Somewhere Between the Sea and the Sky.

Episode 0: Chapter 27

Kang Yeosang.

The son of Ethia's royalty, also known as the Night Prince. The origin of the nickname was him leaving the palace only during the night, mostly because of the curse his father got him, which turned him into a monster during the day.

Well, he thought he was a monster, he grew up thinking it. The truth was he wasn't seen like one by the pirates he met since he left Ethia. Except for the church fucker calling him a demon, everything was fine.

So maybe the ones who saw him as a monster were the ones who pretended to protect him.

The Night Prince was kidnapped by the Aurora crew, but said crew gave him a place in their world. They gave Yeosang what he wasn't able to find during all his life.

Too many things happened, too many people appeared to attack or help them, everything was too fast for him those days.

But he finally got some time to think, and the captain's promise that it would stop and they would do more pirate things. God he really wanted to hear the creepy laugh echo from the Aurora.

Until then, he decided to study the weird book those pirates lend him to seek answers. Maybe about himself, maybe about the blacksmith, maybe just new facts that could be useful.

His plans were going well until Wooyoung appeared some hours ago 'cause he was bored.

At first they just tried to talk for a while, but they ended up exploring the woods while discussing everything they could think about. Both of them were amazed about how different their lives were, and yet they ended being part of the same story.

"Not even the palace's garden?"

"Oh, gods no. There were always people in there."

"You're telling me you wasted your whole life alone in your room? What the hell?"

Yeosang gave himself a moment to take his sword and cut some annoying and enormous plants in front of him; he always wanted to do that, all the heroes of his stories did that stupid thing.

It wasn't as easy and useful as it seemed, the plants were quite flexible.

"I just slept most of the day and went outside at night." He said, taking off the plants tangled in the sword. "I'm still getting used to being awake during the day."

"So that's why you like to stand guard, hah?" Wooyoung laughed but he was feeling pretty sad. "I guess the Night Prince thing makes sense."

"It does."

"It's a cool nickname tho."

"It isn't."

"I wish people gave me a nickname as cool as Night Prince, but it seems like I only got Cheap Angel." The boatswain pouted, crossing his arms.

The truth was Wooyoung could perfectly deal with all the plants and bugs crossing their path, but the prince was kinda excited to do it. Yeosang wasn't the most expressive one of the crew, but you could perfectly see when he liked something.

At first the silver haired saw him as a burden, a deadhead in their ship making their days more difficult, but he wanted to learn. He really wanted to be a pirate, probably moved by their stories and hunger for freedom.

But something lived in Wooyoung's head. Did he consider the bad side of the coin?

"Hey, Yeosang."

"Yes, that's the name I want you to use."

"Yeosang." Wooyoung stopped his steps and forced the other to do so. "Are you ready for this?"

"Ah? Are you mocking me?"