Chapter-10: Quite a Prince...

I sipped the tea and started to speak. "Mr. Jeviva, what are you gonna do with this tree bark?" I asked him a little confused.

Mr. Jeviva looked at me and grinned a little. "Haha! Why do you ask, young man?" He asked as he continued to grin.

I replied, "I just wanted to know!". Mr. Jeviva continued, "Of course for you!"

I looked surprised at him and smiled. "Thank you so much. For your kindness!" I greeted.

So I left outside to see the world a little But I unfortunately ran into a bunch of hideous monsters

"Um-uh! Shit!" I tried to call my dragon but it wasn't responding... The monsters were Level 10 monsters. They cornered me as I was a Level 5 warrior myself. "N-no... This can't be... SHIT!" I got scratched and also got scars around my face but someone saved me.

Tel. Huh?" "Hey. What are you doing here? the man asked. He lend his hand to me, but I fainted flat on the ground...

After 5 hours, I found myself on a bed, "Where... am I?" I asked. "In the hospital" someone replied. I looked to the side and it was the man from earlier who saved me.

"Aren't you the man from earlier?... "I asked. "Yes I am-" "Aldric!" "Aldric! Are you okay!?" Mr. Jeviva and Mr. Zekiva rushed into the room.

They sat beside my hospital bed and greeted beautiful and unique looking flowers for greets.

"Is he going to be okay?" Mr. Jeviva. asked to the nurse in the side and Mr. Zekiva took care of me.

"Mr. Zekiva... Who is this man?..." I pointed at the strange man who saved me. " He is Sir Diablo. One of the most powerful royal knights among the 10 knights of Empire Of Hearts." Mr. Zekiva replied.

I looked at him a little surprised, but I couldn't see him properly ad the bandages were interrupting. I smiled at him and thanked him.

"You're welcome." Sir Diablo bowed and left.

"Such a saver..." I told Mr. Zekiva. And then the day went on very nicely.

I was kept in bed for 2 days as I was very ill and Sir Diablo was visiting me day after day to check. It was when I was getting back home to Mr. Jeviva and Mr. Zekiva's place. "I am going back today, right?" I asked the nurse and she nodded. "Yes."

I walked towards the end of the hallway and exited the place to meet Sir Diablo. "Where might he be, Mr. Zekiva?" I asked. He looked away and I stared at him. A horse arrived at the gate where Mr. Jeviva was riding it. "Are you gonna be okay with riding a horse, Aldric?" "There is no problem." We head to the empire. "Which empire are we heading to?" I asked as I gripped on Mr. Jeviva's waist and Mr. Zekiva behind me also gripping on to my waist. "Empire of Hearts. We are heading to Empire of Hearts." Mr. Jeviva replied as he moved the horse to the left. I nodded and rested my head.

We had arrived and just waiting at the gate. The guards opened the gate and welcomed us to the empire of hearts.

"Wow..." I marveled. "I know right." Mr. Jeviva replied and entered and headed to the gate that leaded to the palace. The palace was enormously huge! I couldn't calculate how big it was!

We entered and there was just gold color I could see. "Woah! My eyes!!" I thought as the brightness was about kill my eyes.

"Who is that boy?..." The royal women whispered at each other's ears as they looked at me. A gentle man approached us who was dressed in gentle clothes. "Hello, how may I help you?" The man asked. I looked at him with confusion.

"Oh! How are you, Mr. James?" Mr. Jeviva asked in reply. I looked at them in confusion. "Who is this, Mr. Jeviva?" the man asked.

"Let me introduce to each other, Aldric, this is Mr. James, and Mr. James, he is Aldric, the reason we are here." "Hello Mr. Aldric." I have never been called "Mr" before so it wasn't quite usual for me to hear that. "H-hello...".

He smiled at me and continued to talk to Mr. Jeviva. "By the way, where is Sir Diablo?" Mr. Jeviva asked. Mr. James offered us to be guided by him to Sir Diablo. "Allow me to lead to the balcony.". We followed his path. He walked to the wrong room it seemed the next second...

"Sir Diablo! Someone guests have come to meet you!-- S-sir?..." It wasn't Sir Diablo... IT WAS THE PRINCE!!

"What are you... What are you doing here?!" The prince had been asleep but despite his sharp ears, he woke up. "How dare you!" The prince shouted. I covered my ears as it was quite loud to handle. "You fool! Get out--" somewhat, that prince had something to do with male people... He liked them sorta...

His eyes looked at me so he stopped. "Who is he!?" He asked as his emotions switched. Mr. James was in full embarrassment as he couldn't utter a single word. "H-he! I-I, he-he is... Your Highness!!!" Mr. James bowed down at me as he was gonna to the prince and not me... "H-how... How dare you... Bow at some stranger and call them YOUR HIGHNESS!?!?" Mr. James opened his eyes and shifted his head up to see that it was me standing. "Eh-eh!? Mr. James, it's that side!" I turned him to the prince.

The prince was very angry yet very weird. I understood that in the beginning. Mr. James was struggling with trying to get the prince's forgiveness. "Your majesty!! Please allow a forgiveness to me!!" "You brazen fool! There should be nothing for you! Get out! the prince shouted we all got kicked out.

"Mr. James, who is that?" I asked Mr. James. Mr. James was very upset as what happened just earlier. "That's Prince Claudius. The one and only son of Queen Minerva and King Javier. Prince Claudius can be angry at times but he is a little different from the other princes..." Mr. Jeviva explained. I asked as he stopped talking mid way, "What do you mean? What's the diference?" Mr. Jeviva answered, "This prince has a liking for men."...