Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

LXIV

A ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟs, ᴀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ

After the whole ordeal, the harem was still worried about M/n and rightfully so, it's been a week since the incident happened and M/n still looked rather worse for ware but not because of what everyone thinks...Lately, he's been sleepwalking and he couldn't understand why he was. He'd wake up in the oddest place and was either found by Capitano or Dain, or he would wake up on the ground somewhere. So he opted to stay up to see if something in his environment changed while he was gone, to see if Lumine was the cause of this but when he stayed awake he would hear a voice trying to lure him to find it but eventually he'd pass out and wake up somewhere else.

So tonight, M/n asked Hibiki, Verose, and Heidi to watch over him to see what he was going to do once asleep.
"Sorry about this guys I just need to figure out what's happening and I can't ask Eraqus hasn't been feeling well since the whole Incident either."

"Don't worry prince, we'll help you as best as we can."Heidi coo's sweetly at M/n's side. She then places her hand over his eyes to put him to sleep then steps back to see what would happen next.

At first, M/n slept peacefully for a few hours then suddenly his eyes snapped, his eyes devoid of light as he sat up and climbed out of bed without so much as a word, they watched him carefully and followed him when he walked out of the room and into the hall.
"Heidi?"

"This isn't sleepwalking, it's the prophet. But I could have sworn that he died when M/n was born.."

"Died? Who in the hells said I died..?"M/n turns around eyes still blank but it was clear as day that Heidi was correct. The prophet crosses his arms a bit annoyed with the rumor.
"I've been alive this entire time, thanks to the absolute disturbance of the laylines, I was finally able to reach out but the prince has closed himself off while he sleeps so I was able to take his body and break seals around the palace. However his body is lacking proper rest because I'm in such a hurry, so I'll need your help to find the last one."

"Well that explains why he wakes up in random places, those places had seals. Where's the last one?"

"The library, I saved the closest for last."

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It took a while but they eventually found the last seal, however just as they found it the prophet sways, and M/n was waking up.
"Ngh!! He's waking up sooner than expected, burn the book now, I must watch it perish before I'm forced back into my body."

"This should do the trick."Hibiki grabs the book and immediately turns it to ashes with a quick burst of blue flames. The prophet smiles brightly before M/n's body buckles and collapses, luckily Heidi is quick enough to catch M/n and then places his head onto Hibiki's lap.
"Lull him back to sleep if you can, I'll find the prophet and bring him into the castle."Hibiki uses his abilities to help slip M/n back into sleep and Verose helps him get the prince to his room.

Heidi rushes to the catacombs that not even she knew and it had been underneath everyone's nose this entire time and just below the palace dungeon. Upon opening the door, there in the middle sat a small male and he didn't look too happy nor rested.

"Hello, lady Heidi...I must...Ugh... I must ask that you assist me to the Tsar—"

"We do not have a Tsar, do you mean the prince?"

"Excuse me? As the prophet and dragon here, I have long since chosen my candidate to rule. Is M/n not of age? Last I checked I've been sealed away for 100 years so that can't be so."The small prophet looked mighty confused by the even more confused woman.
"Well, I forewarned her that the Tsar would be loved more than her but I didn't think she'd kill her husband at the time. Yes, he was loved more than her but M/n would go beyond that."

"Beyond that?"

"Yes, he would be loved by the entire world."