Chapter 2 - A Night with the Prince
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"Ah! Can't you be at least gentler, Yikon?" Averi glared at Yikonsal Jaud. He then heard a chuckle from Cazim so he threw a crumpled paper to the young scholar.
Cazim and the Princess successfully escaped. Their minor wounds were immediately treated so that's why Cazim have the time to make fun at him. The guy was celebrating Averi's misfortune.
"Who told you be a hero, huh? You can just leave that pampered Prince, you know?"
Hearing Cazim's remark, Averi was suddenly irritated. He wants to punch Cazim, really, really hard.
"Stop moving, Averi." Yikon pushed the medicine hard on Averi's arm. It earned a hiss from the guy.
Averi glared at the young doctor. "Fuck!"
"You can use your healing ability, Yikon. Why are you still torturing Ave? " Cazim asked, as if he wasn't the who celebrated Averi's suffering earlier. Now he was asking why Yikon wasn't using his power.
Even Averi is curious too. Yikon was after all, one of the 'geniuses' who awakened their ability to absorb magic energies.
"I just want to see him suffer." Yikon answered with his dead-panned face.
Averi frowned and shouted in pain again because of the liquid that Yikon put on his wound.
"What's that?" Cazim asked curiously. He earned a glare from the future head physician. "Okay okay, I'm out. I still have paperwork to finish. "
When Cazim left, Yikonsal stared at Averi. Averi avoided the doctor's gaze. Yikon sighed and continue to treat the 'patient'.
"I just want to say... Something's wrong with your blood. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what's wrong with it but—"
Averi cut Yikon's speech. "Nothing's serious, Yikon. Just continue to be a doctor and surpass your father."
"I can easily surpass him like how you can easily overtake the General, Averi."
The two stared at each other before Yikon gave up and left Averi's room.
Averi stared at the ceiling. He still remembers the incident last night. The beautiful yet deadly face ... Yikon and Cazim shouldn't be involved in his problem.
Averi spend 3 days recuperating. He avoided everyone, fearing that the pill he ate was would make him sick and it will be contagious. General Abrijah barged into his room on the 2nd day and dragged him to the training grounds. So far, there are no signs of abnormality in his body.
"The reason why the Princess decided to do a night hunt was because the Queen's birthday was coming. But the thing that my source heard was the Prince's plans, so my spy said that Asharie planned it," Cazim ranted.
Averi wasn't planning to stop his sword dancing but upon hearing the Prince' name stopped him. He put his sword down and sat beside Cazim.
"What's with the Crown Prince?" Averi asked. Cazim looked at him as if wondering.
"How long have you been interested in the Prince, Ave?" Cazim asked.
"Am I?" Averi's dead-malicious answer.
"No? You seem interested. "
"Tch. Nevermind. Get out of here! " Averi picked his sword.
"Why can't I humor you anymore? Did you know you've been different since the night hunt? You are no longer my Averi~!" Cazim hugged him.
"Shit! Cazim Cirakh! Do you want my sword to break you!?" Cazim let go. He even wiped away his fake tears. "What's the problem?" Avery asked.
"Help me with my assignment." Cazim showed a stack of papers.
Averi showed him a disdained look. He's already having a problem with what the Prince fed him, but this cousin of his was asking his help just because he couldn't answer a simple assignment?
"I'm not the Prime Minister's son."
"But your paternal aunt is my mother! Help me Ave! Father will kill me!" When Averi looked at his cousin, it was finally a true tears that were dripping from his eyes. He was even more irritated by its appearance.
"Let's try changing fathers then? I'll be Uncle's son and you'll be my father's—"
"No, thanks." Cazim cut him. Cazim would rather answer multiple papers than train. He was not born for swords.
"Get out too." Averi said then started practicing sword stances a.k.a. Sword Dancing.
While dancing with a calm face, Averi's mind was a mess. He was still thinking about that white medicine.
There is nothing wrong with his body. His body was still energetic as ever. If Yikon hadn't just said that there was something wrong with his blood, he might have thought that the Prince only fed him candy.
A candy? Really? The Prince wants to kill me and yet he gave a candy? Hah!
"By the way, I just remembered now. There's a banquet that will be held inside the palace. It's tomorrow."
Averi didn't stop instead, his movements became even more aggressive.
"You know? The event's about the concubine picking for the Prince—oh, shit!"
"What!?"
Averi suddenly stopped; his sword flew and dropped beside Cazim. The young scholar was still pale as he looked at the sword standing beside him.
"Concubine Picking! Fuck! Take your sword away! Shit! " Cazim exclaimed.
Cazim grew with the swords actually. Averi, Cazim, Yikonsal and Shaidona trained together when they were just children. Only Averi continued with the swords. Yikon became a doctor like his father, Cazim was aiming to be the top one in his upcoming exam and Shaiyi was still a beautiful Princess.
Averi took his weapon from the chair. Cazim sighed in relief.
"What's with the sudden event? When will the marriage proposal for the Princess be tackled? " Averi asked.
"Still into Shaiyi, Ave? From what I heard, she was on mutual understanding with the Prince of the Yuyuko Kingdom. That dogshit Prince!"
Averi's world seemed to shake at the news. Mutual understanding? Since when? Why doesn't he know !?
"Don't be heartbroken, dude. There are others. There's still Testania, Kaliel, Marrew, and 99 others! Lots of people lined up for your good looks! Just learn to look at others." Cazim's speech brought him back to that night. The beauty of the Prince flashed in his brain again.
And that pill!
"Are we invited to the banquet?" Averi asked.
"As always. But this time, you can't be absent because it's definitely not just you, but also me who will experience Uncle General's Hell Training. Actually, he gave me a task, to persuade you to attend that banquet when he found out I would hang out here. "
"Good. Let's attend that Party." Averi patted Cazim's back and left the guy. The scholar was left speechless because of what his cousin said.
'Did Averi just agree? Is there a miracle going on?'
Averi didn't like the Crown Prince so as long as he could avoid events related to the Prince he wouldn't attend it. That's why it was surprising that Averi agreed.
General Abrijah's purpose for persuading Averi to attend was: one, to let his son find a partner; two, to let his son cultivate some bond with the Prince.
For the fuck's sake, the Crown Prince will be the King in the future and as a subject, Averi can't get along with the Prince!?
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The short-awaited banquet finally came. The trio stood side by side and let others admired them.
Yikonsal Jaud, the Young Doctor with a serious and calm personality. He was the least talkative among the three.
Cazim Cirakh, the Scholar. Unlike other scholars with reserve and calm personality, Cazim was lively. But he wasn't the playboy type.
Lastly, Averi Abrijah, the Young General. Of them all, he has the potential to be a playboy but sadly, he was enamored by the Princess beauty. He was just recently heart broken.
Unlike Kingdom Yuyuko where Men and Women need to be separated, Kirama Kingdom was open-minded. Women can mingle with men. The only similarity of Yuyuko and Kirama was its patriotic system. Like Yuyuko, Kirama still believed the Men should do the work and Women were in charge to keep the house, but others are also adapting to the equal system of Monyre Country.
"Is my hair still fine? I don't want the Prince to see my messy hair. "
"Even without the Prince, Scholar Cazim was enough to satisfy me."
"Heh. Look at those sexy muscles of Young Master Averi!"
"Shut up, that's mine."
"I'm okay with Young Doctor Jaud."
"Hah. You're so low, aim for the Prince!"
"Right! The Crown Prince."
For some unknown reason, Averi is annoyed with what the women were saying. They were obviously speaking louder for them—the trio—to hear what these girls were saying. He was even more annoyed when they mentioned the Prince.
The rumor, not just a rumor. Asharie's beauty was truly insane. But even so, Averi's heart is still with Princess Shaidona. He just didn't want the very beautiful Prince to go to these ugly ducklings.
"His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince is here!"
The entire guest inside the banquet stopped what they were doing. They bowed and greeted the Prince.
"You may rise."
Maybe because of 'that' night or maybe he wasn't paying attention to the Prince during parties, but the fact that Averi found the Prince's voice's sexy was unacceptable. Shit. I'm going crazy.
Averi choose to take a seat that was hidden from the sight of the Prince. His two friends were not surprised because Averi always does that. What they don't know was that the reason why their friend is avoiding the Prince was different from the past.
Crown Prince Asharie didn't stay long. He left the party immediately without choosing any of the girls. Averi sighed in relief and decided to go home early.
"Are you leaving? It's still morning. Prince Asharie is no longer here. " It was Cazim. Yikon looked at Averi silently but also wanted to ask.
"I don't like the girls here. The Prince left, and I'm done. Dad won't be angry because I didn't like any, right? " Averi left.
Although not Royalty, Averi still knows the ins and outs of the palace. He always wandered here when they were kids just to accompany Shaidona. But mostly they are in the Main Palace and in the West Wing only. As for the East Wing where the Prince resides, Averi only knew a few details.
"Ugh!"
Averi stopped and looked around. He was in a dark hallway, his only light was the moonlight penetrating the transparent windows.
"Ackk! Hmm "
The fuck? Someone dared to do a move that was not suitable for children here? They dare to fuck inside the Prince's Wing?
Averi moved his feet to follow the voice. He turned left, only to see a shocking scene.
The Crown Prince! Was! Being! Pleasured! By! A Guy!
Throughout Kirama, only Asharie wears a mask. No one dared to imitate the Prince so Averi was sure that Prince Asharie is the man that was romanced by a man.
As a straight guy, Averi believed that the Prince was also straight. Not expecting that the Crown Prince of Kirama Kingdom is BENT!
Prince Asharie saw him, Averi stepped back. The Prince motioned the guy to stop, the guy even helped the Prince fastened his belt.
"Sorry, I didn't meant to see your rendezvous with your uh— your man, Your Highness." Averi tried to explain but Asharie continued to walk towards him.
For no apparent reason, Averi has a hunch as to what will happen next. He dared to interrupt the Prince's business ... And ...
Then?
Averi can only proceed to his fighting stance, "Your Highness The Crown Prince, I don't want to fight you so please don't come near me."
Averi fought with thousands of enemies in his whole life! Why does he seem nervous in front of the Prince?
Ah yes, he was trembling because of anger! He was angry! It was not because of nervousness!
"Can you win?" Asharie strikes first. Averi immediately defended himself while finding an opportunity to strike back.
The two continued to exchange moves. It ended up by Averi being trapped by the Prince on the Wall. He didn't even punch or kick.
Averi was being stared by the Prince. He can imagine the beauty lying inside that mask.
"This Prince was waiting for the fruit this prince has seeded to blossom but looks like this prince will pluck it unripe." Averi was confused by the Prince's word.
The next thing happened was Asharie taking off his mask and Averi being dazed again.
He lost in a moment. The Prince was so beautiful—
He was back to his senses when the Prince grabbed his bottom and inserted something between it.
!!!
"Your High...ness—!!"
It was unknown why but Averi, despite having a trained body, can't resist the Prince's advances. He can only cover his mouth to prevent the luscious sounds from coming out.
"Do you know the pill this prince gave you?" The Prince whispered as a huge invader attacked the Young General's tight territory.
Averi held his breath; he stopped himself from making sounds. His eyes went wide as it can be as a foreign thing invades his personal space.
He was being stretched out... It was painfully deli... cious? Shit!
"It's a pill that can make you lust over this prince..." Asharie added and the attack begin.
While the party is still on going, on the other side of the East Wing of the Palace, a huge battle was happening. One was the Crown Prince and the other one was the Young General that many idolized.
It was a fierce battle and ended up the Crown Prince as the Winner.
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"The Young General safely arrived at his manor, Young Highness."
Asharie stood in front of the previous battlefield happened between him and Averi.
"Clean this area."
"Yes"
Not long after, another man with black outfit came and kneeled like the previous one. "We disposed the one who entered your wing without permission, Your Highness."
The one he was talking about was the guy who pleasured the Prince earlier. Asharie nodded.
"Should I get rid of the others, as well?" The subordinate suggested. The Prince kept those boy toys for his forbidden fantasy towards the Young General. But now he got of the real thing...
Ashari nodded again. After all, he finally tasted the real Averi.