Give Wolfram Back To Me
A Kyou Kara Maoh Fanfiction.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot. Otherwise, this wouldn't be a fanfiction.
All rights belong to Tomo Takabayashi, Temari Matsumoto, and Studio Deen
Chapter 22
*Let's rewind a bit*
(Damian's POV)
We started to introduce ourselves to the party from Shin Makoku.
"I am King Nestor Zedler." my father said.
"I am Queen Amanda." mother followed shortly.
"I am Prince Adan, the first son." he said the 'first son' with emphasis.
"I am Prince Damian, second son." They all locked their eyes on me. Well, what do I expect? I mean they already know that I'm the one who kidnapped Wolfram.
"W-Welcome to our home..." I spoke again. Stuttering a bit because of the uneasiness I feel from all the eyes looking at me murderously.
The king then averted his eyes from mine and started to introduce his party.
"I am King Yuuri Shibuya, 27th maou of Shin Makoku." he said with so much authority... I thought he was the happy-go-lucky-type with the stupid back-head scratching and goofy grin just like what's written in Wolfram's diary?
"This little girl by my side is Princess Greta Shibuya. My adoptive daughter." then that said little girl curtsied.
Then someone spoke. A big man with gray hair and blue eyes, wearing green, narrowed his eyes on me. "I am Lord Gwendal von Voltaire. First son of the 26th maou of Shin Makoku, Chief-of-state, Lord of the Voltaire lands, one of the Ten Aristocrats." This is one of Wolfram's brothers! He's so intimidating... His voice is with absolute authority and his eyes just tell me that he is not to be mess around with.
Again someone then spoke, the one who stood beside Gwendal. He has hazel brown hair and eyes, the same color with his clothes. "I am Lord Conrart Weller. Second son of the 26th maou of Shin Makoku, Lion of Luttenberg, the maou's royal bodyguard." another of the protective brothers of Wolfram. This one has one hand on the hilt of his swor, ready to strike me anytime. I can feel both the murderous intent emitting from their beings. Boy, both of Wolfram's big brothers are too protective of him!
Then a beautiful lady stepped forward and looked at me. She looks like a doll. "I am Lady Cecilie von Spitzweg. Former and 26th maou of Shin Makoku." This is Wolfram's mother?! I mean, yeah, she also has that blond hair and green eyes ...But she looks so young! She even looks younger than her first son!
But before I can continue with my thoughts, their king spoke once again. "Let me introduce to you the rest of the party.
These are the Land Lords or the aristocrats... the representatives of each land of Shin Makoku. This is Lord Waltorana von Bielefeld..." the uncle of Wolfram who's not written in the diary! " I believe that you already know him since you are doing trade with the Bielefeld lands. And this is Stoffel von Spitzweg... he is the brother of the 26th maou. This is Gunter von Christ, one of my advisors." He is the one who wrote the letter! "And this is..." and so on.
They all look so regal, so respectable. Their presence itself speaks of elegance, nobility, grace, authority and so much more!
After the whole party was introduced...
"Let's come in first. Let us talk in our gardens..." said my father.
"We want to see Wolfram. Where is he?" their king said right after.
"You will see him...he is in this castle, I can assure you. We will even show you to the room he is staying. But first, there are some important things we need to discuss with you that worries me." father stood his ground. What could these 'important things' be?
King Yuuri seemed disappointed but said anyway, "Very well."
After a little walking, we're already in the gardens and I noticed there is a table prepared with 25 chairs around it. Well there are four of us... and the party from Shin Makoku is twenty in all, who is the last chair for?
.
.
.
Oh! For Wolfram, why didn't I think of that.
"Please make yourselves comfortable." my mother gestured to the chairs. Our guests did as told. We noticed that they seated themselves beside each other with their king in the middle ...but they left the chair beside their king (left side) empty. So they're saving a seat for Wolfram beside their king's.
When father seated himself, right across the king of Shin Makoku, my mother, I and my brother did as well.
"I would like to ask if are really planning to war with us, as according to the letter?" my father asked bluntly.
The whole party from Shin Makoku looked angrily at the one named 'Gunter von Christ'. Oh, right... he is the one who sent the letter. Maybe they really didn't want to include that to the letter but this Gunter cannot hold his emotions and wrote something threatening to our country that can be really suspected as just one of the things they will do if we don't give Wolfram back... or maybe they may really do it but they didn't want to include something that awful in the letter but this Gunter did anyway.
Then one of Wolfram's brothers, Gwendal, spoke. "We apologize for the way the letter we sent to you turned out. It's just that the one who wrote the letter just cannot hold his emotions and poured it into the letter. But of course, we also consider this 'war' as a possibility if you keep my brother from us. We would be forced to use violence. But as our king preferred peaceful ways more than bloodshed, we are here to see if we could talk the matter out."
"Thank goodness." Said my mother. Well, it's really a relief to hear that.
Then maids came, carrying tea and something to eat. After serving us, they left immediately leaving us to continue our discussion without audience.
" The reason why the trades between your country and ours were stopped is due to the kidnapping of Wolfram, right? I can assure you that we do not intend to keep Wolfram from you and just like we said to our sons and Wolfram, he will have to return home eventually." Said father. The trades have stopped! I didn't know that! He never mentioned something like that before... now that is some serious thing. We trade our jewelries with Shin Makoku in exchange for their crops and many more... without the trade, there would be scarcity and our country will be starving!
"I assume that you do not have any knowledge of your son's plan of kidnapping my nephew until recently?" asked Lord Waltorana.
"Yes. What they did is most certainly something we do not approve of." Said my father. Well, what kind of father wants their son to be a kidnapper.
"So if we let Prince Wolfram go home with you, I hope that our trading will continue as it is before. Our country will suffer scarcity and starvation if you do not. A big portion, more than half, of the crops we use here are from your country."
"If you let Wolfram return with us, and he is unharmed from the day he was kidnapped until the day of our departure...You may expect it." Said Lord Karbenikoff and Bielefeld.
Again, we release a sigh of relief. Good thing Wolfram is still safe and obviously no harm has been brought to him. Heck, even if these people don't say it, I won't let it!
"So why kidnap my son?" asked Lady Spitzweg, the first time she spoke when we started this talk in the garden. Right now, she doesn't seem to be the flirty and the optimistic mother like said in Wolfram's diary. But then again, I don't expect her to be so nice to her son's kidnappers.
"That is something we would like to discuss to you later, together with Prince Wolfram. I know that what we did is something wrong but we have our reason for it." My brother beat me to it. W-wait... Did he just...
"By the word 'we'...you mean you have taken part in the kidnapping?" asked Wolfram's mother. The whole Shin Makoku party looking at my brother intently. He did it on purpose... I just know it. He won't let me take all the blame and murderous intent.
"Yes... so please don't be too hard on my little brother just because he is the one who kidnapped Prince Wolfram. I was the one who put all those stuff in his head and convinced him to do it. I was the mastermind." My eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. Did my brother just say that infront of these people?! He's insane!
"I see..." Lady Spitzweg eyes narrowed. But so are the eyes of the others.
"Like I said, I have my reason for it." My brother confidently said.
"So how are you accommodating my brother since his 'arrival' here?" asked the brown-haired brother of Wolfram.
"Ahh, you must not be worried about that. He has the best room prepared for him to stay in and even has a personal attendant n case he needs something. He is given all his needs and even wants. We make sure that he is comfortable here and we assure that no harm has ever been brought to Wolfram since his arrival here in the castle." I said... wow, I finally spoke! Well, actually it's true that harm has ever been brought to Wolfram since his arrival in the castle but it doesn't count when we were still at the shack... He was attack by a Giant Smilodon and even my brother doesn't know of it.
"I'm glad of what you have said to us ...but could you please elaborate and make it more detailed..." said Conrad. Eyes narrowed with an obvious frown.
And so I did. My brother and parent help me in some parts. They kept on asking questions about Wolfram's well being. Then one particular question came...
"Has he been eating right? Did he ever skip a meal?" asked the green-haired lady... If I recall correctly, she's Gunter's daughter with a name that starts with 'G' as well.
"Well... he skipped dinner last night..." my brother started.
"And there are times that he wants his meal just to be brought in his room just like his breakfast this morning." I finished.
"Those meals brought in his room... is he eating it all? Or was he even able to finish the food in the plate?" she continued to ask.
"We were also worried about that so we keep on asking his personal attendant, Catherine, whenever his food will be brought to his room. Well, Catherine says that he's eating it." My brother said.
Then, the little girl spoke for the first time from when she arrived here. "Where is Papa Wolfram? I want to see him." She said in a soft voice.
We then exchanged looks and y father said.
"We can continue discussing later. Maybe it's time you see Wolfram to ease your worries. Please follow us." Father stood up and so did we all. I'm surprised he knows where it is, but then again... it's impossible for him not to know since this is his castle.
We arrived at the hall way where Wolfram's room is at.
"Wolfram's room is the last in this hallway." Said father while gesturing at the hall way and then continued walking. When we arrived in front of Wolfram's room... "I figured you would want to be the one to open the door." Father said and moved aside to let the party from Shin Makoku open the door themselves.
My family and I went at the back of the group and just stood there waiting for one of them to open the door. Then their king and his daughter stepped forward. And when the princess nodded at their king and let go of his hands... the king moved closer to the door and opened it.
When the door opened, I was in awe. Wolfram is looking out the window, back facing us, bathed in the gold of sunshine. He is wearing white clothing that hugs his figure all over, shows all of his curves. The time seemed to stop for me when he turned around. No one can be more beautiful than him.
When the king ran to him and hugged him tight, I suddenly felt an urge to pull them apart but I just know I can't do that. All the more because this king is Wolfram's 'FIANCE'. I anyone has the right to hug him whenever he feel like it, it's this king. I know I don't have any right or any claim on Wolfram... I don't even think I have the right to be jealous... but all to hell, because I am so damn jealous.
Then my brother touched my clenched hand, in which I didn't realized that was clenched until then.
(To Be Continued)