This story's setting is this: Jeneus's whereabouts are unknown but he is presumed dead because no one has seen him and he's lmost out of life; Sara rules over both big and small cimaron and is currently residing in the Blood Pledge Castle; There is peace (for now); A few bandit human groups still roam around and are against being ruled by a demon
It was a normal day at Blood Pledge Castle.
Well, as normal as they get at least.
Yuuri was hiding from Gunter because he wanted to teach him the tradition of Crakles day. (A tradition I made up for this story.) It had something to do with gathering the dung of certain animals and adding maryoku to it to turn it into gems. Although, Yuuri wanted no part in going near animal feces.
Instead, he was sneaking out with Conrad and Wolfram to play catch. Wolfram was only there because if he wasn't, he would yell at Yuuri about being, 'A dirty cheater'.
Yuuri and Conrad were throwing the ball back and forth while Wolfram watched.
"I still don't understand the reason why you're doing that." Wolfram stated as he watched boredly. "I should really be practicing fencing right now."
"Then why'd you come? You could've stayed behind and done what you had to." Yuuri replied.
"You wimp! If I wasn't here, you'd probly be flirting with the closest girl you could find!" Wolfram yelled.
"Wolfram, we're in the middle of the forest, where would there be a girl?" Yuuri asked.
"I-I don't know! But being the annoying flirt you are, you'd still probly fing one!" Wolfram yelled.
"It's getting late out your majesty, we should return to the castle." Conrad said after he caught the ball.
"You're my godfather! Call me Yuuri!" Yuuri complained.
"Okay then, Yuuri." Conrad stated.
Yuuri, Conrad, and Wolfram return to the castle.
"Your majesty!" Gunter yells as he runs over and hugs Yuuri.
"He-Hey! What's wrong?" Yuuri asked after he realized Gunter was crying.
"When we found Josak in the middle of the hall unconciouss and couldn't find you, we were worried someone had kidnapped you!" Gunter replied.
Conrad, Wolfram, and Yuuri each got a look of shock on their faces.
"Where did you find Josak unconciouss?" Yuuri asked Gunter.
"Follow me and I'll show you." Gunter said as he finally stopped crying.
The trio followed Gunter as he lead them to the hall where the door to the treasury was. Yuuri also noticed there were alot more gaurds around than usual.
Gunter started babbling on about how tragic it would have been if it had been Yuuri and not Josak. Yuuri looked around the hall and saw a stone sitting by itself near the wall. He went over and picked it up, (which no one seemed to notice he did) and looked around, then up near the ceiling. He noticed that one spot of the ceiling was sligthly different then the rest and asked, "How old is this hall?"
Gunter looked at him with a confused expression and said, "About three thousand years old. Why do you ask your majesty?"
Yuuri turned around and held up the stone and said, "I think this fell off the ceiling and hit Josak on the head."
Conrad looked up and also saw the spot on the ceiling where a stone was missing. "I do believe you're right your majesty." He stated.
"It's Yuuri!" Yuuri scolded Conrad.
"Sorry, Yuuri." Conrad apologized while wearing his kind smile.
"Oh how excellent that his majesty solved the case! He is truly a wonderful king!" Gunter swooned.
Yuuri's eye twitched and he said, "It wasn't really that hard. Uh, where's Josak anyway?"
"Gisela's tending to him in his room. I think he's still unconciouss." Gunter replied.
The group headed towards Josak's room when they heard Gisela yelling. They ran to Josak's door and opened it and saw Josak sitting in his bed arguing with Gisela.
"I'm fine!" Josak yelled.
"Not by my standards! Now - Hey! Get back in bead!" Gisela yelled at him while she pushed him back into bed.
"Uhh, is everything alright?" Yuuri asked unsurely.
"NO!" Gisela yelled as Josak yelled, "YES!" at the same time.
They glared at each other, than Josak turned his head away from the group and went, "Hmph."
"Gisela, why do you say Josak's not alright? He seems as lively as always." Conrad asked.
Gisela glared at Josak and said, "Why don't you SHOW them what's wrong?"
"Cause it's nothing!" Josak yelled at Gisela.
"If it's nothing, you should have no problem with showing them!" Gisela yelled at him.
"Show us what?" Yuuri asked.
"His-" Gisela started. Josak grabbed her arm and said, "Fine, I'll show them."
He closed his eyes and turned his head so it was facing towards the group, then opened his eyes and surprised everyone with what they saw.
His left eye was completely black except for a strange white design in the middle of it.
"What happened to his eye?" Wolfram asked.
"I think it's a spell his attacker put on him." Gisela said.
"About that, his attacker was just a stone that fell from the ceiling." Yuuri said as he held up the stone.
Gisela walked over and took the stone from Yuuri and looked at it carefully. All the sudden she gasped and Yuuri asked, "What's wrong?"
Gisela turned the stone so that the part she was looking at was facing Yuuri and there was a design of a dead rose carved into it.
"It's the same design that's on Josak's eye. Not only that, there's magical residue all around this stone." Gisela replied.
"So the stone falling on Josak wasn't an accident?" Yuuri asked.
Gisela nodded her head and said, "It must of been a trap set up to transfer the spell on the stone to the first person that walked under it."
"But how could someone get it onto to the ceiling much less get into the castle?" Gunter asked.
Gisela shrugged.
Out of their line of sight, an uninvited guest smirked.
All the pieces were falling into place. Josak was now under his control even if he didn't know it.
The king would soon be his.