Trapped In Hisstory

The spirit's body burned brighter and it immediately appeared before the woman with a veil. He transformed into a spirit human form and approached behind the woman.

"It seems you always appear whenever something interesting happens with that little man." The woman said with a smile as she sat on top of the building that could see the entire Calvera, Geminga and Circinus.

Fate stood beside the Goddess whose veil stayed in her head even as the strong wind kept blowing.

"That child has told 'him' that he lost his memories. What a perfect excuse!" Asteria said with a tone of amusement.

The spirit did not speak and Asteria smiled, "He only said that his memories were lost, but he did not say anything about his identity," the Goddess said, "That means he did not go against any of your rules." 

"It is strange of you to defend him, especially when you are the one who wishes for things to go awry."

Behind the veil, the Goddess smiled, "Of course, I do not want all of this to end so early." she said and stood up. 

With her body as light as a feather, she looked as if she was going to be taken away by the wind as she stood on the railings.

"It is true he did not break my rules, I was just…"

"You were reminded of that time?" Asteria asked and the spirit nodded. She smiled, "Now that Chance has told him that line, soon they will get closer. I am sure you know that."

"Close…" the spirit muttered. "If only Clayton still kept his brother close until the end."

"There will always be a point in our lives where we say 'If only'." Asteria said. "But there is nothing we can do to undo what we have already done."

The Goddess glanced at the spirit with a smile and vanished, leaving Fate standing alone on the top. 

Fate glanced at the palace from afar and turned around, slowly disappearing as well.

~~~

"I lost my memories."

Silence filled the chamber as they all looked at him in bewilderment. Clayton would never have expected for the Crown Prince to say those words.

It must be because he had always hated and ignored him whenever he saw him, that was why he never noticed. Thinking back to the strange behavior of the Crown Prince, it started making sense to him.

He acted all differently because he does not remember anything at all. That explained why he asked what his identity was back in the library.

'I thought he wanted to remind me that I am just the son of a concubine…' he thought and clenched his fist.

"How can I know that you are telling the truth?" Clayton asked with a furrowed brow.

Chance sighed and lowered his head, "I do not have any proof but I swear that I am telling the truth, I do not know anything." he said.

Although it was not entirely true since he came from another time that was why he does not know anything, but losing his memories was a better excuse to tell.

Alec stood still and did as any servant would. He should be silent and not listen to the royalty's conversations but what his master said confirmed all his suspicions.

~~~~~

The people around their area were still bowing their heads after so long.

The knight was staring blankly at Chance, noticing the stare, Chance also looked at him in confusion, 'Why are you staring at me?' he said to the knight but only in his mind.

The knight averted his gaze and faced the people who were bowing, "His highness orders you all to raise your head." he stated, making the escorts stand up straight again and the other civilians returned to what they were doing.

The group of men who chased Chance were about to raise their heads but the others who were around who also looked like a knight kicked the back of the group's knees, making all of them kneel.

"You have no rights to raise your heads nor to stand up." Despite the blank expression that the knight puts on, his face was dark and his tone was authoritative.

The men kneeling trembled as they kept their heads down, avoiding to meet the eyes of the knight and the crown prince. "Forgive us, Your Highness! Forgive us, Sir! We did not know that it was His Royal Highness who stayed in our brother's inn! Please let this pass just once, we really did not know!" the man begged, still not putting his hands down.

Even without looking up, they could feel the frightening aura from the knight, "When did we order you to explain? Did we ever give you permission to speak?" said the knight.

"You know that you should not beg His Highness to let you go! Instead, you should admit to your fault and accept the punishment!" the man from the carriage said.

The blank-faced knight nodded to the others and they grabbed the people involved in chasing Chance. "Take them to Tartaria."

"Wait!" Chance said, immediately stopping the knights from taking them away. "Let them go."

---

"Why are you staring at me?" Chance asked. 

The knight did not answer with words and just shook his head like saying it was nothing, the man from the carriage opened the door and the knight waited beside it.

"Are you my butler?" Chance asked, startling the man.

"I am but a servant, Your Highness. A messenger that the Royal Head Butler had sent." he bowed. Chance secretly glanced at the knight because he knew what he just said made him even more suspicious. He immediately looked away as he found the knight staring at him.

Chance went inside the carriage and took a seat, a little while the knight also came inside and sat across from him. The messenger closed the door and sat beside the carriage's coach.

Even after the horses were galloping, none of them spoke. The awkward silence made Chance avoid looking in his eyes that had been piercing him since earlier.

"I am Your Highness's personal knight and the Captain of the Antares First Squad, Alec Valorian."

"I know, why are you telling me that?" Chance lied, the knight squinted his eyes, looking at him.

"I thought that maybe you had also forgotten about me, seeing that you did not know the messenger that you were always ordering around," he said.

Chance gulped, "I'm kind of getting headaches quite often that I had trouble remembering things." he said.

The knight seemed convinced after hearing what he said, "You did tell me about that. Are you still having those strange dreams?" he asked.

"Yes, I still keep on dreaming of a man I don't know and a...book.

"That is right, you stayed in that inn because you said you were following someone. Did you see who it was?" he asked.

Not knowing who he was talking about, he shook his head as an answer.

"I will send some of my men to investigate the inn with the description you gave me. For now, let's return to the palace." said the knight, Alec.

---

Alec was about to go to the right staircase but Chance started climbing up the left one. Alec just paused for a bit, then joined Chance on the left.

Alec glanced at Chance, waiting for the usual order but Chance just stared back at him. The knight did not wait anymore and just knocked at the door by tapping it with the pommel of his sword.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" 

Chance was startled by the sudden yell, he didn't notice that the messenger was still with them.

The doors slowly opened, they were welcomed by the maids in line, with the other servants, and of course the butlers. "Blessings from the Goddess, Welcome back, Your Highness." they all said in unison. 

"Why do all of you have to be in line when I arrive?" He asked. One of the maids looked like she wanted to answer, "You can speak." Chance said. 

"Normally, the servants who are doing tasks close to this area, will be the one to open the door and greet you." she answered.

"Then why are all of you here?" Chance asked.

"Your Highness, you have been out traveling for days, it is only proper for the servants to greet you when you arrive." she responded. "We have been doing this whenever you come back late, why are you surprised, Your Highness?" the maid asked.

Chance did not answer but instead Alec chimed, "His Highness is not feeling well from the travel, you do not need to ask questions."

~~~~~

Alex had noticed from the start that something was wrong with the Crown Prince but he did not say a word and continued serving him.

He should have been suspicious and questioned him but he could not bring himself to do it, afraid of what his answer would be.

His mind and body ordered himself to still be by the Crown Prince's side, no matter what happens.

'Charles losing his memories is possibly the reason for his suspicious changes,' he thought. 

But what the Crown Prince said to him the day before they went to the inn still continued to bother him.