Chapter 18

Dan laid down Adam on the mattress in his room. Adam was Charlie's younger brother,the sickly voice that came from the cardboard box.

He had eaten all the food in the ring and was now sleeping on the bed.

Charlie sat down next to his sleeping brother. He leaned forward on his knees and slowly asked. "I know you have helped us so much to the point where we can't ever repay you, but I can't help but wonder what the catch is?"

Dan thought for a minute, 'This kid probably hasn't had any kindness done for him, so obviously he would be suspicious. I have to make something up or otherwise he'll never be at peace.'

"Then how about this, you and your brother become my knights." Dan said with a gleaming smile.

"Huh?"

"You see I'm planning on creating my own country, the biggest, most prosperous and most powerful. If you join me I will teach you and your brother all I know, you won't have to worry about lack of food or lack of a place to sleep. I will give you my protection to the best I can however in return, I want you to pledge your loyalty to me and my future kingdom."

Charlie looked at the man who was standing in front of him with his arms wide open. He had never met a person with such a big ambition. Maybe it was the fact that he grew up on the streets where noone had any ambition.

For the first time in his life, he was truly excited. This was the day that Charlie made up his mind and pledged loyalty to Dan.

"I will explain to my brother when he wakes up." Charlie said.

"Training starts tommorow at the crack of dawn. Make sure to get enough sleep. I'll start your brother's training the day after tomorrow."

Dan said as he laid down on the floor and used Kan as a pillow. Kan growled lowly at Dan. "I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself here." But Dan's apology was pointless as Kan stood up and curled himself on the other bed.

"Why don't you sleep on the bed?" Charlie asked.

"I don't want to, it is truly uncomfortable and besides sleeping on the floor is healthier."

Charlie knew this better than anyone. After an hour of still not being able to sleep, he laid down on the floor and fell asleep immediately.

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"Pufff...huffff...haaa...ooo...Wait...a...second... please." The gaurds of Pelar were running behind Link and Pelar. They had been running for three hours straight at full speed. The gaurds were wearing heavy metal armour in this heat which contributed greatly to their fatigue. As tired as they were none of them stopped.

The reason being the prince was also wearing a heavy set of armour. They refused to be outdone by a prince who done nothing but lay around in his room, chase around woman and drink alcohol almost every night at such a young age.

Their pride kicked in and with a loud roar they forced their tired and exhausted body to the prince.

They thought that it was easy for the prince but once they caught up they were surprised to see the amount of sweat on the prince's face. Their was an area around Pelar's body that seemed to be steaming from the heat coming from his body.

Link was the only person who this training didn't affect. He always worked out and kept his body in peak condition.

Suddenly without warning, Pelar collapsed. The heat managed to get to him finally. The knights felt a sense of accomplishment for managing to defeat the prince. Their almost broken pride was restored.

Foam came out of Pelar's mouth as his face laid in the dirt. Link rushed over to the prince and turned him to his side. He was the only person who truly cared about the prince.

"All of you run 50 more laps, and I promise you if I find out that you only did 49 or 48 laps it's your job that will be gone."

The gaurds moaned but Link glared at them and they immediately started. He hated them, when the prince had collapsed he knew that they were happy they survived longer. He was proud of the prince for managing to keep going for that long.

Link rushed Pelar to the infirmary and left him with the nurse. It had been three days since the prince started training his body. What had catapulted the prince into doing this, Link did not know.

It reached nightfall quickly and Pelar had managed to wake up. He quickly got dressed, thanked the nurse and left to eat. Pelar walked into his families dining room. His father,mother and five siblings were already seated. The maids were laying down the food. He just arrived in time. His stomach ached for food.

He sat down next to his brother and reached for the food. "What are you doing Pelar?" His elder brother asked.

"The fuck does it look I'm doing? I'm about to eat. Are you blind or stupid? Don't ask me dumb questions like that again or I will actually make you blind."

The atmosphere in the room quickly became akward. Pelar could feel his brother's blood lust, but it wasn't as intense as Pedro's. He stuffed his mouth with bread and meat. He was chewing his food loudly and mesilly until his elder sister krone slapped him in the face resulting in him spilling the food in his mouth across his brother's lap.

"Mother and father have taught us manners and tou just throw them out of the window just like that. Is this what you would do on a diplomatic mission?"

Pelar knew his Krone better than anyone, she was an attention seeker. In fact Pelar could bet his life to prove that his sister did this only to seem good in front of their parents.

"Father, I want access to the tower of magic." Pelar said without even paying attention to his sister's slap. He just took away the thing she wanted the most, attention.

"You insolent idiot, know your place. The tower isn't for the likes of you." His other elder brother Sam shouted. Once again Pelar paid no attention.

"Pelar I heard what happened to you. Are you okay?" his mother asked.

"Yes mother, I am great. The nurse said I was just to tired."

"Why do you want access to the tower?" King Isla asked. (Pronounced as I-Laa, the s is silent)

"Are you for real, tower...of...magic. Why else would I want access to it."

"Don't talk to your father like that, what has gotten into you lately?" his mother asked.

"Love...I have a girlfriend. Her name is Michelle. Would you like to meet her?" He said as he caught his father's eye.

"Yes, I would love to. Describe her for me" Queen Dria said with a large smile.

"She has short hair, green eyes, a beauty spot under her lips, long eyelashes and lots of curves."

Truth be told, he did not have a girlfriend, this person who he was describing was the woman his father had been seeing behind his mother's back. He looked at his father and smiled. He could see his father swallowing his saliva.

He was blackmailing his father into letting him use the tower. It was equivalent to him saying either let me use the tower or I will expose you.