"My Lord, there's a letter for you." Holding a letter, Adam quickly ran to Idris's room when Idris was working out. While going through strict training, Idris had to wake up at 5 in the morning. Luke not only trained him in sword playing but he had Idris run and do the other work out as well. Seeing him working out, Adam paused on the spot and he kept looking at him. Idris had a good physique, he no longer looked chubby nor ugly. Any woman would fall for him... Adam thought."What is it?" Drinking water, Idris asked. Adam coughed and handed him the letter. "Someone has sent you a letter."'A letter? Izak was going to come to visit my house with me but then he had an urgent matter to take care of so he couldn't come. Before leaving, I left my address to him. I told him if there's a news or anything he wanted to tell me, he should send me a letter. Can it be... '"Fine, you can go back.""Yes, My Lord."Putting on a shirt, Idris heaved a sigh then he started reading the letter attenti
The sound of birds chirping in the garden vanished as the sound of sword moving fast took over. Some boys played football while some were busy chatting. "Did you hear about the new tournament that will be held in the western region?" Among two boys, one of them asked so in an enthusiastic tone of voice. "No, what about it?"Beads of sweat appeared on his body and his breathing was a little heavy, Idris was all focused on practising sword playing. As he moved close to the main door, those two boys conversation pulled his attention."I have heard that this tournament is a top one, many royals will be joining in this regardless of their age, height and weight.""But doesn't it look scary? I mean young people will definitely lose after two matches. How can this be fair?" One of them complained. "Well, yeah. But that's the deal here. I heard from my father that whoever win in this tournament will be granted a title from the Duke of Montana."Upon hearing the words, Duke of Montana sudde
* Two Days Later *The long hallway looked too scary, with nobody around it was as if celebrating Halloween. Idris was not that scared of ghosts but he was not that brave either. While practising, he couldn't help but look towards the hallway. Unlike in the past, he didn't practice in the backyard nor did he practise in the hallway but in a safe place away from those two, where nobody would be able hear him practising. Idris took a look around then continued his practice."Huh!" Since Merle had ordered him to stay in his room, he followed it for two days and didn't really come out of his room but tonight, he left his room only after everyone slept or... That's what he thought.When he was practising, his full concentration was on the sword and how he was moving it against the wind but suddenly he felt a pair of dark eyes was watching him. It was making his back irk for some odd reason.Idris took a deep breath and quickly turned around but he saw nobody and nothing suspicious, 'Stra
As Idris pointed his sword towards a certain direction, star-shaped light appeared in the space. With melodic sound, they moved to every direction as Idris ordered and then they gathered on one place.Idris sharply stared at the edge of his sword as he ran his finger over it, the silver color of his sword reflecting in his eyes. "Brillar." The moment he voiced so, the star-shaped light turned into hundreds of butterflies then they circled around a beautiful flower in the garden."Sigue adelante." He voiced while keeping his eyes shut, while the chosen flower was growing bigger and more beautiful. Idris could hear the voice of the flower, as if it was thanking him. After working hard day and night, he finally managed to use both mana and sword harmonically. Suddenly a hand pulled his arm coming out of nowhere, "Idris, Idris. Open your eyes. Hurry up." Idris clenched his fists then let it go and in a minute, the sword and magic, all disappeared into thin air."Wow, you can now not only
"Mr. Eckes, you know how much do I want to join in this tournament and you also know the reason. Then I don't understand why are you suddenly stopping me from participating in this tournament." Idris voiced, he really couldn't understand why was Reiki doing that.This tim, Reiki quickly took a look at the outside of his room and then he walked to Idris and added, "I know it all and that's why I am saying this. My Lord, you are surely doing good. You have improved a lot in the past few days but My Lord, do you really want to show up in front of everyone with the little skills you have?"Hearing him, Idris looked down while Reiki continued, "In the tournament there will be a lot more skillful participant, do you really want to join while you are not upto your true power?""Mr. Eckes. I'm sure I can defeat...""Are you sure you can defeat the Duke of Montana right now?" Reiki looked right at him and Idris took a deep breath, he thought he would be able to defeat everyone in the game but
* Tyron Campus *The long hallway, the glass floors, and the mind-blowing interior design of the compus got most of them surprised. Some students looked at around with their jaw dropped, while some didn't show any shocked expression on their faces but they continued walking. "Excuse me, may I know wh..." Idris stepped backwards with a hesitant look on his face as the boy he was asking a question ignored him. Idris pursed his lips and looked around in confusion again.For nearly half an hour, he had been looking for his room number where he was supposed to stay at but with none's help he couldn't find it and the more he walked, the more he got lost.Taking a quick look around him, Idris looked at his finger. There were more than three hundreds students, he couldn't dare using any magic. 'Skie, tell me where is my room. Am I going the right way? I doubt...'[Yes, host. You are going to the right way, your room is in the third floor. After you reach the floor, please take a left, then t
'They were looking at me constantly and talking about me earlier but why they stopped all of a sudden? Is it because of these students...' With those thought running in his head, Idris stared at the boys who were sitting on the chairs just around him. With them joining him, the table was full now.The boys remained silent, only sending him some harmless gazes. Seeing the boys still look at him but say nothing, Idris smiled in an awkward manner and voiced, "Uhmm, you guys..." But before he could even complete the sentence, one of the boys moved his chair close to Idris and looked at him with sharp gazes. 'What do they want from me? They don't give any good vibe nor do they look like some bad guys... I'm so confused right now.'"I'm already full, you guys c..." Feeling somewhat weird in his chest, Idris picked his plate up and stood up to leave but just then one of them stopped him by putting his leg in front of him."Idris, right?"A little annoyed, Idris uttered, "Yeah." Without show
Giving Richard a smile, Idris headed into the bathroom. He put his towel on the side of the bathroom and just as he was about to turn on the shower, suddenly someone threw water at him.Shocked and confused, he looked at the direction and he saw Richard laughing. Idris smiled awkwardly and was a about to turn it on again, and this time, more water was thrown at him. It came all of a sudden that he was taken aback, wiping off his face Idris stared at the boys who were now laughing their ass off."How do you like the water?" Andrew asked, in a teasing manner. Idris didn't feel any good from their behaviour, it was as if they were having some bad intentions towards him."Uhmm, it's good. You guys have fun, I w..."Charles gestured at Lexhn and he suddenly pushed Idris aside. In utter disbelief, Idris looked at them. What the heck they were doing?"Guys, please...""Fine, go ahead." As Henry voiced so, Idris heaved a sigh and turned around. Barely two to three of water touched his shoulde
* A week later *"Madam, how about this dress? Would you like to try this one?""Wow, it looks so pretty. Yes, I want to try it. Do you think I will look good?" Cathy shyly looked at the dress that the shop owner showed her."Of course, you will look beautiful in it.""Thank you."Cathy was busy looking at the dresses, some maids were helping her while some were busy flattering her. "The palace has become more lively since she has been staying here, isn't it?" Walking to him, Willem gave him a pat on the shoulder and Idris's gaze shifted to him."Were you not busy working on the new project? Why are you here?" In a cold tone of voice, Idris questioned him."You don't seem happy that I'm here."Noticing how Idris was looking at him like he would beat the hell out of him anytime, Willem cleared his throat. "Yeah, I'm busy because of the project but I am here because... Lady Cathy has invited me to the evening's party.""You could have said no.""I don't want to."Not only Willem, anyon
* Six months later *Knock!No response. Knock again!No response. "Uhmm, Your Majesty. Maybe, Madam is reading books again. When she's too much into the book, she is delved into it she might not hear us." The head maid, Bora asserted so in a humble manner."Alright. I want to see my wife, you can leave.""Yes, sir."Standing outside the door, Idris waited for a moment before opening the door from outside. Inside the room, many ancient furniture was kept, it was decorated beautifully, a perfect room for a newlywed couple.He looked around in search of his wife and his eyes fixated on the sofa where she was laying on her stomach, her eyes glued to the book in her hand."Is the book that interesting? Are you having fun?"Upon hearing the voice, she looked at him and she jumped to hug him. "Idris, you are back.""I thought I was getting abandoned again." Idris voiced, with a pout."I'm sorry, I was... You know... too focused on the book so I did not hear the calling. Hehe." Cathy looke
"I have been wanting to kill you for a long time now, you have got such good luck that every time you are saved. But today, I promise you. You will die a painful death in my hand." Lionel confidently looked at his sword with which he had planned to stab him."Que el trueno caiga sobre tu cabeza.""Oh, come on. Do not try anything funny. You are going to die anyway." Idris closed his eyes and Lionel laughed again, thinking he was scared of him. There was barely an inch of distance between the two, taking a look at his sword as Lionel raised his hand to stab him suddenly the cloud started roaring.A thunderstorm that nobody ever saw in their lives befallen on the palace. Lionel took a step back and looked around, "What the heck is happening?"In no time, the guards were thrown at the wall and they fell on their stomach, screaming in pain. In utter disbelief, Lionel stared at Idris who stood still with closed eyes and in anger, as he moved forward a sudden coldness surrounded him."What
"So, is the emperor really going to put you in the position?"Letting out a sigh of defeat, Idris nodded his head. "I tried talking to him, I told him I don't need it but he did not listen. He insisted on doing it. He said that he will go back to the palace, talk to Lionel and others then make arrangements for me to take over the throne officially.""I can understand, he met his real son after all these years. Of course, he will want to give you everything that you have lost but the problem here is..."Interrupting Willem, he added in a heavy tone of voice, "The problem is my father does not know how dangerous Lionel is. Since he just woke up and is still in the recovery phase, I don't want him to be stressed so I did not tell him about Lionel's true identity but it's dangerous. I don't want him to know where the emperor is staying right now.""What is the emperor doing now?""He is waiting for Lionel to come... He did not want to wait longer so I could only shift him to my palace. He
"Idris, what are you doing here?""Mika, why is it you?"Idris couldn't believe he just met Mika, the shock of meeting her again after so many months had passed Idris was so overwhelmingly happy. "That's a long story, I cannot tell you about it right now. Mika, do you work for the emperor?""Uhmm, yes. Wait, don't tell me... Are you looking for the emperor?"Nodding his head, Idris took a look around. "I am here to find him but I don't know in which room he is at so I was here. Mika, please take me to him. I need to see him as soon as possible.""Someone is coming. Idris, come with me."Idris followed her, until now he was excited and had mixed emotions but now when he was getting closer to meet him, he did not know what he felt.Stopping in front of the door, Mika suddenly stopped. She bit her lips while taking a step back."Mika, what's wrong? We need to hurry or else someone will see us.""You can't enter.""What do you mean?"In a sad tone of voice, Mika explained, "Only the chos
"Mr. Willem, do you think things will go as we planned?" Cathy asked, looking out the window worriedly. "I hope it does. I am also worried but I believe Idris has his plan.""Yes, I also trust him. I know when he plans something he will put his mind to it and give his 100% but... But still, it's the emperor this time. And the crown prince is not a human, he is a psychopath. What if... Something goes wrong? I can't help thinking about it." Cathy added. Like Idris said he had a plan but he left to do the task all by himself.Willem let out a sigh and nodded his head, "You are right. I am also worrying about that, let's hope for the best.""Yes..."* The Serenity Palace *"My prince, here...""Aaaa."A woman on his left fed him a fruit while Lionel was laid on the couch, leisurely moving around and looking at his other women who were serving him. While some massaged his body, some were busy feeding him fruits and some were in other things."My prince, would you like some wine?" One of t
"What do you want to say? Just say it. Miss Alpin." Lia moved forward a little, her hands trembling as she asked, "Are you really married?""Yes." Idris firmly answered."But you were supposed to wait for me. You..." Lia held onto the corner of her gown as she found it hard for the words to come out of her mouth, "You should have married me. We...""Miss Alpin... I have never said that I would marry you.""No, you...""I still remember what I told you that day. I told you, Miss Alpin that you will find someone better. I was not worthy of your care." Idris voiced out stiffly. Since the last time he met Lia, he thought that was their last meeting. Though at first he felt bad to use her, but he hoped she would meet someone better and not get involved in the world's conspiracy but..."It's... It should not be like this. I have been waiting for you for so long, Idris. I have left everything and focused on only getting to meet you again. I have done all I could to come this far, then why.
* Two months later *"Young Master, Duke Idris has arrived."Taking a sip in the glass of wine, Lionel looked at the butler who had his eyes fixated on the floor. The butler who worked for him, looked strangely calm yet the uneasiness and fear he was having couldn't escape Lionel's gazes. He leaned a little backwards in his chair and questioned in a gentle tone of voice, "How about my guest?""She is waiting for the call in the guest room."Lionel stared at the nearest building and nodded his head slightly, "Alright, it's time for a great show. Get him here.""Yes, Young Master."'The Serenity Palace', was known as the emperor of Oregano, Randolph Arshelan's palace. Rumours had it that the emperor was too infatuated with the palace for some reason so he wouldn't let anyone not even his son in the palace. Seated on his horse, Idris looked at the magnificent building in the distance. His eyes fell on the board on which the words 'Serenity Palace' were carved beautifully. His hatred was
"Of course, we can meet on the weekend as well. Though I have a busy schedule but for you, I can make time. Let's go on a date..."Kian was busy talking to a woman he met in the banquet, as he saw Cathy in a vulnerable state he was hella worried. "Lady Cathy, what happened? Why do you look like this?""Idris... He...""What happened to boss? Where is he?" Kian looked in the direction she just came from but sadly, he couldn't see him and he got more tensed."Idris... Idris jumped from the building. In... In front of my eyes, he...""What? Where did he jump? Wait, take me there."Kian ran after Cathy, going to the exact location from where Idris jumped awhile ago Kian kept searching around but he couldn't even smell Idris's cologne. "What happened? Tell me from the beginning.""We... We were..."* * *"Huff!""Huff!"Everywhere his gaze fell on, Idris could see only dark. His breath hitched and his legs were literally trembling. Idris didn't know for how long he had been running but hi