*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
"H-how are you doing Kasey?" The Maoh asked his friend on the ground beside him (Yuuri was sitting cross-legged on the ground).
Prince Kasimir groaned. Currently he was flat on his back on the pitcher's mound. After playing a really pumped up game of baseball and leading his team to a victory, the prince collapsed backwards and passed out due to exhaustion.
"It's just like His Highness to overstress his body and push past his limits… he was raised as a fighter and as one he just never knows how to quit." Riscard, who was currently kneeling beside the head of his master, commented.
"That sounds like… insubordination… Tio…" The prince managed as he tossed an arm over his eyes. Why is the sun still so damn bright?
"I could never defy your authority nor your strength, Prince Kasimir."
Yuuri blinked and shook his head to himself. "What I don't understand is why you have to be a fighter Kasey. True when we were kids you stood up for the underdogs but…"
Kasey's hands balled into fists for a moment before he shot up into a sitting position, surprising the Maoh. "It's just a little something something on the side to make me all kick ass."
The Maoh chuckled. "You're already bad ass 'cause you're a wind elemental."
Conrad's eyes widened and he looked to his king. "Your Majesty… you knew?"
"Of course I knew. I saw the same thing everyone else saw. As I said before, I'm not as incompetent as I used to be. I do notice things." Yuuri remarked without looking at his Godfather for at that moment his eyes were locked with grey ones. "But you seem to be rusty—or may I say—a beginner in using your element." He said then to the prince. "You have the capability of greater things and I know that you can barely use your powers on human land if at all so I suppose you'll just have to practice here." Yuuri then stood Kasey's head and eyes following him. "I need some practice too in the wind element so if you have time tomorrow we can do a little bit of practice if you're up for it."
"Also remember Yuuri," Sara started as a smile formed on his face, "we also have our conference about Shimaron's unification?"
Yuuri nodded his head. The conference was something the duo did together whenever Sara came to Shin Makoku. It was a way that the king of the human kingdom could update the Maoh since eventually the combined Shimaron would join the alliance with the demon country. It was more for formalities really, a sign of Shin Makoku's support in the unification of both Big and Little Shimaron. "Yes, but that would be later in the day, like late afternoon, and I'm sure we can get some training in… I just won't sign papers tomorrow."
Conrad scoffed softly. "Gwendal will not be too pleased to hear that."
"Pleased?" Gunter asked skeptically. "He will be furious. And no doubt that Gwendal's weakness of cute things—like His Majesty—will him to do more work than normal… and he already does so much."
Yuuri crossed his arms over his chest. "It's not like I ask him to help me out anymore. Maybe when I'm buried in work but that hardly happens anymore since I've been returning to Earth less and less."
Kasey blinked—finally out of his stupor of shock—and shook his head quickly to get him into the swing of things. "So you do return to Earth every so often?"
"Nowadays it's more like once every few months if even." The Maoh shrugged his shoulders. "Either way, time passes faster here so a few months is like an hour over there…" Then Yuuri extended a hand down to his friend which Kasey accepted before being hoisted up onto his feet. "But about that practice session Kasey…"
"I would be honored if you were to help me with it. Mother tried to teach me a bit without actually being able to use her magic and it didn't really help a lot…"
Wolfram crossed his arms, mimicking Yuuri's previous body language. "So your mother was a wind elemental too?"
"That's where I got it from… obviously."
Wolfram's brow twitched as that statement felt like a jab at the blonde lord. "Oh is that so?" He asked through a clenched jaw.
"So it's decided then." Yuuri spoke then, grinning madly. "I'll wake up, go on my morning jog with Conrad, help you train, go to the meeting then—"
"Sorry to interrupt…" Kasey said softly, feeling bad for interrupting since he was raised otherwise. "But do you mind if I join you for your morning jog as well as the meeting? I also run in the mornings—Riscard as my witness—"The prince added when he felt Wolfram's glare on him. Riscard hence nodded. It was true that the prince did run in the mornings since he is after all a warrior. "And I do have my duties that I originally came here for." Invisible question marks floated above the heads of the others during the pause. "The truth is I came here to not only meet the Maoh but I came here to diplomatically assert myself with him." Kasey glanced over at Sara who seemingly tensed under his gaze. "And since the King of Little Shimaron is here too I might as well kill two birds with one stone."
The moment Kasey stopped talking it was apparent to everyone in their group that things had gotten serious within a matter of seconds. King Yuuri nodded his head in agreement. "I have no problem with you accompanying me for the day tomorrow Prince Kasimir. It'll be good to recouple our friendship from before."
"Thank you for allowing me to be in your presence Your Majesty."
*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
Yuuri felt the sweat drop slip slowly down the side of his face. When did this happen? He thought as he and Conrad looked down on the three—count them three—people before them. One of them was of course Kasey and the other Riscard, both on the roll call list so to speak, but Wolfram was not on that list. "Wolf what are you doing?"
"I'm going with you today on your jog." Wolfram answered with the most obvious of statements.
"Yes I can see that but…"
Kasey rolled his eyes, he clearly remembering the slip of the emotions that his childhood friend let escape yesterday afternoon. "Oh come now, Yuuri. Let him come with us. He gets jealous easily and it would be bad if he got the wrong impression of us."
Wolfram glared at Kasey for a bit before scoffing and flicking his head away in that signature move made popular by the blonde demon lord. "I wasn't going to stop him if he wanted to come…" Yuuri began slowly. "Besides… even if I were to tell him he couldn't come with us he'd still follow us like a stalker." Kasey chuckled lowly and Wolfram tensed up in anger. He was not a stalker. He was merely doing his job as a warrior of Shin Makoku and the Maoh's fiancé. "So then let's get going before Greta and Beatrice—"
"Oh Yuuri!" The call came from around the corner. "Yuuri! Come play with us Yuuri!"
"Or let's ride horses together!
"Yuuri!"
"Crap… move it, move it, move it!" Yuuri pushed quickly going out into a sprint ahead of them. Soon after everyone else followed suit as their run around the capital began. Eventually they came by the road that leads to the Temple of Shinou where the prince came to a stop before, Riscard ever at his side. Yuuri paused (causing the whole group to stop) as he turned and glanced back at his friend. "Kasey?"
Kasey jolted faintly before glancing at the Maoh. Laughing nervously he said… "You go on ahead. I just want to pay a visit to the Temple for a bit."
Yuuri smiled at him and nodded, understanding him. The run started back up again and at the same time the two Tauritians jogged up the path, eventually coming to a stop before the gates and the two guards. "Halt!" One of the guards said. "Who are you?"
"Prince Kasimir Ziegler." Kasey replied giving a slight bow to the guards. "And my protector Riscard Tio. I'm an old acquaintance of Lady Ulrike."
The guards squinted their eyes at the two men before them and just as they were about to deny entry (until a later time), Murata came up behind them with a smile. "They're okay ladies. The prince speaks the truth."
"Your Eminence." The guards said at once.
Soon Kasey and his protector were allowed inside the Temple and were led by Murata to Ulrike, Kasey thanking Murata for getting them in on the way. When the doors opened Kasey took in the familiar room with a big sigh. This is where he and his mother had escaped this world for the sole purpose of protecting him from the assassins that were definitely after him.
Flashback:
"Come on Kasimir." His mother urged him, pulling his hand gently as they ran through Shin Makoku towards the temple. For the life of her she would never know why the assassins followed them so religiously just to kill her son (and perhaps her as well). When she thought about it there was some reason to kill her boy from their perspective (his being the next in line and being half-Mazoku being the bigger ones) but to chase them day and night, constantly and even overseas—it was too much. They were both running out of time, strength and stamina. "Come on, son. We're almost there."
"Mama I can't." Young Kasimir whined. His hood had fallen down a long time ago when a pair of assassins popped out of nowhere while the two walked through the countryside on their way here (the start of their life-or-death sprint that they were currently going through).
His mother glanced back at him. She had tried to disguise him, going as far as dressing him as a young girl and calling him Kasia when they were in public. She even disguised herself (dying her brunette hair blonde, putting brown contacts in to cover her grey ones and changing her name) but they were still found out as if they were better off not going through these extra precautions at all. "You have to Kasimir—you just have to! You have to live! You have to assume the throne when you're older! That lord…" The prince's mother clenched her teeth together.
The Tyrannical Ashur Tansil… how could he become the king? The man was completely insane and so controlling. She had no doubt that Tyrannical Tansil will no doubt turn the monarchy into a dictatorship in disguise. And his right hand man Geir Hynson—he was no better, not worse than Tansil, but definitely not better. The whole Hynson family in fact is all horrific…
Suddenly her son's hand slipped from her and she came to a quick stop and looked back. Kasimir was lying on the floor; he had tripped over a stone, and was getting up himself when she suddenly felt the wind shift. Her eyes widened as she noticed a black shape getting closer to them from behind some trees. "Kasimir!" She yelled as threw her hand out, wind gusting from behind her towards the figure, blowing him off his feet as she grabbed her son and picked him up in her arms. Without a second's hesitation she floored it, running straight to the place her dream had told her to go—the Temple of Shinou.
When she reached the gates she was stopped by the guards. "Oh, please! Let us in! They're trying to kill my son!"
The guards were taken aback but before anything else could happen Ulrike opened the gates herself, shocking the guards. "We've been expecting you Lady Estel. Please come in, we haven't got time to spare."
"Oh thank Shinou! And bless you!" Estel cried as she entered through the gates, they closing behind her.
"Call me Ulrike, please." The maiden said as she then led the two into the courtyard where the fountain was. "I need to explain to you what will happen Lady Estel." Ulrike began as Estel silently placed her son back on the ground, her hand tightly grasping his smaller one. As Ulrike explained the process, young Kasimir stared at the shrine maiden thinking that this "girl" was too young to be as important as his mother made her out to be. But Kasimir knew that she was a demon like his mother and that she will most definitely not age like humans but still… "Do you understand?"
"Yes I do but… how will he be able to return?"
"The Earth Maoh will assist you when the time comes. I can assure you that the Great One will keep a connection with him. When the time comes your son will return back home."
Estel felt the tears spring to her eyes. Her son would be safe. Those assassins can't chase them into a whole other world. Sure she was nervous—going to a whole other world was very nerve racking—but she would do this for her precious boy, her little prince charming. "Thank you for this… oh and thank the Great One too…" There was a pause and then the prince's mother slowly pushed her son forward. "This is Prince Kasimir Ziegler, Lady Ulrike."
Ulrike blinked before she giggled. "He certainly is very cute." The young prince giggled and blushed. He may have been ten but he still looked like he did when he was five years old so he was really tiny, and it didn't help that he was short to begin with (he got that from his mother who stood at only four feet ten inches). "I will be awaiting your return Your Highness." Ulrike said, bowing to the boy.
The prince blinked. It would be the first time anyone had called him His Highness. His mother called him by his name and little pet names but never formally like so and he never really got to see his father. Sure when he was younger but when the war became really tough the king couldn't spend time with his wife and son and then… "T-thank you Lady Ulrike…"
A commotion was heard at the gates and Ulrike quickly began to urge the two into the fountain. "I hope you have a nice and safe life in this other world. Please have great care and try to live as normally and peacefully as you can, for your sakes."
"Thank you again Lady Ulrike." Estel said as she helped her son into the fountain, he whimpering from getting his clothing wet.
"It's no problem Lady Estel. I am just glad you made it here before anything bad happened."
"Yes… thank you… again." Estel said through tears of happiness.
They stood in the center of the fountain and within moments they were gone and in another country in another world… Japan.
End flashback:
Ulrike turned around when she heard the doors open. Kasey breathed in and smiled. The shrine maiden hadn't changed one bit. "Lady Ulrike." He called to her before he continued to walk towards her.
"Your Highness." She called back to him, meeting him in the middle. "It's a pleasure to see you again. You surely have grown from the last time I saw you."
He nodded his head. "It was so long ago…"
"It was." She smiled at him sweetly, a smile he returned.
"This is my protector Riscard Tio."
"My lady." Riscard greeted bowing to her. She bowed back in response.
"And I am Shinou." A voice came from the side. The Great One then walked from the shadows and approached the small group. "I finally get to meet the prince of Taurogo face-to-face. I'm glad you could make it to Earth and back alright Your Highness."
Kasey was sure surprised to see Shinou before him but nonetheless he bowed deeply to him. "Thank you for assisting my mother and I. You saved our lives."
Murata watched with a small smile. It was like watching a family reunion. Here was this half demon prince who really has no close connection to these two beings and here they are, talking and laughing together as if they knew each other for ages. And you know what? Murata thought as his smile grew. Maybe they really did… in their hearts.
*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
"You're too tense Kasey, loosen up a bit… you are the wind Kasey. Just keep on repeating that to yourself in your head. 'I am the wind… I am the wind'." Yuuri coached the prince as he too brushed up on his wind magic.
Kasey stopped and shot Yuuri a disbelieving look. "Really Yu-chan? 'I am the wind'? What kind of a saying is that?"
Wolfram laughed sharply once. "A wimp saying."
Yuuri sighed and decided to ignore that while Kasey broke into a smile. He was totally loving the interaction between the two fiancés—it was absolute perfection. Yuuri didn't even know why the fire wielder was here. He along with almost everyone else (Gunter, Sara, Berius, Conrad, Riscard, Murata even Gwendal were all present). He was starting to actually feel self-conscious about his teaching methods. "As I was saying… you could at least produce some sort of whirlwind or something… like this." Yuuri flicked his wrist out in front of him and where he pointed his hand to a small but still pretty impressive whirlwind was produced, picking up the leaves and sand that was in the area.
The prince of Taurogo nodded. He at least understood that everything required hand movements and some serious concentration. It was the getting the power to make wind that was difficult. He hasn't used his magic in over a decade; it was bound to be very extremely rusty. "Like so?" Kasey mimicked the movement and before him a larger but uncontrolled whirlwind gusted forth, steering off track and running straight into Yuuri, effortlessly knocking him onto his ass.
"Kasey!" The Maoh whined.
The prince chuckled nervously. "Sorry Yuuri…"
*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
In the conference room in Blood Pledge Castle, three heads of royalty and their respective guards were minutes into their meeting. As the two kings and prince sat at the table, Yuuri sitting at the end of the table while Sara and Kasey flanked him, the guards stood together along the wall, watching their masters do their work.
"I know this meeting was originally supposed to be about the Shimaron unification but I would like to start off with Prince Kasimir." Yuuri began, glancing at his childhood friend as he propped his elbows on the table and clasped his hands together above them, creating an upside 'v' with his arms.
"Is that so?" The prince asked with a smile. "Well I really don't know what it is you want to know about my country or myself, King Yuuri, unless you state it."
"Just tell me about your country a bit and your intentions that you mentioned yesterday."
"Ah yes. To begin with you know that King Asshole—oh, my apologies, I forgot we're being formal now—King Ashur Tansil is the current king of Taurogo and he's merely a lord that took over the position of king when I was expelled from my own country along with my mother. I seek to reclaim the throne but regulations state in my country that unless the next in line is of blood relation then there's nothing I can do until he dies."
Sara raised a brow. "If that's so then how did he become king and you did not?"
Kasey scoffed. "I would have if the humans in my country didn't hate demon bloodlines as much as they do… they chased my mother and I out."
"Then what makes you think they'll accept you now?"
"I don't." Kasey confessed. "That's why I've been campaigning like crazy in Taurogo, trying to get the civilians to give me a chance." The prince sighed and leaned back in the chair, crossing his arms before him as he did so. "To be honest I doubt I have any supporters in Taurogo besides Riscard and he doesn't count." Riscard nodded his head slowly. It was true—they had a whole conversation on this before you know…
"So if you do become king, Prince Kasimir…" Yuuri began. "What would you do?"
"First thing's first I need to reform the structure of my country. Tyrannical Tansil—I mean King Tansil—is actually a dictator disguising himself as a king and the people don't see him otherwise because all they see is the lord that rushed the demon spawn prince out of the country all those years ago." He shrugged his shoulders then. "I don't really mind about that so much though. I know the king for what he is and I know that somehow I will reveal him to the public… but after that's all said and done I would like to join the alliance that the Maoh has so gracefully produced over the past eight years of his reign."
With that Yuuri smiled. Kasey's and Sara's countries were practically alike. They both need to go through some sort of reform or obstacle before they even seen to join the alliance with Shin Makoku. "That would be great for you know only the Shimarons, Taurogo and three other smaller countries are the only ones who have yet joined the alliance."
Kasey straightened back up in his chair and folded his hands together on the table. "I'm sorry to say that the Triplicate, those three countries you're talking about, they're very nepotistic* and they really don't give a shit—again sorry. They're on our eastern border (that is if you're looking with your back to the sea) and they're the farthest away from anyone who might give them any problems, i.e. Shimaron." Kasey glanced at Sara and gave him a partial shrug. "They wouldn't even join is Shimaron joined… it would have to be Taurogo."
"What makes you say that?" Sara asked.
"We're right there next to them," Kasey began to explain, "and their countries hate demons too but not to the extent of Taurogo… if we become allied with Shin Makoku then demons are bound to come to the bowl-shaped, mostly craftsmen and farmer residing, country… and when I mean 'bowl-shaped' I literally mean it. Taurogo is pretty much a valley that has the seacoast to the south and cliffs on either side before it rounds about the highest point in the kingdom which is a plateau with the Castle of the Two Flowing Winds from the Sea and Stone (Winds Castle for short) sitting upon it…"
Yuuri chuckled. "Long name for a castle… but that's okay because my country's name is like super 'humongo' long…" Kasey smiled as a result.
Sara covered up a yawn with his hand. "Sorry about that." He apologized before he started to get to business. "But you are planning on joining the alliance ultimately—that is if you become king?"
"Most certainty." Kasey responded. "It's the same with you no doubt. Unify the two Shimarons before becoming allies with Shin Makoku, even though you and Yuuri are already allies."
"If we're going to talk about being allies…" Sara began slowly, a smirk climbing onto his face. "Then let's talk about that sword of yours."
Yuuri blinked before it hit him. He had completely forgotten about his childhood friend's sword that he came into the throne room with. "That's right. Thanks King Saralegi for reminding me." Looking at the prince the Maoh continued. "That sword… it's a holy sword isn't it?" Kasey's face twisted in something of a bit of uncertainty and slight stress. Upon seeing this, the Maoh quickly added… "You don't have to tell us you know… if you're not ready."
"No it's not that it's just that…" Kasey sighed heavily. He's going to have to tell them eventually so might as well… "It's actually quite the opposite. My sword is actually a demon sword."
"Wha—at?" Yuuri asked comically though he was truly surprised. "But that sword's too pretty to be a demon sword."
Meanwhile somewhere in the castle, hanging upon the wall, Morgif the demon sword sneezed—someone just talked smack about him… but who…?
"Oh but it is… it's actually Mullen Desoive Eligh De Morgif's pair…"
"Wha—at?"
"Please Yuuri…" The Maoh then muttered a 'sorry' and the prince continued on with his sword's story. "My sword's name is The Rising Wind of the Falling Sun, Sun Wind for short, and she was taken out from Shin Makoku millennia ago in a war by Taurogo and was hidden away in Winds Castle for generations as a prize but no one sought to retrieve the sword since she's pretty much useless unless she is wielded by a wind elemental… hence why no human could use it and why it's currently in my procession…" And I had to practically steal here from the crown…
Conrad on the wall narrowed his eyes. Of course he's heard of The Rising Wind of the Falling Sun before but he thought it was a myth. No one has seen that sword for, well, millennia and to it to suddenly show up here in Shin Makoku in the hands of a half-Mazoku prince of a human country who just happened to be Yuuri's old childhood friend seemed too good to be true. "When you say 'useless,'" Sara began then, now completely intrigued in the prince and his sword (AN: damn power hungry king…), "what exactly do you mean by that?"
Kasey chuckled, almost crazily to himself. "Like she can't even cut through butter—like useless useless."
Meanwhile somewhere in the castle, lying underneath a bed, Sun Wind the demon sword vibrated—someone just talked smack about her… but who…?
Yuuri laughed. "I can relate. Morgif's pretty useless too most of the time."
"Oh he's here? I'm sure Sun Wind would be glad to see him again… it's been years."
"Oh yeah. We should re-introduce them again at some point and—"
Sara cleared his throat. "Excuse me, but we do have more work."
"Ah yes." Yuuri said, getting his mind back on work. "I guess we'll move onto the Shimarons now…"
Kasey bowed his head and stood, causing some confused gazes towards him. "This is where I leave. This matter is between the kings of Shin Makoku and the Shimarons and not a prince of Taurogo. I think I'll leave you guys to this while I practice some more. Thanks for allowing me to be here during your meeting."
"Oh… it's no problem at all Kasey. But you don't want to—"
"Sorry for interrupting… but I really shouldn't. I'll be taking my leave now; have fun Your Majesties. Come Riscard."
And with that the prince of Taurogo and his protector left the conference room, leaving the two kings to privately discuss the progress of the unification of Shimaron.
*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
"Well that was interesting… not…" Kasey commented as he and Riscard rode their horses to the practice field they were at earlier in the day.
"But that is what Your Highness is expected to do."
"I know… but I still wish we didn't have to be so damn formal. It pisses me off… I just want to make some goddamn friends goddamn it!"
"… Should His Highness really swear that much?"
"What are you my mother?"
"…"
Kasey laughed then. "Sorry Riscard… that was totally a normal Earth response right there."
"…"
"Silent treatment now, huh? Two can play at this game!" Suddenly fire burned from over the hill that overlooked the practice field and the two rushed their horses over the hill only to see Lord Wolfram practicing by himself. The flames burned around him in a controlled manner while he swung his sword towards them, using the flames as his targets. Kasey watched in awe and actually felt himself blush for it was just so cool to see a fire wielder that advanced work. "That's so cool!" The prince yelled as he jumped off his horse and rushed towards Wolfram who abruptly stopped his training when he heard the yell. As Kasey came running to him he turned his back to the prince and gripped his sword tighter. "Hey Wolfram!" Kasey greeted as he joined him, Riscard coming up behind him as he walked both their horses closer. "That was amazing. You really are an awesome person." Kasey chuckled and grinned broadly at him (though the blonde lord wouldn't know because he had his back turned to the prince). "You are just the person I would see engaged to the Maoh—so accomplished and beautiful and—"
"Shut up!" Wolfram snipped at him and his grip on his sword tightened even more. Kasey stood there stunned and beside him Riscard tensed and moved to react to his prince being yelled at but Kasey shot a hand out before him, a signal to stop what he was doing. Kasey dropped his arm and stared at the back of the boy's blonde head with a static face… something was off… "Just s-shut up…" The lord repeated again as his voice shook.
"Wolfram…? What's wrong?" The prince gently pressed forward.
The demon lord remained quiet, all three of them did, and as the silence stretched Wolfram's control thinned. From seemingly out of the blue Wolfram's body shook with a huge sob and his free hand rose to cover his face and he gushed out. "It doesn't matter what I do… he always is just so distant from me and… and I-I-I love him and he doesn't even…" Sobs shook the boy's body and Kasey felt his heart get tugged by Wolfram's words. It was no doubt he was talking about Yuuri… "It's been eight years and not once… not once has he…"
Kasey moved forward then and placed a hand on his shoulder only to have it slapped away from him as Wolfram turned on his heels and glared at him, moisture gathering up in his eyes, tears that he refused to let drop. "Listen to me Lord von Bielefeld…" Kasey began; keeping his voice strong and sure in hopes to convince the demon of the truth without completely throwing his friend's emotions out there completely to his fiancé (it was obvious to Kasey that Yuuri was very shy when it came to his fiancé). "Yuuri may not show his feelings constantly, or at all it seems, but he does things, subtle things that constantly tell you how he feels about you. Just think about it… why would he stay engaged to you for eight whole years if he didn't feel if even a fraction of the love you feel for him? It doesn't make any sense I mean he's the Maoh. Not to make you feel worse but he could have anyone he wanted and yet he still remains engaged to you—and faithful to you might I add."
"You don't even know him." Wolfram nearly threatened as he rubbed his eyes free of any moisture.
"Yes, you're right. I don't know him. All I know is the five to seven year old kid version of him and not his current twenty-four year old self but people don't change so much and so abruptly, no matter how many years pass. He… he…"
"Just shut up." Wolfram softly said as he sheathed his sword and without another word started his way back to his horse that was waiting for him obediently on the other side of the field.
Kasey and Riscard stared after the lord as he soon rode away, disappearing into the distance. "This isn't good…" Kasey stated softly.
"No it isn't." Riscard agreed, the both of them still staring at the point in which Wolfram disappeared into.
"That idiot… no, correction, those idiots… their love for each other is going to ruin them."
"I agree."
The prince sighed then and looked away, feeling really shitty about himself for not being able to be of much help in this situation. "Come on Riscard… I don't feel like training anymore…"
"… Shall we go to the Temple of Shinou again?"
"… Sure…"
*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*
Chapter 5 done and so far I think it's the longest chapter… go me. But then again... Wolf was a bit OOC at the end there...
If my calculations are correct then the next chapter (or the one after… probably the one after the next) will contain the 'M' rated stuff and thus will be the end of Act I for you see I have this one piece of notebook paper that has my whole story (all 3 Acts) mapped out before me with bunch of notes everywhere and I can somewhat project the path of this fanfiction so… yeah. According to my handy-dandy paper too Act I and Act III will be short/mid length while Act II will most defiantly be the longest so there you have it…
The following information is not important to the story which is why I left it out and put it here.
*Nepotism is the patronage bestowed or shown on the basis of family relationship as in business or politics. In this case the northern most country is led by the cousin of this brother and sister pair (the sister is older) who is the legitimate heir to his kingdom (he's married to a baroness). The middle kingdom is led by the sister who married into royalty. Finally the brother assumed the throne in the southern kingdom because he won the duel against the king (he's not married).
The names of the kingdoms going from north to south are… Montañas do Norte (Northern Mountains in Galician), Centra Montetoj (Central Hills in Esperanto), and Llanuras del Sur (Southern Plains in Spanish). I only gave them names for fun and to mess around with Google Translate.
End of omitted information that was not important.
I wonder if Sara will have more lines later… I think he will but it won't be until Act III… I'm pretty sure of it… oh well…
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