"Now tell me...do you deserve to live?"the king's scornful eyes stared at dark who swallowed the lump in his throat.
How dare he point a sword at him?
Dark fought the urge to kill him,every bone and muscle in his body ached for it but he kept calm,shut his eyes and exhaled deeply.
It wasnt yet time.
"Please calm yourself your Majesty
the brat just happens to be a monster!"Dark reported in his most gentle tone and the king raised a brow.
"How so?"
"He...he's abilities have awoken,I have never seen a semonio control another,it's unspoken of...he_the Emperor's Knight broke in and lost control of himself,he attacked me and the brat made him do it...he also destroyed the whole cave and teleported out of sight."
The king rolled his eyes then his brows furrowed.
"Oh think of another lie sorceror you can do better than this".
"I swear_"dark clenched his teeth hesitating to say the next words but then they came out.
"On my life... he is something unheard or unspoken of,you did see for yourself his aura and the strong magic energy he posseses,how then do you doubt my words?"
"Even the Emperor a commander tier is unable to control a semonio so you mean a little brat had control over an upper middle tier and even destroyed the cave!"
The king dispersed the sword before taking few steps backwards,his hand slowly stroking his beards.
"Then he must posses an even greater magic level than his father...a grandmaster perhaps?..."He turned to Dark."But no semonio has advanced beyond commander tier,the emperor's magic level...Tyran is the only one"
"He is no semonio your majesty".Dark reminded then got to his feet.
"Indeed...now that I think of it...the general was able to calm the emperor's madness at the forest in the human realm"King max sat on his bed and crossed his arms,his eyes not leaving the Sorceror's face.
"What say ye about his magic level,he is one one of those whose magic level remains undisclosed in fact no one knows anything about him and something about that general ticks me off,I just can't get my arms around it...the general and Tyran who do you think is stronger?"
Dark didn't need to think this through,it was quite obvious what the answer was but none was so sure,some had just concluded the scarlet prince was on the same magic level with the emperor others weren't able to come to a conclusion even the emperor barely knew much about the same general that was rumoured to have served Emperors before him but managed to somehow have the body of a semonio in his teens.
The same general who answers to no one, except the emperor,not even a king.
"The mysterious general must be stronger your majesty"Dark answered.
"Then might he be a_grandmaster... tier"the king's voice trailed off at his last words then he shook his head.
"What am I saying...there is no such thing but I must say,each time I think of it,he piques my curiosity...there isn't even a record about him at the imperial archives,even Tyran tried digging into him and failed..."
"What if he's different...like the imperial prince?"Dark said."Semonios don't live that long, we have similar lifespan with humans since humans who sinned against the creator are our ancestors... Although there be no record of such it is rumoured he had served the empire for centuries...the scarlet haired general according to legends had saved the empire on countless occasions".
"And now he is on the emperor's side,he will protect the imperial prince...since the scarlet prince is unapproachable we must find a way to get rid off the child without crossing paths with him...I heard he will attend the imperial academy soon enough...soon he's abilities will be tested along with his peers to know his magic level...we must find out what we are dealing with."
"Yes your majesty"
"The emperor might have taken precautionary measures to prevent this from happening again but sending him off to the academy still makes him vulnerable....".
"Poison?!"Dark muttered and King Maxmillian raised a dark lash eying the sorceror closely.
"Poisoning him would be the easiest way to get rid of him"
"How do you plan on doing that?".
The sorceror's face twisted into a half smile.
"You will see".
Dark's smile had eventually become contagious with the king grinning in response,his face beaming in excitement.
"I will abduct him again and end him at once but if that doesn't work... Poison is last resort".
"But the royal meals are tasted before the prince eats them,served with silver wares and poison can be filtered by healers if detected".
"Wormwort kills a day after being injested without any symptoms... both Prince and taster will die eventually,the victim dies suddenly with a stopped heart_"
Dark stopped when they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in!"The king called out and Prince garrith stepped in.
The prince wore a wine coloured royal robe,his black hair was tied in a ponytail which fell down his shoulders with few curls at it's edges.
He bowed gracefully to the king before his eyes settled on the sorceror who had averted his gaze after stealing one quick glance his way
Dark didn't bother greeting him,which wasn't something new,he never showed his respect for princes and Garrith had learnt to stay out of his way knowing how dangerous he was.
He had never liked him and could only tolerate breathing the same air with him because of the goal they shared.
"Your majesty you asked to meet...the wedding preparations have been completed...and also_"the prince's face lit up,with twinkle in his dark eyes"The fortune tellers say_it's a girl".
Dark glared at him,his wedding with kaugra was but a precautionary measure to birth a princess Incase they failed to kill the imperial prince to prevent the coming prophecy and just two weeks before their engagement,kaugra was said to have conceived of a child.
A strategy he would ensure would be of no use,for he had sworn to kill the prince.
Dark scoffed loudly then gave a quick bow to the king.
"I shall now take my leave your majesty"he said before fading from sight.