ARIUS SIGNALED FOR ATHANASIA to go back inside and he himself was led by his knight to the reception room.
The doors opened wide and in came the little prince, carrying himself with an aura of authority and grace as a royal should. Gunther entered along with him.
"Ah, Prince Arius! I heard you haven't eaten anything since morning, your father was worried about you!" Vivia started lecturing him.
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"Ah mother! Manners! I apologize for your highness, Blessings and Glory upon the future sun of the Obelian Empire." Vincent bowed.
Arius quietly came up to and sat on the couch opposite to them.
"Greetings to you as well."
Vivia stood up and went to sit beside Arius. Arius didn't say anything at her actions since he now knew that his dad didn't like this woman at all.
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"I heard about your sister. I know this must be quite a sudden and surprising incident for you and your father. But you have to stay strong, okay? She'll get better, have hope." Vivia tried comforting him before patting his head.
"...Thank you for your concern, Countess. And you needn't worry, I have full faith that my sister will be up and about in no time." Arius fake smiled, this was so awkward for him, considering Athanasia had woken up.
"Ah, Your Highness, if I may ask, where is His Majesty?" Vincent asked.
"He wanted to spend some time alone, in Athanasia's room." Arius spoke in a fake sad tone.
"Is there a reason you were looking for him? " Arius asked, smiling brightly.
"Er, Well..." Vincent went into a spiral of thoughts.
"Might you take us to the princess's room? we simply need to stand outside the door."
"What? If you have any message I can convey it to him." Arius asked , confused. I mean, why in the world would they stand outside the door?
"If not outside the room , then maybe in a hallway , anywhere close to him." Vivia spoke.
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What.
Anywhere close to him.
What is the actual what?
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ATHANASIA HAD ENTERED THE BEDROOM AGAIN. Surprisingly, Claude was still asleep. Athanasia went up to the bed and layed down.
She felt her chest get lighter after hearing that Claude didn't like that woman.
Athanasia took a deep breath and began smiling while facing the ceiling. Arius had told her Claude was worried about Athanasia when she fell sick.
He rushed here when he heard she had collapsed.
Athanasia was happy. She didn't know why. Why is it that this man she calls daddy affects her emotions so much?
She already gave up on him. She thought she didn't care. But then why? Why, when that countess got closer to him, when that countess took more of his time than she and her brother could, why? Why did she feel sad? Why did she feel lonely? Why did she feel the need to gain his attention back?
She hates this man.
She hates the man who abandoned his daughter once.
She hates him.
And yet, she craves his attention and love.
She hates him,
And yet, she wants to have tea with him everyday.
She hates him,
And yet, she wants to talk to him everyday.
She hates him,
but he's the only father she has.
She was an orphan before as well.
Knowing not the love of mother, nor a father.
Athanasia's eyes became blurry from the tears welling up inside her eyes. She tried to keep them inside her eyes, but what caused them to pour out endlessly was but a single word.
"Athanasia..." Claude, who was laying beside the girl, spoke. His voice sounded so gentle and affectionate. He looked surprised as well, his daughter was awake.
Claude extended his hand to check for certain whether his daughter had awoken or was he simply dreaming.
But before he could peacefully check, Athanasia jumped on her dad and hugged him. "Uwah! Daddy!" Athanasia cried as she squeezed Claude's robes tightly.
Claude sat up straight and tidied his hair a bit before embracing his little princess.
"You...you're awake..." Claude mumbled. Athanasia was sitting on Claude's lap while sniffing.
"Daddy!" Athanasia hugged him tightly.
Claude carefully stood up with Athanasia in his arms and began to observe her.
"You're awake. Does it hurt anywhere?" Claude asked while rubbing her back.
Athanasia shook her head while maintaining her tight grip on her dad.
"Athy's fine! because daddy came to see Athy!" Athanasia spoke in her bubbly voice, but she was feeling better thanks to Claude's visit. She smiled brightly at her dad.
Claude sighed in relief and placed a hand on his daughters head before hugging her. "I...I'm sorry."
Athanasia pushed back from the hug and tilted her head. "What for, daddy?"
"Arius told me. It seems I neglected you both again...I'm sorry."
Athanasia widened her eyes at the scene. Claude was apologizing to her.
B-But why is he apologizing? Me going into a coma was due to the divine beast and the thing with Vivia Lennox was just me and brother overthinking... we were being too inconsiderate, Vivia is Claude's friend from the academy. Brother and I were overthinking it too much. We should be apologizing, not him!
"For now, let's have a magician check you up." Claude spoke as he gently placed Athanasia on the bed.
"Uh...Okay!"
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ON THE OTHER HAND, Arius is currently with the Countless. He stared at her with an irritating glare, the Countess didn't mind that as she smiled.
"Why do you need to be close to Dad?" Arius asked the Countess.
"Oh well...You're too young to understand adult things!" Vivia said in a teasing tone.
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What?
'WHAT? DID I HEAR HER RIGHT?' Arius could feel his nerves popping due to this woman's audacity.
Gunther could feel Arius getting mad too, and tried to cool him down through whispers.
"Your highness...should I take it from here? You seem tired. I'll tell them to visit sometime else."
"...No, instead Gun, Can you bring Cad here?"
Gunther seemed surprised by the request.
"...As you wish."
Gunther quietly left the room and Vincent observed him as he left.
"So Arius! Take us to Claude!" Vivia said in an annoying tone.
She had been speaking for such a long time, that now Arius had a headache. He really was at his limit.
"Countess, please shut up."
Only three words did the trick and Vivia Lennox along with her son were sitting there with their mouths opened wide.
"State your business with His Majesty, or the door." Arius gestured towards the door leading outside.
The lilacs gulped at the tone the young boy was using.
"Ahah Arius~ Come on what's with the tone?" Vivia asked as she laughed nervously.
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The young prince's eyes resembled that of the emperors.
Cold and emotionless.
They could feel the atmosphere slowly becoming chilly.
Chilly, yes. Ice, Snow, Frost. Call it whatever you may, that was Snow's ability. And with the increased synchronization between Snow and Arius, the prince could easily summon snow to him despite them being far away.
And Arius had summoned Snow who was in Sapphire Palace with Raven to the Emerald Place for a small task.
Snow always appears invisible and after being ordered by Arius, he becomes visible. Currently he was sitting on Arius's lap in invisibility.
"It's a simple question. State your business If you have any or else leave. I have better ways to waste my time."
Vivia placed a hand on her head and began scratching it as if thinking of what to say.
"Okay look kid. Your dad requested me to come to the capital for a task and I'm simply fulfilling my duties as his loyal subordinate. This is basically an order from the emperor, so compared to him an order from a prince is not supposed to be followed." Vivia spoke in a serious tone herself.
An order from the emperor?
"What was the order?"
"That's between me and the emperor. Now lead me to him."
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"As I said, he is busy."
"Then we can wait. Outside the room he's in."
Arius gritted his teeth.
"Wait here." Arius stood up and made his way to the door.
"Leaving your guests alone is bad manners." Vivia spoke.
"Firstly, I can't believe you're talking to me about manners, secondly you are not a guest." Arius spoke coldly before shutting the door closed. Leaving the lilacs with a chill down their spine.
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"...Mother I think you went overboard...Prince Arius looks quite angry."
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" Vincent." She glared at him to shut up.
Meanwhile Arius had left the room only to bump into Cadell and Gunther.
"Your highness, you called for me."
"Yea, Athy's awake. You should go to her."
Cadells and Gunther's eyes widened.
"The Princess...is awake?"
"Yep, let's go together since I have something to discuss with my father."
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"THIS...IT'S A MIRACLE. Suddenly all the excess mana within her highness has vanished..." The magician spoke.
"Is her condition stable now?" Claude asked in his old voice since he was still mad at the incompetence of the Palace mages.
"Y-Yes your Majesty. This princess is perfectly fine now. She hasn't eaten anything the whole day so she might have slight weakness but other than that she's fine."
The magician bowed and left.
Athanasia looked at Claude who was standing and observing her.
"Even the mages don't know how you regained stability..." Claude looked at Athanasia and mumbled before going into his thoughts.
"That's because Daddy came to visit me! " Athanasia said once again in her bubbly voice.
Claude just looked at her intently, making her feel embarrassed and awkward of her actions.
Knock!
Knock!
"Come in."
"Ah, Brother!"
Arius smiled at her, "Athy I'll be back in a minute to talk to you."
"Uh..." Athanasia looked confused.
Arius walked up to Claude and said in a cold tone, "We need to talk, dad."
Claude went with his son without any questions, as they left Arius gave Athanasia a look saying, 'Don't worry.'
The door shut and Athanasia was alone in the room. She lazily laid on the bed and began to think why her brother sounded so serious.
Knock!
Knock!
She jolted up and tidied her sleeping gown before saying, "Come in."
The princess's loyal knight stepped inside with a smile on his face.
"About time you woke up, Little Sleeping Beauty." he smirked and Athanasia could feel her cheeks burning up.
"It's just you Cad."
She lazily fell on her bed once again.
"How are you feeling?"
"Completely normal."
"Glad to hear." Cadell took out a small plastic bag from his pocket.
Athanasia looked at the bag intently. And it opened to reveal cookies.
"Are these..."
"Not from Linda's. Ruby made these."
"Really! " Athanasia picked one and took a bite.
"They're delicious!"
"Her timing was perfect. I was running an errand for the vice captain and coincidentally passed through the imperial gates where a few guards told me she was standing outside. She told me she tried several new flavors and wanted you to try them."
"How shweet of hel."
"Not very ladylike of you princess. Either eat or talk."
"Oh come ol, it's justh yuu Cat."
Cadell laughed out at the princess's behaviour.
THE LITTLE PRINCE MARCHED IN THE HALLWAYS with his father following him. They entered the dining room which was currently empty and the prince gestured for his father to sit.
"You ordered Vivia Lennox something? An Imperial Order?" Arius asked, his eyes glowing ice cold.
"Did she annoy you again?"
"Very much so, she's in the reception room and she wasn't listening to what I said over the excuse of following your orders."
Claude sighed, "I'll go deal with her."
"No. You're not going near that woman. And firstly what is this imperial order?"
"Since Felix has gone to Feradona, I asked Vivia to come to the capital. She's an annoying woman but her skills as a swordswomen are as good as Felix. She's been visiting the castle daily to patrol the area and provide help in case any more assassins appear."
Arius was about to say something but Claude began before his son could interject.
"But, I received a report from Felix saying he is returning soon. He will most probably be here in one more day."
"Really!? He is? How did things in Feradona go? " Arius excitedly ran up to Claude with his eyes brimming with curiosity.
Claude placed a hand on Arius's head and said, "Why don't you ask Felix about that when he returns?"
"I will! "
"Now, you should go back to Athanasia, you were worried about her. I'll tell Vivia she can start packing her stuff and leave." Claude stood up
"No, I'll go. You stay with Athy, she'd like to spend more time with you as well."
"But-"
"I'll be fine." Arius smiled.
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ARIUS WENT TO THE RECEPTION ROOM AGAIN, Gunther following him.
"Welcome back your Highness."
Arius ignored them and sat on the couch.
"I have discussed it with the emperor and I will once again ask you to leave."
"I've already said-"
"Felix will be returning soon, The emperor no longer needs your services. " Arius glared at the woman.
"T-Thats still...I'll wait until he returns before I leave."
"Do as you wish, but for now leave the Palace. You can leave the Capital after he returns, but leave the Palace. Now."
Is this how you treat your guests from the countryside? " Vivia fisted her hands and lowered her head.
"I came all the way from the borders. And now you're just gonna kick me out. "
"Mother, calm down..." Vincent spoke from beside her.
"How can I be calm when this little–"
Gunther pointed his sword to Vivia's neck. "Blasphemy against a member of the imperial family is punishable by life imprisonment."
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Vivia shut her lips and bursted out of the Palace.
Gunther and Arius gave out a deep sigh. His knight then asked,"Did I do okay?"
"Perfect work. Keep shutting people up like that for me, please."
"As you wish." Gunther smiled.
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ARIUS MARCHED AGAIN BACK to Athanasia's chamber's and on the way found the two in the dining room. The table was set for dinner and so the family of three began to eat.
It felt nice. All three of them eating once again in peace. They talked about all sorts of things and had loads of fun.
The royal siblings were happy. Really happy.
"There will be a few guests coming along with Felix."
Arius and Athanasia looked at Claude with that look. And Claude immediately began to explain further.
"The Governor of Feradona, Isaac Villareal was killed by some rebels within Feradona." Usually such a subject of killing shouldn't be brought up in front of kids. But Claude knew his children were mature for this. Arius had experienced assassination attempts and Athanasia was also quite calm during those attempts.
"He has four children. The eldest has taken care of the rebels and executed them. They left the mastermind alive and will be bringing him here for me to punish myself. These rebels were also the ones behind your assassination attempts." Claude looked at Arius who nodded.
"So who's the guest exactly?" Athanasia asked, finally gulping down that huge piece of cake she began chewing when Claude started speaking.
"Since Isaac is dead, I must bestow the title of Governor on his successor. So the eldest Villareal will be coming here. According to Felix's report, the youngest siblings would also be accompanying her with the second oldest left to manage the territory."
Athanasia didn't look too excited, while Arius, who was already interested in Feradona, was dying to meet them.
"Daddy, do you know the ages of the younger siblings!" Athanasia was not ready to babysit some children so she absolutely had to ask.
"I don't." Claude said as he drank his tea. Tea, at night. That's Claude for you.
"Dad, do you..." Arius looked at Athanasia, this was very common in his past life so he decided to ask Claude as well.
"Do you know our ages?"
Athanasia also leaned on the table to hear Claude's answer. Claude simply took a long, very long sip of tea.
"..."
"So you don't know!"
"Daddy how could you!"
"Twelfth February and third December." Claude spoke quickly before bringing the tea cup to his mouth again.
"So you know the day we were born but not the year." Arius chuckled.
"Daddy! I'm seven." Athanasia announced.
"And I'm eight. Athy's gonna be eight in a few months."
"I can't believe you don't know our ages." Athanasia pouted.
"You can't forget them now."
"I won't." Claude silently answered.
The family finished their desserts and tea and now it was time for bed. Claude personally went to tuck his children in bed.
First the Emerald Palace,
"Goodnight daddy!"
"Goodnight." Claude leaned forward to kiss his daughter's forehead.
And then the Sapphire Palace.
"Goodnight, Arius."
"No."
Claude stared at his son, tucked in his blankets.
"Dad, did the doctors tell you how Athy was healed?"
"They...didn't know."
"A magician I know healed her, Lucas."
Claude who was sitting at the edge of the bed shifted to a more comfortable position since this conversation might take long.
Arius took a moment to try to explain everything.
"It's better to have Lucas explain her condition to you than myself." Arius concluded after thinking about it.
"Alright. It's getting late. Time to sleep."
"Goodnight, Dad." Arius smiled before turning to the side.
ARC 5 – ENIGMA
"BLESSINGS AND GLORY UPON THE SON OF OBLIAN EMPIRE, I am a newly recruited mage, Lucas." The ravenette bowed before the man sitting on the throne.
The jeweled eyes of the emperor observed the young mage before him. Deciding whether or not he could be trusted.
The young prince stood beside the emperor, looking at the mage with awe. He seemed young, way too young. About the same age as Arius.
Arius can't help but to giggle.
Welp, when I met him he was quite handsome, but now he is quite cute.
"My son told me you healed my daughter." Claude spoke after a moment of observation.
"Yes." Lucas arose from the bowing position and looked straight into Claude's eyes.
"Elaborate how you did it and what the problem was."
And so the long hour began in which Lucas explained the whole of Athanasia's condition, along with future chances of it happening and how he solved it.
Arius became tired of standing through the magician's explanation and ended up sitting on Claude's lap midway.
After Lucas's explanation was finished, the emperor fulfilled his son's request which was to make Lucas Athanasia's playmate.
The prince had said that by being near Athanasia Lucas would be able to keep an eye on her health.
The emperor hesitated at first but gave in to his son's constant puppy eyes.
And so, Athanasia currently sat on the couch of Arius's study room, with Lucas on the opposite couch.
"Athy! This is your new playmate!" Arius who was standing between the two couches spoke.
Athanasia had a blank face. Arius stared at her for sometime, while Lucas proceeded to attack the plate of cookies on the table.
"Your sister's pretty ugly." Lucas commented as he bit a cookie.
Arius waited for Athanasia to get mad or something but she remained the same.
"Athy what's wrong?" Arius asked as he sat beside his sister.
"I never said I wanted a playmate."
"Oh Athy, Lucas is the one who-"
"I don't care. I want Raven."
"Huh?"
"I haven't seen a raven since last night. Brother, the maids can't find him either. I don't need a playmate, I need Raven." Athanasia said with teary eyes.
Arius looked towards Lucas, who avoided his gaze.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen Snow since my time with Vivia.
"Athy, Raven was partially responsible for your health issue."
"But he didn't do it on purpose! You know where he is! Tell me!" Athanasia hit Arius with a cushion.
Arius threw back a cushion, "Even if it was an accident, It could've killed you!" He stood up.
"I don't care!" Athanasia threw another cushion at Arius's face, which he blocked.
The prince attacked with another cushion while shouting, " Dad and I do!"
The two siblings are at each other for a brief second.
Crack!
Their eyes went to the source of the sound, Lucas munching on cookies.
"Oh, don't mind me. Continue." Lucas picked up another cookie and Arius noticed the almost empty plate.
Athanasia threw a cushion at Lucas's cookie stuffed face.
"I don't want a friend who only knows how to eat!" And with that the little princess stormed out of the room.
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"Well, that went well." Arius concluded.
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ATHANASIA WENT TO EMERALD PLACE and took a long, warm bath. She thought about her behaviour and Raven. Ultimately, she felt ashamed to have acted so childishly. But she can't help the fact that she loves small furry creatures.
She came out of the bath and was now having her hair dried and brushed by Lilian.
Dad and I do!
She remembered Arius's words.
"Lily, were brother and daddy worried about me when I was sick?" Athanasia asked.
Of course she knew they were from the fact that Claude was beside her when she woke up and Arius was there too. But she still felt like asking about it.
"Very much. His Majesty ran over here as soon as he heard of you collapsing. The prince was with him. His Majesty stayed here for the duration in which healers came. And he only left to check up on the prince. And not too long after, the prince came to see you as well. He stayed with you for quite some time, before the emperor arrived as well. And then the next thing that happened, you were wide awake. It truly felt like a miracle."
Athanasia leaned on the table in front of her.
"Is something bothering you, my princess?"
"...No, I'm gonna go see brother." Athanasia stated, telling Lilian to quickly tie her hair.
"One moment then."
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ATHANASIA WENT THROUGH THE HALLWAYS of the Sapphire Palace. Her platinum blonde hair was tied into two pigtails which gently fell on her shoulders. She wore a navy blue dress, with baby pink flowers on its waistline. Covering her feet were her comfortable navy blue pumps.
In her hands the princess held a box of chocolate chip cookies, which she intended on giving as an apology gift to the prince.
She roamed the hallways, trying to find her brother. He wasn't in his study, so where would he be? Athanasia wanted to find him herself and so didn't ask any maids either.
She gave up on her search after ten minutes of looking for him. She entered his study and decided to just place it on his desk with an apology note. She picked up a paper and a pen to write the note.
"What're you doing ?" Lucas suddenly appeared behind her.
"UAH." Athanasia screamed as she unknowingly smacked Lucas from beneath the chin and sent him groaning backwards from the pain.
"You! This is the second time you've hit me! What is–"
Smack!
"Sneaking up on me from behind! What is wrong with you!" Athanasia shouted, while landing another snack on his head.
"THAT'S MY QUESTION!" Lucas shouted in annoyance.
"Ugh, so loud." Athanasia covered her ears.
"You're one to talk, that scream probably scares away all other children , and so you don't have any friends."
"Such childish provocation."
"Provocation? Oh no, those were facts."
"Hmph! Where's brother?"
"Meeting a white pup."
Athanasia tilted her head in confusion before realizing what he meant.
IJEKEIL ALPHEUS. Arius went to meet his friend in the garden today. He strode through the rose filled garden.
Everytime he came here he couldn't take his eyes off the beautiful flowers. Each one in a slightly different shade.
He was holding a chessboard in his arms as he walked to the marble roofed pergola.
But as he saw Ijekiel sitting on the chairs in the pergola, there was a bandage on his cheek. The chess board fell to the ground and the pieces scattered.
"Who did this?" Arius marched to the bench and inspected the bandage covering the bluish bruise on his cheek.
"Eheh, Why don't you sit down first?" Ijekiel giggled.
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FLASHBACK
IJEKIEL WENT INSIDE his father's study, fiddling with his hands.
"What is it?" Duke Alpheus asked, not bothering to look up to his son and focusing on the paperwork.
"Father, I don't want to go to Arlanta."
The Duke paused all he was doing and looked at his son. He sighed.
"Why not?"
"I don't want to go away from Obelia."
The Duke narrowed his eyes. "You were willing just a month ago."
"I decided that without thinking too much." Ijekiel placed a sheet of paper on the Duke's desk.
"What's this?"
"A list of Academies in Obelia. They're not as grand as Arlanta's Academy, but if I work hard enough the result would be as good."
The Duke stared intently at the list. Ijekiel was nervous as to whether his father would agree or not, but seeing as how he was actually looking at the list was definitely a good–.
Rip!
The Duke tore the paper in two. "You will go to Arlanta. No more discussion on this. Leave."
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Ijekiel clenched his fists, when he saw his father returning to working on the paperwork.
"I'm only doing this to make it easier for you when you become Duke. Having a wide range of connections can be helpful."
"I can make connections in Obelia! I don't need to go all the way to Arlanta."
"Enough."
"I won't go. I've listened to you my whole life. Why won't you listen to me for once?" Ijekiel asked, trembling with frustration and anger.
Slap!
"You are my successor. You cannot disobey me. You will go to Arlanta. And we will no longer discuss this matter. Now, leave."
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END OF FLASHBACK
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"SO, YOU TOLD TO YOUR DAD about you not wanting to go to Arlanta. And he..."
"He got mad, and we argued and this is the result. Hehe." Ijekiel chuckled as he caressed his hand over the bandage.
Arius observed the boy in front of him. He couldn't help but see a slight resemblance of his past self in him.
"Has the Duke ever raised his hand on you before?"
"..."
"So he has."
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"That was just to discipline me. " Ijekiel added.
"You're defending him?"
"Your Highness, I know the kind of man father is. He cares about connections and power of the throne more than his family and friends."
"He has friends?"
"He cut them off, and turned the useful ones into business partners. For him everyone is a tool."
"I've seen people like him before."
In anime.
But this didn't make sense. Didn't the Duke really love his son in Who Made Me A Princess? So why is it acting like this here?
Arius looked at Ijekiel and felt bad. He was the one who initially told him to object to this and he got hurt because of it. But, the Duke should really be killed for raising a hand on a child.
He extended his hand to touch Ijekiel's check once again and check it. I blew it. Making Ijekiel blush. Arius notice this and move away with a tint of red on his cheeks also
"I'm sorry Kiel, for what he did to you." Arius quickly changed the topic.
"There's no need for you to apologize, Your highness." Ijekiel smiled sadly.
"What your father did was wrong. Even if he had different opinions. Even if he was trying to make your life easier for you. Hitting you is not necessary."
Ijekiel stayed quiet.
"I've decided to go to Arlanta." Ijekiel spoke with finality in his voice.
"I'll study hard, make good connections. And then, I'll become the Duke. But I won't be like my father. Never."
Arius smiled at his friend.
"I should be thanking you, Your Highness. I always believed my father was right. I always simply did as he said. But after spending time with you, I began to question him. I began to think for myself. Make my own decisions. And although my attempts were a failure, I'm still grateful to you since this incident helped me open my eyes a bit."
Okay, what. This isn't what I was intending for.
Arius looked at Ijekiel who looked like a puppy with sparkling eyes admiring Arius.
"...Well I'm glad I helped. When will you be leaving?"
"In a couple weeks."
"I see, and how long will you be there?"
"The Academy years last up to six years. We get holidays in between the years. I'll visit you when I'm here."
"I'll look forward to it."
"Then, should we play a game of chess?" Ijekiel asked as he viewed the pieces scattered on the ground.
"Hmph This time I'll beat you." Arius declared.
And the two friends? then engaged in a match of chess.
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ATHANASIA WAS CURRENTLY ON HER WAY to the Garden to see her brother and sneak a glance at the male lead of Lovely Princess.
Lucas followed her.
"Why are YOU following me?"
"I am your playmate."
"I said, I don't need one."
"That pet of yours which you can't get over, could've killed you."
Athanasia just hmphed and faced the other side.
Lucas groaned in annoyance as he walked in the garden looking for a ravenette.