Wanted

The king and Kiyoko help walk Frederic and Oji out to the courtyard where guards are searching and some small nearby hospital staff tending to the injured -although a few- a distance away. they walked over and put them down beside where the registered nurses requested. Aristol apologizes to the group of three as he leaves to talk to the head guard. A nurse takes Kiyoko to another section of the medical space. Frederic looked at Oji as a nurse was using Maho to heal them.

"you did good Oji" Oji looked away before gritting his teeth.

"y-you too i guess" there was a silence between the two.

"i wonder what happened out there" Oji looked at Frederic as the nurse starts wrapping them up.

"oh, how me and you swapped places? I'm… actually not sure" the nurse helped them up and giving Oji a crutch for his left leg.

"thanks, it might be something to due with whatever Dad was talking about, that… Tokame thing" Frederic snickered.

"its Tokume Oji" they stared at each other before bursting out into laughter. Kiyoko quickly running over to the two.

"I'm glad you guys are okay" he hugged Frederic as Oji watches and looks away a bit saddened.

"you were amazing Oji! sending that guy flying and then hitting him into the ice? i never would have thought of that!" Oji blinks before looking away.

"thanks cattle" everyone goes silent.

"what?" Kiyoko looks at Oji

"…cattle?" Oji nodded before explaining.

"i take it you are a sheep Demi-human? sheep are considered cattle" everything went silent before they realized. they all laughed out loud before walking off to find their dad in the crowd of scared people.

They returned to the hotel Oji ready to finally lay down on a soft bed. Frederic and Kiyoko are talking about new battle techniques they learned while they were fighting in the tournament. they opened the bedroom door and Oji rushed in flopping on one of the beds. Kiyoko and Frederic sitting on a small couch against the wall. the king sitting on the second bed.

"hey guys, can i talk to you about something?" the three looked at the king and accepted in their own ways.

"well, how do you feel about what happened at the Colosseum today?" the room went quiet the curtains blowing in the wind from the open window. the bed sheets remade when they entered.

"well… hmm, he did cut our battle off… that's annoying, he just ignored us, probably the most powerful and went straight for the spectators" Frederic leaned back against the chair he was in. Oji chiming into the conversation.

"maybe he didn't want to attack the citizens, maybe he was using the citizens as a tool to attack you dad" Aristol looked at Oji. Frederic buts in.

"you might be right Oji, if he was going for the citizens he would have ignored you and kept attacking them, but you blocked his attack then he went after you with that dagger" Kiyoko nodded.

"other than that, your all's reaction time is so fast, i was really afraid that guy could have killed the king" the room went silent as Oji lays back down.

"i never thought of that… if we weren't able to react fast enough… our dad could have died today…" the room went silent.

"so, when are we returning to the castle Mr. Aristol?" Kiyoko looked at the king who looked at him.

"i think it will be early tomorrow, and we will get back by noon the day after" Kiyoko and Frederic look at each other as Frederic takes a deep breath and stands up using his left hand to push him standing.

"well, I am going to take a shower then, Oji, you're after me" he walks over to a door by the entrance door as Oji raises his hand with a thumbs up to Frederic. he puts it down when Frederic enters the bathroom. he sits up on the bed and looks at Kiyoko and the king.

"do you want anything from the downstairs bakery?" Kiyoko looked at Oji.

"ill take some-" he was cut off as Oji opened the door.

"i wasn't asking you, ya nasal fly" the hours pass by as eventually they all finish bathing eventually falling asleep. early the next morning the king wakes up early as the others are still asleep. he sits on the edge of the bed trying to wait out his upper chest and back pain. experiencing a shortness of breath. Oji sits up as he slept in the same bed.

"hey dad, are you okay?" the king takes a deep breath and smiles at Oji.

"yeah, don't worry about me, just start getting ready, wake the other two up, i have to go to the bathroom" the king stands up holding his chest loosely as he walks to the bathroom. Oji looks out the window and once again it's still dark outside. he catches his hand on fire letting the room heat up instantly waking Frederic and Kiyoko. Frederic uses his ice to return the room to normal.

"what was that for bro!?" Oji put his suitcase on the bed and started packing it back the way he likes it.

"its time to get up you idiots, and don't ever call me bro again I am not in the mood" Frederic chuckled a little bit.

"OK then, pout pants" Kiyoko looked out the window and up at the stars. a while passes by as the king eventually comes out from the bathroom, acting better than before but Oji could tell he was still struggling. they finished packing and made it into the carriage outside, the king needing help into the carriage before Galliun closed the door and they started on their way home.

"I have been thinking about it… what if the court Wanted me to come here and send an assassin to kill me?"