บท 7: Red fair

In the carriage, Elsa and Iris had started singing, and for that, a joyous atmosphere had created inside the carriage. Robert and his wife couldn't help but smile, seeing them so happy, especially Elsa, this side of her they had never seen before.

"Robert, I want Elsa to be like this for the rest of her life," Elsa's mother said, leaning on Robert's shoulder.

"Don't worry, she'll. We'll keep her," Robert gently squeezed his wife's hand and muttered.

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Not far away, a carriage containing Gabriel was now shaking violently from his incessant punches as his heart groaned in pain for no reason.

He held onto his chest tightly and felt that if his grip loosened then his heart would come out in a jiffy.

"What happened, Your Majesty, do you have a problem with your chest?" Asked Gramson because His Majesty was not feeling well.

"Gramson, can you feel something is wrong around me? It seems to me that some invisible force is pulling me towards it, and the force is increasing with time. Gramson, ask our coachman if he saw anything suspicious outside the carriage," said Gabriel in a painful voice. His heartache continued to grow over time and the same thing happened to him 50 years ago.

Gramson inquired the coachman as His Majesty ordered him, but as an answer, he said he saw nothing, just two more carriages like them were going in the same direction, and Gabriel heard the same thing.

So, he raised his ears and tried to listen to the other passengers, was slowly he heard in one of the carriages there was a husband, wife and their small kid who was talking about their child's future and the other carriage, he heard two girls humming songs and their parents were laughing at something.

"Your Excellency?" Gramson addressed when Gabriel raised his finger to stop him from talking.

Within a minute, Gabriel restrained himself, "Gramson do you think there might be a witch in those two carts?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, nothing is impossible. Maybe they are waiting for a better opportunity to attack us," Gramson answered.

"Hmm, keep your ears open Gramson, I think we'll have a lot of fun today," joked Gabriel.

'Tsk! Again left a grin in his Majesty's mouth.

'I think I'm losing my terror or how dare those courageous witches think that they are more outstanding than me,' Gabriel thought and laughed inside.

'After announcing my existence tomorrow, I will go to that stone village and give them my special visit. It's time to tie the rope tightly,' Gabriel's thoughts could give anyone chills if they heard him.

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Almost four hours have passed, and within minutes all the vehicles will reach their destination, suddenly a carriage hit a stone and shook violently and their wheel got stuck in the mud on the side of the road, "Elsa, Iris are you alright?" Elsa's mother asked with a concerned voice.

"Yes, mother," Elsa replied, following her Iris also answered, "Yes, Auntie."

"But what happened?" Elsa asked while trying to peek out.

"Nothing love, it's a muddy road and it can happen, so sit in, and I go outside to see how I can help coach uncle," Robert answered them very casually so that no one sitting inside would get tensed.

Outside the car, Robert struggled to get help because the carriage was really heavy enough to be pulled out of the mud. He saw that a carriage was passing by him without looking at him.

"Sir Besto, let's try to pull the wheels together," said Robert as he had no other choice.

"Pull! One, two, three, Pull! Ahh! Damn it," Robert grumbled even the horses neighed as they also tried with them, but instead of coming out, the wheel went deeper into the mud.

"Sir, I think we should take help from that coming carriage," the coachman suggested.

"Yes Sir Besto, there is a carriage coming towards us. We should ask him to help us and I should ask my wife and child to come out so that it will lighten the carriage," said Robert.

But before leaving the car, Elsa's mother put a scarf on Elsa's head and said, "Keep it tight, Elsa.

Elsa immediately understood because not every one's hair is silver. Her appearance can attract unwanted problems. But Iris was not satisfied as to why Elsa's mother hid Elsa's face with a scarf, but she held back her words for now because the time was not right for her questions. They got out of the car and stood on the grass by the side of the road.

Gabriel's carriage was getting a lot closer to them, suddenly their coachmen said, "Sir! The other carriage is stuck in the mud, will we help them?"

When Gabriel heard him, he gritted his teeth in anger and ordered Gramson not to stop the carriage; He was very frustrated about this long journey, especially since he has teleportation ability, but he can't use it now, or it would alert him so many other creatures because only vampire king knew the teleportation.

"I don't have a single fucking time to make God happy by helping others."

Robert and Besto tried to stop them, but the coachman didn't stop the carriage or saw them, but then suddenly a gust of wind blew Elsa's scarf off her head, her entire appearance got cleared in front of everyone, and her silver hair has the power to take away anyone's sight.

As it should have been, from the carriage Gabriel saw everything between a small split as two old men tried to stop their car and all. But the thing that stopped him was the girl.

The girl has silver hair, it's beautifully fluttered with the wind, and she ran towards the scarf where the wind blows it away.

"Stop the carriage," Gabriel punched the carriage hard.

The carriage stopped immediately. The coachman didn't want his carriage broken for these two crazy people.

"Your Majesty needs something," Gramson asked.

"Nothing just get off the car," said Gabriel quickly.

When they removed the curtain and jumped, Robert and Bestow were filled with joy, but Gabriel's gaze remained on the girl. He saw nothing; He didn't even care. Gabriel felt that same energy again, pulling him in, and the strange energy source was this girl.

''Majesty, they are all watching us. The girl is their daughter. Please move your eyes, majesty. Now we are normal humans for everyone, Your excellency." Gramson constantly tried to divert his majesty's attention but was unsuccessful.

He saw how his majesty slowly walked towards the girl and, 'A big clap to the wind because of it that, the scarf flew away and got stuck on his majesty's face.'

Gabriel inhaled the girl's scent from that scarf, he feels it was more intoxicating than blood. Gabriel closed his eyes and inhaled more and more. Suddenly, a girl's soft voice broke his trance, ''Sir, can you give me my scarf?"

Gabriel took Elsa's scarf off his face, under his nose to the jawline was covered with cloth so Elsa didn't see his face. But Gabriel studied the girl's features: a small face, small nose, fuller pink lips, and those blue eyes. "Such an alluring beauty," he muttered under his breath.

"What, sir? I could not hear you clearly," Elsa asked.

"Nothing, what is your name?" Gabriel asked.

When Elsa was about to tell her name, she heard her mother's angry voice. "Elsa, come here now."

Elsa without a moment's delay ran towards her mother and that's what angered Gabriel, "This old woman. How dare she interfered?" He ground his teeth in anger.

Then he ordered Gramson, "Help them."

"Yes, Majesty," Gramson replied.

Gramson came to him. Although he could pull the wheel out of the mud alone, he behaved like a normal human, so together with Gramson, he pulled it off successfully from the mud.

They then leave, thanking each other, but Gabriel's eyes lingered on the girl until she entered the carriage.