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“Well, by the look of it, you look dressed appropriately for this” Rex replied, a smile on his mouth while he looked Lacey up and down. “Well, that’s great then, Lizz, good to see you again” Lacey replied, patting the front of her dress down, she found wearing dresses stupid and hard, she always felt like there would be a big gust of wind and it would blow up, plus she preferred the freedom and mobility that came from wearing shorts and a top. “Lacey, you look good!” Lizz replied with a slightly shocked expression in seeing Lacey wearing a dress, to Lizz she looked amazing. “Thanks, you too, father made Kealy and I wear these stupid things because there were visitors to the palace, Kealy likes wearing this rubbish, not so much for me, can’t wait to get out of it” Lacey answered, rolling her eyes. “Since father is here, I’ll be able to stay in the castle, so we can hang out later if you two want before the games” Lizz exclaimed excitedly. “Yeah, sounds like a good idea” Rex replied
“I would like to apologise for my earlier behaviour, it was most improper of me, and before you drink, I would like to propose a toast instead.” Spinning on the spot, Rex scowled instantly at who had interrupted him, Minet was standing next to Lizz, a tray of drinking glasses in her hand, with drinks already poured ready to go. “I have also asked Lacey to join us, but it seems she has not cooled down from earlier, but I did try my lord” Minet said, speaking in her soft silky voice again. “What is it?” Rex asked, eyeing the glasses of drinks suspiciously. “Almond and peach wine, from our finest vineyards” Minet replied with a smile. “Isn’t peach and almond smell the premise for poison?” Lizz enquired, looking at the poured drinks with the same expression as Rex. “Poising the prince would cause the annihilation of my family from the emperor in response, which helps none of us, so that is a silly presumption to make” Minet answered, showing a slight hint of annoyance at Lizz. “One
The sheer shock of being interrupted suddenly, left both girls unable to move for a few seconds, it was Lacey who then came to her senses and quickly darted behind the changing wall. “Rex! How the f**k did you wake up? I thought you were out for the night?” Lacey squealed, her face as red as a beetroot, Rex was currently standing on his bed, his talisman lit so bright it was able to light the entire room. “Most curious indeed my lord” Minet casually replied with a wink, slowly picking up the blanket she had dropped near Rex’s bed, and as she started to walk out of the room, she turned back and said, “Until next time,” she threw Lacey one last death stare, before striding out of Rex’s room confidently shaking her bum as she did so. “Ok Lacey, what the f**k is going on? Usually, a guy would love to have two naked girls in his room fighting over him, but this is weird” Rex replied, stepping down from his bed, the talisman starting to dim in brightness, Rex proceeded to illuminate the r
“Of course my lord” Deacon replied, a calm and casual look on his face, seemingly unphased by the gaze Rector shot towards him. Reaching into his robe, Deacon produced a small green handled dagger, very similar to the one Rector was currently holding, once he produced the blade, he walked up to Rector and bowed his head and held the dagger out to him. “Care to tell me why Justin is carrying a blade with your family insignia on it?” Rector said in a low growl, looking between the daggers and Deacon, who tilted his head to one side in confusion. “I’m sorry my lord, but THAT dagger I gave you is emblazoned with my family crest, but this one is not” Deacon replied, squinting his eyes while looking at the two daggers. “Do not think me a fool Deacon, I can see the insignia on the blade you gave me, but I can also see that on this blade, it was almost removed, quite terribly I might add, I can guarantee a royal weapons smith can verify my claim” Rector replied, showing Deacon a rough patc
Once Rector had greeted the procession into the city, Rex breathed a sigh of relief, he was petrified he would have had to do it, turning to Rector, who was currently watching the procession open and the governors of each region coming toward the pedestal, “Where did you go?” Rex asked quietly. “I shall tell you later my son, I apologize, I had something important to look into” Rector replied, turning to Rex with a soft expression on his face. Nodding to Rector, he turned back and watched as five cloaked people came forward in a line parallel to the pedestal, stopping just a few feet away from Rector and Rex, bowed and removed their cloaks one at a time. “I am Augur Strix! Governor of Bhutan, this is my region’s representative, my daughter Lizzetta!” Augur roared, turning and pointing to Lizz, who strode forward and stood next to her father, the crowd cheering loudly, Rex’s mouth dropped open at the announcement, once Rector dipped his head, both Augur and Lizz bowed, stepping back
“Well, it is definitely a surprise to see you competing, I’m surprised your father would allow such a thing” Rex replied, turning to see Lizz behind him, wearing a massive smile on her face. “Because I’m a girl?” Lizz replied, raising one eyebrow. “Because you are the governors only daughter, and I have a feeling this whole battle week thing is going to be a rough ride” Rex answered, taken a little aback at Lizz’s comment, relaxing a little when he saw her face soften. “Having seen quite a few of them, I know what I’m in for, don’t know what events will be on this year though, I have heard they are going to be quite exciting, I feel bad for you, you have never been in the battle games or have even seen what this is and you’re competing” Lizz said. “Yeah, was kind of thrust upon me” Rex replied, using his thumb to point to Rector behind him. “You’re a Magnus…” Lizz started to say. “Yeah yeah, I’ll be fine, I’ll do great, Magnus this, born from greatness” Rex interjected, using his
The sudden voice entering his head woke Rex with a jolt, he remembered dreaming about spending his night swimming with Lacey, and before he knew it, a voice starting whispering silently into his ear, asking him to kill, he had no idea where the voice came from or why it came to him, but it was alarming enough to wake him. Opening his eyes and sitting up, he could tell it was close to dawn, seeing the faintest glow of red light behind the horizon, so he decided at the minute that he would just get himself ready for the day and practice trying to open his magical space while waiting for Ley’s summons. Once he readied himself in a nice fitting training outfit, Rex moved into the middle of his room, sat down cross legged, closed his eyes and after steadying his breathing, he started trying to clear his mind. It took a while for Rex to successfully empty everything from his mind, he kept feeling the faintest pull in his mind to hold the sword, like his mind needed him to do it, shaking th
“My prince, your hand was broken, but already seems to be well on the mend, not surprised knowing who you are” the physician said when she inspected Rex’s hand using magical evaluation. He already knew what the physician was going to say, ‘Because I’m a Magnus…blah blah blah’ said in his head. “Now you my Bohl friend, I am flabbergasted how any of your bones became broken, this is a rare occurrence, like once in a lifetime type of thing” the physician said to Ley, who just smiled and winked at Rex, “How did you say it happened again?” “I was sparring, you know, usual manly stuff” Ley replied, the physician eyeing him suspiciously. “Well, whoever hit you and did this is ridiculously powerful, I may not live long enough to see this again, please wait around while I document it” the physician said excitedly, scurrying for a pad and charcoal pencil to make notes and sketches. “You go ahead, I'll catch up later” Ley said, rolling his eyes. Rex decided to go for a walk to clear his hea