45 A look at the moon
Chance and Fate was in the middle of the two circles of the infinite red thread. They were connected. A chance that was given to the researcher was tied fate, as the character that he is going to play the role of, has its own destiny.
"Do not worry about the ending for now, you will soon have your decision and you will understand why you made it." the voice said for the last time as the thread started to light up.
The thread that was floating around them glowed red and a gush of wind blew, accompanied by another blinding light like before which made him shut his eyes again.
After a few seconds, he opened his eyes but was still blinded as it was still white.
It eventually started to fade and became dark with his sight returning back to normal. First thing that he saw was his knight standing in front him. His knight who fell on the ground earlier was there, standing still with a worried look on his face.
"Your highness?"
Chance was still on lag, his mind was still on the scene earlier at the middle of time. He snapped back and looked at the Valorian knight. From his feet to his head, he was absolutely fine, "Are you alright?" Chance asked him.
The knight stared down at his face with narrowed eyes, "That is what I should be asking you, what has gotten you in a complete daze?" he asked.
Chance did not answer and looked around where they were and the buildings were still there, not even one of it was destroyed. His hand went to his temple and massaged it in stress of what had happened.
'Where did Fate go again?'
He felt Alec's hand on his shoulder, "Are you sure that you are alright?" the knight asked as he could really sense that something was wrong with his master.
"Yes, I am." Chance responded.
It was not something that the knight could believe, it did not only take seconds but a minute that Chance was in a daze. What could he be thinking so deeply about that he did not even move for a minute? That was the question that was inside Alec's mind.
Alec noticed a slight tremble in his body while he froze and the knight knew immediately that something was wrong, but that is something he would never admit. 'Is it about what happened to him and Caliber?' he thought.
Before the Valorian knight could even think of the possible reasons, the two who were in deep thoughts turned around when they noticed someone stop near where they are.
"We meet yet again."
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"Say, maybe I should get all my work passed on to my dear brother." Leonidas said to his aide with a smile, liking the idea he had thought of.
"By that, Your Majesty, means you would like to torture His Highness, Caliber?" the aide named Weston asked.
"Did I make it sound like that?" he said with a giggle, but it was mostly true. The servant just smiled awkwardly at the king.
Then something came to the aide's mind when it came to him that Leonidas is no longer a crown prince, "When Your Majesty holding a ceremony to appoint His Highness, Caliber, as the crown prince?" he asked.
Leonidas stopped and tilted his head, having his brother on his mind, "Hmm, that is right. About time for him to be a crown prince." he agreed with his aide, giving a nod with his finger on his chin. Elbows were resting in the other folded arm.
While he was still in the middle of thinking about his brother, the corner of his eyes caught two familiar figures standing somewhere not far from where they were. The two were too busy cuddling with each other that they did not even notice the presence of the two people watching them.
"Your Majesty, if I guess right, would that be the Crown Prince of Antares right there?"
"Indeed, your guess is right." Leonidas answered.
The newly crowned king of Canopus crossed his arms while he watched the two who were embracing each other, "If I recall, I thought that my brother of mine was with the crown prince since dinner?"
The aide, Weston, nodded. "It seems that they have finished. While for the whereabouts of His Highness, I do not have a clue."
While the king was squinting at the two, the aide was surprised to see a smirk on the king's face. Confused about his reaction, but he has no need to ask the reason for his amusement.
'Caliber, my dear brother. Where could you be, missing this wonderful sight?' he thought, it was a good chance to tease his brother, a pity that he was not around.
He remembered when he met Chance again and Alec was there. He does not know why the Valorian knight kept silent and did not tell Chance his real identity, 'That knight of this amusing fellow surely knows who I am.' he thought.
A good quality that servant was, the king thought. The Valorian clearly understands whether what is the right time to say things and is very sensible. 'Or maybe he is just really quiet and does not care.'
It was true that he wanted to tease his brother, but he felt somewhat bad to see that Chance was starting to get closer to his personal knight rather than his brother. "That fool, where is he?"
Aide Weston turned to the king, 'Who?' he asked inside his mind when he suddenly heard his master spoke. The king was still looking at the two so he decided to not ask.
Chance and Alec finally broke away from their embrace and finally the king felt that it was about time for him to approach them. But after a few steps, he stopped when Chance spoke,
"Until death..."
All of a sudden, the mood became gloomy when Chance went into a daze.
Leonidas felt a strong gush of wind so he raised his arm to block the wind from coming onto his face. Weston immediately turned to him and looked at him with a perplexed expression, "What seems to be the matter, Your Majesty?"
"Do not mind me, the wind was just strong."
"I do not understand, Your Majesty. No wind that is so strong has passed in this area."
The usual amused lion furrowed his brow for the first time to look at his aide, "Kid me not, the wind was strong for you to not notice."
The servant felt like his own words made his master seem to be lying so he bowed and with a sincere tone, he swore, "I swore on my life, there was no wind at all."
The two of them went silent, Leonidas knew well enough that Weston would never lie to him. Yet, he was the one who felt the wind, they are both not lying.
In the speed of a light, he caught glimpse of a glow for a second but it was gone. There was no need to ask his aide as for sure he did not notice it. "Strange." the king muttered.
"Are you alright?"
Leonidas glanced at Chance when he heard him talk to his knight.
"That is what I should be asking you, what has gotten you in a complete daze?"
That is also a question that King Leonidas wanted to ask, by the time that he went into a short daze, a strong wind blew for no reason.
The two still have not noticed the presence of other people beside them. The two were making sure that they were alright while King Leonidas started walking to approach them.
Stopping in front of them, Chance turned and there was surprise in his face when he saw the lion again. Leonidas gave him his usual smile while Weston bowed to pay respect to the Crown Prince of Antares.
"We meet yet again." he greeted.
Chance nodded and smiled back at him, Leon was the first man he met in Canopus and even though they only met twice then, they had a good conversation. "I was hoping to meet you again, good to see you, Leon." Chance greeted back.
"Hoping to meet me? Perfect. I was hoping to have a chat with you as well." he said with a smile.
It was starting to get darker as it was deep in the night, but the stars and light made it look magically bright like how it was back in the garden.
"Crown prince, mind if we look at the moon?"
