A few days passed and Conrad, just like the doctor said, was up and doing his usual thing. When others would ask him about his condition, he would just smile and wave them off saying that he was fine. Yuuri wasn't convinced though. After hearing Josak's cryptic words days before, he had started to get curious about what Conrad was doing at nights. He must have been doing something he couldn't tell anyone about but Yuuri couldn't imagine what.
After a week of recovery, while Yuuuri and Wolfram slept, josak nuck into their room to wake Yuuri up. With a single nod from Josak, Yuuri jumped out of bed, careful not to wake up the slumbering prince who insisted on sleeping next to him.
"You know, Josak," Yuuri muttered as he got dressed. "Considering I'm the king and everything, I'm starting to worry about my safety if anyone can easily get into my room without a single problem."
Josak softly chuckled and replied. "You forget, your majesty, im not just anyone." Yuuri couldn't argue with that. Josak had a way of doing the impossible without any problems. Like some ninja from an action movie.
Josak snuck them through the castle, passed the guards and through a secret exit within a couple of minutes. The fact the man knew his way around the castle better than most of the guards didn't escape Yuuri's notice and he decided to talk Josak into being a guard one of theses days. With his skills, he could definitely give Conrad a run for his money.
The duo got onto a horse hidden in the forest and rode for about a hour. Soon bright lights lit up the area. Still unsure how this bright town remained hidden at all, he was shocked when Josak pulled him from on top of the horse and onto the ground.
"Conrad's here?" He asked looking around the place. There were people everywhere. Mostly men and women. The place was luminous and loud. It reminded Yuuri a lot of the red light district he'd read about back inJapan.
Josak interrupted his thoughts by slamming a hat onto his head. The thing was similar to what a person would where if it was cold out. Before he could ask, Josak grabbed his hand and dragged him along the streets.
"Even though you are disguised at the moment, your majesty," He said, addressing Yuuri's now brown hair and green eyes. "Conrad would still recognize you so we have to take proper precautions." Yuuri figured that the older man was right. One really couldn't argue with such facts. Especially since Conrad's the one who made up the disguise in the first place.
Josak lead Yuuri though alleyway after alleyway until the met a brightly street once again. But before they met the road, something occurred to Yuuri. He knew that they were following Conrad but why was he in such a place?
"Josak?" He said, pulling the bigger man to a stop. "I know Conrad and you. I figured Conrad was doing something dangerous and you wanted me to stop him but you're not the kind of guy to lead me into danger. So if Conrad isn't doing something that could kill him, what is he doing that causing him to do such weird things?"
Josak said silent for a while. Then he looked back and smiled. "Just because he's not doing something life or death dangerous," The man pulled him until Yuuri stood in front of him. With his hands on his back, Josak whispered. "Doesn't mean you wouldn't be in some kind of danger. But don't worry, it'll be sweet." Without waiting for Yuuri to respond, Josak pushed the young king onto the street. Yuuri turned around but he knew Josak was already gone.
With a single forlorn sigh, Yuuri got up andsearched for his wayward godfather/bodygurad like he had planned to do. What would he find? He wondered.