5. Chains.

*Murmur*

''What is happening?''

''Not sure, they must really hate each other.''

''Yeah, what did Regnier do to that young man?''

''That young man isn't even using his mace, he must really hate him when he uses his fists instead of the mace to hit him.''

Whispers echoed in the training site, while Regnier and the young man finally ended the dogfight and both stood up, Regnier's arms were full of bruisers.

While surprisingly young man's hand was unharmed, like brand new.

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

Regnier quickly picked up his wooden sword and put it in front of him.

His outfit was very dirty, while his hair was disheveled.

He gritted his teeth and made a long step towards the young man, he swung his sword, but the young man put his hand as a block.

*Bam*

Sword hit the arm perfectly, people around the training site thought that the arm would be broken, but the young man was only pushed backward a meter, while his arm was unharmed.

''What are you made of?!'' Regnier screamed in disbelief.

The young man sighed. ''Bone, flesh, uhh... the red stuff,''

Regnier screamed. ''I KNOW WHAT HUMANS ARE MADE OF.''

''Good, I thought you were stupid for a moment.'' The young man commented.

''Bastard!'' Regnier with an angry look started swinging his sword at the young man, but he only blocked each strike with his hand, not even getting injured.

''USE YOUR MACE, FOR FUCK SAKE!'' Arthur screamed, he was scratching his head out of frustration.

''Yes, use your mace!'' The young man mockingly said.

Regnier had enough .''HE TALKED TO YOU, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR RIGHT ARM!!''

The young man raised an eyebrow and looked at his right hand, he widened his eyes. ''When did I get this?''

''YOU HAD IT SINCE THE BEGINNING!'' Regnier screamed.

''Hmph.'' The young man snorted, he put the mace in front of him.

Regnier's eyes twitched, he slowly started circling around the young man with his sword in front of him.

The young man followed him with his piercing green eyes.

*Step*

Only Regnier's footsteps were heard in the training site, with narrowed eyes he kept trying to find the perfect time to attack.

...But when he looked at the young man, he was looking very defenseless, with only his mace in front of him in the sloppy hold.

Regnier had enough of waiting and swung his sword at the young man, the sword was about to hit the neck of the young man, but suddenly wooden mace got in the way and blocked the strike.

*Bam*

''Eh?!'' Regnier widened his eyes in shock, the young man with impossible reaction time managed to block the strike.

''...'' Arthur also widened his eyes, he couldn't even see when the young man swung his mace.

The young man with a blank face raised his mace and swung it towards Regnier, aiming at his face.

*Smack*

Regnier felt something hit him in the face, and the next thing he saw was him flying through the air.

*Thud*

He fell to the ground and passed out.

All the Knights present watched with wide eyes.

*Clap* *Clap*

Arthur clapped loudly, which became a chain reaction, the Knights woke up from their stupor and started clapping.

...But then the young man started walking towards Arthur.

Arthur was about to talk to him, but then he saw the young man swing his mace at him.

With widened his eyes, he stepped backward, the mace almost hit him, only missed with an inch.

''WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!'' Arthur screamed while sweat dripping from his forehead.

''Attacking, isn't that obvious.''

''WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME?!''

''You looked me funny.'' The young man again raised his mace and started swinging his mace randomly, trying to hit Arthur.

Arthur with a pale face barely dodged the strikes. ''WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?!''

The young man swung his mace which is about to hit Arthur, he widened his eyes and started rolling on the ground, after rolling he stood up and quickly took a wooden sword from the ground.

''...Damn!'' Arthur cursed and swung the sword at the young man, but he put the mace in front of him, blocking the strike.

Arthur did another slash towards the young man, but it barely missed because young man's reaction time.

The young man narrowed his eyes and stopped attacking.

He dropped the mace and started walking out of the training hall.

Arthur screamed. ''WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!''

''I am bored.'' The young man waved his hand and started walking somewhere.

Arthur and the rest of the Knights had mouths wide open.

The young man with his hands in his pockets kept walking the corridor like a delinquent.

His outfit was unstained, he wore a brown tunic, very common within peasants while walking the corridors, his beautiful light green hair and green eye definitely was a sight to behold, while his handsome pale face crowned the look, he looked like a prince if you don't count his peasant outfit and the way he walked.

After the younger Maids saw his face, they watched him with blushing faces, while the older Maids wondered who he was.

The young man reached the garden, it had a beautiful lake in the middle of it, with green grass around it, also a few of the trees also were planted in the garden, the sky was getting darker, the stars shined brightly, giving the garden an ethereal look.

The young man walked towards the garden, it was currently empty while the Maids were busy with their jobs and Knights were about to go have dinner, he was currently alone.

He sat down in front of the lake, the lake reflected his face.

His eyes looked like a cat's, but it made him even more handsome, his looks could make any woman breathless, while the men would curse him out of jealousy.

...But what he wasn't aware of is...

The sky darkened, signaling that the sunset is over and the night is approaching.

The moment the night appeared, his face and body turned even more perfect.

...Unknown power filled him, but since he was only concentrating at the lake, he didn't feel anything wrong.

But his powers slowly became stronger and stronger... Then the moon appeared in the sky.

The moon shined upon the young man, illuminating his figure, but the moon didn't strengthen him, instead in his mind, an image was shown, something like a chain was locking something...

The young man had an idea that it was something important, which could change his life forever, but his consciousness drifted away from the chains until the image of chains disappeared.

The young man opened his eyes, narrowed his eyes, then he shrugged his shoulders, forgetting about the image shortly afterward.

''Hey, brat.'' The young man heard a voice behind him, he turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with medium length beard walking towards him, he arrived at the lake and asked. ''Who are you, and what are you doing here?''

The young man's mind was more clear than before. ''The lake looked nice, and I don't know where my room is.'' The moon seemed to influence him, it was like all his idiotic thoughts disappeared.

The middle-aged man nodded. ''Who are you kiddo?''

The young man shook his head. ''I don't have a name.''

''Orphan?'' The middle-aged man asked with a raised eyebrow.

The young man nodded.

The middle-aged man touched his beard and said. ''Interesting.''

''Follow me, I was about to go meet with the King.'' The middle-aged man said and started walking towards the corridor.

The young man took a last glance at the moon, he stood up and followed behind him, and once the moon couldn't find his body anymore, his mind got again more cloudy, while inside his mind, the chains which became more transparent after the moon appeared, the chains again turned more solid, like iron once the young man was hidden from the moon.

The young man walked at first normally, he looked like a prince from a fairytale, but now that his thoughts got clouded... he again went into his delinquent-like walking style.

The young man followed behind the middle-aged man, and shortly afterward they arrived at the King's office.

*Knock* *Knock*

The middle-aged man knocked twice on the door and waited patiently.

''Come in.'' Voice came from the room, the middle-aged man opened the door and walked inside with a young man following closely behind.

''Markus, I was about to call yo...'' The King was about to finish his sentence, but then he saw the young man standing beside the middle-aged man.

The King raised an eyebrow.

''I met him in the garden, he was lost, so I brought him with him, I hope you don't mind your Majesty,'' Markus said with a bow.

The King shook his hand. ''I don't mind at all, he is after all Amelia's first friend.''

Markus raised an eyebrow in shock, he looked at the young man who was looking at the King with a blank face.

Markus then smiled. ''I see...''