The sword fight

On the way to meet Jasper and Gird who were staying in the guest room of another building, built specially for guests, Theo calmness shuddered.

There was a door on the left side from where she was passing by. Shutting her eyes, she took a deep breath. She could feel in the air that behind the door, many deadly weapons were kept and her heart started to pound like an animal who gets excited by seeing his prey.

Slowly she raised her arm near the knob and opened it. No one was there and it wasn't a room but a big hall with many weapons hung in the wall.

There was only two walls rather then four and the uncovered side had a big garden.

"Its pretty nice, but it isn't covered fully, so people staying here might notice me if I practice here," she mumbled.

That was her thought when she was alone, soon her eyes stopped at the closest window, it was Jasper in the guest house and he was smiling while staring at her.

She smirked while thinking as she kept staring him, "A body guard! Huh! Does he really believe that he can fool me by acting all foolish. I would rather like to see what is he hiding behind his obsidian eyes".

There were many swords but all looked pretty old, still it shined and she grabbed one forgetting that she needs to hide her talents from others.

The feeling to reveal someone's mask was quite amusing to her and she pointed her sword toward him with a confident look.

"Sir, he is challenging you!" Gird said, his face pale.

Jasper was still near the window and he hoped out and walked toward her.

Gird followed him and tried to stop him from acting rashly. "Sir, you should keep a low profile and please do not hurt Castillo child, since he is the only heir of the Castillo family," Gird said, his eyebrows furrowed and lips wet.

He wasn't worried about his Prince but rather he was worried that a family will lose their child if things keep going on like that.

He stooped exactly 3 meter away from her, a brief smile and eyes on her sword which was still pointed toward him.

"Mr. Theo, please don't be like this, you have still a long way to recover but if you challenge him, you might get hurt," Gird said while panicking.

Theo ignored his words and pointed toward another sword.

Jasper walked ahead and while looking in her eyes, he passed by and took the other sword.

He silently pressed his fingers on the blade and glanced at his own face reflecting in the sword.

"Its just for practice Gird, don't worry, I will not hurt your bodyguard," said Theo with a faint smile.

Jasper chuckled and turned back, "He is right Sir, this is just for practicing, so I will not be hurt," he said while having an amusing smile on his face.

"So, confident! I wonder what it would be like, to fight with you for real. Alas! If I fight for real then you may end up like others and I will again lose my new amusing toy," he thought and stood firm.

Gird was making a worried and tensed face, he was pressing his head out of pressure and as soon as they both walked on the stage, he gulped and started to chant mantras to keep Theo safe.

Their eyes on each other and sword pointed out, eyes having the blood thrust and they looked the same while thrusting for blood rather then love.

It began and Gird was worriedly looking at them without blinking for a second. Theo struck first from the left and diagonally went down, he dodged it sharply but soon after lasting for a few minutes, he fall down while his legs shaking.

He still had a smile and he rubbed his back head and said, "Gosh! You are, too, good at swordsmanship. There is no way I can win against you".

He was still down on the ground.

Theo didn't had a satisfied look and her eyes were glaring him in dismay. Gird breathed out of relief and finally erased his sweats from the forehead.

She turned back while gritting her teeth and said, "If you are so scared to reveal your true face, then be a coward and continue to lie down, I will think that you lost from me for real".

The moment he heard those words, his fake smile disappeared and he grinned evilly.

Gird almost felt that his heart jumped out in shock and he sighed while thinking of a way to escape from the Castillo mansion. He was definitely sure that his Prince will end the things in a rough way.

"You are quite interesting, you know that?" Jasper said.

He had a serious face yet his eyes were excitedly looking at her.

She smirked, "So, you are finally revealing your true colors".

He shrugged his shoulder and while having a mocking smile pointed the sword toward her.

This time it was different, it was him who wanted to start the fight. They started with their duel and it was crazily an amazing fight. Neither of them was backing off, nor they were losing.

Gird found it almost difficult to trace their sharp movements, but the second their sword stopped, they were already panting, but they had a big wide smile.

Theo weak body didn't lasted for long after she used all her strength to match with his. They had a large difference when it came to strength and she sat down while panting.

Looking at their crazy smile, Gird gasped.

"Its been so long since I saw Prince Jasper laughing like that, he always used to smile crazily when he was learning the sword but once he won against all of them, he stopped smiling and having a fight with them," he mumbled and glanced at Theo.

He had the same smile as Jasper and he thought, "Did the Castillo's stole the king's son? Why does he have a similar crazy attitude like the Prince as if they are brothers. Ah! But that can't happen because the Queen have given birth to no more then two child".

She had no more strength to stand up. The guards ran toward her, Mr. Castillo was among them, too. He was worried but more then worrying, he was more baffled.

Standing far away to watch his daughter fight with a strange man with her frail body, even the most aloof person would feel confused.

Many question was rushing through his head, but more then anything, his worriedness could be seen in his face.

Without giving it another look, he stepped toward her and sat  near her. "Are you ok?" his voice vibrating as he said.

She nodded and her bright smile calmed his heart.

He carried her like a child and glanced at Jasper, "Let's move to the office, I need to have a good talk with you guys," he said with his serious expression.

Theo stared him as he took her back to her room.

"Rest for now, I will come see you later," he said and turned back to step out.

She sat back and coughed to grab his attention, "I know that you have many questions, so when you come back, I will make sure to answer it without hesitation".

He nodded and silently went back. The atmosphere near the office looked dark, it wasn't because there was no light, but it was because of there serious mood.

The utter silence was breath taking for both secretary Mike and Gird. The investigation done by Mr. Castillo proved that Mike was not hallucinating, but that shocked Mr. Castillo more.

"You are Prince Jasper Preston the son of the king Preston, right?" Mr. Castillo asked.

Well, it was well known that the Prince of Valmechal Country is a popular tyrant with extra ordinary skills. No one in the country matches with his stature.

This traits were simple to find within Jasper once he started the sword fight with Theo.

Since Mr. Castillo saw them fighting, he easily recognized the face which had a similar glow as the king of Valmechal.

Jasper chuckled, "No wonder you are the closest aide to my father. This cleverness of yours is indeed of great praise but why do I find your son more smarter then you, when he just woke up in a stable mental condition. He can even make me show my real face when I am so good at pretending," he said while looking at Mr. Castillo evilly.

Mr. Castillo nervously looked around but he had no excuse which could satisfy the tyrant sun.

"Does my talent to hide my real face depleted?" he pouted as he said.

It become more hectic for Mr. Castillo since he had no idea to control the situation. It was difficult for him to clear the suspicious of the prince since he saw and even fought with his son whose mental condition from birth was not stable.

"Its not what you think," he hesitated as he said.

Giving a terrifying look, Jasper replied, "Don't worry! I know that my father personally came to see your son when he was still young and even if he is lenient to his people, he is not that stupid as to not find out the difference between an act or the truth".