05

Staring at the building in front of him,Wan ke gazes it up to down observing how precious this place is for every prince of all states kingdom. Taking a deep breath in he lets it out with a loud sigh thinking about his days ahead,his life has always been different from others.

He walks in through the arch in the entrance preparing his mind and heart for the new level of his life. Wale follows him in carrying his luggages.

"Drop them here," Wan Ke orders stopping in his tracks in the path where everyone are gathered. The path is crowded with students who are the Prince of other states kingdom.

"Don't look at me with those eyes," Wan ke scoffs glaring at Wale who is staring at him with concern.

"Are you sure that you will be able move on?," he asks his voice low and timid," placing the bags on the ground he steps forward and faces him.

"Only you, dad and mom knows about my true identity," Wan ke answers making sure his voice is low "I'm sure that others are going to find out about me if you look at me in that way,"

"Which way?," Wale asks as his lips twitches up to smile eventhough that he is worried.

"With sympathy," his voice comes out as a mere whisper "I know that you care about me but I have been living this way for a decade," he looks at we in his eyes ensuring that he is strong "Rest assured I can handle these as I'm used it," he smiles and hugs him by the side patting Wale's behind with his palm.

"Let me know if you need anything," 

"Sure,"

"Alright then , it's almost time," Wale informs ,taking a step back he waves at him "Take care,"

"Hmm..Goodbye,"Wan ke waves at him as he walks away.

Wale has been working in the palace for years and his father has served Lord Wen's father too. When XingXing came home in the age of five as a little girl she always plays with Wale addressing him as her uncle. He follows her everywhere to guard her but his job has created a special bond with in them, eventhough XingXing has became strong she never forgets that she was once a little girl who asked him to pluck flowers.

Wan ke's lips twitches up to a wide smile thinking about how concerned Wale is. Whenever Wale greets him he reminds him to remove the word lord or master and to be with him as his close uncle.

"Hey," Wanke turns around when turns around to meet the stranger who is smiling at him in a way that they've known each other, furrowing his eyebrows curiously Wan ke nods in reply.

"I'm Long HenYu," he moves his hand forward for a handshake.

"Wan Ke," he replies and shakes his hand awkwardly.

"I'm glad to see you buddy," he moves forward standing by his side and places his arm over Wanke's shoulder "You were so handsome that day buddy," he states which makes Wan ke to turn towards his left and face him over his shoulders.

"Which day?," he asks curiously.

"In the house of Jin when you won over my brother in drinking, damn you were soo cool," he comments in a tone of being a fangirl.

Thinking for a while Wanke's brain brightens up when he reminds the scene"Ohh I see," he replies dryly and moves his gaze to the crowd.

"Seems like you know many girls," HenYu giggles when Wan ke looks back at him "Introduce some to me."

Staring at him for a while in silence Wan Ke's lips forms into a smirk, keeping a step aside he removes HenYu's arm from his shoulders.

"They are mine," he chuckles and walks away while HenYu follows him.

"Please...please," he begs playfully walking behind Wan ke and both stops when the sound of the bell went through their ears.

Master ling the head of the school hits the circular plate bell with a dong grabbing everyone's attention,the sound of bickering and chatting stops in an instant as everyone stands straight and looks towards him eyes glued to the person standing on the stage

"Good afternoon,"he greets with a smile.

"Good afternoon," everyone greets back as some of them in the crowd bows down a bit for respect and Wan Ke is one of them too.

Getting down the stairs he walks towards the crowd while they move away making way for him by gathering to one side.

"Before everything begins," he stands in front of the crowd "I know that you all have been in a long journey so," stepping back he points to the ground opposite to them with his hand "You are going to decide where you are going to live," he informs as he turns his back to the crowd facing the empty ground.

"27 men are here ,but there are nine rooms available," he turns around and faces his students again "Your living area will be luxurious if your arrow is in distant," the surrounding follows with cheering and claps "Also...Also," Lord Ling gives pressure to word also and the environment captures silence waiting for him to continue " If your arrow is alone and if no one can hit close to it, then you can have a single room," he gets excited to watch the match of the men in the very first day.

Two maids brings a bow and a barrel of arrows, one person shoots at a time and the other follows next ,the closer the distance between the arrows shot by a person will be in the same room.

"I gotta hit it as far as possible,"Wan Ke tells himself as he doesn't want to share a  room with anyone as he should be cautious living with a male.