章節 14: Did you sneak a sip from your father’s wine cellar?

"What could you possibly want with her?" Marcus asked coldly only to pause as he saw Prince Skye show Anberine a withered purple flower which had yellow on the bottom petal that he had in his right jacket pocket. Anberine's mouth parted while her eyes as she narrowed them showed she was in disbelief, what was he up to?

"Seriously...? A dead flower?" Anberine asked dryly not at all impressed by what he was up to.

"Well it matches your eyes" Skye commented as he saw her newly changed violet eyes which were still not amused, clearing his throat he kept the flower visible "Violets that sparkle, flowers despite withering never suit you anymore than they do now" Skye said mentally blinking at what he was saying.

"Wait what? What did I just say?!" Prince Skye screamed mentally not believing what he had just said. "Why did I said something so dumb?" he berated himself for the stupid comment.

"What?" Marcus was left baffled while Anberine was even more confused, to prove she was confused she tilted her head and her expression showed she was completely lost.

"What has he been drinking?" Anberine asked still in shock as she tried to observe any features that would have been off.

"Did you sneak a sip from your father's wine cellar? Or did you hit your head when no one was looking?" Anberine asked bluntly now looking at Marcus who shrugged.

"I did drink something" Prince Skye admitted causing the pair to stare at him quickly, that was odd why was he admitting anything and to them no less? "I've been drinking in your beauty and for a rat faced girl, you look cute" he added with a sly smile.

"Why did I just say that?!" Skye almost laughed as he saw her making gagging noises, not wanting to be around him anymore than she had to she walked away briskly in disgust.

"Get a life Prince Skye and get help, and for once can you just leave me alone?" Anberine asked almost pleading with the prince who's smirk grew at the fact she was even speaking to him.

"You will never escape my gaze~!" Prince Skye sang causing Anberine to groan weakly while Marcus was left unsure on whether to knock the prince out, take him to a physician or follow Anberine.

"Has she always been this pretty-wait what?! No! No she's not! She's so ugly that the statues father has in the armoury are more interesting to look at then her-what am I saying?" Prince Skye was left conflicted as he started arguing with himself about what was going on, this was not like him. Not once would he think nice things about her so what changed? Eventually his eyes softened a bit as he looked at her which left Marcus now determined to follow Anberine.

"How come I've missed how pretty she is to look at? Her hair reminds me of moonlight...what?" Prince Skye continued to ponder on what was going until he realised that she was not in the area. Startled he jumped before smiling widely at the fact he would be chasing after her once more.

"Where are you my love~? I just want to spend time with you" Prince Sky called, not seeing Anberine shiver violently and gag badly while Marcus blanched in shock as they continued to avoid the prince. Flashing a quick look at where the prince was he shivered a bit from disgust.

"Kill me" she muttered as she rushed towards Merlia's room, once inside she spotted her friends and gave them a look of concern which caught their attention.

"Are you sure the Love Curse worked?" she asked wearily at her friends who now went silent from their discussion about what was going on with the prince.

"That's what we want to know" Perceval replied bluntly now folding his arms, his eyes towards the window that held a large scene not too long ago.

"The Prince didn't even react with me, it's like I was just a plain wall to him" Morgana said while Anberine thanked Merlia for the cup of milk.

"Well we just encountered him" Marcus said dryly "he even started singing at Anberine and gave her a dead flower" Helga who was sipping her drink lost her grip with the cup and accidentally dropped it causing the item to hit the floor.

"Heh?!" Helga cried in alarm while Merlia was left speechless.

"What did he even say?" Mordred asked now feeling like they were missing something as he was looking through some of the notes Anberine left them about the curse.

"He said a really weird comment about the dead flower matching my eyes" Anberine now gagged and shivered once more shocking the group who now were left stunned about the comment. Now that was odd.

"That's... it?" Morgana asked looking more confused than ever.

"He even said that he wants her" Marcus explained causing some of them to blink "he even got angry over the fact I was holding her hand" he added feeling more worried about the whole thing, Mordred placed a hand to his chin and began to ponder on what they were hearing.

At the same time Merlia started flipping through the book Anberine had been reading about the Love Curse.

"Did any changes appear in his appearance?" Merlia asked as she read a few symptoms on the book. Why did the spell not get him reacting to Morgana? Surely it should have taken effect straight away so what was going wrong?

"His eyes glinted" Marcus replied while Anberine shrugged but had an agreeing look on her face, curious Merlia went back to the book.

"Well he's not in love with anyone so the spell should have worked- wait if he was already in love?" Merlia looked at Anberine who looked as lost as her.

"He hates me, we all know that so maybe it's someone else-"

"Ratty girl~! Where are you~?" The group almost shivered in disgust, the shiver continued to run down their spines leaving them completely uncomfortable from how that sounded. Looks showing that they were repulsed by his behaviour formed on their faces.

"Oh what I wouldn't give to slap him" Helga muttered darkly as she eyed Perceval who frowned at hearing the prince's voice.

"We'll distract him, start running once you see us talking to him" Merlia said calmly now handing Anberine the book, nodding her thanks she watched Morgana and Merlia leave the room.

"There's the Dark Dwellers!" Skye called brightly surprising the pair who were now walking towards him. "Have you seen the rat girl? I've been looking for her everywhere" he asked while looking around.

"Why should we tell you? You're so rude and insensitive towards her" Merlia asked coldly while he remained looking for Anberine, at the same time seeing her cue to leave Anberine snuck out the room and made her way towards her dorm room. Minutes later Marcus and Mordred followed after Anberine just in case she needed extra help from the clearly crazy prince.

"Don't you get bored of making her life miserable?" Morgana asked sharply now getting angrier "if you weren't the prince I would have slapped you so hard that your face would have become flat, that or I would have turned you into a bug so I could squish you for being a bully. Why do you keep bothering her? Is this some kind of game to you?" she now placed her hands on her hips.

"Why do I bother her?" Skye asked sternly looking like he was contemplating her question before grinning widely to their disgust "because I love her" the girls suddenly went still, disbelief now filled on their faces.