chapter 50

Last night, on his way to get into his room, Adam halted his step as soon as he first steps in his room and while lifting his left frown with a wary expression, immediately Adam clench his sword and in an instant, the sharp blade of his sword has already lean against the mysterious guy's neck who was hiding his figure in a black cloak while casually sat on Adam's couch without any fear.

" WHO ARE YOU?! " Asked the intense firm voice coldly while his hand keeps on giving pressure to that mysterious guy to spit his presence. When there's hardly any reaction from that guy, immediately Adam gradually pierces his blade with a threatening expression were shown on his fierce face. the usual dark and contempt murderous auras have already covered up the whole room makes the mysterious guy couldn't even have a chance to run for his lives, but what weird is that the guy didn't even move an inch let alone flinch out of fear even though the long swords of Adam can even cut his neck off of his body with just a single swing right at this moment.

" ... "

" I asked you, who are you?! "

" Haha. How absurd. " When the sword has already sliced his cloak a little, that was when he finally let out his voice in a cold tone. with a smirk, that mysterious guy raises his right hand and slowly he swings it a little. Hence, without any warning, Adam's tough body instantly flew in the air and crash on the wall with just a single blow of that mysterious guy's power that came out of the blue.

" ....!! "

" uh...! " groan in pain because of the sudden bump, Adam held his left arm that has slowly covered in blood while his body still trying to get up to fight the insanely strong guy that hides in that mysterious cloak while that guy has already starting to get near him with big steps.

" Ha. How can this weakling guy be a protector of my beloved Laire? "

While his voice sounds so disappointed of the person before of himself right now, that mysterious guy slowly raises his hand and opened up his cloak in front of Adam without hesitation.

A pinked hair with some strains of silver that slightly shines like a sharp blade whenever it reflects the light and a strangely familiar pair of green pupils that gleams like the one Claire has. No wonder this guy smells familiar as soon as my eyes catch a glimpse of his figure when I first step into my room which slowly got sucks with his damn scents.

" HA. So, you're that bastard who keeps on bothering my fiance these days, huh. How unsightly when you had those precious green eyes just like her. " smirk when he firmly faced the pinked guy before him directly, Adam glared at him with a murderous gaze when Calipsto just smile like it was nothing to him.

Get both his hand on his pockets proudly, Calipsto stand straight and lift his chin to look down on Adam even though that guy was way taller than him. With a slight smile on his lips, he cast a spell on Adam to make that guy can't even slightly moving at all.

"?!....! "

While Adam was in that state, Calipsto carves an evil smile on his lips while slowly he took a walk around the whole room.

" Uhm...!!-?! " struggling to try to stop Calipsto and let himself out from this spell, Adam can only clench his fist firmly while his face turns fierce with a dark expression when he couldn't even move a little even though he struggled so hard but his body couldn't even slightly move on his own will when Calipsto stroll around his room freely.

' What with this guy..!? he had this much power even though he looks way younger than me! Damn it!! '

" Don't be so hard on yourself. that spell was cast by the great leader of the west tower anyway. you couldn't possibly break it so easily, you know? " Calipsto's hand freely touches all the document papers on Adam's desk while looking around the whole room uninterested.

' The great leader of the west tower? the one that forcefully taken over that place after he brutally killed the former leader with his power? That 'Alister', the fearful master of the west tower that has the exact reputation such as mine? what is he doing here and proclaimed Claire as his like he was close to her from the start? '

" Ha."

" ... "

" ...? ..why are you laughing? is this seems funny to you? "

" ....!?! "

"?! Arghhh! ugh.! " Adam's body instantly falls to the ground after he was attacked by a sudden force that pierces his right leg out of nowhere which makes him no longer have any strength to stand like earlier and thus he slumped on the ground helplessly with a big groan came out of his mouth that sound deep in pain.

" Don't mess with me. I couldn't hurt you since she will get mad at me if she knows about this. but that doesn't mean I can't break your leg this instant besides I can even hide your pain from being seen by the people around you, ya know? "

" Ugh. ah.! "

" Just ...what do you want..?! You bastard..! ugh. "

" Leave my Claire alone. "

"? ..what? "

Calipsto shrugs his shoulder while leaning against the couch so casually when Adam intensely stares at him with a big frown before Adam suddenly smirks and let go a burst of big laughter out of the blue. " HA..! "

" Hey, You bastard. Hear me."

" Even if you were to hurt me more than this or even you decided to send me to the hell right at this moment, let me make this thing clear for you. I'll never. Ever. Let her hand off of my grip no matter what. Hear that? Even if you were to torture me to death now, that girl is mine and mine alone. No one can get to touch even a strain of her hair until she died by my side. "

" ...??? "

" ...."

" .....pft...! "

" -pfft-HAHA-! "

Frown in dumbfounded when Calipsto suddenly burst out laughing in front of him as if he was saying a funny thing despite how serious he was to say all that from his heart, Adam stunned when Calipsto seems to be so fun as if it was a laughing matter to him. "?? "

" Haha! You. you surprised me.! You're quite bold even you're in that state, old guy. How interesting! now I got why she gets so attached to you in the first place." chuckles with a pleased expression on his quite stunning face, Calipsto slowly gets Adam to get near him. with his magic, he lifts Adam's body and makes him sit on the couch before him comfortably while Adam turned speechless with Calipsto's sudden change of behavior.

"? "

When Calipsto suddenly reaches out both his hand towards Adam's left arm and right leg that were hurt earlier because of him, a sudden light came out of his palm. and with that Adam's intense pains gone just like that, like it never been there in the first place. ' A healing magic? but why? '

" Why are you- "

" I just wanted to test you a little, Adam Allard. "

Immediately frown in doubt, Adam once again stares at Calipsto with a cold gaze. " Why. "

" I'll give you a chance to be with my sister, that's it if you do as I say. "

" 'sister'? "

" Ah. how rude I am to not introducing myself earlier. " with a little smile on his lips, slowly his right hand was put on his left chest, and with a polite bow, gracefully he talks. " I was known as the great master of the west tower, 'Alister'. but my real name was actually 'Calipsto Alistee Romanoff', the prince of Romanoff. pleased to make your acquaintance. "

" you-, you just claim that you're 'the abandoned second prince'? I heard he already dead long ago though. " raise the tips of his lips with a doubted expression written on his face, Adam comfortably leans against his couch while crossed his arm and looked at Calipsto with a disbelief gaze.

" you can just assume that I have my own way to survive in the past. " shrugged his shoulder while grin a little, Calipsto stares at Adam before Adam starts to look at him with a frown again.

" Stop with this bullsh*t, state your business here before I chase you out from this room. "

" Ha. Well then. seem like you still didn't believe in me just yet but that's fine. but you, Adam Rochester Evans Allard, I'll give you a chance for your loyalty to be direct only for me, the second prince. "

Adam tilts his head a little before he smirks uninterested. " ..and for what does my loyalty should be for you? either you're telling me the truth, you're still just a lowly prince without any backup. "

" That's why I came to you, the villain which will inherit the 'grand duke' title in the future. I want you. the beast, for my own sake. "

" ...what? " his red eyes suddenly gleam into bright red when he stares at the person before him which starting to get on his nerve and without any word, he grabs Calipsto by the collar and shoves his fierce face right before Calipsto's green eyes in snapped. " Did you just called me 'BEAST'? do you have a death wish? "

" Claire. "

"? "

" Do you think she wouldn't be hurt in the future? "

heard her name came out from this bastard guy before of him, Adam tightening his clenches on the collar before he gazes on Calipsto murderously. " don't you dare call her name with your damn mouth, you bastard."

" Ha. poor my sister. she will be sunk in numerous rumors if she weds a guy like you..."

"? " Frowned in annoyance, Adam looked at Calipsto with a deathful stare. " what do you mean? "

" Think about it. For a princess of the empire to get engaged to a villain, she has been criticized by the aristocrats because she dared to abandon her duties as an only royal princess and that treatment will last for her whole life, all because of you. "

" Nothing like that would happen to her. As long as I'm here, that won't happen. I'll protect her. "

" HA! " chuckle a little before he immediately let himself out from Adam's intense grab with only using his teleportation magic, Calipsto stands behind Adam in an instant and leans his mouth near Adam's ear to whisper something to him. " with what? with that 'villain' title of yours? " mock Calipsto before he burst into laughs.

" You-! "

Whoosh!

"....Woah!? " Rapidly dodge a flying fist that was going to hit his face in an instant, Calipsto steps backward a little immediately before Adam can get a chance to punch him again. " Gosh! You had such a bad temper, you know that?? "

" Shut your mouth. " Adam clenches his teeth annoyingly before he faces Calipsto with a dark expression more than before.

" Do you want to protect her that much? I'll give you a chance since I'm her little brother after all. " grins with a cheeky face, Calipsto slowly raise both his hand to the air to surrender.

" ... " Silent in his state, Adam looked at Calipsto actions in doubt. " ...how? "

" Win the war. that's all. " shrug his shoulder confidently, Calipto smirk before he teleports himself on the couch back and leans on it without any fear of Adam's murderous gaze that was direct to him at this moment.

" Instead of being a 'villain' for your whole life, you should lead the war and become the hero's war at the end. that way you can protect both Claire and the grand duchy with your power, Adam Allard. "

" A hero's war? "

" Yes. there has been a war erupted at the southern border. by the way it sounds, I heard it was quite a tough one for the imperial knights without any lead. "

" without any lead? what about the crown prince? " slowly take a seat before Calipsto with a firm face, Adam looks at him with a curious gaze.

" they will decide the leader the day after tomorrow. "

smirk a little before lean against the couch, Adam gaze at Calipsto in annoyance. " then you want me to lead them through the battlefield and brought the victory to our empire? "

" That's right. I'll give you this chance so take it and turn yourself from 'villain' to 'the hero of Castella' instead of that useless crown prince. "

" Now that interesting. " smiled Adam.

" But, with a condition of course. " smile in a mysterious way, Calipsto brings his body forward and gazes at Adam with a serious face.

"? what is it? "

" Prove your loyalty to me by breaking up with Claire before you leave for the war."

" ....?! " Stand up in an instant, Adam stunned in his stead while his face gradually turning fierce back. " NO! NEVER! "

" ADAM ROCHESTER EVANS ALLARD. You hear me. I'll let you be with my sister after you finally achieve something that can help her with her title. "

" .... "

" I told you, a 'VILLAIN' doesn't suit her at all. I don't know why she chooses you at first but I'll respect her decision. So, you better prove yourself useful for us. "

" ... "

" darn it..! "

****

" Adam, what do you mean by a command to break off this engagement? "

" ...??! "

Startled when Claire approached him out of nowhere, Adam stood in front of her speechlessly after he lost in his thought for a while. His mind keeps on thinking about whether he should hear Calipsto's words yesterday or not. This thought has been lingering in his mind endlessly and has been getting more worst after even his father, the grand duke commands him to break up with Claire this morning.

" Cla-Claire. about the thing you heard just now, I'll never let that happen, alright? I'll never leave your side no matter what. I swear. " rapidly reach his hand towards Claire and held both her palm in his big hand while looking straight into her clear green eyes, Adam immediately trying to make her trust.

" ....why? " slowly opening her mouth to talk, Claire who bends her head in disappointment from earlier suddenly lifts her face firmly after she finally made her decision in her thoughts in a while of silence.

Adam frown in wondered at her question before he gradually tightening his grip. " what's wrong, my fiance? "

" ..... "

" we-well, I mean. is-isn't that great..? I-I asked to break up before but you oppose it but now it-it's a command, no, an order from the emperor, ri-right? "

" ..what do you mean, Laire..? "

" Bre-break up. annul this engagement. just like they want. "

"??! "