Prince Nikolai had been sulking the entire time because of the secrecy between his father, uncle, and big brother without his knowledge. Prince William didn't mind him at first, however, as he kept sulking for too long, it stressed him out.
The first prince conflicted on whether he should tell Prince Nikolai or not. Eventually, he told him the truth
"We were attacked by an unknown man. He wore black hooded cloak with a fox mask covering his entire face. Father made me promise not to tell Mother about this matter because he and Uncle Arthur are planning to capture him. Will you forgive me and talk to me now?"
Prince Nikolai took a glimpse of his big brother and asked, "Why didn't you just tell me?"
Prince William met his gaze then back to the street and he responded, "Because Father and I didn't want to worry any of you."
They went out of the company to have a different view instead of staying there without doing anything. Prince William also wanted to spend time and spoil his little brother in any way he could. Especially, with how things are right now.
Prince Nikolai wondered about something then immediately asked his big brother, "Aren't you going to tell Big Brother Alex about this?"
Prince William shook in disagreement as he busily stared at the other side of the road, "Maybe not."
"Why not? You know he'll get mad if you don't?" Prince Nikolai stopped Prince William's track giving him a puzzled look.
The first prince jolted slightly by his brother's action and quickly faced him, whereas he reasoned out without hesitation, "I know, but it depends on the situation. He always acts first before he thinks."
Prince Nikolai raised his eyebrow and asked again, "But aren't you both the same?"
Prince William wanted to argue with his question, however, he suddenly remembered what he did when the fox-masked man attacked and concluded that what his little brother said was true.
Prince William decided to change the topic to avoid getting in too deep of the discussion they had earlier
"Wanna do something crazy?" he whispered to his little brother.
Prince Nikolai was surprised by his brother's statement that he misunderstood the idea his brother was talking about, "What crazy? I'm not crazy." He said.
With how Prince Nikolai delivered his words, made Prince William chuckle. He then cleared up the misunderstanding.
"No, silly. I mean, wanna escape from them?" as he pointed towards the Marcos brothers and royal guards who escorted them.
Prince Nikolai quickly understood his brother then he chuckled and whispered back to his big brother, "Ohh…alright. I somehow want to scare them, too."
The two little Adonis start imagining their companion's reaction if they suddenly went missing. Then Prince William immediately whispered his plan to Prince Nikolai.
"Alright, here's the plan. Since they are a bit distracted right now, let's take this opportunity to escape. Make sure you are able to hide from their sight, okay? As we count to three, we'll silently slip away from them, game?"
And Prince Nikolai nodded excitedly which made Prince William start counting.
"Alright, let's do this. One." He initiated.
Then followed by Prince Nikolai, "Two," and ended by the last cue of Prince William.
"Three!" he exclaimed in a whisper.
With that, they ran and ran towards the crowd and hid themselves without letting their escorts notice. Prince Nikolai chuckled while Prince William slightly glanced and smiled seeing his little brother enjoying their escape.
Though it was their first time doing such a ridiculous thing since they didn't want to cause trouble to their parents and uncle. However, they didn't know that it was so much fun to do something like this from time to time.
Prince William took a glimpse again of Prince Nikolai who exclaimed in joy, "I love crazy!"
They both giggle with enjoyment as the wind touches their skins and gives them an excited vibe, however, it soon ceases when Prince Nikolai accidentally bumped into someone. The person fell from the impact that made him groan in pain.
Prince William immediately helped the man his brother bumped into while Prince Nikolai quickly apologized and assisted him. The man patted off his clothes to remove some dust, when Prince Nikolai felt familiarity, he tried to see the person's face.
The three of them stared at each other and they quickly realized who they bumped into.
"Ahhh!"
Prince Nikolai screamed as he pointed at the man in front of them. He noticed that it was Hans while Prince William got into sudden confusion, but then, was immediately aware of what Prince Nikolai meant.
Hans was about to run away from the two princes, nevertheless, Prince Nikolai was quick to get ahold of him. Hans slightly groaned in pain from the pull, Prince Nikolai was late to notice that he put too much force in it which he hurriedly let go.
"Don't go." The third prince pleaded to him as he held his shirt, preventing him from escaping.
Prince William patted his little brother's shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile, then he faced Hans saying, "We won't do anything to you. Just give us an hour or two."
Hans was hesitating whether he should spare them time or not, however, Prince William didn't give him a chance to have second thoughts. "He wants to get to know you. We'll let you go after this."
Hans stared at the youngest prince who gave him a puppy eye. When Hans let down his guard, Prince Nikolai's inner locution felt happy whereas his expression shows otherwise. The youngest prince's face was surrounded with sparkles and twinkles that filled the atmosphere, seeing that Hans gave up to their plea. Both Prince William and Hans stared at his expressionless beaming face in awe.
Hans looked within the surroundings to see if there are other vampires around them, especially with the two royals wandering outside the main street. When he found that there were no other vampires aside from the two, he saw a crepe stand then offered.
"Uhm… Do you want me to buy you some crepes? As an apology from the last time."
The two princes looked at each other and immediately agreed. Hans instructed them to wait at the bench as he pointed to the mini park across the road. They waited for a few minutes then saw Hans holding two crepes in his both hands as he went near them. He carefully distributed the crepes and the two princes gave their thanks.
"Master said that you saved me and the hunters clan from your father and uncle's wrath. I want to express my thanks to you, Your Highness." Hans relayed his gratefulness towards the little prince.
Prince Nikolai replied to him, "No problem, I only did what anybody would do."
Prince Nikolai didn't wait for the silence to fill the air and quickly asked Hans, "How are you feeling?"
Hans, who was busy sightseeing the scenery around them, looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Prince William replied to the question, "Last time…in your car."
"Ahh… I'm fine. I just woke up two days ago."
When he started to understand what they meant, he immediately responded as he averted his gaze back to the people in the park. Prince Nikolai lightly exclaimed while Prince William was a bit surprised, "What? So, you've been unconscious for days?"
Hans bluntly responded, "More or less."
Prince Nikolai said in awe, "Wow, humans are something."
The two princes start gobbling their food again. Then Prince William asked after he ate a few bites from the crepe, "When did you arrive in this place?"
Hans unconsciously answered his question, "Since yesterday."
Which Prince Nikolai asked in confusion, "Really? Why didn't I notice it?"
Hans was slightly startled by his sudden wonder, thus making him change the topic to avoid getting in further of their curiosity.
"His Highness said you wanted to get to know me? Why, though? We just met the second time and our first meeting wasn't something you can call memorable." He asked Prince Nikolai, waiting for his reply.
The third prince wondered at first before answering his question, "Hmm… It's because you have a unique presence."
It made Hans raise an eyebrow, "Unique…presence?" he asked.
Prince William was about to say something, but he got interrupted when Gilbert called out their names, "Your Highnesses!"
The two prince's escorts ran to approach them when they spotted them. They all stood up from their seats while Hans took the chance to escape from the chaos to avoid the vampires.
"Your Highnesses, where have you been? The Emperor and the Grand Duke will definitely get mad at us if they find out we lost you." Kalios said in frustration.
Prince William took all the blame as he explained to them, "I am fully responsible for this. Don't worry, I'll explain to Father and Uncle everything if they ever find out about this."
After Prince William reassured their escorts, Prince Nikolai tugged his big brother's suit while the two PS were busy giving instructions to the royal guards. He glanced at his little brother who was staring at a small crowd; he followed his brother's gaze and saw Hans, slowly expanding their gap as he walked away and emerged with the crowd. The vampires decided to head back to the company together with the two Adonis.
A minute or two later, the car arrived, the two princes went inside on the back seat together with the two personal secretaries while the rest of the royal guards went to the other cars. Prince Nikolai stared at the window as he plugged his ears with some earphones while Prince William was busy scanning something in his phone.
When they arrived at the company, the Emperor and the Grand Duke waited for them outside. The two personal secretaries got out of the car; Emperor Charles went to the passenger's seat, whereas Grand Duke Arthur approached the driver's seat, driving them back to the villa. Everyone was quiet which made the two Adonis Brother's notice the third prince who was in a good mood the whole time.
Emperor Charles used his mind-telepathy to his brother as they both started a conversation in their minds, wondering what happened to the two princes. Prince William stared at his father and uncle as they did back to him. The Emperor took the chance to connect his ability to his son's mind, then Prince William immediately explained their day.
~Two days had passed, Hans arrived in his house without a problem from the travel. He immediately tossed his phone on his bed followed by himself without bothering changing his clothes. But due to his exhaustion, he didn't bother making dinner and just waited for sleepiness to invite him.
'Unique, huh?' Hans thought to himself and raised his hand to where Prince Nikolai gripped his wrist while reaching the unreachable light bulb. He then clenched his fist as he slowly covered his eyes with his arm and sighed.
"Hans, you idiot." He said to himself.
After giving himself some peace of mind, his eyes became heavy and fell into slumber. As the moon light passes through the window, his pale skin slightly radiates and his sleeping face portrays an image of a poisoned Snow White.
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