Six: Where am I?

The whole room went silent and Latham held his breath as all the silence was making him nervous. He had no idea why everyone was acting strange or maybe they also found a talking fox to be weird.

He watched everyone in the room look at him like he was some kind of angel who fell from heaven and decided to grace them with his presence. He was weirded out by all the attention he was receiving.

It was the first time in his life that someone had ever looked at him like that. Looking at him as though he was their answered prayer, was different from the way everyone looked at him back at home.

They watched him, but none of them ever saw him. He was only visible when they needed him. It felt nice to be the center of attention, to be the one everyone was looking on to.

"I do not wish to interrupt all of you but I would like to remind you that it is wrong for all of you men to be here. The prince has just woken up, he needs space," said the queen said, they all came back to their senses and made their way out of the room.

Most were in shock at what they had seen, not only was the crown prince fine but he also had a spirit-contracted animal. He had also been blessed with the gift of being the Lord's disciple.

The people returned to the main room and sat down silently contemplating what they had seen. They all wondered what the king had done that the Lord himself had blessed him so much.

In no time at all the news of everything that happened in the palace had spread like wildfire. The entire empire had come to know that the Lord had chosen a disciple from the king's household.

The King of the neighboring kingdom was already plotting how to get that lucky to be his by marrying the crown prince to the crown princess of his kingdom.

The king was left tongue-tied with everything that happened in his house. He was stuck between being happy about the fact that his son was awake and sad that the Lord has demanded that he report to school first thing tomorrow. He wanted to spend some time with his son and had a lot of questions to ask him.

"It's okay Adrien, dear, everything is going to be fine. Get ready and we will have breakfast," said the queen who wasn't happy to see that the boy came back to life with so much luck.

His life was finally over and then suddenly he woke up with so many blessings from the Lord. The Queen put on a fake smile and went on to pretend that he cared for Latham.

She wanted her son to be the best at everything but now her husband's concubine was the one who got lucky. With her son being the Lord's disciple she will win the favor of everyone in the palace.

"Sure," replied Latham weirdly.

He felt so weird in the new environment and didn't know what to do. He didn't know how she was going to survive in this world but he had to try.

He got off the bed and moved to the washroom, there was a big indoor pool with hot water and flower petals that smelled so nice.

He undressed and walked into the pool, the water felt awesome on his body and he loved every minute of it. He was seeing a few positives of coming to this world, the massive bed and the pool bath were a reason to stay here. He soaked himself in the water for a long time.

"How do you like the water beautiful," he heard and opened his eyes in freight. He found the handsome man from the lake in a red see-through robe in the pool with him.

The man moved from his end towards him until they were only inches away from each other.

"What are you doing here?" he asked nervously as he tried to contain the excitement in his chest and body.

The man didn't reply to him and closed the gap between them in one swift movement. Latham wanted to move away from the man but had no space to move not to mention a part of him was enjoying the position they were standing on.

He used his hand to try to push the man away but he refused to move and just stared at him. He felt so worried that the handsome male might not like what he saw and hoped he looked beautiful.

He hadn't had the opportunity to check out his new body well so he had no idea what he looked like. He was sure of one thing and that was that he was young, how old she wasn't sure but a teenager at most. "Answer me," he demanded.

"What am I doing here? That is an interesting question to which I will have your answer. What am I doing here?" he asked Latham.

"Why are you asking me that?" he inquired.

"Because my sweet darling prince, I am not real. You are daydreaming again. So tell me why am I here in your bath Adrien," he said and his jaw dropped.

He was amazed at how perfect his brain had captured that man's beauty. He was fooled by it twice already but why was he thinking about that man again. Last night was understandable because he had a nightmare and the illusion helped. But the reason he was thinking about the lake man now was unknown to him.

He finished with his bath and got out of the pool, he turned around to thank his imaginary friend for his company he was gone.

Latham walked back into the room and looked at something for him to wear. He only found ancient blue robes in his closet and nothing else and picked the lightest one that was not heavy. The robe was blue, he put it on and put on his shoes, and left for the door.

"Adrien, it is improper for a man to walk with his hair loose. It is not permitted especially outside the house or inside a room full of women. There are so many women in the house the queen included so it would be best if you ford your hair," he heard from the talking fox.

"Queen? Where the hell am I?" he asked out loud.