Chapter-11: What an Empire

"This prince has a liking for men..." "What!?" I asked as I backed off. Mr. Jeviva sighed and continued, "That's right, everyone is surprised from hearing this and so as you I can see. Nothing uncommon. This was very uncommon in the beginning when the prince fell in love with another prince." I looked at him very surprised. "Quite a prince... Weird." I mumbled.

We walked a little further in the hallway and then there was the prince walking towards the opposite side which was behind us. "Mr. Jeviva!! It's him!! Scary man--" "Shut up, retard... You know you are in the palace and he didn't come to visit you, we came to visit someone here!" Mr. Jeviva whispered very angrily as he stepped on my shoe. "Ouch!" I screamed.

The prince glanced at me very furiously as I bowed down forcefully. "Why is he staring at me like that?" I asked Mr. Jeviva. "His wish, what's your problem?" Mr. Jeviva replied.

It was when I felt like something was missing... Who could it be?... "Mr. Jeviva! Where is Mr. Zekiva!?" I asked aloud but he didn't reply as he was still bowing down.

I looked behind as I thought Mr. Zekiva would be there but he wasn't there... The prince dragged my chin towards his face and asked, "Hey, who are you looking for?" I stared at him very scared. "U-u-u-u-uh... Yes, yes, yes! M-M-Mr. Zekiva..." I stuttered. "Stupid..." Mr. Jeviva mumbled.

"... Haha!!" The prince laughed aloud at me. "You are such a fool! Look at that man behind you, isn't he who you were looking for?" I looked back to find Mr. Zekiva's cloak fully torn apart and his glasses broken. "What happened to you!?" Mr. Jeviva and I rushed to him.

He looked like he got beaten up but basically he did get beaten up as the guards thought he was an intruder. The prince stopped his laughter.

"They were gonna kill me! The most embarrassing part was because of getting stuck to the statue!" Mr. Zekiva said.

Mr. Zekiva and Mr. Jeviva were leaving now but the prince stopped and said, "You may leave but leave this boy with me..." I looked at him. "What!?". Mr. Zekiva and Mr. Jeviva looked back at the prince and just stared cause what could they say?

"Um, oh but why, your highness?" Mr. Jeviva asked. The prince sat on his throne and rested his head on his wrist. "Leave him here, with me..." The prince repeated.

"No, I wanna go with you Mr. Jeviva!" I screamed like a brat at the mall wanting to get that PRICEY toy. Mr. Jeviva didn't know what to say. "What should I say?..." Mr. Jeviva thought.

At the end, the boy didn't get the toy... Just stayed there in the mall with the toy...

"Hey, stop acting like a brat!" The prince had been toying with me the whole time. "Mr. Zekiva!" I was running around. I forgot that I was inside a palace. "Your Majesty! What's going on here!?" The guards entered.

"Get out! Who told you to enter?" The prince shouted. The guards left. "He is becoming foolish day by day..." One of the guards sighed.

"What are you trying to do?!" I shouted. The prince was holding my hands tight without any emotions. "Keeping you restricted from running." He replied.

The guards came back in again and said, "Your highness, Mr... Um what's your name?" One of the guards asked as they bowed down. "Aldric, why?".

"Mr. Aldric, Sir Diablo has arrived to meet you! He is upstairs at the ballroom.". I let go of his hands and left but I looked back at him for once and left. "What's this feeling?... This boy..." The prince thought.

I didn't find Sir Diablo that easily but at last I found him in the garden. "Sir Diablo!"

"!"

"Aldric, you are finally here then?" Sir Diablo said.

I walked to him as I touched the flower there. "Sir Diablo, I came to visit you to thank you." Sir Diablo nodded and looked down. "You're welcome, Aldric."

We walked a little as we talked then it was time to leave. "Sir Diablo, it's time for me to leave. I shall now set of home." I tried to forget that the prince existed. Sir Diablo waved goodbye at me. I left back home.

"YOU BRAZEN FOOLS!!!" The guards covered their ears. "I told you to bring him after he was done!" The prince face palmed.

"Leave now!" The guards left. "Ah! What a fool." The prince looked at the family photo furiously. He clutched on to his clothe.

"Mr. Jeviva, why did you guys leave me with that creep?" I asked I was opening my cloak. Mr. Zekiva was preparing dinner. "What do we do? Prince Claudius was forcing. Creep..." Mr. Zekiva back at us as he was washing the dishes. I washed my face at the basin right beside the dinning table.

Though the house was small, it was very neat. Mr. Zekiva always kept it clean. Mr. Zekiva did most of the house works like the dishes, cooking, cleaning and the rest.

Not like Mr. Jeviva didn't do any, he also did them but his major tasks were for the earnings. They earned quite good from their workshops.

Mr. Zekiva made the bathtub for me. "Aldric, I made the bathtub for you, please take a bath." Mr. Zekiva said. "Oh sure! Thank you, Mr. Zekiva!" I replied. Mr. Zekiva looked very good without his glasses but it was very frustrating for him as he couldn't see further properly without them.

"Zekiva, what are you doing?" Mr. Jeviva asked as he stood behind Mr. Zekiva finding something in the closet. "Oh, I am looking for my pajamas. You wear they are?" Mr. Zekiva replied. Mr. Jeviva avoided his as he was very lazy and he didn't have the strength for walking so he fell flat on the bed. "Aha! Peace..." Mr. Jeviva fell fast asleep...