6: Learning to tame a monster!

[Flynn's Pov]

Early in the morning, l was awoken by moaning lovemaking sounds in the next room, which belonged to my brother Cyrus. Geez, he can't be at it this early.

My mornings have always been like this for the past three years or so if I'm not mistaken.

Cyrus always brings home mistresses to fuck, and then dump them after finding a new one.

Zander, the second prince, is no exception. He also fucks around, but at least he does it normally compared to Cyrus who likes mating each and everywhere like a wild rabbit.

After waking up, l quickly went through my morning routine and got dressed. After all that, I called for Mimi, my guard. I'm sure you know her, the demi-human girl with a ridiculous long name. I ended up naming her Mimi, which was just a nickname l derived from her original name Miriamelody- what- what. But to my surprise, she loved the name, and 24 hours after I gave her a name, her body started growing drastically at an abnormal speed. That's when I later found out that demi-humans grew in size once given a name by their masters. She's no longer the small little girl anymore, and she's seven years older than me. Despite that, she respects me and calls me her master.

"Good morning, master,"she bowed in front of me. "I heard you calling for me."

"Morning Mimi. I want to go to the dining hall. I'm sure the maids have made breakfast, right?"

"Yes, master. Breakfast is ready. Now hop in my back and I'll take you there."

I climbed on her back as she carried me. It's not like l was punishing her or something. I know I've got my own two legs to walk with, but l was just too lazy and tired to walk on my own. Maybe it's because of the sleeping virus that surrounds me that makes me feel weak, lazy, and sleepy every time. As my personal guard, Mimi understands this very well so she doesn't complain when I tell her to carry me.

She carried me all the way to the hall where I met everyone already there except for Cyrus, of course, who was still on top of someone's daughter. I just feel pity for his girlfriends. 

As soon as Victoria saw me, her face lightened up, and she called me to sit next to her.

Mimi put me on the chair and then walked away. Father still hates her for the fact that she's a demi-human, so she always walks away when he's around.

"Good morning, everyone,"l greeted with a smile.

Mom and dad greeted me back.

"Ayo,"Zander said and then started eating.

That's how we greet each other, but some people may find it ignorant. 

"You woke up early than usual today, Flynn. Which means you're growing strong each and every day,"Victoria announced. .

I looked outside, and the sun was already high. If I had to guess, it would be around 10 am, but eyy... she was right. I usually wake up at 12 or 1. Most of the times, I'll be at the land of the dreams, but to them, they'll think I'll be  just asleep. I never told them about the land of dreams and that I was a king there. The existence of the dreamland and its guardians should be kept a secret from humans after all. People just sleep, experience dreams at night and wake up in the morning knowing that having a dream was just a normal every day experience but they wouldn't know that it takes a lot of guardians to protect them at night from nightmares and other evil entities that reside in the land of dreams. Mimi and l always fight these entities, but sometimes, they pass through us and make their way to people's dreams, which ends up giving them nightmares at night.

Apart from nightmares, there are sleep paralysis monsters. These ones are highly dangerous and they live in the deepest darkest parts of the dreamland. If they make their way to people's dreams, they end up killing their victims. They attack people at night by getting into their chests and draining out their life force in the process. In most cases, the victim becomes self-conscious, but he/she wouldn't be able to move a single limb. They start having trouble breathing and eventually die. So because of the existence of such monsters, the guardians and l don't rest. We're always working, defending people's dreams.

"Everyone,"my father said, and we all looked at him. "As you all know that tomorrow is a festival. We're recruiting capable individuals to work for our kingdom as knights and strengthen our military power. The leaders of the church of 'Eyes of God' will be present as well, so l expect y'all to be at your most royal behavior as possible. And umm.... Flynn."

"Father?"

"Don't bring that animal of yours with you tomorrow. You know how much the holy church despises demi-humans."

"Ok, father. I'll tell her not to escort me tomorrow.  And please, don't call her an animal. She has a name, and its Mimi,"l said, not minding if he got angry at me or what.

"I'll never address a demi-human with a name, you hear me! Dont force me to,"he scoffed and stood up and walked away. Mother followed him, of course, to go and calm him down. Thanks to the little stunt that l pulled up the day l almost got executed when I was a kid, everyone in the kingdom respects me including father ever since that very day when I lied and pretended like the god of calamity Bullard was talking inside me. Every time when l recall how everyone bowed in front of me after l called myself the god of calamity, l burst into laughter.

I thought somehow, the god of calamity would hear about my blasphemy and come after me, but he never showed up and I've never met any kind of a god in this world for the past 12 years. So, I guess I'm safe..at least for now.

After eating, we went to our magic training, the three of us, me, Victoria, and Cyrus.

Our teacher was Mr Galen, the oldest and wisest wizard in the kingdom. We sat down and listened as he started teaching.

"Today, I'm going to teach y'all a very powerful spell that's known only by a few trusted royals. It's a taming spell,"he said, writing some incantations on the board and magic circles.  Fortunately for me, I was very familiar with a lot of magic circles, thanks to all the books l read every day so l quickly grasped the concept.

"By saying these incantations and drawing these magic circles on the palm of your right hand using your own blood, you might be able to tame a monster and make it do your biding. If you're powerful enough, you might even be able to tame a dragon,"he continued, and I couldn't get my eyes off the board. I needed to learn the spell as quickly as l could.

"Sir..,"Victoria called out."

"Yes, princess."

"What's the use of learning this spell. I mean, the three of us here have never come across a monster in our lives, get alone a dragon. We're always in the palace. We've only heard about monsters and dragons on books."

She had a point, though, but still, l didn't care. I just wanted to learn the spell. You never know maybe one day, it might come in handy. If only I was allowed to walk out of the palace, I'll be testing the technique out on some monsters maybe in a dungeon or something. I heard people saying there are dungeons with a lot of monsters in this world, but father had never allowed me to visit one of them. 

Mr Galard walked over to Victoria,"Listen, princess. It's not every day where you'll stay guarded in the palace. Darker times are coming. And it's only a matter of time before our enemies attack." He paused and looked at the rest of us. "We heard that a pack of werewolves were spotted near the capital's River a few days ago, and we believe they come from the kingdom of Dalerion, our mortal enemies."

I suddenly felt angry when he mentioned werewolves. I despise them with all my heart. 10 years ago, a werewolf killed the one and only human friend I made in this world. And for that reason, I've been training hard so that one day, I'll wipe them all out. I'll bring all the werewolves to extinction even if it's the last thing I do.

Mr Galard later continued the lesson. He brought a few level one monsters with him to help us do our practical on them and after a few tries, I was able to get the grasp of the taming spell, and tamed the biggest one he brought, but Victoria and Cyrus were having trouble getting it. After about two hours, l fell asleep and woke up in the evening in my room. They must have carried me there.

"Finally, you're awake, brother,"l heard Victoria talking.

She was holding a tray with food and water.

"Come on, eat up. You need to be at full strength tomorrow, you know. It's the big day, and I hope you haven't changed your mind about what we agreed on.

She sure is persistent. "I know, sis. I promised you, didn't l? So trust me. I'll do as you said."

"Good."

She stood up and walked away. After eating, I fell asleep again, and this time, it was time for me to train in the dreamworld and get strong so that I could be able to open a closed room in my fortress that belonged to the previous dream king.

Tbc