Chapter 21: Curious About The Prince Of Valiant Castle

I approached and asked him. "Where are the king and General Agustin?" Why are you the only one here?"

He raised his head and looked at me. "General Agustin left, and he went to the back of the palace to fetch the physician, while father went to the kitchen to order the servants to prepare food."

He closed his eyes. It looked like he was seriously injured. "Does it hurt?" I asked.

He looked at me badly. "You can see that I'm hurting. Why are you asking?"

I blinked my eyes several times. "Why are you angry? I'm just asking."

"Obviously it hurts!"

"I can't see if you're really hurt." He gave me an angry look. I sat next to him. "Dylan, is that prince really your friend?"

 Dylan's forehead is slowly frowning. "What did you say?" 

 "I said, are you really friends with that prince?"

"You forgot something, especially with my name."

"What?"

He snorted and folded his arms. "There should be a prince in my name."

"Can't it just be Dylan?"

He quickly faced me and accidentally moved his sprained leg. He closed his eyes and opened them, and he looked at me. "Why do you call Prince Damon a prince? Why in me is Dylan only? "

"Does it matter if there isn't?"

"There is!"

I covered my ears at the loudness of his voice. "What are you fighting for?" I also have to shout too.

"There must always be a prince or majesty whenever you talk to me."

My forehead was wrinkled and I fixed my hair even though it was okay. "What do you want to be called, dear prince?"

Dylan tried not to smile. "It can be dear prince if that's what you want."

I just shook my head. "It's just your foot got injured, but why is your brain also affected?"

It looked into my eyes with anger. While I was just calm, King Stephen suddenly appeared. "Why are you the only ones here? Where is Prince Damon?"

King Stephen was asking for them when Prince Damon arrived. "I'm here, dear king."

"It's better that we eat. I know you're hungry because of the distance you traveled to get here. Follow me. " King Stephen stopped and looked at his son's feet. "What about Prince Dylan, the general who isn't here yet?"

"I will be the only one to support him, dear king," he offered.

Prince Dylan just adjusted his seat. "You eat first, father. I will come later. Adira will join me here while we wait for General Agustin to return."

"It's not possible, Prince Dylan. You have to eat with us."

"I don't think Prince Damon will be able to help me because he looks like he has a hand injury."

The king looked at Prince Damon's hand, which he did not immediately hide. The king frowned. "I didn't notice that you had a wound when you came here?"

He smiled at the king. "It's hidden by the clothes I'm wearing, my dear king. I'm wearing a stretchy one, so while my left hand is attached, it's hidden."

King Stephen nodded. "Is your wound okay? You can treat it with my physician when he is here."

"My wound is only small, so it is not necessary."

"Then let's just wait for General Agustin before we eat, but before that, let's talk for a while in my office." Prince Damon agreed and walked with King Stephen, but before they were out of sight, Prince Damon turned to see where Adira was. He didn't react while looking at them, but Adira just stared at him. 

When Prince Damon disappeared from their sight, Adira asked. "Answer my question: is Prince Damon really your friend?"

He sighed. "Only the two kings are friends. I rarely talk to Prince Damon."

I frowned. "Why does he seem to have a grudge against you? If I don't come, even if he tries to stop his sword, I'm sure you will be injured because of his too fast motion."

"I don't even know why, because sometimes I'm just quiet when there's a meeting or gathering in our palaces. I also wonder about him sometimes."

I looked at my left side and was stunned. "Then there's a possibility that he's the one sending the letter to the king because of the way he treated Dylan, but I can't say right now if it's really him because we just met for the first time. I think next time , he's the one I have to watch out for whenever he's around. I also feel something different from that prince."

Dylan was curious why the person next to him suddenly became silent. He turned around and saw that she was just dumbfounded with a frown on her face. In his mind, "What else is she thinking as her forehead is wrinkled again?" He didn't make any noise or call Adira. He looked at the half of Adira's face that was still visible. "Her eyelashes are long, her eyebrows are thin but well-groomed, her face is also smooth, but the color of her hair and eyes is also striking , which is a natural brown color." Adira suddenly turned to face him, but Dylan still didn't budge from the stare.

I frowned even more and slowly approached the prince's face. "If you stare, dear prince, it's like you're melting me with your eyes." He came to his senses and turned his gaze directly to mine. That's why our faces were a span apart.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, but Prince Dylan was the first to let go, and he was holding his left chest.

Adira turned her gaze to the approaching two people, General Agustin and a doctor. They saw them and immediately approached them.

The general suddenly approached Prince Dylan worriedly. "Dear Prince, are you having trouble breathing?"

I turned around and saw that Dylan was holding his left chest and his breathing was getting heavy.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Dylan said and look at me.

"Your father's physician is here."

The doctor immediately knelt down and examined Dylan's foot. "His foot is already swollen. I think he didn't step well, so it swelled up immediately. It took a week or two before it went back to normal."

"Does he still need to be taken to the hospital?" asked the general.

"No, I can apply the medicine. Just take him to his room and I'll treat him there. He can't move his leg first, so it's better for him to stay in bed and rest." 

The general turned his gaze to Dylan. "I have to pick you up, Prince Dylan."

"Can you still carry me?"

The general smiled. "My skin is wrinkled, but I'm stronger than you."

The Prince shook his head and smiled as General Agustin picked him up. Adira and the doctor also followed.