Sheba had placed the small jewelry box and sword on Tyran's bed then her eye drifted to a dark corner she percieved the emperor's scent from but she didn't turn to look his way.
He was standing,his eyes quietly watching,he had been expecting her and to think she would honor his words and deliver it to him herself before sunrise.She must want to keep it private,just between them as well.
"How can I ever repay you"Tyran spoke,his thin voice laced with the gratitude he felt.
"Both was carved with sorcery and physical skill to hasten the process...by reason of the relationship between our ancestors,this is the last favour I will grant you.... Emperor"
"...I do wish to inquire something of you before you leave"Tyran said as he approached her.
"When Ramses was born,you said to us;'Fate can only for a decade',what does that mean?"Tyran sat on his bed and raised a brow."Is he perhaps....immortal?".
"It is as you have said but before he clocks ten he can be killed just like any of us".Sheba backed him."You will regret this!".
Tyran walked towards her and took her hand in his,his gaze piercing.
The sorceress looked stunned and for a brief moment he couldn't hear her heartbeat.
".. I pray thee great sorceress...let this not be your last favour unto me, I want you by my side always"Tyran said and Sheba scoffed.
She quickly withdrew her hand and rubbed on it,her brows furrowed.
"I can never take the side of a complete fool!!!".The sorceress said before fading from sight.
Once again she had called him the very word he hated hearing from her but this time he felt no trace of rage.
Tyran picked up the jewelry box and immediately headed for Fiona's chambers.
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"Your majesty!"came the voice which awokened him and there was Ren standing infront of him with Ramses in hand.
Tyran stretched and when his eyes settled on their hand,Ren immediately withdrew his but Ramses reached even further for it.
The general let out a loud grunt and raised his hand higher so he couldn't reach it,Tyran could read the discomfort in Ren's eyes,of cos he knew,the general hated people but despised children even more.
Tyran chuckled,for some reason he found the way Ramses reached for his hand amusing.
He stepped away from him but the young prince followed after him still reaching for his hand.
"He does appear to be fond of you". Tyran said before leaning on the hand he rested on the arm of his chair,then his gaze drifted to Ruel who was playing in a corner,his mind recollecting what Sheba had said the previous day.
"They wouldn't speak so I killed them"Ren said but Tyran didn't hear him.
His gaze was fixed on his older son,his mind distant.
"Your majesty!"Ren called out and Tyran returned his gaze to the general with a faint smile.
"What ails thee?"Ren asked,not out of concern but curiousity.
Ramses had given up on the general and walked over to play with Ruel but he still remained distracted, casting quick glances the general's way.
"Ramses will resume the imperial academy in no distant time and he needs a guard..Say Rengyotsu,I want him to live a normal life but how do I protect him in school...there is no one I can trust with this,absolutely no one".
"Then let me protect him"Ren muttered,his eyes fixed on Ramses.
Tyran's eyebrows shot upwards and his mouth parted,he wanted to speak but the words couldn't form,he couldn't believe what he had heard but he was certain he had heard it.
Those words had been unexpected and had came out of nowhere but the genuineness in the general's voice had proceed from a much deeper part of him.
Why was the strongest general in Delvin volunteering for such task,was it out of love or was there more to it?
Tyran's gaze remained on the general's pale expressionless face,he had never been able to guess Ren's thought and he knew better than to ask him his reason for wanting to protect the imperial prince but his lips moved on their own and the words came out.
"Why?".
As expected,Ren didn't answer but only watched Ramses approach him with outstretched hands to be lifted by the general but Ren backed away, glaring at him.
"Father I don't want this mean man protecting me".Ramses scoffed then folded his hands as he approached his father.
"Forgive me general he isn't like the other children"Tyran returned to Ramses.
"Do you know who is before you?...you don't talk to him like that_"
"I don't care"Ramses scoffed and look the other way.
"General Ren...he is still a child you should at least try being nice to this one or you are both never going to get along"Tyran shrugged and watched the general turn to leave.
"My protecting him doesn't make me his baby sitter!"Ren snapped,shut his eyes and reopened them before casting a quick glance at the emperor."You know how much I dislike these little things"He turned the door knob.
"Your report?"
"I killed them...they wouldn't speak"Ren said before slamming the door.
"Father...did he just call me a 'thing'?"Ramses snarled at the door exposing his tiny pointy canines.
"Why that red head head gale".
"Ramses...he dislikes children hence he will watch you only from afar,Carolene will bring you to school everyday and will always look out for you"
"What kind of stupid person dislikes children?"
"There's a lot you don't know about him Ramses... sometimes I barely even know him"
For a moment Tyran felt guilty for not giving him the complete details about Ramses being immortal until he clocked ten but he had been raised with much to confidentiality and although he trusted the general,he still felt a need to conceal such information until a decade later.
Tyran stared at the window,the sun had set in the grey sky, paving way for darkness to crawl in through the windows,he could hear the sound of music and people chattering in the distance.
He watched Ruel approach him before placing a tiny hand on his leg.
Tyran clicked his hand and the only candle stand from the ceiling lot up.
He placed a hand on Ruel's hair patting it gently but the child's outstretched arm and gaze at Ramses told him he wanted to sit on his lap like his brother.
"Father...sit!"Ruel said and Tyran got to his feet with Ramses in one hand before taking his little hand.
"No Ruel...we have a party to attend".