Arriving at the beautiful stone walls of Blood Pledge Castle, Yuri was labelled 'speechless' as he gazed upon the gaudy structure; not having seen anything like it before outside of his school books.
His shocked face amused both Yozak and Conrart greatly; as well as most of the solders in their company. Riding up the road to the large wooden gate of the outer wall to the main city, they stopped to give Yuri his own horse. A pure black mare whose temperament was that of great affection and loyalty to its new master; they had contemplated a stallion instead in the beginning, but the image that would send to the populace would place a bad image on the new King at this point in time. Memories of the last war were still fresh in many minds.
As they were riding through the gate, Yuri noticed the flowers lining the walls as they rode while the soldiers on the wall they had passed looked at them through the gaps. As the trumpet blew to announce them, a great cheer filled the air from the populous that was almost deafening. Turning to look at the boy in front of him, Yozak saw the kid pale to a deathly white.
"Relax kiddo. It's just a short ride to the castle; everyone will simply love you...relax"
"But I don't know how to ride" Wined Yuri mournfully. But as they entered the main street where the populous were gathered, Yuri's back straightened and a smile was firmly planted on his face, he started to laugh and thank the citizens for their warm welcome and the pretty pink flowers they offered. But if anyone saw the hickeys on their new Kings skin, no one said anything. 'And if any gossip about his Yuri got out he'd fix it.' thought Yozak,with that decided, they continued on their way to Blood Pledge Castle at a slow pace. With Yozak keeping an extra keen eye on Yuri's admirers; if anyone asked he could just say he was looking for assassins.
Time-Skip
Storming into his room furious, Yozak slammed himself into his bed, crushing his favourite blue silk nightgown in the process. He knew the kid knew nothing about the customs here, but to propose to that brat on his first night was just ridiculous! And the fact that that airy scholar would accept it was simply so dumb and idiotic that he was at a loss for words. Plus, that stupid little lord brat started bragging to the whole castle right after that dumb duel! Saying how his fiancée was so strong, or how exotic he looked with his majestic black hair and eyes...of cause he looks majestic! He's a bloody KING for crying out loud! MY KING!
knock, knock, knock...
Jumping up, Yozak stormed over, yanking the door open to see a worried Conrart standing outside his door.
"What do you want captain? I was just about to go to bed" asked Yozak in a voice that was so cold that even ice would be frozen with fear. This shocked Conrart; he'd never seen Yozak so angry before. Even if he knew the reason why he was so angry, he knew the law as well as Yozak did. It was hard to get out of a noble engagement, let a loan a royal one when only one party wished to break it.
"Want to go drinking? We'll empty the palace store of all its liquor...I bet l could drink you under the table!" he added that last bit as an afterthought. Yozak liked to drink, and they often tried to see who could handle their liquor that night. It often changed.
"...Ok. Meet you in an hour. Same old place" with that, Yozak slammed the door shut in Conrart's face. Too angry to care right now.
One Hour Later...
Walking through the corridor, Yozak stopped by Gunter's room to pick up some of his home brewed 'Blood Fire' whiskey. With that in hand, Yozak then proceeded to one of the old common rooms, the one him and the captain had claimed for themselves a few years ago. Truthfully, it wasn't far from Günter's room, and sometimes you could even hear music being played. But the room didn't have much, just a few chairs, lounges and a massive chandler hanging from the ceiling, with blood red coloured walls and a cold stone floor they'd covered in rugs.
"Yozak." Hearing his name snapped Yozak out of his observations "you going to stand there or are you going to bring some of that Blood Fire over here to share" drawled Conrart, having already drowned a glass of brandy. Walking over to the lounge Conrart was lounging on; Yozak placed his bottles on the table, and then sprawled out on the couch opposite Conrart. They proceeded to start drinking, starting with brandy's and spirits, slowly working their way into the harder whiskey and Blood Fire.
"So what you going to do?" asked Conrart, before downing another glass.
"About what?" queried Yozak, deliberately acting oblivious.
"Yuri."
Yozak sighed, "Don't know. Not much I can do about it. The kid doesn't know how to break it off, and little lord brat probably won't leave him alone...gods forbid anyone tell the Kiddo how to break the engagement" Yozak huffed, he was already trying to think on how to do just that without alerting anyone to the fact he'd done it, no even Yuri.
Conrart pondered for a moment, he'd done a little research before he'd came and thought he'd found somewhat of a solution; "What's the law about marrying someone who's pregnant and unwilling when their partners still alive?"
Yozak frowned, not understanding what he was getting at "the father would be able to claim the child as his own and marry their partner instead of the other if it can be proven the child is in fact his and if the pregnant demon or human doesn't object. Why? What are you getting at?" demanded Yozak; it was a very old law he knew hadn't been used in 50yrs.
Conrart sighed "Did you use protection when you slept with Yuri? Or did you just magically get some in the middle of a forest? Or did a fairy give it to you?" Conrart finished sarcastically. Really with being such a good spy, Yozak could be so dense sometimes.
Realisation finally dawned on Yozak's face "No, no we didn't. I didn't have any... and I think he wasn't worried cause he didn't know boys could have kids here or he knows he's infertile or something..." thinking back on it now, he should have explained the first night; but it's slipped his mind during their travel; It was common knowledge after all.
"How many times did you guys umm..." Conrart trailed off, not really comfortable with the topic considering it was about his own godson and not one of Yozak's usual trysts.
Yozak grinned at the memory; Yuri's sweet moans were like music to his ears "Almost every second night after the first night we 'slept' together". As Yozak had been talking, Conrart had been nodding and remembering the rather loud complaints from some of the more outspoken soldiers that had started around that time.
"And even the most deftest soldier could hear you two 'going at it' all night...so there's your proof, what do you plan on doing?" asked Conrart curious. It was funny how Yozak's proof was two squads of sleepless soldiers. It would be the icing on the cake if the child was born with Yozak's orange mop. If there even was a child to start with anyway, Yozak was right in that some male demons were unfertile in the sense of a bearer; this was usually because the individual was a pure dominate and their magic recognised this fact.
Yozak thought for a moment "I'll have to wait till he shows, or Wolfram could have a chance to kill the child before it can be proven Yuri even has it." It was definably something the selfish brat would do.
"Well, we don't even know if he has it yet. We'll have to get Gisela to check pretty soon though." Conrart thought for a moment "We could say we just want to see how his health is doing considering the long ride; that we're just checking how his body is adjusting to the new world and such."
Yozak grinned "That could work. But will she help us?" asked Yozak, curious. He wasn't around Gisela much; only the times he was admitted to the battle infirmary.
"She should. She knows what Wolfram's like having to heal his victims more than once. I'll ask her in the morning."
With that decided, Conrart and Yozak continued to drink long into the night. Singing, dancing (falling), and talking at length while music could be heard coming from Günter's room.
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Later the next morning, while Conrart was getting his medical tea from the infirmary for his and Yozak's hangover, he discussed with Gisela what he and Yozak would like to have done and what had happened on the journey here, then asked if she would like to help.
Unsurprisingly for Conrart, but surprisingly for Yozak, she agreed.
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As the week went bye, Wolfram announced his engagement to young King Yuri to any and all within shouting range, as said king tried to avoid him like the plague. The maids and some of the soldiers made sure to let this dissatisfaction in the castle with the union be known to the populous; they knew if the brat prince caused trouble he'd try to pin it on their new King, as he had in the past tried pinning his indiscretions on his older brother, Conrart. It was during this time; when Yuri was hiding from Wolfram, that Yozak had come to find to be the most…inspiring of opportunities.
As Yozak was walking through the stone corridors of Blood Pledge Castle during one such incident, he was unaware that the object of his desires would be requiring his 'help' within the immediate future.
Umff, falling to the ground, Yozak looked up to see said object of desire. Yuri Subuya, the Demon King, straddling his lap in a most delicious way. Not a good position for the enthused spy to be in as he was quickly becoming aroused…well, not so much because of the position but the location could have been better.
"Good afternoon Your Majesty, pleasant evening isn't it?" Yozak greeted politely. Trying -and failing- to keep the cheeky grin from slowly forming upon his lips as he watched heat rise to lightly tanned cheeks; he wasn't disappointed with Yuri's response; the kid was easy to rile up when stressed.
"wha- Ah sorry, sorry! Are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere-"Yuri suddenly stopped, seeing the look of desire and lust enter the eyes of the man beneath him as well as feeling the bulge forming quickly under his rump. What he didn't know was while he had been talking, he had been in-avertedly rubbing against Yozak's groin; slowly bringing him to full attention.
Yozak's grin only stretched into an evil, perverted smirk. "It's been awhile hasn't it?"
Yuri's eyes widened slightly at hearing Yozak's suggestive tone, just as a blush adorned his own cheeks once more, but he smiled gently none-the-less "it has, hasn't it...how have you been?" he'd definably prefer going back to the days living in a tent with Yozak then his current days in the castle with the arrogant little brat following him around.
"I've been better little one. What about you? Still hiding from Little Lord Brat?" Yozak inquired in a sing-song tone of voice as he motioned for Yuri to stand. Making Yuri scowl as he was reminded why he was running in the first place, even as he followed Yozak's directions.
"Yea...do you know anywhere where he won't find me? I've kind-a ran out of places to hi-what?" inquired Yuri, seeing the incurious look Yozak was sending him.
"You couldn't have used them all; this castle is huge!"
Yuri gave him a deadpanned look, "The castle is occupied Yozak; there's nowhere I can hide that a maid or guard hasn't seen me enter." Yozak sighed at this; Yuri was right. All Little Lord Brat had to do was follow the gossip vine to find Yuri's location. Gabbing Yuri's hand, he dragged the willing King to his bedchambers before locking the door. As one of the kingdoms master Spies, entry into his rooms were forbidden from all but the King; anyone else was charged with treason. Not even Little Lord Brat would risk being charged with treason by doing something so openly. It helped the brat knew he'd tattle.
"How come I've barely seen you since we entered the castle?" inquired Yuri sleepily as he lay down on Yozak's bed. He hadn't been able to catch a decent wink of sleep since he arrived; he was currently reframing from doing anything –like literally kicking the leech out of his room- just yet because he didn't know if whatever he did would have some alternate meaning here. Like the slap.
Leaning back on his bed, Yozak thought about his answer. "I spend a lot of time away from the castle in my line of work; but because of my skill and relationship to you I've been reassigned as your part-time hidden guard. If I'm seen, even by you, I'm not doing my job right." He personally thought Conrart had manipulated Gwendal into making the assignment; the man was weak against his brothers; due to guilt he suspected. Looking down at the exhausted teen, Yozak frowned; now that his libido wasn't distracting him he noticed it was just before lunch and Yuri already looked like the walking dead, and he was laying oddly; as if he was nursing an injury…running his hands lightly over Yuri, he paused when he noticed Yuri flinch when he reached Yuri's upper arm; bingo. Little Lord Brat had probably gripped Yuri so tightly Yuri had bruised. He'd inform Conrart and the others about this, but without Yuri himself voicing it he and the others couldn't do much. "If lord brat harms you Yuri, order a guard to seize him immediately and have him placed in the castle dungeons." Ordered Yozak, Yuri didn't know anything yet, and he knew Lord Brat would take advantage of it, just as he had done with the engagement.
"Will do, I promise." Replied Yuri sleepily; Yozak's caresses had sent him into a light daze. Running his fingers along Yuri's back, Yozak watched calmly as his little King drifted off to sleep; he knew Yuri was tired, but he also knew he'd need to be up early for the coronation ceremony tomorrow, and the long awaited medical check-up.
Settling in, Yozak contented himself with a little nap as he watched over his Yuri. And if his eye wondered to the boys stomach…who could blame him?
0-0-0
Sticking his hand into the demon-made waterfall as instructed, Yuri felt a tug. The tug was getting stronger rapidly, 'feeling' the magic around whatever was causing the tug quickly he determined he couldn't feel anything malicious coming from it. Curious, he let the strange magic pull him into the water; though really he didn't have a real choice in the matter.
When the people watching the ceremony noticed their new King disappearing through the waterfall, chaos ensured.
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Arriving in the girls bathroom stall to the sound of Murata talking to someone, Yuri knew.
Whatever that magic was, it had allowed him to travel back to Earth.
He so needed to learn that trick!