Song of Failure

Chapter 4

The next day, Jin and the other members of the troupe regrouped for breakfast. After last night, Jin was sent back to his room and had his dinner delivered there too. It was too late to eat dinner with his other pals as he was informed that they ate dinner earlier than him already. After Carsus' words, he thought he was going to have to eat with the king as well, though it turns out that he was sent away as the king personally ordered people to prepare Jin's own food in his room.

On the dining table, Fei munched on green leaves as she looked towards Jin. She shoved another fork of salad in her mouth before asking, "Big bro Jin! Where have you been last night? You missed all the food man, it was a feast!"

Another voice chided in. "Yeah, where have you been? There was so much food we couldn't finish it all." It was Rheb.

Leyya was last. She said with a soft voice, "We wanted to take some to you but we didn't know where you were. When we asked, they already said that they had your own food prepared for you."

"Yeah, yeah! So where were you really? What kind of important task were you given to be taken away from us, huh?" Fei raised her fork in an attempt to know the answer.

Jin gave her a small smile. "Oh, it's nothing important. The king just wanted me to give him a personal performance."

"????"

"!!!!!"

Leyya and Fei were flabbergasted. Seraphine, whose seat was near enough to hear their conversation, also looked shocked. Her spoon filled with soup stopped halfway and fell into her bowl.

Rheb, with an evil grin, just stared at Jin. "But that's not all there is to it, is it?"

Jin had a calm expression on his face, relaxedly spreading some butter on his bread. "Maybe, maybe not. Who knows?"

Rheb whined. "Oh, you evil. You definitely did it! You did it! Oh my gosh Jin, with a king!?"

I can never. He mumbled.

Fei seemed to get it and grew even more shocked. "Big bro Jin you- no way..."

Leyya just looked between the two then glanced at Dormund, who sat next to her. Dormund shook his head. He didn't understand either.

"I didn't sleep in his chambers though, I was sent back for dinner in my own room." He chewed a portion of his toast and swallowed it.

Fei still had a shocked look as she stared at Jin. "Still...that's an achievement in its own right. I can't believe you managed to sleep with a king."

He shrugged. "I was hungry."

"Anyway, I don't know what to say. Congratulations I guess. Now you can put it up in your achievements." Rheb teased slightly.

"Thanks. I don't think last night was the last time he'd call for me, though."

Rheb rolled his eyes at Jin and covered Fei's ears in a mocking manner. Fei slapped Rheb's hands away with irritation.

With that, Jin and the others quickly finished their breakfast while talking about other trivial matters that had happened once he left to entertain the king. Apparently, they were even given a tour of some parts of the castle right after they had dinner.

By the time they were finished eating, a few of the group members decided to leave the palace and explore the capital city, whereas others stayed behind to rest.

Jin was one of the people who opted to leave the castle and explore, together with Rheb and Fei. Rheb and Fei were considered to be his closest companions, though the duo had the reputation of stirring up trouble within the group most of the time. Jin was always amused by their antics.