WHO MADE ME A PRINCE
chapter nine - mister white.

5 MINUTES LATER.

"I'm done! "

"Athy's Finished as well."

"Y-Your Highnesses!!!" The three adults shrieked

"E-Eh?" The siblings looked confused.

The adult trio were making all sorts of expressions , from shock to beyond shocked to slightly proud to once again shocked.

'Is it that bad?' Athanasia mentally thought

'Whoops, looks like we got carried away, Back in my previous life I used to enjoy sketching anime characters so explains why I'm still good at it but Damn , my lil sis is also pretty good, the drawing does look pretty similar to Diana, I wonder if Diana has begun appearing in her dreams yet.'  Arius's thought.

"T-T-This is Amazing ! When did you learn to draw like this?!" Exclaimed Felix

"Not only that but both of your drawings look more like portraits of your late mothers!!" Lily added

"E-EH?!" Athanasia's jaw once again dropped, Arius was also somewhat shocked at this. Arius glanced at Olivia, who was holding his drawing and staring at it with a sad smile upon her face.

"Okay, calm down. Arius said, glancing back at Lily and Felix. After a while everyone processed everything that happened.

"It truly is amazing, for your highnesses to not only draw such a skilled piece of art but also be the exact same as your late mothers..." Felix said softly.

The siblings gulped.

"...You must truly be GENIUSES." Felix beamed at them

"Yes !" Lily and Via said in sync.

THE DAY ENDED WITH THE siblings being praised constantly by the trio, in the end they never did decide a winner. Oh well , they were too tired from the shower of compliments to even ask anything regarding the drawings.

The next day began , and as much as the trio tried to hide it, it was obvious that they seemed worried about the siblings.

Ever since yesterday, when they drew their mothers, the trio has constantly been trying to somehow show them how their mothers looked.

They were sitting on the couch reading books, when suddenly the trio left. The siblings out of curiosity went after them carefully concealing their presence.

"...Evidently, there are no memorial stones with recordings of Lady Diana or Lady Lilith in the Palace."

"I see... It's such a shame."

Athanasia went deep into her thoughts , while Arius seemed a bit disappointed upon hearing this. Athanasia didn't really want to see Diana but Arius had already seen her once in his past life, Arius was curious about his mother , the side character that wasn't even mentioned in the story. He wanted to see her and know more about her.

"But would his Majesty... allow such a thing?" Lily asked

"It's for the sake of their Highnesses. Let me ask him."

"Then I'll go to His Majesty straight away..."

"Don't Do It!" Athanasia shouted as she came out of her hiding spot , while Arius just stood there a bit confused as to why she said that.

"I don't want it." Athanasia said

"Princess."

"Don't talk about Mom with Papa."

"Why is that, Princess?"

"Papa hates talking about Mommy. What if I say I want to see Mommy, and Papa hates Athy Too?!"

There was visible confusion on Arius's face while the adult trio just stood there processing her words.

'Seriously. seriously sis. I'm so done with this.'

Arius just went back into the room , picked a few books and went to Amethyst Garden. In a while he saw Athanasia running towards the Garden. He asked her what happened, she explained everything that happened when he was gone.

An awkward silence began , Athanasia knew Arius was also confused at her saying that and then she realized.

'Oh. They were talking about my brother's mom as well. Does my brother wanna see her..? OH OF COURSE HE DOES . UNLIKE ME HE ISN'T A REINCARNATE. shoot. I spoke for both of us but brother has never seen his mother and his father is that Dirtbag Claude. Should I apologize?.. '

"Athy, have you started Marx Beringer's Functionalism Theory?"

"Eh ..Yep ! I started it but I'm having some problems with it. Brother, will you help me?" Athanasia said with puppy eyes.

Arius patted Athy's head and smiled.

"Of course! That's what big brother's are for!"

The Next Day

"We should be heading out now." Felix said while glancing towards the royal siblings.

Athanasia went closer to Felix

"Athy's legs hurt, give me a piggyback ride."

"Yes, Princess." Felix said and picked her up. He then glanced towards Arius who was sitting with a book on the couch.

Olivia whispered in Arius's ear

"Your Highness , You can't fake your illness any longer. " Arius sighed. He then looked at Felix.

"Did His Majesty call for me as well?"

"Yes your highness." Felix replied

Cough!

Cough!

"Then I suppose I have no choice but to Cough! go meet Cough! Cough! him."

"Uh Your Highness, Are you feeling alright?" Felix asked sincerely concerned Olivia and Athanasia were both well aware of his trick.

"Ah yes Cough! I'm fine Cough! Felix."

"But your highness you-" Without letting him finish his sentence, Olivia picked Arius up and said.

"It seems His Highness also wanted to be carried. Do not worry , Sir Felix. I shall carry him alongside you." Arius had a look of betrayal.

"No, no it's fine I'll walk on my own."

"Your Highness it's okay to be carried like this , you don't need to be so shy." Olivia said in a teasing voice.

Olivia and Arius were now having a staring competition.

"Brother is going too! Yay! " Athanasia added while smiling brightly

"Your Highness, Lady Olivia is correct , you don't need to be shy about such things." Felix said

"Yep Brother! There's no shame in that!" Athanasia said, still smiling brightly. Lily nodded in agreement.

Arius was betrayed by everyone. He mentally cried and gave up hope. Instead of having him humiliate himself any further he'd rather just shut his mouth and let things go the way they're going.

Outside the Audience Hall

Olivia was still carrying Arius. He begged her to let him walk when they reached the door and so now Olivia dropped him on the ground and headed back to Ruby Palace.

"You might have to wait a little," said Felix.

The doors creaked open. A man with white hair and golden eyes came forward.

"Sir Felix."

"Sir Roger, It's been a while."

"I was curious since I didn't see you at the Audience Hall. Fu-"

Roger felt a sharp gaze on him , similar to that of the emperor, he flinched and looked for the source and his eyes laid upon a small boy with icy blue eyes staring at him.

His eyes then laid upon the face sneaking from behind the Red Knight.

"My, Pardon my manners, I didn't notice." He slightly bowed towards the siblings.

"Roger Alpheus, At your service. Prosperity be upon the Obelian Empire " He raised his head and stared at Athanasia as if examining her.

He once again felt that sharp gaze. He glanced towards the prince, who was still staring at him with his icy cold eyes.

"Pardo-"

"Hello, Mister White! "

"Whi.." Felix mumbled

"She wouldn't happen to be talking about me, would she?"

"Mister , You look like a white doggy! You want a bite, it's really yummy!" Athanasia said while moving forward her hand which held a large lollipop.

Felix and Arius were doing their best to control their laughter.

"Thank..-" Athanasia pulled back her arm.

"Bad Doggy! Doggies Don't eat sweets! " Felix tried to suppress his laughter. Arius joined in and said

"It's alright Athy, I'm sure Mister White didn't know , after all dogs are dumb."

"No, Brother, not all Dogs are dumb , He must be from an unintelligent breed!"

"Oh yep you're right!"

Poor felix, He was having a hard time deciding whether to hold Athanasia or his stomach which was about to burst from containing his laughter.

"They're truly...-"

"Ah! We shouldn't keep Dad waiting , let's go!" Arius said, completely ignoring the white doggy and running towards the door

Felix thought it was disrespectful to ignore him but thought the young prince must've acted like that for a reason so he merely followed the prince with Athanasia on his back.

"YOU'RE HERE?..." Claude said, glancing towards Athanasia . His eyes then fell upon the black hair little boy who was ignoring him.

"Yes Your Majesty, we bumped into Sir Roger outside."

"Mister White!"

"White?"

"He looks like a White Doggy!"

Claude put a hand over his mouth to hide his laugh.

"A nickname for a constant barker." Claude then looked at Felix who was still holding Athy on his back and teased.

"You've become quite the babysitter."

Felix blushed and giggled over that and let Athy down. Athy gave him her lollipop and ran towards the throne where Claude sat.

'Jeez , it hasn't been five minutes since I came here and I already wanna go back. Ugh Olivia, why, Why , WHY.'  Arius mentally screamed

He then saw Claude looking at him. He realized Athanasia was nowhere to be seen.

'Oh, she must be on the bed behind those curtains.. wait..why is he coming down here...don't tell me...does he plan on making me join him for his nap as well!?!?'

Claude tried picking him up. Arius stepped one foot back. Claude tried again. And Arius moved back. Then they had a staring competition. Felix then sneakily picked Arius from the back and placed him on the bed.

"Hearing so much barking this early in the morning got me tired. "

Claude then laid on the bed. Athanasia freaked out and Arius just sighed.

"That song," Claude spoke.

"Song?" Athanasia said sweating profusely

"You said it was a song to 'chase the bad dreams away' "

"Ah! the 'lullaby song'!"

'Ugh , so annoying..'

Claude and Athanasia kept talking among themselves. While Arius got lost in his thoughts

'The time is near. Athy will meet raven soon and then Athy's mana will go out of control and then Lucas's appearance. I know that's a vital part of the story but Athy suffered during that time. And she was in a coma for forty eight days. I am quite skilled in magic , I'll see what I can do to keep her mana in control, I don't think I'll be able to completely heal her as not a single mage in the empire could except Lucas. But I might be able to lessen the amount of pain she would feel.'

Arius kept thinking about this and after a while he saw both Athanasia and Claude sleeping peacefully beside him.

"Your Highness? You're still not asleep?"

'We were obligated to sleep?'

"Nope. I don't feel tired. Felix I wouldn't want to disturb Athy and His Majesty when they're sleeping , so I'll be leaving." Arius said as he carefully got out of the bed and on the ground.

"Ah! Your Highness, let me escort you back!"

"No need. You keep guard here." Arius said as he smiled at Felix and began walking towards the door.

"I didn't give you permission to leave." a voice from behind the curtains made its way to Arius's ears . Arius froze and turned back to see Claude opening the curtains with one of his hands and staring at him.