"This is yours, Avain" - Part. II
"There are eight floors here, right?"
"Nine if you count the underground floor."
"Your inner circle live here? All of them?"
"They live!"
"So each of them has an entire floor for themself or kind of?"
"Exactly. It's good to have a private space just for you. The ground and the underground floors are the only ones we share, well saying," well organized.
"Interesting. Who set up the project for this place?"
"Me," he said and a smile appeared on his lips, I hated it.
"Of course, it was you..." I spoke without hiding the sarcasm in my voice. "When you have visitors, where they stay?"
"They always stay in the second royal residence, the one we use most informally, located above the mountains."
"Why am I here then?"
"You're a rare exception to the rule," am I what?
"And why is that?"
"I want you close to us," as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
"And where am I gonna stay?" he stopped at the four-level of the stairs, turned around, and looked at my eyes.
"The top floor," then he turned around again like everything was normal. I followed his rhythm until we were climbing the steps, side by side.
"What does this even mean?"
"You're kinda lazy, aren't you?"
"What?"
"See! That's what I'm talking about."
"Stop that. Why am I staying on the top floor?"
"I want you there!"
"But... Wait- the top floor isn't your floor?"
"Yes," wow wow wow not good, that's not happening.
"Why are you putting me so close to you? Are you stupid or something? You're the King! I don't like people in your position, from your race, and first of all, I don't like you at all. I could easily kill you," he gave me that wicked smile I hated so far.
"I know. But I love danger, I don't care about what you said, to be honest. I know that you hate me right now, that's what I like the most about this situation," is he out of his mind? "You will grow accustomed to me pissing you off, don't worry. This will be funny."
"Are you mocking me?"
"I am," he said with that smile on his face. I don't like it.