Second World: Chapter 17

Crown Prince

Alice stood silently with her arms crossed before her. She did her best to patiently wait for Kaine to speak on their behalf since he didn't want her making "rash" decisions based on his experience traveling with her.

Kaine sighed and shook his head, "In the end, it is best if you just come with us. It is unlikely for the Crown Prince to be any less busy to have the time to wait for your arrival as soon as he affirms your existence. We might as well all head over there together to get it over with one shot."

Alice grinned and clapped her hands together, "Finally! Let's hurry back."

Kaine glared at Alice as she had spoken excitedly. Goldheart sighed and blew hot air into our faces, "I'll be waiting for the truth. Just let me know when you find out. If they are fakes, I'll be ready to pulverize them."

Celeste and Peter frowned at this reaction. I swallowed but calmly nodded to him, "If that is how you wish to deal with us, then let it be so."

Kaine looked towards the town and said, "We better hurry. The guards are already making their way into the forest. If they find any of us here, much less with a dragon, we'll be interrogated. We'll also get in trouble if they catch Alice and I here."

Alice nodded in agreement. I exchanged a look with Celeste and Peter who also nodded. Goldheart decided to promptly take flight. I will be waiting to hear from you.

Immediately afterwards, the five of us made our way through alleys and past many buildings to reach the castle. Once there, Kaine leaped over the castle wall while Alice walked a bit around the wall to uncover a side door. Without hesitation, the three of us followed after her.

I looked around for Kaine on the other side of the wall but with no sight of him, I asked, "Where did Kaine go?"

Alice nodded towards the castle, "He went ahead to let Nicholas know that we are on our way to his office."

Peter frowned, "Office?"

Knowing the time that it is way past midnight, and late in the night, both Peter and Celeste were confused as to why the Crown Prince wasn't in his bedroom instead. Both Peter and Celeste were well known back at Eden Academy for their intellect. Neither of them needed to work or study late into the night since all the information they learn in class are already well embedded into their minds. They didn't know the struggled of hard work that the rest of us has to go through in order to be passing our classes. I sighed with a shake of my head and said, "He is probably still working on some documents or the like."

Alice nodded and whispered, "Now let's hurry before the guards come around patrolling the hallway outside his office door. The good thing is that he doesn't keep anyone guarding his door."

Before any of us took a step, the wind blew harshly past us, whipping Alice's, Celeste's and my hair across our faces. I tucked my hair behind my ear and looked up at the sky wondering about the wind.

There, on one of the balconies of the castle's wall, stood a man most handsome. Although he looked tired and somewhat sickly, he stood regal and straight while looking at the sky himself. Not a second later, he looked down at us and my eyes met his.

Original content posted under the pen name of Elyona Sterling at Textnovel.