Enter: Galliun

He walked down the short hallway with rooms on both sides. he makes his way to the room at the very end of the hallway. he opens the door to his room. looking directly at the fireplace and a large window to the right. he sits on the small sofa in front of his bed and leaning back relaxing and taking a deep breath. he grabs a mirror off the bedside table and looks at himself as he takes off his blindfold for the first time. his eye was still bloodshot but it was almost completely white except for a few lines revealing where the iris and pupil used to be. his scar now fully healed. he sighs and starts realizing just how privileged he is to have been rescued by someone in a royal family. now hes popular in the middle class because of the tournament. he jolts to a straight sitting position on his small sofa after hearing faint sounds from the room next door. near silent sounds of screaming following. he kept hearing the faint sounds as he moved closer to the wall making it easier to hear. instantly recognizable behind the wall was Oji's voice. he seemingly punched something that could only be guessed as a pillow. Kiyoko listened closer to Oji.

"WHY, WHY DID SHE HAVE TO COME BACK!?" Kiyoko tilted his head and continued to listen.

"ugh, now i remember the only reason i was friends with her…" the sounds stopped as Oji seemingly plants his face into a pillow and screams again.

"ugh, i cant believe shes still so pretty!" Kiyoko backs away from the wall tripping on the carpet and falling. silence followed as Kiyoko rushed away from the wall.

Frederic's steps were as soft as he could get them. he walked down the main lobby trying to avoid eye contact with any of the guards before bumping into something and stumbling back.

"Sorry sir" he looks up to see Galliun staring down at him. he backs away and standing tall in front of the head Guard.

"Now Frederic, are you trying to sneak away again? you cant keep doing this" Frederic stood his ground.

"but I wanna check on the situation in the town! i heard its getting worse, if we don't do something about it-" he gets cut off.

"and what if you went down there by yourself and got attacked because the citizens want us to help with the situation, but were struggling to so if they see a royal down there, there gonna get mad and attack you" Frederic went silent having not thought of that.

"well, do you want to go with me then?" Galliun looked down at the prince and sighed.

"ill keep an eye on you, meet me at the gate in 3" Frederic stared at him before realizing.

"oh, okay, see you then" he smiled and walked out the main door of the castle the head Guard smiling knowing the kingdom is in good hands.

he stood out at the gate waiting as Galliun walks up to him.

"I have been waiting here… for 13 minutes!" the Guard chuckled a bit.

"i had to set stuff up for while i was gone, lets go" he takes the lead as Frederic follows they start on there way down the twisty and turn hill path down the side of the hill.

"so Galliun, why are you a guard?" the tall man looked down at him before looking down at the town.

"i was, you could say Like sir Kiyoko. abandoned by my family and no one came to my side. until one day, a young man, with fancier clothes than everyone else… he extended his hand to me… and the next thing i knew, i was training to be a Royal guard" Frederic blinks a few times.

"well, who was that young man?" Galliun stared out into the horizon.

"that was your father… the man who later became a major pawn in the history of this chessboard we call the country of Roekanoeworth" Frederic smiled.

"What is a chessboard?" the guard shakes his head and laughs out loud.

"i have no idea Prince Frederic" they make it to the town and they stay silent as they walk around. the tension between the Demi-human's and citizens was so thick it could be cut with a steak knife. they made it to a building on top of a small hill. a spine of twisting and turning stairs leading up to the front door. the walls of the house were brown and covered in holes. though most holes were patched with some sheet metal. Frederic felt a sense of nostalgia from the place running around to the side of the house with a wall on the side of the street. a small barbed wire window on the ground.

"what is it Prince Frederic?" he ran too the front door.

"this is the place i found Kiyoko!" he looked at the guard.

"what do i do under your command Prince Frederic?" he struggled a little bit but managed to cover his fist in ice punching through the door. the bandits inside were now numbering 6 and rushing around as Frederic opened the door. the leader who was now bald rushed at Frederic who didn't hesitate freezing him in place.

"don't even try to fight me, I'm even stronger than before" two of the other men grit their teeth and rushed at him as he covered his fist in ice punching one of the men down the stairs and the other into the other three guys. he cracked his knuckles as he walked down the stairs to where he found Kiyoko. the bandit who fell down the stairs tries to stand up but Frederic freezes his hands to the floor. he looks into the cell where he found Kiyoko and there sits three young Demi-human's all seeming under the age of 6. one of them was unconscious and another seemed highly sick.

"hey Galliun, get a doctor down here!" he grabbed the door and froze it ripping it from its hinges. he slowly walks in and crouches down.

"don't worry you three, I am here to help you" one of the three seemed as though they were crying just recently. Frederic reaches out his hand and checks her pulse. he covers his hand in ice and leans her against the wall using the ice on his hand to cool her off as she is burning up. not much later did a few citizens come down the stairs and helping the three young girls out of the cell. Frederic stands up and walks out the door of the bandits base meeting up with Galliun outside.

"you did good prince Frederic" Frederic smiled as Galliun pushed him behind him and planted his shield down blocking a fire attack. Frederic turns around to see another group of bandits with a fourth kid. this one is a boy. Galliun jumps up and puts his shield on his back and grabs his sword in one swift movement, he plants his foot down and swings the sword slicing the chest of three of the 5 bandits. one of the bandits shoots a fire beam that Frederic quickly turns to ice. Galliun jumps over the ice structure and landing on the ground punching it to the point it causes the two bandits left to collapse as Galliun stands up and points his sword at the two bandits. Galliun not even exhausted.

"you messed with the wrong Guard today Mr. Bandit" Frederic watches from the side and his eyes widen in awe of how strong Galliun is. Galliun orders a few Guards to come and arrest the bandits for court as he turns to look at Frederic.

"today you did something dangerous, but i do commend you for your bravery and willingness to risk yourself for others… you did good today, but that doesn't mean you wont be lectured later" Frederic smiled having witnessed something amazing. Galliun continued walking forward away from the town and towards the castle. Frederic following close behind.