Fake Princess
CCCLXXXII Chapter
I walked up to the door with one hand pulling down the skirt from the skin of the animal that wrapped my body, more and more often my hand pulls the skirt down as it rises upward by itself as my legs step.
I slightly flinched to the side as both of my eyes glanced towards the woman wearing the bird mask, who had been standing next to the door. Without making a sound, the woman put her foot in front of me. The curves of his body when stepping feet are increasingly clearly visible behind the leather clothes he wears.
The more we walked, the distant sounds of music were heard before. The woman walking in front of me stopped her footsteps, she again stepped down through the bushes that were around the previous time she turned to me first.
I put my feet back to follow him, one hand held tightly to the end of the skirt so that he would not go up as I walked, while the other hand held tightly to the hand of Cia who walked beside me. My eyes turned to Haruki, Izumi and also Eneas who had been sitting opposite from where I was standing, the clothes they were wearing only covered their waists up to their thighs, while the rest of their bodies were not covered, just like some masked men sitting around them.
The three of them glanced at me with both of their eyes that looked enlarged, “follow me,” the voice of the woman sounded from the side of my body, I turned to look at the woman wearing the wolf mask.
“Close with me,” he said once again with his footsteps turning away from me, I again pulled Cia's hand slowly following the footsteps of the woman.
I pulled back the skirt from the tight dress I was wearing as I moved to sit in the middle of the crowd of women wearing wooden masks. My eyes glanced back at the three of them, as Haruki moved one hand to the front of his chest and moved his palm up until it touched his shoulder.
He repeated it a second time, my eyes widened as my head lowered. Quickly, I gave my right hand to grab the clothes I was wearing and then pulled it slightly up to cover my entire chest which had previously been slightly visible.
Do I have to wear these clothes? I'm really not comfortable wearing it, God.
The old woman's voice is back, “ tonight, we get a new family. You can call me Sabra, Sabra's grandmother. In order to gain our trust, you will stay with us until the time that God will determine. Are you ready?” He looked back at me and then turned to look at both my brother and Eneas.
“We will do it,” Haruki again voiced, I looked back at Sabra's downcast grandmother then smiled looking straight ahead.
“Alright,” said Sabra's grandmother back with one hand raised to the top, “enjoy the party,” continued with a little move his hand forward.
The music echoed again in the air as Sabra's grandmother lowered her hands, one by one the villagers who did not wear masks stood up, whether they were women or men, one thing was certain … All the people who don't wear masks, they're all old.
My body was jolted when I felt something touch my shoulder, “wear this,” said the wolf-masked woman as I moved my head to look at her who had been standing next to me.
I looked down at the bundle of leaves I had placed on my thigh, slowly opening the two hands. Two masks of different sizes had been on top of my thighs when the leaves wrapping them came off. I grabbed the bird-shaped mask that was there, then gave the little rabbit-shaped mask to Cia who was sitting beside me.
Masks for those who are not married. Then, how does this village have a large population with only three generations?
Why does my brother Haruki insist on cooperating with them? What makes this village so special?
I lifted the bird-shaped mask over my face followed by one hand grabbing the rope that tied the two sides of the mask. Slowly, the mask covered my whole face.I give both my hands tied the rope behind my head.
The distinctive smell of wood gushed into my nose, the smell getting stronger when the gust of wind touched my skin. I turned to look at Cia who was moving her rabbit mask to touch her face before she kept it away again. Both of my hands grabbed the mask that was on her, I slowly put the mask over her face as Cia raised her face towards me.
My two masked eyes were moving around, I stared at Haruki who had also been wearing a bird-shaped mask just like me, Izumi who had been wearing a wolf mask just like that woman, and also Eneas who had been wearing a deer-shaped mask covered his face.
The sound of music followed by singing that was done by some residents was increasingly heard sweeping the ears when the night increasingly embraced the body. My eyes turned towards Sabra's grandmother who had waved her hand, I turned my head to the side .. Trying to find out who got the wave from Sabra's grandmother.
Her hand was still moving as I looked back at her, I raised my index finger pointing towards myself, Sabra's grandmother nodding her head as I did so. I reached for Cia's hand as my body stood beside her, slowly we both walked to split the line of women wearing masks who were sitting down to a dance performed by some villagers, “sit near me,” he said as I stopped the footsteps before him.
I pulled a little skin skirt that I was wearing as my body moved to sit near the grandmother, I hoe Cia's body that deliberately my skin so that her body can cover my thighs, “apa, I'm afraid, something is needed from me?” I spoke slowly, even though I stopped looking at him.
“Birds, wolves, deer and also rabbits. They all have their respective roles in life,” said Sabra's grandmother with her eyes still staring straight at the residents who dance and sing in front of her.
“Birds, wolves, deer and rabbits,” I said repeating the words, my head bowed to the hair on Cia's head.
“I don't know what each mask means, I don't know either.. What makes this village special,” I said, Sabra's grandmother smiled slightly as I raised my head back to look at her, “why not try to find out everything? You guys, have become part of this village,” said Sabra's grandmother before her head looked back at the dance performed by the villagers.