"Where are you headed?" Ryu asked when he saw Xen pick up the pace along the hallway. To the left was a half balcony within the palace with massive space in the center; and the edges as well as the walls eloquently decorated with rare species of flowers. Making the entire environment aesthetically appealing.
Xenroth stopped and turned to face him. Ryu chuckled and said, "You can communicate like this, but with me only," using his telekenisis ability by which the source was the contract. So only the two of them could hear each other's thoughts and communicate through them.
Using the new found method, Xenroth replied, "I need to find my mother and ask her to heal my voice."
Ryu took a momentary pause, and he burst into a semi-loud laughter. A few maids closeby heard him, and the gossip circulated. 'The famous cold face emotionless royal - Ryuin of the Night kingdom... laughed,' was the headline.
Xen crossed her arms and pouted.
"This makes you all the more adorable," he said, "You seem slightly shorter today is it because of the flat shoes you're wearing your highness?"
"Can I kill you now?" Xen complained and a hint of frost appeared on the corners of her eyes.
"Woah...easy," he quickly reacted with his hands surrendering to the air," I jest. Don't take it to heart, hehe," he calmed her down.
"Hmf, either way...I need my throat healed. Someone just had to damage it yesterday."
"But-" he could not say anything else because she shot him a daring glare.
Ryu made a silencing genture and caught up to her speed.
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Rin summoned two shadow guards in his room. The vast space matched the extravagant gold decorations as the yellow sun made everything shine through its presence gracing the atmosphere.
"My brother spent the night with a human maid, I want you to look for her and bring her here in expectance of a reward," he commanded.
The two shadows nodded and before they could go any further, a soft knock was heard on the door.
...
Floner, a human maid working in the palace was making her rounds. She could not get Ryu's image out of her mind. She remembered how sexy he looked the previous night with his clothes disheveled as he rushed into his room. She felt proud being the only one to witness such a sight, hence she kept the information to herself.
As she was passing by Rin's chamber, she heard him give the command. After a few seconds of contemplating on whether to own up as the one he spent the night with or not, she decided to knock. Since there weren't that many human girls especially maids who worked at the NML royal palace, she had to take the chance.
Hence, she knocked.
"Come in," Rin replied and the shadow guards disappeared, "What is it?" he asked uninterested.
"My deepest apologies for the intrusion you royal highness, however I overheard that you were in search of someone. To spare you the trouble," slight hesitation, "I wished to come and own up as the one who spent the night with his royal highness Ryuin."
"Oh," he said and a knowing smirk faintly appeared on the corner of his lips. His expression turned dark and the atmosphere felt somewhat inauspicious, "Is that so?"
"Ye....yes your highness," she responded reluctantly but knew very well that there was no way she could go back.
"And why should I believe you?"
"Be..be..because I had just returned some materials to the kitchen and sought some fresh air. That was when I saw his royal highness Ryuin enter his chambers in a hurry. I followed to check up on how he was doing, and...and he pulled me in. Then-"
"Alright. Fine," he sighed amd massaged his temple, "I believe you."
'What makes this vermin think it is worthy to even glance at my brother huh? But I must say, the quick-witted solid lies thats it's spitting before me through those teeth are quite clever. Big brother, the night-myth poison must've been at its peek last night if you even managed to get caught by such a being,' he thought to himself.
Thus, another profound sigh escaped his lips.
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"There's my baby girl,"Neomal said and pulled Xenroth in for a hug.
"How was your evening?" Fronheis asked as he advanced to pat her head.
Xenroth looked at her parents in complete silence. A few seconds later, her eyes flickered and she stared deep into her mother's eyes like a hungry baby bunny pleading for food before its owner.
"What'd you do this time?" her parents asked in unison.
A hoarse, "Mmmmm," was all she could reply with.
Neomal sighed," It's become a habit of yours to make me your personal healer huh,' she said.
Fromheis chuckled, "I wish to meet this brave individual who managed to take my daughter's voice away."
Xenroth shot him a warning glare which screamed 'hands off my prey dad.'
"Alright alright," he laughed.
Neomal closed her eyes and a gentle breeze blew in the spacious room with dark grey and acquariam aesthetic designs. Her right hand went on to gently hold her dughter's neck and she whispered a few words while her hair slowly swayed with the smooth rythm of the wind. Moments later, Xenroth's throat was healed and her voice had returned.
"Ahem...thanks mom," she said as soon as she opened her mouth to speak.
"How did that happen?" Fronheis asked.
"I played around a little too much with the Night's crown prince," she replied and took quick bites of the apple she found on the coffee table.
"Did he give you any trouble?" Neomal asked worriedly after exchanging a few silent glances with her husband.
"Nope. He seems..." she hesitated and reluctantly took the final bite on the apple, "Intersting per say."
"Of you say so," Fronheis responded in kind, "Just be careful around them. If you cannot handle it anymore, tell us and we'll deal with him for you on your behalf."
"I know," she said, "Besides, he's the final prey i've decided to take. We all know what happens to the disobedient ones," she finished.
Her parents nodded and kissed her forehead.
"I'll run along now and leave you old geezers to your romantic morning then," she teased.
The laughed and pushed her away with their frost abilities.
"Now, I smell a disgusting rodent trying to covet whats mine," she mumbled under her breath as she froze in the corridor.
The previous night, she had unsuspiciously fed Ryu a certain poison she created during their mating session which she had hid under her tongue. The liquid poison was what she called - Trexon. It was made specifically for Ryu. If anyone had any intentions whatsoever of interest or being covetious towards him, she would know and that person or thing would be marked as her tareget.
"Time to see what he's up to."