i woke up today in the weirdest of places.

  three chimes rang the bell that i never had.

  "what's going on" i asked to myself as i got up from my bed

  no reply came, only silence in my empty room.

  i rasied my hand to scratch my head, but i knocked over an empty bottle instead.

  the bottle was labelled poison. i wonder why such a bottle was there

  more importantly, i had school to attend. i tried to check for the time, but there was nothing that looked anything like my room

  thats when i realized something was wrong

  where were all the stuff i collected over the years? the figurines, the keyboards, and my special bottles of fountain ink liquid? one of them even had glitter in them!

  confused, i checked the room. only brown, brown and more brown. everything was wood. the bed frame, cabinets, table. only a weird shield like logo i've seen in games was hung on the wall, part of a banner of sorts.

  suddenly, the door opened. i screamed

  the maid who walked through the door also screamed, dropping the bottles and stuff she was holding. a roll of bandages dropped to the floor.

  "my lord, you are finally awake"

  "lord?" i mumbled in shock, heart still beat after beat from the scare.

  the maid held up her long skirt by the waist with her hands, moving as quickly over as possible. she spotted the empty bottle of poison, her face shocked.

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  "my lord, did you drink this?!"

  "no, i didn't"

  "good, because you would have definitely die." the maid heaved a sigh of relief, but she glanced around.

  "what are you looking for?"

  "i'm looking for the poison. if the bottle is empty, where did it go?"

  "maybe below the bed."

  the two of us looked below the bed. i didn't see anything.

  "strange. but nevermind. i must inform the steward immediately." the maid got back up, running to the door.

  i tried to stop her, but my body felt weak. like i did a hundred push ups. the moment i stood up, a wave of dizzy hit me.

  i laid down on the bed, trying to rest a bit. but three minutes later, i could hear whispering outside the door.

  "what do you mean he is awake? he couldn't be!" a old voice

  "what do you mean he couldn't be?"

  "nevermind"

  the door open to reveal a grumpy steward. a fake smile was on his face. "good to hear you are well, my lord."

  i nodded weakly, but i still remember what i heard. i better watch out for this bitch.

  "he's still weak." the maid pointed out.

  "then he should be alone."

  "not so fast." i grunted. "i want the maid in the room at all times."

  "why?" the steward looked shock

  "i need someone to take care of me. i can't sleep."

  "but-"

  "i thought i was a lord."

  "you are."

  "and you are supposed to follow my orders"

  "yes, my lord. very well, she can stay with you. but please remember she's married."

  "what? i'm only 16"

  "huh? you're 18 this year, my lord."

  "oh sweet. now go away." i shooed the steward off. I saw his mouth do a little tsk which kinda pissed me off.

  anyway i went to sleep.

  next day i woke up pretty damn fresh. i needed the maid to block the steward from trying to poison me again.

  she did a pretty good job, but she's snoring her head off on the table.

  maybe i should get a bed.

  either way, i'm still completely lost - where the fuck exactly am i.

  i felt much better, so i got up from the bed and tried to wake the maid.

  the maid was fast asleep, or so i thought until i checked her nose.

  god damn, she wasn't breathing. big problem. did the steward get her too?

  anyway i had to get the fuck out. i dont know why the dude wanted to kill me, but i wasn't gonna sit around on my ass. I looked around for anything that could help me

  only thing i had was a broom, so that was gonna do.

  i check the room for anything i needed and got dressed, then i headed to the door.

  only to find the steward standing right at the door.

  damn.