Obsession.

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The spark in Lydan's eyes was beautiful; Ophni was esteeming his eyes, but it wasn't long after when he couldn't see the spark in his eyes again.

"He surely did see something, I've to report this to the principal," Gage thought to himself as he was peering at Ophni, whose eyes weren't flaring red smoke anymore.

"What did you see?" Lydan signed while looking at Ophni anxiously.

Ophni dithered while ruffling his hair. "It was all blur; I could not see anything" Ophni repeated the same.

"I can not say anything, at least not in front of Gage" Ophni's notion murmured.

"You sure you did not see anything?" Ayrton asked.

"If you suppose I will try to make you believe in me then that is your wish and no rule oblige me for it" Ophni hollered while glaring at Ayrton.

"Stop it both of you, the class ends here and you all have passed the test" Gage precipitously blazoned as Arlo and Lynorr abruptly looked toward him.

"What about us?" Arlo asked.

"Use the spell that you both showed in the principal's office before, it'll be enough" Gage instructed.

Arlo and Lynorr freed themselves from the impediment with their spell; they both were rubbing their wrists while cursing Gage in a low voice. "I never knew that royals can beshrew too," Gage said as he smiled, looking at both of them.

Arlo started talking to Ayrton, who was busy looking at Ophni, and Lynorr started to act as if she did not hear Gage"These two will going to ignore me now;" Gage muttered as he was looking at both of them.

"You all can go now," Gage said as they all passed through the fog's wall, leaving him before.

"They will not even hail me?" Gage murmured as he was bridling his expression while looking at them, leaving when he saw Lydan giving a nod to him as a salutation before passing through the fog's wall.

"You're my favorite pupil from now on Lydan," Gage thought to himself, his eyes filled with gratitude.

"I could tell by his face that he was hiding something" Lydan was in his studies when Arlo suddenly came up to him and locked his arm around his neck as Lydan squinched.

"What are you thinking about so hard?" Arlo asked.

Lynorr and Ayrton, were walking behind Lydan and Arlo toward the royal dorm" Where did Ophni go?" Lydan signed.

"He must have leaped to the dining table already," Arlo said.

Lydan gave a confused look as Arlo smiled" You may not know, but there is only one thing that Ophni is obsessed with and that's Food, just as Feron is obsessed with books," Arlo went on.

"Feron even penalized oppressively one of his retainers because that menial did not properly dust off his books," Lynorr said as she came near Lydan.

"He did?" Lydan signed with a shocked expression.

"Yes, Ophni's obsession is nothing in front of Feron's obsession," Arlo said as he impinge his fist with Lynorr's first from Lydan's back.

"They both are trying hard to make Lydan forget about today's class but I do not think he will," Ayrton thought to himself as he was looking from behind.

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"Sire?" Gage yelled as he suddenly appeared in front of Richard's office and looked far and wide in hunt of him when he eventually spotted him sleeping on the squab.

"Not again" Gage internally yelped as he stepped toward Richard and gave him a slight whisk, but he did not move an inch.

Gage crouched down to Richard's echelon. "Sire, I found something amazing" Gage whispered in Richard's ear as his eyes suddenly opened after harking him.

Richard looked toward Gage as he raised his eyebrow. "I think his highness, prince Lydan is a genius like you," Gage said with excitement as Richard frowned and sat on the divan.

"What are you talking about?" Richard said as he yawned.

"Remember when you instructed me on giving all the royals shackle therapy?" Gage said.

"Yeah, how did it go?" Richard asked as he scowled.

"His highness freed himself from the impediment in the blink of an eye without even needing to start chuntering the spell" Gage was almost trumpeting.

"Who? Ayrton?" Richard asked, smiling.

"No" Gage answered.

"Then?" Richard inquired as he stood up from the squab and went toward the side window.

"Prince Lydan, I 'm talking about prince Lydan" Gage hastily said.

"That mute prince and what about the others?" Richard asked as he scoop water in his hand from the receptacle that was placed beside the window and washed his face.

"They did well too but the thing I want to tell you is that Ophni saw something with his see-through powers when Lydan was about to use the spell," Gage told.

"That angry airhead?" Richard asked as he dried his face with the kerchief and placed it in the window.

"Yes, he's hiding something," Gage said.

"Why he didn't tell what he saw?"

"No, he didn't"

"So, you want me to torture him and then ask him?"

"No sir! I want you to ask Edward to check his highness, Lydan's strange power"

"If you asked me for the moon I would have given it to but this is undoable"

"Sire, you too know that besides his highness Ophni, Edward is the only one who possesses the see-through power" Gage contended as he was following Richard, who was roving around his office while picking things from one place and placing them in another place just to avoid Gage.

"I would have tried but after the last time it's impossible, he will take killing me as a better option," Richard said as he finally sat on his chair after all the roving.

"But sire." Gage halted as he squinched when he harkened the loud thud sound of the door.

Richard calmly looked toward the door as he scowled, looking at Edward, who was standing at the door while glaring back at him "They say you call out the name of the devil once and he shall appear" Richard said as he looked toward Gage while smiling with his eyes.

"Hey!" Edward thundered as he marched toward Richard.

To be continued...