Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

LXII

Sᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ!! ᵖᵗ2

This makes M/n tense for a moment, Heidi was extremely reluctant to release the former to his father.
❝Miss? C-could you please return my son to me.. please...❞Líf pleas scared that the woman would not give him back his child, the light of his life.
❝How could I? The being who gave birth to this child is cruel. If you return this child will remain in pain.❞

❝But I'm with him. I'll always be with him... However, if anything happens to me...Miss, could you step in for me and certain staff members? I've never seen him sleep around anyone but me and I can tell you sense what a joyous being he is.❞Heidi thinks it over for a moment, she glances at the sleeping child and then back at the pleading father. She takes a step forward and then walks over to the male. Líf nervously awaits to see what would happen.
❝Make a pact with me. For me to retain this form and leave my prison, I must make a pact.❞Líf nods his head and the woman smiles. She removes a feather and wraps it around Líf's wrist causing it to mark his skin like a tattoo.
❝My lord, I require a name.❞

❝Uh...Umm, how about Heidi? You have quite the Nobel aura, I'll have to fabricate your past so there aren't any questions when you enter the palace.❞M/n watches as the king guides Heidi out of the cavern, allowing her to continue to hold his son since he could sense that she was attached to M/n. The layline fizzles out and M/n sits against the frost nest.
S

o this is Heidi's old home and where M/n and his father met her. No wonder the three were so close...She knew that something would happen to Líf...
M/n pulled his knees to his chest to lean his head against them and oddly enough he falls asleep...

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"Guys!! Lilia found a hole!"Verose calls out over his shoulder as he jabs his staff into the hole while the others rush over.
"How are you going to get it open?"

"This isn't a good idea but it might be dangerous. There's no telling where his Majesty is but let's hope he isn't just beyond this hole."Suddenly Verose opens a portal, which causes Capitano, Diluc, and Childe to fall through since they were the closest. And just as the portal opened it immediately closed.
"Oh shit that wasn't supposed to happen! Something is blocking me from keeping the portal open, Lilia find another hole."Verose, Kunikazushi, and Alois all chase after the small fox to find another access while the three men were dropped into the mine.
"Ouch...I thought he was good at opening portals?"

"He is, something is wrong here... There's a reason he couldn't open the portal in the front. Look."Diluc points to the Layline branches blocking the entrance and holding the rocks in place.
"Which means he hit another one that pulled us in."

"...."

"Capitano, you seem to know something about this mine. Out with it."Tartaglia asked when noticing the look on the giant man's face, even Diluc noticed.
"A long time ago, I made a request to the Tsaritsa about the mines. I asked that she stops all activities with this mine because of the layline. It's rooted deeply within this mine and can sprout anywhere at any given moment which is probably what happened today. This mine was guarded by the Cryo manifestation at a point in time but it vanished. With that, the mine is overrun with branches that will blossom in an instant."Capitano starts walking, he knows this place well because he has wandered through its vast tunnels before.

Childe and Diluc follow quietly and watch the large man navigate but it struck Childe a bit odd, why would the man know this place so well?
"Capitano–"

"Nikolas, call me Nikolas."

"Uhh, Okay Nikolas, have you been here before?"Nikolas stops walking and then sighs heavily as he nods his head.
"My father taught me how to navigate this place. One thing about the Cryo manifestation, it takes in and cares for abandoned children before releasing them when they hit adulthood. My father was one of those many children."