Sitting behind the bar counter in his club, hide was daydreaming, while
staring at the roses held in a vase, "I wonder what my crazy friend is
telling those two boys...he always has so many strange stories to tell." he
sighed, "And I have been listening to them every single day for 20 years..."
The door opened, hide woke up from his wandering, "Oh welcome welcome."
But he didn't see anyone showing up. Surprised and was about to have a
check, he saw half a face suddenly appeared from one side of the door. Two
large eyes were blinking curiously, but when they met hide's, the face
disappeared quickly.
"Hey, who is there?" hide walked outside and saw a boy with purple hair
and purple lips hiding behind a signboard. It was Ryutaro.
"Don't be afraid, who are you looking for?" said hide.
"Does...does the First Guard...does Sugi work here...?" Ryutaro said in
a timid voice.
"Oh, you are friend of Sugi! Come on in. He is not here now, but I can
tell you where he lives." hide approached the boy, took his hand and led
him inside the club.
"No...no...I...am not looking for...Sugi...I came to find my master..."
Ryutaro said.
hide made him sit on a chair, and asked, "Your master?"
Ryutaro rolled his eyes to search around, "Yes...he has short blonde
hair and...wears a leather mask..."
"Huh?" hide stared at the boy and thought, "His master is a pyschopath?"
The door opened again, Kouichi and Junji walked in.
"...first thing we have to do is to find Prince Rayla." Kouichi was
saying to his brother.
"But...but we took part in his murder..." Junji stammered his worry.
"We were just following orders!! And look what we got for reward?!"
Kouichi flamed up, "Now Prince Rayla and we have the common enemy; Imai's
power is too mighty to challenge on our own! I am sure Prince Rayla knows
better than to give up our help!"
"Hey, what are you talking about? Have you found out who your parents
are...wait," hide was staring at their faces, "you...you two look
different...oh my god! That voodoo did something to you as well?!!!"
The two brothers stopped their conversation, but they didn't answer
hide, they were both fixing their eyes on the boy sitting at the corner.
"Do you feel it?" Junji asked his brother.
"Yes! He is from the Dark Side!" Kouichi darted forward and grabbed the
boy by his neck. He was startled by his own speed and strength. "Our Dark
Strength has come back to us with the recall of our origin!! Haha!!"
"Let...let go of me...please..." Ryutaro was so terrified that he
didn't even dare to struggle.
"Tell me who you are!" Kouichi tightened his grip.
"I...I..." Ryutaro gasped for breath, "I am...the Royal Guardian's
apprentice...."
"Imai's!!" Kouichi hissed.
hide came forward, "Hey, what the hell are you doing?!!"
Kouichi ignored him, and turned to Ryutaro, "Your master knows we are
here?!"
"I...don't know...he...he doesn't know I am looking for him..." Ryutaro
said with a trembling voice.
Junji said to his brother, "Wait, maybe we can use him to find Prince
Rayla. We were not the Prince's guards, I really cannot recall how he looks
like now." He turned to Ryutaro, "You are Imai's pupil, then you must know
how to work magic?"
"I...I can't...I am only learning...I have very little power..." Tears
were rolling in his eyes, threatening to break loose.
Kouichi suddenly released him, started towards the bar and grabbed the
rose in the vase. He squashed it with one hand, the thorns pierced through
his skin. He opened up his hand again, shaked off the crushed rose, and
covered Ryutaro's mouth with it.
"Drink it, my blood will bring out the power in Yoshiki's rose. It
should assist us, since we are doing his bidding. Drink." Kouichi ordered.
Ryutaro gasped with fright, and he started to weep. But the weeping
helped to draw blood into his throat. He felt sick and dizzy immediately.
Finally, Kouichi removed his hand.
"Now perform the incantation, and tell me where Prince Rayla is!"
Kouichi pressed on.
Blood shot into Ryutaro's eyes and he was completely blinded by it, "Who
is...Prince Rayla...?"
"Just do it!!" Kouichi snapped.
Ryutaro shuddered as he struggled to cite the Spell of Vision, in which
he called for Prince Rayla. A face diffused out from the monochrome red,
Ryutaro saw a pair of fierce eyes and a cold expression. Then it underwent
subtle transformation into another face with different temperament, and he
recognized immediately.
"Ah...it is that boy...Ryu..." After uttering the name, Ryutaro
crumpled onto the floor as his body could not contain the Dark Power anymore.
hide demanded worriedly, "Hey hey!! What the @&$%@%&# do you want to do
to my Ryu now?!!!"
The two dark brothers turned sharply to hide.
hide regretted immediately, "Ah...I...I am not gonna tell you where he
is..."
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"I can't...can't breath....help...." Ryuji was choking as Ryu squeezed
his neck with both hands.
"Stop it Ryu!!" Sugi caught Ryu's wrists and tried to tear them loose.
Ryuji dropped to the floor and crawled away gasping.
"Ryuji, get out of here now." Sugi ordered, "Go and look for Princess
Ino and J, I will catch up with you later."
"Sugi..." Ryuji hesitated.
"Do as I said!!" Sugi snapped impatiently.
Ryuji dared not to delay any further, he headed for the door.
The room was now pitch dark and quiet, with only Sugi and Ryu standing
still and looking at each other in utter silence.
Sugi finally had a chance to study the person in front of him
carefully, he realized the face indeed belonged to Ryu, all the facial
features were the same, except the hair was now curly and down to the
shoulder. But Sugi felt the softness and innocence were all gone from this
face, instead it possessed a sharp cold expression which seemed to be
devoid of any emotion, and it gave Sugi a chill crawling along his spine.
And those black eyes, gazing intently at Sugi right now, were dark, and
daunting him with menace.
"Ryu...?" Sugi broke the silence softly.
No answer came.
"Tell me what happened...Ryu..." Sugi begged.
Abruptly Ryu walked to the window, and looked up into the sky. The moon
was there, but tonight, it had lost its ability to shine and to be seen.
"Ryu..." Sugi pleaded again.
Ryu turned his body, and said slowly, "You can call me by that name if
you insist." The voice was familiar to Sugi, yet a distant quality gave
Sugi an uneasiness.
Sugi couldn't find his words to carry on. But Ryu approached him, "The
fact is obvious, Sugi. I am Ryu, but I am also Prince Rayla."
Sugi found himself backing away while Ryu advanced towards him slowly.
He felt the cold touch of the wall on his back.
"Ryu and Rayla are not two but one, Sugi. They share the same body,
same soul, same memory...and same love towards you." Ryu slid up his hand
to pull on Sugi's hair towards himself, and then lifted up his face to kiss
on Sugi's lips.
"Ryu...I am worried about you..." Sugi murmured.
"There is nothing to worry about..." Ryu circled his arms around Sugi's
neck and kissed him urgingly.
"But you feel...so different..." Sugi sounded troubled still.
"Why are you so stubborn?!" Ryu roughly pushed Sugi away and walked
towards the window again. He drew his body up and sat on the window sill.
"Do you not love me anymore? Now you know that I am from the Dark Side."
Even in lack of light, Ryu's fair skin shone with intense brillance,
his curls gave off a dark sheen, and his eyes were radiant like gems in the
dark. Sugi was completely intoxicated by the sight of him.
"Ryu...I love you no matter who you are or who you have become..." Sugi
closed up their distance and stood in front of Ryu by the window.
Ryu smiled, his coldness lessened. He cupped Sugi's face with both
hands, "Are we still lovers then?"
"Yes, since the first day we met." Sugi answered without hesitation.
"Take me, Sugi, take my body. I want to give myself to you..." Ryu
whispered to his ears, "Let us be true lovers tonight."
Sugi looked up at Ryu, who had bent down to kiss his eyes, and he felt
Ryu's fingers gently ran through his long hair.
Sugi's heart pounded fiercely with the strongest passion he'd ever
felt. He reached out to touch the white skin of his neck, and tenderly
pulled down the shirt to reveal the smooth shoulder underneath. Drawing
Ryu's body close to him, he closed his eyes and felt the naked chest with
his face.
"Sugi...do you remember you had promised me one wish...on the first
night we met...?" Ryu asked in a low voice.
"Yes...that's my original mission on earth..." Sugi answered while
tasting the soft skin with his lips.
"You will do anything for me?" Ryu asked with a sweetness that melted
Sugi instantly.
"Yes, anything...tell me your wish..." answered Sugi.
"Then, kill my brother for me." Ryu said in the same sweet tone.
At first Sugi didn't comprehend what he heard, when it finally sank in,
a dreadful feeling grew quickly in his stomach. He rose and held Ryu
upright by his shoulders.
"What are talking about?!" the shock brought back all his senses.
"You heard what I said." Ryu's face had turned back to his cold
expression.
"Your brother...is Prince Atsushi...?" Sugi asked.
"Yes, he betrayed me. He tried to kill me, damn me to hell. And I have
suffered all these years because of him. I must revenge. Justice can only
be achieved by his own death at this point." Ryu said flatly.
"But...but he is your brother..." Sugi stammered.
"Yes indeed, he had done such wrong to his own brother! And it was all
because he was incompetent, and was too coward to face the fact that I was
to be more powerful than him. And he let the blood of his kin to be spilled
in his hands." Ryu showed a sign of deadly anger, but he had himself under
control again.
"Sugi, I need you to help me. I am weak now and will not have a chance
of winning if you do not stand on my side." Ryu searched for a hint of
compliance on Sugi's face.
"Ryu...it is not right to take such course for revenge...I...I am no
murderer..." Sugi struggled to persude him off this idea.
"So you prefer Atsushi to me? And it was all a lie that you cared for
me only and no one else? You had been and you are going to be seduced by
his charm again and again?" Ryu pushed Sugi away and walked to the other
side of the room.
"Ryu...I didn't mean that..." Sugi begged desperately.
"Letting him die in your hands is already too great a mercy for him!!"
Ryu bursted out in hatred.
Sugi was torn between righteousness and his love for Ryu. He didn't
know what to do anymore.
Ryu looked at Sugi's tormented face, he made an effort to soften his
tone, "Prophecy predicted years ago that I am the chosen one, the Dark Side
should be mine to rule. No matter what interference are being forced upon
my fate, in order to obstruct my path, to deter my purpose, I am destined
to destroy my enemies, and take over the highest power at the end."
Ryu forced Sugi to look into his eyes, "And you are part of this grand
plan, Sugi. Since the moment we found each other, we can no longer live our
lives alone. Help me, Sugi." Ryu embraced Sugi, "And don't forget you are
under the obligation of granting me a wish."
Sugi's face contorted with anguish, "I don't seem to have a choice."
Ryu smiled at this, "Oh but you do, you made a choice to love me!" Ryu
held his hands, "Come, I will give you reward for it."
While Ryu was leading Sugi to bed, a crow suddenly flew by and landed
on the window sill.
A squeaking voice came from the intruder, "Master Rayla, I have been
praying for your awakening on every night of Lunar Eclipse since two
decades ago."
Both Ryu and Sugi were startled. Ryu approached the black bird slowly,
recognition came to him as he said, "Kirito?"
"Yes, Master. I beg for your pardon, for my incompetence in finding you
sooner. I could not sense your presence when your Dark Power was
suppressed." Kirito screeched humbly.
"I am glad to see you again...my brother did not kill all my servants?"
asked Ryu.
"I am the only one alive I am afraid. It was claimed that you had died
of sickness, but I believed that to be a lie. Sir Imai was swift to
eliminate all your close guards. Wounded badly by his spies, I escaped to
earth alone in search of you, Master. I took on the form of this creature
and was able to avoid extermination. I had faith that you will return one
day." Kirito explained, as he gradually transformed into human form. A
black scar in the shape of a cross marked his right eye, where instead of
an eyeball, there was only a sunken hole.
"I must not let my brother die in comfort!" Ryu swore with hatred.
"Master, I urge you to take the action against Prince Atsushi as soon
as possible. Although I do not know in full details, I have discovered
clues that Atsushi is plotting against the Moon Kingdom, and success seems
to be near at hand. We must not allow him to attain more power than he
already has, or we will be under his feet forever."
"What plot?! Atsushi wants to harm my people?!" Sugi asked worriedly.
"Now you are justified to kill my brother." Ryu said.
"But...how can I approach him? We are enemy..." Sugi was disturbed by
the thought.
Kirito suddenly turned to Sugi, "You two are not enemy. You used to be
Prince Atsushi's lover. Until Queen Shinya found out and kept you in
detainment. He took a final precaution by erasing your memory of Atsushi
with his magic. I put my life in risk in order to eavesdrop Atsushi's
conversation with his own spies when they were on earth. Atsushi himself
revealed this piece of history. I see no reason for him to lie."
Sugi was shocked by this into stupor. Finally, the things Atsushi had
said before were starting to make sense to him. Sugi knew it was the truth,
and he hated it.
"You have done well, Kirito. Now leave us." Ryu said.
"I will come to your service once you utter my name, Master." Kirito
transformed back to the dark crow and flew off through the window soundlessly.
"Sugi..." Ryu rested his hands on his shoulder, "I can understand how
it feels like to be betrayed by the people you hold dear. It does not
matter now. We have each other, we will never let anyone to hurt us
anymore. Do you not trust me?" Ryu looked up at Sugi, his eyes gleaming
with determination.
Sugi let out a sigh, and made up his mind to succumb to Ryu completely,
"I trust you. I love you. And I will fulfill your wish."
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Ryuji stumbled out of the apartment, he couldn't help from shuddering
at the thought of Ryu being the second Dark Prince.
"Sigh...How can I find Princess Ino and J..." Ryuji stood in the middle
of the street, without having any ideas where he should go, he mumbled to
himself, "Princess Ino, why don't you just show up by yourself...I am such
a poor rabbit...I have no power...I have no strength...I have no great
wit...how can I possibly find you by myself...Princess Ino...show yourself
up...please..." He rambled on and on and started looking around for a sign
of Princess Ino wishfully.
"Ryuji, is that you?" A familiar voice came from the far end of the
street. Ryuji was dumbfounded, for this voice sounded very much like
Princess Ino's!
He looked in the direction of the voice, and he saw a clumsy figure
tottering towards him.
"Oh, my God!!! It really is Princess Ino!!" Ryuji could not believe how
lucky he was, he started to shout "Princess Ino!!" as he ran towards him.
But before he reached him, he caught a glimpse of something flickering
in the sky. He looked up and saw a mirror reflection of the running
Princess suspending in the air. The image suddenly became distorted and
turned into a whirl of colours, after it had subsided, Ryuji saw a face
covered with a mixture of many bright colour paints, it was grinning
amusedly at the Princess.
A stinging feeling of danger disturbed Ryuji, but he was too late to
shout a warning. A cracking sound broke out and the mirror in the sky
shattered into pieces. The glass fragments fell over onto the Princess, who
didn't seem to know what was happening!
"Get out of there!!" Ryuji screamed. But again it was too late. A large
piece of broken glass fell pointedly towards the Princess, and its sharp
end pierced deep into his heart.
"Princess Ino!!!!" Ryuji ran towards the collapsing body, "Princess
Ino!!!" But there was no answer. Ryuji saw the glass was giving out black
steam, and the Princess' eyes were shut tight, his face frozen in agony.
A high-pitched voice came from above, "Well well, please accept my
sincere apology, Your Highness. This good friend of mine is in company of
your lover searching for you right now, but somehow he had made clear to me
that he does NOT want you to be found after all. I have nothing against
you, it is simply a favour." and the voice trailed off.
Ryuji flustered about the writhered body, whose face had turned grey,
showing a sign of death. "Princess Ino..." Ryuji broke into tears and began
to cry. "What should I do...wa...wa...help us....help...."
Ryuji put his hand into his front pocket and tried to fish out his
pendant, but he couldn't find it, "Oh, shit!! I lent it to Sugi!!!" Ryuji
started weeping again.
At this very moment, someone walked out from the turn of the street, he
was holding a piece of paper in front of him and was talking to himself,
"...hmm...it should be around here, according to the address...maybe I can
ask someone in the neighborhood...what is the patient's name again..." he
searched the doctor appointment form, "Ryu...in the midst of severe fever,
ah, I must hurry then."
Ryuji spotted the man in white coat, "Hey!! Help!! Help!! Over here!!"
The man looked around and saw a body lying on the ground, and a rabbit
was shouting human words to him!
"Oh, my...I must have worked too many hours...and have to deal with too
many dates...plus a spoiled fiance always in runaway." the man said to
himself as he covered his forehead with his palm.
Ryuji was shouting again, "Help!! Help!! The Princess is "sick"!!"
Ryuji tried to use the human language, and it worked. The doctor instinct
made the man go to them. He kneeled down beside the Princess, "I am Doctor
Camui, how are you feeling?"
Princess Ino was unconscious, but the doctor noticed the broken glass
protruding out from his chest, and it was releasing some mysterious black
smoke, "You are badly injured!! I must take you to my clinic immediately!
Ah! But...but I must go to this patient...Ryu..."
"No no no!! You can't go to him now!...I...I...I mean I just came out
from Ryu's apartment...and...and there is already a doctor attending him."
Ryu stuttered out a lie.
"Oh, that's fine then." Camui held up the Princess' body carefully with
his arms and commenced to walk. Ryuji jumped up to follow immediately.
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Prince Atsushi was brooding in his luxurious bath chamber. He raised
his hand from the water, and took from the side of the pool the little
glass bottle of love potion he attained from the Magician Furu-furu. "How
do I make him drink it?" he mused.
A hand slipped from behind from his shoulder, dipped into the
bath-water and touched his naked chest.
Atsushi was slightly irritated, "I told you I don't have the mood
tonight Rika."
"Why aren't you in the mood?" a voice whispered to his ear, Atsushi saw
the reflection on the water. It was Sugi.
"Why are you here?" Atsushi was surprised that no one had discovered
the First Guard's presence in the palace.
"Aren't you happy to see me?" asked Sugi.
Atsushi turned his head and looked at Sugi's face close to his, "You
should think of how you'd treated me before asking this question."
"I came to apologize. I didn't know you were my lover then." Sugi
slipped into the water without taking off his clothes. The water was ice
cold and Sugi shivered.
"You remember everything now?" This came unexpected for Atsushi.
Sugi nodded, he drew close and put his arms around Atsushi's waist, he
tried to kiss him.
"Wait," Atsushi pushed him away immediately, "How about that innocent
boy of yours?"
Sugi lowered his head suddenly, "He...the innocent boy no longer
exists..."
"You have deserted him?" Atsushi asked with disbelief.
"I...I didn't have a choice..." Sugi said.
Atsushi didn't speak for a long time, he looked at Sugi's body
shivering in the water, he could feel his own blood starting to boil.
"Come here." Atsushi pulled him over, "I have to decide whether to
forgive you or not." He grasped the red hair forcibly, "You deserve a good
punishment for how much you have hurt my pride." He bent down and kissed
Sugi greedily and harshly.
Sugi clung to the body that was becoming hot, and he felt himself
warming up as well.
"Sugi, drink it." Atsushi opened his hand and revealed a small vase
with pink liquid inside.
"What is it?" asked Sugi.
"This will make you more passionate. Drink it for me." Atsushi urged.
Sugi took the bottle and turned around with his back facing Atsushi.
"I will take you back as my lover if you drink it." Atsushi whispered
as he buried his face inside Sugi's hair. He was unaware of the act in
which Sugi was putting a strand of black hair, which was curly and shining
with an ominous sheen, into the potion, and turning it from pink to black.
Sugi lifted the glass and drank it to the last drop.
"Haha...I knew you would come back to me at last. No one can resist my
charm. Haha..."
Atsushi turned Sugi's body around, and opened his lips with his own.
Suddenly he felt some liquid was being forced into his throat, he
froze, and shoved Sugi away. But he had already swallowed the liquid, and
he felt sharp pain spreading from his throat into his entire body quickly.
Laughters came from the corner of the bath chamber, "Hahahaha!!!
Doesn't my poison feel great, my brother? I have picked the most deadly one
for you!! Hahahaha!!!"
A face, which only appeared in Atsushi's worst nightmare, showed up in
the light.
"You...you...Rayla..." Atsushi's tongue was pained to numbness that he
couldn't speak.
"Oh, how kind of you to remember your little brother still, after all
these years."
Ryu approached the suffering Atsushi, "And I remember clearly every
single thing about you too, my dearest brother." he gritted his teeth as he
went on, "I remember that you are too arrogant to have guards standing by
at all times. I remember that you don't use your brain when you are lusting
for body pleasure. Haha!! You didn't even ask how Sugi managed to pass the
security in this palace. You are hopeless and incompetent as ever."
Atsushi was twisting in torture, he wanted to start an alarm for help,
but he was unable to make a sound.
"Die my brother." Ryu held Atsushi close to him, "Die in pain. But die
slowly, I would love to enjoy your suffering scene for as long as you can
endure."
Sugi had come out of the water, he was disgusted by the hatred in Ryu's
tone.
"Let's go Ryu. I don't want to see any of this anymore." pleaded Sugi.
Ryu became silent, but he finally stood up, "Fine. But we must find out
where our next target is."
"Next target?" Sugi was stunned.
"Have you forgotten Imai? He was the one who urged my brother to kill
me at the first place!!" Ryu said angrily, and he turned away and led for
the way out.
Sugi glanced at the paralyzed body of Atsushi, and made a wish
silently, "I hope you will live...I have poured away most of the poison...I
really didn't expect a few drops can be this lethal..." He sighed and
followed after Ryu.
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"It took so long to convince hide that we don't mean Prince Rayla any
harm!" Kouichi complained.
"But...Ryu...Prince Rayla doesn't like me...he hit me in the face
before..." Ryutaro said in a small voice, he was still weak from working
the magic far beyond his strength could handle.
"Well...we even helped in assassinating him once..." Junji said.
Ryutaro gaped at this, and stammered, "Then...then we'd better
hide...hide from him..."
"No." Kouichi retorted bluntly, "He used to be a promising magician
novice, with outstanding talents in working Dark Spells, especially making
poison. We need his help to overthrow Imai."
Ryutaro opened his mouth wide, "What...do you...want to do to my
master..."
Kouichi ignored him as they had reached the place where they were told
the second Prince was living. Kouichi and Junji nodded to each other,
Kouichi took hold of Ryutaro, the two brothers leaped up and landed on the
window of an apartment.
Kouichi looked inside into the room, and saw a figure sitting on the
bed. The figure looked up, and Kouichi saw two black eyes behind a few
strands of dark curly hairs.
The two brothers and Ryutaro entered the room. The figure spoke, "I
have been waiting for you, Kouichi and Junji. I have forseen your coming."
Kouichi was surprised, he tucked at Ryutaro and asked, "Is this the
face your saw?"
Ryutaro whispered a yes.
Kouichi stepped forward, "Greetings to you. We are guards from the Dark
Side. I wonder if I am speaking to Prince Rayla or the human boy named Ryu."
"Hahaha!! I am Prince Rayla. And I know you are coming with a purpose."
Rayla smiled gracefully at them.
"We have a proposal for the Prince." said Kouichi.
"And I know what it is about. I am delighted to tell you that I will
give you a chance of serving me again, despite of the past." said Rayla.
The two brothers looked at each other, and bowed at their feet
immediately, "Thank you for your mercy, Excellency. Please lead us to put
an end to Sir Imai's life!"
"Hahaha!!! Good good!! But before we start our revenge, I need you to
complete a task for me first." said Rayla.
The brothers waited for their first order in 20 years.
"The Moon Kingdom has sent a fraud of me, aiming to deceive the people
in Dark Side and destroy our kingdom. He will be an obstacle to our avenge.
I want you to seek him out and kill him. But he has a close follower." He
went to the big mirror hanging on the wall and chanted a spell, after the
appearance of a current of colours, a face showed up.
"Ah, this is the First Guard Sugi!!" Ryutaro pointed out in amazement.
"Yes," Rayla said, "And the First Guard cannot be defeated easily, so
do try to carry out your attack on the imposter stealthily when he is
beyond the First Guard's protection."
"We understand." answered the two brothers.
"I shall wait for your good news here. Good luck." said Rayla.
The brothers bowed, and then stood up and left through the window.
Ryutaro stirred with an uneasiness being left alone with Prince Rayla,
he knew these people were plotting against his master, but he didn't know
what he could do.
Rayla spoke to Rytaro suddenly, "I remember you. You are Imai's pupil."
"I...I won't help you to harm my master...I...I will disclose your plot
to him..." Ryutaro's determined words contrasted with his trembling voice.
"Hahaha!! Then you must do so, and I shall help you." Rayla walked to
the mirror on the wall, looking at himself in it, he invoked his magic
again. The image of the Prince blurred into a commotion of colours, Ryutaro
was dazzled immediately by the fast-moving display. But he forced back his
dizziness and stared at the reflection, which however was no longer showing
the Prince's image.
The figure in front of the mirror turned around at that moment. From
the loose folds of a hood, Ryutaro observed that the black hair had turned
light brown, and the dark eyes were now smoky blue, with lashes in pale
gray, and the whole body was concealed in a dark brown cape. It was the
Magician Full in his human appearance.
"You...Prince Rayla...you..." stammered Ryutaro in confusion.
"Haha...I am the fraud of Prince Rayla!" Full stepped aside, and
Ryutaro saw the mirror was now showing a slummy street.
"Walk through the mirror now, and you should be able to find your
master there. Tell him what you have seen and heard here, and carry a word
for me: Princess Ino's life will come to an end when the Smoke of Death
goes out." said the magician.
Ryutaro was very afraid, and very confused by "Prince Rayla"'s
behaviour, but the promise of finding his master was too great, he took a
deep breath and stepped into the mirror.
When the room was empty again, Full smiled lightly to himself, "Imai,
now you owe me TWO favours."
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