Pikeebo: Conrad clenched his fists because he felt Yozak's closer to his brother. Yuuri is slow in picking up if something's wrong or not. As for the happy ending… keep on reading
Chapter 2 No time to waste
"Hey Conrad what are you staring at outside?" Yuuri asked. Even Guinter turned to look at Conrad. "Nothing Yuuri" Conrad said with a smile. Guinter turned to look to what Conrad was staring at and saw Wolfram and Yozak. "Is there something wrong?" Yuuri asked Guinter this time. Guinter saw the look Conrad was giving him and replied "No heika, shall we continue?" Guinter asked and Yuuri turned to his lessons.
"Where are you off to now?" Wolfram asked. "Your brother was kind enough to give me a couple of days off" Yozak said with a smile as he sat on the ground. "Did something happen on your last assignment? Aniue never lets you off unless it's health related." "No, it's nothing like that. I just asked nicely." "So what are you doing here? Wouldn't it be better for you to spend some time off hanging out with some friends since you rarely get vacations?" Wolfram asked shooting another arrow this time it hit the bullseye. "You're my friend" Yozak said. "That is most certainly not true. I would never befriend a human weakling." "You can't fool me with those words, I know you better than that." This time Wolfram smiled faintly. "I guess you're right. Care to spar?" "Why were you crying a while ago?" Yozak asked. "I already told you I wasn't crying." "Yes, you were! And I want to know why" Yozak said with a slightly raised tone. "I'm fine now, so don't worry about it" Wolfram said patting Yozak's head. "Still. I want to know" Yozak insisted. Wolfram sighed. "Even if I don't tell you now, you'll find out soon. Come on, let's talk in my office" Wolfram said. They both left the courtyard unaware of two pairs of eyes watching them, one from Gwendal's office and one from the library.
"I'm surprised to see no cobwebs hanging around, you rarely use your office" Yozak commented as they entered Wolfram's office. "You should try Conrad's office, he never uses it" Wolfram said which made Yozak giggle. Yozak then sat on the long table in the middle of the room and waited for Wolfram to start. Wolfram leaned on his table and began… "I went to see Shinou yesterday, and he told me his fortune-telling of what might happen in the future." "Is it like a regular fortune-telling? Or a future bound to happen that he's seen years before?" Yozak interrupted. "A future he's seen before." "So what will happen?" Yozak asked and met Wolfram's glare. "I'm getting there. Soushu is going to be revived. Neither Shinou nor geika knew where he'll appear. All they know is that either I will be the one who'll stop Soushu or be his vessel." "Vessel? As in you'll be overpowered by Soushu?" "Yes." "Why you? Shouldn't it be bo-chan? He is the king after all." Yozak asked confused. "You're forgetting one thing Yozak, Yuuri wasn't supposed to be the king in the first place. Besides do you think Soushu will ever be able to possess Yuuri who doesn't even carry any sadness or hatred against anyone?" "And you still do don't you kaka?" Wolfram remained quiet. "What do you plan to do now kaka?" "I'm unsure yet but my plan for now is to ally myself with Big Shimaron." "What? How will that help? Won't that aggravate the situation even further? How do you even know Soushu will reappear there?" Yozak exclaimed. "Think about it, if it wants to bring down Shin Makoku whose people had always sealed him away, won't Big Shimaron be the most likely place he'd be?" "And how do you suppose you'll be able to stay at Big Shimaron without getting killed?" "Belal won't be the king for much longer. His nephew, Lanzhill is a bigger fool who only cares for power. I can use that to my advantage." "You can't do that! It's too risky!" Yozak shouted angrily. "Pipe down, you'll catch the attention of the maids" Wolfram said covering his ears. "Sorry, but you seriously can't be thinking of doing this?" "Why not? Where do you think I'll be more easily possessed and controlled by Soushu? Here or Big Shimaron? You know me way better than anyone so you have to know the answer right?" "Yes, but I can't just agree to your plan. Your life is at stake here." "I know, and you'll have to promise to keep this from everyone. No one must know." "When do you plan to leave?" "Next week. Now promise me" Wolfram ordered. "Very well, but on one condition." "What is it?" "Take me with you." "I can't do that Yozak." "Then I'll tell them." "Stop acting like a kid" Wolfram said but saw the seriousness in Yozak's eyes. Wolfram sighed again. "That would mean you would be betraying Shin Makoku and Yuuri, are you willing to face the consequences?" "I've told you before. It doesn't matter who my king is or which country I serve my loyalty and priority will always be you" Yozak said kneeling on one knee. "Thank you Yozak for everything all these years" Wolfram patting Yozak's head again.
That night everyone noticed how quiet Wolfram was and how few he ate. "Don't you feel well Wolfram?" Gretta asked. "I'm fine Gretta. I'm just not hungry that's all." "If you're not feeling well you should let Gizela check you out" Yuuri suggested. "I said I'm fine Yuuri" Wolfram said a little annoyed. "You don't have to be annoyed Wolfram, heika is just worried for you" Conrad said trying to ease the growing tension. "Conrad for the millionth time it's Yuuri. Seriously you're my godfather and the one who named me, you should at least call me by my name" Yuuri reminded without noticing Wolfram had stopped eating. "Sorry Yuuri" Conrad said with a smile. Wolfram wiped remaining food particles off of his mouth and excused himself from the table. "There's still plenty of food on your plate Wolfram" Yuuri said. "I'm full" Wolfram said and exited the dining room. "I wonder what's wrong with Wolfram?" Yuuri asked. "Don't worry heika, I'm sure Wolfram's just tired" Guinter said. "Hopefully" Yuuri said.
After Yuuri and Gretta retired to their room, Guinter, Conrad and Gwendal assembled at Gwendal's office and called for Yozak into the office. Once Yozak was in the room, tension filled the air between Yozak and Conrad. "Did something happen between you two?" Guinter asked worriedly. No one answered. "Both of you rarely disagree on something unless it's something concerning either Wolfram or whose skills are better and we all know you already settled the other since you were kids. So what about Wolfram?" Gwendal asked. "It's nothing, but if there's something going on with Wolfram I want to know about it" Conrad answered but was looking at Yozak than Gwendal. "Something didn't seem right with Wolfram at supper. Do you know anything Yozak?" Guinter asked. "No" Yozak answered. "You're lying" Gwendal said suspiciously. "I don't know anything your excellency." "That's an order Yozak" Conrad said losing his composure. Yozak glared at Conrad. "Why don't you ask him yourself?" Yozak asked. Suddenly Murata barged into the room…. "you shouldn't force him to say something he doesn't want to say" Murata said with a smile. "geika…. But what if Wolfram…." Guinter was cut off. "Wolfram is fine." "Geika, do you know something?" Gwendal asked. "No, but it's getting late. Tomorrow is the annual anniversary of the Shin Makoku military academy, you all better get some rest now. By the way, Yozak you're dismissed." Murata said and Yozak left after nodding respectfully. "There's something I need to discuss with you. Shinou and I have this bad feeling that something might happen, we just wanted all of you to be on your guard." "something bad? Like what?" Guinter asked. "We're not sure, but we have to take precautions. " "Very well" Gwendal said. "Now time to go to sleep. See you all in the morning" Murata said and left the room. "Something bad huh. I wonder what?" Guinter asked. "I'll check what's going on with other countries" Gwendal said. "I'll keep watch of Yuuri" Conrad said.
Murata walked around the corner and saw Yozak leaning against the wall. "That was a close call. I wonder what would be your punishment for disobeying a direct order?" Murata said with a smile. "Probably a night in the cell. How did you know?" Yozak asked as they both headed to Wolfram's office. "Wolfram came to me right after dinner, told me they might come talk to you. As for the location, I guessed" Murata said. "That was just a distraction wasn't it? Telling them something bad was about to happen." "Yes."
When they reached Wolfram's office he was looking out the window directly at the moon. "They're getting suspicious. There's no time to waste, I'm moving my departure date to 3 nights from now" Wolfram said. "That would mean you won't be able to spend a lot of time with them. Are you okay with that?" Murata asked. "I need to act now for their sake. Their safety is all that matters" Wolfram said. Murata sighed. "I don't know how you do it. How could you be so selfless?" "I stopped expecting for something in return since way back." "I'm still coming" Yozak said. "I know" Wolfram said with a faint smile. "I'll do what I'm supposed to do" Murata said with a smile. With that, everything has been planned.
Author's note: Thanks for reading chapter 2! As always comments are greatly appreciated, bad comments are greatly respected. Stay tuned for upcoming events!