Chapter 26_I am not a fool Athens

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I woke up the next day, I felt exhausted and I haven't even done a thing, I looked around for Athena but she was nowhere to be seen, I went into the bathroom and saw Athena seated there, her face buried in her arms and she was asleep.

"Heavens, Did she sleep here?"I asked myself and walked towards her, I gave her a light tap on her shoulder and she raised her head sluggishly, when our eyes met, I froze in place with my mouth opened agape, I grabbed her face worriedly.

"What happened, did you get into a fight?"I asked and she smiled, what was funny in this matter?

"It's Nothing," She said but I didn't buy it, her cheek was red and with a complexion like hers, it wasn't a good contrast, and her lips were swollen.

"Athena, tell me what happened," I said.

"Alright, I fell... Now let's get going before that witch appears again."She said getting up but staggered a bit, her legs must be weak for having squatted in the position the whole night.

"I am not a fool Athens, that does not look like a mark you got from falling. Besides what were you doing here?"

A loud bang interrupted us and just then the fat came in.

"Why are you still here?!" She yelled.

We quickly stood upright and scurried outside the room, we ran out to the castle courtyard, the fat which made up lined up in rows, I stood near Athena and a friend of mine called Belle, we had gotten quite close. Turns out she was the fight witch's niece, but she hated her aunt also, we watched the fat witch pace up and down saying something but I wasn't paying attention since my focus was on what happened to my sister.

"You!!" She called authoritatively and I was startled, I turned my gaze to her, it wasn't me she had called it was Athena, a part of me felt relieved and another side of me was stunned.

"Yes Ma'am?" She answered, I watched as the fat witch touched Athena's blood-red hair and trailed it down to the end with a smirk on her lips.

"Your job in the palace has just gotten much worse, you should have obeyed the king." The fat witch said and I raised a brow in confusion glancing between Athena and her.

"King, obeyed, what was she talking about?!" I asked myself. Athena remained silent and kept her head bent as the woman continued to play with her hair.

My eyes widen in disbelief as if they will bulge out of their sockets and my jaws fell open when Athena's hair fell to the ground. Athena instantly grabbed her now-short hair as her eyes widen in shock. she staggered a bit and fell to the ground on her knees with tears rolling out of her eyes.

"Wh... What have you done?!!" she asked, it sounded more like a whisper at first but she yelled with those same words, and from the sound of her voice one could tell she was in serious pain. Her hands roamed around her head as if searching for something while she wailed.

" What have you done, you witch!? " She yelled again and a slap landed on her face, sending her to the ground as she lay flat and sobbed. My hands flew to my mouth and my eyes felt blurry. I couldn't help but watch as she was being handled by that wicked witch.

"No one, especially slaves like you has the right to talk to me in that manner!" She said and grabbed poor Athena by the har, she lifted her and dragged her to the backyard of the castle, we also followed to see what was going to happen now.