Tristan was surprised.
Four men in armor were holding the new adventurers who tried to ambush him. He was confused. These men looked like proper soldiers from the Kathul Army. Another soldier stepped forward.
„Greetings, Young man. I am the leading officer of the Kathul special Task force to protect his majesty, Prince Jakob. We would like you to follow us, please. And you,", he turned towards the ones who tried to ambush Tristan, „you will be facing court." he then walked away, the soldiers and Tristan followed him. The other ones stood there, still not believing how their plan failed, but they were dragged away.
When they left the forest behind, more soldiers and a person on a horse waited for them. Tristan thought that this was the Prince, so he bowed towards the person on the horse. And he was right, the soldiers vowed to him to.
„My Prince, we have brought you the one you were looking for.", the general said. This confused Tristan a little bit. Yes, it was weird that the princes guard was in the forest, but why would they be searching for him? Could it be that they saw through his Shapeshifting? These kind of questions went through Tristans head.
„Greetings. My name is Prince Jakob. I have come here for you because I heard some stories. The stories were saying something about an Alan with a Magica of 1000 in the Dark Arts? That's you, isn't it?"
„Eh yes that's me", Tristan was relieved that they didn't know anything about Baron Vendrick.
„Great! Now the celebration will begin in about thirty minutes. Why don't we have a talk before that. Follow me." the Prince said.
Tristan and the guards followed him into a room. There the prince sat down and signalled Tristan to do the same.
One of the guards put a crystal on the table. It looked like the Magica thing from the magicians guild. He got the wooden cards.
The prince asked him to repeat what he did in the magicians guild, so he did. But this time it didn't show the 1000 from before, but the 1012, it increased to. Again the crystal broke and everybody was shocked.
„So it's true. Alan, why don't you answer some questions", the Prince said
„Ok... sure"
„First, where are you from?"
„A little farm somewhere. It isn't in a village or anything, it's just by itself."
„Hm. I see. Where did you come from to this event?"
„Gendal City"
„Good. Are you alone?"
„Well, no. I met some adventurers on my way to Gendal city, but we got separated because of the event. They are watching though."
„I see. Then..."
Tristan was asked some other questions. He answered them all, trying his best to keeping his story of Alan. After a while the Prince was finally done. The celebration almost started, so they went there. The prince followed.
At the party, the announcer was walking around and congratulating everybody. The audience also was there.
When Tristan and the Prince arrived the announcer came over, but when he realised the prince was there, he was startled at first, but then quickly bowed.
„Ladies and gentlemen!
Today we have an unexpected guest here! Welcome the third prince of the Kathul Empire, Prince Jakob!"
Everybody turned around. When they saw the prince they all bowed to him.
„You may rise. Just continue, and act like I am not here. I'm only here because of an order that my father gave me.
The prince sat down a a table, seeming lonely, as no one was sure if it was ok to talk to him.
„Alan? Why is the prince here?"
That voice sounded familiar. He turned around. It as Elenna and the group.
„Well, he is here because of my Magica I think.", he replied.
„About that. I think we should talk... in private.", the group looked at him in a very serious way.
„Uh ok. Sure.", Tristan followed the others into a corner where there weren't many people.
„I have done some research. And I talked about it with the others and... we think you're not human.", Misty said, looking nervously. Lisa and Elenna nodded. Kyto and Kyhoko were just standing there, looking at him.
„Not Human? What do you mean?", Tristan tried to act surprised, wich was easy, since he was surprised. But he didn't want to give anything away, since he indeed was not human.
„Well, your Magica is just to high. The race that you are most likely being a part of are the shapeshifters. I know they are just a myth, but it would also explain the slight change in your hairstyle.", Misty thought of every detail that pointed to the answer.
„My hairstyle?", Tristan was trying to figure out his mistake, as it was big enough to be spotted by a human.
„Yes,", Misty pushes her glasses up, „When we left from Gendal, your hair was longer. Only one or two centimetres, but longer. And it wouldn't make any sense to let someone cut your hair like that. So, you changed your hair."
„I mean. This is really cool and all but you're mistaken. I'm not a shapeshifter or anything like that. I'm just a human with high Magica. Nothing else. Now if you would excuse me.", Tristan walked to his room, where he went to sleep.
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It was the middle of the night. The feast was over. Lisa, Elenna and Misty hid until the celebration was over, and everyone went to bed. They then walked to the house wich Alan was in, hoping to find something. Kyto and Kyhoko went to bed, like the others.
They entered the house and looked around. They had no idea, where Alan could be so they decided to start looking on the ground floor.
The work was made easier, because every door had a sign with all the people in it, they quickly went up to the second floor. Alan's room was pretty much at the end of the hallway, but they still found it quickly.
They put their ears against the doors, but they didn't hear anything. Misty opened the door slowly and quietly. When they stepped in the room, the was no Alan or any other person that was on they sign.
Just a boy with white hair...
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Thank you for reading. New chapter probably tomorrow.
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