Pretending To Be Gilead's Prince and Master Wizard

Chapter 60: Someone Lurking In The Dark

-THIRD PERSON-

Alex sighed for the one-hundredth time as the three of Prince Arthur's confidants are now walking towards the first row of Gilead Academy's school gymnasium. He kept wondering to himself what the heck is he even doing here in the first place.

Then the captain shifted his gaze towards the culprit behind his appearance here, taking his time to shoot some dagger looks in which Lucas, on the other hand, tried to ignore by humming some happy tune to himself.

'I am really dead to this man later on." Lucas thought to himself as he sneaks glances with the captain of the magic army.

"Isn't this quite nostalgic to the feeling?" Lancelot made a remark to somehow interrupt this awkward and icy silence between the three of them.

"Yes." Lucas immediately replied. "Yes, it is."

While all the people around them are still wondering what made these three gentlemen blessed with their presence, Prince Arthur's confidants finally made their way towards their seats and settled down to it as comfortably as they can without minding others' menacing stares at their direction.

"Our very own Krisella has made the wonderful script for their roleplay," Lucas said, enough for Lancelot and Alex to hear. 

"Oh, is that so?" Lancelot seemed surprised to know that fact escaped from the royal counselor's lips. "Perhaps this show would be a good one indeed. Remember how you two also asked to participate in such endeavors?"

"Oh please, you need not to remind me of my embarrassment." Alex chimed in with an irritated tone. "You know I was only forced to accept the role of the prince."

"That is not embarrassment. You were quite famous in your days here." Lucas said, as a matter of fact, chuckling, that made the captain gave him a bored look.

The play is about to start when Lancelot said, "Shush, the two of you. The show is about to start." which made the two settle down in their seats as quietly as they could as they try to concentrate.

The first scene immediately caught these two's attention as they beheld the same lady that they have been living with for almost a few months now three, exactly.

"Wait I thought you said she is merely a scriptwriter?" Alex muttered but his eyes never left the lass.

"I thought so either." Lucas also replied in disbelief, looking as baffled as the captain. "There must have been some mistake that made her take the lead role. Either way, she is absolutely brilliant with it."

"Yeah." Alex agreed almost in a whisper. "She is indeed stunning."

"What's that?" 

Realizing what he said just now, Alex's eyes somehow widened, and quickly replied to Lucas. 

"N-nothing. Just concentrate on the show, will you?"

In the next scenes that came by, the people's attention was drawn closer when the evil queen had already poisoned Snow White and the seven dwarves had already placed her unconscious body in an open casket.

Alex can't help but laugh at that. 

'It must feel so weird for her right now to be placed inside a casket.' Alex thought to himself.

Not realizing what the next upcoming scenes might be, for both of them are really not fond of reading or listening to some foolish fairy tales in their childhood, Alex and Lucas's attention was even drawn closer when the play is about to end.

The prince, whom they immediately recognized as the one who previously followed Krisella up to the castle and who introduced himself as Alex's avid fan, was told by three of the dwarves who fetched him in the forest to kiss Snow White as a solution to wake her up.

"How the heck is kissing someone a solution or a cure for a person who was poisoned?" Alex can't help but express his thoughts on this one quite loudly.

"I know right. They can just use some healing magic or medicinal herbs against poison." Lucas agreed. "Fairy tales are sometimes a bit foolish."

"Indeed."

As the play progresses to its climax scene, the evil queen did everything that she could to prevent the prince from ever going near Snow White so that the spell could not be broken. Lucas and Alex actually cheered on her so that the kiss would really not happen.

But in the end, true love prevails over all obstacles in his path, and the prince was able to defeat the queen, who was turned into a black dragon, and went to Snow White's casket as fast as he could.

"Oh come on! There is no way in reality that a mere human could defeat a powerful magical dragon!" Alex expressed his displeasure for how things in the play have gone.

Didn't Lucas earlier say that Krisella made the script herself? Then how could she be so oblivious to reality? Well, at least, that is what Alex thought.

"Boys, it is just a play. You don't have to take it so seriously." Lancelot said, in a tone that he would use to a five-year-old kid.

Alex made a long, dramatic sigh as he continued watching the play. He and Lucas are already itching to walk away from here, but that would only confuse Lancelot and it would be the last thing that they want to happen.

They were forced to remain in their seats and endured to watch the play until the scene progresses to the part where the prince will kiss the unconscious fair, young lady.

"That is what you call harassment," Lucas stated the obvious. "It is so unlikely for a true gentleman to do that kind of thing."

"Right." Alex agreed

Lancelot can't do anything but shake his head and smack his face with his right palm. 

'Someone is so caught up with the play, I see.' he can't help but laugh to himself as he watches these two getting hooked up with what is currently going on with the play.

Meanwhile, the class president slides his gaze towards this beautiful lady sleeping in front of him, and is wondering if he can really kiss this girl today-- in front of all the people watching them right now? Can he have the guts to do that?

Yet as his eyes made their way towards her soft-looking red plump lips, he can't help but also be curious what would be the feeling if he ever kisses this very same lady who had made him curious as to why his heart beats fast every time she is around, or every time she sees her inside their classroom.

Every smile of hers radiates his whole world, making it look like he can't see anything else but only her and the only girl who can make him so anxious and lose his confidence for a while.

'Just one kiss' he thought. 'And this play would end smoothly according to plan and to what they had hoped to end.

As he delivered his last few lines, he started to shut his eyes tight and was about to kiss the young lady when something hard was thrown at him, hitting him exactly in the head that immediately brought him back to reality.

Thinking that it is still part of the play, the audience cracked a laugh for seeing a piece of cardboard hit the class president.which, behind their knowledge, was caused by none other than the envious captain of the magic army.

Krisella can't stand the anxiety anymore and opened her eyes, acting as if the kiss had already happened, and got up from the casket.

'Ugh, I would never lie inside the casket once again while I live.' she thought to herself.

As part of the play's ending, Snow White confronts her evil stepmother, who is now lying weakly on the ground when the prince almost slew her during her dragon form. Now that she is back to her usual, human self, Snow White bravely stood in front of her, and belted out the words that are not even part of the script.

"It serves you right for locking a student inside the utility room even though that student hasn't done you anything in particular. I would like everyone to know that she is the one responsible for that locking incident that almost endangered my life." 

Different reactions could now be heard from the audience as they heard this sudden revelation spoken out by this girl on stage. They are all aware of what happened, and to know that the student behind the evil queen's role is responsible for it is just too shocking to take it all in immediately.

"Tsk, I would make that brat pay for what she did to Krisella," Alex muttered, which Lancelot heard and scolded him instantly to never meddle with their affairs to prevent Kris' identity from being blown.

In the end, all the spectators were happy with this spectacular show that they have witnessed, making some of them give their standing ovations as they applauded. Krisella got her revenge against Jill, and everyone left that school gymnasium feeling happy and content inside.

Yet, amidst the three gentlemen's knowledge, someone locks his stares towards their direction as his eyes follow their every movements.

Someone lurking in the dark who awaits a perfect opportunity to strike them once again.