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Chapter 3: "Great Two"
Withered leaves and thorns manifested the corners of the room. It happened moments ago. They were happily chatting before it came to this. Gunter, Lady Cecillie and Murata barged into the room without hesitation. Everyone was dumb-struck from the sight of what has been a dining area. They just could not believe what happened. It made them regret leaving the Castle.
"Your Majesty, you're unharmed! Thank goodness." Gunter hugged him tight and Yuuri struggled to get out.
"Yes, I am. But Wolfram isn't. I could not bear someone sacrificing their own life just for me. Even if it's too late, I'll sacrifice my own as well." Yuuri promised as he bowed down in complete grief. He lost his fiancé and that made him suffer more than he could take.
"But Your Majesty…" Gunter out an arm to him, he tried to tell the other man to staying saying such things. It was just too much for him to handle. He could not let the king suffer the same as his fiancé, considered how the vows to protect were given and bound from the very beginning.
"No, I have made my decision. I won't stop until I get my hands on that unmerciful beast." Yuuri promised as he looked to Conrad and Gwendal. Both of them nodded as well.
The table was almost breaking. The ceiling seems to suffer the same. But the concrete post held the hanging wood that could fall over them any moment.
"Where's Wolfie?" Lady Cecillie was deeply in shock. Looking around the room made her chest ache. She didn't know what happened. She searched the room for her youngest son.
"He's with Yosak, Mother. Don't worry. Everything will be alright." Conrad smiled, calming his mother's worries.
"What happened?." Lady Cecillie sobbed and went out to check on her son. She walked outside the door after noticing that Wolfram isn't there. She always remembered that whenever Wolfram is in pain, she was always there to comfort him. But he needs more than that now.
"It's hard to explain. What is it really?" Yuuri asked himself aloud.
"Shibuya, we have no time to lose. If Wolfram would not wake up soon, he'll be…" Murata was serious and he paused until Gwendel continued his sentence. It was hard to understand. Why do they know such things?
"…dead and his memories will be locked forever." Gwendel was across the room. His arms crossed his chest, his face towards the sky.
Everyone in the room gasped in response.
Murata walked beside Yuuri and Wolfram's older brother, eyeing a suspicious thorn on the floor. Murata noticed him and picked the piece up without Yuuri knowing of it. Everybody thought that it was just another piece of foliage they would have to examine. But the thorn stood out from the rest. There were green and black marks on it. From another angle, it looked like a symbol. Unfortunately, nobody knew how to translate it or where to translate it from.
"Yes, I believe so. Don't get mad, Your Majesty, but it has something to do with our past." Gunter was firm of his answer.
"What do you mean? Not you, too. He'll live. I just know it!" Yuuri shouted. His fists banged the dining table. "I just know it!" He repeated.
His chest tightened. It seemed that those words swallowed him whole. He could not believe that this is happening. Everyone was looking like there was absolutely no hope at all. But for the black king, it was not yet too late.
"From the moment I saw Console, there was something left unsaid and the tension felt uneasy. I never have let him get in. I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Gunter apologized and he cried as if he had done something exceptionally wrong, exaggerating his statement. He cried across the floor and clenched his fist on the table beside the window pane.
"It's not your fault, Gunter. Things aren't the way it is. This is similar to when the originators came and Wolfram is still the one harmed. Console looked exactly like the Great One. I had my first impression on him when he went out. I can't seem to point it out but there is really something about him." Yuuri thought of it. They were really the same, those blue eyes and that golden hair. He faced him, looking like he just made a point. His black eyes beamed with certainty.
"The Great One. I see." Murata, being the Sage, felt something strange. He knew that this whole nonsense of the originators and evil around the whole kingdom was long gone but something felt unsure. Maybe Gwendel and Murata have the same feeling.
Oh! shut up, wimp! A voice entered his ear. It was Wolfram's voice. His eyes widened with shock. He missed those words and he thought that he was just hallucinating. But he wasn't.
"What?" Yuuri stared at the table. He was suddenly uncertain. "Those words. Could it be?"
"What is it, Yuuri?" Conrad came towards him for comfort. Black eyes followed the tall man's arms. Yuuri's jaw dropped with surprise and his godfather knew that he has something going on.
"I have to collect some facts about this. May the heavens be at our side. It will be best if all of you look out for Wolfram at this moment. He could still die if he doesn't wake up, that is considering Gwendal's prediction." Gunter suggested. He went out and walked to the library, hoping to find some details about their past.
"Stop saying that! He'll live, I just know it!" Yuuri got annoyed. He didn't want to think about that and this made him despise Gwendel a little.
They walked the concrete hallway and down to the royal chamber, the lining on the ceiling felt calm. They saw the big window wedged on the side and the gigantic fabric hangs from the curtain rod, it flowed gracefully with the gentle wind. The brilliance of the moon flashed brightly upon the dark floor. Yuuri dangled along Conrad's side and they saw Lady Cecillie holding her son's hand hoping for something to happen. Her eyes shed tears.
Yosak was with them beside the huge bed where Wolfram lay. Everyone was wide awake, even if it was already pass midnight. They stopped and hoped to see signs for Wolfram being awake.
"There is no need to explain anything to Lady Cecillie, Your Majesty. I already had it under control." Yozak looked at Yuuri assuringly.
"Glad to hear that, Yosak. Thank you." Yuuri's eyes moved to the aching mother with her son.
"Oh, Wolfie!" Lady Cecillie held Wolfram's hand so tight.
Yuuri patted the back of Lady Cecillie. He felt their pain. He was greatly concerned for Wolfram. He was his fiance afterall. He was definitely 'his'.
"Oh, Your Majesty! Please help my poor Wolfie!" Lady Cecillie begged.
"Don't worry, Lady Cecillie. I won't stop until we have put an end to this." Yuuri assured her. He tried to settle her worries. He felt guilty for making his mother cry and for making her son protect him.
He knelt beside the weeping mother. "Wolfram, please wake up." He touched Wolfram's head and brushed his hair softly.
After a few hours, everyone grew tired. But it was worth waiting until Wolfram finally woke up groaning and surprised.
"What's happening? Why can't I feel anything?" Wolfram softly groaned. The enmity of what Console said. He sat up and Lady Cecillie buried him on her bosom.
"Ohh! Wolfie! I'm so glad you woke up!" Lady Cecillie hugged her son tightly. She was relieved her son woke up. She hugged him until Wolfram was out of breath.
"Mother!" Wolfram was finally freed. His faced turned red from the tight embrace of his mother's arms. He can't feel anything alright but he can still say what he thinks. His eyes were confused. His face was lifeless, but the words' meaning show through his eyes. The expression of deep pain, the same expression that could make you cry and embrace the hurt that he's expressing. It pierces your heart.
"Wolfram finally woke up. Thank goodness." Murata was relieved. He thought that they could unfortunately loose him. He was certain that the Great One has something to do with this. He already knew. His face was still calm and gentle as he hid the uncertainty inside him. The Sage was almost begging the gods for him to be alright knowing that he's the key for halting the soon to be mischief happen.
"Wolfram, I'm—I'm sorry." Yuuri stuttered. He tried to be calm. His eyes were gloomy and his throat dried from shame.
"I don't know what to say, Yuuri. It seems like I can't feel…" Wolfram detected some physical pains. It pierced every fiber of his body.
"Please, Wolfram, the last things I said was very insulting.I decided that I shall protect you no matter what happens." Yuuri promised. All he could do was to return the favor to the one who was ever willing to give up his life for.
"Your Majesty, what a manly thing to say. I must honor your decision with love and pure heart!" Gunter praised Yuuri. He finally came back after long hours of searching for their 'past'. Everyone thought he spoiled the moment again. He waved his hand and then put it on his chest looking greatly endowed and touched by his King's loyal words.
"Heh. I see you're back Gunter. Any luck about what this means?" Yuuri saw Gunter. He smiled and was surprised. He felt like everything must turn out the way it should be. He scratched the back of his head, feeling humiliated.
"Yes, I believe Your Eminence as well as Gwendel knows about this from the very start." Gunter walked closer, cradling an old dusty book on his arm. Murata and Gwendel didn't say a word. It was a secret, a sealed agreement.
"What do you mean? They knew about this all along? Don't say some ugly boo-zoo just disguised as Console and it turned out to be Gwendel's half cousin. Wait! is it possible to have a half cousin?" Yuuri was irritated. He stumped on the floor and heat was up on his skin. Gwendel, on the other hand, was grouching at the foot of the bed feeling mocked.
"Yuuri, don't spoil it." Wolfram spoke.
"Huh? I'm not!"
"Wimp…"
"Stop calling me that!" Yuuri missed those words. His reply was instant.
"Gunter, why is this happening?" It hurt to speak. But Wolfram was thinking, and everything else was numb.
"It appears to be that the Great One somehow has a twin brother that—" Gunter paused, and then continued, "--died and about this time, will be reincarnated to the youngest son of the Demon Queen. The only thing that can help him is to seal the flower and sacrifice it to his tomb. Hopefully, Wolfram will…" Gunter stopped hindering to speak another word.
"Wolfram will what Gunter? Does the Great One even have a twin brother? That explains why he was looking like the Great One from the first place. If he has a brother, should they be called the Great Two instead? But if he will be reincarnated, who is that?" Yuuri was uncertain, rubbing the bottom of his chin. His black eyes paraded around the room slowly.
"It's too rash to discuss it this way, Your Majesty. For all men know, it was the Great One himself." Gwendel, from the end of his brow, finally intended to speak.
"What do you mean? He's gone right? I saw him." Yuuri was confused. His head couldn't make up what is happening. He was sure he saw the Great One fade from his sight.
"Yes, I believe so. Twins awfully share the same thoughts, even the same soul, Your Majesty." Conrad answered him with a smirk on his face. He remembered his father saying something like this to him.
If I would have children with Wolfram, I don't want it to be twins. AHHH! What am I saying? I could never have a child with him! Could I get any more perverted? How could I think of that? Yuuri thought, he was down with complete shock again. He was thinking too awkwardly, why does he even have to put up with this? They are both men for crying out loud.
"Shibuya, please note that we'll be at your side no matter what." Murata smiled to him.
"Yes, Your Majesty. We'll be here to protect you until our very last breath." Conrad assured him.
"I'm glad to hear that. Protecting has made me all this way didn't it?" Yuuri was again unsure. If it wasn't for them, I could have been dead by now. Good thing I didn't say that aloud or I'll surely be stupid. But do I really love him now?
He smiled. He looked at every single one in the room, across the light brown eyes to the blue eyes of Gwendel. He was in love with Wolfram. First, he just thought it was just infatuation. But now, everything was not the same. A different feeling aroused. He was just too dumb to recognize it.
"Yuuri, please don't be so…uhh!" Wolfram writhed in pain again.
"Ohh.. Wolfie! Please rest…" Lady Cecillie let him lay down once more.
Wolfram was in pain. It scattered throughout his body even if it only occurred moments ago.
"But how could we save Wolfram?" Yuuri sighed, looking at his hurt fiancé.
"Regret, Trust, Bravery, Hate and Love. These are the feelings we must find or may I say, petals. I don't have the details in this book, Your Majesty, but I believe that a stone of knowledge of the past and future is locked inside a mountain's mouth. They say in order to retrieve the stone you must sing a lullaby for the mountain." Gunter shuffled the book. He was mumbling as he found the picture of it and then showed it to everyone.
"Ahha! Here you are, Your Majesty. Everyone look." Gunter raised the book and showed it to the surrounding crowd. It was a picture of a cute mountain, sleeping on a soil pillow with his face turned red.
"Oh, I see. He's so cute! So we must look for the stone first before we can pursue the petals? But where is that located? How could we possibly go there? Ohh, look at him!" Yuuri was admiring the cute mountain. It looked like a hill from his point of view. His searching black eyes got curious. Yuuri touched his chin, looking like a detective suspecting an unknown case.
"Beyond the lake of never ending sorrow, The Great One's twin also has a story to be told. It is in one of the mountains, Your Majesty." Gunter's voice was gentle, a tinge of slight disagreement beamed on his eyes. But by the time Wolfram could hear these, he was already snoring.
"Huh? I hope that place don't look so gruesome as its name. I see. But how can a cute mountain end up in a place like that? Anyway, it's up to Detective Yuuri to crack this case again. We'll get to the bottom of this… uh…" Yuuri glanced at the blonde sleeping on their bed and then his excitement lowered, he just smiled and spoke, "He's fluffy when he does that, it always makes my heart race to see him like this."
"Yuuri!" Murata cheered.
Everyone heard Yuuri, and they cheered along with the Sage. They were grateful to hear this but it's such a letdown that Wolfram was asleep. If he could hear this, he should be blushing like a tomato right now. They were uncertain where this place could be but they are determined to look for it.
The great soldier and his big brother went out to discuss something. They were alone in some place of Covenant Castle. The moon was still gleaming its brightness through the window pane ad the calmness of the air amused them both but they know they are facing a much greater deal of danger.
"What is the meaning of this Gwendel?" Light brown eyes beamed. Conrad's voice was gentle yet concerned.
"It is an agreement we ought to keep locked." Gwendel's voice was low. His grouchy expression appeared.
"What oath?"
"The Great One shared with me through a dream that his brother will be incarnated and every single thing will happen again."
"What? A dream? Everything will happen again?"
"Yes. Every single horrible thing will happen if his brother will cease to be reborn. When he will be reincarnated, he'll take reign and Yuuri will be…" Gwendel sighed, looking at his brother. It was the first time Conrad saw him that worried.
"It is the will of the Great One and there is nothing more we could do."
They were both silent. Conrad knew what would happen. It was something they might regret. But they won't let it happen to Yuuri, not to him, not for the kingdom.
Murata leaned on the wooden door, without their knowledge of seeing him there. His arms crossed and a mysterious gleam covered his glasses. Yes, there is a secret yet to be told.
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