24 His Highness orders to leave him alone

" What, Frank is coming to meet me!" Eddie's eyes shined." His coming here is nothing less valuable to me than any of the pricey jewellery and possessions. I was worried that he had forgotten me. He didn't revisit me last year. He did not allow me to meet him at his home. But now, I am happy."

Both of his generals relaxed. Since his master was comforted and would not punish them, their anxiety levels dropped down. Their expressions were filled with optimism and passion.

Suddenly, their eyes switched to Sophia, standing at the back. " Master, who is she. Is she your..?" Henry was about to complete his sentence, looking mischievously in his master's eyes and showing off his glowing tooth.

Sophia could notice with a concentrated eye expression, that Henry's tooth set had one of the teeth meted out of gold. He was flicking it with his index finger, making sure others saw it." These fellows seem quite comical," Sophia murmured to herself, eyes peeking down at the uprooted grass, plucked by his highness a few moments back.

" Harry, you bragging fellow, making others jealous of your golden tooth. It's better to keep your mouth shut than to tolerate the punch box of a heavily built boxer. I fear you will meet one soon." In saying so, William started chewing gum, his mouth wide open, and his lips smirking.

" Kindly speak more loudly, William, so that people from far away localities can hear you. If they approached this palace, I would not be responsible." Henry shoots a mocking answer.

" What...you say?" William's eyebrows creased, and his eyes slowly roamed robotically towards his fellow (Henry).

" You are envious of my golden teeth, bro. It's because this tooth was created with that reward which I received from the king, for my services, a hundred years ago. I fought the battle, ignoring my outer body, my organs and my family. I was just a soldier, at the battleground when the shell was blown. In that battle, I lost my middle incisor from the upper jaw. I miss it, even today." saying so, Henry's eyes filled with tears.

" Stop your drama, Henry, we have to make preparations. This wasn't funny, Henry and William." Eddie growled, pointing his palm at William, and shifting his eyes at both Henry and William.

" Okay, then tell us who is the girl, at the back. Is she your girlfriend?" William spoke with his eyes shut, pointing at Sophia. Sophia stood up, caressing her frock gently to remove the build-up wrinkles, in her frock.

" She is not my girlfriend, William." Eddie gave out a scowled expression. He stood up and walked slowly towards William, his eyes staring at him with seriousness." She is just a friend, nothing much, nothing more."

" Oh? then why are droplets of sweat showing up on your forehead, can you explain this?" Henry looked mischievously at his highness, with his lips curled to the left.

Eddie's forehead switched to a red hue. He gritted his teeth and shouted," Stop making fun of me. I am your Highness. How dare you two take me so lightly. I told you she is Sophia, my friend. She is a human and has no family. Now stop this cringe and go to work. Take Miss Sophia with you. I will stay here, with Max, at least he is a mature vampire. He is not neurotic like you two. Get lost from my sight."

When both of them were about to leave, Eddie called them loudly," Hey, gentleman! You have forgotten something."

William turned around and began scratching his head with his index finger, while his companion stood there, statue, his back turned at his master.

" What...master...?" William spoke in a staggering voice, giving out a feigned smile.

" My golden stick, Idiot!" Eddie gritted his teeth.

William paced towards his master and handed him the stick, and was about to turn back, when Eddie spoke again," Sophia, dear, kindly join them. They need someone to help them with the meals. Today, they both will cook for us. Max will not do anything, he is free today."

Sophia strolled towards the two vampires, standing in between the two 6 feet tall vampires. They had to pass through the same dark chambers that Sophia and the vampire did. " I hate walking on this path, there is darkness everywhere. What if an insect bites me and suckles my blood?" Henry cried. " it's your fault, Harry, you shouldn't have boasted about your tooth. Now see which hell we have to pass through a vampire would suffocate here.

" Your highness and I passed this path today. It seems to me that he passes this hell-driven path every day. I was out of breath when I entered it. Prince Eddie is strong." Sophia spoke in a soft voice.

" Oh, he is great. Even if this world owns no living being except him, he would still dwell and exist here. He has learnt loneliness. When Max and we were out for three weeks, he continued to defend this palace, killing anyone that dared to stare in his eyes as equal." William praised his young master.

" I am sorry that I was the cause of this hate between you and master. He scolded you harshly, making me think that he would behead you."Sophia's soft voice narrowed at the last two words.

" Oh, don't worry, dear. It's his routine nature. This is the 201 time, we received a growl from him. It's his way of showing sympathy and love. That's why we didn't take it to the heart. We always keep up with the fashion of entertaining his gloominess with some humour. It's to cheer him up." William stated in a light tone.

As they crossed the path, which was glimmered by bees, they entered the first floor of the palace. Then treading upstairs, they went inside the kitchen. " So now our job is to cook, right. But I don't know how to cook." Henry stated in a serious tone.

" Neither do I." William rubbed the back of his neck.

Sophia kept peeking at both the confused fellows and said, " I will cook for you."

" What really?" William's mouth grinned deliberately.