Fight For The Swords

The Crown Prince, Prince Maxwell made a surprise visit to the Donovan house the next morning with his horse and nounguard escorts.
"We have arrived Greham's Warlord. Stefan Donovan's house." One of the mage said to the Prince as they got to the house. On their arrival, Maidservant Kim ran into the house to inform Stefan who was having his tea in the inner room of the house while Cressida tends to him.
" Young Master?" She said running." You have a guest."
" Who is it?" Stefan was unbothered.
"The Crown Prince has come to see you." Maidservant Kim was equally curious as to what the Prince must have come so early in the morning to do in the Donovan's house. Stefan received the shock of his life. He quickly dressed up and went to see him in the courtyard. The servants of the Donovan house took bows as Stefan walked in. The Crown Prince looked at Stefan fiercely for a long period of time. Leaving him, Cressida and Maidservant Kim confused.
However, Stefan's friends, Trevor, Morgan and Katherina were on their way to see Stefan almost the same time the Prince had arrived. The three of them happened to have boarded the same boat.
"This is the perfect weather to go fishing with Stefan by lake Mildehelysian." Trevor and Morgan had set out that same morning to go see their friend Stefan. They both rode in the same boat across the bridges. " I wonder if he has recovered from the flogging. I am going to see him since I am worried. But why are you tagging along.? He turned to ask Morgan.
" I need to check something. There's something I told his maid."
"I see. I understand that we are visiting him as friends. But why are you here?" Trevor asked Katherina Martinez, the Crown Princess of Lewisville, who sat right opposite them in the boat.
" I just happened to run into you both. And I had something to nitpick him about. That is why." Katherina said humbly.
" I see. You are going to nitpick. What is in that bundle?" He further enquires. Liza was with a small green bag with which she held on her laps.
" It is medicine to treat his wounds." Katherina Martinez held the green bag to her chest and embraced it like a newborn baby while giggling.
" I see. You are going to give him some medicine before nitpicking at him." He made her uncomfortable and her smiles faded instantly. " I see. How incredible." Trevor teased her as usual.
While they were yet to arrive, Stefan had invited the Prince from the courtyard to his private chambers. Where the both sat opposite each other on a large wooden center table.and Cressida and Maidservant Kim were the only ones present. Maidservant Kim served some drinks while Cressida stood behind Stefan.
"You are here for Elena's sword?" Stefan asked the Prince.
"The king has entrusted Greham with it. Feddrick Gonzales, the assistant Warlord, should take it since the Warlord is absent."
Stefan turned to gesture Cressida of her opinion and she nodded back in acceptance.
" Since you came here yourself, I will hand it over to you. You can take it. Bring it here." Maidservant Kim made to go get the sword. She made the first step and the Prince interrupted again.
"And one more thing. There is another sword here you can not unsheathe. The late king had bestowed on Warlord Daniel Donovan. I would like to take that as well." Prince Maxwell pronounced.
"But that belongs to his father." Maidservant turned back to challenge the Prince. " He had the right to keep it."
"He was never entrusted to keep it. I heard Pandora had kept it all this while. You only took it after being kicked out, did you not? The Royal Palace will keep it until a new Warlord is instated." Stefan sat still without uttering a word. " Bring it to me."
"I cannot." Stefan spoke finally after a long silence."As you already know, no one acknowledges him as my father. It will not bode well for me if I lose that sword as well. I will keep it, even if it means using it as decoration." Stefan made his words clear.
The Prince chuckles before speaking again. " I must take it with me,but if you refuse. It cannot be helped. Whoever wins shall take the sword." The Prince left an open challenge to Stefan who seemed unbothered, but Maidservant Kim and Cressida were already panicking. They feared for him, knowing fully well that he has no martial skills. However, Stefan accepted the challenge.
They set out on the open courtyard where all the Prince escorts, Cressida and maidServant stood. The two swords were placed on a table side by side. Both the Prince and Stefan had their fighting sticks in their hands. They stood distance away, facing each other.
" You are not fully trained for a real fight." Prince Maxwell draws a line on the floor with his stick. " If you can push me over this line, I will leave." The Prince declared. Stefan wanted to leave the fighting ground but Cressida held him back and encouraged him to give it a try. Stefan eventually agreed.
" I am certain you expected me to grovel in humiliation. Going against you would simply be an act of stupidity. However, there is someone who sees it as one of vigor. So I shall try." Stefan steps back to retrieve his moves. He goes in a hurry after the Prince and makes the first move of attack. Prince Maxwell blocks in stick and the fight began. He hits Stefan severally when they exchange positions. Stefan became stronger with each hits.
"All right, you can hit me as much as you can. I'm not bothered. It surges the energy inside of me." Stefan mumbles. He gathered more energy and went after the Prince again. The Prince kept hitting him against the walls and floor until he lost his stick and fell to the ground. The last straw that broke the camel's back almost came on Stefan to weaken him Completely. But Cressida came to his rescue.
Just when the prince was about to hit him for the last time. Cressida came out with a bucket of dirty water screaming.
" Stay back!" The prince held back his stroke in the air. "Stay back! This is from the chamber pots." She screamed, throwing the water in between the Prince and Stefan, more closer to the prince that he went steps backward to avoid the water from touching his garment.
" What did you just do?" The Prince screamed furiously. Stefan got back on his feet almost immediately. " Who is she?"
" I serve this young master." Cressida answers.
" How dare a maid intervene?" Maxwell couldn't have it easy as that spoilt the chances of him winning Stefan.
"My apologies, Your Royal Highness. My maid was impudent.
" What is this?" The Prince turned to ask one of his escorts who was standing beside him. They both bent to smell what it was that Cressida poured on the Prince. "That is disgusting." He screamed.
" You should return home and get changed." Stefan suggested.
"What?" Maxwell asked, distracting himself from his clothes.
"You stepped over the line." As Stefan mentioned. The Prince realized he had gone the line he drew. " You may have stepped back to avoid the filthy water, but you still lost. Please keep your word and let me have my father's sword.