Trapped In Hisstory

Caliber closed the door and walked along the empty halls of their wing, leaving Chance inside his chamber. He stopped in his tracks, raising his hand as it made its way to the lower part of his face.

He gripped his face with his fingers, almost covering his face. Despite the hands on his face, the redness flushing could still be seen. The corners of his lips lifted, forming into a smile as he remembered what happened last night.

His feelings could not be explained or put to words since the time Charles claimed his lips. He longed for that day to come, his lover's arms on his neck, his hands exploring every bit of the Crown prince's body, their mouths crashing against each other.

Ever since the two of them avoided each other, he could not stop thinking about the prince of Antares. He missed him so much that all he wanted was to at least touch him even for a slightest bit, or even just a chance to see him.

But he was rewarded with something more than that. The reward exceeded his expectations. The moment the Crown prince crashed his lips onto his, he could no longer hold back.

"I love you, Caliber."

That four words. That four words was all he ever needed to hear. The greatest reward he had received.

He continued walking with a silly smile. If there were people around he would surely look like a fool to their sight.

He felt someone's presence, and his eyes caught a shadow not far from where he was. His smile slowly faded, along with the stopping of his feet. He raised his head and saw the knight with chestnut hair clad in crimson. The knight's icy stare met his and somehow, even with their cold gazes, something between them ignited fire in their eyes.

Caliber disguised his displeased look and smiled at him. He took a few steps towards him and stopped one foot away from him. "I would like to thank you for protecting my brother and keeping him away from harm." he said. His words were genuine, as he really was grateful that nothing happened bad to Louis. Although he wanted to smile and be happy, the look on the Valorian's face pisses him off.

Caliber extended his hand, but Alec just stared at it. "You have no need to thank me. I only protected your brother because of my master's order." he said. "If my master had not ordered me to protect Prince Louis, then I would never had cared for your brother's safety." he added with no hesitation, looking directly at the eyes of the Canopus prince.

He put his hand down along with a snort and he smiled. "I see, so you never wanted to protect my brother? You must have felt so bad that you were not able to protect Charles."

"Of course. It was not a good decision of mine to not go after Charles immediately, but Charles was too kind."

Caliber's eyes grew hard and he once again met with the Valorian's gaze. "I think you meant 'Your Highness'."

"Hmm, must be a mistake of my tongue." the knight said. "After all, I have gotten to used to calling his name for years."

Caliber could feel rage and jealousy filling him up from the thought that a knight calls his lover by name so easily. But his tense face relaxed, and he gave the knight a smile. "Well, I will not blame you. I like saying his name as well," he responded, "Especially when he is pleasuring me." he added and started walking away.

Alec's eyes slightly widened from his words. He could feel his face heat up from anger swelling inside him. Caliber stopped as if he forgot something and took a step backwards to where Alec was. "Ah, maybe you would like to call me by my name, too. Charles really likes my name," he stated, and moved closer to his ear. "He kept moa-"

"Stop." Alec said suddenly. Could not take any more word from the Canopus prince's mouth.

Caliber smiled and walked away, leaving the Valorian with a balled fist.

Caliber felt somehow satisfied from what he told the knight. He never meant to sound offensive or rude, but the knight's attitude got on his nerves. 

After minutes of walking, he has arrived at the large doors that lead to the study room of the King. "Your Highness," the knights passing by stopped and raised one hand in his direction with their hands on their swords, "May the Goddess bless your morning." they greeted.

Caliber waved his hand, telling them to go, and they left as ordered. He approached the doors and the two knights guarding the doors noticed him, "May the Goddess bless your morning, Your Highness." they greeted, and Caliber gave them a nod.

The two knights knocked on the door, giving the King a notice that someone will come in. "His Highness, Prince Caliber Stein, seeks for your audience!" they announced.

The halls were filled with silence for a few moments before a low, firm voice spoke from the other side, "Let him come in."

The knights opened the doors for Caliber. "What took you so long to-" Caliber could not continue his words when he saw a woman with King Leonidas.

A beautiful, sunflower blonde woman turned around with an embarrassed look on his face. Her face was flushed red, no one could tell if she was red from embarrassment or red from anger as they looked like they just quarrelled. She rushed towards the door to leave without even greeting a prince.

Caliber, dumbfounded, looked at his brother with a perplexed look. "What was that-did you quarrel with her?" he asked.

"I did not do anything at all." Leonidas said calmly, with a smile.

"Is that your new woman?"

Leonidas did not answer and just kept smiling like usual. "I assume you are here for something you need?" he asked, ignoring his question.

Caliber did not ask anything about the woman any further and approached the table of the king, his brother. He slammed his hands onto his desk and looked at him with a serious expression. "I take it you know what happened to my- to Charles?" he said.

Leonidas smiled, amused that his brother almost called the Crown prince of Antares as his possession in front of him. "I know about it. I had my servants tell me what happened." he responded.

He moved in closer and rested his elbows on his desk. "And you are here for that matter to get-?"

"I want your permission, to gather all knights and for us to find out who was behind this. And of course, punishment."

"As for this matter, I will give you full permission to handle it. Do whatever it is you want, if you want to end the life of those traitors, then do it." he said, "Do as you see fit, handle it well." he ordered.

Caliber nodded. "I am grateful."

"Gather all the knights first and say your words with no restraint. I will send a servant to give you the decree for their execution later." he commanded.

One of the servant immediately grabbed a paper and put it gently on the King's desk. Another servant handed him a pen. "You can go now."

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Caliber was on the high platform, waiting for all knights to gather along with his two aides, Sherin and Nico. 

He took in the words of his brother too seriously. If he ever finds out whoever let the enemies in, they will suffer the most painful death for putting the life of the Antares Crown Prince in danger.

He needs to find out the perpetrator of everything that has happened. Find out the motive of that maid, the master she serves, and the knights who are involved in helping them.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard his two aides call him, "Your Highness, your lover is here." they said to inform him and he immediately turned.

"Charles..." the Canopus prince muttered, surprised to see Chance in the gathering of the knights.

Caliber stepped down from the platform and strode forward towards the Crown prince of Antares. He grabbed Chance's hand and gave it a squeeze, along with a smile. "My prince, what are you doing here?"

The two aides glanced at each other. "My prince, he said." they both whispered, stifling a laugh.

"I wanted to see you." Chance said with a shy smile on his face. 'And tell you that I will leave...' he continued in his mind.

Caliber smiled in return, happy to hear that his lover wanted to see him. He flashed a playful smile, grinning widely at the Crown prince. "You miss me already? We were just together a few hours ago." 

The two aides glanced at each other again. "You miss me already, he said." they both whispered. Their arms on the chest, one hand was on their mouth, stifling a laugh with an elbow resting on the other arm.

"Just earlier he was wondering how His Highness was doing—pfft."

"Even though they were together a 'few hours' ago."

The Canopus prince, who could hear every whisper they made, turned to the two of them with a deadly glare. The two aides looked away and pretended to count on the arriving knights.

Chance chuckled. It is really funny whenever the three of them are together. Caliber felt embarrassed that Chance heard what his aides said. He was the one teasing Chance for missing him and yet now he is exposed for missing Chance too much.

Chance looked at Caliber with a smile. "I am doing fine and I am safe, in case you want to ask." he returned the playful smile to Caliber. "Since you are wondering how I am doing."

"Way to go, bully." Caliber said with a pout.

"At least you do not have to wonder, since I am here now." he said and Caliber leaned in closer with a grin on his face, "Indeed, you are here now."

'But tomorrow I won't be.' the historian could not help but think about the letter again. It would surely upset Caliber once he finds out that he will leave so suddenly. It was his fault for seeing the letter late and also for his involvement in the poisoning or kidnapping incident.

"What are you doing here in the gathering?" Caliber asked, and he noticed Chance's anxious look.

"Caliber.....I-"