Lucan immediately blocked the way and pushed the girl away a bit so she wouldn't harm anyone with the knife.He scowled at her, "Are you being serious right now? A knife? Why are you behaving like a kid? Can't you see that I brought a visitor along with me?"The girl pouted her lips and tried to apologize cutely, hoping to get off the scolding easily."I am so sorry. I was just excited to see you. I haven't seen you in like... days. You promised to come back the next day, but you didn't. The fish I kept for you got spoiled because I couldn't sell them off to someone else, as they were originally meant for you and had your name labeled on them already. It was wasted."Lucan joined his palms together and pushed them right in between them to apologize,"That was bad of me and I apologize. Although it wasn't my fault as my boarding pass to come out of the camp wasn't accepted, I had to stay in for some time. I also couldn't stop thinking about you, but there was no way for me to reach ou
"I told you that it was going to work," Lucan chuckled after Valen had happily told him the effect of his advice yesterday."I was surprised,""Dealing with the Lycanis when they are not in the bloody form is as easy as dealing with a baby. Not many people realized that, but then it depends on which Lycanis it is. Whatever trick that you can pull off on Aldridge can never work Iza and vice versa." Lucan educated him and the two of them started walking away from the dinner hall where they had both agreed to meet, taking the gates after giving their boarding pass each before they were allowed to step out."Now that we are talking about the two of them, I am quite interested in knowing more. Iza is scary, and just during our first meeting, I knew that we wouldn't get along with each other.""No one has ever gotten along with Iza except the King. He gets along with the King, not the other way round, though. Not even Aldridge has been able to pull a best friend card on him. They are like c
"May I ask where Aldridge is?" Valen stopped one of the maids who was about to walk past him. He had been searching for Aldridge for five minutes, but the latter was nowhere to be found. The maid blushed, avoiding Valen's eyes as she replied."I believe he should be on the training ground with the men. He should be back soon, as it is only an hour training in the evening."Valen smiled back at her and appreciated her honesty before deciding to go and wait for him somewhere where he would be able to notice him. Valen wanted to visit the camp, but he hesitated. He might not be able to enter.A few minutes later, Aldridge arrived as expected and Valen walked up to him."Aldridge...""If it's not about the King's health, then I am not interested in any discussion." He interrupted him as he wiped his sweat off his forehead."Please, can you just listen to me first? You must do."Aldridge stopped, breathing heavily, the result of the training he held with the other man was taking a toll on
Rhydian opened his eyes after a few hours of sleeping. Unlike some time ago when he felt so stripped of his power, this time around, he felt his energy coming back and he was slowly getting back to himself. He looked around his room when the corner of his eyes caught sight of something... or rather someone, and he frowned.Someone's head was next to his arm on his bed. He lifted his left hand and tried to remove a few strands of the hair covering the person's face to see who it was clearly. "Valen," the name dropped from his lips before he could even stop it, and Valen instantly was awakened. His head flung up with his squinted eyes only to see Rhydian staring back at him.Quickly, he rubbed his eyes and stood on his feet to attend to the king. "My Lord, you're awake. Is there anything you need? Are you feeling alright? Do you need to go to the bathroom?" Rhydian slowly tried to sit up and Valen assisted him to do so. Rhydian shook his head. "I'm fine now. Don't treat me like I'm a
"What happened after I was gone?" Iza asked in a fit of anger after bursting into his room with Aldridge calmly following him from behind. He shut the door and rested against the wall with his hands folded across his chest."I don't get it."Iza turned to look at him with disbelief, "What were you thinking when the king ordered that flimsy, disgusting boy to be his right-hand man?"Aldridge sighed, "I believe you heard yourself say ORDERED, so I don't think I have to start talking about what order means and why it should matter."Iza raised his fist, almost like he wanted to punch Aldridge across the face, even though the distance between them wouldn't allow for such an action. "Do you know what exactly makes me dislike you so much? It's when you start acting so ignorant, like you've lost that part of your brain that should have made you think in the first place! I was gone for what? Just a few weeks on an important mission, and you couldn't even hold this place down on your own! Th
Valen had always thought Aldridge was this kind of hot-headed person. It was his first time seeing him this calm and not replying to him as if he had stepped on Aldridge's toes.Also, he could see the contrast between Iza and Aldridge, but at the same time, Valen was trying to understand the relationship between the three of them."Alright then. I will take your silence as an understanding of the instructions..." Aldridge spoke up with a shrug after he had been staring at Valen for almost a minute, but the latter was mute and lost in his thoughts.Valen snapped back and looked anywhere else other than Aldridge as he was embarrassed"Uhm...I apologize, I was just..." "It's fine." Aldridge set to leave. "But may I at least know what's wrong with him? Does he..." He paused, his eyes landing on the King for a few seconds before moving back to Aldridge, who was already close to the door, "...have this display often?" Valen questioned curiously."Yes, as his right-hand man, you should pre