King&Knight

XV

PraPai offered his hand and the guy tied the thread, he then held the hand of the guy in front of him but then froze.

“Khun… tie the thread…” The priest told PraPai when PraPai stopped suddenly.

PraPai slowly grabbed the guy's hand and touched it. PraPai frowned as he held the hand tightly and suddenly stood up shouting, “Who are you?! Where’s Khun?”

Everyone watched them in curiosity while the guy spoke softly, “It’s me, General…”

“Who are you trying to fool! Reveal yourself!” PraPai shouted angrily.

The guy removed his veil and Rain gasped in shock when he saw another person instead of Sky. PraPai frowned harder as he glared at him.

The guy calmly looked at him and said, “General PraPai, it’s always been me, Kai… son of Khun Sarawut. Due to some inconvenience, I couldn’t show you my face ….”

“Who the fuck is he?!” Rain grabbed Phayu’s hand and asked in panic

“Um, Khun Kai?” Phayu answered in confusion

“No! He’s not Kai!” Rain said in frustration while Phayu couldn’t understand why Rain was getting frustrated

Meanwhile, Scholar Beam stepped forward and spoke, “General, it always has been my brother Kai. Kai was afraid you wouldn't accept him, that's why he hid himself and wouldn’t even let me help him…”

“Kai was Khun Sarawut’s son…” The Queen spoke with an upset voice. King quickly grabbed Queen’s shoulder to calm her as she glared at Kai who timidly step back

“I know the Queen doesn’t like our family much, that's why Kai entered a competition like this…” Beam explains with a sad look on his face.

Everyone surrounding them started to whisper, The Royal family doesn’t get along with Khun Sarawut’s family as long ago their family carelessness caused the death of PraPai’s parents.

Everyone knew that Sarawut’s younger son was infatuated by PraPai but PraPai never liked him especially after the incident that caused his parents death.

“What happened long ago, we cannot undo it but don’t punish my brother for it. He really loves….” Bean spoke in a broken voice as Kai looked at PraPai with teary eyes.

“Are you both done?” PraPai spoke suddenly as he pulled off the thread that Kai tied to him and threw it on the ground

“General?” Kai whimpers while Beam’s expression darkens.

“Just because you know my brother’s identity, you don’t want him anymore? I thought you liked him..” Beam spoke in grievances as others around them started to frown too.

Meanwhile, Rain was feeling helpless. He can’t reveal that Sky was Kai nor could he sit and watch someone claiming to be Sky.

“Sky?! Where’s Sky?” Rain shouted in panic as he remembered and was about to leave to find him but Phayu stopped him

“Where are you going?” Phayu asked in confusion

“I need to find… find..” Rain became quiet as he couldn’t tell Phayu about it. Suddenly he heard his name being mentioned and looked up in confusion.

“General can ask Khun Rain! He was with me all along! Then will you believe in me?” Kai said, pointing towards Rain who was startled. He felt his heart beating loudly and brain becoming numb

“Khun Rain, for our friendship! Please tell everyone, wasn’t I there with you all along?’ Kai spoke in an upset voice.

He walks towards PraPai to grab his hand but PraPai steps back, “If not me then who? Who else was there? Even Rain knows it…”