Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

XXVII

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The following day, M/n welcomes all the soon-to-be soldiers to the months' tryouts and of course, Lumine placed herself front and center as if saying she'd be the best among the rest.
"Disgusting...Why is she upfront? What an eyesore am I right, Baizhu?"
Kunikuzushi wasn't excited about seeing Lumine and Baizhu didn't care much for her either, he just nods lightly while listening to the Tsaritsa's speech, which he soon got tired of like the rest.
"Ugh...She droning on and on. I feel like my ears will bleed if I continue to listen.."M/n said complaining to Verose. Eventually, the speech ends and the Harbingers we're called to the battlefield but before any of them could make a move, M/n speaks up.
"Your highness, may I take over this portion of the trial? I wish to have my lovely team stretch their legs for a moment."M/n motions over to his head maid and head butler then to Scaramouche, Childe, and Hibiki.

A few of the soldiers' mummer among each other, they've heard that those surrounding the prince weren't normal and knew that they were all insanely strong but that didn't seem to bother Lumine, if anything she wanted to attempt to charm one of them but she was in for a rude awakening.
"Of course my dear son, have at it. Remember the quota, so go easy on them."

"No promises~ You know how my dear Taglia gets during battle, so I'll make it as easy as I possibly can."The Tsaritsa's eyes twitches for a moment, the tone of voice from her son was passive and snarky as if he were belittling her in front of everyone. Kunikuzushi and Hibiki pick up on this and nearly laughs but plays it off by playing with Lillian; who happened to be nearby at the moment. Baizhu was baffled, he didn't expect M/n to be hostile towards his birth giver but he had to admit, it was quite funny, and Tartaglia didn't hear what was said, his focus was on his prince.
"....."

"You're still here?"

"I'll depart now."

"Thank you."He bows mockingly, further angering his mother as he stomps away to wherever with La Signora following behind immediately, not daring to linger around for a moment.
"Did you really beat her that badly?"

"She disrespected you, my dear prince. She deserved every hit I gave her."

"So pridefully, my beautiful wolf~"M/n coos while petting Tartaglia's lush ginger locks, in full view of Lumine. Soon enough, Kunikuzushi and Baizhu wanted to get in on the loving atmosphere and they latch onto M/n with small blushes and bright smiles. This causes the prince to smirk as he glances over to get a glimpse of the ex-leads face. Of course, M/n could see the anger and confusion on her face.
See this bitch? They belong to me, they wish for my love and attention, they'll never look at you like this. The only looks you'll get are disgust and hatred.
M/n chuckles then cuff Kunikuzushi's cheek.
"You can play with the blondie, just don't kill her, okay? Make an example out of her."

"Of course~"The gleam of danger in the two royal males' eyes made a few people shutter, they wonder why they felt in danger but little did they know, hell was getting ready to be dropped on them.
"Alright! Let's get started!"

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M/n watched carefully after each small spar just to be safe, he knew that his three Harbinger can get a bit out of control but it finally came to a point where Lumine was facing off against Kunikuzushi; though he held no interest in actually fighting her, he just wanted to hurt her if anything. The indigo-haired male kept his distance from Lumine and began his long rang assault using his Catalyst.
"Hehe, she can't catch a break, Kuni isn't using his full strength and he's a sub-seven."Tartaglia mention in a mocking tone, it was just loud enough for Lumine to hear and lose force for just a moment. That moment was long enough for Kunikuzushi to strike her.
"How boring. I heard you made a fuss a while back just like the one you caused yesterday. You're not as strong as you carry yourself."

"Grr!"Lumine was losing her temper and without much thought for survival or the safety of others around her, she throws a throwing knife that was concealed on her person. The knife at first didn't seem to hit Kunikuzushi... That's until a certain choker slips from around his neck and thumps onto the ground below. The air around was silent, all eyes were on the choker or on Kunikuzushi; whose eyes turn a deadly electric purple and so did his hair.

The sky above grew dark and it was an immediate thunderstorm. Lightning strikes everywhere on the training grounds and people began to run for their lives.
"Oh, she is about to die..."