WHO MADE ME A PRINCE
chapter thirty eight - a troublesome guy.

ARIUS DISCUSS HIS IDEA with her and she wasn't in favour of it, but let him do what he wanted to.

"Where are we even going? I think the carriage would be ready, we should go now, no?" Athanasia asked in doubt.

"Your right-" Arius began speaking but paused.

"Brother, what're you–"

Athanasia then saw what Arius had seen.

A fox? no, it had wings. Then a dragon perhaps? but no scales. White and Blue fur. A creature with eyes resembling the night. Its fur looked as fluffy as the clouds. Its ears stand straight as if alerted by the royals before him. Its small yet strong wings folded themselves around its tiny figure. Be it a wolf with wings. A creature that resembled the sky.

"It's so cute!" Arius and Athanasia squealed. Athanasia tried to catch it but it ran towards Arius and hid behind his legs.

"Aww cutie! " Arius crouched down and began to pet the animal. Athanasia slowly approached it and began petting it as well.

The rustling of the bushes was heard from behind them. The siblings turned and Athanasia spotted a creature resembling the one before her, except this one had black fur and no wings.

"Brother ! Another one!" Athanasia squealed and ran to catch it but the creature only ran farther away into the bushes.

The white furred creature also followed the black one.

"Ah! Wait!" Arius shouted but the creature didn't stop. Arius and Athanasia began running after the cute furry animals they had seen.

Arius kept looking at the white fur and kept running in its direction.

It's so close

He stretched his hand out to catch the creature.

A little...farther..

"Ah! Gotcha!" Arius finally grabbed the white creature and gosh did it feel heavenly as he caressed its white, fluffy fur. He fell on the ground while trying to catch it and so he tried to get up.

"Grrr!"

"Huh?" Arius looked around to see the black creature which Athanasia was chasing, being held by a man.

He didn't need to even think to know who that man was.

Lucas. His long ebony hair as well his ruby eyes. He was frozen in place as he realized what had just happened.

"What are you looking at?" Lucas asked as he eyed Arius, standing in the distance.

Lucas snapped his fingers and suddenly Arius had moved closer to where Lucas was leaning on the tree.

"Jeweled eyes? You must be a direct descendant. Are–"

"Raven!" Arius shouted as he tried to catch the black furred creature from Lucas. Lucas only raised his hand higher so as to not allow Arius in catching the creature.

Arius, who had learned with his full strength to catch the creature fell on Lucas, making the latter groan in annoyance.

"Get off me." Lucas ordered in an intimidating tone as his eyes glowed.

"Oh–uh, ...no?"

"What."

"Give me raven first!" The white creature Arius held in his arms also jumped out and began climbing Lucas till it reached his arm which held Raven.

"Tch! This isn't even yours, don't be greedy you already have one. Leave before I take yours too."

"This is my sister's. Take mine, give me her's." Arius told him.

Lucas raised one eyebrow in curiosity.

"So that girl is your sister?" Lucas said as he eyed a certain direction. Arius shifted his gaze as well and saw Athanasia standing some distance away.

"Athy!" Arius called out to her as he made his way towards her. But Athanasia didn't seem to have noticed Arius. Even after Arius was only one foot away, Athanasia only looked around and walked away.

"She can't see us? You used magic?" Arius inquired.

"GRR!" Raven bit Lucas and ran off to Arius. The white creature also followed Raven.

"Hah, you dare–" Lucas began as his eyes glowed a bright red. But Arius simply held the two creatures in his arms and began running off.

Lucas snapped his fingers, and Arius suddenly hit thin air and fell down.

"Ouch..What do you want ?" Arius asked.

"You're running away with my food, brat."

"No, I'm taking my and my sisters divine beasts."

Lucas stood up and slowly began approaching Arius. Although Lucas looked angry seeing as how his eyes glowed, Arius knew he wasn't a bad person.

Arius stood firmly and gripped the two beasts so as to not let them get snatched.

"Strange, you're not even gonna ask who I am? " Lucas inquired, causing Arius to flinch.

Shoot, I acted like meeting a stranger in the middle of the Palace gardens is a normal occurence.

"I don't care who you are. I don't sense any bad intentions from you either. "

Lucas was now a step away from Arius. "Awfully bold aren't you?" Lucas's eyes glowed a dangerous red.

He's not a bad person...right?

Arius was questioning it inside his head. He subconsciously leaned backwards and came in contact with the magic barrier Lucas had created.

Lucas leaned forward to take the divine beast. "My magic is a bit depleted. If I eat this, it will be replenished. I'll be nice. You can choose which one."

Wait. If Lucas eats the divine beasts, then wouldn't all the extra mana Athy and I possess just disappear. Than there won't be any mana explosions...right?

"If you eat our divine beasts. Will all the extra mana we possess disappear?" Arius asked.

"That's right."

The logical thing would be to give Lucas both mana beasts. But Raven was looking at Arius with puppy eyes. If the extra mana was going to take a form, why did it have to be so cute!?

The white beast stepped forward to Lucas, as if offering itself as the one.

"Hmm?" Lucas eyed Arius to see if he was willing to give that beast.

Athanasia still doesn't know about Raven being her mana beast. So if Arius was to tell her that it ran away or he returned it to its owner, she would just accept it. He can just get Athanasia a pet cat or other cute pets later onwards. One that won't bring harm to her.

But he has been checking Athanasia's mana each night and it's stable. Maybe the mana explosion won't necessarily happen.

Ugh this is such a confusing decision.

"Huh? Wait–" Lucas suddenly grabbed Arius's face and raised it to meet his. Jeweled blue met rubies, both eyes glowing.

"What's this? You're quite interesting. This is the first time I've seen something like this."

Arius tried to back off but the magic barrier behind him didn't allow him to.

"You can take both divine beasts." Arius concluded.

'I'll give Athy an even better and cuter pet on her birthday!'

Raven tried to run away but the white creature jumped on it. Lucas picked them both up and glared at them.

"Hm, let's make a deal. You can keep them for the time being. I'll wait till they've matured."

'He said something similar to Athy...'

Arius was till debating in his mind.

"Why are you hesitating so much?" Lucas asked and Arius flinched.

"...I've read in a book that If one has too much mana, it might explode. A mana explosion. I don't want that to happen. So if you eat our mana, we can avoid something like that. But Athy likes Raven..." Arius looked at Lucas with an expectant gaze.

"Well, you seem to know a few things about mana. I'll do you a special favour since I like you. Take those beasts with you. If you or your sister get caught in a mana explosion I'll help you. But, if that does happen, I'll take your beasts away from you. " Lucas shrugged as he let go of the beasts.

"Well, not a bad deal, right? You can play with them until they become harmful." Lucas smirked.

"And what do you get from all this?" Arius asked.

"You're quite smart. You don't need to worry though, It's quite a small thing I can take from you, without any effort on your part. "

"Very well. " Arius stretched his hand for a handshake and Lucas returned the gesture.

"What's your name?"

"Arius, you?"

"Lucas. Remember it."

Lucas snapped his finger and slowly faded away.

'What a troublesome guy.'

Arius sighed in fatigue.