Chapter 163: The Boy and The Flower
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After getting some rest and having her meal, Samantha sat up on the plush mattress, and when she made attempts to stand up so she could step out of the room, her body automatically swayed, whilst she tried to gain her balance due to the unforeseen vertigo she just strangely experienced. For a fleeting moment, she had assumed it was just an effect from laying down for too long, but then like a hit to her senses, she heard the same whispers in her head again, the exact whisper she had heard the other day she tried to gain consciousness of herself.
"Samantha... come to me."
"Who’s there!" Swiftly turning around to see who had mentioned her name out of the blue, there was no one there, but the once closed window had mysteriously opened, letting in an eerie breeze that seemed to carry a faint whisper– one that did not suit well in her heart. For reasons unknown to her, Samantha could feel goosebumps rise on her arms and shoulders, and as if driven by a strange feeling to move closer, Samantha’s feet made their ways towards the window.
When she dared to peer out, there was no one in the garden except for a few male servants who were quietly trimming the shrubs.
"I must be hallucinating." Samantha readily concluded as she breathed out in relief. She didn’t know why she sensed someone’s presence out here but after moving closer to see it had been nothing but her own imagination, she could only blame it on her hormones. Closing the windows and locking it properly this time around, her soul nearly jumped out her body when she heard a firm knock on the door outside.
"It’s just a knock, Sam." She mentally convinced her alert mind, and after gathering her composure, she went to open the door to find Maurice standing outside with a warm smile gracing his lips.
"Did I interrupt something?" He asked, almost peeping inside the luxurious room until his sister shook her head in response, and she returned his smile before stepping out of the room. "My training began today at the court of celestial Valor," he informed her as they began their walk down the corridor, "I haven’t started physically but there was this man named Herbert who coached me. He’s really good, and I was surprised to learn he was human because his strength was something else. I was nervous, but after interacting with him, I think I’ve got the courage to handle this as long as I put in more effort."
"The registration takes place tomorrow," Samantha turned her attention to him, unable to hide how skeptical she still felt concerning the new event Ivan had planned. "Are you sure you really want to do this? I don’t have full knowledge of this event yet, I haven’t found the appropriate time to ask his Majesty about it but I can tell it’s going to be brutal. All the soldiers who normally go into the battlefield are vampires if I’m not mistaken, since the last rules considered humans as inferior or incompetent."