Chapter 40: Dinner of two princes and a 'Servant'?

Chance immediately rose up from his seat and his heartbeat quickened, nervous that Louis saw him sitting in a royalty's chair. "Prince Cole, I was..." he muttered, thinking of an excuse.

Louis stared at him and snorted, "I get it, just continue to enjoy your dinner." the little prince said which left Chance in confusion.

'That's it?' Chance thought, it was a calm reaction from a bratty prince but it made Chance more nervous than before, 'What does he mean he gets it?' he thought.

Even Caliber was surprised by his answer and stared at him, Louis returned his stare and smirked.

He sat down on his seat, beside Caliber and one of the palace's butlers went forward to put a linen on his lap, while another one was preparing his food.

Caliber and Chance looked at each other, then at Louis. Both of them wanted to ask what he meant, but it would be more suspicious if they asked.

Too curious to know what it was, Chance could not hold back and asked. ''I do not really get what you mean by you get it, could you make it clear?" he asked, Louis stopped cutting the meat on his plate and looked at Chance.

He took a quick glimpse at Caliber and his brow furrowed, "Well, you are the 'lover' of my brother, so I figured he let you sit there." he answered, which removed Chance's nervousness.

Sherin flinched and turned, 'Did I hear it right?' she asked herself. She remained silent as it looked like they forgot that she was still there.

He was about to panic but he felt relieved by his answer, Chance thought that the little prince found out that he was a prince. Good thing it was because he still believes that he is Caliber's 'lover'.

Chance returned to eating and the atmosphere became awkward as they were covered with silence. Chance was too focused on Louis's answer that it made him forget that Sherin was listening to them.

Sherin turned to look at Niro but the other aide pretended to not notice her stare, to avoid questions or suspicions that his partner will give him. 'Tch.' Sherin clicked her tongue but not loud enough for others in the table to hear.

"Where is the new king now?" Louis asked to break the silence that was going on for a while.

Caliber looked at him and immediately answered, "He is still in the royal study room, he said he was busy so I will just ask a servant to bring him food."

Chance took another bite, 'The King must be very busy, he never appeared in the dining room even on breakfast.' he thought.

"What made you come to dinner, Louis?" the brother asked.

Many years have already passed that Louis stopped eating dinner with his brothers, they were used to it as the young prince would have his own world often. He was grumpy, quiet and sometimes weird to do things that amuse him.

It might have started when his, or rather, their parents, Lionel and Catherine died. He liked to be alone and sometimes the servant gets affected by his irritable attitude.

Louis looked down on his plate and was starting to have no appetite, "I just felt like it." he answered. He glanced at Chance and stared at him.

Chance became curious, "Why is he looking this way?" he thought.

Chance just continued eating his food. He still could not imagine that he was actually eating delicious foods. It was a first time for him. He had never tasted different kinds of food in his life. It was mostly just noodles, sardines or other canned foods. "It tastes great." he muttered.

Caliber was trying hard not to let out a chuckle, he found his expression cute and he looked like a kid who was happily eating, savoring every bite.

Caliber noticed that the sauce of the steak was in the corner of his lips, he shook his head, "Seriously," he muttered and stood up from his seat to reach Chance. "Is the food here really that delicious?" he asked while wiping his lips gently with a napkin.

All of the people inside the room stopped what they were doing and looked at the two of them.

Chance was dazed by what he did. Caliber stared at him for long, he froze and remembered that he was supposed to stay away. When he raised his head, he saw Alec Valorian staring down at him coldly.

He returned back to his seat and pretended like nothing happened. Trying to avoid the stare of his brother. Louis hid his smirk and proceeded with eating, putting the meat he sliced into his mouth with a snort.

Worried, Niro glanced at his partner but Sherin was not looking at them. Standing still, chin up with her eyes in a straight direction. 'She did not notice? Or maybe she ignored it?' he thought.

He returned his gaze but still he felt like she noticed it. 'Guide me, Goddess Asteria.' he said to himself, knowing that he will be killed if Sherin soon finds out that he knew everything.

It was an awkward dinner, Louis just kept on eating and Caliber kept shooting a glance over Chance.

The historical researcher has his mind on the dream all dinner. 'What does it mean?' he kept on asking himself.

That place might really exist somewhere in the big palace, but he is not yet familiar with the whole map.

One more thing that he is curious of was the people at the end of his dream. 'Will I...get to meet them soon?' he thought.

"Charles." Alec muttered.

Oh, of course. First name since the young prince was here with them. Somehow, Caliber never really liked it when he called him by first name.

Chance looked at his knight with a curious look on his face, "What is it?" he asked.

"You might be deep in your thoughts, but please have mercy for the food." he muttered and looked at the meat on his plate, pierced by his knife continuously.

"Oh, sorry!" he muttered and panicked. He grabbed a napkin and was about to clean up the sauce drops on the table.

Alec pushed him slightly to lean back on his chair. Other servants that were around the table, waiting for a command, immediately approached to clean the mess.

Not letting a 'servant' to clean, that was probably on the mind of the female knight. Niro glanced at his partner again but she was still looking straight, unbothered.

Niro's brows furrowed a bit and was suspicious of her unbothered look.

The young prince finished eating, wiped his lips with a napkin and rose up from his seat. Chance looked at him, "Master Cole, are you already done? Why would you need to eat so fast?"

Louise sighed, "I am not fast, you are just slow. Next time, eat your food, not your thoughts, so you will finish quickly." he said and turned around.

A servant knocked on the door and the two knights that were guarding outside opened the door for the prince.

"See you tomorrow, Chance."

The doors closed and he vanished from the room.

The two princes also rose up from his seat, they are also done with the food. Although Chance did not get to eat much.

The servants began cleaning the table, Chance stared at the different dishes on the table sadly, "So many foods are wasted, for royalty?" he thought.

'I hope the servants eat this delicious food instead of throwing it away.'

They were all about to leave the room but Caliber approached Chance with a serious look on his face.

"Caliber? What...what is wrong?" he thought, surprised to see the Canopus prince stopped in front of him.

"I need to tell you something."

Their eyes met each other in a stare, Chance felt a bit excited, 'Is he going to tell me his problem?' he thought.

He grabbed Chance's arm and they ran out of the room. They left the aides inside the dining area, dumbfounded by the sudden disappearance, "What?" they all thought.

It was too late to chase after them so they just let them be. Good thing, Tristan is stupid, Alec and Niro thought.

Sherin and Alec were observing the people inside the room, Alec clapped to get all of their attention.

When all the servants' eyes were on them, The two knights looked at them. "All of you..." Alec said.

"If a word or rumor spread about this night," Alec stated, "You will taste your blood on our swords." Sherin also chimed in.

The two looked at each other as they synced, but looked away immediately.

They all left the room and went to find their masters.

But one of the servants smiled.