Youya's POV:
"The mighty queen of our kingdom got all the power and seigniory, unlike the king" Hina-san started explaining. I gave a slight nod in a sign to show interest.
"Once, it was the king who owned the throne, but our current king...he's not a gold, in fact, he is not a magician at all" she continued. I was a bit confused. In a society where magic is the core of the ranks and classifications, it was odd to know that on the top of the pyramid was a powerless king, how does that work?
"And of course, it's totally unordinary" Hina-san added as if she could read my mind. "The nobles are still against the king. I even heard that an assassination attempt takes place every now and then, but that's another story" Hina-san said.
"He deserves all of it" mumbled Ayane-san who was still looking out of the window, her pupils were technically watching the protesters but she seemed to look at something else, something unseen.
Hina-san pretended she didn't hear what Ayane-san just said and continued explaining, but I knew she did because her face was full of compassion and sadness. Tsk! I really want to know what's going on with those two, but they never tell me!
"The king is not a nobleman (meaning of course that he's born to non-magician parents), but the powerful queen fell in love with him; who was a command in the non-magic users' royal guard department. And what could anyone possibly say to the all mighty, in love queen? She didn't even allow my high ranked father the slightest protest when she announced about the wedding". I listened to Hina-san in silence. It's not like I really cared about this kingdom and the messed up nobility world, but it seemed important for Ayane- and Hina-san so I paid attention. Well maybe just a little bit.
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Sebastian's POV:
Who's Sebastian, you may be wondering. He's just a normal butler to an annoying little bra-, I mean, a cute young master (and NO, he's not the yes-my-lord butler from hell one!)
As I usually do, I brought the brat's meal with his gold luxurious stroller. "Sebi nii-chan" yelled cheerful little 6 years old Taya.
"Taya-sama" I replied. "Play with Taya, play with Taya!" She said while clinging to my left arm, she had to stretch her little body to reach my sleeve and drag it with her little carrot-thin fingers. "Ojou-sama, I have to bring your brother his meal first, if he doesn't need me with anything else, I'll come gladly and play with you" I informed the little gold haired muffin in front of me.
"Awww, but onii-san won't allow that!" I smiled a dry smile as I knew she was right, I ruffled her long shiny hair and left her disappointed behind, sorry little Taya :( But I had a job to do.
I knocked the door, slowly opening it and walking in with the stroller, the so said "prince" was sitting in his usual corner on a big round sofa in a lotus position with his eyes shut in an attempt to concentrate. I put the plates carefully on the glassy table. I accidentally dropped a fork on the floor which made a low thud, I panicked and picked the fork quickly to leave the room as fast as I could, but I still didn't make it.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!!" Yelled the now angry bra-,ahm, prince with wide-open blue eyes. "Can't you see I'm trying to use my magic!!" He continued yelling.
Like hell he could use magic! He's the unlucky kid that was born without magic even though his mother is a gold, and not ANY gold, but the most powerful gold of them all, the queen!! He became a REALLY rare case in this kingdom. I knew he couldn't use magic, he knew he couldn't, but I knew better than to say that out loud.
"My apologies, ouji, please excuse my recklessness, I'll leave immediately" I said bowing slightly forward with my hands straight and tight to my sides.
"Hah! You think you can run away like this?!" The baka ouji said and grabbed my hair with his hand, he raised my head forcefully making my eyes meet his. I felt rage and disgust, I was just about to lose my temper when little Taya ran and hugged what she could reach of me, while squeezing my leg to her little body. "Don't bully Sebi-nii, onii-chan!!" she said with a cute angry face, her innocence made me forget about all my anger.
Prince Taro gazed at the little girl before softening his features for a split of a second. He let go of my hair and turned around, his back facing us.
"Fine, just get out already" The prince surprisingly obeyed the little one's order, guess her cuteness works on his stone heart as well.
I chuckled internally and followed my small savior with a slight bow while she held my hand and led the way. At that moment, I knew I cherished this little girl deeply, I swore to myself that I will protect her at all costs, not as a butler, not as a bodyguard, but only as her onii-san.
Little did I know that I have chosen the really hard, looo~ng way to go...