Part 27
Prince Dracula
For Cabelus, the defeat was very painful. But what was even more insulting was that Ragnes, his precious Red Nymph. He went all out in everything to stand on his feet, but he refused to love him and marry him. No matter how long, Caberus feelings would never reach Ragnes.
Cabelus was the only son of the Demon King of Santana. He was a prince who had always had everything he wanted. He had the talent of a magic-user, a wonderful strong body with a handsome face. Everyone admired him, no one had rejected him.
Normally, such a child would grow up to be a mischievous child with bad habits, harassing, running around, and bullying others. He had confidence in every part of his life.
However, in his entire life, there was one person that he did not dare to be intimidated by, that was the little nymph who was his best friend three years younger than him. The little nymph's name was Ragnes.
Ragnes had always been his only friend. In childhood, there were many occasions to run and play in the dirt. The little boy with golden hair with vermillion eyes, big round like a crystal ball. He was cute and charming. He was a beautiful and cherished little boy who was loved by anyone who saw him.
So did Caberus.
He at that time was very determined to marry the other person. To the point of proposing to get married when the other party was only six years old. It appeared that the little nymph was laughing so hard that it would hurt the innocent little devil's heart.
"I'm not going to be your bride. Well, I don't like you."
SNAP!
That was the sound of the little devil's heart being pierced through blood. The love breakup at the age of nine was unbearable. But just like this, Caberus hadn't given up yet!
"D, Do I have something bad! Why don't you like me!! I'm a prince! In the future, I'll be king!!! You'll be my queen!!!"
A prince like him was indulged and spoiled. At this moment, those who were stubborn would feel very humiliated. He didn't understand that matters of the heart weren't things that could be based on status or wealth.
Ragnes looked up at him with wide cute eyes, not the least bit puzzled as to why Caberus didn't understand his meaning.
"You're a thug who like to use force, and your mouth is bad. I hate you!" Little Ragnes replied without a trace. Answered exactly the kind that little Caberus's heart was torn. He had already collapsed at his feet.
Oh... Caberus's little heart was broken.
He at that time tried to think until his head exploded. How was he not good? What was wrong? If to marry the little nymph that he loved, he could fix it!!
"So, if I'm a good, diligent prince, a mighty king? Will you marry me?" he could adapt, maybe not even being polite, but he could be a good king!
But whatever he did, he was always wrong in Ragnes'eyes.
Because he was not 'the one'.
"If you think you can do it, try it. Oh, but I probably don't like you anyway!" Ragnes smiled brightly.
After speaking unsoundly, he ran to pick flowers alone, leaving Caberus in tears and dying alone. This was a very cruel little nymph, but it couldn't be helped. It was said that the Red Nymph race was outspoken.
These red beasts were exquisitely beautiful, and the most charming. But they also had a very flirtatious spoiled and frank mouth.
If they didn't like anything, they would slap it upside down and didn't look at it. This was a bloodline that had been passed down for thousands of years and couldn't be resolved.
'If you think you love the red nymph, please accept that you may not be the only husband and if the red nymph doesn't love you back. If they bother you, you will only be despised.' In the book, it was written like this.
Only that Ragnes was a half-human, his bloodline was already very diluted. Some bad habits didn't inherit, such as playboy habit. Caberus didn't see that Ragnes would go overboard with anyone easily.
But his mouth was...so bad!
Days and nights passed, Ragnes grew up. He was undoubtedly a handsome youth with a blood of red nymph that had a history of thousands of years even though he did not intend to tempt anyone. But just as he smiled, there were many people who almost licked his shoes for him.
Even if Caberus didn't care about anyone but the matter of proposing to marriage never dried up.
Caberus himself did not give up. He asked his father to send a letter to ask Ragnes to marry again, but he didn't get the chance to win. The King of Wetonia at that moment immediately refused. For political reasons he would rather have his son marry a Wetonian, not a foreigner.
Caberus was deeply hurt. He fought hard to love for many years, but was discouraged by adults. He at that time read the novel of love so bad that his eyes were swollen, hysterical, comparing himself to Romeo and Juliet in the literature of the great artists of the past. So when he heard that Ragnes had ran away from home, he secretly hoped that the other party would come to him. There was a chance to escape in a romantic style.
But not at all...Ragnes went on his way. Going without looking back, not seeing his head at all.
When Ragnes was caught, and Caberas learned the news that Wetonia had opened a war with the Allies. He learned that the King and Ragnes' brother were plotted to death on the battlefield. Ragnes was forced to marry General Kiros, whom he so much hates, was a traumatic political pawn. At that moment, Caberus had a part of anger, but the other's side was very full of hope.
Since there was no king in the way, then everything was convenient. He deserved to raise an army to save his loved one and helped Ragnes to wage war against humans as a cool hero. Doing so would surely win Ragnes' heart. And the ending of this story would be happy ending. He and Ragnes would happily marry as in a fairy tale and had been loved for thousands of years.
But...that fairy tale did not exist
The little red nymph was extremely red in blood. Ragnes dared to conspire with an adulterer to shamelessly kill his official husband and made himself king. Later he even announced his marriage to a bastard adulterer. Caberus didn't understand. Why did Ragnes have to do something so difficult?
It would be more convenient for him if he'd just come and asked him for help. Whatever it was, he was ready to recruit. Even a husband, if Ragness wanted any number of people, he was generous enough to share a bed with. Then why didn't Ragnes come to him!
And even when his second husband died, Ragnes never looked at him.
Caberus always kept the position of life partner for only one person. But that person had never imagined that. How heartbreaking this Caberus was, who would understand? He came before anyone, loved longer than anyone, but did not fulfill his desires.
"So how could I not be angry with you, Ragnes!" Caberus clenched his fists. He now had only one idea. He would gather all the powers and caused Ragness to turn to him, came to him for help. If more than ten years ago, he made a mistake because of his kindness and unfailing love.
So now he would teach Ragnes that people like him. If he wanted anything, he had to get it. Ragnes, his beloved nymph. He would have to get him back!
That was what Caberus thought as he watched Ragnes at the night of the reception in the Romani Palace. On this night, Ragnes was dressed in the most ordinary clothes, but he was still so dazzlingly beautiful that even Prince Vlad XX had to stunned.
Now, Ragnes was just the owner of a meatball shop, but was too beautiful than the prince's wife.
If you don't compare, you won't be able to resist.
The princess herself was well aware. Her husband was a playboy. There was such a beautiful face standing in front of him. If he didn't want him, it wouldn't be him.
During the day when he saw the faces of the finalists of this team, Prince Vlad Twentieth's eyes shone brightly, causing the meatball skewers to fall out of his hand. Even the precious meatballs in the golden basin couldn't withstand this beauty until they tumbled down and rolled around at the feet of a beautiful man and were trampled on loudly!
The prince, besides not holding the line, also apologized, secretly shook hands with the wooden handle and gave an inviting look. Just the eyes tell the other that, tonight,
'I would like to invite you to come play with me personally!'
As for the wife of the princess, she didn't care her husband too much. Honestly, she married because of capitalism, not because of love. Husband wanted to flirt with anyone. Who care about him? Just didn't interfere with her hobbies. That was enough!
As for her hobbies? Surely that boy with black hair and black eyes was that dishwashing boy! Between a fierce beauty and a young, innocent and pure young man, her tastes were the latter!
At that time, the Wetonia people felt a chill on their spines, giving the impression that this husband-wife pair was extremely unreliable but because of any work, they had to endure and smile.
The cooking contest started tomorrow. So tonight was the time to disperse and rest.
That night, the Ragnes waited until people fell asleep to explore the inside of this thousand-year-old castle. Demetriet had already researched a clue. In the past, Vlad III was beheaded and his body and head were buried separately. The head was hung, body in the coffin, so the first clue should start with finding Dracula's coffin. It was believed that the coffin was still inside this castle
Ragnes came with Sangtis, no now was Rigel. Demetriet went with Ophirus. While Lauriet was happy to go alone. They all set out to explore the path with the aim of the sarcophagus.
Ragnes and Rigel snuck into the inner building of the royal residence. They investigated the surrounding area, choosing from the clues. After a few minutes of walking, Rigel felt a very strong dark energy. Even without seeing, but a light magician like him could clearly feel it.
"That Dracula must really be dead. I feel some sadness. There's some disagreement," said Rigel, walking into the darkness. He was not afraid of ghosts, not afraid of evil spirits. That was because his light aura was so bright. Ragnes looked at his husband and thought he was a clearly moving fluorescent lamp. If there were any spooks around, Rigel would chase them away.
Or was this the benefit of the Light Mage?
"Anyone who refuses to die because they have something to do with their minds?" Ragnes suddenly said as he followed the other. However, when he spoke here, Rigel stopped his footsteps. This statement was significant.
"You also think that I, Sangtis, won't die because there is something unresolved, right?" he turned to look at his smiling wife. Only the smile when the moonlight shone down was very beautiful, but it was also very sad. Rigel saw this and realized that the person who always smiled, it didn't mean he had no sorrow. "The other myself never told you the reason for the murder? And why did I disappear without leaving a trace? The reason... had to leave you."
Why, why did he have to leave?
"Never, I think you will tell me someday. But until now, you haven't said a word." Ragnes replied with a smile, slowly walking towards the other party. "But I didn't mean to rush. I know everyone has personal matters."
"Ragnes..." Rigel was very choked in his chest. What personal matter prevented him from telling his wife anything? "I'm like this, do you still love and trust me? Honestly, I still don't trust myself at all." He said this from the heart. But Ragnes laughed and wrapped his arms around him in a relaxed manner.
"If you don't believe yourself, that's fine. I believe you that is enough."
"…"
"My life, if I don't believe you, I don't know who else to believe. From the beginning, the person who taught me to believe in myself was you. So if you don't believe in yourself right now I will be the one who still believes in you."
To Sangtis, how much the memories of ten years of being together would be worth it, he didn't know. And probably not able to enforce the criteria, but for him, it was very valuable, the most valuable that cannot be estimated.
People who slept together could find as many people as possible, but the person who was the life partner There was only one person.
I love you, though you may not appreciate it.
"Ragnes..." At that moment, Rigel felt a sharp pain in his chest. But this was the first time he felt. The person who was hurt was not the only one.
Sangtis, the person who was suffering from a sharp pain at this moment was also Sangtis. It was as if many of Sangtis' feelings and memories flooded into him.
Ragnes the person he kissed for the first time. The young man was saddened but stronger than anyone. Ragnes the man he loves The person he kissed and held him close to his chest. The man he vowed to give everything in his life to the person who...
At that moment, they suddenly heard the screams of the young women.
They ran towards the sound. Turning around the corner of the castle, there was something terrifying. It was the female follower of Caberus who had been bitten by the throat until her blood ran. She had lost so much blood that Rigel had to stop the bleeding from the wound. Ragnes saw someone in black robes jumping along the wall. He would not delay and follow quickly.
The person wearing the black cloak was very quick and fast. Ragnes jumped after him. But the more he followed, the more and more he found that there was only thick fog around him. The fog was so thick that he could barely see anything. That mist... made him see something.
In the hazy illusion he saw two people. A man in a black robe had a gloomy look with a sad smile while the other person looked like a young man with extremely beautiful and delicate face. That young man was crying and his heart was broken. But in his hand, something was held.
"Spear… Golden Spear." Ragnes said.
Yes, that red hooded youth was inserting a golden spear through the man in front of him. Blood gushed out, but the stabbed man smiled softly.
In the last moment before death parted. That person kissed the young man's lips. A cold kiss and a deadly sorrow, that feeling seemed to flow into Ragnes' body as well. He knew right away...that the two were lovers.
They loved each other so much, so why did they have to kill each other!
"Ah!"
At that moment, Ragnes felt that something had hit him hard. Because he didn't set himself up and accidentally fell down and hit something sore all over. When he looked up, he found himself in a dark room. In front of him, Prince Vlad XX was already smiling and waiting.
"Come to me, my bride"
"!"
"Do you want to have fun with me, my baby!"
"What!!!!"
That was Dracula!