The Unknown Demon King and Future Demon Prince

by bluebell10dandellion

The blond prince sold by his uncle for paying off his debt and raised as demon prince by the cold mysterious demon king. The Prince hates the King's bad attitude until he finds out that he's is a lonely king and unloved. Time after time, the blond prince dreaming about the First King and his beloved spouse that have a connection with him as the prince finds his true identity.

23. Hidden Cottage & Blue Rose

Disclaimer: I don't own Kyou Kara Maoh! It belongs to Takabayashi Tomo who made the best story and lovely couple, Yuri and Wolfram XD

Author Note:

I deeply apologize for gone almost 3 years maybe? I have many things that I need to solve from college, works, and private life that seemed never ending which I almost frustrated and depressed. Luckily, I passed the problems and solved it in a good way and I feel free when everything is done. I want to thank you for all reader who keeps review, supports, and advice my story while I'm on hiatus. Seriously, you guys are amazing and I hope I can repay you by making a more interesting & good story from now. I hope I can update the story as fast as I can right now since I'm free now

Happy Read & Enjoy~

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Chapter 23: Hidden Cottage & Blue Rose

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"Lately you're looking at someone…" The Great Sage writing some journal about the expedition. The Great Sage looking at his older brother who doesn't respond to his question, resting his head on his palm. Well, The Great Sage knows that his brother never likes this unless there's something that attracts him or interesting. Seemed I fall asleep at Yuri's arm while we return to palace after he took me home from the village house. It's not a forest anymore, but I am landed on the library in the castle.

The library interior seemed different than I'm usually visiting before, it's wider and the window lined up with light green curtains color. The old stuff placed at the corner near the fireplace while at future the old stuff placed at another room although it's connected with the library door. The bookshelf higher even reaches the ceiling. Every side of the bookshelf, stairs provided so it's easy to reach the books at topmost and return it back. Every table placed near the window while at future the table placed at the middle library with paper and some inks on it.

"What?" asking Shin'ou looking at him but he is not focused yet. Curious, I'm walking towards window what is exactly he is looking at the window, after all, I'm invisible right? I see the soldiers lined up, led by his three trusted vassals. Siegbert Voltaire, Lawrence Weller, and Rufus Bielefeld. There she is, Rufus von Bielefeld. She just looks different than I usually saw, maybe the uniform she wears today? If she wears a dress while visiting the forest with cloak and untied hair, this time she braids her hair wearing a soldier uniform with a brown cloak around her neck. She just lookalike pretty young boy if she cuts her hair short. Also, her cheeks easily turn into red whenever breeze touching her cheeks and she has petite body while her two partners have tall and muscular body size.

After the nights I dreamt with Rufus at forest most of it, I feel strange seeing her wearing a usual uniform, the soldier uniform. Shin'ou seeing Rufus telling something with firm face and moving her hands to left and right, showing the soldier the spot they can do basic defense training. Maybe Shin'ou did feel the same as me; I can see it through his face, focusing at Rufus helps Siegbert carried the boxes contains defense tools.

When visiting the forest, behind her green moss colored cloak, she wears a simple dress with beige color, ruffles at end of sleeve and collarbone with untied hair waist length wavy brown hair. He never saw her wearing a dress, that's why until now his mind still remembers it. Shinou admits it she looks attractive with her cute face and her wavy brown hair. Now, seeing she wears the soldier uniform makes him look like a young boy that has good-looking parents.

"Well, how's your spy last day?" asked The Great Sage, changing the subject that maybe will attract Shin'ou so they can be chatting as usual. "Is it fun? Something happens?" Just looking at Shin'ou right now, something must be happened between those Great Sage keep writing while taking another book, throw it to Shin'ou who surprised hearing a thumping sound in front of him. He's looking at The Great Sage with pissed off face, open the books page by page. Around page ten and eleven, the pages show a painting.

"An Enchanted Forest?" said Shin'ou, looking the page with awe, amazed by the beauty of forest by the painter. He turns another page that showing a lot of forest around Kingdom with a unique name with the explanation such as Hidden Forest, Season Forest, Fairy Tale Forest, Dark-Light Forest, Sparks Forest, Winter Forest, etc.

"The one that usually Rufus visit is An Enchanted Forest and Hidden Forest. Those both are the most beautiful even people who come inside don't want to return to the city because they fall in love with beauty." The Great Sage turns the page to the 'Hidden Forest' page, pointing the bushes. "Hidden Forest has something unique that depend on visitor purpose. If they have good intentions, it will accept you showing it beauty but if you don't, the forest will suck up your energy until you feel exhausted and fainted."

"How did you know about this? Did you know that Rufus habit is to visit the forest every night?" Shin'ou looking to The Great Sage, confuse since when he knows about it? Why he didn't tell him that Rufus always visits forest by herself.

"Well, you know who I am, Shin'ou. I also knew that she has habit visits the Forest every night or free time. Well, she did that to meet her friends since at castle she's surrounded by the male that's why she needs friends that makes her free as herself." The Great Sage smiles, tease him. Shin'ou surprise hearing his brother words that he knew already and the reason she made friend with the forest occupant. "I am just pretend don't know anything besides, She always do it while she was little."

"Since when you know?"

"Quite along, well Siegbert also know her habit since he is her guardian and her childhood friend." The Great Sage continues writing a journal and he stands up tidying the paper that had written front and back. "Rather than looking at the window like an idiot, better you study about the forest or read something that makes you become a Great King."

"I am already read the entire book at the library and remember it, that's why I'm bored. I am looking at the window, watching my soldiers do training. At least I am a good king watching my soldier practice to become stronger for the country." Shin'ou closes the books and pushes it to the corner, rested his chin on his palm continue looking outside.

"Don't want to study the forest thing?" The Great Sage looking at Shin'ou while he's at the bookshelf that higher than The Great Sage.

"I rather study about it when I visit it by myself and look it directly with my own eyes." Shin'ou eyes never let go from the window, keep glued to the window watching his vassals taking their own horses. It seemed the subject now about riding a horse. They asked who wants to become a volunteer to ride a horse and one soldier, the young boy raise his hand. He stands and walking towards Rufus and Lawrence who welcome him.

"Did people know that Rufus is a woman? Or man?" Shin'ou curious about it because some people at the castle, the maids like her as man, not the woman. How they will react if those people find out that she is a woman?

"Some of them yes…" The Great Sage nodding, "The rest is no." I'm walking to bookshelf wonder what The Great Sage looking for. Tiptoe with my feet, I see a book about Royal Heritage, Kingdom's rule, The Important of State Defense. Ooh, I think both of them will discuss state defense with arranging or making a new rule of Kingdom. While The Great Sage returns to his spot, I'm still busy with myself, walking around library and as I getting further; it's still on renovation because some of the books pilled messily with scattered paper. Satisfied, I am returning to Shin'ou and Great Sage conversation, talking about Rufus.

"Be careful, You're Majesty, if she hears you about the flat chest, she would be insulted. That's a sensitive topic for a woman." The Great Sage can't believe what he just hears from his brother's mouth, speaking about a part of woman body as a simple conversation. Well, his King really needs something to hit on his head. What kind of conversation that I'd just missed about? Are they still talking about Rufus?

"I mean, how can I know that she is female? Since she has a flat chest or small breast?" Seriously, I even can figure it out that she is a woman, not a man. You can see it from her gesture. The way she's walking, speaking, her hands, even her body language that totally different from man! What makes people think she is man probably she wears a soldier uniform and man clothes with a cloak around her chest, covering her main female parts.

"Are all of the woman female must have big boobs? Not all woman have big breast or big boobs, there are some female have flat-chested like Rufus as well, even prettier or adorable." The Great Sage shook his head and rubbing his temple. Too much gathering with ladies that most of them have breast and drink a lot of alcohol makes him a little stupid even dump. Besides, just by looking at her you can tell right away that she's a woman.

"Well, not really…" Shin'ou eyes avoid The Great Sage glance, because what he said it's true.

"Please, next time when you meet woman, a princess from every country don't just look at their chest part, trying looking at the body figure, face, gesture and the way they are speaking even their body language." The Great Sage opened another ancient document and he translates it into a new book with blue cover. "Understand?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand My Great Sage." Said Shin'ou lift both of his hands, surrender from The Great Sage true and sharp words. Shin'ou sighing hard closes his eyes leaning on the chair with his right arm above his head. His blue eyes peeking looking at Rufus who helps the young soldiers' boy straightened his body, holds his palm telling him how to hold a sword properly. Finishing with the one, she moves to another group that has Fire Element, same as her.

"Do you want me to call her?" The Great sage smirks, teasing Shin'ou who still looking at the window, watching his vassal training together. Rufus shows her Fire Element attack with Siegbert that block her Fire attack with his Earth Element at the field, showing to their subordinate how to defense from the opponent with Fire Element. The subordinate nodding their heads, concentrate remember the moving. Finish the subject, the sound of trumpet give a sign that it's time for a break and it will continue two hours again.

"Forget it, better I call her when I need something important." Shin'ou pissed off with The Great Sage when he's teasing him about Rufus. Does he prefer that he doesn't know anything but what can he do? His younger brother knows anything. From the window, I can see Rufus, Siegbert, and Lawrence picking the swords, spears, and shield from the ground and gather it at the corner. They return to their place after teaching the young soldier that has passed the test. Rufus drinks a bottle of water from Siegbert and they sit near the caste fountain while Lawrence just leaned on the pillar.

"It's recess time and maybe you want to call her to the throne room, asking about the fresh young soldier training, is there any development or…"

"I can ask Siegbert and Lawrence by myself, it's their responsible while Rufus just helps them." Shin'ou stands walking through the door leaving The Great Sage busied himself with books. Realize that His King leaving, The Great Sage taking the forest book, flipping the page that with The Hidden Forest picture. Wait, now I am torn between Shin'ou and Great Sage, which one I should follow.

"How is she when she becomes herself? As a woman?" said The Great Sage reading the forest part, about the animals that living there and bushes that turn into blue color or the breeze that smell like a spring flower. "Is she looks different? After all, she wears a dress with hair untied."

"Why you always ask me about her? You should see her by yourself, not ask my opinion about her." Shin'ou opens the doors for leaving but he holds it because The Great Sage asks some personal question. His face upset or disturbed, which his eyes telling 'what kind of question you ask to me now?'

"Very well, better I should see it by myself and don't blame yourself if I'm attracted to her." The Great Sage laughing and the door closed with a loud voice by Shin'ou. The Great Sage continue writing and his fingers stop, putting the ink while he stands to look at Rufus feeding her horse, stroking its head with a smile. He sighing with fingers attaches to window glass, putting his long black hair behind his ear.

"Why Rufus still keep her feeling to Shin'ou? Keep distance from him? Are she thinks she's unworthy?" The Great Sage eyebrow narrowed his temple wrinkles. Okay, so from the words I've just heard, is Rufus has the feeling to Shin'ou? But she keeps a distance from him? Well, as far I know, the dream I saw when she and Shin'ou at the forest I can see that from the way she spoke and her gesture when around him told that she keeps a distance from him although she has a feeling for her King.

"If he doesn't interest with you, he won't spy you alone even asking you to go together." The Great Sage keeps his eyes focus to her who pouring water for the horse. Feel bored at one place, better I go into somewhere castle, maybe following Shin'ou who just left. After all, I'm invisible right? Well, better I leave The Great Sage and follow Shin'ou then. No need to hold the doorknob, I just passed the door even closed and I am at outside.

Looking right and left, I see the silhouette of Shin'ou with his royal cloak around his neck, walking passing the picture of him and The Great Sage. The guards open the door and let him pass. I run after him until I pass the door and he's going to the stairs, walking into the outside with maid dries the laundry, gardening and prepare the foods or soldier who taking rest. The maids and soldiers who see Shin'ou shocked and bowing their head deeply, still can't believe The King just visited their place.

Shin'ou turns left with flower bouquet painting hanging on the brick wall between mountain and flower field paintings. The royal dogs barking asking for attention but he ignores them. I keep follow him until Shi'ou reaches the soldiers' chamber with Siegbert and Lawrence sits together. They are now eating the food that maids served to all of the soldiers. The food contains soup, bread, fruits and some cookies for snack.

"You're Majesty!" Siegbert stands and runs to Shin'ou from left side followed by Lawrence behind him. The young soldiers who see Shin'ou stands and bowing to him even some of them still eating, hold the bread or fork and spoon, continue eating with his mouth keeps chewing the pieces of bread and snacks.

"What makes Your Majesty come here?" asked Lawrence curiously, trying to tidy his hair that messed up and wipes the sweat from his forehead. "It's rare to see Your Majesty come here. Are you wanted to join us together?"

"Well, not really." Shin'ou eyes look scanning around, from left to right, is he looking, someone? Probably he's looking for Rufus? I just catch a glimpse while following Shin'ou that Rufus is feeding the horse and pours the water for her horse to drink. The maids who serve the foods, moving to the side near windows bowing avoiding his intense blue eyes although they admire his handsome face. It reminds me of the castle when the maids giggling seeing Yuri give a speech or walking at the castle corridor, admire his good looking although they are fear to him who has short temper.

"Are you looking for someone?" Siegbert asked Shin'ou who walking around the chamber with eyes looking everywhere but nothing found what he's looking for.

"If you're looking for our partner, Rufus, she's not joined with us." Lawrence pointing the window that shows Rufus brings alot of water with bun hair and pours it for her horse exhausted after training with her. Seeing Rufus treats her horse, there's a glimpse at Shin'ou face that he's happy just to see her silhouette.

"Why she's still working? Not take a rest as you do?" asked Shin'ou to Siegbert.

"Forgive me, My Lord. She said that she came late for training today so she prefers to take a time longer to practice then take a rest." Siegbert explains to Shin'ou who turns his body so he's face to face with him. "I told her that it's okay and she can join with us but Lawrence refuses it, better she does recess after we finished ours."

"I hope you have good explanation for this." Shin'ou protest

"Deeply apologies, My King. Rather than join with us, I prefer think it'll be better she takes a rest alone while join with us who full of male soldier who will keep looking at her while receess although we have many beautiful maids at castle that they can looking as they want."Lawrence explains it with his eyes looking to soldiers peeking from windows, searching Rufus silhoutte who went into kitchen and calling the maids, asking some vegetables and fruits.

"Well, you can see it now."Siegbert pointed the soldiers who have crush on her, smiling like an idiots. The maids at chamber mumbling or whispering to others that they are jealous of Rufus who still looks beautiful although she's never seen wear the dress or female clothes but they have to admit it she's beautiful with her forest green eyes even with casual clothes.

Shin'ou coughed and the soldiers realize what they did and continue back to their positions, eating the food with head down. Siegbert walking towards those soldiers and from behind, he's hitting those soldiers head with books one by one, don't care with their whining pain. Seeing those soldiers got punishment, the other soldiers stopping looking Rufus from windows and continue eating. Seemed Shin'ou also dislike what the soldiers did before, looking at Rufus because she's a woman although she's their general.

"Thank you for the information. I will leave now." Shin'ou leaves the soldiers chambers, passing Siegbert and Lawrence that bowing to him. After the door closed, I can hear Siegbert and Lawrence voices begin to lecture the soldiers. I'm following Shin'ou again but rather than following him, I run towards Rufus who still treats her horse.

"I just can't believe what just happened to me now." I thought Rufus speaks to herself when I'm walking to her spot until I spot the horse stands in front of her, eating the hay. Rufus brushes its body while talking to it like she's talking to person or Siegbert. "The King was a person who always following to Enchanted Forest!"Rufus puts the fork hay while her horse keeps munching the hay.

"Since I didn't take you before to the forest because you were sick, that's why I'm walked to the forest. If you saw him, I bet you will have the same reaction to me, Zander."Rufus sits on the chair while drinks the water from the table then pouring to her palms to clean her dirty hands. I'm walking closer to her closely and seeing her mumbling to herself while some of her hair stands begin framed her small face with bangs on her forehead that keeps falling. I'm entering stable and captivated by the horse.

The horse has black as night with ivory muzzle and fetlocks. It has four white legs and white facial markings, broad forehead and wide muzzle, well muscled and strong, with an arched neck, high withers, and a sloped shoulder. I can guess it's Rufus horse because she called it 'Zander' and talking to it like she's talking to a person. What makes me curious is how she can get this unique horse that different from the other that has a common horse? Well, my horse has the same physique as me. It has blonde mane with me has blond hair and the same white skin color. Still, Rufus horse far more beautiful.

"I'm still can't believe the forest gave you as my birthday present by made you into a wild horse that dropped the front of the gate. People gathered to saw you and want to make you as their pets but you refuse all of them even no one couldn't tame you. They began afraid until the royal soldier must step down prevent you from messing up." Rufus is walking towards Zander who snuggling to Rufus. Ooh, so the horse was a present from the forest? No wonder it has a unique and different type from the common horse.

"I, Siegbert, and Lawrence came to the city to look for the problem and soldiers asked us to tame the horse. Siegbert and Lawrence failed to tame you with gently into harshly. I think the reason you almost made Siegbert have broken arms and he pissed off until I step down, tried to tame you. The weird thing is, when I said some words, you became calm and tame a pet. Siegbert, Lawrence and people can't believe what they just saw with their own eyes."

Zander neighing and nodding his head seemed he understands what everything Rufus said to him. "The King and Great Sage just arrived with some soldiers after they reported the situation couldn't control anymore. After you being tamed, the soldiers' steps in to drag you out but you turned back into a wild horse, so they decide to steps back." Rufus sighing hard remembered the scene that must be hard for her. "Siegbert asking King and discuss what he should do with the horse until I realize the physique you have, a rare type horse. I remember that I just lost my confidant horse after he killed when the town attacked by assassins and mourning quite long."

I just remember from kids, Arthy and Ezio, that how they want a beautiful horse as Rufus Bielefeld horse when Gwendal asked what kind of horse they want. Gwendal quickly refused and shouted what the horse they want is a rare type and impossible. Prince Henry said Rufus Bielefeld horse was a rare type that nobody can ride it except the special one. It's a Hidden Forest horse that a type of wild horse that never ride by someone. No one can tame the horse even the experienced horse rider can't do it. The horse usually will tame to someone who deserves to ride him, no matter the social status.

The horse is black as night with white marks on its face and legs. It's so magnificent, muscled, and strong. Prince Henry has the sketches of Rufus rides her horse from a history book and to be honest, I am captivated by the horse beauty. He also said that some of the people said the horse was a present from the Hidden Forest after she lost her longtime partner horse from little too adult. Rufus mourning quite long and The Enchanted Forest felt bad for her and to make her feel better, The Enchanted Forest gave her the beautiful horse.

The myth said it also because Rufus always visits the Kingdom forest, taking care of them, and friends with the forest creatures. She also made citizens want to visit the forest after convincing citizens to visits the Forest and they will treat you as friends if we have good intentions. Arthy said that before people began visiting the forest, they scared to visit it because it's creepy until Rufus dare to visit and enter it without hesitations.

"Realize that you were a gift from the forest, I quickly step up and asked the King to become my horse before the citizens or Siegbert and Lawrence asked The King to let you go or killed you." Rufus shooking her head, can't believe what she just said. Hold on, so this beautiful horse almost got killed by Lord Siegbert and Lord Lawrence? Thank God, Rufus save the horse because it's so cruel to kill that beautiful horse.

I hear footsteps from behind and turned back, its Shin'ou walking towards the stable. Rufus still continues talking to Zander, doesn't recognize Shin'ou present. Shin'ou slowly walking towards Rufus, doesn't want to interrupt Rufus and Zander conversation. I think that the horse and rider sometimes talking to each other to deepen the relationship. Well, her way sometimes reminds me when I'm talking to my horse about Yuri, kids, Gwendal and Conrart, then my problem.

"Are you mocking to me?" Rufus strokes his long black hair that covered his eyes and parted on the middle. Zander neighing to Rufus, snuggling closer to her until his head lifted up. Zander realizes Shin'ou present at her behind so he tries to tell his master that someone is coming.

"What is it, Zander?" Rufus confused seeing Zander pointing his head and turning left side. Seemed he asked her to turn around because someone stands quietly behind Rufus, waiting for her reaction. Rufus turns around and she sees her King just stands while rested his shoulder on the wood pillar, folding his arms on his chest. The way I see his positions and his expressions, I think Shin'ou hears everything Rufus said to her horse.

"I hope I don't interrupt your conversations with your pet…"Shin'ou walking towards Rufus who shocked seeing The King stands behind her especially at this place. Rufus shocked and almost fall if Zander does not helps her stands with her unbalance legs and her arms that hold onto its head. If Zander doesn't help her, probably she will end up falling on the haystack.

"Oh my goodness…" Rufus tries to control her breath and keep her balancing while tidying up her bun hair that quite messed up since some of her hair strands comes out with her long bangs too. She decides to put some of it behind her ears. "Is there anything that can I help, You're Majesty?" Rufus bowing to Shin'ou politely same as Siegbert and Lawrence did before.

"Nothing, just lift your head," Shin'ou asked Rufus to lift her head and she lifts it while keep standing without any words. Shin'ou realizes that Rufus keeps her distance with him even at the forest before. I think it's normal since Shin'ou is their King while Rufus just the head of Bielefeld although she's a woman since Bielefeld doesn't have a male suitor. If the female noble meet the King, they're will try getting King's attention while Rufus must restrain herself. Every dream I saw, I think that Rufus becomes herself at night, as a female, while at the day she must disguise herself as man although people already know that she's a woman but she can't become herself.

"Can I help you?"Rufus keeps her voice steady with her clothes quite dirty after feeding Zander and practices this morning with soldiers this morning. The clothes she's wearing right now is a cotton blue color with

"You look different from those clothes. People will think you're a stable boy or peasants. It's really doesn't suit you all." Shin'ou scans Rufus head to toes. Not only him, but I also might be thinking that with those clothes she wears, but I will also guess that she's a peasant or stable boy.

"I haven't changed my clothes since I'm still feeding Zander and take care of him after we rode to the city before. There is an incident in the city and I need to solve it." Rufus looking at her clothes side by side to her pants. She thinks that nothing wrongs with the clothes, probably because it's dirty with her hair messed up too. "I will change into the proper one after taking a break."

"Better you will, you look totally different than your usual forest style." Shin'ou takes an apple from fruits bowl that will serve to Zander. He's walking closer to Zander, offering the apple to him who gladly eats it in five seconds. "There's a reason I come here."Rufus turns her head with a confused face.

"So, what is the reason?" Rufus washes her hands again with a wet napkin and make sure her hands clean and doesn't smell bad.

"Do you mind…" Shin'ou looking somewhere else then returns to face Rufus "if I can see you again while you visit the forest at night?" Shin'ou waiting for her answer and he hopes that she will answer what his ear wants to hear.

"Why you ask permission from me?"Rufus doesn't understand why Shin'ou needs to ask her to accompany her to the forest or meet her again at the forest? Is it because he thinks that she feels disturbed by him?

"Well… I am afraid that I disturb your private moment when you visit the forest. Like, you want talks to the creatures, need to alone, or anything. That's why I ask for permission from you. If you don't mind then I will continue to visit you to the forest at night. But if you dislike it, I will stop following you or let you have your private moment." Seemed Shin'ou thought that he was disturbed Rufus private moment with forest creatures and Shin'ou thought better he asked permission from her.

"Well…"

"So… Can I still meet you in the forest again?" Shin'ou repeats his question. "Meet at night like before?"

"You have my permission, You're Majesty" Rufus smiles and she holds back his hands with both of her long slim fingers. Shin'ou feels something when her hands touched his, but he knows that it feels wonderful so he's holding her hands back which make Rufus' cheek turns into pink.

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"Finally, you're wake up." Yuri holds me by his right arm while the other hand. I can feel his breath from behind and his chin that rested on my head. Did I fell asleep after we left the city? I think I did because the scenery around me was a bush with a lot off trees and night blue sky covered by stars.

"You just fell asleep after we left the city." Conrart walks beside me who peeking through the hoodie until its fall down the cause of winds.

"Am I?" I ask myself how can I sleep at a time like this? While asleep, another dream of Rufus and Shin'ou continue, telling more about their relationship. The relationship between them is getting closer than the previous dream before where Rufus still calls Shin'ou as her King and keep a distance from him. This time, Shin'ou asking permission to Rufus if he can still see her at the forest. As everything knows, Shin'ou never closes to anyone except The Great Sage, his brother. Rufus, Siegbert, and Lawrence are only his guardians.

What I see that Shin'ou curious about Rufus and want to know her more after the met at Enchanted Forest, seeing Rufus another side that never showed to anyone else. I'm kinda thinking that Shin'ou began attracted to her personality and her beauty.

Rufus usually braided her long hair when at duty or patrol, but she let it go at free time. At night, she becomes a full noble lady while at day, she turned becomes a head of Bielefeld clan. Some of the maids castle jealous and captivated by her beauty, especially her forest green eyes.

"While you're asleep, did you always mumbling?" Prince Shouri moves closer so we face each other since I'm sitting not facing the front. What he just said? Did I mumble while sleeping?

"No, he's never mumbling while sleep. He always sleeps like a death," reply Yuri, telling Ao to calm down after surprise seeing the squirrel jumped from the tree and landed on land. "Although sometimes he kicks and hit me a lot," Yuri adds while he pulls me closer, makes sure I am not falling down from Ao. Hold on a second, did he said that I kick him while sleep?

"I kick you while sleep?" I turned my head, can't believe what did I just hear. Yuri just nodding his head, without doubt, one of his hand fold his sleeve showing his red mark.

"I got this mark two weeks ago when you kick me." Yuri pointed the mark, pull down the sleeve back as usual. "The reason I always hug you while sleeping is to prevent you from moving and kick me a lot." I'm surprised hearing his words, grabbing his red marked arms, looking it closely.

"Why you didn't tell me about this?" I asked Yuri

"I told you before but seemed you don't believe me." Yuri sighed explain this problem again. "The reason I always hug you while sleep to prevent you kick or move. Except when you totally exhausted, you slept like a dead person." Okay, I think I must ask Arthy and Ezio about my sleep habit to them since we always sleep together when Yuri had a trip to another kingdom.

"Aah, I see…"Shouri just smirked and stroke my head like a big brother. Shouri continued lost in his mind until he founds out what he wants to tell. "I don't understand about this accident. It's kinda weird that accident always happens even involved you. Did you made a problem with someone until he wants to take revenge for you?" Shouri bluntly asked the question to me that makes Gwendal and Conrart stop a moment, especially Yuri who begin pissed off with that question.

"Nothing happened to him. Its just coincidence." Yuri wants to stop the conversation but to be honest, what Shouri said it's true. Every accident that happened around always involved me from the day I arrived at the castle. Some of the soldiers even curious why I am the target to be killed, assassinated and kidnapped. The soldier thought that I have some kind of power that attracts them.

"There's no such thing coincidence, little brother," Shouri reply Yuri, moving his horse walking towards Yuri's. "I believe you already thought about Wolfram accident, curious why you always targeted by them, don't you?"

"True…" I answer his question. I don't know how much my life into dangerous and targeted by someone. Well, more than five and probably more at future. I don't know if I'm still alive or dead the next day since my life turned into chaos. Not that total chaos.

"Can we just discuss this thing after we arrived at the castle, not here while we ride the horse?" Yuri pissed off with Prince Shouri because he keeps interrupting me. He glares to Prince Shouri to stop asking me more question. "I don't think he wants to answer your question anymore."

"Is that so?" Prince Shouri moves closer to Yuri with his dark eyes locked with my emerald eyes. "I'm the one who decides to keep asking your consort question. You don't mind if I keep asking you a question don't you?" Prince Shouri refuses to obey Yuri's word while looking into me with his eyes slowly turned into the slit. The memory at ballroom back to my head, when he treated me if something happens to Yuri with his dagger around my neck. When my mouth tried to speak some words, Yuri begins to interrupt us.

"If you threated him again just like you did at the ballroom, with your dagger, I don't mind to kill you with my own hands!" Yuri threats Prince Shouri with a voice that makes me even Conrart and Gwendal shivering to hear it. I think it's the tone that Yuri usually did to scare his enemy.

"Ooh, so you heard our conversation back then?" Prince Shouri said it easily even smirks to Yuri. I can hear Conrart and Gwendal step down from their horse, walking towards me, make sure that I am safe from Yuri and Prince Shouri who takes his dagger, showing it to Yuri. "If you heard our conversation back then, why you don't just kill me that time while your lovely Prince Consort can watching us fighting?"

"ARE YOU CHALLENGE ME?!" Yuri shouted back and he takes the swords, eyes turn into the slit with dark aura around him. Seriously, their relationship doesn't make me understand until now. I deeply know that Prince Shouri really loves Yuri since he's the only family still alive, but his way sometimes unpredictable to me.

"YES I AM!" Shouri eyes turn into slit same as Yuri. He takes the sword from his side after jumping down from the horse. "You should know that the reason I asked your Prince Consort, even threatened him, is make sure that he won't harm you!"

"BY THREATED HIM WHILE HE WAS IN INJURY EVEN RECOVERING?" Yuri lifts the sword and swings it to Prince Shouri who quickly blocks it. They keep fighting, swing their swords even don't mind using their element.

"Prince Wolfram, it will be better you stay away…" Conrart walking towards me, calming down Ao while Gwendal using his earth element to protect us from Yuri and Prince Shouri who begin using wind element. I almost collapsed cause Ao legs unconditionally touch the torn until Conrart catches me while Gwendal using his earth element to prevent their element hurting us.

"Can we do something to stop them? It's getting intense even they almost cut half of the trees at the forest. "

"Honestly, it'll better we keep a distance until they finished or protect our self ." Gwendal using his earth element, waving his hands making the branches have thorn and pulling our horses into us. Suddenly, the fireball comes to us, making Gwendal summon the branches quickly to protect us from the fireball. The fireball stopped but Gwendal cringed in pain cause the flame attacks his arm and burned his sleeve.

"Gwendal!" I cried and running towards him, holding his arms that almost burned. Conrart quickly grabs the bottle of water and pour it to Gwendal's arm.

"It's okay… nothing to worry about." Gwendal ripped his burned sleeve and throw it away. Thank God, the flames not burned him but still, Yuri and Prince Shouri must stop their fight right now! They almost killed Gwendal, probably me and Conrart as well.

"This is getting worse, they begin hurting each other." Conrart pointed to Prince Shouri who back off after Yuri swings his hidden knife to Shouri. Feel trapped, Prince Shouri using both of his daggers and attacking Yuri without mercy.

"Can we do something to stop them? I am afraid that they will kill each other…" I worried to Yuri who prevents Prince Shouri attack with his demon sword. It blocked but Yuri becomes tired so he uses his water element to protect himself while gaining his energy. A few minutes later, the water shield turned into iron thorns and targeted to Prince Shouri but the thorns vanished when Prince Shouri summon blue fire.

"I do think it's impossible…" Conrart blocks his face from the smoke and he keeps close to me, make sure I'm not getting hurt.

"It must. I'm afraid that one of them can have a bad injury or even lead to death. Just like a few years ago." Gwendal healing himself using element by making the flower that he showed me before when I'm sick. The flower blooms into white lily glowing beautiful and he takes the white petal, and eat it like a food. Finished, Gwendal injury slowly fading and he looks healthy as usual. Gwendal looking towards me and he asked me something. "Prince Wolfram, I need your help."

"What is it?" I asked Gwendal and it seems that related how to stop Yuri and Prince Shouri fight.

"You see, I need your help to stop King Yuri and Prince Shouri before it turned worse by using your fire element together with me." Gwendal holds my hands, asking me to help him immediately. He takes out the white lily flower he made before, taking all petals and put it into my mouth.

"What is it Gwendal?" I asked him confused. "Is it medicine that same you gave me before?"

"Yes, please eat all the petals to regain your health and your injury will be fading slowly as you never injured before. The reason I give you the petals is to make sure you can summon your fire element as much as you can, although just a little." Gwendal prepares himself to summon his earth element while looking towards Yuri and Prince Shouri. "Listen, I can't do it alone to stop them unless I do it with another person."

"I beg your pardon? Gwendal, I still can't control my fire element until now." I surprised with his request even reject it but Conrart reassures me that I must accept Gwendal.

"Listen, Wolfram…" Conrart holding my hands firmly. "I know that you still a beginner to using your fire element since you never use it but," Conrart looking to Gwendal who prepares himself to summon his earth element, folding his dark green coat. "Gwendal can do it alone since his earth element is the strongest but if he does it alone, he will collapse and his earth element lost for half of the year. "

"Half of the year? Six months?" I shocked aloud

"Worse, a year. If he does it with another person, no matter his element, his earth element keep saving. Last time, when Prince Shouri and King Yuri fought a few years ago caused by different opinion, Gwendal stopped them with Gunther help since they fought at the castle and if they were not stopped, people at the castle would be injured."

"So, did it work? Is Gunther lost his Wind element too?"

"It worked but they need to wait for a month to regain their element completely." Conrart looking at me worried, he just remembers that I might be lost my fire element while helping Gwendal. "I don't know how long you'll regain your fire element although I hope it won't be long."

"It's okay Wolfram… If you unsure about this I'll do this alone…" Gwendal begin to summon his magic but I quickly stop him.

"Are you insane, six months is long! I won't let you do that alone. I'll help you stop those immature brothers." I hold Gwendal hand, worried that if he pushes himself, his earth element will be lost for quite long. I don't want that because one of the reason I like Gwendal because I fall in love with his beautiful earth element, especially when he made flower medicine when I'm sick.

"Are you sure? If you decide to help me, please blame me if your fire element lost for a long time." Gwendal pulled his sleeve to prepare himself as Conrart keep watching Yuri and Prince Shouri fighting.

"No, it's not your fault. I do this because I want and try to make them reconcile as brothers again. They need to control their temper sometimes." I hold Gwendal hand, reassure him that I'm ready to help him. Gwendal holds me back and lift his left hand but stop a moment.

"Conrart, please stands behind us or maybe Wolfram." Conrart quickly stands behind me with his hands rested on my shoulder. "I just afraid that he'll collapse after we use our magic element."

"Okay then." Conrart takes a deep breath. "I'll give you a signal when you ready to use your magic." I hold Gwendal hands tightly as we summon our magic element while Yuri and Prince Shouri stopping for taking a breath, prepare for another attack as they run to each other lifting their sword "NOW!" Conrart shouted aloud to give the signal.

"FIRE AND EARTH! OBEY US AND ERASE THE EVIL AROUND US!" I shouted together with Gwendal who keep his balance cause the magic we used. A few seconds later, a blast of thorn branches comes out from below, straightly attack King Yuri and Prince Shouri joined with my phoenix figured fire element. Shocked with the sudden attack, both of the royal brothers, jumped avoid our attack.

"STOP THIS STUPID FIGHT BOTH OF YOU!" I still summon the fire by holding into Conrart and Gwendal who using his earth element as well. Shit, I only use a little but the fire element came out that makes Yuri and Prince Shouri surprised, so do Conrart and Gwendal although they tried to restrain their self. Knowing that I reached my limit, Gwendal uses another hand to make herbal medicine. He gives a signal to Conrart holding my shoulder before I collapsed.

"Wolfram, you reached your limit. Stop it now…"

"AREN'T YOU BROTHERS?" Seriously, those two right now is the most childish or hot temper siblings I've ever seen. I summon the fire to vanish away then walking to Yuri although Gwendal prevents me cause he's afraid of Yuri's anger could harm me. I begin difficult to breathe properly until I collapsed on the ground. Yuri runs towards me while I fall into Conrart embrace. Finished making the medicine, Gwendal kneeling beside me, asking me to drink the water from his herbal medicine.

"Will you just, both of you…" I'm looking to Yuri and Prince Shouri with upset face although I know they are holding their anger. "Please stop fighting… you're brothers."

"Brothers or not, I hate him when he pointed his dagger even threat you." Yuri looking to Prince Shouri with slit eyes. Prince Shouri keeps silent with Conrart and Gwendal helping me drinks the medicine until no left. Is it another Gwendal beautiful element? The water looks so beautiful, many colorful petals floating, twinkle just like a star. Gwendal told me to eat the petals as well while I'm still captivated by his beautiful element.

"Sometimes I hate you cause you're too protective to me… I'm fine and I can take care of myself." I slowly stand up, refused Yuri who wants help stand, keep holding to Conrart. Gwendal runs towards Prince Shouri, asking him if there any injuries so do to Yuri. He gives them the edible flower petals he made to me before to regain their energy even cure the injury.

"There's a reason why I did that to you…" Yuri stands in front of me, reach my hands but I yanked it off.

"Make sure you have a good reason for it." I hissed to him, let go from Conrart's hold who still insist holds me but I told him I'm fine, thanks to Gwendal's beautiful herbal medicine. A few seconds later, I pulled towards Yuri.

"What the?!" I surprised Yuri pulls me then he carried me to Ao, his black horse. He spells his water element making a shield around him then he puts me on Ao, joined with Yuri jumped on. I can't summon my fire element even jumped down since Yuri wrapped his left hand around my waist, prevent me from running away.

"GO AO! GO!" Shouted Yuri and the stirrup movement from Yuri makes Ao do what Yuri order to him.

"Yuri, what are you… Yuri!" I shouted to him while holding him tightly because Yuri pulls the rein, shouted to Ao go faster, leaving Shouri and the others. I'm looking back to Gwendal and Conrart shocked seeing us leaving them behind. With a pissed face, I try to let go from Yuri but he prevents me to jump down and join the others.

"Wolfram!" Conrart shouted, shockingly seeing me taken away by Yuri.

"Conrart-" I try reached his hand but failed and called Gwendal who uses his earth element to stops Yuri running away by making the branches to prevent Ao keep running but the branches cut into small pieces by Yuri using his water element, turning the water into ice dagger and cut the branches into pieces. I keep looking back to them until I'm looking front that Ao runs into a dark cave.

"Just leave them, Wolf!" Yuri shouted, his face keep looking forward. "We won't return until I said so!" Yuri shouted again, telling Ao to run faster into the forest cave that made of wildflower and trees that not treated well. I heard from a citizen that there's a cave, dark as night and no one dare to enter the cave since you will end up lost inside the cave unless you have an earth element that can make you survive.

"You just can't leave like that!" I protest, almost fall down if Yuri does not hold me tightly. "Gwendal! Conrart!" I shouted back to them again who begin to pull the reins, telling their own horses to run after us. I keep looking back until the dark of cave swallow me and Yuri. Conrart and Gwendal jumped into their horse, following Yuri until Prince Shouri shouted to stop.

"Leave them!" Prince Shouri shouted to Gwendal and Conrart who stops before they enter the cave. "Just leave them alone."

"Are you insane?!" Gwendal frustrated with Prince Shouri. "You know that Prince Wolfram condition now is not good, especially all of his fire element gone. He needs treatment quickly to regain his fire element." Gwendal ignores Prince Shouri words, keep running towards the cave.

"Forgive me, Prince Shouri." Conrart hesitates to say the words but he keeps continue. "I do think Prince Wolfram safety is more important than obey you." Don't care with Prince Shouri order, they are more worried about the King and his consort until the cave closed with the torn close the hole joined with branches and twigs. Their horse steps back, afraid of moving thorns and branches that still closing the cave until it's done and the thorns turned into chamomile and chrysanthemum flowers.

"Seemed Yuri used an earth element, prevent us to go after him." Gwendal tracing the flowers, using his earth element but it blocked his magic to open the cave.

"He seriously needs a lesson to never run away from the problem." Prince Shouri just looking to the closed cave with his slit eyes. Prince sighed hard, seeing his little brother always running away when facing the problem or prefer to finish it with the fight. Sometimes he needs to control himself.

"It's useless, I can't cut the flowers. Every time the swords touched the flowers, its freeze." Conrart keeps cut the flowers, but every time the tip of the sword touched the petals, it freeze, turned into ice that couldn't cut easily.

"Better we return to the castle right now." Prince Shouri suggests to Royal Knights that makes both of them disagree even more.

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"Yuri, where are we going?" I asked him who keep focus ride the horse with eyes at a fast pace.

"Just shut up and don't talk will you?!" Yuri keeps going and we still inside the cave that dark as black.

Suddenly, Yuri flicks his finger and the plants inside the cave begin glowing making the path to us to the outside. I almost want to use my fire element but it's useless since I used all of it with Gwendal to stop Yuri and Shouri childish fighting. Realize that I want to break loose from Yuri, he flicks his fingers and a splash of water coming through his palm, turned into a robe and tied my wrist make sure that I can't use my fire element.

"Although your fire element drained, I'm afraid you will use it to let go from me so I tied your wrist, make sure you won't run away returned to Shouri." Yuri keeps order Ao running until we reach the end of the cave.

"Aah, seriously I hate you, Yuri!" I protest angrily while Yuri just ignores me. We reach the end of the cave welcomed by beautiful scenery. It's a flower field of a daisy with random colors and the small river beside the field with waterfall. The air feels so fresh and peaceful, makes me feel comfortable and it seems I've been knowing this place before.

"Where are we?" I asked Yuri who jumped down from Ao, takes me down into the ground. He flicks his fingers then the water robe turned into dew, let my hands go. I massage my wrist while captivated by the beauty of the scenery as Yuri walking towards the flower field, his head tilted to the sky looking the stars that rarely can see with his own eyes. The winds coming towards us as a few of fireflies flying above the flowers.

"My hidden place or I prefer to call it my mother favorite place." Yuri turned around while picking some daisy flowers randomly. The colors of flowers Yuri's picks suddenly reminds me when Arthy returned from exercise with Gwendal and he brought a bucket of daisy flower with random colors. Not only that, but Ezio also made bubble air to me when he told me how the air of forest they visited felt comfortable.

"I knew that flower…" I pointed the flowers while Yuri tied the flower, make it into a bucket.

"What?" Yuri confused with my words, knowing the flower while I just arrived here for the first time.

"The flowers, so do the air." I inhale the air, feels the wind while close my eyes. It's exactly same, just like Ezio gave me a bubble air previously. "Last time when you did a trip, the kids gave me to present such as a bucket of daisy flower and a bubble air after they did exercise with Gwendal." One of the fireflies flying above me followed by the others and the rest flying around Yuri.

"Seemed Gwendal took the kids here. Well, since he has an earth element so he knows all of the forests around Kingdom. Yuri still looking at the sky, watching the stars with sorrowful eyes. "Better we take a rest now, let's go inside to the cabin."

"Where is the cabin?" Is there a cabin here? Yuri pointed the cabin that near the waterfall but since it's not that big so it's hidden from the water with the big trees around the cabin. Yuri walking without any sound while I follow him from behind. We reach the cabin and it's not worse than I thought, even it's a lovely cabin. Inside the cabin, there is a small table with a couple of chairs, two rooms with the bed at inside, a quite large cushion with fireplace as Yuri flicked his fingers the woods burned to warm the cabin. I'm still looking around at my feet stop at a small beautiful kitchen with the dining table.

"What is this place?" I asked Yuri, looking around the cabin that hidden in the forest. Never thought that there is a hidden cabin inside the forest.

"It's my secret place, actually it's more into Shouri and my secret place when we need to take a break from reality." Yuri takes off his coat and put it above the wood cupboard. Still looking around, awed by the cabin interior, I didn't realize Yuri takes off my coat, put it beside his coat. The cabin that cold slowly become warm since the winds outside quite cold. "Better we stay at here for a night, I don't want to return to the castle tonight."

"Are you saying we will return in the morning?" I asked Yuri in disbelief. "What about the other? They will worry about us, especially Prince Shouri."

"He knows that I will visit this place and probably will tell Gwendal and Conrart." Yuri pissed off when mentioning about Prince Shouri, he doesn't want to talk about him. "He knows that I will visit this palace when my head needs to relax to calm myself." Yuri sits down at the cushion, putting his feet above the coffee table.

"Do you always like this?"

"What?" Yuri unbuttons his coat then put it somewhere else and fold his sleeve until reaches the elbow. I just realize his bangs getting longer than usual, it covered his eyes. Yuri swipes his bangs showing his forehead that made him more lookalike a different person.

"Running away when you have a conflict with Prince Shouri? It just my opinion but every time you have quarrel or conflict with Prince Shouri, you prefer to keep a distance from him." Yuri expression becomes hard when I mention about Shouri but he prefers not responding to my words. I stand up quickly hold his hand before Yuri avoids me, turning him around so we face each other.

"I don't want to talk about this Wolfram." Yuri voice higher than before, is it a warning?

"No, I want to talk about this, especially your relationship with Prince Shouri." My other hand holds another Yuri's hand tightly, make sure he won't running away while we discuss this complicated brother relationship. "Is it something happened at past that you dislike Prince Shouri?"

"None of your business, it's our problem and you don't need to know." Yuri let go my grips, pushes me to side but I hold his arm with my both hands. Yuri takes a deep breath because of my stubbornness, he's looking at me with anger face. "Seriously, you really want to know?!"

"Yes, because he's your brother and the only family that still alive while your parents passed away!" I shouted without fear to Yuri, continue speaking let it out all of my complain. "Your stupid battle almost killed me, Gwendal and Conrart as well if we did not stop your childish battle." As I mentioned the battle that almost killed me with Gwendal and Conrart, Yuri surprised and become silent. Using this chance, I continue to complain to Yuri without stop.

"You almost killed us, that stupid fighting even both of you could be killed. Don't blame Gwendal or Conrart if I can't using fire element at future because the reason my element went out was to stop your stupid fighting, to prevent you to be killed!" My voice slowly getting higher than before. "I do think you need to calm down yourself when you had a conflict with Prince Shouri or at least tell me why you dislike Prince Shouri?"

"Do you want to know? Fine, let me tell you why I dislike him because he always interfere with my life or thinking that I am still lookalike a kid on his eyes!" Yuri explained with his anger intonation that controlled. "What I hate actually Shouri always interfere with my life from the day I became the King until I reach my limit when he threated you with his dagger!"

"He always interfere with your life?" I asked him back. Actually, what I dislike about Prince Shouri that he's really curious about myself even threated me if something happened to Yuri. Maybe he just worried about Yuri safety since Yuri is a Demon King where he considered as the powerful King.

"From the day when I became the King. I know what he did to me was for my safety or direct me to become a great king but he's too interfere with my personal life! It's fine when he interferes the state duty since I learn a lot from him but not my personal life too! I know he just worried about me but I am an adult now, not child anymore!" Yuri hit the table with his fist which I thought the table will break into two pieces.

"Have you ever talked about it?" I asked Yuri who looking angry after he let it out all of his anger and frustration towards Prince Shouri.

"About what?!"

"Your feelings or frustration to him that you hate treated as a child. I think it's better you told him that he's too protective as a brother."

"I told him a million times but he never took it seriously." Yuri sits across me, sighed hard.

"I see…" probably I become to understand why Prince Shouri quite protective to Yuri although he's an adult now. "Maybe he's afraid losing you…"

"Afraid of losing me?" Yuri lifts his head with bangs messing around his eyes.

"Yeah, you are the only family that still alive. Your mother and father died early when you were little but Prince Shouri, probably at his teenage years so it must leave a deep impact, negative side.

"I know what you said it's true but I dislike how he treated me as a child even stalked my partner."

"Is he also interfere with your love life?" Probably that time Yuri had to pick a wrong partner with a bad attitude or else?

"Well, not all of them. Shouri also picked a partner for Demon Kingdom future but most of them not good as we thought. Some of them had a bad plan to assassinated me, using their daughter to take over the Kingdom by marriage, etc. I asked Shouri to not interfere choosing my partner which he worried, so do Gwendal and Conrart but he has no choice, agree with my opinion since he failed from the beginning."

"About Princess Elly…"

"It's a Shouri plan. He felt bad towards me Princess Elly incident which one of the reasons he agreed to let me choose my own partner. I asked Shouri whenever I choose my partner, Shouri won't interfere until I decide to declare or announce to Kingdom I found my partner, he could meet my chosen partner. It was you…" Yuri walking closer toward me, he cupped my cheek with both of his hands.

"That's why he returned to castle…" I get the point now, Prince Shouri might be felt bad to Yuri because of Princess Elly incident. I became to understand why Prince Shouri curious towards me even my background, he just want to make sure Yuri is safe. "You should be lucky that you have a brother that loves you even he stepped down from King position, become your adviser and your guardian as well." I'm hugging back Yuri tighter while rested my head on his chest. "You don't know how lucky you are…"

"True…" Yuri keeps silent but he rested his head on my shoulder. "I think what you said it's true, I should grateful that I still have a brother while our parents passed away."

"You should be," I reply to his answer shortly. "Please apologize or make conversation to him when we return to the castle the next morning. It's my wish and I don't want your relationship ruined because of me."

"I will try… when we return." Yuri answer quietly. We keep silent for a long time, only the sound of winds, crickets and beautiful fireflies at outside accompany us. Honestly, I feel jealous to Yuri who still has brother while me, no one left even my uncle sold me. I wish I have brothers just like Yuri, teasing each other and depend on each other when one of them have a difficult time.

"About that…"

"What?" I looked into Yuri lifts his head from my shoulder.

"Is your injury okay?" Yuri takes my arms and unbuttons a few buttons of my shirt. "I forgot that you still injured at your shoulder after you…" Yuri suddenly remembered the incident in the city. His face becomes gloomy and silent for a moment. I turn around and cupping his face while giving him some pecks.

"Hey, at least I'm okay right now." I hugged Yuri who feels guilty towards me. He's getting more sensitive than usual but at least he tells me the truth about his childhood story even the reason why his personality become like this. His environment totally turned Yuri into a cold person but I think it's logical for me. Hard environment, almost assassinated while he was young, betrayed and used by greedy people who only after his positions as the King with his powerful power.

"Just let me check it again, probably I can heal it again so you won't feel pain anymore." Yuri insists want to check my injury again although I refused since I feel no more pain. Yuri takes off my shirt but there's no injury. "Wow…" said Yuri tracing my shoulder. "Your scar completely is gone."

"What?" I turn my head seeing Yuri confused seeing my injured on my shoulder."Is it totally gone?"

"Your scar was gone as you never had an injury. Gwendal medicine is really amazing. Did he gave you the liquid medicine or anything else?"

"Gwendal gave me two types of medicine, the drink one and the petals one that I should eat when we attacked both of you." I buttoned my shirt to cover my bare shoulder. "Well, the flower petal one is really unique. I only ate all the petals to regain the energy and the injury will fading slowly as never injured before"

"As expected Gwendal, he's really dependable for his earth medical element."

"Is he always take a charge for the medical thing?"

"Usually Gizella takes a charge, but Gwendal only uses his medical element for serious injury. Most of my injury and scar healed by his flower medicine. He did as best as he can. If not because of him, probably I won't survive until now although he must regain his earth element for a year to heal my injury. I really owe to him gratefully, so do Shouri." Yuri smiles remembered how Gwendal loyal and stays beside him no matter what happened. I remembered the reason Gwendal stayed with Yuri because he knew that Yuri is not a bad person, just a lonely person and need someone to comfort him.

"Here." Yuri takes out a small box from his coat, give it to me.

"What is it?" I take the small box wrapped with white ribbon glued with some wildflower. "Is it present for me?"

"I hope the present can make you feel better." Yuri is watching me open the present. I put the ribbon and the flower on the table, open the box. Inside the box, it's the blue rose broach, just like when Gwendal gave me before. The difference is the broach made from the ice that craved into a rose symbol with the dew surrounded the petals while below is the leaves joined with wildflowers.

"I think you'll like this since you upset when Gwendal present broke by those stupid princesses. I made it when we passed the blue rose field while you are asleep. I took one and made it for you as a present when we arrived at the castle. It might be not as beautiful like before, but-" before Yuri finished his sentence, I flew from the chair and my arms flung around his neck. Yuri's arms tightened around my waist to keep me from sliding as I peppered him with kisses. On his face, on his hair, everywhere that I could reach. Yuri feels the excitement radiating from my body, joy oozing from every pore. "Thank you, Yuri. You're the most wonderful man on earth."

"I think I deserve a real kiss, as the reward," Yuri mentioned softly, with his usual smirk. I threaded my fingers through his hair and our eyes collided as I tipped his head back.

My lids lowered slowly as my mouth descended to Yuri's. Yuri closed his eyes and moved one hand up to the back of my head, sighing as his fingers sifted through my messy wavy blond hair. Yuri responded with an uncontrolled desire that nearly pushed him over the edge. My tongue teased his between little nibbles on his lips and it made Yuri want more, need more.

Putting pressure to the back of my head, Yuri crushes my mouth to his, wanting to plunder and explore every inch of the sweet cavern. The hand on my waist slid to my buttock, bringing me almost fully against him, making him groan into my mouth as our tongues dueled and tasted. I pulled my mouth away, panting as buried my face in his neck. Yuri feels my hot breath against his ear as I delivered small licks and nips down the side of his neck.

"I love you, Yuri…"

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"You know where they are right?" Conrart asked to Shouri with concern face but steady tone. Conrart tries to control himself because he wants to smack Prince Shouri who just let them go from his sight. Not only Conrart, but even Gwendal himself also want to angry to Prince Shouri.

"Maybe yes, maybe no…" Prince Shouri said it calmly until Gwendal can't stand it anymore. He moves forwards and pointed his swords to his neck.

"You just said it as nothing will happen?!" Gwendal shouted aloud. "They are a royal couple and after the incident happened in the city that almost made King Yuri killed?!" Gwendal moves his horse, prevent Shouri and his horse moves with one of his hand holds the sword.

"If you really worried them that much, especially to Prince Wolfram," Shouri keeps calm, explain to Gwendal and Conrart who moves forward, "it's useless because the magic Yuri used when he ran away from us means he prohibited us to follow him behind and if we keep follow him." Shouri points the branches and the flowers. "The branches and the flowers will make you back off by turned into moving branches then smack you down until you threw far away or worse kill you alive."

"I think you are right, Prince Shouri." Gwendal gritted his teeth agree with Prince Shouri explanation since he has an earth element so he does understand the magic Yuri used. Gwendal still can't believe his eyes when Yuri uses the magic until the branches closed the cave which he knew that that kind of magic needs large energy to use it.

"Why don't we just use another way? We can still follow them right?" Conrart looks another footstep or road to follow Yuri and Wolfram.

"It's useless." This time Gwendal explains the other magic function Yuri used to Conrart. "It also erases every trail and whenever we try after them, the magic will make us only moving around at one spot or making our return to the same spot. Usually, this magic used when running away or making enemies gets lost when we are in danger."

"How long the effect of it?"

"Until sunrise follows by the chirp of birds," Gwendal explained bitterly.

"So, we're just waiting for them?" Conrart just can't believe it.

"Damn, that King is really unpredictable. How many magic element forms he studied while he's studied with Gunther and Prince Henry?" Gwendal still can't believe how on earth his King studied about an earth magic element even that's quite hard for a beginner. He must admit it King Yuri really have the talent to master every element of magic.

"Probably he's learning it while having free time? Sometimes I see the book of magic while he's taking a break after signing many documents." Conrart answer Gwendal question, followed by Gwendal sighing hard. Although he has an earth element, he still can't believe King Yuri begin interest with an earth element. Usually, he always hears that the earth element is kinda difficult so he won't study about it but turns out he's a study about it.

"Let's just return to the castle. I think they will return at tomorrow morning or late morning." Shouri orders the horse to move forwards, leaving Gwendal and Conrart still looking at the closed cave, wanting to follow the King and Prince Wolfram. They're still not moving until they decide to follow Prince Shouri and return to the castle. They are just hoping that The Royal Couple will return safely to the castle.

"Hmm, I do think they need alone right now…" Prince Shouri thought until he remembers something. "I know where those two probably stay but it'll be better I let them alone." Prince Shouri joined with Conrart and Gwendal return to the castle.

"I know where are they know…" Gwendal said to Conrart who still worried about Wolfram.

"You do?" Conrart surprised heard Gwendal words. "Why we don't go and take them home right not?"

"I do think we better let them alone right now. They need alot of things to explain, especially King Yuri feelings to Prince Wolfram." Gwendal's point finger touches the fireflies, it landed on his finger while he's looking to it deeply. After that, it returns to somewhere else. "The fireflies just told me that they saw King Yuri and Prince Wolfram at Blue Rose Fiel, they are fine and have a deep conversation."

"Aa, the blue rose field," Conrart remember the conversation with Yuri before after returning from a foreign country. He remembers that he always wants to take Wolfram to Blue Rose Field if he has free time. "I do think they'll find."

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Yuri lifted my feet from the floor and I wrapped my legs around his waist with arms around his neck. Our lips brushes and my mouth fell open, Yuri's tongue slicked inside and begin to slowly, sensuously kiss me. Soft, licking kisses that seemed to take all the time in the world to explore my mouth, to savor my backs of my legs hit the edge of the cushions and sprawled into them.

Yuri shoved the coffee table aside with a push of his foot, freed himself from his shirt and throw it away followed by me. The button of my shirt opened all while Yuri cupped my covered length. My head falling back over the armrest gasped as Yuri massaged my length then move his fingers inside me after he pulls down my pants then throw it on the floor.

Bending his head, Yuri caught my lips and sucked on my tongue as I licked into his mouth, sliding the circle of his lips up and down. I broke the kiss, need a lot of air for breath. Yuri's tongue flickered over my nipple and I gasped aloud. His tongue rasped against the aching tip, eliciting a gasp and a writhing arch from me. He licked my nipple and I make a soft noise of pleasure. Wet heat surrounded the sensitive point of my nipple as Yuri took me into his mouth. My head fell back and moans, hold Yuri's head so his mouth keeps sucking my hard nipple.

"Yuri…" I'm groaning with need as his tongue flicked over the tip. Oh heavens, that felt so amazing. "Oohh..." Yuri's lips brushed against my nipple, grazing it. I watch as his mouth closed over the tip, feel the delicious scrape of his teeth against my nipple as he took it between them and bit down gently. My back arched, lips parting on panting breaths. The sensations were too fierce and hot, especially when his breath closes to my hard nipple and put it inside his wet hot mouth.

"Umm…" Yuri purred, "I should treat the other too…" his lips surrounded the tip, suckled it with drawing pulls that were perfectly timed with his plunges between my legs. Tugged at my nipple, rolling it against his tongue and then lightly biting it. With eyes half-lidded with desire, Yuri lifted his head and pushes his two fingers inside me. I spread gracefully with heels lifting to the couch and knees falling open, gasped aloud as he penetrated me slowly until he pumped my length hard and fast, over and over.

"Yuri… I'm going to come." My walls clutching at his working fingers with a strength that nearly set me off until Yuri dropped to his knees, his mouth replacing his hand. Like a starving man, Yuri drops his mouth to my length and began to feed. My gasp of delight was almost as Yuri couldn't help his own groan as he lapped me. I nearly came off the sofa with pleasure. "Oh God…!"

"Nothing tastes better than your come." Yuri licked it again and again, using his tongue to bathe the head of my length in a firm, teasing strokes. Lowering more, Yuri pushes his tongue deeper at my walls and savored each long, delicious lick. He tilted his face and angled his mouth, heading for it like sweets, begin to kiss and lick it with small, methodical strokes. Yuri takes his fingers and parted the lips of my walls and focused his attention on the length that poked out, begging for attention.

"Yuri, I'm gonna come again…" I shivered and moaning aloud.

"I know…" Yuri returned his mouth to my length, teasing the little stiff nub of my length with his tongue. My hips bucked against his mouth and his steady, slow licking motions as Yuri couldn't resist sliding his fingers between the seam of my wall and searching for my sensitive spot. Yuri paired two of his fingers together and teased at my entrance, circling it the way his tongue circled my length.

I nearly came off of the chair in ecstasy. "Oh, God. Oh, yes!"

"Be still," Yuri growled at me with flushed cheeks and pale skin, my chest heaving with every gasped breath, and my hair a messy nimbus around my face. My legs are sprawled wide with his face between them. Yuri set upon me once more, back to the slow, steady licking and sucking of me surely aching little length and my walls. He pressed his fingers into the well of my entrance, having to stifle his own groan at the way my walls clenched and pulled at him as if I'm trying to suck him in deeper.

My moans of pleasure grew louder, and so Yuri began to pump his fingers slowly in and out of me, curling them ever so slightly and dragging them against the front wall of my entrance as he pulled them out, looking for the spot that would guarantee a deliciously hard orgasm. The rhythm of his tongue against my length continued, his pace picking up just a bit and matching my quick, panting breaths. Gasp, lick, gasp, lick with my liquid covered his mouth, my scent was in his nostrils and coating his fingers, and I need to come.

"Come for me, Wolfram…. Come on my lips, and let me taste your sweetness." Yuri crooked his fingers inside me and rubbed hard that rewarded with my choked cry, back arched and sobbed. Fingers rubbing against my inner wall, he bent over my length with a new fervor, increasing the strokes of his tongue to a new rapidity. I'm making a wordless sound, noisy and completely unmindful of the fact that my cries were echoing in the cabin as Yuri sprawled between my legs.

A few more rubs and arches of my back and Yuri felt my entire body shiver, and then give a little cry of release. My legs jerked on his shoulders, as Yuri felt my walls clench hard at his fingers, felt my length quiver under his tongue. Yuri groaned his own pleasure at my response and keep licking and stroking, dragging out the orgasm to enhance my pleasure for as long as possible. Yuri consumed me like a man possessed, my length hit the back of his throat, spurt the essence pouring down the back of his throat. He swallows all of the essences until the last drop while keep sucking my length.

"I came hard inside your mouth." I need to take a breath for a moment, I almost passed out because of him but can't help it since he has an incredible mouth. It's quite shocking that I'm still coming hard every time we had sex. "You totally made me lost control."

"I love your taste on my tongue." Yuri licked his lips that left my essence around his mouth corner. I rose up and crawled across the cushion with shirt sleeve hanging around my elbow, straddled Yuri carefully. My palms on his shoulders stroked all the way down his chest and let myself explore his heated skin. Each defined muscle of his abdomen was traced as I take my time to make a way down to free his rock-hard length from his pants. Yuri's length just up against his stomach as I taking him in hand, licked my lips then wrapped my fingers around him.

"Hard and thick…," I told Yuri in an awed voice.

"Kiss me, Wolfram…" Yuri insisted in a low, domineering voice. I lowering my upper body over Yuri shivered from the feel of his heated flesh meeting mine. My hard nipples abraded against his chest as I thrust my fingers into his hair, every touch heightening my desire. Our emerald and black eyes meet, each exuding naked desire.

I lowered my head and kissed him, poured out my emotions in the embrace. His silky black hair fisted in my hands, the tendrils slid between my fingers. I'm moaned into his mouth as Yuri takes control of the embrace and demanded my surrender, even though I'm in the position of dominance at the moment.

Yuri's tongue lashed into my mouth, conquered and consumed her. His hands moved and wrapped around me. Questing fingers moved up and down my back and down to my buttock, touching every available inch. My hips swiveled against his groin as Yuri deepened the kiss, the desperate caress of his lips against my carnal and needy.

I feel the same fierce, feral instincts. My tongue met his with every stroke as I ground my hips against him, needing more. I released a breathy moan, tear my lips from Yuri's. "Yuri, I need to feel you."

"Wolfram…" Yuri rasped, his hand slid between my thighs and moved down to the sensitive flesh between them. I moved my hands to his chest and used the solid, hard surface for support as I got lost in his dark intense eyes. Yuri's fingers stroked and circled inside me.

"Yuri" I moaned, wanted to close my eyes, but keep myself focused on him.

"That's right. Say my name…" Yuri crooned, his expression intense as he placed the head of his length against my entrance. My fingernails dug into the skin of Yuri's chest as he gently grasped my hips. I watched as Yuri's expression darkened when I slowly lowered herself onto his length, moaned as I finally sunk down on his length. As my body accepted him, I let out a sultry mewl of satisfaction.

"You feel so good, so incredibly wet and hot," Yuri responded and his hands gripped my hips harder. I lifted herself up and sunk back down on him, a throaty groan of satisfaction slipped between my lips and reverberated through the room.

"Yes," I hissed. The spiral in my belly unfurled, the body moved with Yuri as his hips rose to meet mine, the slapping of skin against skin hypnotized me. My eyes fluttered as I rocked against him. Yuri growled as he grasped my hair and keep my eye contact with his.

"Yuri…" I murmured with a shaky sigh. As I leaned down to capture his mouth, my tongue thrust into his mouth and mimicked the rhythm of his length that stroked into me. Yuri sits up suddenly, never breaking the kiss, one strong hand on my buttock as his hips moved up harder, faster, and held me firmly to accept him. Still straddled over his lap, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, helpless to deny my impending climax. The angle of his thrusts stroked over inside me roughly with every pounding entry.

"Oh God, Yuri!" I tore my mouth from his and tilted my head back as a powerful orgasm ripped through me, unable to do anything except scream Yuri's name.

"Scream aloud, let me hear you…" Yuri reminded me, his voice harsh and aroused against mine. My walls clamped down on his length and milked him as Yuri pumped through the spasms with a tormented groan. Yuri grasped my buttock with both hands and buried himself deeper. His own release pulsed as I quivered around him. My racing heart hammered against his chest as Yuri's hand stroked up over my back and neck.

"We're not finished yet…" Yuri rose and caught the back of my leg over his arm. He pulled it high and wide, opening me completely as I positioned him inside me. Yuri's length sinks inside me and his breath hissed out in agonized pleasure. Yuri digs his feet into the floor and he drives deep, spearing into me with a mindless thrust.

My back bowed and the feel of him against me is like a punch to the gut. I can feel Yuri abdomen clenched, his blood raged, and his adrenaline spiked. My walls quivered around him, massaging his tormented length, stealing any possibility that he might have reined himself in. He groaned, his hips churning against mine. "So amazing. Still tight and hot…"

My walls clenched around him and Yuri becomes lost. Rearing back, he lunged hard and deep. His tempo increased, faster and faster, until he was riding me relentlessly that make the couch moving beneath me. Pounding into me, nailed me to the couch with powerful drives of his hips. In a distant part of his mind, Yuri knows he's taking me too roughly, working my walls too hard, but I am taking everything he had to give me and demanding more.

"Harder," I gasped, throwing my hips at him. "Deeper… you're so thick… It's so good…" It was beyond good. I am raking of my nails across Yuri's back, heels in the backs of his thighs spurring him on, my walls rippling up and down his aching length. My voice, which rivaled the rhythmic slap against mine as the most erotic thing he'd ever heard.

"You're driving me crazy," Yuri growled, unable to stop pounding into me, needing to get deeper inside me. He's bottoming out with every plunge, filling every inch of me. Yuri's eyes roll with a loud groan back because my walls are deliciously tight and scorching hot. The smell of my skin, lily flower smell, going to his head and intoxicating him that make Yuri feels dizzy.

"Oooh..." I begin tense and shivered violently, head falling back to once again arch over the armrest. "I'm going to come again…"

"Then come..." Yuri bits down on my shoulder, relishing the way I jerked and tightened around him in response. He grunted as I pulsed in tiny spasms. "Milk my length, Ooh yes!" I come with a cry while Yuri's head fell back on a serrated groan, his body bowing as my pleasure fueled him and inflaming him. His liquid spurted from the tip of his length with a ferocity that rocked him as Yuri emptied himself into me.

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TBC

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Hello reader, I hope you satisfied with this long chapter after I hiatus for a long time, sorry about that. For the next chapter, it has an explicit mature theme so just prepare yourself :D

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