Princess?

Some generic fooling around later, Xiao Fan is lying on his back while Zhuan An was leaning onto him. And now that they had gotten their more primal urges in check, he began to whisper about the more important matters.

Like ¨You know what to do?¨ He asked the simple question that did she realise what she and he needed to do for a while.

¨Of course¨ She knew that they needed to keep their breakthrough a secret for some time, or Wang Geming would surely be asking why did they have a breakthrough during the night after he had given Xiao Fan a free rain in concocting potions.

¨Good¨ Xiao Fan hearing her give the right answer said this while his hand runs around her back stroking it.

¨I'm not that dull¨ She said, and while Xiao Fan couldn't see it, her eyes rolled ¨Why aren't you concerned for Fei Sun?¨ After that, she asked why hadn't he spoken anything concerning Fei Sun yet. Surely he hadn't forgotten her? Or maybe?

¨There is no need to be scared. Unlike you, she will survive alone in this world¨

His answer to her question wasn't what she had exactly desired ¨I can't survive?¨ So she asked this.

¨Well did you?¨ He noted.

Some murmuring could be heard as a response to this, yet after that murmuring, no more speak would be coming out of Zhuan An who started to doze off, making the question die.

Xiao Fan knowing what she had done shrugged his shoulders and started to fish for sleep himself.

After that moment two days have now passed. The situation? Not too good, but not bad either since while the reinforcements that Yi Lin had promised weren't here yet, was Wang Geming fairing much better during the duelling.

Nectar of Haste wasn't a useless potion in any way. Wang Geming was after taking that become a bunny full of energy and haste, in a very literal sense. For when he ordered someone to do something, he wanted to go and do it himself, and when he was dealing with Xiao Fan, his wording and everything was done in seconds, making his... well, everything be a little weird and unpredictable.

Thankfully this wasn't negative towards Xiao Fan, for when he completed the tasks, Wang Geming gave him would the Prince give him more tasks and with that came trust and other good things for him. This was extremely good because he couldn't gain any favour through fighting; however, when it came to leading Xiao Fan was somewhat capable, or at least more capable than the soldiers. Plus, he had Zhuan An helping him with every task, and with her help, no task took longer than Wang Geming had given him time to complete.

Moreover, the big thing the Nectar of Haste was concocted in mind was to help Wang Geming win duels and recover from them, and that he certainly did.

The other Royals seeing their stepbrother be like Wang Geming had become in this short amount of time were all shocked. They didn't want to believe that Wang Geming seemed to be so close to breaking into the Body Reunion Realm. Before coming here, he had been at the early stages of the Fourth Grade, yet now seeing him fight, they all evaluated that Wang Geming might be the strongest of them all.

Even the First Prince, who was the oldest and in a way, the most favoured son of the Emperor and the Empress couldn't stand and fight him long during the second day. He had retreated after a while calling the fight a draw to save face in front of everyone else.

And to add insult to injury Wang Geming in his hastiness called that anyone wanting to challenge him could come forward, no more waiting for a day. Wang Geming wasn't in the best mindset currently. Currently, he was somewhat akin to the Xiao Fan when he had all those concussions, yet the shattered mind was exchanged with a mind that wanted to fight, wanted to live, wanted to rise.

At first, this challenge of his had made all other Royals happy, and soon, they one by one charged at Wang Geming. Challenging him into a duel after duel, yet a ten or so defeated Princes later and a Second Prince still asking for more... most of the Royals decided many things.

Many things, yet they all realised that getting into that tower was A MUST! There was no other reason for the rising strength of the Second Prince they figured and even called this out aloud to make everyone see this, yet to the disappointment of them, the soldiers still loyal to the Emperor didn't start the fight they were hoping for to happen.

¨Hey!¨ Someone called for Xiao Fan, who was standing by the giant door into the tower.

Turning around the hear this feminine voice, he saw that it was clearly a Princess 'Someone has figured something out?' Was his first thought concerning this blond-haired woman coming up to him.

¨Greets her Highess¨ Xiao Fan cupped his hands, and a made a small bow towards her.

¨Drop it¨ The woman seemed not to care how Xiao Fan was greeting her ¨Who are you and why are you working for the Second Prince?¨ She went straight into the subject she had come here for.

¨His Highness, The Second Prince, calls me Mask. I work for him because I believe in him¨ Although she had said to drop it, he still went with the official way.

The Princess didn't seem to happy with this answer, yet didn't show it much on her face¨ And how did a random line soldier get so close to my stepbrother?¨

¨Good luck, very good luck¨ Xiao Fan vaguely answered.

¨Tell me...¨ She took a moment to think her words. She hadn't thought a line soldier like him would just stand there, not caring that a Princess had come to talk to him.

Her having a pause Xiao Fan visibly blinked a few times.

¨What happened to the Second Prince? Why is he like that?¨ She had concluded that she couldn't straight-up control this one 'Maybe it has something to do with the woman always next to him' She reasoned why he wasn't budging.

¨I do not know. To me, the Second Prince has always been like this¨

¨No he hasn't¨ She knew that the Second Prince wasn't like this at all.

¨That might be because Princess never took time to get familiar with him¨ Xiao Fan being called out still held to his words.

¨How so? Me and the Second Prince are very close, so I should know him better¨ They really weren't but whatever.

¨Wrong, again. The Second Prince, after coming into this place has grown some wings¨ Xiao Fan refuted the notion that Wang Geming was a weak-willed person and such, though he was so before the Nectar of Haste.

'He ain't giving me anything' The Princess being stricken down with every sentence this line soldier said was beginning to be annoyed 'He should be kissing the ground before me by now!' Was her opinion on how he should be acting.

¨Why has the Princess come here?¨ Her not talking Xiao Fan took the turn to be on the offensive.

¨What does it matter to you?¨ It was quickly getting flack.

¨The Princess came to me to ask something, or did you have something else in mind?¨

Indeed she had done just that... 'Argh!' She let out a scream inside her head ¨Can you let me have a look inside?¨ If nothing else let her take a look at the interior of the tower.

Xiao Fan took a look at Wang Geming, who still continues fighting and arguing. From that gaze, Xiao Fan knew that he might need to do this since he couldn't show that his loyalty was to the Second Prince, and not to the Dynasty and all of its Royalties.

¨We'll wait for the Second Princes opinion¨ He felt his base falter when saying this.

And that faltering base was then hit with a sledgehammer by the Princess forcing it to be now ¨I'll just have a look. Surely for that, I don't need permission from him¨

¨But that has been the order from the Second Prince¨ Xiao Fan stammered out like a normal line soldier would do at this point. In reality, he wasn't feeling the pressure, but in front of her, he needed to act in a certain way, for he was in the robes of military personnel, not a diplomat or even administrator, whose job this would be to handle.

¨We'll show you¨ Behind him acting came fresh voice.

'Hmm. So she's the partner of this Mask?' The Princess thought when she saw the short-haired woman who accompanied this man everywhere 'Well, there goes my plans' She also had this. The only reason she had come to him now was because she didn't see this woman nor Wang Geming next to him.

¨A-are you sure? The Prince might...¨ Xiao Fan knowing it was Zhuan An, turned around and keeping his act his stuttered this out.

¨You shouldn't be so loyal to the Second Prince. He isn't paying you anything¨ She came next to him, almost leaning onto him.

¨R-right...¨ He said as he was just about to be sidelined.

¨So what does the Princess...? Want to see?¨ Sidelined by Zhuan An, who took the lead in the act.

¨You don't know me?¨ The Princess was a little surprised already from the fact that Xiao Fan only addressed her as a Princess, not by the number, yet he was a member of the military, not the service agency like she was supposed to be.

¨Sorry. I joined the agency only a few weeks ago¨ She explained why she didn't know the name of every Royalty, a thing which she should know.

¨At ease. It's the Sixth Princess for you two. Be sure to remember that¨ She told them the correct number.

¨Understood¨ Both of them replied confidently as if this was the correct thing to say.

¨Good¨ It seemed to be ¨Now take me inside¨ She left Xiao Fan there and focussed onto Zhuan An since she seemed much more co-operative than this line soldier who for some reason was in favour.

¨Right this way¨ Zhuan An didn't say anything regarding the dumping of Xiao Fan, she did what she was supposed and wanted to do.

Anyway, Xiao Fan left there didn't think anything of this. And a moment or two later Wang Geming, the Prince who couldn't but seem to shake in excitement came to him after pummeling another member of his extended family.

¨Why let the Sixth Princess inside?¨ He asked while trying to take a peek into the inside.

¨Lets talk inside¨ Xiao Fan before saying anything moved them out of the eyes of the others. Then when inside he placed his hand onto the shoulder of the Prince ¨Okay calm down for a while¨ He pressured the shoulder with all the power he could, which was just enough to make the Prince stop shaking.

¨Thanks¨ Wang Geming didn't seem interested in what Xiao Fan was doing to him, even he himself wasn't liking his current excitement levels much.

And now that the Prince had calmed down ¨What could I have done to her without you?¨

¨True¨ He saw his point.

¨She did speak something that you were close... Anyway, you need to go and talk to her before Facade is in trouble¨ The current actions he was making were already making the Sixth Princess suspicious enough.

In his opinion, Wang Geming needed to take care of this stepsister of his before anything befall them.

¨Try to act normal¨ He then used the last available power he had on his hand and sent the little less shaking Prince towards the Princess.

¨Right¨ As one could see, the Prince's speaking wasn't the best under the effect of Nectar of Haste.