Date started: 29/06/13

Date finished: 28/08/13

Mood: hungry

Today's fave word: heat

Notes: sorry for this chapter being so late, but I was having great difficulty writing it. But don't worry, I don't plan on giving it up anytime soon so if you don't like it stop reading now. Well, enjoy!

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Not long later, Yuuri and Conrart were walking side by side down the stone passageways of the castle, Yuuri now clad in dry clothes that were an imitation of the school outfit he had worn the last time he was unexpectedly dropped into this world.

Yuuri glared silently at the stone walls of the hallway making Conrart sigh.

"Your... Yuuri, I know you have only just arrived, but you are the king." He said, Yuuri was only half listening to the man "And as the king you have your own duties, which include sighing the documents such as marriage proposals, war declarations and future evens." He cast a side glance at the boy. "In your absence it has been Gwendal's job to fulfill these duties. And since you have now returned it is time for you to take over this roll"

Yuuri merely gave a grunt and went back to staring down the walls. Conrart shook his head in defeat and went back to navigating both he and Yuuri around the stone passages that lead to the Castles main office.

"Hey... Conrart?" Yuuri asked uncertainly. The soldier glanced at the body from the corner of his eye at the tone "We aren't in Covenant Castle, are we?"

The soldier's eye brows rose slightly, but nodded an affirmative.

"Yes, that is correct. I'm surprised you picked up on that" He once again turned to face the path ahead of them "We are currently in Voltaire Castle, in other words this castle belongs to Gwendal, my older brother"

"Yes, I remember who he is" Yuuri relied blandly, not once glancing at the older man.

As they were speaking, they had unknowingly arrived at their destination, as it would seem. Before them stood a large oak door that appeared as though it would take three fully grown men to even open it. Grand designs of animals that Yuuri had never seen before were carved into the wood in such a careful way that they seemed almost alive.

"Your Majesty?" Conrart's concerned voice brought Yuuri from his thoughts; he blushed slightly once he realized that he had been caught staring at the art work in admiration. Conrart smiled. "Shall we enter now?"

"There are many papers here that require His Majesty's signature" Gunter said, gesturing to the two piles of paper word on both ends of the desk, piled up to the point that one more sheet and they'd come crumbling down "I hope you don't mind, but I presorted and reviewed them for you"

"Not at all, but what exactly are they about?" Yuuri questioned, still in a daze from seeing just how many books they managed to cram into the space between two walls in the office room. Oh how it pained him to be around this many books and not be able to read a single one of them.

"Tax collection on the lands you control, permit requests for areas that need to be reinforced before the rainy season, preparation for war..." Gunter listed.

"War?" Yuuri whispered, lowering his head.

"Yes. We've recently been detecting multiple cases of aggressive human activity. We greatly epect that they would be leading up to a battle, so please be prepared to declare war"

"No"

Gunter took a step back in bafflement. "No?"

"I refuse to declare a war own my own people, in which many innocent lives will be at risk, and in major cases lost. The whole reason I agreed to become your king in the first place was to prevent conflicts between the Demons' and Humans'" Yuuri raised his head, eyes blazing with annoyance. "I won't stand for war in my country"

"Then I suggest you stay seated" A gruff voice sounded from the door way.

"Gwendal?" Gunter gasped, turning to face the man now glaring at Yuuri.

"The human's have been spending their money on hiring wizards, as they are the only way in which humans can fight on equal ground against our demon tribe members" Gwendal reported, before turning his attention to Gunter. "I don't recall giving permission for that boy to make himself at home in my castle"

"Yuuri's back?" a fairly familiar voice spoke out from behind Gwendal. Yuuri's head tilted slightly to catch a glance at the feminine male currently hidden from his view. Gwendal was roughly shoved aside to make room for Wolfram's entrance, causing Yuuri to inwardly laugh when the tall male had to twist to remain balanced. "What do you have to say for yourself? You just disappeared in the middle of the coronation ceremony. You just left me standing there, exactly what was that all about?"

Yuuri sweat dropped awkwardly as the blond bombarded him with questions about his whereabouts. 'From the way he worded it, Yuuri thought, it sounds like I suddenly left him standing at the alter.

"Good to see you again Wolfram, you seem well?" Yuuri spoke, leaning back in his seat to maintain a safe distance from the boy in case he decided to use him as target practice for leaving without notice. The ex-price just huffed arrogantly at his statement while crossing his arms across his chest.

"Why did that come out as a question? Honestly, your such a wimp"

Yuuri's brow twitched at the statement, unknown to the blond due to the caps rim. 'I'll let it slide just this once since he seems to have been quite stirred up because of my sudden disappearing act'.

"It's cavalcade" Gwendal interrupted the pairs bantering with his words. Gunter looked shocked at the man's accusation.

"Cavalcade? I don't believe it." He stopped, looking at Gwendal's face once more then looking down at the table. "No, if that's how you said it happened, then I can't doubt it" Gwendal stared hard at Gunter's face, opening his mouth to say something but was stopped by a clearing of someone's throat.

"Ahem!" Conrart cut in, causing the two to jump and swerve to face the soldier "Break it up gentlemen, don't you think you should be reporting this to His Majesty first?"

"Your right, please forgive me" Gunter whimpered, once again lowering his head in submission.

"I believe that children like him should learn to mind their own business" Gwendal grumbled, once again glaring at the dark haired boy.

Yuuri stared back at the man blankly.

"And pray tell, if not the king's business, then who's?" He asked, his gaze not wavering once as he spoke. Gwendal scoffed, his eyebrow twitching continuously. "To me it seems as though you are actually going out of your way to engage in conflict, but you are forgetting that it is not your job to decide weather or not we go to war. That decision lye's with me"

"Well then, tellme. What is it you propose we do, Your Majesty?" Gwendal growled.

"Talk" Yuuri answered curtly. "I want to clear up any misunderstanding things before we jump head first into conflict without having proof that what you say happened really did occur" Gwendal opened his mouth to retort, but was once again cut off "Don't even try and tell me that you've already offered to talk with them. With your arrogant ways, who'd want to talk with you anyway?"

Conrart covered his mouth, trying desperately to smother his chuckles to no avail. Gwendal's fingers began to twitch, and he unconsciously brought them up to his chest where they began to mimic the action of knitting.

"Yuuri!" Wolfram gasped, surprised that the boy would even attempt to back talk his older brother in such a way.

"It seems that His Highness is cranky. Maybe he needs a little nap" Gwendal excused himself, turning on his heel and heading towards the door at a brisk pace.

"Wait just a moment!" Yuuri snapped "Look me in the eye while I'm speaking to you!" He rose to his feet, now outright glaring at the man's back as he carried on his journey to the door.

"Hey Gwendal!" A feminine voice called from the doorway, causing everyone to freeze and look at the intruder. "Gwendal guess what? I invented a new magic devise. Would you mind helping me with experiment?"

Yuuri tilted his head to glance around the retreating man and stared at the woman still standing in the doorway. She was average height, with long scarlet hair that was pulled back into a high pony-tail tied with a beige ribbon. Her large blue eyes stared at Gwendal with excitement and expectancy, and Yuuri could swear he could see sparkles in them as well. Her figure was covered in red and white fabric, in a design that was loose and fitted in all the right places to show off her figure, but not to the point of being immodest.

As Yuuri stared at the second female he'd met in this world, the only thought on his mid was: 'Who is she? And what is so bad about her that the mere sight of her makes Gwendal sweat?'