Trapped In Hisstory

Alec Valorian has just finished having a meeting with the First Squad of the Antares Knights.

He was walking to return to his master's chamber to guard the door in case people would come. It would be dangerous to let someone see that the Crown Prince of Antares was sleeping with a prince of a neighboring kingdom.

He ignored the piercing pain in his chest and carried on as the Crown Prince's personal knight.

But as he walked the path that leads to the Crown Prince's chamber, he saw Sherin Aranea, one of the Second Prince's aides, standing near the door.??

"I can guard my master's chamber, you do not have to stand there." Alec said to Sherin who seemed like she did not care about a single word he said.

"Your master is not the only one inside. You are guarding for your master's safety, I am also guarding for mine." Sherin said.

Alec did not say anything further and just let her do as she wanted. They both stood still, on guard. The silence was awkward but it never mattered for them. Seeing that the two knights are guarding while having the same expression, it was natural that no one would speak.

Though there was something on Alec's mind that he wanted to ask. "I wonder how someone like you became the prince's aide," he asked.

Sherin remained blank, not even looking at the knight beside her, "What are the odds, I was wondering the same about you." she said in return.

"Why did you leave Summa Octo?"

Sherin froze.

Only Caliber, Leonidas and Niro knew about her being part of Summa Octo. How could he know about it???

"How do you know about Summa Octo, and how did you know that I am one of them?" Sherin asked calmly, but who knows how long her calmness would remain?

"Do not ask a question when you have not yet answered the question I gave you." Alec said.

"I do not have to answer your question, I am not required to do so." Sherin said, refusing to answer.

"That is a pity, Summa Octo will not be Summa Octo if there are only seven," he said.

Sherin did not say anything. Her fists clenched at the thought that someone beside them knew who she was.

It was just like at that time where they dueled each other. Alec Valorian stopped at the moment he found out that she was an Aranean. He also told her words that could only imply that he knew her father.

Sherin glanced at the Valorian knight in secret, 'Who the hell are you?' she asked inside her mind.??

'How does he know Bahiensis and Summa Octo?' she thought.

Ever since the war ended, only the Clan of Aranea survived. Phoneutria Bahiensis who betrayed his own brothers, his own tribe, in return to satisfy his greed, are the only Clan leader who remained.

And Phoneutria Bahiensis was her father.

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Chance had sweat traveling down the sides of his face as he waited for Caliber's answer to his question. He was aware that the atmosphere changed when he brought the lady of the Marquess Household, Lanstone into their conversation.

At first, he did not want to ask him because he was afraid of whatever reaction he would receive from the Second Prince. Chance has been secretly observing Caliber. Even when they were dancing, Caliber would just glance in their direction for a short time but turns his head back to Jasper, happily chatting with his friend.

The room has gone cold but Caliber suddenly let out a chuckle and patted his lover's head. "Why would you think that I am bothered by your uncle's daughter?" he asked.

Although the Second Prince was smiling at him like the usual Caliber he is, Chance still felt anxious. Even if Caliber was indeed bothered by the lady he danced with, it was not like Caliber would tell him.

"I do not know why as well, but I wanted to ask." Chance said as a response.??

The Crown Prince remembered what Prince Louis Cole said to him. That his brother does not lie. "You still did not answer the question, Caliber." he said. Of course he would not answer it, because he does not want to lie, Chance thought.

Caliber went closer to Chance and put his head near his to make the Crown Prince look directly at his eyes. He took the Crown Prince's hand and placed it on his cheek. "I wonder why you wanted to ask about Lady Vanessa..." he said.

Chance tried to hold himself back from frowning as he knows that Caliber has no intention of answering, instead, he will just continue asking a question in return.

He let out a sigh, "I am just worried about what you might think. About what thoughts are going around inside your mind..." he responded.

"What do you think I was thinking?"

Chance looked away, "Erm, well...A lot of people have seen Vanessa and I dancing in the middle of the ballroom, center of their attention." He said. "People like them tend to create rumors and spread their opinions, so I...I was worried."

Caliber noticed the Crown Prince's ears turned red while he was looking away from him. He chuckled and the corner of his lips lifted into a smirk. "Hmm, I get it now."

"Eh? Get what?" Chance asked in confusion.

A grin appeared on the Second Prince's face, "My prince is worried...that I would be jealous about the daughter of that Marquess." Caliber stated.

Bingo.

Chance's face flushed with redness, thinking that he might have been wrong and it was embarrassing that he assumed that Caliber would be jealous when he was not. "Err, well... naturally!" he said, not denying it.

He scratched his cheek using his finger and lowered his gaze, "I am just afraid you would hear some words that you would not like and it would bother you somehow???"

"You do not have to worry about me, my prince." He said and removed the Crown Prince's hand on his cheek so he could kiss it.

Chance's heart always fluttered whenever Caliber called him his prince. The fact that this man by his side was now his lover, not just a lovers act that they had back in Canopus for Louis, made him really happy.

"If I must confess, I was not pleased to see Lady Vanessa hovering around you. The way she clinged to your arm and smiled as if you were hers, I hated it."

Chance was surprised that Caliber actually admitted what he felt to him. He thought that he would continue changing the topic so he could avoid answering his question.??

To think that those were his thoughts when he was with Vanessa all this time, he felt sorry. His guess was right, he really was bothered by Vanessa Lanstone's presence around him. "I am sorry..." he apologized in a low voice.

"There is nothing to be sorry for, you only did what you think was right." Caliber said, "King Cadell has been giving me glances while he watched you and his niece dancing in the celebration. It might lessen his suspicions about us." He added and gave him a kiss on the forehead to reassure him.

He clicked his tongue, "You danced so well with her, but you had more fun with me. Hm, next time show me more of your dancing skills like you did with her." Caliber said and laughed, remembering how they both danced like fools with no music.

Caliber noticed Chance started to laugh slightly as well but he knew that he was still worried about him.

"I admitted that I hated that she was acting like you are for her, but I am not upset anymore," he said, "After all, we both know that you are mine."

Chance smiled and laughed to hear Caliber speaking with such a confident tone. He gave him a warm smile and nodded, "Yes, I am yours."

Chance hugged him and pushed him down to lie down again without him letting go of Caliber. The Second Prince cannot help but laugh and put his arms around him as well.

'If I really happen to fall in love with you, then that would make Charles unable to meet his lover.'

That was what Chance thought at the time when he mistook Caliber's room to be his chamber and they slept together.

But even though that was the case, Chance did not feel any guilt that what he decided was wrong. 'Why is it that I never considered???'

He looked at the Second Prince who was smiling at him, 'That Caliber really was the King's lover?'

If that was the case, if Caliber really was the Fated lover for King Charles, then it was better that way than going to another man to act as Charles to love him.

'Charles,' he called out inside his mind, "I apologize.'??

'But for now your Caliber is mine.'