Diaboli 's angelus
Chapter 1
Length: 3.2k words
Content: fem!reader, nsfw warning (soon)
Authors note: Heeey, I´m back with my first ever series. I love royal au but have never read one with a black princess so I thought why not making one. Hope yall like it and hope you will give me feedback on how to improve my writing. Thank yoou!
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“Your highness, your highness the King and his council are waiting for you”. You groan as you wake up to your maid´s soft voice. “It´s quite early, don´t you think Avery? What does my brother want now?” “But your highness it is midday”. You chuckle “fair enough, what is the meeting about?” you say smiling. “I´m not that sure, I guess there is only one way to find out your highness”, she says, tickling you out of bed. Avery has raised you like you were her own daughter, since your own mother tragically passed away from an incurable illness, when you were just four years old.
“I knooow” you say slamming your head on your soft pillow letting out an umph. “I do not understand why you are always so tired before midday?” While you are faced with the pillow on your face a smile creeps out. You tend to sneak out of the castle after dinner to talk to the village people. Johan, your knight tends to help you sneak out through the ports but is always glued by your side as a compromise of letting you out. You wish to know how the palace and your brother can help making their everyday lives easier. It is your kingdom after all and you want to contribute with what you can, to make it blossom. Your brother always takes your suggestions into consideration; however, you always have to lie about how you got that information. Your kindness towards your people gave you the nickname “et angelicus princeps”. The nickname makes you always embarrassed since you aren't doing this for the title or the honor but rather out of pure heart. The council however loved the concept as it was a reassurance that the people were happy with the rulers.
“Insomnia I guess” you say rolling onto your back. Avery rolls her eyes and grabs your arm and pulls you to the bathroom. “We must cut the ends of your hair, your highness. It's a bit damaged.” You looked at your curls from the mirror, however you did not notice any difference. “Sure, we can do it before braiding it again.” Avery nods before pouring water over your head. After drying yourself, did you both agree upon dressing casually with a white dress with blonde flower patterns covering you modestly. You look at yourself in the mirror as Avery touches upon your makeup and puts a flower on your natural hair that matches your dress. “You grow more beautiful everyday, your highness.” Avery says stroking your shoulders, “T-thank you” you say feeling heat creep to your cheeks. You grab Avery´s hand as you both walk out of your bedroom. As you were walking you couldn't help but to notice the maids' sad smiles towards you. “Why are they sad, are your brother and your sister-in-law well?” You thought to yourself as you ended up walking faster dragging Avery with you. Your heart rate felt like a million per second. You both stop in front of the large door and Avery gives your hand a squeeze as she notices how tense you were. You turn your head towards her and see her beautiful reassuring smile which gives you courage.
The guards bow before opening the door as you enter, you turn around and look at Avery before the door closes. Your legs feel like spaghetti, and your heart is in your throat. You have not been in the meeting room since the day they announced your father´s death. In front of you are the council members sitting horizontal to the table while your brother is sitting on the largest chair at the end of the table. “Y/n have a seat” your brother says smiling, that smile made you able to breathe normally again. You walked confidently to the other end of the long table facing your brother. A servant pulls the back of the chair to allow you to seat yourself. You give him a small thank you when he pushes the chair up to the table.
The first one to speak was a senior member of the council called Wilfred. “Your highness thank you for attending this meeting, as I assume that you probably have other duties today.” You wanted to smile, since you pretty much planned on roaming around your private library today and read the chosen book under the tree. If not, probably bother Johan with something. “Don´t worry about it, I did not have anything else planned today, so I am all yours” you smile. “Excellent, do you see the map on the table your highness?” You nod while looking at the large map of the different Kingdoms of the world. The ones circled with green are allied kingdoms such as Hizuru, Okosian and Pumore. The white circled kingdoms are nations we have a neutral relationship with and lastly, we have the Eldian Kingdom that is circled in red. Your kingdom and the Eldian kingdom used to have a great relationship until the tragic passing of their previous king, King Grisha II. You didn't know much about the political situation of Eldia, however you know that your brother has little contact with the Eldians. “Your highness, you probably know how kingdoms build diplomatic relations?” “Ehm yes, with trading?” you answer naively. “and?” You had to think for a second “I don´t know…maybe marriage?” “Bingo, we want you to attend the 104th annual royal ball to find you a potential spouse” your brother responds.
You stare at your brother without being able to make out one single word. It felt like your throat had been sawn in while it was on fire. Your eyes could not blink, and you felt the dryness of the air itching your eyes. “A-a spouse?” you managed to press out. You look down as the dryness of your eyes was replaced with tears creeping up, your brother with some of the council members looked at you with sad eyes, while the others looked down. “You are 18 years old, and we need this to better our diplomatic relations with other kingdoms. Our military is at its weakest and if someone were to attack, we would be in need of assistance from other kingdoms.” Looking up at your brother again, wiping your tears away with the sleeve of your dress. “I understand, but however could we not rely on our already allied nations for military assistance?” you say almost whisper. “Y/n, with the Eldian kingdom becoming the hegemon, the political climate is quite unbalanced at this very moment. We are unsure if we can still rely on our allies, with the current growing fear of the Eldian kingdom. The safety of the kingdom relies on you being able to marry a King or heir of the throne from a neighboring nation. You becoming the Queen of that kingdom will guarantee that.” You sigh in defeat “I see, when is the ball?” “In three days' ' responds council member Filip short. Your eyes widened, you had three days on you to get ready physically and mentally to find a potential husband. “I hope you understand that this is for the best of our Kingdom, Y/n?” You brother says, sounding concerned. “I do” you respond while looking down at your shaking arms and legs. “In that case, the meeting is over.” You curtsy to your brother before leaving and he responds with a simple nod. You hurry out of the room, in a desperate need of air “You highness how did...” you couldn´t hear Avery´s concerned voice as you were rushing to the garden.
Your heart was speeding, and you felt like you were sweating from everywhere. As you were almost near the exit the world started to spin, and you could no longer breathe. The energy your body once had starts to pour out like water in a waterfall, you lose balance but you land on a surface. “Wow there, all tired already? It's not even evening” grins Johan as he gives you a piggy ride and sits you down on the bench next to the marble fountain. “Oh, Johan I- ''you can't express anything else before crying on his shoulder. All the stress you felt earlier just came out in the form of tears, whenever you tried to form a word hulking was the only thing your body was able to let out. After what felt like ages, the sadness vanished and was replaced with numbness. “Care to explain who I'm fighting?” You giggle, Johan always somehow managed to light up your mood. “I see, you are getting married to a random King or potential King, ''Johan says, staring up in the sky. “Poor man, how can he manage a woman like you? I feel worse for your potential husband.” You tilt your head to the side before hitting Johan playfully on the shoulder “hey!” you laugh. “On a serious note, you should not be too upset. Try to be hopeful, your future husband might be a nice and honorable man.” Johan says grinning, he is quite handsome and most of the maids working in the palace are charmed by his famous smile. Johan and you grew up together as he is Avery´s son and he always considered you a friend before your title. “You have a point there, I wonder who he is going to be and what he is doing right now?”
Eren is lying on his stomach, Mikasa´s hand is on his bare back while her thumb is stroking his back. Mikasa leans in for a kiss, however Eren shoves his head further from her. “I think I´ll have to go, the other maids might need my help.” Eren simply nods and stands up and hands over her dress. Mikasa is not hurt by Eren´s rejection, the rule they set is that she is allowed to kiss him everywhere but on the lips. “Eren is just not the affectionate type, but it does not change what we have” Mikasa thinks for herself as she sits on the bed watching Eren fixing his shirt. She then stands up, kisses his cheeks before curtsying Eren and exiting the room. A couple of steps outside his master bedroom she bumps into Armin. Armin looks at Mikasa with pity eyes and she responds with “Don´t say a single word, Armin” in a low but threatening manner. The blonde just breathes deeply and walks past her. Armin hates seeing his childhood friend obsessed with a man that is obviously using her for comfort, ignorant of the love the young Ackerman girl has for him. “Eren, it's me” Armin says while knocking, “Come in Armin, what is it?” The blonde enters his master bedroom “You need to stop sleeping with Mikasa” Eren looks confused at him “Why? We are both just enjoying each other's company.” Armin breathes deeper as he knows arguing against the king would be a lost cause. “The council wants a word with you Eren” The young King looks even more confused “About what?” Armin looks down while peeling the skin on the side of his nails as he nervously says “T-to find you a potential wife.” Before Armin could look up, his childhood friend went out the door. “Eren!” Armin runs after him as they both enter the meeting room. “Eren! Wai-“, the blonde advisor freezes as he looks up at the other four fellow council members sitting around the gold table.
When Eren became king he reformed the council and appointed Levi, Erwin, Pixi, Nile and himself as his councilmen. However, he gave Armin the position as his personal advisor since they have known each other since childhood and Eren trusted him more than anyone. Levi let out a “tch” at Eren´s behavior, the head of the Ackerman clan was fully aware of Eren´s tantrums and could bet his hand on Eren´s reaction to the proposal from the council. Yet, he does not blame him, Eren might have been king for the past three years but he is still young, the currently the youngest ruler in the world and in the history of Eldia. “What am I hearing? You want me to find a wife?!” The young king shouts. Erwin sighs “Your majesty, have a seat first.” Eren walks up to the table and sits down at his seat “I am all seated” he says annoyed leaning his head on his knuckles. Armin also takes the seat next to his green-eyed friend, and can´t help but to feel a bit nervous, he can´t stop thinking about how Mikasa would take this. “As you are fully aware, we have discussed the topic of finding the kingdom a potential Queen. We want you to attend the 104th annual royal ball and connect with a princess you wish to marry.” Eren looks at all of them in disgust. “Why should I give up my freedom and be caged by a woman?” Nile is the one to answer “your majesty, with all the respect you are 19 of age and should find a Queen to rule by your side. More importantly, this is going to help us build better diplomatic relations with other kingdoms. At this very moment as Eldia is blossoming, is also fear growing around the world. The kingdom of our future Queen might help us get better dialogues with other nations.” Eren looked bored at the commander of the Military Police. “If a Kingdom threatens Eldia, we just do what we always do, we´ll take it to the battlefield.” Pixi wakes up from his drunken state, “your highness the Kingdom cannot afford to send more soldiers to battle whenever Eldia feels threatened by a nation.” Eren looks at him with confusion “We can, we can afford it.” He says, crossing his arms. Levi slams his hand on the table “You know as well as me the horrors of war and as we stand today can we not afford losing more soldiers, accept this proposal as it is the best option for the Kingdom.” The Survey Corps captain and the King were staring coldly in each other’s eyes.
Armin lets out a little cough to ease the tension “Eren, you are not the one that is losing your freedom. Your wife is as she has to submit to you and the rules of the Kingdom. In fact she might have never had freedom to begin with, she has to submit to her father, brother, husband and at the very end her son. You have way more freedom that they'll ever have.” Eren looks down in shame as we never thought about the fact that princesses are basically birds in cages. “In addition to that, Eren, you need an heir. The Kingdom needs reassurance that there is a King that will take over if ehm…something might happen to you.” Armin almost whispers the last part. Eren´s eyes widens, Armin is right he indeed needs an heir. The thought never crossed his mind as he was busy with expanding Eldia and eliminating threats to the Kingdom. The green-eyed man groans in defeat “Okay, I'll do it. When is it?” while shaking his head. “In three days” says Nile short. Eren whips his head to Armin which basically screams “You knew for how long? And did you not tell me earlier?” Armin gives his friend a nervous smile before putting one hand on Eren´s shoulder. “I would never let you attend unprepared, I spent some time talking to our diplomats and have gathered information about the potential princesses that might attend. I will go with you as your advisor and supporter.” Eren feels some of the tension leave his body “what would I have done without you Armin” he says smiling. “Probably run this Kingdom down in hell” Levi responds. “Well, that’s true,” Eren chuckles.
Three days passed by too quickly and you were standing on a small pedestal while getting ready for the ball. Avery is touching up on your butterfly locs she braided two days ago. Your makeup is getting done by Charlotte, she is giving you a natural look that enhances your beauty. Lastly, we have Christine sewing in a white flower in your white choker. The ladies were surprisingly quiet and concentrated on their different tasks, which left you unfortunately alone in your own thoughts. You keep breathing out of your mouth to calm your rapid beating heart. This is your first ball and you couldn't help but to stress your life out. What if you fail and the Kingdom is doomed? Most Kings and Princes would probably want cute blonde princesses, would they even be interested in someone like you? “And we are done!” Avery says proudly, interrupting your thoughts. Christine wrapped the choker around your throat from behind you. Avery turns you around and you see yourself at the reflection and you are speechless. The dress you wear is baby pink with white flower patterns, it had gold broderie that went from each of your shoulders and down to the end of the dress. It also has a large golden waistband that hung loosely from your waist and was braided into one part in the middle that hung down on your dress. Avery has put golden butterflies on your locs that matched the gold.
The thoughts you had vanished the second you laid your eyes on yourself. You felt both feminine and strong and it blossomed a broad smile on your face. “You look beautiful, your highness” says Avery with a choking, you turn around and see her tear up. “How pathetic you aren't married yet and here I am crying like I´ll never see you again” the woman laughs, drying her tears. You are on your way to embrace her in a hug before you hear a knock. Christine runs to the door and opens it. “Y/n the carriage is ready for you” you hear Johan say. “Boy, what have I told you about referring to her highness by her first name!” you could tell that Avery was two seconds from giving him a beating. “That she is our princess and I need to show her more respect”, “exactly” Avery says smacking him in the back of the head. You could not help but to laugh “It's okay Avery, Johan does not have to call me by my title.” Johan smirks as a response, but poor Avery is in distress “b-but your highness.” Johan claps his hand before bowing “after you, your highness”, you couldn't help but to laugh and cringe as it was very out of character of him. “Take care of her Johan!” Avery shouts after you two. “Of course mother, it's my job after all” he answers playfully. One of the guards opens the carriage door and you lift your dress to seat yourself inside. Johan jumps on the seat next to the coachman and gives the older man a nod to start. As you were riding out of the palace, couldn't you look back and see everyone waving and you lift your eyes up a bit and see your brother looking at you ride out. You take a deep breath as make yourself comfortable in the carriage as it is going to be a long ride.
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Don't Get Frostbite
[Part one right here]
This is part two! I hope yall enjoy!!
Warnings {small bullying (Yuu feeling left out), slow angst, this is an X Reader fic but instead of using Y/N or Name, I used Yuu = You, Anxiety attacks, stranger danger, crappy chase scene, mentions of death]}
Yuu is 7, Malleus is 9, Sebek is 8, and Silver is 7.
"YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT"
Yuu has only been living at the Draconia residence for a few days now, and things were tough for little Yuu. Right now they are being yelled at by Malleus's friends for not knowing how to 'play' knights.
"Sebek, calm down. It isn't a big deal" said the boy with white hair.
Yuu felt like crying, they haven't seen their fathers in a few days. They've always had hard time meeting friends, but this was like being thrown into the ocean without knowing how to swim.
"Is everything okay over here children?".
Lilia, that was the man's name. Yuu thought he was nice but then again he did scare them a few times.
"NO, this human doesn't understand how to be a Knight! How are they supposed to protect his majesty when they are older!".
Lilia chucked, "Sebek, we've spoken about this. Little Yuu won't be a guard, they are a guest that will be studying along Malleus".
Sebek's face turned red, he threw his 'sword' onto the ground and proceeded to march away.
Yuu looked up at Lilia, "Did I do something wrong? I am sorry, I didn't understand the rules".
Lilia smiled down at them and pat their head, "No dear, Sebeck tends to take things too seriously". Lila then picks up Silver, "Apologies Yuu, but I must leave. Silver needs to take a nap before dinner. Make sure you leave with Sebek. You may be old enough to wander on, but you're are still new to the Brair Valley area, many get lost here".
Yuu watched Lilia and Silver leave the overgrown thorn bushes garden. Yuu was alone, well besides Sebek somewhere in the garden. Dark clouds could be seen moving in the sky; rain or snow could be fallen at any minute. Yuu didn't want to get caught in any storm so they went to look for Sebek.
After walking through the woods the endless woods for a a good 30 minutea, Yuu looked behind the tall dark trees, and there they saw was a small clearing, Sebek was in the middle of the clearnimg, making circle of crocus.
"What are you doing Sebek?"
"I'm making a fairy ring, so I can catch a better human. Then maybe I'll have someone to play correctly with me and Silver".
Yuu's lip thinned, "Well that isn't very nice. But aren't you supposed to be using mushrooms?".
Sebek whips his head around, "DON"T CORRECT ME! Anyway, what do you even know about Fae and Fairies? You're just a dumb human".
Even though Sebek was eight he still towered over Yuu, "I don't know but my grandma always told me not to set foot in a ring or tell any stranger my name. Nor talk to strangers".
The two stared at each other, and snow slowly fell from the sky.
"Sebek can we go back to the castle?". It was getting colder by the minute, the sun was setting making the forest look darker and cleaning, much more scarier for Yuu than it already was.
Sebek turned around and started walking, "Fine, follow me. Stick close".
The two started making their way through the trees and the thorn bushes. The sun was already gone and the snow fell harder.
"Sebek"
"Sebek"
"WHAT"
"I think we are lost". Yuu was freezing and no matter how far they walked, they felt like they weren't going to get closer to the castle.
"No. We aren't lost. We are almost there. So shut your mouth and keep walking".
Sebek looked scared, Yuu was scared. It had been a few hours at this point since they last since Lilia.
Crack.
The two both whip their head towards the sound; nothing. Nothing in the dark, they only could hear the sound of them breathing,
Yuu felt like crying, "Sebek I want to go home".
"Me too, let's try this wa-"
CRACK.
The two stared at each other and started running. Yuu was trying to hold onto Sebek's hand as they ran through the heavy snowfall. They heard heavy footsteps running after them. Sebek saw a bush up ahead, and quickly he pushed Yuu in front of him making them land in the bush.
Sebek quickly sorted himself, putting his hand over Yuu's mouth as he peaked outside of the bush. Two dark, tall, scrawny, figures rush passed them, screeching.
The two sat there for a while, holding their breath as much as they could in the freezing cold. Yuu was shivering, their lips almost blue, and cheeks red. Sebek was keeping watch, looking for a way out of this mess. He wanted to cry. But he needs to be brave as well.
'What would a knight do?'. He thought.
He quietly stood up and slowlylooking around. Then he sees it, the entrance to the castle's gate.
"Yuu" He looked down at them smiling. His smile disappeared, Yuu was falling asleep.
"YUU!" he yelled quietly.
The screeching sound could be heard from a distance.
Sebek shakes them awake, panicking as he heard the loud footsteps from before.
Yuu slowly comes to their senses, Sebek tugs on their hand and starts running towards the gate. Yuu was slowly running from behind, having a hard time keeping up with the young fae. They felt tired, they felt cold.
Sebek throws himself at the gate. His face turns white, the gate was locked. He was panicing, no matter how hard he shook the gate, it wouldn't budge. He looks around and sees a ditch, pulling Yuu and then helping Yuu lay down in the ditch.
"Yuu, Am going to look for a way into the gate or a guard for help, okay? Stay here until I come back". Sebek puts his huge jacket onto Yuu, then quickly piles sticks, leaves, and dirt onto them.
"I'll be back" He runs off into the dark.
Sebek runs along the fence line, knowing he has little time before Yuu goes to 'sleep'.
"Children!!?"
"Sebeck?!!"
"Yuu?1?"
Sebek looks everywhere to find where the voices were coming from, from a distance he sees the warm glow of lanterns.
"MASTER LILA". Sebek gives his body a final push and runs towards the light. He didn't care about the thing in the woods, he wanted to go home, he wanted his parents, he wanted cry.
In front of him stood a couple of guards on horseback, Lilia, and Yuu's father.
"Oh Sebek, there you are". Lilia pulls him into a hug. Sebek starts crying into his arms, even wailing at this point.
"Sebek, Where's Yuu!" asked Yuu's father.
Sebek faces drains, he felt like throwing up, he had left them behind. "SIR! I left them in a ditch! They couldn't keep up and there was something chasing us, so I told them to hide as I ran for help".
The two adults face drained, Yuu wasn't a fae so their body heat wasn't regulated as well.
"Sebek, quickly, were did you leave them?".
The two adults got onto the horses, "By the old gate".
♡
Achoo
Yuu was laying by their Papa in bed in the infirmity wing. They were still cold, after all, they spent hours in the snow. Sebek and Silver huddled around the bed. Sebek was still in distress, the feeling of guilt was eating him up.
"Are they going to wake up soon?" asked Silver.
Yuu's papa smiled at the young boy, "Hopefully. We can thank the seven that they were found in time". The man looks toward Sebek, with a soft smile, "If it wasn't for Sebek, they might have sub come to hypothermia or even worst frostbite. We wouldn't want that".
Sebeck started wailing, "I AM SORRY SIR! IF IT WASN'T FOR MY ARROGANCE, THEY WOULDN'T BE IN THE INFIRMITY!". The two stared at Sebek in disbelief.
"Sebek, calm down. This is embaressing". Silver decided to get up on the bed and lay down next to Yuu.
SLAM
The three looked towards the door, seeing Malleus and a couple of maids run after him.
"Your majesty! You must return to your studies!?"
"Young master! Please calm down!"
The boy marched over towards the four, and an angry expression could be seen across his face. No matter how intimidating he was, his baby face couldn't be taken seriously sometimes.
"What happened?", there was a scrawl across his face.
Sebek starts tearing up again, "I AM SORRY YOUNG MASTER, IT IS MY FAULT! I DRAGGED THEM INTO THE WOODS AND WE GOT LOST AND THEN IT GOT DARK AND -"
"And they made it out safely". Lilia, once again making his surprising appearance, walked towards the bed.
Malleus frowned at Sebek, not disgusted but as disappointed. He knew that Sebek had displeasure towards some humans. But he didn't think it would go this far. Either Malleus was making a misjudgment or Sebek really made a mistake. Malleus looked over and pulled down the blanket a little and looked closely at sleeping Yuu.
'They look so peaceful'.
"Ah, Mr. (L/N). I have a small schedule for little Yuu and a term of residents where you all will be staying". Lilia pulls a letter out of his pocket.
Mr. (L/N) reads over the letter, "Thank you, I will inform Yuu when they awake. Also where is this small cottage? There isn't a map in here".
"Oh, that would be over at the end of the garden area. It was shed, but no one uses it anymore but it is big enough for your family".
As the two men talked, the three children's eyes were locked onto Yuu's sleeping form.
'They've been sleeping for a long time, maybe longer than me".
"Don't say that, You'll make Sebek cry again".
"MASTER, I AM SORRY!" He wails again.
"Children!". The three look up at Lilia, the face Lilia was making almost made them think that they were going to eat his cooking again.
"It is time to resume your studies before dinner", he said with a smile.
The four said their goodbyes to the other two and left the infirmity wing.
♡
The small family moved into that small cottage (or old shed), it was bigger than their house on the farm. Yuu had their own bedroom, and their parents had their own bathroom. It felt like home.
"I wonder why they decided to put two bathrooms in a 'shed'" said the small child.
Yuu's Papa was helping Yuu get ready, the family used the last of their savings to buy Yuu a bookbag, gloves, hat, and a better jacket. "Don't worry about it dear, now are you ready for your first day of lessons?"
"Yes papa, are you going to be okay being alone?"
Yuu's father was offered a job as a guard on the opposite side of the castle, meaning that he could be barely home.
"Yes, dear" With a kiss on their head, a knock could be heard at the door.
"I believe that would be your little knight," he said with a light laugh.
Yuu's face flushed, they haven't really spoken to Sebek since the whole incident. But Sebek has come to their home often asking their papa if they were okay.
Yuu opened the door and there stood Sebek and Silver.
"YUU ARE YOU READY TO LEAVE THE PREMISE?". Silver and Yuu both squeezed their face, trying to block out the loudness that came from Sebek, as just dawn arose.
Yuu gave one last goodbye to their papa and left with the two boys.
It was awkward between the three, after the whole incident, there was guilt between the two. Both felt they weren't strong enough in the situation.
"Yuu? Can I see your lesson plan?" asked Silver.
"Um. Sure" Yuu reached into their book bag and pulled out their paper.
Silver and Sebek both scanned the paper intensely, Sebek gasped.
"YOU CAN"T READ?"
"Damn, and they put you in Fae language studies at the same time?" Silver said with pity in his voice.
The two looked at Yuu with pity.
"I didn't learn how. Not all of us are fortunate".
"Yeah but wasn't there a school where you lived?" asked Silver.
Yuu shook their head, "No not really, there weren't any teachers nor enough kids for there to be a school. There were a lot of old people though. I used to have this old neighbor and she was mean some days. Once I peaked through her window to watch TV and she chased me down with a broom".
The children laughed.
"Maybe she was a witch" Sebek claimed.
"No, she couldn't be a witch. I read that witches eat children to stay young" Yuu said.
Silver shooked his head. "No, then that means my dad is a witch. But I've never seen him eat any kids"
Yuu laughed, "Maybe he is just fattening you up!"
Sebek and Yuu laughed, Silver face flushed with embarrassment.
"Now children, we aren't dilly-dallying are we?"
The three screamed and looked behind them. Lila was smiling at the three. "Well?"
"NO MASTER LILIA".
"No Dad".
"No Sir".
Lilia smiled, "Good, now follow me. We are almost in the castle and I don't want either of you getting lost".
The three followed Lilia.
"Hey Silver" Yuu whispered.
"Yeah?".
"Why does your Dad look so young? He looks younger than my dad's".
"It is because fae doesn't age the same way you humans do". Sebek explained. The two children looked at Sebek amazed.
"That means Yuu will die of old age and we'll be looking like Master Lilia".
"Sebek. That's enough out of you," Lilia said with a strict tone.
The three stopped talking. Yuu felt sad, they just started making friends and they found out that they were going to die before them? They are going to be an old cranky person while their so-called friends stay young? Yuu was in deep thought and it put a frown on their face.
The group made way through endless hallways, until they finally made their stop at a huge door.
"Alright children, please behave. I will come back to get you for lunch". Lilia opened the door, and through that door was what looked like to be an endless amount of books. Shelves that probably reached the ceiling, the many miles of bookshelves, and the long study tables. The two boys ran towards their seating. There were a few other children as well, probably children of maids and guards.
Yuu made their way towards the table but was stopped by Lilia, "I am terribly sorry Yuu, but you won't be joining them".
Yuu looked up at the man, "Why?".
Lilia sighed and took their hand, "You are too far behind to join them, so for now you will have a personal teacher until you can read and write in your native tongue and fae language".
The two made their way into the other side of the library, there was a door on the other side. As it was opened it looked like a small study room. " Your instructor will be here in a few minutes, I'll make sure to have the boys get you before lunch starts, okay?".
Yuu didn't know why but they felt so much anxiety, they were going to be left alone, with a stranger. Lilia picked up on their emotions, Yuu was gripping the inside of their palms harshly. Lilia softly grabbed their hands and kissed them.
"Listen little one, you'll be okay. I promise if there is any trouble. Just call out my name and I'll be there in a second".
Yuu looked at the man with teary eyes and nodded. Lilia gave them a small hug and left, closing the door behind them.
Yuu made their way towards the chair, then they heard a small noise.
CREAK
"Psst, Yuu. Down here".
Yuu looked down to see a small crawl space door open. "Malleus? What are you doing down there?"
Malleus smirked at them, "Isn't it cool? We have secret entrances in every room in case of an emergency".
Yuu was impressed, they sat on the floor near the small door. "What is that room that you've come out of?".
"Oh, that's my study room. I am already ahead in my studies than Sebek and Silver".
"Is it because you are going to be king one day?"
Malleus thinned his lips and looked up in thought, "Kinda, I don't know, But why are you in a separated room?".
Yuu looked down at their lands, "Well... It is because I don't know how to read or write".
The two sat in silence. "Well, that's okay, you are poor right?".
Yuu looked at Malleus with anger and embarrassment. "That is rude for you to say!".
"Oh, I didn't mean it in a bad way -"
CREAK.
The sound of Yuu's study door opened, Yuu look down to shoo Malleus away but he was already gone.
"Ah, (L/N). Are you ready for your- Um, I am sorry, why are you on the floor?"
'What a great way to start your first lesson
♡
"Okay, I think this wraps up today's lesson. You are excused".
As the teacher makes his way to leave, loud banging can be heard on the door. "YUU HURRY WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!"
The teacher opens the door, "Ah Mr. Zigvolt, Are we going to use our inside voice today, or does someone need to re-dust the entire library needed" He said with an annoyed expression.
Sebek looked down and gulped, "No Mr.Merryweather sir".
"Good. Now both of you, leave the library".
Sebek, Silver, and Yuu made their way toward the second dining hall that was meant for the servants and the guards. There were already many children in line for their portion of meals.
"Dang it, now we are at the end of the line. Thanks, Sebek" Silver says annoyingly.
Sebek gasps and turns his head to lecture Silver, "Hey! It wasn't exactly my fault. It was that old fairy, Mr. Merryweather, he scares me".
As the two argue against each other, Yuu was in deep thought.
'Malleus was weird earlier. Also is he a fae? If he is a fae why does he have horns? But also he has long ears. Maybe I should ask Sebek. He seems to know everything'.
The three finally grabbed their food and made way towards an empty table.
"Hey Sebek, I have a question about Malleus".
Sebek's eyes lit with excitement, "First of all don't call the young master by his first name, it is very rude. And go ahead!".
Yuu coughed, "Well if the young master is a fae, why does he have horns?"
Sebek laughs, "That's because his royal bloodline comes from dragons. There are many types of fae; like Master Lilia, who is a bat fae, and The Young Master is a dragon fae!".
Yuu nodded, "Then what type of fae are you?"
Sebek puts his hand on his chest, "Well I am a half-fae, but you can tell who and who isn't a fae by looking at their ears. See, Mine and every other fae's ears are pointy".
As Sebek went on about fae heritage, Yuu heard a small sound of something dropping. Yuu looked down and saw that Silver had dropped his spoon. "Hey, Silver I think you dropped something-"
When Yuu looked up, they saw Silver clutching his ears and silently crying. "Silver are you okay?".
Sebek's attention flipped over to the crying boy, "Silver what is the matter?".
Before either could get an answer, Silver ran out the door still clutching his ears. The two looked at each other and silently agreed to run after Silver.
"Silver!!"
"SILVER!"
The two children were looking endlessly for the silver-haired boy, at this time they all probably missed their lesson, but that was the least of their worries. No matter how many doors they closed or opened, they couldn't find anything, not even a hair.
"Okay! Yuu, we need to split up!". Sebek was out of breath.
Yuu nodded and went to a different hallway than Sebek. After running for around what felt like hours (probably minutes), Yuu almost gave up. Then they heard it, the sound of someone crying. Yuu looked around but saw that it was coming from a wall or the inside of a wall.
'A panic room?'. Yuu thinks to themselves, they pushed on the wall that had the most sound coming out of. Then a door popped open. Yuu looked inside and saw silver huddled against themselves crying.
"Silver? Why are you crying?".
Silver looks up at them, eyes red from crying or rubbing too hard. Either way, it was painful to see.
Yuu scooted themselves in and sat next to Silver, "Is it because of what Sebek said?"
"WHAT DID I SAY HUMAN?". The two children looked at Sebek with wide eyes. Sebek made his way and sat in front of the other two.
"You mentioned how only fae's only had pointed ears, Silver doesn't have pointed ears but his dad does".
Sebek looked at Silver with his jaw hunged open.
'Wow, I guess that he never put two and two together' Yuu thought.
"That means.... I'll die before you, Sebek! I'll die before my dad and the young master!" Silver yelled.
Sebek started crying as well, and the two boys held each other. Yuu sat there awkwardly. "It's okay, I am adopted too".
Silver started crying louder, "I am adopted too!?!". Sebek glared at Yuu, "This is your fault!! You humans and your dumb questions!".
Yuu felt themselves crying now, "Says the person who got us lost in the woods, who is dumb now?!".
There was crying, snot, and yelling between the three.
knock knock
Yuu pushed open the small door, and their face met with Lilia. "What is all this crying about?".
"I AM ADOPTED?!".
"SILVER AND YUU ARE GOING TO DIE BEFORE ME?!".
"I WANT TO GO HOME!".
Lilia pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath. "Children, come here," he said with a soft and comforting voice. Lilia opened his arms towards the three children; the three rushed into his arms, wanting to be comforted at that moment.
"Now, Silver we will speak alone later. As for your questions. Everyone dies at one point. Nothing on this planet lives forever. Yuu, Sebek, and Silver. You all are very very young, you don't have to worry about death anytime soon. It should be me that should worry about it".
The children started tearing up again, "That was a joke, I not dying anytime soon" he sighed.
♡
Lilia dropped off Yuu at their home, "Thank you so much Mr. Vanrouge for dropping Yuu off. Their father and I were getting worried". Yuu's father picked them up from Lilia's arms. Yuu was peacefully asleep with tears stained on their cheeks.
"It is no problem. The children had a rough day" Lilia smiled down and rubbed Yuu's head, bringing a small smile to their faces. "Now I must take my leave, I need to get Silver to bed".
"Of course Mr. Vanrouge, again thank you".
Lilia walked away from the small cottage, in his arms Silver lays awake.
"Dad, promise me. Please don't forget about me after I die". Silver curls agasint Lilias chest.
Lilia looks up and wraps his arms around SIlver, hugging him tighter. With a shaky breath, he responds, "I promise".
Silver breathes out, "Thank you, dad, I love you".
Lilia smiles down and stares at Silver, " I love you too, Silver".
Lilia looks up towards the sky, "The moon looks pretty tonight".
Sorry if this is mediocre writing! I kinda rushed this (It has taken four hours to complete this). But here it is, the second part of my not to be name series. Please follow for more, if you are interested!
Thank you!
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