“So prince, what are you going to do in the meantime? You know, while waiting for tomorrow’s match?” Ley asked. “I’m going to check up on Nessa, might go and see Charr and see if Lizz is back yet, seems like I have a lot of people to check up on, might come and see how Ulna is doing, if that is ok with you?” Rex said, finishing his sentence looking at Marcia, who shrugged. “You are the prince, I couldn’t stop you from going anywhere.” “But..” “Shut up Markus! You’re always the one to remind me, this time I didn’t need it, and I don’t need your comments, he IS the prince, and if he wants to come and check on Ulna, I cannot stop him even if I wanted to” Marcia snapped, cutting Markus off. Raising his eyebrow in response to Marcia’s quickened temper, he simply smiled, “Of course, you are right, none of us could stop him.” How quickly Markus backed down even took Marcia by surprise, she opened and closed her mouth a few times signalling she was going to say something, instead she sto
“It will not take long, plus bonus fact, we are going past the location Helena described, it will not take up much of our travel time, I know before tomorrow nights finale, you have a few errands to run and still need rest” Marcia said after seeing Rex raise his eyebrow at her. “If you say so oh vengeful one” Rex chuckled, following close behind once Marcia started off down the path towards the city center. “You have no idea” Marcia said with an evil smile, giggling a little seeing the look on Rex’s face. ‘She has turned into a totally different person so quickly, from such a hardened man-hater, I can’t believe I have seen her smile a few times in a short period’ Rex mused to himself, he was taken aback how beautiful she was when she smiled, how her eyes glinted in the light when she did. “Stop daydreaming, we are close” Marcia said, rapping Rex on the arm when she saw him with a glazed expression. “Huh? I was pondering” Rex said, getting a little snappy without realizing. “A top
“Master Percus! How is Nessa doing?” Marcia said once she recognised the person speaking with Rex. “Responding to treatment quite well, her physiology should have rejected the medicine, but it seems it has taken well, now young man, please answer my earlier question” the physician named Percus said, leaning forward to look at Marcia and Rex over the top of the rim of his glasses while he spoke. “You don’t expect the prince to be able to see that kind of magic?” Marcia asked, looking between Percus and Rex. “The prince!? You are the famed prince Rex?” Percus said, his glasses almost sliding off his face. “I wouldn’t say the famed prince, but yes, I am Rex.” “My deepest apologies my lord! That of course explains how you saw my wards I placed” Percus said, bowing to Rex. “Why would you place wards on a hospital?” Rex asked, tilting his head a little in confusion. “I am not sure what a hospital is my lord” Percus replied, “Ah one second, I have heard that word before!” he exclaimed
“We will be in contact my prince!” Barbun called out to Rex as he and Marcia traveled down the hallway, coming to a stop at the last room. “So I’m rich?” Rex asked Marcia, who nudged him playfully. “Don’t let your head swell up too much, you’re a royal, I don’t know what you need it for, no one would ask you to pay for something” Marcia said, shaking her head, reaching out and turning the door handle of the room they had stopped at, pushed it open and entered. The moment Rex entered the room, a familiar voice hit him, “Two visits from royals in two days, I must be important.” “Hey Nessa, how are you feeling?” Rex asked with a smile as he came into the room, Nessa was sitting on the end of her bed, “What do you mean two royals? Who else came to see you?” “I’m ok, I’ll be allowed to leave soon” Nessa said, “The emperor came to see me yesterday, he did some weird shit to try and help me remember something, the weird thing is I don’t remember what he wanted me to remember, all I know
Turning down the last alley that led to the main gate to the palace grounds, Rex had a feeling wash over him, ‘I’m not alone.’ Acting as if he had not noticed, Rex was now halfway down the alley when a shadow dropped down in front of him, landing with a barely audible thud. “Nice night for a stroll?” “One of the men from the balcony” Rex replied, raising an eyebrow, he was able to see quite clearly and recognized the face of the man in the shadows, “Where’s your friend who wore the rags?” “He has skills it seems Jasper” said another male voice from behind him. “Indeed he does seem that way, come quietly, or don’t, we get paid either way, I would prefer not to get blood on my new shirt” the man called Jasper replied with a snarl, wiping his hand down the front of his shirt. “I choose option three thanks” Rex replied with a shrug, letting his hand drop onto the pommel of the sword he had. “There is no option three” Jasper replied, seeing Rex’s hand drop to his hip, “Must be a nice
“Of course not! You made all of this, I’m certainly not going to waste it” Rex replied eagerly, seeing the food being placed down. “Well I didn’t technically make it, but I went down and brought it up, so that’s close enough, get over here” Marcia said with a smile. Letting out a chuckle as he stood up, Rex walked over to the table and sat down across from Marcia, who was already seated waiting. “Thank you” Rex said after sitting down and taking in the grandeur of the meal, breakfast sausage, eggs, bacon, what looked like a hash brown and some fruit pieces in a bowl off to the side of his plate. “Like your father said, a good meal at the start of a day can give you the energy needed to accomplish many things, you have many things to accomplish today” Marcia said, her tone turning a little worried. “You aren’t worried about me, are you?” Rex replied, stopping shoving food into his mouth for a minute to look at the worried expression on her face. “Well no, and yes, at the same time
“You seem different Ley, is everything ok?” Rex asked once he matched Ley’s walking speed. “I could ask you the same thing Rex” he replied, looking over to Rex, smiling a little at his effort in keeping pace with him, due to Ley’s size, his stride was almost twice the distance of everyone else. “I’m fine” Rex said, shrugging his shoulders, he was not lying about that, he felt like he usually did. “We will train with the weapons I have, you left that snake’s sword behind, yes?” Ley asked, glancing down to Rex’s hip. “Well to be honest, I don’t even know what happened to it, haven’t seen it since last night, why?” Rex asked, feeling his hip from habit. “I am sick of seeing it, any gift from him always comes with a price” Ley replied, clenching his fist. “You do not like him, do you?” “If I was allowed to end him, I would do it slowly” Ley replied, gritting his teeth. “Jesus man! It was a question, now new topic, what grueling regime do you have for me today?” Rex said, rapping hi
“Rex, it's time to leave for the arena" Ley said, leaning over and placing a hand on Rex’s shoulder. “Far out, that went quickly” Rex huffed, opening his eyes. After the sparring match with Alex, Rex had decided to grab a cushion from one of the chairs they had moved and was sitting on his heels near the window meditating, he found it allowed him to slow his breathing and after a while his mind would slow, instead of running a hundred miles an hour as it did constantly in his waking hours. “It did indeed, it is time to go” Ley repeated with a smile. With a nod, Rex began to stand, groaning a little, “My muscles ache” he complained. “You have been like that for close to two hours, I am not surprised” Ley chuckled, leading the way around towards the back door, Rex falling behind a little, stretching as he walked. “You do know we can take the front door” Rex reminded Ley, using his thumb to point towards the front entrance. “This door works perfectly” Ley responded, pushing the bac