The Instigation

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    The drums beat and the wind blows at the sight of the crown prince of Graham, the chief commander of the Four Provinces of The Emerald Elysian. An elegant, tall and well built young man with curly hair combed to the back dressed in his princely robes and his sword tied to his waist. The outskirts of the palace where the mages are gathered on the open stairs reveals a group of mages ready to go into a sword fight with him. They had their leader on a stand by. 




As the drums beat in signal for a 'go', the prince walked closer to where the men stood watching him closely ready to fight. They first attacked him with their sword, all eight of them. He resisted and fought back using his martial strength and magical sword. He fought the entire team down, smashing them up the sky and down the ground in magical waves. The leader of the group who stood to watch the group engage the Prince steps in to fight the prince finally after his boys were being defeated.

The leader of the group draws out his sword and flies to hit the Prince. He succeeds in hitting the prince for the first time. They both retrieved and then continued. The prince swings up a wave of magic on him that blows him to the ground and rendered him into total submission. The leader of the group went on his knees and took a bow for the Prince. Turns out they were perfecting their martial skill. The Prince turns around to look at Feddrick Gonzales on the courtyard top who has been watching all along. Feddrick happened to be his tutor, he gave the prince a 'welldone' bow.




The Prince and Feddrick Gonzales are seated inside the Palace around a long marble table in a dimly lit room facing each other as they converse.

"Your Royal Highness, judging by the energy of your sword, you have reached the highest stage of the second step, Ryusu." Feddrick said.

Maxwell smiled satisfyingly.




" It is all thanks to your guidance, assistant Warlord." He took a sip of his wine.




" The only person who is on a similar level as you is probably Morgan Reyes from the Reyes family. Her Majesty the Queen and Morgan's father, General Reyes are siblings." Feddrick said.




" Morgan and I were close as kids, but things changed after he joined Pandora."




" Morgan Reyes, Trevor Theodore, Stefan Donovan and Katherina Martinez are known by some people as the Four Seasons."




(Sighs) "Let them have fun. But wait, why is Stefan Donovan part of the group when he can not cast spells?" Maxwell asked ridiculously.




"He can do that now. His gate of energy has opened." Feddrick replied.




" His gate of energy has opened?" Maxwell was surprised. " But there is nothing much he can do."




" He is the son of Daniel Donovan. Graham's Warlord. Recently, he came and asked me for Elena's sword."




"And?" Maxwell asked furiously. "So did you give it to him?" Maxwell said louder but Feddrick didn't say anything. " His majesty ordered you to keep it inside Graham." Maxwell was displeased by this information.




"The position of the WarLord belongs to a member of the Donovan family, so I had no choice." Feddrick continued after waiting for Maxwell to finish. Maxwell held his cool for a while.




"How rude of him."




"He was probably looking down on me. After all, I was his father's pupil. If you think about it, I was not even an official pupil. I had nowhere to go after I got kicked out by the Theodore's family and he took me in as his servant." It was obvious Feddrick wanted sympathy from the crown prince.




"You are the teacher of the crown prince of this country, how dare he look down on you? That is the same thing as insulting me." Maxwell became uneasy.




"I just want to apologize that your teacher is someone who comes from a low status."




Maxwell sighs in pity of Feddrick." One of these days, I must crush that Stefan Donovan." He said furiously. Feddrick got exactly what he wanted, to manipulate the crown prince against Stefan. He let out a weird smile underneath his wine cup.




In the sword room of Pandora, Petrova is seated over the chair placed besides the numerous swords acquired in Pandora including the The Sword of the WarLord which was placed in front of him, Daniel Donovan. The room is contained with various designs of swords. He was in deep thought when one of the mages walked in.

"That Sword belongs to Daniel Donovan, Stefan's father."




" I once… promised to take him in if he successfully unsheathed his father's sword." Petrova said, saddened.




"Now that his gate of energy is open, it will be possible. Are you going to let Stefan be a mage of Pandora?" The mage asked.




"Go bring Stefan." Petrova instructed. The mage took a bow and left. Just then Petrova recalls the conversation he had with Daniel Donovan years before his exile at the river bank 




"What did you say? The father of this child is whom?" Petrova asked Daniel Donovan.




"The last king. He is the king's son." Daniel screamed furiously.




" Are you saying he is the son of His Majesty that died last year?" Petrova asked unbelievably. " The late king passed away due to several illnesses and couldn't even move. So how is that even possible?" Petrova shouted angrily at the provocation.




"The day this child was born, a star that symbolizes the King was found in the night sky. The late king's brother had already taken over the throne and he even had a son to succeed him. If the royal family finds out that this child was destined to be king, they will see it as treason. His existence will bring chaos. He should not attract attention or challenge anyone. We must make people think that he is nothing special. " Daniel Donovan said instructively to Petrova. Petrova snapped out of his thoughts and went straight to the meeting hall where all the mages were gathered. They patiently waited for the arrival of Stefan into the hall as he was summoned by Petrova.




"I sincerely apologize for the trouble and chaos I have caused." Stefan says as he walked into the hall and walked closer to where Petrova Theodore stood high up the stage stairs and equally took a bow afterwards.




"Pandora decided to open your gate of energy, so you will not be held accountable." Petrova said.




"I, Stefan Donovan, the eldest son of the Donovan family, am now ready to practice and learn. If Pandora gives me the chance, I will do my very best. And to show my loyalty, I will pass on Elena's sword, a sword I took from Feddrick, and keep it in Pandora's Sword Room." Stefan signals Cressida who was holding the sword to bring it.