Second Prince Leonard

"My name is second prince Leonard and you all know why are you here I presume?"

His confident words echoed through the room making a few people have to take a deep breath. The air that was once cold and palpable with a needle seemed to be replaced by a nice beautiful breeze of happiness and comfort from just seeing the young blond man with a confident body meant for the role of a powerful person.

"By the decree of the great king Ebb. I will go on a journey across the continent of Kite to meet my fiancée starting next week. And I will need an escort force to obviously protect me from the mountain bandits and any other problems sent my way." His angelic voice rang through the large room clearly and without any disruptions. It seemed that all the battle hardened troops in the room were listening to every word said by the prince with great intent. But it also looked like the second prince winced a little when he said fiancée?

"I have hand picked all of you for your exceptional talent with your weapons and pride for the kingdom, I hope you all will fill the shoes I have given you." That two sided compliment but also warning message seemed to make the faces of the listeners turn cold for a second, almost terrified of failing the second prince and in turn, The King. But this was quickly replaced by a prideful emotion on the faces of the six people in the room. The prince however kept a great and confident smile on his lips and then said

"I will explain later in greater detail. I will send a message boy to you when our next meeting will start. Goodbye for now."

***

"Gods why am I always so unlucky" Said Ri Young in his room that took a bit to long to find. Not only was he in a completely new place but also had to escort a prince that was obviously going to be attacked by some powerful cohort while on escort, and worst of all. He had never touched a weapon in his life other than a butter knife while spreading butter on a pancake for people in the morning. Atleast he had very strong warriors near him, but while he was content on being weak on Earth he had to learn how to defend himself quickly in this new world. Ri Young looked around yet again, he was in a room close to the prince's escort force. It seemed that everyone in that meeting room had been moved closer toward the prince and in turn, eachother.

His room wasn't exactly big but it was the best he has been in for around four years -his uncle didn't really treat him that well- and it had a nice straw bed with a cloth cover, the stone floors here had been warmed by something but Ri had no clue what. He had a simple desk and chair made out of strong wood and a door with his name on the front of it. Ri being average height could lay on the ground and have to stretch to touch both sides of the cube so it was more than enough for him. He felt pretty bad for the multiple really big guys at that meeting room he was at earlier though. Thinking of them reminded him about everyone else.

He didn't know any names so he just named them himself. There was big guy one and big guy two, big guy one was a man with an olive skin tone with massive muscles that couldn't be contained in his armor so he simply didnt wear sleeves, he didn't have a weapon in the hall but Ri could assume he fights with his bear sized hands or simply had a massive battle axe or something. Big guy two was much like big guy one except he had a real weapon, a lance the size of Ri himself. The Lance was sharp with the flag of the kingdom on it -or what he thought was the kingdom- and looked to easily be the weight of a boulder. Big guy two seemed to have much more etiquette and education than big guy one, bowing and being generally approachable. Other than those two, there was also the rude young women who talked to him in the hall. She was a beauty even to his standards of not lusting over anyone. She had beautiful bronze hair that flowed down to her shoulders and soft yet precise eyes that seemed to be so alluring on purpose. She carried two daggers on her sides and a cloak that hid them for sight normally. Ri wouldn't ever see them if he didn't happen to stray his eyes down there... Anyways he aptly named her bronze beauty. there was also a man in full dark steel armor and a helmet that blocked the world from seeing him other than a small slit where his eyes would be. He carried a Longsword that was dark blue and required two hands to be held. Ri called him bluey. Last but not least, there was an older women, around mid 30's that had black hair and around the same height as him, she constantly had a cool smile and wore light armor to stay mobile with her short sword. He actually knew her name as Lauren, she was very talkative and actually leaked the information that his room was moved closer to the second prince.

And then there was him. A young man with no talent or skill with any weapons guarding the future of the kingdoms empire... He quickly got up from his bed and left the room.

***

Second Prince Leonard was a man of pride and confidence who would speak up when anything irked him the wrong way and set things straight with whom he likes and those he doesn't. This applied to many things in his life, like his butler, Sebastian. Or his friends and ex-friends. But one thing he seemed to not be able to talk openly about was how he actually hated his fiancée with his whole heart. He hates the way she talked, the way she acts, the way she treats her servants, the way she looks at him even. But he just couldn't seem to be able to tell her that he simply doesn't want to continue their relationship and would rather lose his father's approval than continue talking to her in any way. Which is why he came up with a master plan.

First he would get some... special characters to be apart of his escort. And then magically disapear in a terrible accident with mountain bandits until the princess gets married to someone else. She is the perfect age to marry someone, of course not him, but her family is rich enough so it shouldn't take to long. Basically Leonard was going to go on vacation for a few weeks, maybe two months at most and then come back from the mountain bandits... prison... after his fiancée moves on to someone else.

"Gods I really surprise myself sometimes with my ideas" The Second Prince chucked to himself when his loyal butler, Sebastian peered inside and asked if anything is wrong

"No Sebastian do not worry about me." Second Prince Leonard faltered every now and then about his fake facade, but he quickly fixed his face before anything bad could happen.

Second Prince Leonard was a mommy's boy as most would call it, him and his mother were inseparable until he had to leave and defend his own keep and she had to stay with the king. She would always tell and help him fix his face when appearing at events because he would have smears of chocolate on it or would not be carrying a proud smile. These memories often brought him joy as she was the only real friend he ever had. Running a whole castle by yourself at 17 is hard, who knew. So he hardly had time for pleasantries such as friendship. The Second Prince, as most would assume tried early on to usurp the Crown Princes position on the ladder of power. And with a lot of luck, he succeeded quite easily. Turns out the Crown Prince wanted a peaceful life and was currently living in the middle of nowhere after beating his father in a bet about destroying an old master of the sword in a duel at the age of 15. The whole Second Prince name was actually a massive cover up because of how embarrassed King Ebb was, thankfully the kingdom and its vassals are very loyal.

"Ahh, I have to get to training." The Second Prince was very skilled with the sword for someone his age, some even called him a prodigy. But he knew he was terrible. How could he be a prodigy when he literally saw his brother defeat a master of the same weapon in just twelve seconds? The Prince knew this was a bad standard to hold over his head but that still didn't stop him from hungering for more and more skill and power. So he quickly got up and put on his training clothes, which was just a perfectly clean white tunic and some pants. And then left his room for the training grounds.

But it seemed in a turn of fate, or perhaps a streak of unluckyness. A man was lost and aimlessly wandering around the keep. He actually knew the man, his name was Adam.

Ri Young was walking around gazing at all the expensive items on the wall with a stupid expression on his face. He simply never saw this much wealth in his life, from expensive paintings the size of four of him laying down to a golden chalice filled with water that was handed to him by someone called Sebastian. He was just in awe of the whole place. Which is why he didn't even see the Second Prince standing there just looking at him. He didn't know how long the prince was there for but it must've been a while, seeing as how the Prince forgot to put on a confident smile until Ri Young talked.

"N-Nice castle you have here" he said embarrassed

"Yeah... it's all mine" The Prince smiled awkwardly at the sudden small talk

"Where are you headed Adam?" The Prince said looking at Ri Young with a puzzled expression

"I don't know? The training grounds I guess, I got distracted." Ri Young said with confidence despite praying in his head the prince wasn't headed there as well so he could get away with having to show himself having absolutely zero skill with any weapon.

"Great! I'm headed there aswell!" The prince said with a slight smile.

Ri Young was not smiling.