The cold wind blew as the princes sat under the bright moon. The bottle of wine was floating with magic controlled by the mage prince as he pours both of them with the dark liquid. "So, tell me more about this Dark Mages" Hyousuke asked as he sips the wine. "They are strong, really good fighters and they are-" The mage was cut off by the warrior's yelling. "What I meant is tell me more about their history, you idiot mage!"
"Is that really your way of treating your beautiful prince?" The mage mocked. "You are not my prince! I have already set my life upon someone else and she will be the only one I will serve 'til death" Hyousuke growled. "Woo~ Kuro-shi is so loyal" Hiromitsu pinched the cheeks of the aggravated prince."So, you think I'm beautiful?"
"Just tell me more about them" The warrior sips again, giving up at the mage's annoying attitude. Hiromitsu laughed with the denial look on the other's face. He's so shy. "You have to be very specific about your question, Kuro-shi" The warrior rolled his eyes and took a deep breath. Trying to stay calm and not punch the idiot blonde in the face.
"Tell me why those enemies of yours are attacking you. Their deformities and what were they like before they commenced their attack on you" Hyousuke spoke plainly. "Hmmm. I am not sure about their weaknesses so it's really complicated to explain to you. But I can tell you what they were like before" The blonde wizard paused and took a deep breath. Must be a long story then. Hyousuke thought.
"The dark mages were civil and kind-hearted. They may seem to look really wicked but deep inside they are kind beings. At least, they were. They protect both light and dark kingdom from various beasts and other magical kinds in our land" The mage paused. His shining sapphire blue eyes became empty and dark. Hyousuke sensed the sadness in those blue eyes. "But for an intention, I do not know, they attacked us. They embezzled the souls of my innocent subjects who have no connections with them and people who're not in the fault of whatever we may have done wrong" His voice was close to yelling and you can hear and feel the pain and hatred in his voice. But as soon as Hyousuke glanced towards those shimmering blue eyes, he felt something different. His voice was showing hatred while his eyes were showing sadness and pain and not even something close to hatred can be seen there. It looked so lonely and dark. He knew that this idiot blonde is lying. He knew this idiot mage is hiding something from him. The gloomy aura of the mage suddenly disappeared after he plastered another smile, masking away his grief. His eyes still indicated a lonely feeling. Hyousuke felt so revolted and irritated again.
"Is there anything else you want to know about our land or the people here?" Hyousuke was shaken out of his thoughts. "I want to know about their abilities. Did they always have the ability of a ninja?"
"What's with the sudden question about that?" Hiromitsu was truly confused and stunned. He never noticed that change. "They do not exist in any other places or worlds other than Nihon. This is a western and foreign land, how can these mages get the ability of a ninja?" A sudden realization hit the mage and frowned upon the change the dark mages got. "That's something I did not even notice until now" The mage laughed to himself. "I cannot believe I missed that" How foolish of him to ignore such detail. "If these mages were civil mages and now they're taking souls, that would mean they have a new leader"
"Kuro-shi is so smart" Hiromitsu pinched the other's cheeks again. "Stop that and stop calling me with that stupid nickname. It's Hyousuke!" Hiromitsu feels more interested in this man. You can clearly see his hatred towards me. Wonderful. "You could be right with them having a new leader but just a few days ago, I saw the king himself. They must be so desperate to kill me because the king came here to do it himself"
"It occurs to me that he failed" Hyousuke muttered. "He almost did it" The mage answered. "How come?" The mage looked towards the warrior with a confused look. How can he be so interested? "You do not need to know the details. You can see it for yourself once they come back here and try to murder me in my sleep again" The mage laughed and stood up. "The wine is already gone, my warrior prince. Would you like me to show you where you'll be staying?" The mage offered a hand to the warrior. The warrior pushed the other's hand away and stood up himself. "It's not like I know the castle and you are the only one fitted to give me a tour"
"Is that a yes?" The mage questioned. "Do I have a choice?" The warrior walked away from the blonde mage and walked towards the stairs. "I'll take that as a yes" The mage cheered and followed the other prince. "This is a hell of a lot of stairs" The warrior spoke to himself as he looked down at the spiral staircase. "Do you not want to walk down there?"
"Do I look like I would?" The warrior spoke, half yelling. "You are right" The mage summoned his staff again and clung onto the warrior as he taps the other end of the staff on the stoned and cold floor.
The two princes succeeded in teleporting back to the deserted throne room. "Though I'd love to just teleport you to your room, It would be best if you know the routes to your bedroom from the throne room. It would also be better if you know the floors of this castle" The mage walked towards a frosted wall with golden pattern. Much different from the other walls, this one has a golden arc and covered with golden vines. The mage tapped the frosted wall with the blue sapphire of his staff. The golden vines covering the frosted wall parted. The frosted parted soon revealing a dark and cold room. The mage blew blue air and the lanterns on the wall suddenly lit up with blue flames. The room is just a frosted staircase to the next floor. This castle sure does have hidden passageways like the Mirai Castle. The mage went up the frosted stairs and the other followed soon. The wall behind the two closed as they stepped on the stairs. "That wall will only open to those who hold the key. I'll give you yours later once we reached the next floor"
The warrior just followed the other prince as they walked on the staircase. The second floor was wide but dark. There were no lights in the halls or the lights were just off. "Sorry about the hallways being so dark. It is nighttime and the citizens that are here like the lights closed. This is the second floor of my castle. This floor has rooms for family members or important guests. The servant's rooms are on the other floors" The two princes walked further the hallway and halted once they reached the two rooms at the very end. One room has two doors with the color of white chocolate, embellished with frosted flowering vines. The doorknobs were made of gold and ice. The other room only has one door with the same color as the other one and is also embellished with frosted flowering vines. The doorknob was also made of gold.
"This room is my room and next to mine is a vacant room. It would be much better if your room is closer to mine since you'd be protecting me" Hyousuke looked around his surroundings and noticed another room with two doors much like the mage's room. "That used to be my brother's room and the room next to it is Naoyuki's"
"The other rooms are vacant rooms for other esteemed guests we might have" The mage prince opened his own door and went inside waving goodnight to the other. Hyousuke did the same. It was quite a shock for him on how warm the room was. It was spacious and it's decorated with frilly things that he saw earlier. The bed was cozy and warm. It wasn't like Shunraiki but he felt comfortable. He drifted into sleep after looking around the well-decorated room.
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