A large white castle surrounded by thousands of tall towers. From afar, a flag is seen waving as if it's welcoming visitors. This is in contrast to the castle surrounded by knights. Not a single smile is seen on the knights' face.
A young boy roams around the castle, every servant and knight is seen bowing their heads when he passes by.
The boy sees a B-class knight approaching with a tray of milk and cookies. The boy was about to greet him but the knight just passed by.
(He didn't see me) The young boy thought.
The small boy went behind the knight and called him "Fred!".
Fred, shocked by the boy, ended up dropping the whole tray.
"Your Highness! This.. I apologize! It was a mistake!" Fred nervously started kneeling in front of the prince.
"What's happening here, my little prince?"
An old man seemingly resembling the boy comes near. Both with bright red wavy hair and eyes. Wearing similar clothes to that of an A-class knight except both the old man and the prince have a red cape.
"Father!"
The prince immediately went to hug the man.
"Your Majesty! I-"
"-He was helping clean up the mess I made! I wanted some milk and cookies and ended up dropping it." The prince explains while lending a hand to Fred.
"Sorry Melix, I promise to find you an alternative personal maid. Linda is still sick, I hope you can understand." The king sadly says as he pats the prince.
"It's alright, father. I have something to show you in the garden!" Melix drags the majesty away with a smile.
He also gestured to Fred that he should leave now. Fred gestures that he is very thankful and leaves quickly.
I don't really have anything to show father, but I did ask Sir Fred to get me those cookies.
Maybe I should've asked for a choco shake instead?
The child thoughts as he felt guilty.
Indeed, no matter how smart the prince is, he is still a child.
"Father, I have a new achievement!" Melix proudly hands over a paper to his father.
The king takes the paper and sees that Melix is now ranked D-5 in Sword Training.
D-5… my son's really don't have any talent regarding swords. That is still one level above F, I should reward him.
The king smiles awkwardly and says "Then, what does the prince want as a reward?"
"I want to spend time with Red for the whole day!"
Melix notices the kings' hesitation in which he responded "As expected, it would be difficult.." with a sad face.
The king kneels in front of the child and sweetly says "If you finish your remaining duties, then I shall permit you a one week rest. Would that be alright?"
"Yes! Thank you, father!" Melixio's face turned bright and excitedly jumping on his way to finish his remaining duties.
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[Prince Melix's POV]
Hmmm… let's see! I finished checking on the palace employees, my homeworks, and..
Oh! It's time for the sapphire gem!
As one of the royal lineage, I am one of the few that have magic abilities. Ever since I was young, his majesty has taught me how to make the magical sapphire gem. He says that our whole palace depends on my abilities.
First, I have to go to the laboratory!
Outside it looks more like a royal garden. There is a big door in front. My grandfather redesigned this door in his twenties. Before it was a white door with a purple knob, but now, it's black with golden chains! It also has a big crow statue with sapphire eyes above. It was so scary at first that I cried a lot!
Other people will not be able to enter it at all. But for me and my helpers, we just have to walk pass the door! Father must've been so proud of my idea! Before, we had to keep lots and lots of keys to open it.
Most of the helpers' tasks are only to distribute the sapphires. This building may be labelled as a laboratory but technically it's just a storage house.
And I'm the only one that makes the actual gems!
First, I should do this somewhere safe incase I mess up.
Second, place my hands together making sure that there is space for the sapphire.
Lastly, focus and channel my inner powers!
Now, in my hands is a pretty blue magical teardrop shaped gem.
It seems easy but for a 12 year old like me, I could only make 8 gems per day. I could do 10 but I wouldn't be able to use magic until I get enough rest.
Father used to make these gems until 3 years ago. Now, he finds it difficult because of his age.
Finally! I have to find Red! I'm gonna spend half the day with Red! Should we tour the town? Oh! We could play hide and seek in the whole castle!
Just thinking about it makes me feel so happy!
He's probably here at the Knights' training ground.
I see a bright red hair near the exit of the training grounds.
Found you!
"RED! LET'S PLAY!" I ran towards Red with open arms while laughing due to excitement.
Oh what's this? Something small is blocking the way.
Wait.. A BOY?!
I immediately stopped running. This kid! Why is he clinging to Red? It looks like we're the same age.
"Your Highness, I apologise but I'm afraid I might not be able to accompany you today." Red, Gladiel, and Ria kneels to greet the prince.