The Pearl

"Please, get up. You know better than anyone else that I hate it when elders kneel Infront of me", Mia told Grandpa.

Grandpa got up, "Your Highness, you may regret your decision later."

Mia was silent.

I grabbed her hand, "Mia, what is it that you both are talking about?"

She was avoiding my gaze. I looked at Grandpa, he was trembling in fear. But what is it that they are behaving like that??

Mia looked at me, "Lin, you told me that you can protect me from anything, right?"

I nodded.

She smiled wryly, "Can you please protect this pearl for me?"

I looked at the Pearl and then back to her, "If it's what you want to, of course, so I can. I will protect it with my life. It seems that it is really important to you."

She nodded.

I smiled, "Anything important to you is important to me but how I am supposed to protect it and from whom?"

She hesitated and then spoke," I will enter it into your body and don't need to worry it will be painless."

She was facing difficulty in speaking. I held he