Capítulo 17: The crystal!
Lica looked around. Far ahead in the bright moonlight she saw the figure of the rider.
"Oh, the Prince!" she said to herself. "No, he won't get away from me!"
She pulled the reins and started up the horse in a gallop. Soon the distance between her and the rider was getting short. When Angelica was even closer, she shouted:
"Prince! Where are you going in such a hurry? My horse has lathered!"
The young man turned around and pulled up his horse.
"Angelica? What the hell are you doing here?" he asked quite rudely.
"I have decided to ride with you!" the girl retorted.
"Young ladies had better stay at home! And furthermore, two months have not passed yet!"
"Prince, I thought that you wouldn't cope with your mission," Angelica said calmly. "And what if you turned into the vampire faster than could find the Magic Crystal? Because then you wouldn't control yourself or even would forget who you were and where you were going... So I have decided to look after you."
The Prince was thinking for a moment. And then he said:
"There is a little sense in your words. Well, let's go together! But be careful if I do turn into the vampire, I can hurt you, even kill you. And after that I won't remember anything. Are not you scared?"
"I'm not as simple as before," Lica said. "I have taken fencing lessons and I can assure you that it is not so easy to kill me!"
The young man smiled and nodded.
"Well, let's go ahead!" he said.
And two riders went on into the night. They had been riding for quite a long time until the horses were finally exhausted. Then the Prince turned into a small village. He jumped off his horse and went into the first house on the road.
"Feed the horses, and give a room for the girl, where she can relax!" he ordered the farmers, who lived in this house.
Of course they have known their master's face and quickly followed all his orders. They made the soft bed for Angelica. She was really very tired. But going to sleep she warned a farmer woman discreetly:
"If you suddenly see the Prince is going away, wake me up immediately!"
Lica fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow. She did not know how long she had been sleeping but she woke up because someone was shaking her shoulder. It was the farmer woman.
"Our Master has saddled the horse!" she said quickly, seeing that Angelica had woken up.
The girl immediately got up and ran out of the house.
"Prince, are you going to leave me here alone!" she called the young man, sitting in the saddle.
"No way my dear! Where am I going without you?" the Prince answered spitefully.
The farmer led the saddled horse to Lica and she jumped into the saddle.
"How did you sleep?" the Prince asked.
"Very well!" Angelica said and first pulled the reins.
They went on...
Our heroes had been traveling for several days, until they reached the borders of the Kingdom of Night. There was normal order of night and day.
"I cannot see in the light of the day," the Prince said. "Now we can go only at night that will delay our journey a lot."
"Yes, but during the day I'll be able to sleep," Lica was glad.
"Ah, yes..." the young man said pensively. "I forgot that you would need a rest!"
He has not slept for a long time and has eaten very little and Angelica was afraid that Prince would turn into the vampire. But he was all right and remembered everything. It calmed the girl.
Having left the Kingdom of Night, Lica and the Prince were moving only at night. During the day they were hiding in a shelter, where Angelica could sleep. Thus more than a week has passed.
One day at dusk the riders, as usual, set off. And suddenly on the horizon, the young man noticed a tall castle.
"Look!" he pointed at it. "This is the land of my ancestors! My great - great - great - ... well, a great-grandfather lived in this castle."
"We have really got?!" the girl took a breath relieved.
"How to say... It is a couple of days more travel from here to the castle."
Indeed, exactly in two days Angelica and the Prince arrived at the great building. There was the tall wall around the castle and the wide moat filled with water in front of it.
"I have a feeling that the bridge is not provided," Lica said.
"You are absolutely right. Let's swim across. You are not afraid of getting wet your wonderful feet with such odd shoes, aren't you?" the Prince asked sarcastically.
"You can be absolutely sure for my feet and shoes!" the girl retorted.
Then the young man rode up to Angelica and took her reins. Then he led his horse into the water and Lica was following him. The horses went into the water obediently and swam across the moat. On the opposite side Lica and the Prince dismounted and tied their horses to a small bush that grew nearby.
"Follow me! I'll show you the secret passage," the Prince said quietly.
He took Angelica's hand and led her...
They walked along the fort and soon the young man noticed a small stone sticking out of the wall almost at the ground. The Prince pushed it. There was a noise and a little wicket opened.
"It still works!" the Prince Night said satisfied. "Let's go inside!"
He first came in to the secret door. Lica followed him...
They were in the wide yard. It was perfectly quiet and empty. And the castle seemed to be dreary and doleful. All its windows were dark. But then in the window of one of the towers on the top the girl saw the light.
"Look, there's someone there!" she pointed to the window telling her companion.
"There used to be our family library in this tower," the Prince said thoughtfully. "Perhaps the Wizard is there!"
He went straight to the tower and Angelica hurried after him. Coming closer, our heroes saw that one of the ground floor windows was not closed. The Prince helped the girl up and she climbed inside. Then the young man got into.
"I cannot see anything!" Lica whispered.
"But I can see in the dark like a cat," her companion said quietly. "Hold on to me."
He led the girl forward. They reached a wide spiral stairs that were running up. Now it was a little lighter because of the moonlight from the windows. Angelica and the Prince Night were quietly going upstairs. Soon the bright yellow light, streaming down above, was added to the moonlight. The spiral stairs were over by a spacious room with shelves and bookcases. The room was lit by the large wooden chandelier with lots of candles.
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