One Shots | Shin Soukoku

One-Shot | 001

" FROG PRINCE "
(ATSUAKU)

"I'll cut your leg!"

וווו×

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, the prince of Dragon Scale Realm, was infamous by rumors for being the cruelest and most heartless in his kingdom.

Well, again, it's rumors. What his people do not know is that Ryuunosuke himself never left his castle, much less his room. No. He's not being treated like Rapunzel, who was locked up in the tallest tower by his parents.

In fact, Dazai and Chuyaa do everything that is possible to make his little prince go outside and have a little adventure. But, what can be said, Akutagawa might be defective due to the way he was raised by his suicidal maniac dad.

For him, meeting with other people only gave him a headache. He can't stand people much. Even the sight of his guards on patrol inside the castle made him feel bothered. It's inconvenient. Marriage? He doesn't need anyone by his side. The throne? Come on, he's still too young to think about that. His parents still had Millennium to take care of the kingdom.

Akutagawa was being content and simply happy enough just by spending time in his room and play with his little dragon, Rashomon, who was always by his side and never left him alone. So why would he bother to go outside? He's fine by himself and the way he's are. Indeed. He doesn't need anyone. At least that's what he thought. Until that day...

ווו×

"Poor King OdaSaku. The Kingdom of the Roaring Tiger is in a state of mourning. They were attacked by a mad sorcerer, and their prince was struck by the sorcerer's curse." Dazai started the conversation with his husband, Chuyaa, at their dining table. They're in the middle of dinner.

"The albino prince? Isn't he the same age as Akutagawa? When did that happen? What curse has befallen him?" Chuyaa kept asking questions one after another.

"Yes, that cute little prince. And no, he is twenty years younger than Akutagawa," Dazai replied.

"Two weeks ago, their palace was invaded. It seems that the sorcerer only wants to take revenge out of jealousy towards King Odasaku and his partner, Sakaguchi," he continues.

"And the curse?" Chuyaa repeated his last question.

"The albino prince suddenly disappeared after trying to protect the two of them from the thrown magic spear. And no one knows in detail about the curse. Odasaku told me that the curse must be broken within a month before the full moon passes, or their prince will never return," Dazai explained at some length.

"One of the reasons I don't like to deal with the outside world. Only bad things will happen." Akutagawa, who had initially only been listening to the conversation between his parents, suddenly expressed his thoughts.

"Akutagawa, do you even know their prince?" Dazai asked.

"No." Akutagawa answered briefly.

"See. That's bad things happening to you," Dazai explained.

"And how is it a bad thing? I am safe in the palace, especially in my own room. Nothing bad has ever happened to me," replied Akutagawa.

"Akutagawa, you have never faced the outside world for two centuries. You don't know how to do anything except play with Rashomon. How are you going to get married? How will you defend yourself from your enemies? Protecting the throne and our kingdom? Do you think I don't have an enemy out there that wants my head? Do you actually think that the enemy will take time and wait for you to be ready to fight? Do you even know that the prince who lately disappeared by the sorcerer's curse is one of the strongest among our kingdoms despite being twenty years younger than you? No, you don't know anything, and you can't even do a single thing in the right way, except for playing with your little dragon. Now tell me, how is that not a bad thing for you?" Dazai attacks with a little fury.