queen was behind these. The queen is his older brother's mother so she wants to put Assi by her side so she has a spy on him. She knows that Assi an
"You can only send me up to here, Prince Karim," Yassi said to the prince as they were only a few meters away from the gate of their mansion. She knew that Assi's father would be angry when he saw or found out that she is now together with Prince Karim. Because the two were banned from the meeting which was the reason why Assi tried to commit suicide in this world.She could not react when he suddenly grabbed her two hands and brought them to his chest. "Don't worry because we'll be together someday, Assi. As long as you just follow what I say we will surely succeed."She simply withdrew her hands from his grip. "I'm going inside now. Thanks for sending me home. You can go now. Father will be angry once he saw us together," she changed the topic and ignored the last thing he said. She has no plans to follow what he will ask him to do in the future. She also has no intention of being a tool for Prince Karim to harm his younger brother.Even though she hates
Yassi was restless while inside her room.Today is the day of the moon festival where people fly moon-shaped lanterns.People write their wishes and prayers on their lanterns before flying them in the sky, especially their wishes and prayers about love.And today is also the day when Prince Karim will carry out his dark plans against his younger brother.Why do I think of that man? Why am I worried for him? I don't care about him and I should be happy because when he dies, our marriage will be stopped."You're restless, Miss Yassi. Is something bothering you?" Flera's unbearable question to her.She approached Flera and held her both hands. "Now Prince Karim will carry out his evil plan on his brother, Flera. I don't know what to do? Should I intervene in their sibling's fight?""Follow what your heart tells you, Miss Assi," Flera suggested her.Sh