Lord Bruce

He was so engrossed in what he was thinking that he didn't notice the presence of his comrades.

"Robert are you sure you're alright?" Lago asked, feeling concern for his friend.

"I'm fine, no need to worry, so let's practice, no?" Robert said and they just glanced at each other.

Your face says it all! You're not fine. Gosh! They need to find this woman to undo whatever spell she had cast on him. This is not the Robert they know! Bring back our old friend!! They mentally said.

"Sure, let's practice." Amadeus said.

"So who's gonna spar with me?" Robert asked and they shrugged.

"You can spar with the guards, we're not interested." Finn said and Robert gave a wicked smirk.

"But I don't want to spar with those guards. They are, all of them are slow." He gave out his reasons but Finn just walked past him.

"If you don't spar with me I'll keep on pestering you." He said and Finn stopped in his tracks.

"Then I don't care." He said and continued walking to the sparring area.

"Hmm strange. Well then, I won't pester him. I'll just find someone else." He mumbled and proceeded to meet Amadeus.

Before he could even speak, Amadeus had already said the words "Okay."

"Why am I not surprised? I did not even ask yet." He said but Amadeus was silent.

"Do you want to spar or not?" He simply asked and Robert just gave out a slight nod.

They cleared the area for both of them because they knew Robert and Amadeus sparring was like two monsters fighting so they could only watch and think why Amadeus agreed to spar with him.

"Why did he agree even when he knows that he'll still lose against Robert." Lucas asked Finn.

"Don't ask me! I don't know the reason too."

"I think he's trying to do something only him knows the reason. Let's just watch." Lago said and they nodded.

The field was silent, and was filled with intriguing eyes. Everyone were expectant and thrilled at the same time.

Thus, the sparring game began.

Amadeus was the one who attacked first but Robert just simply defended himself and started to attack too. A smirk was hanging on his face and also a slight frown that the people who were watching didn't know if he was smirking or frowning. They were confused as to why he had two different expressions on his face.

Amadeus had started to attack ferociously as if his life depended on it. He was not going easy on him and he had unleashed his full strength. Even Robert had unleashed all of his strength and at that moment, any stranger who would see them would think they were engaging in a real fight.

Amadeus had his focus on Robert, he memorized all of his movements but that wasn't enough. He still wanted to confirm something important, he could see that even though Robert had unleashed all of his strength, he wasn't as strong as the last time they fought together which made him wonder why?

Robert could see that Amadeus wasn't backing off and a smirk made it's way to his gorgeous face. 'He really has improved. Impressive!' He commended in his head.

Amadeus swung his sword forward but Robert blocked it. "Were you planning on splitting my head in twos?!"

"Maybe." He said and shrugged.

The battle continued and Amadeus was on the losing end. Robert smirked and spoke. "Did you think you would be able to win against me?" He asked and before Robert could say another word, Amadeus went behind him in one swift movement and grabbed him and pointed the tip of his sword on his neck.

Robert subconsciously dropped his sword while the other people who were watching left their mouth hanging open.

"Don't think too highly of yourself." Amadeus said and left with Robert who was still in shock and was as still as a statue.

Amadeus reached his comrades and glanced at them and that glance meant that they needed to talk and they all nodded.

Robert angrily left the scene to meet with Bruce. He actually was angry at himself for losing his focus. He had never lost any fight except for the time he fought with the princess, and even then, he intentionally did that just not to make the princess feel bad but this was a whole new situation, he had unleashed his full strength and he lost focus all of a sudden which was very unlike him. He didn't know what's wrong with him but whatever it is, he needed it to stop and fast!

...

Robert reached Bruce's room and some few guards were standing outside his room. Even though he was not royalty, they still treated him as one, maybe because he was their prince's best friend or because he was just someone powerful and was able to intimidate people everywhere he goes. He would admit that even he gets intimidated sometimes when he's angry.

He took in a deep breathe and marched towards the door but the guards standing outside stopped him from entering.

"And what is the meaning of this?" He asked and they slightly trembled. They knew that Robert and his comrades were very important people in the palace, especially to his highness, but Bruce was also important, if not much more and they couldn't possibly deny his orders. He had told them not to let anyone in, even if it was the prince. They knew he exaggerated the last part because they wouldn't dare to stop their prince. The only reason they could think of was that, he was busy and he didn't want anyone to disturb him, and that was why he even added the prince in his list, just to make sure they got the message.

"Lord Bruce didn't want to be disturbed so he ordered is not to let anyone in." A guard who was brave enough said. The others were just backing out in fear that Robert might just do something to them. He was powerful and no one would dare question him, except for the prince and their king.

'He asked me to meet up with him and now he ordered these people not to let me in? What exactly is wrong with that guy?!' Robert screamed in his head.

"Move." He said, and just that one word was enough to inform them that if they didn't move, they would surely have their heads rolling on the floor. But could they possibly disobey Bruce's order??

"H-he had made it clear that he didn't want to see anyone."

"I'm sure you know that he can sense my presence outside his room now, and even then, if he didn't want me here, he would have sent a signal, no?" He said but they just blinked at him.

"For the last time, MOVE." He said stressing the last word. When he saw they were still persistent, the only option was to fight his way through, even if that would be a piece of cake

He would just have to do it.

He had already positioned himself to fight his way off, the guards could only watch and get themselves beaten because they couldn't fight him.

Robert moved forward and picked up a guard who appeared to be the strongest among them, he lifted him up with his collar and said some words to him.

"Do you want to get beaten or you'll just let me in?" He said but the man remained silent, without waisting another second, he flung him to the other side of the wall.

Meanwhile,,,

Bruce was in his room, with his eyes closed, and even with that. He could still hear some commotion outside his room.

"Why do people in this kingdom love noise this much?!" He groaned and stood up to check what all the noise us for.

He pulled open his door and he saw Robert who's eyes were gleaming with excitement and anger, he was about to punch a guard who was trembling in fear, but the guard couldn't even beg for his life and just trembled. This made him chuckle inwardly. Sigh...the people in this kingdom are just so unbelievable. They can't even beg for their life....